The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-11-25
SCRANTON. MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY NOVEMBER
Editorial and Otherwise

EullOIldl anu UtllSrWlSe.
It's 'possum and tater time.
The devil will surely get the liar.
Some people trust too much to luck.
A fool is hard to convince Of his folly.
Duck and turnip is good enough for a king.
The pill of adverity is never sugar coated.
A locomotive engineer has to whistle for his
pay.
Gumbo and mullet isa popular sea coast
dish.
Coming events generally cast their shadows
before.
Poets are born, but the waiter girl is made
to order.
One swallow will do away with at least 5000
flies day.
The girl who poses for models always leads
model life.
Cupid is blind to everything except the
golden eagle.
1t is easy enough to manage wife, provided
she isn't yours.
The man with an idea has ever changed the
face of the world
Ignorance hurts less than the knowledge of
things we don't know.
Men may come and men may 60, but the gas
meter goes on forever.
1t is impossible to convince spider that
there is honey in a rose.
The man who tells you the faults of others
will tell others your faults.
About the only good thing some men haye
is a reputation for being bad.
Very few people have weak eyes from look
ing on the bright side of things.
The choice Of a birthplace is of less impor-
tance thsn the choice Of parents.
Incidence often assumes the mask of pa
tience and gathers in her rewards.
Triaes light as hair sometimes turn the
whole course of mans appetite.
You can't offend year-old girl by esti
mating her age two years too high.
Genius may be swifter than perseverance,
but the latterswins in the long run.
Some men never do charitable act unless
there is some one around to applaud.
Some men are cyncs because they are ma
ble to make living at anything else
No man ever realizes the power Of a woman's
eloquence until after he gets married.
Women, as a rule, are better than men aud
some OF them seem to regret the fact
It is often easier to make statement in
good faith than it is to get it accepted.
A mans idea of chvalry is TO protect a wo-
man against every man except himself?
A self-made man usually looks like the
kind of a man he would be apt to make.
We are all the time making character,
whether we are doing anything else or not.
Love is a mighty good thing. but daily
drudgery takes the swsetening out of it fast.
More illiterate hod-carriers reach the top of
the ladder than men with college educaions.
All he world NAV love loyer, but all the
world hates ian who wants to borrow money
A writer says there is a great deal Of char
acer in 'poltics--but he doesn't specify the
kind.
No man is born with a silver spoon in his
mouth, but lots of men die with gold in their
| teeth.
A man walking night and day without rest
ing would take 4c8 days to journey round the
world.
A bad boy seldom gets his badness from his
father; the old man generally hangs on to all
he has.
Brevity is the soul of wit to the man with a
scheme. lie says "mvest," but never "inves-
,igate."
An ounce of sense is worth pound of senti-
| ment: but they should never be mixed in that
proportion.
The girl who leaves the point Of pin stick
| ing ont Of her belt behind doesn't deserve to
be hugged.
| At 40 a man doesn't think he knows as much
as be thought he knew at 20, but he knows he
knows more.
A great many girls say "No" at first, but,
like photographers, they know how to retouch
their negatives.
1t is generally safe to say that the man who
hears the clock strike o'clock at night isn't
successful in business.
The DEMocRAr-SrAR is strictly Demo-
cratic newspaper, bold and outspoken on all
the questions Of the day.
There wouldn't be half enongh room at the
top II all the people succeeded in getting there
who think they ought to.
Nothing is more ptiful than life spent in
thinking but Of self, yes, even in thinking OF
nothing but ones own soul.
\ A girl doesn't trouble herself much about
the superiority Of the peu or the sword; It's
the uniform that catches her eye.
al am greatly indebted to you!' is polite
remark that great many men could truthful
~ make to the grocer and provision dealer.
Nobody ever tells you what = clairvoyau'
has prophesisd without adding; "0f course
you know don't ever take the least stock ID
what . clairvcyant says"
| Az editor ata dinner table, being asked u
he would take some pudding, replied in a
| nf ahaivaation. a(lwiuO N a rush of other mn 4