The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-03-19
s7.s. faik 20 ,o..g Men,


world is older than you are by severa
years that for thousands Of years i
has been full Of smarter aud bette
young men than yourself; that wher
they died the globe went whirling on
and that not one man in hundred
millions went 10 the funeral OF even
heard Of his death. BE rs smart a.
you can, Of course. Know as much
as you can. shed the light Of your
wisdom abroad in the world, but dom
try To dazzle or astonish anybody with
Il. And don, imagine thing is 81
simple because you happen to think it
IL. Don't be too sorry for your faith
er because be knows 50 much less
than you do He used TO think he
was MS much smarter than his father
rs you think you are smarter than
yours.
The world has great need OF young
men, bat no greater need than the
young men have OF the world. Your
clothes fit better than your fathers fit
him they cost more money; they
are more stylish. lie used TO he Us
straight and nimble rs you are. lie,
too, perhaps, thought his father old.
fashioned. Your moustache is ncater,
the cut Of your hair is better. and you
are prettier, oh, far prettier than
"pa." But young man the old gen.
ileman gets the biggest salary. aud his
namely, scrambling signature on the
business end Of check will drain
more money out Of the bank in five
minutes than you could get out with
a ream Of paper and a copper plate
signature in six months.
Young men are useful, aud
they are ornamental, aud We all love
diem, and we couldn't engineer a pic.
mic without them. But they are no
novelty. They have been here before
Every generation has had full supply
of them, and will have to the end of
time; and each crop will think them
selves quite ahead of the last, and
will live to be called old fogies by
their sons. Go ahead. Have your
day. Your sons will, by and by. pity
you Tor your old, old ways. Don't be
afraid your merit will he discovered.
People all over the world are hunting
for YOU, and if you are worth finding,
they will find you. A diamond is not
50 easily found as a quartz pebble, but
people search for il nil the more. -
chronological Journal.
In some places rats have become u
great pest in farm houses and barns.
Copperas is the dread Of rats. In
every creviee or every hole where a
rat treads, scatter the grains of cop.
peras, and the result is stampede of
rats and mice. Every spring coat
Of yellow wash TO the cellars is pu.
riher as well us a rat exicrminator.
To make yellow wash add pound
copperas 10 each half bushel of lime.
Chickens are strengthened and cured
Of cholera, by dissolying a small piece
of copperas in their drinking water.
Mr.. Bliss. a conductor ON the Rock
Island Railroad, was only five feet ia
height, and Mr.. Henry, a passenger,
was almos. seven. Henry put his
ticket in his hat.band and stood up
straight when the corductor came
along. Bliss could not reach the
ticket, even by standing on his toes,
and his comical efforts made the pas.
sengers laugh uproariously; but. with.
out changing countenance, he brought
a step ladder, leaned il against the big
man. climbed up n the ticket, aud
then went on az though nothing had
happened.
An alarm clock is an unnecessary