The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-17

Genius is the master Of simplicity,
but a genius is not necessarily simple.
Do your own thinking. The other
person is liable to think for himself
first.
Every one pities the wife of a
chronic crouch. The crouch pities
himself.
When two people get into a fight
there is generally wrong to be found
on both sides.
Don't crack jokes at the young man
just out of college. He may know
less than you.
The greatest mar living is unaware
Of his true greatness-but not so Of
the champion fool.
Yes, there will come a time when
flying is safe for many people. Gabriel
will furnish the wings.
1t Is a good idea to smile sweetly on
a cloudy day. You thus supply the
sunshine that nature withholds.
You may be superior to the person
to whom you are talking, but it is the
height of ill-breeding to show 1t.
Some people enjoy throwing money
to the birds, but 1t Is generally the
buzzards who get the benefit of it.
Many moving LECTURE actors are said
to be starving in California, but we
never see it reproduced on the screen.
The JOY of life is like a weed in the
garden. No matter how much we
stamp it out it creeps right back
again.
When judging the mistakes of
others consider first the cause of them
and your Judgment will not be greatly
at fault.
The value Of a good book Is not
measured In dollars and cents, but
rather by the brain capacity OF the
person who reads it
The successful man Is monarch Of
his own affairs. When he divides his
perogatives lie also surrenders a large
proportion of his profits.
So ne people think they are just a
little bit better than others, but that
is probably because they ear not read
the minds Of their neighbors.
A woman's instinct is so keen she
can invariably detect flattery from
the genuine article, but it often keeps
a fellow guessing to know which she
prefers.
The man who realizes that there
are others smarter than himself, is
generally endowed with a liberal
amount Of brains and the ability to
apply them.
Race and blood tell the story. In
Japan there is one divorce to every
seven marriages, while in England
there is only one divorce to every ten
thousand marriages.
Intelligent people emphasize their
quality by the use Of simple language.
1t Is only the weak minded who wrap
their tongues around words Of which
they know not the meaning.
Watch your step. In the United
States last year IS. 900 girls disappeared
without leaving a trace. Pitfalls are
numerous and yawning, and always
obseured from the view Of the unwary.
A woman In Buffalo, N. Y, drew
up the plans for her own house, did
the carpenter work herself, and with
slight assistance ] Installed the heating
and plumbing svs:ems. But there
isn't the ghost Of a show, fellows
she's married.
A new liquid gas has been discovered
that is so powerful that three drops
falling on the skin will kill q person
In thirty sec onds, thus making it pos
sible for a hosti le aeroplane to blot
out entire elite s. In the event of
another war lool K for that grand rush
black to the fai m"
us your hush and much Of a pro.
wider, Mandy9" HE jes' amt nothin'
else, Ma'am. He Rwine ter git some
new furniture providin' he gifts de
money; he gwiDe ter git de money pro-
vidtn' he 60 ter y .ork; he 60 ter work
pFovidin' de Job 81 Its him. 1 never
see such Sprori&t4 man in all mai
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