Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1913 — SAND WILL DO IT. [ARTICLE]

SAND WILL DO IT.

I observed a locomotive In the railroad yards one day. It was waiting in the roundhouse where the locomotives stay; It was panting for the journey, It was coaled and fully* manned, And It' had a box the fireman was filling full of sand. It appears that locomotives can not always get a grip On their slender iron pavement, ’cause tils' wheels are apt to slip; And when they reach a slippery spot their tactics they command. And to get a grip upon the rail they sprinkle It with sand. It’s about the way with travel along life’s slippery track. If your load is rather heavy you’re always slipping back; So, if a common locomotive you corn's. pletely understand, Yohtfl provide yourself- in starting with a good supply of sand. If your track is steep and hilly and you have a heavy grade. If those who’ve gone before you the rails quite slippery made, If you ever reach the summit of the uppar tableland. _~-U—. You’ll find you’ll have to do with a liberal use of sand. If you strike some frigid weather and discover, to your cost. That you’re liable to slip up on a heavy coat of frost. Then some prompt, decided action will be called into demand. And you’ll slip ’way to the bottom if you haven’t any sand. You can get to any station that is on life’s schedule seen If there’s fire beneath the boiler of ambition’s strong machine. And you’ll reach a place called Flushtown at a rate of speed that’s grand, If for all the slippery places you’ve a good supply of sand. —Chicago Tribune.