The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08
Editorial and Otherwise


Psalm.
There is law prohibiting profane language
on the streets.
Do not wait until the clouds roll by to scat.
ter sunshine.
Advice is cheap, but it takes money to run
a newspaper.
A house divided against itself makes lots Of
fun for the neighbors.
Nothing prccludcs sympathy so much as per-
feet indifference to it.
The home of the modern woman is her eden"
where she keeps her bar.
Even the man who blows sometimes pays
too much for his his whistle.
The "fricnds of the people" have cost them
more than their enemies have.
Many n woman draws a long sigh every time
she looks at her wedding ring.
The policeman should not be expected to
pull off the duties of the mother.
Fully 100000 people and over 10, 900 ychc-
les enter aud leave London each day.
And now the feminine summer shoe keeps
coming unlaccd at iaopportune times.
1t really needs rare devotion to good form
to keep ones gloves on these sticky days.
The sultan of Turkey has 1000 horses. II
he gets tired of turkey he can live on horse.
Yon should say measles "is," not measles
"are," and the children have "it," not them"
How little we know of the real life of those
whom we consider our most intimate friends.
Pay the DEMOcRyT-SrAR before YOU are
called to the great hereafter. Life is uncer-
tain.
A politician has no business in the pulpit,
but the pulpit has right to speak for pure
politics.
''In the life to come" shouted the evangc.
list, "there will be no marrying or giving in
marriage"
Those who were sitting near the Chicago
woman heard a low cry Of horror as she arose
from her seat.
A woman auctioncer, the first of her kind, it
is said, is achieving large success in New
castle, England.
an that event." she remarked to the usher
as she left the church, ave got no time to be
monkeyIng here"
A 10, vib pntl,,,n bvt bar "a;
ness to offer invariably attracts men. But she
seldom holds them.
The Missouri Democracy will submit "Sil-
yer Dick" BANDS name to the Chicago con-
vention as presidential candidate.
A st. Louis preacher SAYS that church mem
bers should only play cards with church mem
bers. That would be Greek meeting Greek,
wouldn't it?
There are 100000 words in the late Mr..
Webster's big book, but that isn't enough to
explain why Congress shouldn't adjourn now
and 90 home.
A woman went into Boston bookstore and
asked for "Smugglers in Heaven What she
wanted was Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
"Burglars in Paradise"
The batleship Massachusetts, has just won
a large bonus for the Cramps. Money un-
doubtcdly Is one Of the best things in the
world to relieve the Cramps.
Mrs. Molie McGee Smell has just closed a
successful revival in Yazoo City and left for
points in Arkansas, where she will hold n
series Of meetings.
A fellow named John Smith in Akron, Ohio,
wanted to marry a blooming and blushing
maiden, but her kin did not want him in the
family. To remove this obstacle he KILLED all
| the kin.
On the same day that Mississippi's Demo.
cracy was declaring for free silver and send.
ing instructed delegates to the national con.
vention, Pennsylvania and Mlchigan's Demo.
cracy declared for sound money.
A gentleman of I.owndes county claims tG
have a hen that lays eggs out of which two
chickens are always hatched. He sells then
for twenty-five cents per egg, and is doing {
rushing egg business.
The latest thing in the way of the art o
stealing has been inaugurated in Boston. TIL,
thieves have got to stealing electricity from
trolley wires and running their joints with tn,
lightning.
t Pillows filled with lavender leaves are en-
broidered with a design Of the flower other
filed with hops haye branch Of the vine bear
ing both leaves and flowers. Either of thes
fragrant pillows is II soothing rest for the tire,
head.
Long time ago it was the custom of thi
country for the bride and groom to send
large slice Of cake and 81 in gold to the edito
of the county paper. That custom, we ar
sorry to say, has entirely "playcd out" Some
times the cake comes, but no gold.
An Iowa judge has decided that when
footpad draws a revolver on you at night
sticks it under your nose and holds you up, h
cannot be charged with carrying concealed
weapon. Technically that may be right, bu
practically II is decidedly unpleasant.
The following is a receipt to keep file
away: "Buy FIVE cents worth OF lavender a
the drug store and mix with the same guam
tity of water. Then put II in common glas
atomizer and spray around the rooms where
ever flies are apt to congregate, especially y
the dinng-roorn, where sprinkle it plentiful
over the table linen. The odor Is especial
disagreeable TO flies, and they will never ven
ture in its ncighborhood, though to most pee
pie IL has a peculiarly fresh and gratefr
SMELL"