Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1902 — Arrow Shots. [ARTICLE]

Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow Into the air. It fell to the earth; I know not where. —Longfellow. The people who are the most popular are the oneß who are the biggest bluffs, that is, make believes. Walking along the street, just keep your ears open and see how. many fanny things you oan hear in a short walk. In the modern houses nowadays, there are two olosets for the man's and woman’s clothing, but the wife uses both. Things have come to a pretty pass when a man is judged by the kind of candy he likes. There is one advantage in not being a church member; you hear both sides of a church quarrel. Some women are so plain looking that even a Bcandal will not go well about them. When a family moves away and the girls get married, the women folks shrug their Bboulders and say, “Well they accomplished what they went for." Some men put in most of their time serving on some fool committee or other. A good “jollier”, is more popular than a wise man. Some days folks tell ns their troubles and nothing else till we are so tired we can hardly stand it. Some men know so many secrets that they do not tell any of them for fear of getting them mixed up.

No man carries letters around in his pockets long without writing on all of them. If a bore wants to talk you can’t shut him o& by not listening. Some wise men say the preachers want to make them believe the miracles in the Bible, when the truth is they do not care whether they believe them or not. When we get to the train behind time and find the train late also, we feel that something must be wrong. Some men never buy anything till they ask what it costs and then argue awhile, find tney always get the worst of it. Boys jnst naturally leave doors open behind them. It you lose anything in the house, look under the lounge. Nine times Out of ten you will find it. It is real refreshing the way some men eiijoy their own jokes.

Somehow it seems out of place to see a drunk man talking to a woman. Anybody can make his mark in the world. He can get vaccinated. Some people seem to be made only to be guyed. Some people look just as if they bad been created for ten, twenty and thirty, shows. Musicians are said to be jealons, bat they are no more so than any other class of professional people. The only kind of people who win are the ones who do it by work. Powder 20c, shot 7c at Lee & Poole’s hardware store at McCoysbnrg. - The people of Indiana pay $1,000,000 annually to maintain the courts in this state. The per capita expense amonnts to above 40 cents. Over 36,000 cases, are disposed of annually. Changes of venne cost $32,000; salaries for prosecuting attorneys, $29,000. For grand and petit juries the sum of $280,000 was paid.