Gilpin observer., 1912-01-11
OBSERVATIONS

II we had few less unwritten
laws and few more unbroken ones,
this old world would wobble along
quite nicely.
The person who follows closely the
prices Of foodstuffs will surely rise.
A convention of pickpockets is to
be held in Chicago during February.
They'd better be- rEetty careful -while
they are in the Windy City, or the
natives will get all their valuables.
A bridal veil is mighty handy for
keeping thu flies off the kids.
A headache will never keep a girl
from seeing the right man when he
calls.
Politics make dead fellows.
A Minnesota man. who never told
a lie nor quarreled with his wife,
has just died, after spending 80 years
in this vale of tears. 1t doesn't pay
to be good.
The extremes to which women have
gone in dressing their hair is nat
ural result of the ove-your-hat
| theater rule.
| A new geyser in the Yellowstone
spurts to the height of 220 feet.There
is some talk Of naming it for SEN
ator Jeff Davis.
A man with both legs gone can still
be cheerful. His wife can't make him
\ dance to-her music.
| Treating is a misdemeanor in Ia
coma. There are some people who
will not find it necessary to- do much
reforming to keep along the straight
and narrow.
designed-she's a peach anyway-she
buttons down the front.
Charity begins at home-and there
is no end.
A man was recently fined $3.50 for
kissing an Oregon widow-and he
hasn't yet intimated that it wasn't
worth the price.
| This is the season when you should
by all means remember to scatter
sunshine along your way.
The braggart wastes all his energy
and power blowing Off
New Jersey has 2h million souls
! and a lot Of corporation officers.
The naval boards report that the
Maine was blown up from the out
side doesn't seem to have caused any
great or undue excitement through
out the country, nor to have caused
this old earth to slip cog under the
strain.
. The single tax is gaining many
friends. but the fellow who comes
forward with no tax propaganda is
the one who will draw the crowds
to his banner.
A good resolution for the New
Year would be to resolve to live so
that it will not be necessary to make
any good resolutions next year.
It's funny how sagely some people
can tell others just how to do
things they can't do themselves.
A press notice doesn't signify much
unless it is that another item has
boon added to the newspapers cash
book.
The straight-jacket is made for peo-
2lee with an evil bent.
II you do something that brings
sunshine to gloomy face, don't pay
any attention to how much fun is
made of you-you are doing some
thing worth while.
Harry Thaw is studying law. He
never will get out Of the crazy house.
Half of Mexico is supposed to be
in the the torrid zone-but insurgents
are doing much. to equalize the tenn
perature.
There are no bigger fish than those
the disciples of Isaac Walton lie
about.
| When man is as broad as he is
long. it doesn't necessarily follow
that he is on the square.
A Washington banker has been op-
Grated upon to have his liabilities re-
moved-and is getting along nicely.
There are lots of girls who don't
care much about getting married, but
the girl who doesn't like to have 1t
rumored that she is engaged is a
rare exception.
Staying out Of politics is not a
certain manner of achieving popu.
larity.
A man who can't keep on good
terms with himself cant expect to
keep on good terms with others.
Every man has his own peculiar
jonah.
1t is not so much what we have as
| What wa ora uatiyft,d ,,t<h mr. -