The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13
PHILOSOPHY IN
SMALL DOSES.
Grabbed, Stolen, Borrowed and
otherwise Secured.

Every time you knock home
industry you are just driving nail
into your own coffin.
When a man stops smoking on a
bet, he either has a lot of loose
change or strong will power.
The man who is continually hol-
lering about his hard luck" is
generally deserving of all he gets.
There is at least one thing tn at
money won't buy, and that is the
esteem of your fellow citizens.
If he thinks a little while on the
subject, the knocker should know
the reason why he is lonesome.
The average lady can get more
queer things out of handbag than
a magician can out of silk hat.
Most successful men have found
it is easier to smile your way
through life than it is to frown
through.
A wise man states that most SER
mons are too long, and yet to do
any good a sermon should last
over seven days.
When man reaches the stage
when he thinks he knows it ALP
the time is ripe for the Fool Killer
to do his duty.
1t is mighty good thing that
some people have ancestors; other
wise they wouldn't have a single
thing to brag about.
Someone says that married life
is all billing and cooling. But the
cooling only lasts month, and the
billing goes on forever.
1t is said that every middle-aged
woman knows that they don t make
as good mirrors now as they did
when she was a girl.
When you see successful man,
you can bank on it that he is hon
est. A dishonest man may flourish
for while-but not long.
An exchange thinks we would all
be millionaires if we were as much
interested in Our own business as
we are in that of other people.
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It's all right to soar to success, but
we notice that most of our success
full aeroplane artists are now slum-
bering peacefully beneath the sod.
The young fellow who ism t afraid
to do little more work than he
is paid for needn't worry about the
promotions-they will come to him
someway.
Whenever you hear fellow say,
I never had a chance" it's a
ten to one bet, and no takers, that
the calaboose of his trousers is
very shiny.
The Adrian Democrat thinks that
the average woman's idea of mar
ried bliss would be to have a hus-
band who told her everything and
a house containg 6,S47 closets.
In every town, there are just
about dozen fellows who try to
boost things along; the rest stand
on the sidewalk and hope to good
ness that the old machine will
strike rut.
In the good old days, the ath-
letic young men of the town used
to play ball for the fun of it and
the glory and honor of their village.
Now they want an automobile and
house and lot to battle through
nine innings.
We heard of fellow the other
day who tried to commit suicide by
swallowing tape measure. Tried
to die by the yard" probably. He
should have gotten on the outside
of thermometer and croaked by
degrees.
Some folks don't go to church
for fear it will cost money. They
think church folks are after man S
money. They're wrong. The
church is never satisfied with a
mans money. 1t wants the man.
1t needs him and he needs it,
though sometimes he dosen't know
it. Once in great while you meet
a man who needs the church, but
who is too bull-headed or insincere
to admit it. If he were in the
church and acted that way he
would be called hypocrite. Be-
ing out of the church, it is differ
ent.