The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
G | E A N | N G S
From Orr Exchanges

Don't worry. You will always look
good to your friends.
If man has a good memory he knows
when to forget.
| Men who do the most work don't al
always do the best work.
People who say what they think have
to do lot of explaining.
| Don't count your chickens until they
are old enough to bluff the cat.
1t is everlastingly too late to pick the
winner after the race is over.
One can't blame man for kicking
when he has to foot another's bills.
| One can attain self-control in great
things only through self-control' in little
ones.
Education, is the only thing lying
around loose; everything else is screwed
down tight and the screw-driver thrown
away.
You may have noticed that the friends
who are willing to lend you money are
generally those who have no money to
lend.
| -Guadeloupe expects an abundant har- :
vest of cocoa. Trees and pods are in ex-
cellent condition. The entire output/ot-
the colony goes to France.
The ordinary houseay can lift match
between two of its feet and carry it. A
human being. to perform similar feat,
would have to lift beam eight and a
quarter yards in length and 16 inches thick.
-Doctor-(to >pressing creditor)-if you
must bring your bill every day, at least
you might come with your head tied up. so
that people would think that you were one
| of my patients.
lake not much care what or who is
for thee or against thee. The jud smen, of
none is to be regarded if Gods judgment
be otherwise. Thou art neither netr-r nor
worse in myself for any account that is
made of thee by any but God alone; secure
that for myself and He will secure all the
rest.
The lightest kit in the army is the one
carried by the man in the ambulance corps.
Efficiency demands that he be an litle
hamPered as possible by excess luggage.
Hence he carries only the barest necesslr,es.
For himself his kit contains blanket, knife
fork. spoon, pan, plate and cup For his
charges he carries a touring uet, spIints, sup
ports, gauze, bandages and a can,een
Choosing. choosing constantly and day
by day, is the enlargement of character.
Life is at all points a matter of cnoice, a
!daily-nay an mountaineering Of choice.
Which shall it be-a definitely dir<cied will
or an easy drifting with the CURRENT Life
undirected, life that is not held raut to an
ideal. is the life that becomes bore, that
slackens hold on all things and runs its course
to the end.
Enthusiasm is some sort of work that
is worth doing. it is this which puts man
will in line with that great 81 Will" that
called forth the universe. The man is tie
will of him, aud when the will is nobly
used the man is at one with his inner god
1t is this sort of work that is the only true
vitalizer of every part of the nature. the
only real tonic.
Live each day as if the whole of existence
were telescoped into this single day. With
no idle regret for the past, no useless worry
for the future, let man live this day as if
it were his only day. the only day left for
him to assert all that is best in him, to con-
quer all that is worst. He should master
the weak element in him at each slight
manifestation from moment to moment.
"A G reat misfortune properly endured is
progre IS accomplished. Those who suf-
fer much live more truly than those who
undergo no trials. The mere numerous
the obstacles which are surmounted by the
will, the stronger the will becomes.