V.
Then ever and on, my brother, through all of the golden days;
Let us echo their music forever and keep in the sunshine ways!
And whether we walk with the blossoms or stray where the red leaves fall,
There is laughter for all of the sorrows and love for the griefs of all!
Reports indicate that nine newspaper men will be members of the next Oklahoma legislature, and even the names are mentioned. There is no kindness in giving the fact undue publicity. The poor fellows will have hard enough time to live it down, so let us treat them as charitably as the circumstances will permit.
Caught on the Fly.
Love and loud lips soon part company.
Accusation is fruitless. We all have our faults and are satisfied with them or we wouldn't keep them.
If people only did the best they could half of the time, they would be amply prepared for the worst the other half of the time.
Some men's dream of hell is a place where scolding women have the full run of the range and no one dares to talk back when they get busy.
Divorce may be a great evil, but every lawyer knows it is often an effective crow-bar to pry some very good people loose from hell.
Never Worry.
Let us never worry!
The flowers little care
How much of the weather
Is foul or is fair;
They blossom at morning;
They fade at the noon,
And blooming and fading
Their beauty dies soon.
Let us never worry!
The birds freely sing
In autumn's drear weather
As blithe as in spring;
They chorus their music
In joy's happy tune,
And singing and singing
Their songs vanish soon.
Let us never worry!
If short is the life,
Whether laughing with music
Or weeping with strife;
'Tis the shine of the morning,—
'Tis late afternoon;
Ah, the night-fall is coming
And darkness so soon!
Little Sermons.
Love is the greatest thing in the world, and it carries the world's griefs on its shoulders.
If vice were as safe and inexpensive as virtue, heaven would have few candidates for admission.
I am always nervous when I meet these self-righteous people. I fear they will demand that I make the world over to fix it good enough for them, and when I fail they will blame me with all their troubles.
One Drawback.
"Well, did you have a good time Thanksgiving, Uncle Billy?"
"Splendid, splendid! All the boys an' gals come home an' brung theyr kids along, an' me an' mother felt twenty years er more younger. An' mother an' the gals got up a spankin' dinner an' we had a plenty of raal fine enjoyment. If it hadn't a-been fer one unfortnit thing, it would a-been mighty nigh perfect."
"What was that?"
"The crusts to mother's mince-pies all soaked in the bottom, an' she couldn't eat fer grievin' over it!"
Signs of Winter.
Winter's comin', fellers!
Blizzards soon'll blow!
Cotton all is gethered,—
Money spent, ye know!
Ole Thanksgivin's over,—
Weather's so and so,
Kids a-lookin' Christmas
Everywhayre ye go!
Keep Them Alive.
Keep Hope alive! Though failure comes
Adown life's varied stream,
Behold, joy beats her mighty drums
And brave men toil and dream!
Keep Faith alive! Though evil strays
Across the paths you tread,
Yet Goodness blesses all your ways,—
The living and the dead!
Keep Love alive! Though burdens press
And crush with anguish sore,
Sweet Love shall crown with happiness
The sad heart evermore!
Little Sermons.
Nothing takes a man down so much as to contrast what he is with what he meant to be.
Some people are so sure they are going to miss hell in the hereafter that they proceed to make as much as possible while in this world.
We don't know what Satan's steady occupation is, but if all reports are true he must saw lots of wood in order to keep up the fires in his settlement all the year 'round.