The Jackson headlight., 1900-01-27
AMERICAN CULL|NG8,
Things to Think About.

| IooNy. You are more injured In
| 0Tking your work or half-doing a job
| nan the man for whom you are work
hE.
Do not think that life consists of
lress and show. Remember that on.'s
ire is measured by the power that that
Individual has 10 make the world bet
eT.
Lay hold ON something that will help
lou,- and then use it to help somebody
ase.
Show me person who merely does
IS duty what he is asked to do, and
Will show you person who is never
n constant demand-a person who is
iot going to be very valuable to hui.
nanity.
A person can not succeed in any
hing without a good sound body-a
>ody that is able to stand up under.
1ardships, that is able to endure. 4
great many OF our young men, espe-
Aallyin the larger cities, undermine
heir constitutions. and to a great ex-
ant throw away their usefulness, be-
ause they do not understand how to
axe care Of their bodies. Do not keep
ate hours. Have a time to go to bed,
md enough self control to say to those
Who persuade you to dissipate: MY
line for rest has come, and you must
excuse me-"
Learn all you can, but learn to do
something, or your learning will be
Useless.
You will gain a great deal, If In all
he work that you perform, whether
Meaning lawn, laying off a furrow,
building chest, drawing a plan or
studying lesson, you are perfectly
conscientious. If you choose these
hree lines on which to rest your lives
-truthfulness, honesty, and conscien-
dous performance of duty, your future
uccess Is assured.
A person must be able to earn his |
living before he can be of much bene- |
1t to himself and the community In |
which he lives.
II you are at the head Of a stable or
BARN, plan day by day how best to pro-
tide for your horses and COWS. When
FoG make yourself master of these
humble positions, you will find that
he higher calls will come to you.
1t is not very hard to find a person
who will speak good and kind words
ind be unselfsh when speaking be-
ore an audience, but the way to test
/ persons real character Is to notice
lis treatment of those who come into
iaily contact with him how he speaks
20 his companions when his voice is
lot heard by the public.
1t is good practice for a person to
get in the habit of making an exam
nation of himself day by day, to see
o what extent his thoughts have dwelt
IN those things which are high and
o what extent he has permitted him
elf to yield to the temptation of being
ow. in his thoughts and imaginations. t
There is no better test by which you !
an judge PERSONS culture, civiliza-l
ion, or whatever you may call it, so 4
uickly or so accurately, as by the way 4
n which that person respects author
~ and obeys orders.
The average boy usually has the idea \
hat II he were just somewhere else
q another State or in contact with
omebody else, he would succeed, for
citing too often to utilize the forces
hat are about him and in hand.
Get hold of the spirit of helping
else. Seek every opportunity
D make somebody happier and more
comfortable. Never get to the point
here you will be ashamed to ask any
ody for information. The ignorant
Ill always be ignorant if he fears that I
y asking another for information ht
ill display ignorance. Better once [
lsplay your ignorance of a certa.I /,
lbject, than always know nothing O =
The boy who goes to school with NJ
)ecial plan, who has no time to study L
lis or that, who has no regular hour =
'r eating and sleeping, you will fnC U
lat very soon that student "" be
IT behind. No matter how brillian i,
: active mind he has, succe5s car \,
lly come by planning work. Il
have often thought, specially wher 81
aVelling from city TO city through | h
10 North, what a good thing it woult h
, to establish chair in some strong N
diversity for the art of scrubb;ng 70
es, the common, homely art Of scrub
ng. Seldom do we see clean floors :,
e art seems to have passed away. =
II you want to put yourself in de II
and, make up your mind that yol Ie
e going to give as few excuses al 20
'ssible. =
If you are milking COWS and feel tha e.
,u know all that there is to b. T
lown about it, you have simply reach. u
the point where you are useless ant "
fitted for the work. p'
h
1t Is not very hard to find peopli An
10 will thoroughly clean room tha tb
going to be occupied, or wash a disl =
at is to be handled by strangers, bu Il
is hard thing to find person wht
II do thing right when the eyes o
e world is not likely to rest upol
latever is done. The cleaning o VI
oms has a great deal to do with for !
ng ones character-Booker T. Wash
gton.
We should not permit our grievanse 81