HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent. 



Chicago's Trouble. 



We boll our water patiently. 



Then boil it once again, 

 We sidestep fights and stay in nights, 



Avoiding hold-up men. 

 The town would be a healthful plaee 



For people to reside 

 If we could break the auto of 



The trick of homicide. 



— Chicago Nbws. 



The Forest 

 This i- thi ton -i primeval. The murmuring 



pines i iii, hemlocks, 



Bearded with moss, and In garments green, in 



distin.'i in the twilight, 

 Stand like Druids of old, with to I and 



prophetic. 

 Stand like harpies hoar, with bear, I st on 



their bosoms. 

 Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep voiced 



neighboring ocean 

 Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answei 



wail of the forest. Lonoi n 



Only Twenty-two. 

 i ask her 

 will look i. 

 And let yon read thi 



In her downcasl 

 Rut If she wore strictly h< 



And would tell the truth to you, 

 She loves a lot of fellows, but 

 She'll try and love you, too. 



— A New 



Not Noisy. 

 Sound judgment of 

 necessity does not 

 make the most noise. 



Their Line. 

 Many enterprising 

 people who have a 

 reputation for al- 

 ways being up and 

 doing devote a large 

 portion of their ener- 

 gies to doing other 

 people. 



The Variation. 



To err is human, 

 to forgive divine; to 

 borrow is human — 

 and to fail to repay 

 is the vogue. 



Sad. 

 It is only a short 

 time after a man 

 weds an angel that 

 she begins to shed 

 lier wing feathers. 



Still With Us. 



While automatic 

 machinery is taking 

 the plaee of glass- 

 blowers in this coun- 

 try, it does not affect 

 those who work only 

 when the glass has 

 I i.nn on it. 



The Reason. 

 Some men have 

 sense enough to quit 

 drinking booze when 

 tiny ascertain that 

 they are unable to 

 negotiate with any 

 quantity of it: others 

 don 't — and thus 

 booze acquires its bad 

 name. 



MARKET INFORMATION. 



The Chicago lumber situation has been extremely lively for the past thirty d 



Value of Defeat. 



A failure is not a 

 failure if it be used 

 as a stepping stone 

 .ture success. 



The Only Place. 



It is only in the 

 play that the wicked 

 man gets what he de- 

 serves. 



In- 



Even Hardwood 

 spection. 

 Anything is a good 

 thing if you get a 

 good thing out of it. 



The Unsuccessful 

 The unsuccessful 

 man is one who has 

 more confidence in 

 others than he has in 

 himself. 



Compare Them. 

 From a utilitarian 

 standpoint the wheel- 

 barrow has done more 

 for the world than 

 the automobile. 



Isn't It So? 

 Many people know 

 than they 



out. 



Prophets. 

 it often happens 

 that the mau who ac- 

 quires a reputation 

 of being a great 

 prophet is only 



Other Good Men. 



■ k'ifies the 

 man who works. An- 

 other man not 

 despised is th> 

 who can be worked. 



Has Reasons. 

 What a lot of trouble a woman with 

 small feet and well-turned ankles has 

 with her skirt on a muddy crossing. 



The Transition. 

 Some men are born great, and becom 

 little through their ow.n endeavors. 



ion 



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Horse Sense. 



se" comes 



Sure Thing. 



in his sleep 



To Succeed. 



Safe Way. 

 Befoti a man s 



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