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Show A CHERISHED HOPE. , When a poor man by good fortune or by a scratch geta rich, in nine eases out of ten he is prone to go where extravagance reigns, where, late supperg are the rule, where men go home with mud. died brains and want to sleep until noon the next day. At first he is shocked, then he says to himself, him-self, "I'll try a little of thia so that I will be posted." And the chanceg are that inside of a year he owns an automobile and takes joy rides aud gets to going home with a head muddled aa badly as the worst of them. In the same way when a rkh young man graduates gradu-ates and has a fortune which makes him independent, independ-ent, before he has forgotten -enough to have any good sense, he gets an appointment and comes west and his lirst thought ia that ho will redeem the country. Then he works at that until by experience experi-ence he finds that there is a vast difference between be-tween knowledge and wisdom. He begins to take oq a little wisdom and grows to be at last a valuable valu-able citizen and cherished member of society. . We are told by the eastern press that Mr. Pin-chot Pin-chot ia changing his mind. We have every hope that five or ten years hence lie will gather to himself him-self a whole lot of horse sense and really become a good citizen. s. |