The boy who aims to become an engineer should not waste his school hours in idle dreaming or in too much sport.
Improve every moment you can spare from other duties or needed exercise in studying arithmetic, geometry, algebra and mechanical engineering. A little knowledge as a draughtsman will also be a great help.
Above all, get some larger manual on locomotive engineering and read and re-read it until you know its contents by heart.
Remember that there is no limit to knowledge in any direction.
The time can never come to any engineer when he can truthfully say to himself, "I know it all," and to his life-long study write
Colored Covers. 32 Pages. All Kinds of Good Stories. Price 5 Cents. Issued Weekly. Read List Below.
No. 1 Dick Decker, the Brave Young Fireman by Ex Fire Chief Warden 2 The Two Boy Brokers; or, From Messenger Boys to Millionaires by a Retired Banker 3 Little Lou, the Pride of the Continental Army. A Story of the American Revolution by General Jas. A. Gordon 4 Railroad Ralph, the Boy Engineer by Jas. C. Merritt 5 The Boy Pilot of Lake Michigan by Capt. Thos. H. Wilson 6 Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer by Jno. B. Dowd 7 The Little Swamp Fox. A Tale of General Marion and His Men by General Jas. A. Gordon 8 Young Grizzly Adams, the Wild Beast Tamer. A True Story of Circus Life by Hal Standish 9 North Pole Nat; or, The Secret of the Frozen Deep by Capt. Thos. H. Wilson 10 Little Deadshot, the Pride of the Trappers by An Old Scout 11 Liberty Hose; or, The Pride of Plattsville by Ex Fire Chief Warden 12 Engineer Steve, the Prince of the Rail by Jas. C. Merritt 13 Whistling Walt, the Champion Spy. A Story of the American Revolution by General Jas. A. Gordon 14 Lost in the Air; or, Over Land and Sea by Allyn Draper 15 The Little Demon; or, Plotting Against the Czar by Howard Austin 16 Fred Farrell, the Barkeeper's So by Jno. B. Dowd 17 Slippery Steve, the Cunning Spy of the Revolution by General Jas. A. Gordon 18 Fred Flame, the Hero of Greystone No. 1 by Ex Fire Chief Warden 19 Harry Dare; or, A New York Boy in the Navy by Col. Ralph Fenton 20 Jack Quick, the Boy Engineer by Jas. C. Merritt 21 Doublequick, the King Harpooner; or, The Wonder of the Whalers by Capt. Thos. H. Wilson 22 Rattling Rube, the Jolly Scout and Spy. A Story of the Revolution by General Jas. A. Gordon 23 In the Czar's Service; or, Dick Sherman in Russia by Howard Austin 24 Ben o' the Bowl; or, The Road to Ruin by Jno. B. Dowd 25 Kit Carson, the King of Scouts by an Old Scout 26 The School Boy Explorers; or, Among the Ruins of Yucatan by Howard Austin 27 The Wide Awakes; or, Burke Halliday, the Pride of the Volunteers by Ex Fire Chief Warden 28 The Frozen Deep; or, Two Years in the Ice by Capt. Thos. H. Wilson 29 The Swamp Rats; or, The Boys Who Fought for Washington by Gen. Jas. A. Gordon 30 Around the World on Cheek by Howard Austin 31 Bushwhacker Ben; or, The Union Boys of Tennessee by Col. Ralph Fenton