Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

Re cautious. too. Ask man ten times
how he wants his hair trimmed-yOn
can cut it but once. If you would tc q
brilliant conversationalist and ae.
uuire reputation as Wit learn
to listen constantly and laugh
in the right place. Never urde-
ceive customer when he thinks
he had said good thing. You can
afford to laugh heartily at an old joke.
Laughter is cheap medicine. and in
some kinds of business it draws like q
mustard plaster or an advertisement.
To him who is aching to tell all he
knows everybody seems to talk too
much. If you can't beat man at an
argument call him a crank. But don t
argue When Il man argues his brain
ali rushes to one side of his head. and
the contrary side at that A man was
never convinced of anything by argyll
ment excepting of his own cleverness
and t'other fellows stupidity. Men
change their politics and their belief'
only as they do their shirts
they are alone. The man who talks
much and easily may seem to be the
smartest, but about the time he gets
tired the man who has been lying back
in the chair thinking puts III few
words that knock the other man out.
Education is good thing. but too
often it is mere sugar coating to hide
ignorance. The best education is that
which teaches man how little he
knows of the much there is to learn
and shows him the way to think. The
educated man is an amateur, while the
thinker is professional.
Jimmy says |. when you want to
flattcr an intelligent man you must be
very CAREFUL 1t is a delicate operation.
and your tlattery must be administered
as cautiously as your lather is. Every
man likes little soft soap if you keep
it out of his eyes. You can always
flatter man by intimating that he IS
handsome. Every man will believe you,
for no man knows whether he is good
looking or not A large majority OF
men, however, have a suspicion that
they are. 1t is different with woman.
She knows all about it. and if not care
full in trying to compliment her you will
make yourself ridiculous in her eyes. 1t
is always safe to admire her clothes.
BE politician only for an hour every
election day. The man who spends
most of his time trying 10 get an office
is usually good for nothing else, and
not often for that. The cheapest man
on earth is the office-seeker. He feeds
himself w tn hope on Il fork and thinks
he is getting fat. Be ambitious, but re-
member that man has no wings. He is
crawling animal, and the baby that
walks be ore it crecps grows up so bow
lie yged that even if bounding luck ever
comes his way it slips through and one
is charged against him in the error
column.
land remember. jimmy says l,
that you will do we'll to have good
habits yourself Many good men have
bad habits. and the man outwardly
perfect is likely to have dry rot within.
The prettiest apple usually contains the
worm, and the most brilliant electric
light may shine in front of the tough
est saloon, but as rule the man with
good habits is safe one to tie to. You
always have more confidence in Il horse
standing without hitching if he has
never run away or kicked out dash
board, and the horse that has played
those pranks must always be watched.
1t is the same with Il man. Ii you
have bad HABITS remember that
the greatest refOrmer the world
ever saw reformed only one person
himself. This is Il practical age, and
the man who yields a razor artistitally
is more assured of a livcl hood than the
artist with his brush. Misery and hap
pinesS are homemade articles. You
have made your future ii you are con-
tent, though too often bless ngs, like
liberal customers, are never appreciated
un il Just as they are ready to 90 away.
Always take sure thing, if it is good
thing and therefore M Ike the most of
this life, because it is the only one any
man was ever sure of. Make the mo It
of it by Living as long and happily and
healthfully as possible. To do this
drink to nobody's long life and p os-
perity, and let nobody drink to yours;
be temperate, cheer. ul, generous and
just. Don't gossip about your fellow
workmen. or be jealous o; them. Dor t
imagine them to be trying to do YOU in
Jury and whine about it to others. If
you do YOU may lose some of your best
friends. Female gossips may be toler-
ated-male 9ossips never.
Judge men generousl Jimmy.
Look for their best, not ti.eir worst,
and learn to average 'em. livery man
has his average. Jails are iull of men
whom society wouldn't average, but
took in at their minimum. The world
is full of spoiled children who were not
averaged by their parents. Do not
Judge by appearances. The customer
who wears the best clothes may stand
in most need of bath. Tne ba d head
ed man with the baby-liSe head may
not be childishly innocent DO not de-
post your savings with bank whose
cashier dyes his mustache. Young
roues talk of vice old ones of virtue
though love, tight boots. Il stubby beard
and a vulgar m.nd can not long be hid.
"'And Jimmy ! says in conclusion.
says |. be charitable. If poor broke
comes in do not give him money to buy
liquor with-givc him a shave and
throw in bath. They may save his
SOUL
:" think Jimmy will make a good
boy. know he will if he follows my
advice. Your hair is just in style now.
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