Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
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A mans temper imp owes wit dis
use.
Married women don't bslleve in he
roes.
Ready made love is seldom ever a
good ht.
A moments anger may result in
years Of sorrow.
The tighter a man becomes the
looser his tongue gets.
The average servant girl is an i'm
ported domestic, :
When women talk about dress the
popular mar looks wise.
The dead beat is a misnomer. He's
usually very mucn alive.
A mans house is his castle, but
sometimes it's in the air.
The last match you have is general
ly the one that won't strike.
The consuming passion of humanity
is self-indulgence.
Even an awkward deed is better
than a sarcastic word.
Buried treasure is as useful as con-
cealed knowledge.
A well wisher is one who invests his
coin in oil lands.
The will of the people d%isinherits q
good many candidates.
Selfish reliance lifts a man up; self
conceit drags him down.
From an old philosopher: Promise
a dying woman anything.
Seek generous man if you would
find a truly grateful one
Poverty may pinch an honest man,
but it never destroys him.
Nobility of birth does not always in
spre nobility of character.
Many p nan with a clear head has a
cloudy conscience.
Faith is all right if you have'the
ability 10 back it up.
Even the fat man doesn't rejoice
when his hair grows thin.
When a poets verses come back to
him he meets with reverses.
It's easy enough to get into trouble
but it's harder to find the exits.
The average man would rather foot
the collector than the bill.
at any rate the married wonan's
life is not miss-spent.
Spring is the glad time when the
year turns over a new leaf.
The fellow who thinks he can hstter
all women, fatters himself.
Too many people mistake a polite
acknowledgement for an encore.
Give an easy going man half a
chonce and he'n cease to go at all.
Prosperity is not without its thorns,
nor adversely without it's roses.
Wise is the man who has sense
enough to let bad enough alone.
The more a man knows the easier it
is for him to keep his mouth shut.
When a boy reaches eighteen the
insurance agents get after him,
When a man Joins a lodge he ex.
poets it do something for him.
It's a physical impossibility for some
people to live within their income.
A man ~avoirdupois has nothing ia
do with his greatness or smallness.
There is nothing like being ready to
open the door when fortune knocks.
Now the pawnbroker is laying in his
summer supply of winter clothing.
The slowness of a fast man shows
up when it comes to paying his debts
When poverty comes in at the dool
it is up to love to get out and hustle
The bigger the man the harder it il
for him to squeeze out of a tight place
It's only a matter of time till thu
undertaken let's you in on the grounC
floor.
The love of some women is like thu
ague: it begins with a chill and end
a fever.
Money makes tie mare 60, but it
persuasive powers are often wasted
on the automobile.
A girl never appreciates q PISS I'M
less she makes you take it against he.
will.
A woman can make herself believI
anything she wants 10 unless 1t is
logical belief.
1t may be cowardly to show tn
white feather, unless you are a mil
liner.
The man who max a fool of him
self only saves soI 0ne else tn
trouble.
There are fellows Nu0 would rathe
get married than g. 20 work for a liv
Ing,
In spite Of all thc talk about rae
suicide, Cupid eve su .kes for short
-er hours.
Love of money may he the root Q
all evil, but men keep right on dig
ging for it.