The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-01-13

woman have been engaged "A Ion,
time, they talk as rough to each other
as married people.
Still, you can think of lot worse
calamties than the alleged fact that
the arts of oratory and letter writing
are on the decline.
You pick ut the Ladies' Home Jour.
nal, but II Is pretty sensible. II said
lately that husband who can be
managed Is worthless.
While boy is away with a gun his
mother declares that If the good Lord
Will bring him back alive, she will
never let him go again.
We hear some complaint OF dullness,
But think how much worse II is I'm
Texas. As matter of fact, there Is
no boom anywhere now.
1t is very common to find a man
who says wise things. and does fool.
ish ones. But that's no reason why
you shouldn't accept his wisdom.
II woman is patient and kind
and sensible, her husband will fall in
love with her again after they have
been married ten or fifteen years.
What has become of the oldfash.
Toned woman who said to her son
Come in and change your under.
clothes before they rot off of your"
The balk billiard champion possibly
can make it pay, but there Is some
question as to whether he Is doing
much to help the rest of the world.
What has become of the old fash.
Toned woman who said to her boy
when he hurt himself: That will
quit hurting before you get married."
You will observe it is never the man
who is going to be hanged who init
mates that life sentence in prison
would be worse than the death pen
atty.
When an old lady says Il never had
any help in raising MY children" it
means that her married children are
imposing upon her with THEIR chill.
dren.
Eccentricity is going without
necktie in order to show a diamond
collar button; with a bone collar but
ton, the same custom is plain SLOUGH
mess
There is one thing to the credit of
the people: they are always trying to
do better; we never heard of man
resolving to be worse during the New
Year. .--,
When saloon keeper speaks to a
man, and says he is drinking too
much, it is safe to say that the man
has gone too far in being good
fellow
The politicians never hate each 9th
er so much as they let on. and there
is also a suspicion that they don't love
the people as sincerely as they say
they do.
Hand shaking is going out of
fashion. There is no reason why peo-
pie should paw each other over when
they meet and the fashion deserves to
die out.
It's easy to make living" said a
woman who had never earned a cent
in her life. why, the newspapers are
full of advertisements offering agents
500 a month"
Accuse man of doing something
he shouldn't do, and whether or not
he is guilty, he will always say:
We'll, you ought to know wouldn't
do anything like that"
If you think you can buy stock be-
low par that will net you a profit of
40 percent on par value, you are
fool, and cause the postofice depart.
ment good deal of worry.
Children usually have better man.
hers than their parents; children have
their parents to switch them when
they fail to be polite, but who corrects
the parents for lack of polteness?
business man said today: 81 am
called on so many times to give aid
that ] am disposed to admire the
English sparrow. The English spar
row is at least able to take care of
itself, no one is asked to give Christ
mas presents for the English spar
rows"
a man gave reporter an item to-
day intended to be startling; he says
clerk in a drygoods store chews to-
bocco while on duty. We refuse to
print the item unless the clerk is a
girl. A girl clerk in a drygoods store
chewing tobacco while at work would
be fairly good item.
An Atchison man went into the
kitchen last Sunday morning, where
his wife was stringing beans. MARY"
he said, as he sat down, you are the
only person who ever lived who has
treated me like human being, and