Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1917 — WISDOM IN CHUNKS [ARTICLE]

WISDOM IN CHUNKS

A threat usually la the bark of a liar. The submarine seems to be the naval carp. The Turk is notable for his religloa and his speed. ' Some automobiles “backfire," even on the mortgage. Don’t lead a man to evil to show him how bad it la. But, “rotation In crops” never means going back to old conditions, -m" War or no war, the conceited man defies anybody to blow him up. Don’t tte a ribbon to your horseVtaTl, and 4eave him with muddy fetlocks. Many a man is like a strong house — with the garbage can at the front door. Sitting and spitting tobacco juice on the earth never improved a foot of It. The kaiser chivalrously delegates to others the honor of licking Uncle Sam. Don’t try to garden life by making blossoms of thoughts, and weeds of deeds. Throw away a minute, and you always strike a wave to carry it over the rapids. The hyena “laughs” most when he finds something rotten —and he doesn’t always wear four legs. Occasionally a -statesman gets the idea that a bone head makes a good clapper for the great bell of fame.