The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-12-04
Editorial and Otherwise.

turkey Is sun hoiu'hR U" l" "s "'"" '"'e'
Hens are all in favor of the single standard.
The woman of brains always out-lives her
age.
An itch for Office is almost as bad as BARRIERS
| itch.
Virtue and intelligence are the safeguards
of society.
There are two things that are certain--taxes
and death:
| Mark Hanna weighs several tons more than
he used to.
The average flannel shirt is of a very shrink
ing nature. @'s !"
Mark Hanna is now the champion "boss' OF
the century. &
I Hav,nga good time in youth leads to bad
one in old age.
Some people manage to talk great deal and
say very little.
Many an author gets short in attempting to
sell a short Story. .
Want of principles the principal want of a
fgreat many people.
If Uncle Sam ever buys Cuba, it will have ia
be from the Cubans.
To many man the loss of fortune has been
the finding of himself.
Some of the bows want to commence "saNinG
the country" for 1900.
After March Uncle Grover will have to furn'
ish his own duck boat.
The business of talking politics will haye Q
dull season very soon.
In entering a house the enterprisng burglar
often has prizes fight.
Every deg has his day, but the cat has {
monopoly ,f the nights. "a
Tie worst kind Of theft is to steal the music
from your wile's heart.
The nose often bushes at the quantity o
liquor its owner drinks.
II is not because a man is fond of his home
that he is called honely.
Lost time, lost opportunity and lost charac
ter are rarely ever found.
Hill preserves his silence, but it is doubtful
if he himself is preserved.
Football is n very exciting game, but bab,
bawl is much more exciting.
An ounce of keeping your mouth shut il
worth apound Of explanation.
Be patient with your virtues. You may
soon be able to overcome them.
Business covers multitude Of transactions
just out of the reach Of b~aw.
Wise men change their minds occasionally
but fools haven't any to change.
1t is strange how few men like to own the,
voted for the defeated candidate.
A good conscience is almost as valuable al
not having any conscience at all.
That man has sunk pretty low whose littl
children have no confidence in him.
The thing that hurts the devil is not s
much our profession as our practice.
The paving material of hell consists of goo'
intentions and unpaid printers bills.
Vice President -elect Hobart has had so
babies named after him. Such is fame.
Sometimes defeat is much better for
than victory. Especially in bad cause.
A fat man in swalow-tail coat would max
even an undertaken shout with laughter
The sultan promised reform, and he is tryin
to reform the Armenans By killing them.
- "A rose By any other name would smell a
sweet" does not refer to spoiled shad roe'
The man overAowing with joy is liable
any time to have a sorrowiul levee built aroun
y Inn.
The famine in India affects population I
r. $4,000, ,OoO-nearly as large as the whole of tt
United States.
Sometimes what makes a man look broke
down and Ited is the storms he encounter
y in his own Muse.
:, South Dakota, where divorces are secure
B. without publicity, claims a divorce from Il
Republican party.
The body of a dead Chinaman is often ke
By his friends or relatives for three or to
years before it is buried.
rt At Croton, n. V, woman is president Of
bank. The dcpositors will not allow a ba
gain sale to be held in the place.
=, Lord Roseberv has an income of VI 10000
per year. No wonder he retired from ollit
n. He knows when he's got enough.
It is nip and tuck between the colleges, n
D. as to which shall turn out the best educat
men, but the best football players.
V. White wheels do not always follow re
headed girls, because, perhaps, there are mt
~ red headed gils than white wheels.
The first horses in this country were broup
here in the year 1918. In 1890 there were /
05G,750 Of them in the United States.
v, While DR.. Knne was on his second expe
tion he and his men lived nine days in a te
no perature ranging from "a to 60 degrees bel
- zero.
The Kcnnebec river is said to pour grea
W volume of water iuto the ocean than any otl
!. river on the Atlantic and Gulf coast betw,
rt- st. John and the mouth of the Mississippi.
= With the boomers of the woman
3D. We are in bad case indeed,
For, unlike all other bloomers,
", They will never 60 to seed.
!. The difference between a cvclist and nm,
~ Solomon's lilies is, that while the latter "t'
not, neither does It spn," the former sp
and to,ls good deal while so doing, cspeci'
- on up.grades.
~ The secret Of happiness is usefulness to
community, your friends, yonr family
lon Yourself. No thoughtrul man or woman \
has reached middle age can deny that cont
If secured at all-s won in loving servic
a, olhers,