The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
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right from the start
Some men find courage only when
they lose their tempsrs-
The dude is very often the living PIC
ture of an unpaid tailor bill
Compliments on a tombstone might
be properly termed e~pi-taffy.
The unexpected happens about as OF
tra as the expected fails to-
Marriage is an eye salve that re-
! sores the sight Of blind lovers.
| When gets her rights she will
he mans equal instead of his boss
man may be a good talker and stiil
have an impediment in his
The average woman doesn't want a
vote IL she can manage to get a voter
One touch OF the m~illiner's fingers
| makes the whole feminine world akin.
What a happy world this would be
il a man could only believe all he says.
Etiquette has nothing to do with the
| good form displayed by a bloomer girl.
A man never cares If his hair does
keep on getting ~gray-just so ii Keeps
on.
No man can get ahead Of the woman
who rides on the front seat or his tan
dem.
Whenever a woman confides in n
man she either wants to be admired or
pitied.
Theatrical people are peculiar. They
work when they play and play when
they work.
When a man makes plenty OF money
and gets lots of applause he ought 10
be satisfied.
Women seldom stutter. Probably it's
because they have SO much to say ana
haven't time.
Men frequently forsake love for am
bition, but they seldom give up ambi-
ton for love.
A jealous person is always in love.
but it's usually more self-love than
anything else.
Passion makes a foo a sensible man
and occasionally it makes a sensible
man of a fool.
Thirteen is always unlucky for some
one when it consists of a judge and
twelve jurymen.
A modest girl should always turn
down the light when her lover calls-so
as to blush unseen.
The wise man profits by experience:
but he is still wiser who profits by the
experience Of others.
Any woman who is a match for her
husband will blaze up when he at
tempts to strike her.
Conversing with a man who always
! agrees with you is about as monoto-
nous as talking to an echo.
If a mans mind is a blank during
sleep it must be difficult for some men
to tell when they are awake.
The girl who tries to initiate a man
is idiotic, but the imitation is often
very fattering just the same.
| Some men are never satisfied to re-
main at the bottom Of the ladder; they
always try to get farther down.
Mansions in the skies are built on the
installment plan and each good deed is
a brick used in the construction.
A man gets very little credit for
what he does in this world, but he gets
lots Of blame for what he doesn't.
When a man has a reputation for
wisdom he can say foolish things and
his friends applaud them as sarcasm.
1t takes the average woman about
twice as long to make up her complex
ion as 1t does to make up her mind.
| When a man knows his own imper-
fections he is just about as nearly per-
feet as it is possible for a man to be.
The average nan likes to believe the
disagreeable things he sees in the news
apers that refer to people he knows.
If you want to see the smartest, cut
est and sweetest baby that ever lived
JNoS o>S ILL AAiolIlCI " SlOW YOU HcTS.
When a man of opposite views read
lily agrees with you, you have either
succeeded in convincing or firing him.
1t most always hurts a girl more or
less when her best fellow calls with a
two days growth Of whiskers on his
chin.
When a woman's bliss lies in her ig-
norance it is folly for her to read the
letters she finds in her husbands
pockets.
Nature has a roundabout way OF
doing things. For instance, from chick
ems we get eggs and from eggs We get
chickens.
Don't condemn a man for beating his
wife until you ascertain whether he
used a club or a pack Of cars In the
operation.
The girl who confides all her little
secrets to her chum will be sorry some
day when she NJ longer cares to play
in her yard.
A man isn't always to blame for
thinking more of his typewriter h
he does OF his wife; he can dictate to
his typewriter.
Some of US have more ups and downs
in this world than others, but when
we get to the cemetery we will all be
on a dead level.
When a fellow reaches mans estate
he should put away childish things.
But some get married and begin to ac-
cumulate them.
The man who can umpire q base ball
game n please both sides can figure
on a reserved seat in the front row of
the heavenly orchestra.
Don't laugh at a girl because she
can't hit the side of a barn door with
a brick; you might marry her some
day, then you'll be glad Of it.
WEYLER AND SHERMAN.
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