The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
sonE EVERY DAY PHILOSOPHY

| SOi IT. EVERY JAY FfltLOCoE
 Don't hurt trouble; it will find you.
 1 Don't tell people you admire them; show it.
 When some men can't act mean, they talk mean. The devil gets lots of people mo- body else would have.
 Never take anyone's word when you can get a contract.
 Some mems idea of true love is a wife who will support them. When man talks about his prin- ciples, he usually means his preju- dices.
 If all men are born equal, that is the only time in life that they are equal.
 After all there are few women as tiresome as the one who considers herself abused.
 Nothing is more pititul than to see the wife of dead beat go into store and ask for credit. 1 Evangelsts mightrun out of work if so much of it didn't have to be done over so often.
 Even the bar tender has a poor opinion of the man who plays cards in the middle of the day.
 Investigate the black sheep of family, and you are apt to find he was great pet when lamb. A boy hates to bescalled "bub" or sonny as bad as a middle aged man hates to be called uncle.
 Speaking of something for noth- ing: It costs nothing to be polite and agreeable, and it pays dividends. Every clerk is firmly convinced that the store which employs him would lose lot of trade if he quit.
 Some men refuse to prosper; give them a good business, and they will go off and leave it on busy days.
 A lot of precaution that would have been useful if applied before, is wasted after every great accident.
 A good many men who don't do much in small town, imagine they would make great hit in New York.
 The faster a man travels the soon- CT he will get there and the faster he lives the sooner he will get there, too.
 Men really have less admiration for the average girls elbow than the wearers of short sleeves seem to believe.
 The rich man and the mule are abused great deal, but there con- tinues to be good demand for both.
 A wise man gives this tip: You can please woman by asking her advice; and you can please yourself about taking it."
 Paste this in the lid of your trunks. Your friends are not as anxious to have you come and see them as you think they are.
 Compliments are like wine: It only takes a small dose to go to the head of some people, while others can stand a good deal.
 When a man can't find any way of getting out of something he does not wish to do, he is liable to say his honor forbids him to do it.
 Many man who doesn't know the best people of the town in which he lives, claims to know the best people in big towns in the East. 1 It is wonderful what modest flow CTS women will admire in nature, and what large and vulgar priced flowers they will admire in millinery store.
 According to mother. there are good many causes which make the baby cry, but inherent cussedness is never one of them.
 Some men who howl pretty loud about the increased cost of grocer ies, never make an effort to obtain a reduction in the price of beer.
 All men are anxious to make a success in life, and it is commend able ambition. They should remem- Der that success is impossible if man fools with whisky.
 The first thing the average wom- an does after receiving an inheri- tance, is to dig up the body of some relative buried great many years ago, and move it to another ceme- tery.
 Two Southern colonels were talk ing. "I see." said one of them, that Kentucky has prohibited the killing of negroes" What months" the other asked. ---Atchi- son Globe.
 How many things have you to complain about? The writer of \ this spent an hour lately making up his list, and found he had twenty one. How many have you? Make list, and then see if you can't scratch out many of them. The worst waste of time possible is to complain of things that cannot be helped. -Atchison Globe.