Gilpin observer., 1911-06-22
OBSERVATIONS

A good time" is one form Of pro-
crastinat!on.
Some people think they are a
whole crowd.
A man with horse sense doesn't
act like mule.
A level-headed man usually keeps
the even tenor of his way.
The place to Judge whether man
is good fellow or not is in his
home.
The mob is tickle. The king that
is cheered today may be jeered on
the morrow.
Usually girl can't give single
reason why she prefers to remain
than way.
They vote dead men in Chicago
and New York, but the ballot is re-
fused to women.
Some politicians make their mark
but the voter makes the one that
really counts.
Smile on your enemies-but make
certain that it's not the kind they
will mistake for a sneer.
You can depend upon it that it Is
shiftless household where there is
never any difference of opinion.
Rockefeller says he expects to be
an angel byeand-bye. Probably on
the theory that money has wings"
It's we'll to be stubborn when you
are in the right-but the trouble is
the stubborn man always thinks he's
right.
We can hardly say now that we
have only one living ex-president.
To use a slangy expression. T. R.
is quite a number.
The most graceful thing on the
face of the earth is little child
and the most awkward the same
child a few years later.
We ridicule the gossip-yet, how
many things we would leave undone
If we thought no one would talk
about them.
The ordinary vocabulary does not
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words-and lots of those are not in
the dictionary.
The reason most of US despise the
egotistic bore is because he doesn't
about ourselves.
If women desire to attract atten-
ton, the stunt for them to do is to
wear the kind of clothes the men
kick about the most.
London suffragettes recently got a
furniture van about half way into the
house Of commons, but even that did
not move the members.
After paying the bills fer his sons
graduation, the "old man" wouldn't
write as optimistic "a graduating ad.
dress as he did when a kid.
The man who could do more but
doesn't, doesn't deserve as much
credit as the fellow he keeps ahead
of, if the latter is doing his best.
1t is no harder for a man of big
capabilities to accomplish big things
than it is for a man of smaller capa.
bilities to accomplish smaller things
One Of the claims of socialism is
that it will furnish work-which may
be reason why it doesn't become
popular with certain class Of people
A California Judge has rendered a
decision that people need not dodge
autos. OF course. it's mot compulsory
to do so, but it shows wisdom and
discretion.
A lobster famine is reported from
the east. The report is a little vague
however, in that it does not state
whether. or not the edible variety is
referred to.
An exchange tells Of a rare old
book being found where it had been
thrown out with the rubbish. Well
lots of books are nothing but rub
bish, anyway.
A crank was arrested while trying
to make a speech from the gallery
of the house Of representatives. He
should have gotten down on the
floor with the rest of 'em.
A Minnesota editor was recently
held up and robbed of $6.40. The oc
currence stirred up quite a turmoil
but as yet no clew has been found
as to where he got the money.
Holland recently seized one oil
Uncle Sans islands by mistake
Uncle Sam should be more careful
} about how he leaves his things scat
tered around loose here and there.
A Chicago policeman gets his pic
ture in the paper because he outran
n burglar with a sprinting record
Not having any definite particulars
on the subject we take It for grant