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Show Stop that cough It's easy a bottle of Euculyptol Honey and Pin Balsam will do the work Wallace Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 2249 Washington Ave. Bell Phone 290-Z; Ind. Phone 349 Girls Look Here! The latest styles in Spring Millinery arriving daily. Call and see us Leading Millinery Co. Washington Avenue Spring is Coming and with it Our New Goods We are opening new Goods every day Ginghams, Dress Goods Calicoes, Waist Shirts & Notions of all Kinds Lace & Embroideries, Ribbons Fancy Work Etc. SEE OUR STOCK Z. C. M. I. Copyright 1905 by Hart Schaffner & Marx With the Breath of Spring Comes the invariable disposition to garb one's self beautifully. You remember how Tennyson phrases it: "In the Spring a man's fancy, etc.'" We meet your most esthetic desires with the most esthetic creations Top Coats are here at moderate prices Wright's Volume three Number four MARCH 1906 THE ACORN Make the Best of Yourself A father, writing to his son who had been sent to an eastern college, said: "In order to make your position in life, you must first make yourself. If you make something good of yourself you will occupy a station of honor and usefulness. If you are a failure, your future life is sure to be." There are two parts to man's education; the one he receives at the hands of others; the other, which is more importance, is the one he gives himself. "The best part of every man's education," says Walter Scott, "is that which he gives to himself." The education, received at school, or college, is but a beginning to our education. It is valuable only in as much as it has trained the mind and habituated it to future application and study. Knowledge put into use by others is far less ours than that acquired by our own constant and persevering effort. Knowledge acquired by hard labor and diligent study becomes a treasured possession. Such culture calls forth power and cultivates strength. The solution of one problem helps the mastery of another. Our own persevering efforts are essential machines. Still I must say that parents should never abandon a child, leaving it to itself, or discourage any efforts it may make in endeavoring to rise in the world. In many cases, those who give but very little promise in early youth happily disappoint their friends in after years. Many children through unhappy birth, have been looked down upon by the more fortunate members of the family, as being capable of bringing nothing but ruin and disgrace upon the family's sacred name. But things must change in time. The slumbering powers of this unfortunate child have been awakened, and being rightly directed in its infancy, it has risen to be the shining star of the household; but only by hard work, persevering efforts, and self reliance. Such is an example of Dr. Arnold's teachings. He strove to teach his pupils self-reliance, and developing their powers by their own active efforts, he himself merely guiding, |