CHEMAWA AMERICAN;
Why Engines Are She,
A HRirtHT pupil has discovered the rea
son why au engiue is always called she.
Hib argument is that they wetir a jacket,
n up) on, have shoes, none tmd drag u
train behind ibem; Miey have a lap, Deed
guiding, ride wheels, will nut turn out for
pedestrians, sometime foain and refuse to
work; they attract men, are very contrary,
and it always takes a man to manave
them Ex.
How To Get On In The World.
Most of our successful men begun life
without a dollar. They have Won success
iiy hard work and strict honesty. You nan
(In the same. Here are a doen rule for
feiting on In the world.
1. Be honest. Dishonesty eeldom mak8
one rich, and when it doss, tiehes are a
cnree. There is no snob thing as dishonest
2. Work. The world is not going lo ty
you for nothing. Ninety per cent, of wbnt
men cull genius it only talent for haid
work.
3. Knter into that business or trade
which your like nest, and for which nature
see.ns litted yon, provided it is honorable.
4. Be independent. Do not lean on other?
to do your thinking or to conquer your
difficulties.
5. Be conscientious in Hie discharge of
every duty. I)o your work thoroughly.
No hoy can rise who slights bin work.
6. Don't try to begin at (he top. Begin
at the bottom and you will have a chance
to rise and you will he sure of reaching the
7. Trust to nothing hut (ind and hard
work. Inscribe on your banner, ''Luck is
a fool, pluck is a hero."
8. Be punctual, Keepyour appointment.
Be there a minute before-time if you bate
to lose your dinner lo do It.
10. Be geuerous. 1 Meaness makes eueiu
tee and breeds distrust.
U. Spend less than you earn, Do not
run in debt- Wn'i the little leaks and
you cau live on your salary.
12. Make all the money you can hones
tly, do ali Ihe good ,u can with it while
you have, and beyour own executor.. .Ex.
Life A Century Ago.
One hundred years ago a man could not
take ti tide on a sUHllihoat.
He could not go from Washington to New
Y rk in h few houis.
He had never sueu an eic. trie light or
dreamed of on electric car.
He could hot send a tlegram.
He Couldn't talk ihruugli the telephone,
and he had never neard of the hello girl.
Heould not ride a bicycle.
HecouM not. call In a stenographer and
dictate u letter.
He hud never received a typewritten com
munication. He l-ad never heard or the germ theory
or worried ovr bacilli and bacteria.
He never looked pleasant before a pho
tographer or had his picture taken.
He never heard a phonograph talk or saw
a kiueioHcope turn ont a piize fight.
He never saw through a Webster's un
abridged dictionary with the aid of a Roent
gen ray.
He bad never taken a ride hi an elevator.
He had never Imagined inch a thing as
a typesetting machine or a typewriter. .
He had never used anylhing hut a wood
en plough.
He bad never seen his wife using a sew
ing trachiue.
He couldn't take an miesthetic and have
his leg cut off without feeling it.
He had never puichawedaten cent maga
zine, which would have beeu regarded as a
miracle of art.
He could not buy a paper for a cent and
learn everything that had happened the
day before all over the world.
He had never seen a McCormick reaper
or a Belfb!nding baivester.
He had never crossed an iron bridge,-Ex.