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CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
Wise Dogs.
In Madagascar packs of wild dogs t-oam
over the country. When the dogs find it
necessary to cross a river they gather ou the
river bank and howl and howl. From up
stream, from downstream swim the croco
diles, rejoicing over the feast to come. 80
soon as the crocodiles of the neighborhood
are gathered, the dogs bolt helterskeller
and cross the stream three or four hundred
yards hip tier up. So the crocodiles miss
their dluner.
Earns a Thousand iolI Year.
One of the pluckiest little business men
in the country is Carl Gustafpon, the son
of Charles Gustafson, a fireman at the steel
mill at Newcastle, Pa. Although butthlr
teen years of age and but four feet, four
inches iu height, this little fellow travels
all over the country selling the Wellington
Typewriter, drawing a salary of one thou
sand dollars a year, The boy has helped
support his family since he was nine years
old. At the age of twelve he was employed
as a messenger boy by the Western Uuton
Telegraph Company in Newcastle, but he
has done other work, as lamp lighting, run
ning elevators, driving wagons, selling
papers, working in a paper box factory,
cleaning out boilers, etc. Be has a bank
account with a savings bank in which he
makes regular deposits of his earnings.
Nuts to Crack,
Here is a lint of questions for the wide
awake boy. Can you answer all of them?
You nan see any day a white hw, but
did you ever Pee a white colt? How many
different kinds of trees grow in your i.eiiib
borhnnd, and what are t hey good forr Why
does a horse eat grastmckwardsanda cow
forward? Why does a hop vine wind one
way and a hean vine 'be m.hr? Where
should a chimney- be the larger, at the top
or bottom, and why? Can you tell why a
horse v. hen tihered with a rope, always
unri.vels it, while a cow alwa8 twists it
into a kinky knot? How old must agrape
vine be before it begins to bear? Can you
tell why leave? (urn upside down just be
fore a rain? What wood will bear the
greatest weight before breaking? Why in
it Indian school hoys dislike to ear veals?
Why Young Men Fail.
Samuel Sloan, Presidentofthe Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad, is one
of the foremost figures in the commercial
life of New York. Far advanced In years,
be Is still as active as any young man ia
his employ, and is to be found at his desk
every working day in the year. Mr. Sloan
has been an observer of the rise of many
young taen from, obscure places to positions
of honor iu the railroad world, and a mourn
ful spectator of many failures. His views
as to the root of failure have added value,
coming as they do from one whose career
is cn-eval with the advancementof the busi
ness of transportation. Bays Mr. Sloan:
"Failure springs from the indifference nf
young men to the detail of their work and
their desire to grasp Buccess before thef
have earned the right to its possession.
Success may be explained in a few words;
failure is so complex and ha so many causes
that its definition is diflicnlt.
Dishonesty spells failure for any young
man. Intemperance means d'snrace a-id
ultimate poveriy for the most promising
youth. L-u-k of Industry l-'ad to every
kind of non-Huccess and is twin brother to
mor, evil known in the spheres of com-
uncertain engine; how much less shou'd
anyemn'oynr wnta lazv man. Men who
do their work indifferently are a drug in
the market, and always wi'l be.
Th youth who weaves for himself a gar
land in which are entwined the criliunl
business virtub integrity . sobriety, cheer
fulness and industry will find himself wear
ing a crnwn of gold in mature manhood.
The prizes of life are for the re-d partici
pants In the great arena of business. The
onlookers rnu t be content with verv umill
rewards, if any. Nature has widely de
creed that none hut Hie fittest shall survive
in the ph-sical world and in the wnrW ol
work. The Saturday Evening Prst,