The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-17
BITS OF EVERY DAY PHILOSOPHY
-AtchIsnn GlObe.l

BITS OF EVERY DAY PHILOSOPHY
 lAtchison Globe.l
 A man who talks great deal, can not avoid talking a lot of nonsense.
 If man is big and fat, and keeps his mouth shut, he can bluff nearly everybody.
 Ant automobile owner said: "I| could give my machine away, and make money"
 A man needs a friend not to flat ter him, but to strengthen him in his weak points.
 Every man is an anarchist in way. Few of us believe in the laws that hurt our business.
 Old people do not treat young peo- pie right, and young people do not treat old people right.
 The mistakes of others would be more amusing if you had none of your own to answer for.
 The man who has been defeated should be in his weeping as the vic tor is in his celebrating.
 What is the biggest lie in the world :? We believe it is the old story about sin being enjoyable.
 If people felt as tough every day in the week as they feel on Monday, there would be little progress in the world.
 Another advantage of being satis- fled with yourself is that it gives you so much time to find fault with others.
 If you must abuse someone, abuse your enemies. A good many people abuse their friends, and call it criticism"
 There is one place where the rich and poor meet on equal footing; at the gambling house. They are all robbed alike.
 Don't play another mans game. Politics is another mans game. Buying of an agent is also playing another mans game.
 Some good people keep the memo ry of mans wrong doing fresh by reminding people ever so often that he should be forgiven.
 About ten times while dressing, and on his way to party, the hus- band plaintively asks his wife: How soon can we get away ?'
 We know an Atchison man who is so worthless that he will be living when all the useful men are dead. All worthless people do.
 It IS said that no one on earth can save money as fast as an old maid after she has become convinced that men are not worth having.
 No risk, no gain" may be true in certain instances, but it's discrimi- nate application furnishes motive and expense for lot of fool losses.
 A woman whose hands are occu- pied becomes so clever at holding things in her mouth it is wonder she never tried to hold the baby that way.
 Tbere is always something to wor- ry about. How are the women to keep their crowns on straight in heaven, with no hat pins and false hair to hold them on?
 There is some hope fer the boy who has to be driven into the bath tub, but there is mighty little hope for the boy who has to be driven away from the mirror.
 A great many years ago. when it was said girl was to be married, interested friends asked, Is the young man a church member ?' But today, the interested friends ask, What does he get ?"
 An Atchison man called on girl ,ne Sunday evening and the next Wednesday evening he called again. It begins to look, {" said the gir's mother that night in an excited 5oice to the girls father, as if he means something"
 We know certain man who is al- ways being. treated unjustly. And t is never his fault. He is fair with everybody, he says, but every day llmost every hour, in fact some me plays him mean trick. But it s never his fault. All of you know nen of that sort.
 When anyone tells you sleep is a labit, and that five hours is enough. 10 not believe them. Sleep all you an. It was intended that healthy 'eople should sleep eight hours; if Iou can sleep ten, all the better. 'leep IS natures sweet restorer, as 'ou have heard before.
 Nineteen Michigan counties voted dry" in the election there yester- l lay. That kind of news is of grow ng frequency lately. and it may be to read that the inhabi- ants of county had stopped drink ng intoxicants. The lid on the sa- oon unfortunately doesn't stop rinking and drunkenness. Americans are everywhere known 1