The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-09-17

An exchange AYERS that 'jazz u
ic is dying out" But why call 1t
music?
Speak gently of the frailties OF
others, and perhaps they Will be less
critical Of you,
Some people firmly believe that the
Lord will provide" He will, but He
won't ta6e it to them.
A wise man never speaks OF his Wis
. dom. but the fool seldom fails TO adj
vertise his WI folly,
The fellow who attempts to make
something out Of nothing sometimes
succeeds-to his cost.
Don't slip through life at too siren
nous a pace. You may slip a cog and
slip out at the same speed.
We can not expect fortune to smile
on us at all times. A little co-opera-
ton is expected from us.
Luther Burbank never achieved
anything equal TO the change Of the
raisin from a food to a drink.
A beaut iful woman never has to
angle for admiration, but a good one
often fails to command respect.
Gov. Cox may not be openly seeking
the /. w. w. support, but some |. w.
w. supporters are supporting him.
Little children see the faults OF
9th ers as they are, but often we a
dults see them as we would ike them
TO be.
There is one crop in this country
which never becomes extinct. The
defeated candidate is always able TO
produce an alibi.
If given their choice between a life
of happiness and n Of sorrow, sCme
people would be so greedy that they
would want both.
When a proposition is carried by
the slender margin Of one vote, every
fellow who supported 1t considers that
he was the deciding factor.
The old practice Of going about
with a chip On ones shoulder has "a
bout died out. Too much danger OF
protiteers getting the chips.
1t is not always wise TO judge a
stranger to be a fool because he acts
like one. He may be leading you on
in order to sting you in the end.
Just sliding through life is danger
Gus practice, and often painful. The
pathway is strewn with obstacles and
pitfalls, and sometimes with ~slivers.
The two big political parties are re-
peating history. The pot and the ket
tie are again engaged in the time hon
ored occupation OF calling each other
black.
Try a test that seldom fails. Run
over your list Of acquaintances and
you will find that those who are liked
by cats and dogs invaribly have many
friends.
We have never before heard of. a
thief being crazy. but we have serious
doubts as to the sanity of the fellow
who stole 5000 worth Of carpenters
tools. He is a mistit in this restful
age.
'Tls a sad state Of affairs, really,
but these ~sutfragettes who have been
Grating over the country must be
terribly lonesome, now that they are
out Of a job-and the limelight of
publicity.
Wheat farmers will not forget that
the government fixed the price on
wheat, but allowed cotton, the pro-
duct of the democratic south, to soar
to a point where it became as econom
ical to wear silk as cotton.
We confidently look for a heavy in
crease insthe male vote at the Novem
Der election. No spirited man wants
to have his neighbors chuckling over
the thought that he had to stay at
home and mind the kids while his
wife did the voting.
A Spaniard is said to have invented
a machine that plays chess, thus re-
li9ving the human player of a severe
mental strain. Now II some genius
will Just dish up n that will play
hell IL may afford a little relief to
some of our political friends.