Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

Aesthetics are not ethics.
All is not stay that squeezes.
A teacher is not q taskmsster.
Mercy is the badge of majesty.
Preparation ~prscedes progress.
A popular color scheme-dying the
hair.
The things looked for win soon be
here.
labor lie for man, and not man for
labor.
Few faults are lost, yet many are
found.
China does not care to do a Russian
business.
The chronic borrower is usually out
on a strike.
A hug Is a composition Of struggle
and strangle.
Fortune seldom knocks at the door
Of the knocker.
After a mar is married he begins to
lose his conceit.
Vocal cords must be frst-class to
hold the public.
II you want to please a girl call her
a heartless hirt
A seltmade nan never fOrgets to
boast Of bis job.
First love breaks hearts and second
love mends them.
The single standard is not popular
with young ladies'.
Printers do not differ from the ordi-
nary type Of men.
An opp etunity seldom comes back
for g sec Id trial.
There IRE many excuses for poverty
but nor % for laziness.
Hon sly isn't the kind of policy
found n policy shops.
Marriage is sometimes a failure and
always an assignment.
The best place for a man to have q
boil is in the teakettle.
Few women can pass a mirror with
out psusing to reflect.
It is in the dark that a guilty con-
science IS all lighted up.
Well, Welt If this isn't our old
friend. Howdy, Spring!
President Roosevelt's Iowa idea is
to give Iowans a big jolly.
It takes more than n swallow of
sunshine to make aspiring.
Carrying three sheets in the wind
has caused many a wreck.
Stolen sweets frequently upset q
mans digestive apparatus.
To the gentleman with the white
straw: We like your nerve.
Some candidates are like the itch
they set people to scratching.
1t isn't what a man has, but what
he does with 1t, that counts.
Some judges indulge in epigrams
and others in long sentences.
There is nothing more blank than
sympathy without expression.
A fellow generally gives a lame ex.
cuse when he has his leg pulled.
The Gear is acting very much like 9
man with a joker up his sleeve.
The COW is innocent of lots of prep.
arations presented in her name.
Brooding over misfortune is buI
another way of cutting the ship.
A man will deal with and a woman
marry most any M for money.
The height to which a man attainl
depends largely upon his raising.
The superior man is slow in his
words and earnest in his conduct.
Strenuous pursuit Of the impossible
begets activity minus the reward.
A woman can always keep a secret
il all her friends win lend a hand.
A girl may have a far away look IL
her eyes and still be near-sighted.
You seldom SEQ a loafer who never
smokes, chews, sWears nor drinks.
Impulsive eloquence is the kind
that flows from the lannon's mouth.
It is easier to sweep of the snow Of
an act than to break the ice Of habits
Most Of us think too much of yes
terday, and not enough Of tomorrow.
After people pass a certain age they
tire of being questions | like children
Usually it is necessary to ask a mar
twice in order to get Ms real opinion
The man with the loudest voice
usually has the least rnslness ability.
Think of your own 'aults and YOU
will talk less about the faults Of 9TH
ers.
Now Just listen a. the British lioT
roar while the Russian bear twists hi'
tail.
One can get q point from almost
any-and several from q paper o
pins.
Some Of Us should be mighty care.
full about laughing at others for being
ugly.
Many a mar thinks be is good e.
haarh hecauee his conscience troubles