Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-04-22

Indolence never tires OF doing notn-
ing.
A fool is wise after a pattern of his
own.
Hattery gilds the goose it intends to
kin.
The ballplayer should beware of
bats.
Gold win provoke a gangrene in the
heart.
Borrowed trouble perpetuates
itself.
Don't depend on luck TO push you
uphill.
A mans deeds last longer than his
words.
It's good economy to keep your
temper.
It's a poor poster girl that isn't
stuck up.
Fortunes caress oft becomes fol-
ly's culture.
Good cheer is the hearts constant
spriDgtide.
A mans merit isn't always up to his
reputation.
The drinking song should be sung in
liquid tones.
The worst enemy a man a have is
. fool friend.
You can't liquidate a debt by paying
compliments.
Patience is a good protection against
P~rovocation.
A full soul seldom follows an over-
fed stomach.
Forbeara nee is always more heroic
than fighting.
A difficulty does not furnish a res-
son for Genial.
After executing a painting the artist
wants it hung.
Disappointed genius may be known
by its hair cut.
Liquor instead of drowning trouble
merely floats it.
Every task undone means some
truth unknown.
Red hair is to temperament what
alcohol is to win.
Nothing fatters a man so much as
to ask his advice.
Don't exchange single bliss for a
matrimonial blister.
One man seeks justice, while anoth-
er man fees from it.
1t sometimes happens that he who
hesitates is found out.
Anyway, a "has-been" is far better
than a "never-Was."
In a designers competition the re-
suit is always a draw.
Let him who would move the world
get a move On himself.
The earth's gravity attracts, but the
gravity of a man repels.
A lawyer may be good natured even
in his cross-eXamination.
Good intentions are all right if they
have sufficient backbone.
There's one good thing about eggs;
they never get too fresh.
The fellow with a bad temper ought
TO lose it once in a while.
What the matter with the annual
failure of the peach crop?
A poor workman always considers
himself superior to his job.
"Big head" is an ailment peculiar to
ma who waar small hats
No, Cordelia, q barnacle isn't a
tramp who sleeps in a barn.
Vice generally wears a mask, but
you can tell virtue a mile off.
Some men play to the grandstand
and do not accomplish much.
Ananias was an unfortunate individ-
nal who lived before his time.
It is impossible to win an uphill
fight and still be on the level.
The industrious blacksmith is al
ways blowing about his work.
Some peoples object in life seems
to be to talk others to death.
You may lead a woman to slaughter,
Uub YOu Gdu mahO hOA VnAhAs
Woman is a delusion which the
average man is inclined to hug.
Lots Of men want the earth-and
without it the farmer ISN'T in 1t.
STYLE doesn't count when 1t comes
to the lining Of a pocketbook.
What do people d. on Sunday to
make them so cross on Monday.
Pride goeth before 2 fall and after
ward there isn't anything left Of it.
Nothing looks quite as dilapidated
as a tilted monument in a cemetery.
The clothes that some men wear are
louder than either actions or words.
Many a man rushes frsntically to his
uncle after saying farewell to bis ante.
The sea waves are sad because they
have to keep company with Holsters.
A mar can't always borrow money
on bis ancestors reputation for hon
esty.