River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-06-14
PITH AND POINT.

There are too MANY humorists
and too little humoE -Bufalo Express
If young man feels that his life
Is blank, he should try to fill it out
and have it sworn to. Ia chdRge
Its a good proverb. Cod keep me
from him whom l trust. for from him
that / trust not shall keep myself
There is no such thing as equality
in life; you must be either greater or
less than your neighbor; you must lead
or be led.
1t is with knowledge as with
money-some do a large business on
small capital. Philadelphia North
ABlerIcosI
Don't waste time looking back at
your own mistakes You can have a
good deal more fun looking around at
other peoples -Ioarnal of Educa-
,ion
Secrets are but poor property; if
you circulate them, you loose them;
and If you keep them. you loose the
interest of your investment. Good
Housekeeping.
Notwithstanding the depravity of
human nature, there are some things
that men can not be hired to do. Take
the tramp aud the wood pile for ex-
ample. -MerchaI Traveller.
There is nothing so contradictory
as human nature. just when we are
beginning TO hate a man for his man
ners. we discover him to be possessed
OF some noble trait which compels us.
to admire. il not to love, him. DRY
Goods Chronicle.
The source of vanity is from with
out-of pride, from within. Vanity is
vane that turns, a willow that bends
with every breeze pride is the oak
that defies the storm. One is cloud
the other rock. One is weakness, the
other strength. --IHQerSoH
Every individual should bear in
mind that he is sent into the world to
act a part in IL, and though one may
have more splendid and another a
more obscure part assigned to him.
yet the actor of each is equally re-
sponsible. - Church Union
1t is the little things, done with
out effort, ut least without disturbing
our plans of life. that often produce
tho happiest results. Beautiful fow-
ers grow from seeds dropped out of
hands that arc full of other cares. -
United Presbyterian
Can you tell me what kind of
weather Ntn ro,ax- eN,a,.f month ~
wrote a farmer TO the editor of his
county paper. The editor replied: 1T
is my belief that the weather next
month will be very like your subscrip-
ton bill. " The farmer wondered for
an hour what the editor was driving
at, when he happened to think of the
word unsettled" He sent postal
note.
"A modern Lord Chesterfield in
Philadelphia was lately giving his son
some advice about getting on in So
cicty. In answer 10 the question,
''Wha: is the bess subj ct TO talk TO
lady about at a ball?' he replied:
Talk to her about her beauty"
But" said he. Suppose she has no
beauty?' 'Ah. thea" replied the ex-
perienced paterfamilias. talk TO her
about the ugliness of the other women
present if you want TO &c: on.
"A noted doctor says of cigarettes:
IL boy begins to smoke great deal
early in lif you may be sure he will
never become an intellectual Saul. as
the effects on his body by affinity reach
his mind; he will lose energy and
steadiness Of purpose. and will become
a vacillating. weak man, untitled for
the struggle of life. Cigarette smok-
ing is like whisky drinking; the appe-
lite for it increases just in proportion
as the body becomes unable TO bear it.