The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-16
Editorial and Otherwise.

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and improvement.
The Senate cut the duty On white pine from
50 to 81 a thousand.
Three hundred teachers are attending the
Crystal Springs Normal.
Austria proposes to tax cats. This will GER
tainly hurt their felines.
Il is doubtful il Albert Edward will ever
celebrate diamond jubilee.
The free and unlimited coinage Of cool
weather is what is needed now.
The coal miners of the North and West are
on the biggest strike on record.
Five Mississippi, boys graduated at the Har-
yard University the past session.
It is hard to make some pcople understand a
thing they do not want to understand.
The tariff tinkerers are sugar-coat.ng the
thing, trying to make il less nauseous.
Senator Tnrpe, of Indiana, favors two
per cent tax on inheritances over $1,000.
To build up town every citizen ought to do
his part. Drones should take back seat.
Let the cigarette go, boys. Every one you
smoke is adding another nail in your coffin.
The devil bushes at the excuses some peo-
pie make for not attending religious services.
God knows whether you are a Christian or
not. You can't fool him. You may fool the
world.
The house Rv is fond of a great many
things, but seems to be particularly stuck On
butter.
A peppermint trust is the latest arriva Z.
They are organizing one in Southwestern
Michigan.
| The Chcag 60 hvena has been killed, and vet
there are plenty of the breed still roaming
about Chicago.
A notable feature Of the wool tariff is that
of levying double duty, or ?2 cents a pound
on washed wool.
A man never succeeds bv giving shot
weight or short measure. Sooner or later he
will be found out.
A Chicago paper saws English sparrows in.
crease so rapidly because they're too ugly to
90 on wOmen's hats.
The office seekers now in Washington will
never find the roads in better condition than
they are at present.
! It is universally the case of the citizen who
has less and paws less taxes that is opposed to
internal improvements.
| The war is between Virginia and MARYLAND
over the snft-shcll crab industry. Such
things do cause intestinal strife.
Despite the hot weather there are six tickets
in the field in Ohio. And two big barrels will
help to cool on some of the candidates.
It is excrnciatinr funny to hear the man
without finances discussing finances. And
vet a great many will persist in doing so.
South Dakota pays so cents a bushel for
grasshoppers. THIS is for protection Of crops,
however, and not new canning enterprise.
On the last dav Of last June Peter Maher.
the pugilist, was married. THIS provides hin,
with permanent second as well as referee.
| II all persons gave the really true ground
for divorce, with nine -tenths Of them the
reason would be, "Want 10 get married again"
There are already ! 800 horseicss vehicles
in the streets of Paris, and on July lst 500 au-
tomobile cabs are TO be added to that number.
| The British national debt is 81, ,260, ,00O, 900,
being about $50 per inhabitant. In France
the national debt amounts to $i60 per inhab-
liant.
| II you are a short man, dress your hair
high. 40 SAYS n fashionable article. II YOU
are a long man, you can 20 bald headed as
usual.
Mrs. Leases oldest daughter has just grad
uated and is studying law. She wants 10
equip herself to follow in the footsteeps Of her
mamma.
A West Virginia bicvce club recently
lunched on garlic and onions. This was a he
roic preventive Of spooning, Irritation aud
el0pcment.
Ex-senator y. X. Bruce, Of Mississippi, Il
is said, has been offered the I.iberian mission
by the President. Ills friends, however,
think he cannot afford 10 accept il.
This is the time of year when cotton goes
up on reports Of drdnih. Along in September
comes the time when il appears that there is
more cotton in sight than the world needs.
The really great Amer lean tree Of to-day is
the big tree at Tule. Mexico, in tho State oi
Oaxaca. That tree, a cypress. still in full
vigor and active growth, is I54 feet IN circum-
ference.
Let no pleasure tempt thee, M profit allure
thee, no ambition corrupt thee, no persuasion
move thee TO do ANYTHING which thou KNIVES,
u b. evil; for good conscience is continual
happiness.
Two Minneapolis young men whose sieadiet
had commenced In spell their names "Lilyan'
and "Kathryn," sent them invitations to q
party the other day aud signed themselves 70.
spcctively "My ke" and "Jym."
| A strange custom Is followed BY Mrxicar
farmers. They uss oxen Of one cnlor In The
morning and another In the afternoon. The.
do mt know why, but they know that II mus
be the proper thing to do, for their forefa,herl
did Il.
The new law prohibiting gambling in Mon
tana is being univrrsallv observed. The Law
sven prohibits shaking dice for drinks, and &c
!, cordIng To the attorney .eeneral's construction