The mirror., 1916-10-26
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From Our EXCHANGES

~ little NOrth OarOllna girl went with
her mother to make call. On the way
home they got lost in the woods. Aher
they had wandered about for some time
trying to find the way our, the little girl,
becoming weary of it, looked at her mother
and exclaimed, "Mamma, why don't you
phonea'
The old Scotch pr ofessor vas trying to
impress upon his students the value of OBJ
servation.
''No," he complained, Eye dinna use
YOU: faculties of observation. Ye dinna
use 'em. For instance
Picking up beaker of chemicals of hor-
r'ble odor, he stuck his finger into it, and
then into his mouth.
"Tas,e of it. gentlemen" he command.
ed, as he passed the beaker from student TO
student.
After each had licked finger and had
felt rebellion through his whole soul, the
old professor laughed in triumph.
81 told you so!' he shouted. "Ye dinna
use your faculties. For if We had observed
ye would ha seen that the finger which l
stuck into the pot was na the finger " hich l
stuck into my mouth!''
--"There's black sheep in every cck."
Likewise goat.
Some men who are short in their ideas
are long in words.
You can usually tell neutral man by
the loud way he argues.
When suspicion enters the door, peace
flies out of the window.
1t is remarkable the number of bargains
one runs across while broke.
AS far as the human race is concerned
Adams "apple' was a lemon.
The enmity of some men is more
valuable asset than their friendship.
Quite number of men manage to get
into temptation without being led.
The gasoline engine, like strong bluff,
is great institution when it works.
-Skeptcism consists in taking The pepsin
tablets before you eat the mince-pie.
A sympathetic listener does the most
to keep the conversation from tagging.
People say they did their best much
more frequently than they do their lest.
1t is also possible to prove that polite
ness pays withou, becoming book agent.
When man speaks of his rights, he is
usually talking of the privileges he desires.
Perhaps you have noticed that the man
with long tongue rarely ever has long
head.
"A man who believes himself always in
the right naturally makes more and more
mistakes.
In their efforts to "get by" some fell
lows resemble Juggernaut more tn an any,
thing else.
The easiest thing is for poor man to
figure how generous he would be if he had
the money.
There is nothing easier than to grind
an ak if you can get somebody to turn the
grindstone.
IS lence is protection alik. for men
who possess knowledge and for those who
are ignorant.
The blessings due to peacemaker are
apt to miss those who interfere and try to
settle family row.
There are number of censorships not
conduced by the government; for instance,
there are the neighoors.
Are you one of those who blames the
other fellows troubles on bad manage
ment, and your own on bad luckl
"A person who could really read the
human minds would be privileged to gaze
on some correct mutations of chaos.
You may have noticed that a man who
says life is not worth living is the first to
make an effort to save himself when danger
threatens.
The theory that every man has his
price becomes less disastrous in practice.
because of the tendency Of many of them
to make the price too high.