Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1901 — POINTED PARAGRAPHS. [ARTICLE]

POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The smaller the man the greater his vanity. Sensible men are always deaf to unjust criticism. Great enterprises often result from small beginnings. If a man has no temptations It’s easy to remain honest. The older a man gets the less sense he has about eating. One way to Judge a man’s charactei Is by what he doesn’t say. Sometimes a woman makes a fool of a man—and he never gets over It. The obese lady in the museum believes In making the most of herself. Don’t cry over split milk; hustle around and get some more milk tickets. When a society girl marries she 1m aglnes the world is eclipsed by her honeymoon. A poor man never knows bow many friends he has until he suddenly strikes it rich. The chief end of man depends on whether he Is wanted to do brain work or run errands. A physician says raw oysters are unhealthy. Perhaps they are, but no one ever heard of a raw oyster's sending for a doctor. The average farm hand would doubtless make a good corporation president. His experience in watering stock would come in handy. There la one good thing about the man with trouble on his mind. He never breaks Into your office humming selections from a ragtime opera.