The Princeton union., 1891-12-03
Boys VS.. Men.

in Boys" While seemingly a valua-
bic theme, does not second thought
declare the errand one like carrying
Goals to Newcastle? Are not boys, as
rule, more manly than men them
selves? Do boys in dealing with each
other do. the mean things that men,
in business, are constantly guilty OF?
Would not the average man prefer
to have his case judged by the average
boy rather than by any person,
seasoned by the years of long service
in trade or profession? The boy viii
have on business maxim Of Every
man for himself before his eyes
but he will be ten times less selfish
than his elders. Would boy in
dividing the items left by deceased
playmate, appropriate for himself the
choicest portions? Yet many man
acting as the executor of his friends
estate has robbed the widow and the
fatherless.
Preach manliness by all means. We
cannot hear too much of it; but rath-
er counsel lads to retain that by
which they were at first endowed,
train it, cultivate it, that When they
become men, it may not depart from
them. Let it become SO firmly fixed
in their natures that when man estate
is reached they will not become busi-
ness liars and self-justifed thieves.
Manliness is by no means a necessary
characteristic of the being who reaches
his majority.-Wo Worcester Light
A Profit That Is Loss.
The boy.was right. The man or
woman, boy or girl, who does wrong
is certainly getting the worst Of it.
The Individual who depends upon
trickery and deceit may imagine he is
gaining a lasting advantage, but as
certainly as justice rules he will in the
long run be the loser. Profit secured
through the blackening of conscience
and the weakening of character is
really loss. Success in the wrong is
failure.
The boy came to the door of alady's
house and asked if she did not wish
some berries, for he had been out all
day gathering them
"Yes,'' said the lady, "I will take
them" So she took the basket and
stepped into the house, the boy re-
naming outside, whistling TO some
canary birds hanging in their cages on
the porch.
"Why don't you come in and see
that [ measure your berries rlght?''
said the lady; chow do you know but
/ may cheat you?'' =
~ am not afraid" said the boy,
'.for you would get the worst Of it.
"Get the worst of it?" said the lady;
"what do you mean by that?'
"Why, ma'am, I should only lose
my berries, and you would make your
self a thief. Don't you think you
would be getting the worst OF it?''
Wonders Of Forest Life.
Those who spend their days in the
forests learn many of natures curl
! GUS ways that are unknown to the
world at large. Some of thepeculiari--
ties of tree growth as observed by
residents in the lumber camps are in
terestingly told by the Northwestern,
| Lumberman. One ofthese phenomena
is tree that grows on the foothills of
the Pacific coast mountain ranges
and is always in foliage, although not
a confer. 1t is called the madrona.
The old leaves roll llupinto brown balls
during the heat of the dry season.,
after the new ones have nearly matur--
ed, after which they. separate from
the branch with u sharp report, like
the cracking of a tire-cracker. pro-
ducing a rather startling effect upon
the uninitiated traveller. In addition
to this curious leating proce.s :. the
the summer, previous to changia: it's.
foliage. At the proper time the bark
splits from the ground up to the ex-
treme points of the last years growth
on the minutes twigs. Then the bark
curls up and falls to the ground. The
new bark presents a beautiful shade Of
| dark pea-green when first exposed,
which darkens from day to day until att
maturity it is OF a rich coffee color,
| and smooth and hard.-Record.
A Brave Girl Student.
Apropos of brave and successful stu
dent girls, an Auburn lady Justly
thinks her classmate at Wellesley
takes the lead.
Left to her own resources at the.
early age OF 12years, she refused to eat
the bread OF dependence offered by
friends, and determined not only to
support, but to educateherself After
saving all she could from her earnings
at housework, she went to nice, but.
inexpensive school for girls in Mary
land, and was fitted for Wellesley
there. At Wellesley she had scholar
ship given to her, and took a special
course OF two years. While there, she
earned what money she needed by do
ing anything, from sweeping the girls
rooms to teaching. In vacation she
helped clean house.
Next she entered Boston University
to study medicine, paying her expenses
there by teaching in the evening
schools of Boston. by doing nlicros-
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