Weekly Chemawa American., April 25, 1902, Page 8, Image 8

CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
In Abort, trr w f sever 1 tin gs that
be could noi do, and several things U"t he
did nut kr.ow. Ex.
The Books Which Helped Lincoln.
It isfr qu- n'tyaaid thai t he young people
olMpywfl too rrni y l ooks. It Is not
difficult tn hpiif-v this, when one remem
bers w I at strorg yp" of h'telleHual great
rites hve hff ti ilfVe'' ped through I he t hor
ough M'dy of 8 vtry few of (lie master
pieces of literature.
LlncOn In hi- hnyhond hud acceas lo four
hooks, the Wide, "Pilirriui's Progtes,"
"Burns' Pofiiib" ard "Wrtmn'H Life of
Washington." He ho memorized many of
lite clo-ntera or the Bible, Hint subsequent
ly he seldom made Ht the bar t on the
"stumr" afpeech In which he did no' quote
from It. Hp early learned in his profes
sional life that to n public speaker the
Bible it. I he moat nwfnl of honks.
Burns developed bis fancy and. imaglna
tion, Bnnvan tat'Clit. hiiri how to uae fig
urative language, nd Wwm inspired him
with lb- noh'e -pi.lt f Waahlnirtnn. For
eign readers "f hi Gettysburg speech and
bis fcrond tiisiiittiral addres-s Msked:
"Whence (?.tt this matt hia style, seeing he
knows nothing of literature?"
He got it. from the EmiUsh Bible and
fiom Pnnyan'a '-Pilgrim's Progress" two
books which represent the rhythm, the
idiom, the majesty and tlte power of the
KngHah lantruage Ex.
Had Too Good a Start.
A remark fraught, with wisdom was ut
tered under tragic circumstances by a New
York phvsician a short lime ago. He was
called to the bedside of a you tig man of a
fine family who had just ended liia life hv
putting a bullet through bin heart. The
doctor was a family physician and had
known the youth for years. Me sbooit bis
head sadly as he raised the lifeless band
and let it drop.
"lie was a boy of brain," he said, "but
lie Iiug too much uiouey ever lo amount to
anything"
That waa the root of the evil in this case,
as it is in so many others. Theyoungnmii
had a settled inooine. It turned his utiticl
from work. He led the Ufa of an idler.
Jit- had no ambition, no pride. He dawd
led here and there, be became a lounger a
bout theaters, lie picked up acquaintances
who were a damage to him. And dually,
when he tired of it all, he resorted to tha
revolver and brought the worthless game to
"He had too much moneyever toaisonut
to anything," said the family doctor, and
it is a remark rich in moral warning. Kx.
Character Capital.
Jack is sixteen, ambitious, wide-awake-a
thorough American boy. In vacation, ou
Saturdays, and whenever out of erhool, he
is busy, alwavg securing some place where
lie can be at work mid earning, He pro
vides Ids own clotbing- -is proud to do it
buys his own school books, and is laying
up money in the bank, brides. He means
to have some capital to start In bust new
with, beany-.
He Counts his slowly accumulating dol
lars, and thinks he knows just Imw munh
"capital" he has, but it is probably that
he has neer reckoned the most valuable
part of bis earning. .fck has acquired a
reputation for steadiness and industry, for
being reliable. What he undertakes he wilt
do. The bargain he makes to-pay will not
depend upon the mood of to-morrow for
fulflllnirnt; it is a matter of honor,
To be known in that way is a very valu
able bit of capital to begin business wiili.
Jack Is obliging. He is wilting to give
good measure In hla service even beyond
the&triet letters of the bond, and so he In
liked and receives favors In return. T
hae won Ihegood will of others counts
for much in business. In short, character
lcapit I. Aside from all higher views it
represents money's worth in the buxfncM
world. And failure oftener comes fiom
lack of charucter Capital than from luck of
luouey capital. Ex.