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Show Two College Hoys. Two hoys left home with ju-i m.mey rnni-'i to take them through colli -ye. afler which they mn-t depend entirely upon iheir ovj.i effort-. Tiny attacked at-tacked the collegiate problmn- -:icce f uHy. p'a-ed the Kl-adu:ition. received ih.-ir diploma- from ihe faculty, also commendatory h tier- P a lare -hip-building firm, with v.hieh tiny de.-ired employment. Ushered into the wailing room of the head of the firm, the 1ir.-t was piven an audience, lie pre-ented his letters. "What can you do:" a-ked the man of million-. "I should like ome sort of clerk-hip." "Well, sir, 1 will take your name and addre--. and should we have an thine of the kind open will correspond with you." As he passed our he remarked to hi- wail in-.: companion: "Vou can i;o in and 'leave vour address. ad-dress. " The other presented liim-ell and his paper-. ''What can you do.'" was a-ked. " can do anything thai a vru hand -an do, sir," was the reply. The magnate touched a lu ll, which calkd a superintendent. "Have you anything to put a man to work at :" "We want a man to rt -crap iron," replied the superintendent. And the colle" graduate went to -m-tini; scrap iron. One week pa-ed. and the pre-ideni. meet in!: the superintendent, a-ked: "How i- the new mi'-i getting on 'Oh,' said the b.-. "h- did hi- work so u.i!, and never watched the clock, that f Hit 'aim over the gaiifr.'" In one year this man had reached the head of the department, and an advisory pn-.it ion with the management at a salary repi' -cnti d by four figures, fig-ures, while bis whilom companion whs "clerk" in a livery stable, washing liarnes-es and carriages. Dumb Animals. 4. |