HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Pert, Pertinent and Impertinent, 



sweetest of Words. 



If, of all words of tongue or pen 



The saddest are, "It might have been," 



Thank heaven language still affords 



The choice of many other words : 



And sweetest far of all I reck 



Are simply these : "Inclosed find check." 



Ah, with what joy your bosom tills 



When 'mongst the letters and the bills 



You spy a quick acknowledgment 



Of car of lumber that you"ve sent 



But hardly dared so soon expect 



To find these words : "Inclosed find check !" 



Let poets prate of passioned verse, 



Let theologians still asperse 



The love of gold — but as for me, 



I'm armed — accoutred instantly 



Kor rosy cheeks and Clicquot sec. 



When people write ; "Inclosed find check." 



HARDWOOD INSPECTION RULES CONGRESS. 



The spirt of concession that now obtains is the onJy way to Unify hardwood inspection. 



The Reason. 



Most of the good things in life come to 

 those who wait on themselves. 



Preferable. 

 Even the dignified man wo.uld rather 

 bend than go broke. 



Far Easier. 



It is easier to say that j'ou do just as 

 you please than it is to do it. 



Just So. 



A man seldom tries to belittle another 

 man unless he feels that he is superior to 

 himself. 



Quite Often. 



A full hand is very often accompanied 

 by an empty heart. 



Even He. 



Strange as it may seem, even a lazy man 

 kicks if compelled to do nothing. 



The Real Difficulty. 



It is not so difficult to know oneself as 

 it is to confess to the knowledge. 



Expensive. 



Castles in the air cost a great deal to 

 keep lip. 



Great but Rare. 

 Truly great is the man who has become 

 so without making any of the noise him- 

 self. 



True. 

 It is a good thing not to be a "good 

 thing." 



What Follows. 

 A man often says "How do you do?" 

 and then proceeds to do you. 



Just a Little. 

 A word to the wise may be sufficient — 

 but a little depends on the word. 



Troublesome. 



After wealth has bought its way into so- 

 ciety it has to be constantly showing its 

 admission ticket. 



Honor and Honesty. 



"Honor is finer than honesty. A man 

 may be honest, and yet grasping and small; 

 but the man who has a delicate sense of 

 honor adds to integrity the grace of unsel- 

 fishness." 



Dispicable. 



The fellow whom pride or cowardice or 

 lai;iness drives into a corner and who does 

 nothing but sit there and growl is dispic- 

 able; even the chronic kicker is preferable 

 to him. 



Good Advice. 



Never sign a document until you have 

 read it, nor drink wine — till you have 

 seen it. 



