Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1902 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to the earth; I know not where. —Longfellow. What do you think is the sense in a clock striking the half hours? Some men’s habits are so fixed that if you meet them at a different hour at the usual place, you wonder if something is wrong. Some people get “elocutionary” on the least provocation. Most trouble is caused by people who do not know what they want. So many preachers are bald headed that we wonder if it is caused by their excessive thinking. One advantage in riding in the smoke car is, you do not have to ask if “smoking is offensive” to anyone. In a crowd of story tellers you needn’t say a word. They will do all the talking. Some men’s only qualification for president is that they were born in this’country. Even a saloon keeper to be successful must be sober, It looks pathetic to see an old man setting out trees and seeding down his lawn. ■w. -wA man never gets as thirsty as he, does when the water supply is shut' off. As plentiful as pure air is, it is the rarest thing to be found in public halls. Some people boast of t ht>ir “d»ter--1 iniiiation,” but the conuno.t name lor it is stubbornness. Every man looks more or less sheep I ish when caught helping his wife do the house work. The height of selfishness is for a man to take.the latest paper and read while he sits in the barber’s ch dr g» t ting a hair cut. All there is to som i men is a great, 1 big, long beard. ■*. •*- Some vindications arc a good deal worse than the original accusation. | We like to see twy> gossips get to g« ther and try to out g ssip each j other. Noone imtsniith t<> be pit ed as the persum who believes liars Many people think of a great many “Ihh ter things than w re ever in the paper.” We hear every day how Ellen St< n 1 ought to be rescued and how ti e brigands ought-to be dealth with, bub no two plans agree.