The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26
\, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1896
Editorial and Otherwise.

Editorial and Otherwise.
An idle brain propagates crime.
The Fifty fourth Congress is dead.
Two political parties are necessary.
The barber's motto: Heads We win.
Truth loves TO be looked in the face.
Bait mouse traps with pumpkin seeds.
The shystcr will run from his creditors.
Debauchery does not reform bcastisl,ty.
Truth is the weapon with which we fight.
The polywogs are coming to the surface.
Imagination is the art gallery Of the soul.
The growler ia bad humorist BY profession.
Much doug is not so important as well do
ing.
Think a long time before you condemn a
man.
A woman's last word is seldom Knockout
blow.
The sweet girl graduate never knows too
much.
The dog always shows appreciation Of a
favor.
Smart people are generally those who agree
with us.
There is plenty Of room on top il you arc
crowded.
Reformed Legislators are needed for reform
legislation.
The dog never cries unless he has some
thing to cry for.
II is thought the State Encampment will oe
q grand success.
Without some jealousy there could be little
love in this world.
The term "hand" used in measuring horses
means four inches.
The friendless man is poor, no matter how
much money he has.
A wonan's strength Is most potent when
robed in gentlcncss.
Woman need not look at those dear to them
to know their moods.
Some people have too much good nature;
others haye not enough.
The man who is always talking does not
have much time to think.
The wise man means something even by the
remarks he does not make.
Even IN the darkest hour Of earthly i'll, wo.
mans fond affection glows.
The tronble with giving women spending
money is that they spend IT,
"Iead pencils" ARE a misnomer. There is
no lead in their composition.
The National Educational Association will
meet in Buffalo, n. Y, July 7,h.
The bicycle is veriiable wheel of fortune.
That is, il good health is wealth.
The Chicago Dispatch saws that kidnapping
is fast becoming steady business.
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On the 9th Of July the earth is farther
away from the sun than at any other time.
vice-P President Stevenson says he is not out
for anything this year, but will support the
nominee.
Josh Billings said, at is better not to know
so many things than to know so many things
that amt so."
A Knoxville, Tenn, firm has received an or
der for 5e0,O0O pounds Of dried apples for the
German army.
Alexander McGuffy, author Of the old series
Of McGufy's readers, died last week in Gin
cinnati at the age Of SO.
A New York woman has fan that cost
$4,000. She may need II one Of these days.
Let MS trust that il is big one.
The New York Journal suggests a novcl use
for old kid gloves: To cut them in fine pieces
and use then, for stuning sofa pillows.
A twenty two ton Armstrong gun will hurl
solid shot a distance Of twelve miles. This
would BE- good instrument to get rid Of cam
paigu lies with.
Recently IN Water Valley a lot Of blind tiger
whiskey was burned IN the middle Of the
street, while hundreds gathered around to see
the strange sight.
The inventor Of the Aving machine has not
vet perfected his invention. Hence. defeated
politicians will haye to take the old and we'll
worn route up Salt river.
Mr.. Hill is gong to write the financial plank
for the New York Democratic Convention. II
is said that he will recommend It to the Chi.
cago Convention for adoption.
Work on the Yazoo river canal, which will
restore vicksburg harbor, will be resumed as
soon as the river falls, when contracts for
100000 yards Of scraper work will be let.
Experiments hare proved that Il fish get
beyond a certain depth IN the sea they die
from the pressure Of the water, which they
are unable to support beyond certain amount
Paris has a population Of 5000, ,ooo souls
and the negroes there meet the whites on 4
perfect equality, yet the census shows that
there are but one hundred colored citizens IN
the great city.
A preacher was arrested In Montgomery 10,
riding bicycle on the sidewalk, and II WASH 7
Sunday either. And Baptist convention in
New Jersey has resolved in most emphatic
terms against bicycle riding on the Sabbath
The Michigan Supreme Court has reafirmed
the common law dictum that person profess.
ing to tell fortunes is rogue and yaRabond
An excellent Law. o. iubecilss who consult
this class Of framds should have some safe