The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-02-22
Editorial and Otherwise.

Ard0r IN love Is the great cOnqueror of fe.
male hearts.
Mems folies often cost them more than
their wants.
Rich gold fields haye been discovered in
East Siberia.
The fool thinks death ,rould leave a hole in
the world.
1t certainly takes very little to make vain
people happy.
Love is fancy that the disappointed ten
derly cultivate.
A woman will never confess to thirty until
she has reached forty
The Woman who tries to be masculine be-
trays her ignorance.
Lilitokalani, late queen of Hawaii, has abii-
Gated in favor of the republic.
| The Marshall & Bruce Companv's Job prin-
ting plant at Nashville, Tenn. burned Sun
day
The Order of Railway Conductors has de-
cided to make war on the American Railway
| Union.
Joe Baum, of Meridian quit advertising,
and now the sheriff has him for a $4,000
attachment.
The governments official report figures the
total cotton crop for the year 1894 at nine
million and eighty thousand bales.
More than two years ago a man in st.
Louis stole kiss from widow. A jury has
finally concluded that he owes her $2,5oO
for it.
There will be no scarcity of ice this sum
mer, even if the artificial plants should fail.
The large ice houses at the north are being
packed to their utmost capacity.
Charles Broadway Rouss. the great racket
store supply merchant of New York City
SAYS: "No business can prove perfect success
without advertisng.'
Negroes who contemplate taking part in the
Georgia exodus to Mexico will be interested
to know that the lands granted the movement
by the Mexican government are barren, and
utterly worthless without irrigation.
There is great deal of comfort for users
Of tobacco in the fact that William Hill, oi
Washington county, Pa, used it for eighty
five years, and lived to be nearly 100 years
old. 1t does sometimes work that way.
The male members of a church in New Jer-
sev are going to give a tea and bazaar for the
benefit of the church, and will do all the cook
ing, washing of dishes and waiting on the ta-
be This might be termed a womon's cdi-
| tiou.
A man dug a well in Minnesota and at the
depth of forty feet found the skeleton of man
IT is thought that he must have been fellow
who refused to advertise and his competitors
buried him "out of sight"
Sam Jones closed his big revival in Mem
phis on SUNDAY night. There were over 900
conversions. 1t was the most successful Of
all the meetings held by him in the Bluff
City.
The price of wives has gone IN in China
during the past twenty years from $25 to $3.50,
and parents are more careful about strangling
the girl babies, who may grow up into comely
women.
There has been good deal of row in the
House of representatives about the clerks of
the members. It is said that some of the
congressman employ clerks at $40 or $50 a
month, and pocket the balance of the $lOO
allowed.
Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "The human
race is divided into two classes; those who GO
| dHtau uo SOiHetntHy ana tnOSe VINO Slt dTOuHu
and inquire why it wasn't DONE"
Nebraskans re'subsisting on Jack rabbits
snow birds and other game. Their condition
is said to be very pitiable, and starvation
threatens thousands Of families in the north.
ern portion of the State.
Incredible as it may appear, the Brandon
News declares that an 0iice-hOlder has been
found in Rankin who will not be an aspirant
for further political honors. He is member
Of the Board Of Supervisors.
writer in La Medicine Modern asserts
that sedentary occupations predispose to tn
berculosis more than any others. Italian and
English statistics show, he says, that there
are 459 deaths per 1000 from this disease
among students, seminarians and young cler.
gymcn, while farmers, bOatmen and noun
taineers enjoy almost complete immunity
from it.
The Birmingham Agc-H Herald was sold al
trustees sale on Monday, the former proprie-
tor, Frank O'Brien being the purchaser, his
bid being $20,0lO. The paper owed anywhere
from $4,000 to $4,000. 1t has proven d
money eater from the first.
DR.. Ida Richardson, of Philadelphia has an
income Of $4,000 from practice. She SAYS
she cannot account for her success, except
that she tries hard to do her duty and uphold
her profession. Such a woman is worth more
than all the Susan B. Anthonys in the world.
The pastors college in connection with
Spurgeon's church has sent out 92l persons
into the ministry, % in the past year. OF
this number 100 have died. leaving 1877 still
actively working, $50 Of whom are Baptist
ministers, missionaries or cvangelsts.
Mrs. Grant, widow Of Gen. U. s. Grant, in
speaking Of her husband, said "Few know
that Gen. Grant was holder, but the
fact Is he had several slaves in Missouri, and
these were freed, like those Of the south, by
the emancipation proclamation. These slaves
came TO him from my fathers family"
Capt. N. II. Thomas, Florida fruit expert,
says that the Florida oranges are not nearly
50 badly damaged as has been reported, and
that the next years fruit crop will be from
5000, 900 to 500, 400 boxes.
The city council Of Greenwood has passed
an ordinance fixing the license Of vendors at
secondhand clothing and pawnbroker's goods
at $500 per annam. Every town should have
such law. would keep out the swarm Of
tinerants who cut into the trade of legitimate
merchants and sw,ndle the people who are
foolish cnough To purchase the second .hxnd
stuff.
John Henry Jackson had to dght
To win Miss Hattie Rose,
And when be married her last,
He gloried over those
Who didn't get her and he said,
In language strong, though neat.
: A Rose BY snv other name than his)
Would vol bs near 80 sweet.