Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

Ach.
Sympathy for the under dog is often
wasted.
No man ever loved a woman he was
afraid Of.
Remember this: q man doesn't have
to look the part.
BOres rob the busy man Of both
time and patience.
All well-groomed men do not
possess horse sense
When a secret Is not q secret Is
when 1t is a woman's.
Fruits of modern philosophy seem
to be electric currents.
Looking for opportunities is like q
game of hide and seek.
The weather is pretty fair, but the
Octopus is as bad as ever.
Beauty is only skin deep, but home
illness reaches to the bone.
The real curse of this country is the
Sunday paper in three oolors.
Many of the so-called gems Of
thought are nothing but paste.
When we get stale it's hard to real
ize that we were ever too fresh.
This is a sad world for those who
have no humor in their makeup.
When a certain man tells a funny
story, it is so bad that people cry.
Women district men too much in
general and not enough in particular.
Surely the recording angel is l%enient
with a man who has a big family-in-
law.
Civiliaz ltion In Indiana is still in the
lynching and whitecap stage of evolu-
ton.
The man who can't be fooled by q
woman exists only in his own imagin-
alton.
Mothers need not feel 30 proud: an
oil lamp can raise chickens as well as
q hen.
Some people never go ahead be-
cause we r never sure they are
right.
An automaton manufacturer recent
ly made a toy tramp-but 1t wouldn't
work.
When a fellow begins to talk about
afinities you can generally see his
finish.
What a lot men would know If they
could swap their ignorance for know
ledgel
Loaning money strengthens the
memory; borrowing it causes forget
fulness.
Mans inhumanity to man isn't to be
compared with woman's inhumanity to
woman.
It's a bad sign when You see a far
mel waiting around town to ''see bis
lawyer.
The green-eyed monster may be in
spired by either jealousy or delirium
tremens.
II the electric chair is an instrument
of death, where does the accordion
come in.
When a girl is not pretty the moth
ser always insists that she looks like
the father.
1t may be easier to coax a woman
than it Is to drive her, but it is more
expensive.
We should have a little heaven
right here on earth If there were no
h~ypocrites.
We are told that the truth viii out
and It seems to be everlastingly out OF
some people.
Many a mar has acquired a reputa-
ton for generosity by spending bor-
rowed money
When a tramp steals q cake of soap
he is a thief by instinct rather than
from necessity.
Imitation is the ~sincerest form OF
flattery and often succeeds where
originality fails.
What a girl loves about being a
bridesmaid is that her bushes are all
for somebody else.
We do not believe there is any fault
more difficult to deal with than the
fault of perfection.
When a woman has poor luck with
her cake the family are allowed to
have all they want.
The fisherman doesn't believe in
sparing the rod, however much he
may spoil the child.
The camel has four st~omachs-and
ne Is envied by the sHIall boy who has
acces to the pantry.
You may have a frierd who will die
for you, but you have none who will
break in your shoes.
Politeness is a good investment, 1t
doesn't cost anything and generally
yields good returns.
The progress oflove is as impercep.
fible but Just as IRE us the spread Of
the straw hat fever.
We dread that period Of life when
people win begin to tell as that we
1'don't look our age"
The Russian bear "that walks like a
man" seems to be holding on to his
spoils like a politician.
Spring Ailments.