The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-03
some THINGS
and OTHER THINGS

1919
Behold now is the accepted time
behold now is the day of salvation.
2 Cor. CO.
There is more hope for fool, than
for the man that objects to every
improvement made in our town.
If you were to name people by the
expression they wear on their faces,
you surely would have large num-
Der with the family name of ''Trou-
ble"
The innocence of some corpora
tions is very affecting. They remind
you of the reply of Rastus,
when the owner of the hennery came
out at night. stuck his head through
the open door and called out in the
dark-'W What's all this noise about
in here-who's here?" ''Nobody-on-
~ me an de chickens, boss" respond
ed Rastus.
Say, kicker where would Hays be,
if we were all like you? You kicked
when the Normal came; when the
electric light, the telephone and sew
er come; and now you are kicking
because the railroads want to come.
You will kick and throw a fit when
the paving comes, so get your growl
speach ready.
Do sins pay wages? Well you
ask at the prisons, the almshouses,
the hospitals, the dishonered graves.
for an answer You ask the drunk
ards, the failures, the CANDLES and
liars for reply.
What were the yesterdays? The
wilderness, the tryant, the bigot and
plague were the yesterdays. What
are the todays? The school house
the scholar, the humanitarian and
the laws of hygiene. We grow bet
ter as our thoughts grow wider.
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| Are you one who is always dis
satisfied with everything around you?
If you are, can understand why you
are not up to standard.
**%*
If you will study men you will find
| that no man has ever accomplished
great thing, who has not accomp-
lished large number of little things.
****
! When you meet a man who has
been feeding his mind on suspicion
and doubt, you can put it down he
has spent most of his time thinking
crooked thoughts. The suspicious
man is always accusing mentally
the other fellow of the things
he would do if he were in
the other fellows place.
1919
We all know men make mistakes
through misunderstanding and over
sight; men promise to pay and cannot
meet the condition, no matter how
great the sacrifice they make, so at
just the proper time you force them
to pay; you demand your pound of
flesh; but remember you cannot take
it with safety to your integrity. He
may pay and not say word, but you
know you are a thief, even if the
law gives it to you.
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Do you know why people lose their
places? You do not. Well 1 will tell
you. They are not loyal. No man is
smart enough to serve two masters.
You cannot double cross and hold
your place long in society. IF you
will look after the firms interest, you
may rest assured the firm will take
care of you. When you get intoxi-
Gated on your own smartness, you
are more blindly drunk than when in
toxicated with liquor. Amy man who
becomes drunk on his own smartness
mixed with meanness is hopeless
fool
Do not confuse the word detail
with the word trife A successful
man will consider details, but only
fools classify ''trif1es" as details.
Learn to differentiate or be fool.
nave you ever SCud1ed Lne man
who is continually Dragging about
himself by saying, 81 say what
think" He makes such a statement
to justify his ignorant, stupid blunt
ness. He is everlastingly exaggerat-
ing his ssthink" He says so
much more than is needful so becomes
a social trouble maker. He can never
understand why folks "pick at him. -
He does not know why his opinion is
never asked for, nor why he never
has any real friends But we know.
His blunt unconsidered 'think" has
gotten In the way of his progress.
He is man with his thinker out of
tune. He makes SO many diseords
that people dread to see him come
around FORT throws them of the
key.
It is amusing to- listen to those
who have made failures IN the line
you are doing, tel you how to make
a success of It.