Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1917 — STRAY PLANTS [ARTICLE]

STRAY PLANTS

Strange how Age finds life’s mileposts so much closer. The Lord’s great school furnishes few reviews for neglected lessons. As soon as men began cleaving the air like doves, they began fighting like hawks. Yes, “beetling eyebrows” are signs of Intellect—if they do make you think of a poodle. Sometimes a poor fellow lm.iglnes himself like an old wagon—needing constant soaking to make It firm. - The college athlete will be proud of a blacked eye he’d be ashamed of had he got it around behind the barn. A New York woman refused to chew or smoke, even for her health —and only lived to be one hundred and five. It’s possible for a man to go forth in the morning ambitious and eager, and come home at night tired and happy. Ever try it? Then, “universal peace” would enable us to put all the soldiers on the police force. —J. H. Mackley in Ohio Farmer.