Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-02-09

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clocks at R, D. Morse'S.
Twenty counties in Kansas have
high schools, as follows: Atchlson,
Chase, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford,
Decatur, Dickinson, Grove, Labette,
Montgomery, Norton, Pottawatomie,
Scott, Sheridan, Sherman, Summer,
Thomas, Cheyenne and Lane. -Belolt
Gazette.
Rev Kemp has received q request to
secure signers to . petition asking the
legislature to pass what Is known as
the Macy Bill, proposed measure re-
gulating the shipment Of Intoxicating
liquors in Kansas, providing for the
distinct marking OF such articles and
prescribing penalties for its violation.
The measure Is intended to make
the prohibition laws more drastic.
The Atohlson Globe makes a sur.
priSing statment as to the relative
popularity Of boys and girls; when
the Lord leaves a boy, his parents
make the best OF 1t. and claim that
they are satisfied, but never is the
yearning for boy SO great that one
is adopted from she Soldiers Orphans
home at Atchlson. Girl after girl
is taken out, and ii Is lmpo ssible to
supply the demand for girl babies.
Boy after boy remains to grow up
and leave the home at mature age,
for no one ever calls looking for a boy
TO adopt" q,
pa seedy, red nosed individual was
one day wandering through a public
art gallery when his attention was
called to famous picture. The Gus
todian Of the gallery noticed that the
seedy man was examining the picture,
came up and Clipped In with the re-
mark: THAT is perhaps the most ex-
pensive pal nting you ever saw. That
painting cost thirty thousand dollars.
"Mr. said the watery eyed stranger
~ don't doubt your figures any but /
can show you painting that cost over
fifty thousand dollars, and Its never
been hung up In any art gallery either.
where is there such painting as
that?" asked the guardian. Just
let your optics rest on this here
smsler Of mine" said the seedy
stranger. II used to have over sixty
thousand dollars and paid out every
cent Of it in getting the ruby tint you
see on this nose "
In clever little Sermonette In Jud-
icIouS Advertising there are some.
nuggets Of wisdom In regard TO max
Ing good" that are worthy Of being pre-
served. ut does not matter what
kind Of work = man does so long as he
makes good. 1t isn't the line Of bust
ness that q man is IN that decides his
success. It's the man himself. Look
around you--the successful men are
not all In one line. They we're not
born successful They started az er.
rand boys as pie-baksrs, a. wagon.drlV.
ers, as telegraph operators, as ditch
diggers, as mechanistS-but they made
good. Dearly beloved brethren, IL Is
work that does the business. Just
plain, earnest, honest work. Just do.
Ing what your hand hndeth to do and
doing IL with all your might. 1t IL
work In favorable conditions II possible
in rainy weather II need be, As Bob
FitzSlmmons said, "Hlt from where
your hand iS." Do the work you can
reach today. Most Of the city Jobs
are filled by boys who first make good
in the country. II Is the same old
story Of being faithful In small things
Do your work so we'll that nobody
can follow and do better. Whatever
the job Is clean II up. The boy who
does a good job Of nOOr sweeping will
make good In other things. Give him
a chance. He may not DO brilliant.
lie need not scintillate. Some horse
sense and good deal of earnsstDsss
and honest work will pull him through
How many successful men that you
<nuw are brilliant men? Mighty few.
Most brilliant men are too busy
shioina,to attend TO anything else
[ know Of quite an assortment Of
brilliant intellects, and most Of them
are little mushy AROUND the edges. A"