Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-04-08

LACK oi MOucg meAoo VIC meAN ~
lame.
Some people are too busy to be
happy.
It's the worldly people who want
the earth.
The bill collector soon learns the ins
and outs Of his calling.
When a woman e proud Of her stors
teeth it is surely false pride.
It's the girl with good points that
all the fellows get stuck on.
The stuff that strengthens a mans
breath weakens his intellect.
The surest way to stay poor perma-
nently is to try to get rich quick.
It takes a woman to do iRnoble
things in a spirit that ennobles her.
Lord love as, how friends talk about
each otherl Did you ever notice it2
You can't always make a boy rise in
the world by giving him a blowing
up.
With eggs at Lenten prices the hen
should certainly know the lay OF the
land.
Some men would dodge around q
corner to avoid meeting their obliga-
tions.
It costs more to keep q chatting dish
than 1t does to keep a horse and
buggy.
Don't beat the devil around the
brush. He is apt to retaliate 10y beat
ing you.
About the worst thing you can say
about a person is that he wasn't even
a nice baby.
Either p man gets spring fever or he
makes = fool of himself planting a
spring garden.
If you have a good friend, pay him
the compliment Of occasionally worry
ing about him.
When we offer to hold a very young
baby, we want it understood that we
are not sincere.
When a woman suddenly resolves to
walk a lot for exercise, it Is a sign she
has a new suit or hat.
There are men who would shake
hands with you and go through your
pockets at the same time.
'I know" said a brakeman today
"where the prettiest dining room girl
in town works, and l eat there"
When a man from a country town is
in a big city he is 80 badly blutfed
that he doesn't know how to act.
In New York when a crazy man
says he is Kept in the asylum against
bis will there is great excitement.
It is unfortunate when b~oys'colleges
are located at inland points, making it
impossible to send q warship there.
The man who hasn't the sense to
tell a pretty woman that she is doesn't
deserve ever to see a pretty woman.
Wigg-"Do you care for private
theatricals?" Wagg-"I can stand
them if they are sufficiently private"
Some men are so stubborn that they
would not admit they like to hear SER
mons if church pews were hammocks.
To be a good farmer a man must
have a large family to work for him
and a genius for GUESSING the weather.
Everything connected with human
life is improved except the manner OF
entering this world, and the way we
leave it.
When a oma stands at 8 dry
goods counter too long and looks
things over, the clerks call her a
+'picker."
When a doctor permits a patient To
eat anything he calls for, 1t is a sign
that he is out of dangeg or that there
is nc hope.
One of the hardest things for a par
emit to do is to make his gifts to one
married child match to a penny those
given to another.
A woman always likes to think thai
if her husbands mind were not above
that sort of thing he could be known
as a glass of fashion.
It is a great satisfaction to a woman
TO feel how envious all her husband,
friends would be of him if they kew
some of the things he knows.
Most people have the notion thaI
when two people who have been di.
vorced, want to make up, they neeC
pay no attention to the divorce.
A woman considers that she maker
a man a good wife when she won't le
him 90 to the club ~ 3 rainy nigh
for fear be will catch pneumonia.
A good many people take offens,
iuwardly; you may ffend them will
an idle remark withottt knowing 1t a
the time. But you will fad it on
later.
When a man is worried about hi
business his wife lie slre il would i'm.
prove il their minister preached a ser
mon about the good and faithful ser
want.
Two anniversaries that q man al
ways observes with enlemnity are hi
wedding day and the day his ricl
uncle died without leaving him any
thing.
It is the way of the world for
mans family to find fault with hin
for disturbing them by getting ul
early when be has to do It to ear
their bread and butter.