Character and Career.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8173, 4 August 1906, Page 4

Character and Career.

Character is, above everything etse, till UJOSfc important factor in achieving success. The young man should guard it as the most precious asset he can possibly possess with which to commence, as well as finish, bis career. Great brain* with little character do not count for much in the long run in eompotition with mou- vate brains an<l high obaracter. Absolute loyalty to his employer —whether it be a company or an individual —and the constant manifestation of a desire to do the best he knows to advance the work or interests entrusted to him are essential. This is an almost certain road to advance* ment for himself, for companies as well as Individual employers are generally on the look-out for young men of character and fidelity to duty in their employ, with a view to their promotion. A young man should be satisfied to fill the niche he occupies until be raises himself to a higher one, and not try to appear to fill another than that in which be is actually placed. Bower - Birds. * There are fife different bower-birds—thres in Australia, the Regent, the Satin, and th« Spotted one in the Papain Island, the cat bird; and one in New Guinea. Their brilliant plurrigeia golden yellow, glossy black, or spotted brown, often with a rose-tinted collar. Their boners are in no sense nests, bat miniature gardens, adapted for enjoyment and courUhip, and set in the eye ol the ana. A pavement of equal-sized pebbles is arranged, and numberless twigs are thrust 6rm!y between them in two parallel rows, inclined to each other, inclosing an avenue about a yard long and several inches wide. To decorate this arbour, gay feathers, ruddy berries, pearly shells, bleached bones, even watches, knives, and other glittering objects, are tastefully placed in and around the entrance. The New Guinea bird , still more of a gardener, constructs a miniature conical summer-house, with internal gallery; before this is a meadow of moss, kept free from grass, dust, and leaves, on which bright flowers and fruit are daily offered by th« enamoured male bird to bis mate.