The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-03-20
Editorial and Otherwise.

Truth needs not champions, but followers.
Drink from the cup--never from the saucer
Teaspoons are left in the saucer, not in th
cup.
Beaded velvet and printed velvet are higl
IN favor.
Making a noise, either in eating or drinking
Is vulgar.
Always cheerfully defer to older people an,
to guests.
All married men are better off than the ol,
bachelors.
No man is smart enough to be funny whel
he is drunk.
A boa Of chiffon is frequently worn with low
ncckcd gowns.
| Eat slowly and do not fill the mouth with
large quantities.
The city having the longest blocks is said to
be Louisville. Ky.
Cold comfort comes in small chunks-whcn
| Tue Iccnlan serves ".
Eat the food served or quietly leave it on the
plate without remark.
Spiritual force is stronger than material :
thoughts rule the world.
The apple export Of the past year amounted
TO over a million bushels.
Cotton was first planted in the United States
in 1921, was garden plant.
The last publication by Bill Nye was an ar
ticic rdiculing Jefferson Davis.
Women are not afraid Of snake rings, be-
cause they are said to bring good luck.
False praise can please and caumy alright
none but the vicious and the hvpocrtc.
Typewriicrs do not always spell correctly,
but they make better copy for the printer.
If some men were half as large as they think
they are, the world would have be enlarged
Many pure men and women are ruined BY
contact with those they meet in the dance hail.
What some people know would fll a book,
and what they don't know would fill a library.
Some think that Wyoming will elect n
woman for governor this year. This would
break the record.
a rattlrsnake scventy-nine inches long and
having twenty -one rattles was killed near
Jefferson, Ga. recently.
II is human nature for a man TO look ont for
number one, bnt the Young widow always
looks out for number two.
A "Spell of weather" usually lasts about
three DAYS. But the Corbett- -Fitzsimmons
spell Of wind promises to last many months.
Secretary Carlisle saws that it is simply a
question between gold standard and n sll-
yer standard, and that's all there is about it.
The best achievements come after many
failures and disappoinimcnts. Failures are
the stepping stones to the successes of the
world.
The Rev G. A. Carter, Of st. Mary. Church,
Liverpool, England, has baptized l4,Ol4 in
fants during the last II years, an average Of
lG week.
A girl baby born the other day in Kokoma,
[nd., is the 18th daughter of \ 18th daughter
If 18th daughter-a record which is thought
10 be unprecedented.
Tell your wife nice things while she is living.
lnptt ~; 81. IA, IL. 4 tl,,,, 4
minister how fine woman she was. Give
more taffy and less epitaph.
This is moth in which nature, like new
,orn babe, takes its clothing and appears in
happier manner, and everything and every body
axes mnch needed change.
Mr.. Twgg, Of White station, Ky, has
tarted into the business Of raising opossums
or the market. They bring good prices, both
or meat and pelts, and he expects to get rich
1T them.
While digging in the side Of bank in Bel
asst, Mes, the other day, workmcn found
makes nest containing thirty-nine snakes
,cated at point beneath the surface frost
'onld be unlikely to reach.
The Republican State convention at jackson
plit last week and two rival delegations, both
'r Mckinley, were elected delegates to the
ational convention. Lynch and Hill were
.aders Of the rival factions.
The admission Of u ah nccessitatcs a change
, the arrangement. of the stars on the flag.
he As are to be disposed in alternate rows Of !
and I. This has been agreed between Sccre-
'res Lamont and Herbert, and approved by
,e president.
He who will tr,ne with womaus love will
life with all other sacred things in the mi.
prSc. Let no Young woman shed a tear when
ich man leayes her. She should rejoice
'at before it is too late she is free from u
,pcrfcial, treacherous heart.
A writer in the New York Sun has coined a {
w word, "dunraven," meaning 10 malign J
ithout cause, to speak i'll Of, to blackguard, d
slandcr, to traducc. The sombre makeup S
the word, calling to mind the sable, croak- 1
biVy W wv s"ESSSthVheoS VI
rm. a.r,s
VIM. II. Brady, Of New York, proposes to o
lid an enormous scow, fitted up for prize !,
ng, to be towed beyond the maritime leauge :.
risdiciion of the United States for the nc-
Of bruisers and their hackers. y
= SAYS that the boat would cost about $lj,. II
%, and would hold 900 spectators at $50 y
'iccc. But would II be allowcdto clear the
'rt?
The story is published by the Baltimore e.
mcr,cnn that Charles Broadway Rouss, who "
worth slo,Ooo,OOo, was recently robbed BY n
me Of his employees Of 100000. His son 8,
Is very anxious thst the offenders should be =.
as a warning 10 others. The old !,
objected. "a man shrewd enough y
rob me-" he said, "doesn't bcloag in Jail. u
should 90 to work in wallstreet." u