Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-01
THE VILLAGE DEACON.

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Watch business man open his let
tiers in the morning. Every one with
one cent stamp on It Is tossed aside
for the time being, and generally
forgotten thereafter. You can't do
much business on a one-cent stamp
any place.
Again, my friend, never be de-
ceived by appearances. In a band
1t isn't always the fellow who toots
his horn the loudest that knows the
most about music.
II the country is ever finally saw
ed it will be the cooks who do it.,
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IL asked a doctor the other day
what was the matter with q certain
fellow who was under the weather.
"Blamed IL l know" he answered.
"If I did would cure him."
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Young man, the boys are telling
around that you forget to pay your
little debts. You borrow a quarter
here and half there, and forget to
make It good. You may not know II
now, but you will some day, that you
are putting a mighty rotten founda-
ton. Others have tried 1t long be-
fore you, and in every instance their
whole house tumbled down Just at
the wrong time. If you start q
foundation that way there Is only
one way you can overcome 1t. You
will have to go back over the entire
work and yank out every defectlve
stone. You will have to make every
ouaner and every half dollar good
before your building will stand. You
may think these little quarters and
half dollars are very small pebbles
They are, but they will grow and
grow. You see that poor devil ovel
there working hard day by day. Hf
has to do 1t now to keep from starV'
ling. But he had a glorious oppor
tunity when young to amount tt
something. But he had in bat
foundation and his house tumblef
down and buried his credit. Wher
he tried to dig out and get on nj
feet there wasn't soul around t
help him. You will find yourself
in the same fix some day unless vol
change your ways.
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In the good oldays you used Z
frequently hear Of marriages ina
were made in heaven. What has De
come of them?
Then there is another way to lool
at 1t: You are wasting money II 70;
nut more than one-cent stamp o.
the letters you send ito some people
make such a fool Of myself on 81
many other things that it is won
der the Lord didn't endow me witt
the idea that l could write goo'
poetry.
A reformer is known these days b.
Ibis ability to get results at the DO
office Of the chautaqua circuit.
There will be sad catastrope Il
this town some day. A show vii
come along and advertise that wei
known old slogan. money refunde'
at the door if you are not satisfied
Old Bill ShiftIess will be in en-
crowd and will not like the play. d.
win step up to the ticket seller an
tell him in plain English that tn
| show Is on the bum and demand III
money back. The ticket seller Wi
ltry to argue him out Of It. Bill vii
insist and finally lose his temper
Then he will slip off his coat and 9
to bat. He will knock the block oil
/ the ticket seller and will then Dur
mn the boss Of the show and all IN
aa.ors. He will make minee meat Q
the whole bunch and will then Dc
molish their property. The show wi
be unable to go on to the next stan
and Old Bill viii be heralded as tn
uneonQuered hero Of the countrI
we know this is SO, because we nav
heard Old Bill say this very thinI
He is tired of the cheap shows th'
fan to come up to their adyertisin'
Bill knows how show should .
run and is MT slow to express hin
self. Bills experience with his can
rack Al the street fairs has put hi