The mirror., 1916-11-23
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From Our EXCHANGES

Hard hitters are usually poor cutters.
Many a man has dug his grave with
his tongue.
A dark secret-the correct age of an old
colored person.
Don't stretch the truth too far or the re-
coil may knock you out
The rooster is tidy bird; he always
carries his comb with him.
There are lot of dark lanes leading
from every great, white way.
FEAR of alimony is one reason why
some men are shy about marrying.
Its the things you don't want the peo-
pie are always willing to hand you.
The chief fact is the world, and the
source of all life's mysteries, is free will.
There is no life that cannot rise to
better things when the heart is won by faith
full love.
-Discourtesy hurts the person who uses
it more than the person towards whom it is
directed.
What girl likes about love letter is
the fact that she can keep reading it over
and over.
"A canoe and a woman are harder to
manage than the novice imagines before he
has tried.
1t is not always what a man knows; it
is that he does that counts. Opportunity
plays no favori,es.
Fine words may not butter parsnips-
but if you use polite ones, you may not
have to eat parsnips.
Our opinions on all subjects are more
largely formed by our sympathies than by
carefully sifted evidence.
Have great, great trust and great graft
tuIe. When we see all that we have to be
grateful for, it will be too late.
Greatness is never satisfied; every rail-
road president is sore because his golf game
isn't any better than it is.
Never become so conservative that your
brain bags at the knees. Have your mental
trousers pressed occasionally.
KNOCKERS do not kill men-they kill
business. They are the persons who sift
sand into the gear boxes of progress.
Labor is discovered to be the grand
conqueror, enriching and building up ma
tions more surely than the greatest battles.
The man who believes that there are
some good people in the world has better
time than the one who is eternally sus-
picious.
Some folks seem to like to see Just how
big a part of the carriage seat they can
cover. 1t is the cross old sitting hen that
monopolizes the whole roost.
The hen is the only creature that is sure
of ''crop." She does not always have a
full crop. In trying to get full crop she
often has more grit than her owner.
Can any puple tell where the Declara-
tion of Independence was signed3'' asked
the teacher of the history class.
''Yes'm, 1 can," called little Johnnie
Baker. 1t was signed at the bottom.''
One dicourteous action over the tele-
phone or otherwise to patron or proxpec-
tive customer does an injury to every man
whose name is on the pay-roll-and place
on the payroll beats one in the bread line.
The Lion was telling the Leopard why
he roared in the Jungle when going about
hunting. ''Doing business openly and
with plenty of advertising, the Lion said.
''is what made my reputation. got my
characterization as king of Beasts by
blowing my horn. Always let the other
fellow know you are around, and they will
respect and fear you.''
A Rabbit, hiding and shivering in
clumP of PamPas grass, overheard this con.
versation, and the next day he ponderei
upon it. He decided it was better to have
the other animals fear him than to live
himself in constent fear. So the Rabbit filed
his lungs with great breath and tried to
roar like lion.
A Coyote, learning of the Rabbits
whereabouts by his roar, hoped on to the
Rabbit and ate him up.
If you haven't got the goods, there is no
use to advertise it.-JwdqS.