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Show THE DESERET EAGLE. 60 BLOWING HIS OWN HORN. HAND TRAINING. A MERCIFUL LAWYER The following is told of Abraham Lincoln when he was a young lawyer in Illinois. The court had adjourned, and he was riding to the place where the circuit was next to meet when he saw in a slough a pig that could not extricate himself, but, with all his struggles, only sank deeper. Lincoln had on a new suit of clothes, and, not wishing to soil them, he drove on; but, unable to get the pig's unfortunate situation out of his mind, heat last returned to help toe poor creature, and succeeded in getting it out after soiling bis clothes a good dtal, and once more started on. Beginning to examine the motives which sent him back to helo the pig, heat first thought it was for the animals's sake, but finally decided that he went, as he told a friend, to "take a pain outof his own failure. He must not only in judicious ways mind." This is a view of sympathy blow his own horn, but olow it pretty which some people might do well to loudly, or tbe unappreciative world consider. Congregatipnalist. will know as little of him as ttioug i be had never been boru A DISGUSTED PORTLAND CAT. All the great newspapers, all the In some manner a cat found its way great authors, all tne grat merchants would never have been heard of if into acyclorama building several days The man in charce attempted to they had waited for others to blow ago. their horns for them. Andrew J ackson chase the trespassing feline through blew his horn at the battle of New the door, but the cat evidently thought Orleans. Grant blew his at Fort there was a better wy of escaping the Lincoln rising temper of the irate man. It Donelson, and Abraham when he signed the proclamation of looked cautiously about, as if to avoid on the prosttate forms of heemancipation, and Edison is blowing stepping roes slain in the battle. Finally its his now very frequently. Our advice to every young man is: eyes caugh1; stent of a tree. A projectTry to do the best work ever done, ing limb bung vry low, and here the and when you have done it, let the cat thougnt to tind a place of safety. whole world kao it, and don't hold It gave one leap, and, no douht wa back because lots of little people tbe most disgusted cat in Portland who have no horns to blow say, "He when it learned by aid experince the own horn." Our tree was on the canvas It picked itis blowing his self up and slowly slunk through the Dumb Animals. door, down the stairs and out of the THE CASH VALUE OF A KAIL building. Ex. ROAD TRAIN. But few person who viewa passenger train as it goes thundering past have an idea that it represents a cash value of from $ 75,000 to $ 120,000, but such is i he case. The ordinary express train represents from $S;,000 to $90,000. The engine and iender are valued at XT $10,500 the baggage car $ 1,000 the postal car $ 2,000 the tmoking car $5,000 two ordinary passenger car $ 10,000 each; Three palace cars 15,000 each; IS 1 VS. BEST. total, $ 83,000. Exchange. The other day a gentleman called We have found hand training in connection with our school work a and wanted us to pay a hundred dollars most valuable adjunct in the intellec to have a full steel plate picture of tual development of the pupils, ourself put in a book about to be pubyoung and old in attendance upon our lished. We told the gentleman that we classes. At first we hardly gsaw how must decline, as hundreds of dollars time could be spared from the book were not so plenty with us that we and class work of the course of study could afford them for such purposes for attention to practical hand work, and then we inquired in return; but the time was found and has been wnether the "editor of the book" in used with the happiest results to all question would pay $100 to have his concerned in all the work of the school. own face handed down to posterity. 0, no," replied the gentleman, Probably no hand work adopted in the school has proven of greater "that would be blowing his ovn advantage than the work of the Print- horn." The thought came to us that any ing Department. The matter of type setting and distributing which forms man who expects nowadays to make a pait of the work in this department much headway in the world without he contributes especially and noticeably telling the world in some way to the training of the faculties of alert- is doing is quite likely to prove a 11 w-a- t ness aad accuracy, so greatly needed in all tue work of life, in school and out. So with much of the other work and kuowiedge connected with a new and Joo ollice, such as is run in connection with the school. To possess this knowledge and to be able to do well thii work, must contribute in no small degree to the development and training of the intellectual as well as the physiacal powers. Tue same argument justifies the introduction into the clay school of needlework and the knowledge of ciohiug laoricts, of Cjoking aQd the kuowledge uf t ic sick, of Woodworking, tie use ot tools and the knowledge of woods. Not only are these practical matters justilled by arranieui in itie course of study, experience in our work, extending over nearly ten years, absolutly proves the wisdom and desirability of introducing tbe practical as largely as possible into our school work Ex. 1 Outward Manifestations. thought, I saw Vickars come in just now." "Yes; he is in ouder writing a love letter." "H'm! Ilow do you know that is what he is writing?11 'Weli, a nun wouldn't be grinning and winking one eye every minute or su it he were wrkiug a business com-liiumicati- would Jjurna. UcV ou, Indianapolis 3L$y His Experience Exactly. NKNIKOPLOWWCKBI jjJJffW Uulrhieh I tell you wnatitis, that North Side motaer "Oscar, why CHICAGO EOST0N M,;SS 5TUHTA CA. SC'Seo Miss Smilax is simply out ol sight. can't you be a good boj?" Wayward Wooden Yes, I've noticed it every "Mamina it makes me JOHN 1HYNES, thin I've called Boston Courier. so tired!" Chicago Tribune. Salt Lkk Ci ry, Utah. SW . four-year-o- ld |