The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-09-03
Editorial and Otherwise.

Make hay while the sun shines, but make
haste when it rains.
The proof that the pudding Is not fit to eat
is in trying to eat it.
Character and good deeds have the truest
most far-reaching voices.
| 1t is wise woman that knows her own hus-
band at u masquerade ball.
The appearance and general makeup of a
newspaper is its best testimonial.
| 1t is a mistake to think that all church
members are sure to 60 to heaven.
| As a rule, the more ignorant \ man is, the
more confident he is of being right.
Never take the will for the deed when you
can get the deed for rich mans will.
One price for every customer should be the
motto Of honest publishers of newspapers.
Most people are easy to get along with so
long as you let them have their own way.
You may lead a man to water, but you can
not prevent his drinking something stronger.
The way in which man spends his Sab
baths is an excellent index to his spiritual
states.
Don't get discouraged. A man is never
thoroughly beaten until he acknowledges de-
feat.
A wise woman generally has foolish man
for a husband. This is the law Of contra
rieiics.
Wild oats will flourish in any kind of soil,
but it is very disagreeabIe work to harvest
them.
Some mothers appear to think that tie
p nprr way to raise children is by the hair oi
the head.
Thirty thousand Spanish soldiers are sick
in Cuba, and the Spanish government is sick
in Madrid.
him is very willing to let the job ont after the
first year.
Women are very weak creatures. Some
times they will even fall IN love with Il cigar
ette SMOKER.
An irrigation congress will bc held in Sep
temper. 1t will have no reference to mixed
drinks, however.
Alaska only cost this country $1,000, 900.
Lets look around for sohe more of that kind
Of real estate.
It is said that rich gold mines have just
been discovered in Peru. 1t may be all Peru
Wan bark, however.
Andree should have taken an endless tele-
phone along with him. Then he could ie-
lievc public anxiety.
Fora great many the cry, "On to klondyke"
win mean "0n to Misery" "Un to Disappoint-
ment," ""On to Death"
We are all made out Of dust; the only diff
ference is that in the mixing some people have
more sand in them than others.
Kindness is the music of good will to men
and On this harp the smallest fingers may
play heavens sweetest tunes on earth.
A New York woman who sold her husband
for S25, is trying to have the trade annulled
She thinks he is worth % cents more.
1t sometimes goes to so below zero in Alas
ka, and this condition is said to be a sure
cure for the pangs Of unrequited affection.
Greatest of all earthly treasures, and, like
angels visits-few and FAR between--are the
intellectual women who are also good cooks.
1t is said that each cubic centimeter of ict
cream contains 7,OO0,OOO microbes. Do you
suppose that is what makes it taste so nice?
A woman, writing from Alaska, says that I
cargo OF girls would go "like hot cakes" This
may mean they would have cold time Of it.
The better the newspaper, the more it vii
deserve advertising; and the more it deserves
advertising, the more it will get by going afte
it.
The woman with handsome husband is t.
be pitied, as handsome inen, as a genera
thing, are ,nsufierably vain and comparativel,
empty -headed.
A few days ago a negro in Green county
Ala, was bitten by another negro who ha'
blue gums, aud it is taking the best efforts .
skilled physician to save his life.
The newest woman lives al West Jefferson
O.. She shot and killed little girl whom
she caught stealing apples, She says CO.
tuld her ,o do 1t, but il is doubtful IL any sue
defense will prove effective.
The Canton, o., "divine healer" who pre-
tends to be Schlatter, loves whisky, and drink
lots of il. Instead Of n divine healsE, he
{ probably ward healer, which is nN only
distinction, but a great difference.
The salary Of the postmaster ut Norristowr
O., is fve cents per day. While not protecte
by civil service rules, it is doubtful II muc
effort will be made 10 have him removed
= Even Ohio aspirants draw the line at FIVE cen
Offices.
There is a. sawmill IN Grandin, No., man
,iepartn,euts Of which are in charge Of w
: men. There is a woman in charge OF the en-
zine. One Of the rooms where the big saw
are operated il managed BY women. Tf
,a,heroom 10 also populated with feninini'.
= and the machines Of an sorts are handled
them. In the rooms adjoining force Of youn
q women is constan,ly employed filing ans &c
ting the saws in shape for work. The care
1.-The machinery 10 In their hands, and II 10 "a
they are quite as adept and as competent
3. handle II a. any furce yet employed " u
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