The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-06-11

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you feel when you come to the noisy
city, and you would like to be free and
cool again.
You have seen for the thousandth
time the long, wavy line of smoke as
the train goes swinging in and out
among the hills. Then you have long,
ed to drive that mighty iron horse,
feed him on fire, and make him leap
away in wild freedom. Or, perhaps,
you do not aspire so high, and would
be content to run a street-car. You
have even admired the bright letters
on the caps of the motormen, and you
would exchange your freedom for the
blue coats and shiny buttons SO in
tnnt.y have YOU lungea to have some
great corporation brand and number
you, when the tasks at home were
hard, that you have even planned to
', slip down those huge porch posts at
night with your little bundle on
stick. But when night came you fell
asleep, and the morning sun found you
with thickened blood, temptation gone
and courage for another day. Love
and Inherited pluck saved you. You
were not ready for the city; you lack.
ed knowledge, seasoned fiber and
judgment. We never send colts to
the city; they loose their heads and get
''stove up" by rapid pace and rough,
hard streets. The city may need you
ater, but side walks are hot and hard
white the country roads are soft and
cool.
My scientific reader is getting anx-
ions to know what manner of book
this is and in his heart he thinks |
would better have been telling you
how energy is changed into heat, heat
into motion, and then back into poten-
tal energy again. But let him wait;
yoa and | are to finish our chat before
we sit down to hard study
All are greatly interested in you,
my boy! We cannot see how to ge
along without you, and yet no one
cares very much where You were born,
where you live or how low you start,
how high you climb OF what You do
so long rs You do right and lead a use
ful life The world cares how YOU
work, and it is interested iii the pro-
grcss of civilization. 1t asks that
every one of you start from just where
you are, without grumbling and with
courage, and climb faithfully, honestly
and in harmony with natures modes
of action, and the bars which guard
the wealth of soil and the accumula-
ton of mans toll will then fly back at
your bidding. But wealth should be
sought not for the pleasure of securing
and possessing it, but as means to
higher ends. When rightly used, it
relieves its prossessor from Il too severe
struggle for mere existence, and gives
time and opportunity for acquiring
useful aud pleasurable knowledge,
which in turn naturally leads to full
er comprehension of the real and en-
during verities which, though unseen
by the natural eye, are all that remain
ut the close OF life. Financial reserves
and mental training are the two great
stepping-stones by which mankind may
reach higher plane of existence. On
this higher plane, the environment is
so broad and grand, the air is so pure
and thoughts so lofty, that all work,
however menial, becomes inspiring,
and study, however hard, is pleasant
and ennobling.
SO, my young farmers-who should
be the pride of the nation and the an
chor which holds the thoughtless from
drafting toward anarchy-be honest
with the soil and with yourself. AS
you acquire health, fiber, purpose, and
courage in mounting the first step, do
| not stop at the second or third. Aim
high, for it has been written: "Aim
at the sun, and you may not reach it;
but your arrow will fly far higher than
if aimed at an object ON a level with
| Yourself"
In the hurry Of this intensely util-
itarian age, not only may health and
| life he curtailcd, but the better and loft
| tier sides OF our nature are in danger
| of becoming dwartted. While | may
not stop to discuss the moral bearings
of our profession, yet may | not ask
my young reader to study what have
written in Il broad and genious spirit,
in order that the higher ends to be
sought by study of the utilitarian side
| Oh Lilc llfHlci > iCllN NlGitS. WHICH IS pre-
sentcd in the following chapters, may
be kept i'll mind!
Tommy-lsnt it funny, ma, how ig-
norant it makes a man when he gets to
be patriot?
Ma-Why, Tommy, what gave you
that idea?
| Tommy-Why, ma, didn't the lee
turer say last night that the man who
is patriot should know no north nor
| south nor east nor west
Soxey-That fellow Primpas is one
of the richest men | ever met. He has
such a breezy way with him.
Knosey-Yes, l have noted his brac-