The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
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 ] fi,ult to e oavinoe 8 real hero ' tlst he is one
 i Re an optimist Nothing is impossi- hle until you admit it's imposslbliity'
 The fact that you are full of pep is TO excuse for becoming peppery. The man who never stops to thlnk seldom has a mind capable of thlnk- ing.
 The nan in the moon lives high, but he isn't troubled with the high cost or living.
 Why complain about having to work when you don't feel like it? Quit feel ing that way
 Success is within the reach of any man, but it takes both reach and a sra ? to get 1t.
 Distinction is a good thing and is to be desired, until it is worked to the point of extinction. One great trouble with this coun- try is that everyone wants to let some one else do the hard work.
 4 shrewd man profits today from the mistakes of yesterday, but the wise man avoids making them.
 Some people invariably speak kind ly of others. and that's one reason why so many speak well of them
 Cheer upl As a progressive Ameri- can citizen you have a legitimate right to keep right or progressing
 The chief asset of some people is the noise they make. And noise dwindles to an echo and is quickly lost.
 There is a world of satisfaction in knowing that we are right, but we often think we are right when we are not,
 notice you when she wears her first engagement ring. She can't keep her eyes centered upon two objects at once.
 The automobile speeder doesn't care how many people he kills, until he kills himself and then nobody else cares.
 There is at least one hopeful sign in the approaching election. Both of hs cd oh lf campaign funds.
 It's a fact, however, that we of to- day are living in fast age, and most of us are hotfooting it in an endeavor to go little faster.
 A woman's lips are the rose, and her tongue Is the thorn,' warbles an exchange. But the thorn is forgotten in the delights of the rose
 Our office devil says this world is full of men, and the men are full of prunes. and the pruues are full of but it's bad enough without telling you any more.
 Silence is golden, they say. But it is also exceedingly exasperating when you mail out bunch of bills and get nothing but silence in return. y When girl tells a young man he is perfectly heartless and she hopes nev. CT to see him again, he should cheer up. He has her roped, tied and ready to eat out of his hand. Most failures in life can be traced back to the early training of childhood. It would be well to bear this fact in mind if you would have your own boy succeed in the world of affairs. 
 When you begin to tire of the world and its people and it's things, you might start all over again and try the other side of life. There are roses that never fade and the sunshine is never dimned.
 Our wife insists that we are a gen. jus, and friend tells us a genius is one possessed of extraordinary brains but without the practical knowledge to apply them to his personal advan. tage. Now just where do we get off?
 There's nothing like getting close to . nature if you wan9to get ahead. A number of princes and grand dukes ! who were stripped of their wealth in Russia by the bolsheviki are now run. ming truck gardens in France and making a success of them.
 THOSE THAT PREY.
 A single wolf has been known to Kill in six months i50 head of cattle valued at $5,000. In the spring of 1910 mountain lion was killed in Wy. oming which in one month destroyed ,Sl,000 worth of livestock. in less than three months six coyotes slew three hundred sheep in Texas, valued at s3,. 200. " They live high, these marauders of the western range A vear1v aetirnoto