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Show i Uncommon -o- Sense -o- Sy JOHN SLAKC. JOLTS. - If It were not for the Jolts life would be rather monotoaoua Also It would bs considerably harder to suport , . . Doubtless It wss because lis berked hie shins on a boulder too often when te entered ble habitation that lha caveman learned te build his firs by ths done, ao thst It would sblas Inside and light the place. Man has been learning by means of Jolts since anything baa bssn written abcut hlm. It is so sasy to fall Into a beaten path, to do the same kind of work for ths asms kind of pay. taking It for granted that work snd pay will contlnus forever, thsr nothing b'tt s lolt will savs a man from wearing a rut ea deep that 11 will eooa swaliow ""Ths'world has begun te feel that wsrs were st ss snd and that everybody every-body was going to live In concord for all time when In lilt It received a violent Jolt. It knows belter now. As yet It has not esactly discovered whst eight to be dose, but It Is earnestly trjlng te find out. . . , Thers Is a strong probability that before negotlsttons now In progress srs ended It will settle down te another anoth-er peace are. . . , But more Jolts will bs needed before peecs csn be made permanent. The buelneas man or clerk who goes to snd from his work with fslthful regularity day by day will continue te So eo without any appreciable results till he gets some kind ef a Jolt. The he will wake up to the fact thst ses must look ahead while he Is Join shesd. or he will be Ukely te It eomethlng. Frequently the failure of a concern which emploved masv mss has been a good thing for sll of tiu-m. although they did not think so at ths time. It gave thenr the Jolt that oessee with Ike dlecovery that no man IS suits secure aa long as be depends sntlrelv on Ike guiding brains of soms sther man. . In the event ef a big failure the a-tea who havs shown enususl application applica-tion and abiuty can most aulckly. find new places. Thoae who have not had any Jolta but havs proceeded on the theory that, life would go oa forever as It hsd beea going will not do so well at first. But tf ths Jolt of uneipected unem-ptnvment unem-ptnvment Is hard snoush It will be good for them. Nest time thev ger a kb they will de something with It besides tnerelv holding It. we stt long for serenity snd an even course througn life, .but that la tee sure way to dry rot. I mfl'l worry about Jorts! Thsy are merely the little prods that keep ua from aleeolng on eur feet. tCepjrisat. ill, as Jeaa Btaas.J t |