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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1901)
CHEHAWA, OREGON, Mind Your Own Business. The habit, of attending to your own busi ness, if you nre an artist at it, will ulti mately win your success quite as surely as exceptional talent or ability. Education, primarily, is to acquaint one with the eHKeiituI eU-ments of knowledge, which once acquired should have, the effect of keeping one in his place. In this sense, it is quite evident that education some times doesn't educate, for the world is lull of vacillating creatures who are wo fully out of their 01 hits in this respect. If they only knew how to keep their places, always endeavoring to attend to the busi ness affairs of their calling, they might be reasonably sure of getting ahead. Their pro pensity to snoop and pry into the person al or business uffairsof others, however, is (lnvoted to such an extent that they can not find time to get intelligent expression to their efforts. No man can make pro gress unless he mixes brain with his work, any more than he can succeed without ef fort, and the man who concentrates his mind on his business and sacrifices in the furtherance of its interests outstrips his fellow men in the race for supremacy and recognition. By dividing attention be tween your ow n aff lirsand some one else's, you awaken your fo&ces and have just that much less - mental energy to apply to personal interests. Many men have failed because too mindful of the progress of others, that is, they devoted their atten tion to other people's success to an extent that blinded them to their own opportu nities, and, if he . would only improve them instead of focusing a jealous eye on the progress of his neighbor, the various fields of enterprise would be more quickly studded with men capable of successfully coping with the problems of their ailing. The habit of attending to your own busi ness of success and it will be laid early and firmly. Ex. ' 1 FRIDAY OCTOBER 18,1901. Whistle Away, Boys. J lave you any petty cares, boys? Whistle them away. . Theie's nothing cheers the spirit. Like a imrry roundelay. No matter for Hi? heartaches, . 'Neath silk or hodden-gray; For the sake of I hose who love you, Just whistle them away. 'Tis strange how soon friends gather About, a cheerful face; ' That smiling eyes and lips count more Than beauty, wealth or grace. . But I have seen it tried, boys; When troubles come to. stay , . The brave heart leaps to work and strives To whistle it away. Sel. : A Letter From an Old Pnpil. Ml". POTTEII. Dear Sir: " I received your letter, and was 'glad to hear from you. We were more than surprised when brother came home, we were not expecting to see him come home. - - T was very proud of him to know how much he has changed and how much he learned. l ean never thank Uncle Sam enough for what he has done for us, how many times I think what a big help it is to me in , life what I learned at dear old Chemawa. Just as soon as my two children a e big enough to send out there I will send 1 hem. They are too young yet, but I am teaching them at home. I saw my brother a b iiit sending his childern, he said he rath er setxl them to school at home for a while, the school is but a short distance rom where be is. Is Mrs. Adair at the School yet? If-so give her my love. ' ' llcspectfully Yours.