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Show : r TO BE A XOBODY. One of the easiest' things iu this world is to be nobody. And one of the surest ways to do this is' to go to a drinking saloon to spend one's leisure leis-ure time. There you will be sure to find a great company of nobodies, and association with such characters produces nobodies iu others. You need not drink much at first, just a little beer or some other strong drink until you become more accustomed to the stuff. In the meantime play dominoes, checkers, euchre or high-low jack, smoke :i cigarette, or a two-for-tive cigar, listen to musty stories and jokes or other worthless conversations, conver-sations, so that you will be sure not to have time lo rend any useful books. If you do read anything it will bo of the dime novel stamp, about the wonderful won-derful and impossible hairbreadth adventures of rascals of various degree. Thus go on and' keep your stomach full and your head empty, playing tune-killing games, and in a few years you will be a thoroughbred nobody, unless you should turn out a professional gambler or thief, cither of which is worse even than a nobody. There are a great many young men hanging about saloons or st reet corners, just ready to graduate gradu-ate and to be. nobodies a nuisance to themselves, to their friends and to the community generally. Boys, are you going to train in the nobody rrn niT |