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Show LITTLE HOME TALKS. In the dead of winter the busy farmer far-mer prepares for the life of summer. The odds are against the fellow that goes into the business of farming and doesn't take any stock in it. The best way to tickle tht arid farmer far-mer is to teach him to tickle the soil so as to retain the moisture. m A man that doctors automobiles K says that the health of the machine is H not always indicated by the 'odor of H its breath. JK mt "The crusht worm will turn" but the fruit grower is to blame if the worm turns to cider. K The newly married couple usually B has to face a pretty long bill for I house furnishings, but the stork's bill. is longer. W "What arc you doing now," I asked a friend. "Nothing; Nothingl" he replied, "and it is the hardest work I have ever done." Newspaper Reading. Everyone should read a good newspaper news-paper and have an interest in the current cur-rent history of the country. The difference dif-ference between the man that reads and keeps in touch with local and national na-tional developments; and the fellow that does not read and doesn't know or care why a big stick is used on both bulls and bears, is the difference 1 between the prince and the peasant. I The studious, diligent reader develops de-velops prejudices and opinions that 1 lead him to pursue his pet subjects in the magazines, and it follows then, as sure as the night follows the day, that he will become marked and sought after as one in authority. ' . Conversation. Conversation is for the speaker; it is he that gets the greatest benefit from the intercourse. The silent, speechless fellow in a crowd is pretty obscure, and he always will remain so if he chooses to smother any ideas that may happen to come to him, by not framing them into sentences when the opportunity arrives. An idea may knock but once for expression, and if the feeble knock is ignored it may never come again. v and the speechless fellow loses; and so does the whole world, but he loses most who does not do his share of the talking when his turn comes. Your brain is different from any other brain, and impressions made on your mind are different from those made on any other mind, and therefore there-fore they should be expressed, and the time to express them is when thfy are strongest. -w. Thinking is for the fellow tint thinks; and the more he thinks the more he may think. The more he talks, the more and better he can talk, and while he may not always be do- I injf the world a favor by giving it his ( 'gems' of thought he is always help ing along in a conversational and ' thinking way. The amateur conversationist is I handicaped terribly whenever he meets a man, while the professional conversationist always has his win polished and his mind in good running run-ning order. He has an answer ready when he is spoken to; he has ideas that crowd each other for expression, and every one of them, when uttered, makes the timid, speechless fellow more and more ashamed of himself. , Speak up; reply when you are ad- dressed; don't be afraid of the sound of your voice; cudgel your brain for new thoughts, timely ones, and be an interesting talker, don't be a mutt. Compliment the other fellow by asking ask-ing questions; draw him out, and get him to tell you what you need most to know. If you don't speak right out in meeting it is easy for you to think it an impossibility to get a word in end- Ii wise; but let me tell you, that no one can listen more intelligently than the fellow that has talked a great deal; he knows how to do as he would be done by, and, what is more, he is interested in-terested in "the way your thoughts carry him along; he follows you earnestly ear-nestly all the way because he gers new ideas from your talk. And while you are creating these new ideas in the mind of your listener, listen-er, I will tell you of ihe young lawyer law-yer whose maiden speech in court was a rambling disconnected effusion of ideas owing to his inexperience. "Do you follow me judge; do you follow me?" he asked earnestly in the midst of his argument. "Yes indeed, you bet I am following follow-ing you," said the judge; "I've go to follow you because I couldn't possibly pos-sibly find my way out from here alone." ,4 , The forced isolation during much of each day on the farm should induce in-duce one to do a great deal of thinking, think-ing, and many of the world's greatest thinkers have been accused of talking freely to the birds of the field. At mealtime and in the evening s spirit of animated conversation should be cultivated. Every new thought or idea should be recorded in the minds of others, and in your own mind for future use, because if you repeat iv', ft ten chances to one, it is yours, and will appear again when you want it. Talk, and the world talks with you; but clams are found mostly alone. Speak, and exercise your choice of I words, and most of all your thinkery; - teach yourself to think. fi -- i ! ip win nunijiuuimnillillH |