Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-12-23

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Business is Q mantle that covers .
multitude Of queer transactions
II the wolf had any sense he would
hang around the rich mans door.
Marrying a woman for her beauty 10
like eating q bird for its singing.
Poker is not a game Of chance-or
ct least, the novice has no chance.
Great is the physician who can cure
q Woman of al imaginary disease.
A man who is looking fer trouble
can usually find 1t without trouble.
Every man is an egolst, but only one
in q hundred knows how to back 1t
up.
The race is not always to the man
who has his money down on q straight
tip.
II takes 9 political orator to say
things that sound we'll and mean moth
ing.
It takes a political orator to say
things that sound well and mean moth
ing.
Experience often provides the raw
material for unnecessary converse
ton.
A man takes a game bag with him
the first time he goes cunning for
quail.
Proclaim not all thou knowest, all
thou owest, all thou hast nor all thou
canst.
Sleep as long as you can, but en-
ploy your time judiciously when you
are awake.
All work is noble. All dignity is
painful; a life of q Is not for any
woman.
Be civil to all, ~serviceable to many,
familiar with few, friend to one, enc
my to none.
Industry and prosperity are spelled
differently, but they mean about the
same thing.
It has gotten 20 that the New Years
call is limited almost entirely to the
bill collector.
No woman ever admits outside the
divorce court that she drew a matri-
monial blank.
In marriage it lie better to be a sub
mIssive philosopher than q conscien-
tious reformer.
He that Is rich need not live SPAR
ingly and he that can live sparingly
need not be rich.
When you speak to q nan look on
his eyes; when a mar speaks to three,
look on his mouth.
FRAY the oil end Of 9 lamp wick
about an inch and it will give 8 bright
or, stronger light.
The woman who would like to be a
great lady usually is l%nsOlent; the wo-
mar who Is one, isn't.
A corner popping lie sometimes
started by the corn pepper In the
hands Of a bright girl.
Some women are "joiners" Just like
the men, It lie better to belong to one
good club and no more.
Earrings are coming back, too. Pos
siblv some will get here In time toE
the day after Christmas.
Before attempting TO stand by his
colors a man should first make sure
that be isn't color blind.
Some men think It is up to them 10
90 q little slow to keep from getting
TOO far ahead of the times.
The administration ls in . hole over
the isthmisn affair, and the hole Il
getting deeper all the tune.
To adopt every fashion which comes
along Is sure to make the adopter looh
like 9 guy q part Of the time.
A man does not have to 60 to heav'
en- by freight simply because he car
not express himself in meeting.
Dear Santa Clause:-Please bring
me 8 straightout declination from
Mark; that's all. Yours, Teddy.
Be careful what you say about 9th.
ers: you may need the worlds good
word some day. Speak no evil.
Fsau was foolish to swap his birth
right for g mess Of pottage II be ooul'
have named It for breakfast food.
Some Of the musical critics are nov
hoId enough 70 say that PATHS vOic
ia cracked. Her contract for $4,000
NIGHT is eth without q haw' thought.
Enu line Of Christmas goods at
WALTER SMITH.