The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-04-19
TALES AND ENDS,
BY ALLEN PAYNE.
WRITTEN FOR THE MIDLAND JOURNAL.

Some men who are hard of hearing giveth soft
| answers
In the homes of the wealthy the jambs of the
doors are often marble laid.
The man who endeavors to hide things behind
the bush often gets stuck with the briars.
Itsqo wonder that some of the "bnm bards"
go OF
| A tombstone Is mocker.
The hungry glass eater will often goblet.
| One hive of the world doesn't know how the
other hive lives.
When a man has the hay fever he doesn't smell
much of the clover
Truth may be more than poetry and lies in
| fiction.
Man takes the DEVILS advice in a saloon and
| then throws it up to him.
Neither the wearing of "red hat" nor the
placing of "red band' around a cap, nor the
"black tie and high-cut vest of the same COLOR
will save man any more than long face in
! church pew and u short purse when it comes to
the collection. What a man wears he is Little
| IN but what's in is bound to come out
thief never desires vacation himself but is
DESTROYS that others should have one.
After all gossip is only homespun yarn
Folks frequently choke with emotion but it is
| simply that they bit off more than they can chew
| The proof of the pudding is in the eating and
when man wakes up in the middle Of the night
realizes that the proof of the fool was in doing
| that very thing.
When man goes all to pieces his troubles
appear in chunks.
When it comes to the. State building a new
penitentiary many man is in for it.
The more show you make in this world the
more of a circus your neighborsA have.
Seldom it is that anything sticks in the craw OF
block head.
The red nose of the drunksrd is the signal for
distress.
Some married men have endeavored to undo
the tie that binds" by making cutting remarks.
When man gets next 10 nothing the devil
thinks he's got something
OF the fruits of evil poor Adam didn't have
chance to take his choice.
Many faces that we see today are simply old
made compilations.
When a woman tears man out she has an idea
she is that much in.
When man becomes blind, he uses a walking
stick as a means of support. When woman
becomes blind lin love) she frequently is COM
PEELED to resort to the use of rolling pin or
broom handle to gain any support.
When man gets as full as a tick he loses his
pendulum.
Men. who by their own inclinations have
reached the top always know when to let up.
One good thing can be said of the infant. 1t
will always make a clean breast of it.
Men endeavor to square Themselves in the world
in round about way.
The d Dor of success would probably open to
many man if the saloon keeper hadn't put
plug in the key hole.
A still tongue is often preventative for getting
down in the mouth
With the Bible as a life preserver some folks
endeavor to anchor it with dime novel.
The streak of good luck is usually all fat
Because woman takes milk bath it does not
signify that she is in the cream of society.
The ground floor of success to the farmer is the
barn floor.
You only need one kind of foul heir in the
hen house. Il
Give the narrow. minded man wide berth.
man who thinks he hssn'ta ghost of chance
in this world lacks the proper spirit.
Hiding behind the door of opportunity makes a
man behind the times.
The lawyer needn't think himself safe because
there are Tyres in Heaven.
If it cost five cents to xiii duck, how much
will it cost Harry Thaw for killing goose or
possibly gander?
The store keeper sells only for cash.
He refuses, my account book. to 1ll
But when take him my butter an eggs,
am compelled to accept his due bill.