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the optimist
Mi sections of the country, all towns and villages,
good times, and their period of hard
cs, the cause of one is too much confidence, and the
ck of confidence. People, to a cer
;i.;i oxton.. iia\e the shaping of their own destiny. Pros
it runs towns have been built on rock piles, while others,
neated in fertile valleys, have been failures.—Why?
flic town on the rock pile was tilled with optimistic
tin! confident people-—any obstacle that got in theii way
iuy went around or over. It a knocker appeared on the
c ne and began to decry their town, saying you cannot
aise grain on tin se rooks, they immediately went to woik
uni com inced him that if they could not raise grain, they
;;d ,\-No. t rock for building and other purposes, which
■ ,i give work to a lot oi men, and, as woik is the basis
• a' prosperity , they were bound to have a good town..
i ;e other town with ail the advantages that nature
• , Ivst iv is Piled with pessimists and knockers — in
or words they lacked confidencet that breeds lack of
degenerat to lazy knockers, and of
V. But the world looks at the
,-owd that has gathered together on the rock pile. They
■ast about to see what nature had favored them with to
l th< hills filled with metal, of all
Pads, gold, silver, copper, the lowlands were covered with
tuber, and tl i wall rs teeming with apuatic products oi
ill kinds.
(): looking to see where ttiey* had cast theii lot, they
(>-;!;11 t.uy v ere located on a natural townsite, situated
• a the shores of the best natural harbor in the world,
una.ic conditions were favorable, and the bay at all
au's of re year was free from ice. Optimists that they
immedii 7 started the work of development
fho products of the water being the easiest to develop,
itli ; ss dang r. and no possible chance of monetary loss,
hey ate :ish. talked fish, sent their agents to the fish mar
of Li e world, and convinced the large fish merchants,
rui the most and best fish in the world were in their lo
ud . i'li -y aided in every way by donating sites, giving
, ne\ ami labor, to those who would come and help them
k vdot> this great resource. Their work began to bear
'tilit: lirst came a cold storage plant to take care of the
ali'nut, fo io\ ed by a cannery to make the pack of sal
m n. Tliei'mst year proved a successful one; the cold
linage made i mey. and the cannery made a full pack,
in- ful!' g season saw a fertilizer plant established.
or a side iss u- 'i ey put in a tannery to tan shark hides
i r leather.; • d eii -r oil. also a codfish factory to make
■odiish brcks for tht markets of the world. They too,
ad their side issues: a glue factory to work their refuse
lies and skiia to g tie. Numerous salteries for salting
•almon. in* -in and other edible fish were finally planted
round t • bav. and now. todav—1920—the shores are
t %
lotted with all kinds of plants for the care of fish and
he r by oroducts. Tne ocean has proven itself a rich field
o iiarvesi thesi ■ tducts. and as time goes on the supply
ea si, >i i ited. A large and prosperous city has grown
wit!: schools unsurpassed by any in the states,
•:.u viies (li t every corner, the business houses are of con
ete. nd k homes are surrounded by lawns and flowers.
. his is - he work n" the man that never says fail — “the
>ptimist”
Ice is going up i t Chicago “because of the increased
•ost of manufacture." What do they make their ice out
>f anyway?—(St. Louis Republic.)
Tills is the kind of weather that turns a young man’s
fancy.
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: REASONS FOR EATING FISH.
If you want to save some coin,
Out out eating tenderloin,
Hacon, pork chops, veal, and lamb,
j (thicken, porterhouse, and ham.
I Almost time that you got wise,
Save your coin, economize!
Let a large and juicy fish
Decorate the breakfast dish.
Steaks and chops are awful dear,
Poverty is drawing near.
To the poorhouse wc shall go
If we dine on cows, you know,
Also pigs and little calves—
Let us not do things by halves.
Ring in with the knowing bunch—
Kat some baked tilefish for lunch.
Heed the wise fishmonger’s chatter,
Put a fish upon the platter.
Porterhouse cost “thirty-five”—
: Cut it out! Gosh! Man alive!
Buy • some salmon, friend, at
“eight,”
Just the thing to fill the plate.
Be a little forune winner,
kbit a halibut for dinner.
Turn your nose up at the cow,
Ostracize her anyhow’.
Cut the lamb chop, pork, and veal—
Eat instead gray fish, or eel,
Black cod, flounder, goosefish, bass,
Join the money-saving class.
Eat the fish and welcome wealth
Aim in arm with glowing health.
•This production, which appeared
originally in a New York paper, has
been modified by the U. S. bureau of
fisheries to meet special condition*.
N. Y. TAXI RIDE
COST HER $5,420
NEW YORK.—Miss Sophie
d’Amouri of Lowell, Mass., paid $5,420
for her New York taxi ride. That
was the size of the roll she took out to
pay the driver at Grand Central.
! When she got on the train it was
! Kone.
j Cheer Up Folks
| THERE'S MORE LN THE KITCHKN
Mayhe Better That Way
She—I’m sorry you asked me to
marry you. It pains me to refuse.
He (cheerfully)—Oh, well, "don't
1 worry. Perhaps you know best what
I T’m escaping.
—
j The fellow who has always been a
small potato amounts to something
now and to be called a bad egg is no
disgrace. Any kind of an egg is worth
j money—(Nome Nugget.)
—
Rejected
Young Man—I asked, but I received
; not. •
Parson Prim—Then you asked
amiss.
i Young Man (sadly)—\res, I asked a
j miss.
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The most important thing in life is
to realize how unimportant most of
the things we quarrel about really
! are.
If you imagine the world is going
to miss you after you are dead, try
going away from yoifr home town for
a couple of weeks.
It’s Still True
“Father,” said Chester, “what is a
diplomat ?”
“A diplomat, my son, answered the
father, “is a man who remembers a
woman’s birthday and forgets her
r '*o.”
SUPERSTITIONS
Married in gray, you will go far
away.
Married in black, you will wish
' yourself back. *
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I Married in biown, you will live out
i
| of town.
Married in red, you will wish y n.»
self dead.
Married in pearl, you will live in a
whirl. .. ;
Married in green, ashamed to b.?
| seen.
Married in yellow, ashamed ol youi
fellow.
Married in blue, he will always be
true. • \* . /
Married in pink, your -pirits sink.
", ’
Married in white, wou will have
| chosen right. *
Marry Monday for wealth, Tuesday
for health, Wednesday the best day of
all; Thursday for crosses, Friday for
losses, Saturday no luck at all.—(Chi
t cago Daily News.)
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