Wheel, pulley, tube sonorous, wood or brass,
The thing designed shall surely come to pass;
For, when his hands upon it, you may know
That there's go in it, and he 'll make it go.

John Pierpont.

INTO

LESSON 3.

SOMEBODY'S DARLING.

[NTO a ward of the whitewashed walls,
Where the dead and the dying lay
Wounded by bayonets, shells and balls
Somebody's darling was borne one day.
Somebody's darling! So young and so brave,
Wearing still on his pale, sweet face,
Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave,
The lingering light of his boyhood's grace.

2. Matted and damp are the curls of gold
Kissing the snow of the fair young brow,
Pale are the lips of delicate mould —
Somebody's darling is dying now.
Back from the beautiful, blue-veined face
Brush every wandering silken thread;
Cross his hands as a sign of grace-
Somebody's darling is still and dead.

3. Kiss him once for somebody's sake,
Murmur a prayer soft and low,
One bright curl from the cluster take-
They were somebody's pride, you know.
Somebody's hand had rested there;

Was it a mother's, soft and white?
And have the lips of a sister fair

Been baptized in those waves of light?

4. God knows best. He was somebody's love;
Somebody's heart enshrined him there,
Somebody wafted his name above,

Night and morn on the wings of prayer.
Somebody wept when he marched away,
Looking so handsome, brave, and grand;
Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay;
Somebody clung to his parting hand.

5. Somebody's watching and waiting for him,
Yearning to hold him again to her heart;
There he lies with the blue eyes dim;

And the smiling, child-like lips apart.
Tenderly bury the fair young dead,

Pausing to drop on his grave a tear;
Carve on the wooden slab at his head
"Somebody's darling lies buried here!"

LESSON 4.

GETTING THE RIGHT START.

HE first great lesson a young man should learn, is, that

THE

he knows nothing; and that the earlier and more thoroughly this lesson is learned, the better it will be for his peace of mind, and his success in life. A young man bred at home, and growing up in the light of parental admiration and fraternal pride, cannot readily understand how it is, that every one else can be his equal in talent and acquisition. If bred in the country, and he seek the life of the town, he will very early obtain an idea of his insignificance.

2. This is a critical period in his history. The result of his reasoning will decide his fate. If, at this time, he thoroughly comprehend, and in his soul admit and accept

the fact, that he knows nothing and is nothing; if he bow to the conviction that his mind and his person are but ciphers, and that whatever he is to be, and is to win, must be achieved by hard work, there is abundant hope of him.

3. If, on the contrary, a huge self-conceit still hold possession of him, and he straighten stiffly up to the assertion of his old and valueless self,-or, if he sink discour aged upon the threshold of a life of fierce competitions, and more manly emulations, he might as well be a dead The world has no use for such a man, and he has only to retire or be trodden upon.

man.

4. When a young man has thoroughly comprehended the fact that he knows nothing, and that, intrinsically, he is of but little value, the next thing for him to learn is that the world cares nothing for him,— that he is the subject of no man's overwhelming admiration and esteem,that he must take care of himself.

5. If he be a stranger, he will find every man busy with his own affairs, and none to look after him. He will not be noticed until he becomes noticeable, and he will not become noticeable until he does something to prove that he has an absolute value in society. No letter of recommendation will give him this, or ought to give him this. No family connection will give him this, except among those few who think more of blood than brains.

6. Society demands that a young man shall be somebody not only, but that he shall prove his right to the title; and it has a right to demand this. Society will not take this matter upon trust, at least, not for a long time; for it has been cheated too frequently. Society is not very particular what a man does, so that it prove him to be a man: then it will bow to him, and make room for him.

7. There is no surer sign of an unmanly and cowardly spirit, than a vague desire for help,- a wish to depend, to lean upon somebody, and enjoy the fruits of the industry

of others. There are multitudes of young men who indulge in dreams of help from some quarter, coming in at a convenient moment, to enable them to secure the success in life which they covet. The vision haunts them of some benevolent old gentleman, with a pocket full of money, a trunk full of mortgages and stocks, and a mind remarkably appreciative of merit and genius, who will, perhaps, give or lend them from ten to twenty thousand dollars, with which they will commence and go on swimmingly.

8. To me, one of the most disgusting sights in the world, is that of a young man with healthy blood, broad shoulders, and a hundred and fifty pounds, more or less, of good bone and muscle, standing with his hands in his pockets, longing for help. I admit that there are positions in which the most independent spirit may accept of assistance, may, in fact, as a choice of evils, desire it; but for a man who is able to help himself, to desire the help of others in the accomplishment of his plans of life, is positive proof that he has received a most unfortunate training, or that there is a leaven of meanness in his composition that should make him shudder.

9. When, therefore, a young man has ascertained and fully received the fact that he does not know anything, that the world does not care anything about him, that what he wins must be won by his own brain and brawn, and that while he holds in his own hands the means of gaining his own livelihood and the objects of his life, he cannot receive assistance without compromising his selfrespect and selling his freedom, he is in a fair position for beginning life. When a young man becomes aware that only by his own efforts can he rise into companionship and competition with the sharp, strong, and well-drilled minds around him, he is ready for work, and not before.

10. The next lesson is, that of patience, thoroughness of preparation, and contentment with the regular channels of business effort and enterprise. This is, perhaps,