The reporter., 1900-02-01
O-ANER|CAN CULuKIS.
Things to Think About.

Things to Think About.
You >an not afford to do a thing
,oorly. You are more injured In
ihirking your work or half-doing a job
han the man for whom you are work.
ng.
Do not think that life consists of
lress and show. Remember that cne's
lie Is measured by the power that that
Individual has to make the world bet
er.
Lay hold on something that will help
rou, and then use it to help somebody
Use.
Show me a person who merely does
Us duty what he is asked to do, and
will show you a person who is never
constant demand-a person who is
lot going to be very valuable to hu-
nanity.
hing without good sound body-a
>ody that is able to stand up under
lardships, that is able to endure. \
great many of our young men, espe-
dallyin the larger cities, undermine
heir constitutions, and to a great ex-
ent throw away their usefulness, be-
:ause they do not understand how to
axe care of their bodies. Do not keep
ate hours. Have 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
The work that you perform, whether
sleaning lawn, laying of furrow.
building a chest, drawing plan or
studying lesson. you are perfectly
conscientious. If you choose these
hree lines on which to rest your lives
-truthfulness, honesty, and consclen-
dous performance of duty, your future
success 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
,arn, plan day by day how best to pro-
'ide for your horses and cows. When
ToI 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
md be unselfish when speaking be-
ore an audience, but the way to test
| persons real character is to notice
lis treatment of those who come into
laily contact with him how he speaks
20 his companions when his voice is
lot heard by the public.
1t Is a good practice for person to
get in the habit of making an exam
nation of himself day by day, to see
what extent his thoughts have dwelt
IN those things which are high and
o what extent he has permitted him
ielf to yield to the temptation OF being
ow. in his thoughts and imaginations.
There is no better test by which you
:an judge persons culture, civiliza-
Ion, or whatever you may call 1t, so
quickly or so accurately, as by the way
n which that person respects author
tv and obeys orders.
Get hold of the spirit of helping
somebody else. Seek every opportunity
% make somebody happier and more
comfortable. Never get to the point
where you will be ashamed to ask any
body for information. The ignorant
will always be ignorant if he fears that
by asking another for Information ht
will display ignorance. Better oncf
display your ignorance of a certa L
subject, than always know nothing O
It.
The boy who goes to school with ne
special plan, who has no time to study
this or that, who has no regular hour
for eating and sleeping, you will fint
that very soon that student will bt
left behind. No matter how brillian
or active a mind he has. success car
only come by planning work.
I have often thought, specially wher
travelling from city to city through
the North, what good thing it would
be to establish a chair In some stront
university for the art of scrubb.ng
Yes, the common, homely art of scrub
bing. Seldom do we see clean floors.
the art seems to have passed away.
If you want to put yourself in de
mand, make up your mind that yoJ
are going to give as few excuses al
possible.
If you are milking cows and feel tha
YOU know all that there is to b'
known about it, you have simply reach
ed the point where you are useless ant
unified for the work.
It Is not very hard to find peeps
who will thoroughly clean room tha
is going to be occupied, or wash disl
that is to be handled by strangers, bu
it is a hard thing to find person Wit
will do a thing right when the eyes
the world is not likely to rest upol
whatever is done. The cleaning
rooms has a great deal to do with for
ming ones character T. Wasl
ington.
We should not permit our gr eva1ca
10 oyershadow our opDortuniti 6
HIs Record saved III IN fro N Punish mont
H. B. Ford was a member 0f COM
psny 3, Idaho volunteers, which re-
Gently got home from the Philippines,
with a splcndid record of hard fighting