Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-08-19

A club bore-the corkscrew.
Many "a estate has an heir of mys-
terry.
Love in q cottage isn't all cottage
pudding.
Is Chicago q part of the Illinois the
flesh is heir to?
One man lie as good as another-in
the grave.
Man climbs upward by doing his
level best.
Work now; you can rest after you
are dead.
Quit cutting your enemies and cut
your weeds.
Corn is beginning to taste as If you
we're cheating the horse.
The laxative barber occasionally
INDUCES in cutting remarks.
Art seldom pays, in which respect 1t
resembles q good many artists.
A man can't climb a ladder without
going the rounds.
Women firt with clever men as a
bait to catch dull men
We are all too apt to think it is all
right when it isn't.
One way OF looking at it is to do
others that you r duuned by.
In being right some people are only
guided by their fear OF beng left.
Two heads are not better than one
when it comes to keeping a secret
Some people have no more excuse
for being in debt than the letter D..
II wishes were horses beggars would
try to trade them for automobiles.
Some people are continually being
carried away by a train Of thought.
Matrimony is liking boating: the
man rows, but the woman steers.
It doesn't take much to convince a
man that a woman is in love with him.
The self made man admires wen
his own mistakes, because he makes
them.
Many a building poet who woes the
muse should be sued for breach ot
promise.
Honesty is the best policy, but don't
forget 20 keep your premiums PAID
up.
Some people are always talking
about lending a hand, but it's often
empty.
Tommy-"Pop, can a sewing bee
stingP" Tommy's Pop-"No, my son,
but Il can do a lot OF buzzing."
Ever remark that those who become
noted in the world are usually hard
working peopleP
You can be a mighty mea man this
weather If you neglect to water your
horse frequently.
Are you satisfied to do nothing to-
day except tell of the wonderful
things you intended to do tomorrow?
1t is cheaper to keep two than n
is a woman's argument, and che is
usually unmarried when she makes
it.
Every time a man grumbles his
daughters think that il they were in
their mothers shoes, they'd "show
him"
II poor girl has hair of the spun
gold variety folks say it looks like
etreaked mUlasses candy.
The man who admits that he lie SEN
timental made the mistake of bis life
in not having been born a woman.
Is it any wonder that young men
are hesitating about getting married?
Twins are becoming f%earfully com-
mon here of late.
Whenever we see a particularly
puny looking travelling man in town
we can always win money by betting
that he travels for a health food.
Church White shaved of his mus
tache this morning. He says be has
500 worth Of gold in mis- teeth, and
that be became tired Of hiding it.
Be patient II you are tired of seeing
two lovers together. By and by they
wilE get married, and then they will
never be seen together except &C
funerals Of kin.
There are some people whose use in
the world 1t would be rs hard to
define Is the uses Of pieces OF parsley
draped around meat on the table.
"Don't talk to me-" a nan said to a
reporter today; 81 have just come
from the dentist, who put something
in one of my teeth to kill q nerve.
Observation-Disclosures is a human inter
rogation mark" Slobbs-"Elucidate''
Blobbs-"Well, he's a questionable
character.
Rollingstone Nomoss-"I reads IL
de paper dat dere's a scarcity OF
dimes" Tatterdon and Torn-"Geel
Does it say any ting about hundred
dollar bills?"
sIt isn't true that one half OF the
world doesn't know how the other
half nves,n said the Wise Guy. "0i
course Il isn't,n assented the Simple
Mug. "One-half the world Is com.
posed Of women"
The latest is a polished floor walk.
Girls are 30 clever that even those
Who have rag carpets on every dooI
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