Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1910 — THE CYNIC. [ARTICLE]

THE CYNIC.

Its a long lane that- has no puuotured tire. Faint heart is really an easy mark for fair lady. No man doubts your word if you speak well of him. The sea of matrimony is naturally governed by the tied. When a fellow is too lazy to work ‘he becomes a bohemian. - Many a man who wants the earth is obliged to take water. Ignorance of the law excuses no *me, not even a young lawyer. Sick-bed repentance seldom lasts long enough to pay the doctor. Unfortunately a wealth of imagination won’t pay- the butcher's bill. The average man doesn’t envy a dead one till he marries a widow. Stupidity may not be a crime, but the dull blade makes the ugliest cut. He who dances must pay the piper. Also the cabman, the florist and then some. The gossip can read between the liner, even when there is nothing there. ft _ An agnostic is a person who believes in almost anything except religion. A woman is almost as much afraid of a mouse as her husband is of a milliner’s bill. Charity begins at home, but unfortunately you can’t always find it there when you call. Many a man never turns over a new leaf because he allows the pages to get gummed up. Two heads are better than one, especially if you are ambitious- to become a museum freak. There are lots of people who are afraid to sit down at a table with 13, but a hungry boy isn’t one of them.