The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-09-28

AT all times confidence and truth ar.
better preventiyes of Jealousy than con.
cealment.
MEASURE not men by Sundays, with.
out regarding what they do all the week
after.
The origin of half the first lovesn
of young hearts is ignorance, and their
death blow experience.
FASHION is very we'll while one i,
young and in health but of what Use il
it in old age and sickness.
THERE is but one worse reception Al
a compliment than a calm silence, and
that is to request its repetition.
MEN are born with two eyes, but
with one tongue, in order that they
should see twice as much as they say.
ONE of the most popular eating.
houses in Japan is owned by a woman.
andhas accommodations tor two thousand
customers at once The "bill Of farsp
includes about twenty different dishes.
No meat is served, but fowls are cooked
In various ways. The restaurant looks
most attractive at night, when the rows
of lanterns under the caves, and the
illuminations of the whole building show.
ing through panes of colored glass,
present a very gay appearance.
THE London Lancet calls attention
to the danger there is of the spread Of
Infectious diseases bymeans of laundries.
A visit to the homes of several washer.
women revealed many painful facts. In
one instance, where smallpox was in the
house, blankets we're washed and returned
to a g~entleman's house, and table cloths
and napkins to the keeper of a restau.
rant. "Thus," remarks the Lancet.
"even at our meals, if we escape being
poisoned by u cook, we may catch
smallpox from the table linen"
WHILE the emperors of Germany
and Austria were visiting at Ischi, a
lady desired to present the former withs
costly bouquet, but her courage failed
her at the last moment, and she begged
an officer in Prussian uniform to perform
the office for her. He at once compiled,
gave Emperor William the present, and
returned to express his majesty's thanks
to the fair donor, who was rather sur.
prised to see this Prussisn staff officer
enter the emperor's carriage and take
seat beside him. On asking who he wa,
she discovered that it was the emperord
Austria in Prussian uniform.
AGES ago, in the green Aowery plains
of Bethlehem, a young boy began bis
days singing, "The Lord is my Shephed,
| shall not want )" and his tender com.
muniDgs with an unseen Father have
come down to us as witnesses of " green
pastures and still waters" to be found
in this weary, work-a day world, open
ever to those who seek them. 1t would
seem to be the most natural thing that
the children of an eyer-present Father
should live in this way that weakness,
and ignorance, standing within reach Of
infinite grace and strength, should lay
hold of that divine helpfulness, and grow
by it as the vine climbs upon the rock;
yet such lives are the exception, even
among the good.
IT would conduce greatly TO the
comfort of citizens generally If our mum
cipal government could in some respects
initiate that of some foreign cities. A
visitor in Paris thus writes; "Thers
are no drunkards here. Rum and rum.
shops in New York are the principal
causes of crime, filling our prisons and
poor-houses, and adding ten-tolds to our
taxes. We have been in Paris three
weeks, and have not seen a man drunk
even under the influence of liquor
we have not met a beggar or a tramp
Beggars and tramps are taken care Of
the government, and will be IN tM
United States when they have been
endured long enough, Very little strong
is drunk here, except by @
eigners. The people drink the lgn'
French wine it satisfies, and creates%
morbid appetite for more"