The National tribune., 1884-01-03
LOYAL W0MbN'S S WORK
Self Education Experience Meeting.
Relief Corps Notes.
Tcoaducred By Kate B. shermood.I
sELF-EDucATIoN.

SELF EDUCATION.
There Is no royal road to learning Whether
you have the advantages of the schools or must
educate yourself at odd moments, Us did Burns
at the plow, you must make up your mind to
work. Application, persistent and severe, will
alone secure for you the highest success.
If money could buy an education, how for
times wonld be poured ont to secure the Won
derful patent. But upon this one platform at
least all stand upon common level. The
children of the rich, as well as the sons and
daughters of the poor, must pore over their
mathematics and their spelling, and make the
pot hooks on their copy books before they can
buy and sell, or write presentabie letter
The king upon his throne and the queen
upon her daiS and the lords and ladies III their
polnp and pride all have staInmered in their
conjngations, and grown nervous over the
simplest exercises in syntax and prosody, just
rs did the penniless tutor who patiently waits
upon the blundefings of the princes of the
realm.
Some one has well said that every educated
man is self-educated. The advantage of the
school is that it holds the pupil TO his task.
His progress is with himself, since no teacher
can force an education upon him. The teacher
| can but point out the way-excite him to action
by showing what Others have done. 1t rests
with the pupil to say whether he will run
gladly up the rugged path or whether he will
play the Iaggard and fall back two steps where
he takes one
MODEL FOR OUR BOYS.
"If ever / get rich I will build place where
poor boys and girls of New York may have an
education free" was the remark of a young
man who, for five years Of his life, earned but
fifty cents week.
The young man was working in 2 carriage
shop and poor as were his wages he managed, by
8 little extra work, to hire teacher, to whom
he rccited evenings, since he never attended
school but one year in his life. And thus he
teiled and studied year in and year out, his
one gT1at object in. life knowledge and Money
as a Means for Doing Good. To this he was
I steadfast and true through a life extending
over 4oufseore years.
After he had served his apprenticeship in
the carriage shop the young man had glue
factory, IN which he performed the most menial
labor. He rose every morning at daylight
/ kindIed his factory fires, made his glue in
/ the forenoons, sold it in the afternoons,
and ia the evenings read with his
wife and children. Thus he worked until his
/ income was thirty thousand a year, and all
that he might carry out his great purpose-a
/ free sehoyl fer the poor
For ferty wears lie worked this way, and at
sixty-four founded his school, where hundreds
have been trained for lives of usefulness in art
and science and the general Socations Of life.
Aud this was Peter Cooper, and to the library
| of the Cooper Institute, which the glorious old
man founded. nearly FIVE hundred thousand
! flock every year to the free reading room.
Thousands throng TO the free night lectures
/ and thousands more to the night schools for
art and science. Forty thousand have gone
forth from the great halls to earn an honorable
! support, and not a cent to be paid for their
education. The work has outgrown the mas
/ sive six-story. brown,stone building, and an
/ other million is to be added to the two millions
4 which founded the great Institute.
And so the work goes on. What glorious
! rewards for the rigid self-denial, for poor
clothes for days of toiling with the hands and
nights Of study by the Pickering talloT dip.
Vino would not rather be Peter Cooper, with
the glorious memories that emblazon his fame,
than 10 be the greatest potentate upon the
globe.
Boys don't complain of your opportunities
The worst off nowadays know no such pTiva-
tions as the carriage-maker's apprentice Of
more than half century ago. Have an aim
work up to it, and if it is a grand aim, faith
| fully pursued, success will crown your honor
able name
Oar Experience Meeting.
a COMRADES sToRY-TRE BATTLE BOUQUET
GOOD ADVICE TO LITERARY AEPIEANTs-
THE TWO BELLIES COME AGAIN-THE BATTLE
At HONE.
UaBAYA Ohio December g, 1883.
Mrs KATE B, SHERWOOD:
seldom see your name in my TRIBUNE that tbs
following incident connected with the army expo
rienee OF your laiid--General l. r. heTwood-
does not occur to me. it was on the Kentucky
campaign OF 1862 On this particular occasion W.
went into camp not far from Dangilie, KY, on
lovely farm that before the war had been. think
summer resort, az there park and iulneTa
springs ali nicely fitted up. The orders were tina
we were eacanaped on the farm of Union man
and that nothing must De touched Colonel Given
Of cur regiment, the I03d Ohio V. T. rs he gave ths
above order from the general, added with a merry
twinkle Of his eye, that the boys thought they
desatood that he did not To see OF u.
torch one OF those rails, nor a sIas-staeSi Tht
night cool and frosty and after giving the or
ger he abou-faced and went into his tent, lettiHE
the dy drop down after him. The boys knew h,
couldn't see them, ard my regiment took the hin
at once and all broke rs one jnan-Some for rail-
and some for straw. The IlIth saw US and fol
lowed suit. Colonel Sherwood was still on horse
back, and galloped over TO the fast disappearing
fence, determined that his regiment, at least mus
obey orders, Unfortunately the colonel rcd
amongst our boys instead Of his own, il being fieI
nearly dark. The boys pretended they did Iot SCI
lfial. and one would swing rail around and TAX
ms eiark-chestEut charger on the side IN front. III
he would rear, and another, IN his haste 10 shoulae
a rail. wouid take him farther back, and up wouI,
go his heels, until finally the horse got 10 snort.
sherwood had 10 beat a hasty retreat, and let tn
boys go il, which they did
4 man could hardly rua a. fast rs that high raj
fence disappeared, and the two big straw-stacis
walked off IN less than ten minutes. Does In
colonel remember this incident?
Yours, in f., C. and L.,
G. /. MADDEN.
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