American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . g foryou, if you have the points. Do not fear that yon will beoverlooked. A young person having these qualities willshine as plainly as a star at night We have named tenpoints that go toward making up the character of a suc-cessful boy, so that they can be easily remembered. Youcan imagine one on each finger, and so keep them inmind—they will be worth more than diamond rings, andyou will then never be ashamed to show your hand. Presence of 3Iin<l.—An English writerrelates the following incident. A lady was in front of herlawn with
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . g foryou, if you have the points. Do not fear that yon will beoverlooked. A young person having these qualities willshine as plainly as a star at night We have named tenpoints that go toward making up the character of a suc-cessful boy, so that they can be easily remembered. Youcan imagine one on each finger, and so keep them inmind—they will be worth more than diamond rings, andyou will then never be ashamed to show your hand. Presence of 3Iin<l.—An English writerrelates the following incident. A lady was in front of herlawn with her children, when a mad dog rushed towardthem pursued by several men. Most persons would havescreamed and done nothing, or at once taken to theirheels and left the poor children to their fate. Not so thismother. Nerved to resolution by love of her children,she walked straight toward the dog, received his head inthe folds of her skirts between her knees, and held itwith all her might until the men came np and secured it. Ways of f«icWin» a, THE ELIXD rrPE Ouc of the first thoughts of a person coming from thecountry to New York, and seeing the crowds of peoplewho throng the streets, is, How do they all get a living ?To answer this fully would require large volumes. Thereare hundreds of ways of making money in a large city,which, fortunately, are unknown outside of its bave prepared illustrations snowing some of thesethat may interest the young readers of the above is a correct portrait of a Mind piper that has•gularly seen in the streets of New York for manyyears, Kisfavorite resting-place is on the stone copingof the railing around Trinity Church, on Broadway, atthe head of Wall Street. Usually a little girl sits by himto receive the pennies that maybe dropped by the com-passionate passers. The sound produced by his playingou the bagpipes is execrable. Piling saws would be music compared with it. When performing, he twistsand works
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