Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-01-06

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II il q most excellent rule In life,
for those who would keep out Al
trouble and keep themselves too out
out Of the reach Of injurious busy.
bodies, to have their eyes and sars
wide open, and their mouths shut.
They may see all that IN 10 b seen.
and hear oil that 10 10 b heard, but
they need not tell 70 others oil thas
they may wish 10 hear. Thess ase
schsming times. Matter. spoken a
in conAdsncs, or words aroppsd 10
cautiously in shsnse cosv0sso1iea,
are not always accorded u psivasy
they are entitled 10. They azs -
too often ussd with rsoosss, whsn-
ever they can b used 10 The advant-
age Of one, or the dslzinsnt OF
another; and ia this way . man who
has honest schemes Of business 10
hand, or who may have The nisicr.
tune 70 have unhappy sscrsts IL his
household, or in his personal circle,
frequently finds the world cogniaant
Of them al without scarcely know
Ing how il obtained the information.
An upright. just, and honossh,s Per.
son, who chances 10 come into pos
session Of q knowledge Of his neigh
boris private sAAirs, vail lock his
lips upon IL, and suffer no one slse
TO obtain il from him. But oil men
do not possess this high regard lcs
others, and the only safe ruls in
dealing with such persons. and In
deed with all persons, 10 10 keep
your own counsel--convesss freely
and genially on ordinary subjscts,
bat ON grave personal mattsrs cul-
tivate q careful reticsnco. II you
have important business projects In
hand, keep thom 10 yourself, OF. 1t
most, limit the knowledge Of them
TO the few trusty friends on Whose
discretion you can rely, and who.s
advice aud assistance you may need.
There are few succeSsful business
men who do not make this IN in
flexible rule in their operations. II
saves them infinite trouble, end 10
one Of the secrets Of their sucosss.
S- heard II told at the cxpsnss
Of my friend H, who was, and Il.
a noted lawyer Of the Oxford county
bar. Though ] cannot avouch Tor
its truth, ~ applied 10 H In this
particular instance, ] Am forced 10
the belief that there 10 nothing In
his character which would render
the thing impossible.
A bad Q case on the docket IN
which, among other things, hs
wished to prove that his client had
no money, and 10 thst end 10 cross
questioned one OF the oppOnsnt's
witnesses ~ follows:
You asked my client for money.
did you noty'
"Well-yes, SIR"
ANSWER promptly, sir. Let 10
have NO hesitation. You asked him
for money now what was his
answerf"
"I dent know - / can tell"
:" But surely yoa rsnsnbsrr
Yes, sir.
Then out with IL. What was
his answer ?"
"I'd rather not tsll."
"Hoi hol You ere on that tack,
are youf You wont tell =
"I would rather not, dr."
But ! should rather you wouldl
So. sir II you do mot answer ~
question promptly and truthfullys
III call upon the court 10 com0is
yoa fes contempt"
"Wsll, sir, II, I mast tell talss o1t
Of school, here you have u. I siksd
him yesterday II hs could lsnd -
half . dollar, and hs told - -
couldn't"
"And you believed hin. ID yss
notr
Yes, sir, Tor h aid you ~ ssb-
bed him a every csut q he reody
money, and u - didn't ~ out q
your hands pssl1y 900, hswi1s -
lillls onss woald ee6ns To-"
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