But that isn't all. You have cost your father many hard knocks and short dinners and worry and grev streaks in his hair. And your mother -oh, boy, you will never know! You have cost her days and nights of anxiety and wrinkles in her dear face and heartaches and sacrifices. It has been expensive to grow you. If you are what we think you are, you are worth all you cost-and much, much more. Be sure of this: While father does not say much but "Hello, son," way down deep in his tough, staunch heart, he thinks you are the finest ever. And as for the little mother, she simply cannot keep her love and pride for you out of her eyes. You are a man now. And some time you must step into your father's shoes. He wouldn't like you to call him old, but just the same he isn't as young as he used to be. You see, young man, he has been working pretty hard for more than twenty years to help you up! And already your mother is beginning to lean on you. Doesn't that sober you. Twenty-one? Your father has done fairly well, but you can do better. You may not think so, but he does. He has given you a better chance than he had. In many ways you can begin where he left off. He expects a good deal from you, and that is why he has tried to make a man of you. Don't flinch, boy! It will put The world will try you out. to the test every fiber in you. But you are made of good stuff. Once the load is fairly strapped on your young shoulders, you will carry it and scarcely feel it-if only there be the willing and cheerful mind. All hail you, on the threshold! It's high time you were beginning to pay the freight. And your back debts to father and mother. You will pay them, won't you, boy? How shall you pay them? By being always and everywhere a man! -Grand Rapids Chronicle. Luck vs. Labor "It is not luck, but labor, that makes men. Luck is ever waiting for something to turn up; labor, with keen eye and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies abed and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy. Labor turns out at 6:00 a. m. and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence. Luck steps downward to self-indulgence; labor strides upward and aspires to independence." We imagine that none who have had any experience in life's battle would disagree with these words of Cobden. Flashes You can not help the world by hiding from it. When your business runs down, wind it up. The rolling stone never becomes a mossback. As you cease to grow up you begin to go down. A calloused hand is better than a calloused heart. No house is dark in which a little child smiles. The more a man knows, the less he brags about it. The man with money to burn seldom gets up any steam. You don't have to wear fine clothes if you can afford it. Hope costs you nothing, yet you are a pauper without it. A little sin often produces as much sorrow as a big one. It is better to get wisdom than gold-and so much easier. The man nowadays is judged by the company he promotes. Beauty is only skin deep, but many folk are thick skinned. Speak well of your friends; of your enemies speak not at all. Today is never bettered by tomorrow's burdens. Happy is the man everybody praisesfor he is dead. The only safe place to keep your heart is at home. Even the Almighty can not use people who were born petrified. Let your wife have her way so long as it only amounts to talk. It is sometimes easier to endure failure than to enjoy success. We always think the worst of the fellow who gets the best of us. The fellow who lives by his wits generally dies amongst his woes. One false friend can cause more trouble than a score of enemies. Because some people parade a cross is no reason they will wear a crown. The only thing scarcer than a hen's tooth is politeness in the street cars. There is one right way and one hundred wrong ways of doing everything. Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, contentment in the house and clothes on the bairns.-Benjamin Franklin. COLLINS Mortuary Record CANOTE Brother R. L. Canote, Division 363, Norfolk, Neb. FINCH-Brother A. D. Finch, Division 285, Spokane, Wash. GARDINER-Brother B. W. Gardiner, Division 247, Trinidad, Colo. HAMMETT-Brother J. R. Hammett, Division 5, Baltimore, Md. HARRIS-Brother D. Harris, Division 270, Youngstown, Ohio. HARRISON-Brother M. E. Harrison, Division 351, Portsmouth, Ohio. INGALLS-Brother O. H. Ingalls, Division 370, Providence, R. I. JUMPER-Brother H. S. Jumper, Division 88, Ennis, Texas. KARR-Brother J. S. Karr, Division 7, Houston, Texas. MITCHELL-Brother J. T. Mitchell, Division 2, Buffalo, N. Y. ORAM-Brother G. L. Oram, Division 209, Pocatello, Idaho. PERRY-Brother J. G. Perry, Division 167, Oswego, N. Y. REESE Brother E. Reese, Division 201, McKees Rocks, Pa. SHREWSBERY-Brother J. A. Shrewsbery, Division 70, East Las Vegas, N. M. SANDIDGE Brother W. W. Sandidge, Division 282, Needles, Cal. SLOAT-Brother R. J. Sloat, Division 507, Teague, Texas. TRUEMAN-Brother H. P. Trueman, Division 214, Moncton, N. B. UNDERWOOD-Brother Jas. Underwood, Division 500, New London, Conn. VAUGHN-Brother L. H. Vaughn, Division 312, Weehawken, N. J. WILEY--Brother J. B. Wiley, Division 24, St. Albans, Vt. BAIRD--Wife of Brother H. R. Baird, Division 44, Denver, Colo. HENRITZE-Mother of Brother E. R. Henritze, Division 139, Knoxville, Tenn. PENNY-Daughter of Brother Geo. J. Faatz, Division 48, Detroit, Mich. PATTERSON-Wife of Brother N. P. Patterson, Division 367, McComb City, Miss. ROACH-Wife of Brother J. H. Roach, Division 81, Beardstown, Ill. SHELDON-Daughter of Brother J. Clark Sheldon, Division 312, Weehawken, N. J. General Information Relative to Mutual Benefit Dept. Assessment No. 501 is for death of L. A. McVey, May 23, 1909, and No. 502 is for death of H. Hagan, May 23, 1909. See Article 13, Laws Governing Mutual Benefit Department. Series A, 13,476; Series B, 17,143; Series C, 8,246; Series D, 376; Series E, 53. Amount of Assessments Nos. 501-502, $148,538. Sundry Expense, $30.05; Postage, $398.00; Stationary and Printing, $86.55; Salary, $867.35; Fees returned, $47.00. W. J. MAXWELL, Secy. Mr. Conductor! BALL WATCHES-THE RAIL BALL ROAD STANDARD for safe, reliable timekeeping. WATCHES-THE RAILROAD STANDARD for simplicity, strength, and no repair bills beyond yearly cleaning and oiling. Our established, standard, retail prices-the same everywhere and the same to all-insure you the same fair treatment and full value received whether you purchase in Maine or California. On Trial Dr. Rainey says: "My scientific form- Nervous, Weak, HEART WEAKNESS Fluttering, Skipping, Palpita GATARRN Hawking, Spitting, Nose Running Watery BLOOD TROUBLES General Debility, Paleness, Dr. Rainey Medicine Co.. Dept. 36, 152 Lake St., Chicago. I enclose four cents postage. 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