The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-01
KANSAS COAAENT
A STIFF UPPER LIP.


1t is hard to keep a stiff upper lip
ana smile when things are topSy- -turvy
ana the outlook discouraging, but af-
ter all the man who smiles in adyer-
slty has the easier time of it A few
weeks ago when the near drouth was
upon US and it didn't take pessimisr
TO realize that conditions were not just
ali they ought to be, there were two
persons much in evidence. One was
the fellow who let ali holds loose and
hoWled long and loud. To him every
tnlng nad gone to the demnltlon bow
vows There wasn't going to be
enough raised in the country to feed
emma pig. The cattlemen were ruin
ed, the merchants just as well close
up shop and there wasn't any use
trying to do anything. The blamed
country ought to be given up to the
coyote, the rattlesnake and the In
dian, II any could be found foolish
enough to take it. He made himself
and everybody else miserable with his
communal croaking and fault finding.
Then there was the fellow who
smiled and watched the heavens for
signs of rain, and tried to make him
self and his neighbors believe he
round them. When it didn't rain that
day or the next week he still smiled
and said it always had rained and he
thought It would again II given time
enough He watched the potato crop
go up the spout, but consoled himself
with the thought that the grass was
Then the grass withered, the stock
water gave out and the market went
to smash, but he found some conso-
lation in the fact that the corn was
standing the dry weather in good
shape. When the corn began to suf-
fer he looked around for something
else to feel glad about and he found
it. One morning he arose and 1t was
raining. There was a nice shower
that day and another one the next
day, and having found that it really
could rain, it set in and rained more
and more until the ground was thor
oughly soaked. The grass and corn
began to grow, the stock market i'm
proved and here we are four weeks
removed from the dry spell and there
is an abundance of grass and water,
cattle are bringing good prices, corn
is looking fine and everyone is happy
and predicting good crops and good
times. Even the pessimist will admit
that this is q pretty fair country after
all. But think what time he had.
He spent four miserable weeks during
July complaining about things over
which he had no control and he is just
that much behind the fellow who
looked on the bright side and refused
to let the little blue devils have sway
over him. 1t certainly pays to keep
"a stiff upper lip."-Eureka Herald.
NO REST FOR THE WICKED.
Newspaper work is different from
store work. professional work of any
line The paper must come out
every week; that is all there is to it.
No matter whether there is any ad
vertising at all; no matter how little
real news there is in a community,
when press day comes around the
forms must be slapped on the press,
the force must ''get out the paper"
About two years ago a local doctor
left his practice about three months
while he went to the Pacific coast.
One of our real estate dealers is now
in the east. They can get away from
their business. A Yates Center gen
eraI merchant has locked up his
store and Will be gone a month to
Colorado. But a newspaper man
cannot do these things. Verify,
there is no rest for the wicked.-Le-
Roy Reporter.