The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-05-06
SCRANTON MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY. $685.

SCRANTON, M
Editorial and Otherwise.
Joking others In Company is impolite.
Gazing rudely at strangers.
Loud and boisterous laughter.
Cutting finger nails in company.
Leaving stranger without q seat.
Laughing at the mistakes Of others.
Reading when others are talking.
Talking when others are reading.
Making yourself the hero of your own story.
Leaving the church before worship is closed.
A want of reverence and respect for seniors.
Splitting about the house, smoking or chew.
ing.
Whispering or laughing in the house Of
God.
Not listening to what one is saying in COM
pany.
Answering questions that have been put to
others.
Reading aloud without being asked u COM
pany.
Commencing to eat as soon as you get to
the table.
The blockade of Cuba will soon bring Blanco
to terms.
Receiving present without an expression
Of gratitude.
Commencing to talk before others have An
ished speaking.
Correcting older persons than yourselves
pecally parents.
Dixie Doodle is on the March.
War talk is in active hostilities.
A monocle and its wearer make a pair OF
spcctaclcs.
An up-to-date woman is frequently away
behind her age.
The cashier should be known by the com
pany that keeps him.
The time made by the losing horse isn't
money to the owner.
A loose tongue can breed mischiefs in one
hour that cannot be cured in a thousand years.
The average girl believes that an engage
,nent ring is one continuous round of pleasure.
No amount Of Sinking can free man from
an obligation that God has put upon him.
To NEE, one hlgl-mnded and noble man is
to be refreshed in spirit for whole year.
What man is in his highest and best mo-
ments, that he ought to be at all times.
The essence of selfshness consists in the
determination to have your own way.
The last lesson which high and stormy nat
ures learn is the value of gen,leness.
The torpedo boat Soners was not at that
sinking. She was Somers else.
The Irish are always at the opening. Pat
''SN blVu llC utsl SUM- III tut VIII.
Is man who draws pensions from three
governments a soldier of fortune
When a man talks to his wife through the
telephone what he says goes.
The man who weds an old flame often Gnds
that she has a red hot temper.
Baking powder causes bread to rise, bu,
gunpowder will raise it quicker.
The man who would enjoy the music Of the
band must keep up with the procession.
We all live to learn, but some of us seem tt
live great deal more than we learn.
1t is far better TO be alone in this world Of
sorrow, than to bring up child on the streets
A burnt child is afraid of fire. Probably
that's why newly married man fries to avoit
his old flames.
When you see a man with his ears stuffed
with cotton, he either has the ear-ache or {
scolding wife.
Incompatbity OF temper occurs when botl
parties have the same kind of temper, ant
plenty Of It.
Woman is deusion and a snare. Yet man
poor man, loves to be shared by delusion.
The human race is but contest for dollars
A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat.
mouth.
South and Central America sympathize will
Spain, but will observe neutrality.
1t is stated that Fitzhugh Lee and Jo,
Wheeler will have important commands.
The man who sets himself up as the censor
of his brethren had need have spotless char
acter.
The man who loves a woman as much al
she wants to bs loyed has no time for outsid
flirtations.
Wives are more liberal than husbands, Th
wife who has mind Of her own is apt to Civ
her husband pieces Of it.
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal offers tbi
timely advice: "When in doubt about writin
a war poem, drop dead"
II man marries woman because she ha
more sense than he has, he ia never allowed t
lose sight Of the fact.
II two souls find they hare but sirgl
thought it is useless to waste any time cor
templat'ng matrim1ny.
Chicago's death-rate is remarkably smal
when you consider the fact that thousands q
girls graduate from the cooking schools ever
year.
Congress has decided TO sit during the wal
So many questions are expected to come II
for immediate settlement that the member
have agreed that until the termination Of III
difficulty they will remain in Washington.