The Laclede blade., 1907-04-20
Some Evening Reveries.

another hold the pole. Ii you expet
fish you will have to dig your ow
bait, put the tempting morsel on you
own hook, throw in your own line
hold your own rod and closely watcI
for the nibbles. Seeing another corl
60 under, and tip bent and line strain
ed, won't do you the least particle o
good; loafng on the shore gaping a
others spreading or drawing net
won't fill your own stomach or barrel
You might just as we'll attempt, by
taking hold of the straps of your boots
to carry your sluggish avoirdupois
over mud puddle. The one thing is
about as sensible as the other. You
have got to fish for yourself-even
cutting bait" won't answer. it's the
only pathway to success. Fish don't
come for the whistling or the wishing.
They are wary and have to be tempt
ed. If you expect to have them. you
have got to ego for them," in mole
senses than one. Holding up some
tree while others hold the pole and
manipulate the reel never yet brought
a man his breakfast. The more you
try the more you will find the absurd
ity of the proceedings "Rob" for
your own eels-that's the only way to
certainly get them. They won't crawl
up to your feet and beg to be skinned.
Do your own fishing. The world is
a great herring pond, and your chance
is as good as that of your nelghbor. if
you choose the right kind of bait, use
diligence, have patience and take ad-
of time and tide. Golden
fishes swim about in plenty, and are to
be caught, but another cannot do it
for you. Every successful man owes
independence to individual energy and
enterprise. Standing on rock all
lay and looking and hoping never yet
illed a basket; such scaly proceed
ng won't cause the use of ofscales-you
nay depend upon that. Every one
1as to fish for what he gets. Others
nay possibly bait and take off the
orize from the hook and paddle the
,oat, but the fishing has got to be
lone by your own hand. Every other
means you may try will turn out
allure.
The advent Of spring and flowers
nd balmy days warns us of the Woe
i'll fact that the reign Of terror to man
ind is at hand, when the thrifty
ousewife will arm herself with all
ecessary equipments and proceed to
brow open doors and windows, order
be stoves to be carried out, and turn
our hitherto peaceful abode into as
ncomfortable place as could be i'm
gined. Why should we hasten this
alamity by this prophesy, only to
arm the lord of the household to
ather up an extra supply Of patience {
nd abide the times with becoming
For as sure as the rain and !
lud are harbingers of the bright,
erry, joyful spring, with its birds,
uds and blossoms, so surely will this
house be transformed under
,lllful hands into a fresh, clean and n
easant home. Peace and order will
ice more take up their abode and the
rains of "Home, Sweet Home" will {
und all the sweeter for the tempo t
ry disquiet. n
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Don't judge a man by his clothes.
cd made one and the tailor made the
her. Don't judge man by his FAM =
:, for Cain belonged to a good fam
,. Don't judge man by his fail :, -
e in life, for many a man fails be- : {
use he is too honest to succeed. Don't :
ige a man by the house he lives in, "
: the lizard and the rat often inhabit
E grander structure. When q man G