There iz a kind ov officious man, who iz only prompted bi his vanity, hiz anxiety tew be useful tew others don’t arise from enny goodness ov heart, but simply from a desire ov stiking hiz noze into things. Theze kind ov individuals are supremely disgusting. The officious man iz generally ov no use whatever tew himself, and a nusance tew everyboddy else. I don’t know ov but phew more unfortunit disposishuns than the officious mans, for even in its very best phase, it seldom suckceedes in gitting paid for its labors with common politeness. THE PHUNNY MAN. Thare iz hardly ennything that a man iz so vain ov az the humor that iz in him. The _phunny man_ iz seldum an humorist, and never a wit. Hiz only pride iz tew make you laff; he seldum rizes abuv a jest, and very often iz the only one who kan see enny point even in that. He iz generally the hero ov the ockashun in the rural distrikts, and kuntry bumbkins laff obstreprous whenever he opens his mouth. The phunny man iz the clown at large, and hiz jests are sumtimes amuzing, but never remembered. Thare iz seldum enny taint ov originality in him, and the quips and the quirks he deals in are old saws reset and refiled, and bad enuff done at that. It iz a dredful unfortunit thing tew deal in cast oph jokes; for, like the old clothes bizzness, they will stick tew a man all thru life. THE CHEEKY MAN. Impudence, or sumthing like it, iz the leading trait in most suckcessful mens karakters. All the nice things that hav bin sed in favour ov modesty, fail tew stand the test when brought into the pull and haul of every-day life. Bold assurance, while it may often disgust us; will win 9 times out ov 10. We all ov us praze the modest, but our praze iz only a kind ov pitty, and pitty will ruin enny man. Enny man will liv four times az long on abuse, and git phatt, az he will on pitty. Thare iz now and then a man who iz modest, but intensely in earnest, and sutch men sweep everything before them. The karakter ov the modest man iz a good thing, and a butiful thing tew frame and hang up in a private apartment, but experience teaches us that if we wait for our turn in this world, _our turn_ never seems tew come round. The cheeky man never enjoys thoze delightful sensations which arize from having yielded tew others; hiz logick iz that the arly bird gits the worm, and, regardless ov all delikasy, he goze for the worm. Thare seems tew be nothing now daze that will warrant sukcess like cheek, and the more cheek the better, even if you hav az mutch as a mule. THE LIVE MAN. The _Live Man_ iz like the little pig; he iz weaned young, and begins tew root arly. He iz the pepper-sass ov creation--the all-spice ov the world. One _Live Man_ in a village is like a case ov itch in a distrikt skool--he sets evry boddy scratching at onst.