Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-10-03

ATcHisoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

ana his friends often spoke to him
about it. Blu he paid no atteition; and
now he has lost his position. 1t always
comes. For a time people are charit-
able with IL drinking man, but ruin
always comes. People dislike a drink
ing man. and will not do business with
him. And the wonderful part of 1t is
that SC many men will continue drink
ing when they know ruin is BILE.
Years ago in the frontier ountry
where this reporter lived, there was Il
religious community known as Holy
Zionists. When the Holy Zionists Sc
cured Il pastor that none liked, they
thought they had a useful and holy
preacher was soon discharged. The
Holy Zionists didn't believe in anything
pleasant.
A man and his wife and six children
nave been waiting all day at the depot.
They arrived early this morning and
expected a man living north of town
to meet them; they expected to visit
the man living north of town. we don't
blame the man living north of town
for not showing up.
If an unmarried man complains to
his girl of the hot weather she makes
him an iced lemonade. but let him COM
plain after he Is married and she will
tell him he ought to be thankful he
hasn't a corset on.
Every day we meet a man who is
certainly fifteen years older than we
are, and he says: When men become
as old as we are. it makes a differ
ence,'' etc. And we don't like him to
talk that way.
Bill Moor is always telling how he
worked like IA slave, and that he has
worked SO long he can't quit. We have
worked a long time too. but we'd have
no difficulty in quitting if we had a
chance.
1t is said that when a man tells the
same stories day after day, il is "A sign
he is growing old. All men. whether
young or old, tell the same stories day
after day.
We don't know much about running
a newspapers: sometimes we are dis
posed to believe we don't know as
much as critics who We're never in the
business.
! A ma takes more credit to his sex
| when he walks the floor one night with
the baby, than n woman takes to her
| Sex, when she supports the whole fam
lily.
People do fool things for years and
know it. We never heard anyone de
fend the habit of drinking i%ntoxicants,
yet how many people have tho habit.
There are so many ways of killing :;
friendship: one is expecting something
of your friend. and another il beins
"perfectly rank with him.
How much charity there is Cor tho
thoroughly worthless and useless man.
| And how sharp the criticism of the mer
, who are decent and useful.
Pick up a few bits OF information
every day. take care of your health and
live a long time. and you will know a
whole lot before you die.
Why are farm hands so scarce One
farmer gave this solution today: 1--WE
pas them so much that it takes hall
their time to spend it,"
Il frankly confess" said a citizen
to an editor, that l hate you, not be
cause you abuse me, but because you
have not praised me"
Almost every ~neighborhood has its
n~eighbors who como in just at meal
time and sit and watch every bite yoa
put in your mouth.
Everyone complains that in his lin
of business there are more things that
must be done at once than in any other
business or earth.
Perhaps one reason the women out
live the men is that they are so self
sacrificing at meal time they don't get
enough to eat.
People give lots of excuses in we
%gretting' a party Invitation, but there
is only one reason they do not go:
Don't want to.
An Atchison man said today: II was
awake half of last night owing 10 TIA,
heat. n awake the other half owing
to chiggers."
This Is what "A corset does for a fat
m Take it off her and put her
In a Mother Hubbard and she looks like
her mother.
Subject for discussion at the next
meeting of the Shannon Literary So
ciety: Resolved. That a mar is usual
ly guilty"
Everyone Who has had his share o.
llfe's responsibility and cares has
deep hatred for that word viva
cious."
Every young man is full Of
Schemes" Every old man has tried
a lot of scenes and lost confidence 4:
them.
If you have a scheme. keep it OF
ice until cooler weather. Don't Civ,
people a nance to turn it dow
now.
When people long for someone who
understands" them as their mother
did.
When a boy shakes hands he uses
his left hand. and when he is give
q nickel he forgets to say thank you
When a friend offends you. he US
ually says he hasn't lone anything
that the trouble is, you are peculiar"
Was today so bad? Yet at one time
it was a gar off tomorrow, and YOU
lay awake nights and dreaded it.
The man who makes loans at a bank
should be a man of correct judgment.
to say nothing of iron nerve.
A properly appreciative man meets
a new reason every hour for being
grateful that he IS not a woman.
If u man owns a small horse, you
can make him mad by referring to ii
as a pony in his presence.
She" other women are always say
ing OF another woman. who is devoted
to her husband lis "A fool"
Ever notice the majority of people
who ride on the cars look as though
they could afford the trip?
When a poor man gets hurt. how his
kin sQuirm around. trying to get rid OF