The times., 1898-09-26
The Little GERMS story.

Once Little Germ sat in the corner of 4
Sunday School Room and Listened 10 the Pro-
ceedings. After the Scholars had Wriggled and
squirrned, and the Teachers had Explain d and
Hypnotizcd for Half an Hour the Superntend mt
got up and gave Talk to the Whole School.
Children. said he, 81 With 10 Impress upon
your Youthful Minds the Value CT Industry and
Perseverance. Behold the Coral Insect. which
Tolls for Years Beneath and Sea and Builds its
Islands Of Solid Rock. Behold the Snail. which.
though 1t Cannot Move Fast yet does not De-
spair, but Perseveres. Behold the Mole which
Works in the Dark and Never Sees any OF the
Beautiful Things which Surround Us Now, nv
dear Children, cannot all be Coral Insects,
nor snails, nor Moles, but we can all be Perse-
vering. Ii at First you don't Succeed, try, try
Again
Now, Children, | am going TO tell you a
Story, and the little Boy On the Back Seat Must
not Stick that Pin into the Boy in Front There
was Once a Young Lad who was left Penniless
and without Home or Friend in the World -
Just like Me- thought the Germ.
HE became Newsboy on a Train" con-
tinued the Superintendent. "and Saved all his
Money. Often the other Boys asked him 10
Treat them TO Lemonade or Cider but he al
ways Refused He never Spent Anything. for
Amusement OF a Frivolous Kind-on,y for Arith-
metics and Catechisms. And in a few Years
be became Brakeman, and then Conductor
He Longer Pennile s; he had a Nice lit
tie Bank Account. But still he never Spent
Money Foolishly. And in course of Time he be-
came one OF the Directors OF the Road and
was Able to Exert an Immense Influence over his
FeilowMen. ~And it was all through Industry
and Perseverance. Like the Coral Insect he
went Building without Knowing what he was
Building for. Like the Snail, he Pe-severed
Like the Mole, he dsnied himself all Unneces ary
Pleasures And il were to Tell you his Name
you would all Know Whom | Mean"
Il KnowH' sang out TIE Little Boy on the
Back Seat my Pa says He's a Mean Scamp
and he Bought the State Legislature last Year.
''sh-sh!'' Exclaimed the Teachers. And the
Superintendent Sat Down.
II will Take this Lesson to Heart" said the
Germ solemny. And it Did.
For Some Time il was not very Successful
Food was Scarce and Hard to Come By. and
people did 50 much Scrubbing that the Germ
had to Move Several Times in a Great Hurry
Then the War Broke Out and the Germ Tray
eled South to a Volunteer Camp. II found Lots
of Rotten Meat and Vegetables and Things Ly-
ing out in the Warm Sun.
'Qh. N.Y." sad the Germ
And it Worked Double Time for Four Months
At the End OF that Period. Half the Soldiers
in the Camp were down with Typhoid Fever
And the Germ said: II am Beginning to have
Great Influence"
BY and By the Volunteers Began TO 60 out of
Camp in Wooden Boxes, and Never Came Back,
and the Doctors Began to Look Scared. And
the Germ Said: Il Control the Situaticn-''
Indignant People then Visited the Camp and
Expressed their Opinion of the Doctors. Some of
the Things which they Said not Fit even
for the Ears Of Germ. The Germ was Shocked.
And it Said: They do not Appreciate my
Labors-''
Then the Papers Began to Spread the Fame
of that Germ from End of the Country to
the Other. And the Germ Sat on a Soldier
Left Ear and read the Headlines, and il said
Il am Famous, Just Like the Man IN the Story -
Patience and Perseverance Accomplish Many
Things