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North Otago Times, 22 May 1909, Page 1 (Supplement)

s The minister one Sunday morning spread before him on tho reading desk a very thick packet of notos, and launched into a long, dry, heavy sermon. The reading of the sermon absorbed him. He did not once lift his eyes. On toward the end, however, happening to glance up, he perceived almost the entire congregation to be sound asleep. The minister frowned and paused. He struck the desk a resounding blow that awakened his parishioners. Then he said—"My good friends, this sermon cost me a great deal of labour, and I do not think you have given it the attention it deserves. I shall, therefore, repeat it from the beginning."

Tho secret of success has just been; discovered by a Belgian paper. You must not, it says, seem to be more Intelligent than other folks. "You may bo a genius, but if you want to succeed don't look like one." This accounts well enough for many of the successful people in the world. But it makes the mystery of some of the failures very dark." "It is true," began the aged suitor, "that I am considerably older than you, but a man is as young as he feels, you know, and—," "Oh," interrupted the maiden,. " that doesn't matter, What I want to know is U you are as rich as you looki'-'