634 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



of the campaign devolved upon him, looked after the expenditures of 

 himself and those of the army. This same policy of economy was 

 carried out while he was President of the United States. Jefferson 

 planned his home and his farm and everything to 'the last letail; 

 all this to avoid waste, to enforce reasonable economy. He exer- 

 cised the same economical principles during his administration as 

 President and in fact during the whole of his public and useful life. 

 Such men are to be trusted. They were the highest types of the 

 class of men in whom others put confidence. Some one has said: 

 "Never trust a man to save for you who does not save for himself." 



Another element that should not be forgotten at this time and 

 that is industry. We know that the sturdy men and women of the 

 early days in our own country were workers, honest, frugal and 

 saving. They worked hard in clearing and cultivating the land, 

 and in founding settlements, and the same rule holds good at the 

 present time. If we wish to accomplish anything we must work. 

 The immortal Lincoln once said: "Yon can't get something for 

 nothing. Labor must earn, economy must rule, frugality must save." 

 It should be impressed upon the minds of the young and be heeded 

 as a truthful maxim by all, that money represents toil. Labor is 

 the producing power. 



I wish to mention one other element of vital importance to sue 

 cess, and that is education, and this is particularly applicable to 

 the younger people of to-day, whether you are or intend to be farmer, 

 mechanic, business man or professional man, get the best educa- 

 tion opportunity may offer and diligent study secure. Someone 

 has said, we can not all be college'men. True, we all can not, but 

 with the school advantages we have to-day, our good buildings, our 

 free text-book sj&tem, and with our wise and able supervision we 

 should at least be able to get a good practical school education. 

 Conquer the rudiments, learn to spell well, to write intelligently, 

 learn grammar, the rules and logic of your language, study arith- 

 metic and apply it for practical and business equipment. Keep your 

 accounts with careful accuracy, shun bad company, work to beconn 

 self-sustaining and independent. Take a proper and cool-minded 

 interest in public affairs. Read good books and read to learn and 

 remember. 



I will close by using a quotation of Henry W. Curtis: 



"Little words of sympathy, little acts of kindness, little deeds of 

 love, little helping hands encircling others and making easier the 

 way for them, these are the little successes which, when gathered 

 into one great whole, give the pattern of life which God approves." 



THE MISSION OF BIRDS. 



By IVY M. BREED, Breedtown, Pa. 



Birds are one of the most beautiful of God's creations. What 

 is prettier than the busy little humming-birds which flit from flower 

 to flower, sipping their nectar, or our red-breasted robin whom we 

 greet with joy because he is, as we say, 'The harbinger of spring." 



