The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-10-07

Envy contributes mnch to the wear and tear
OF the human thinking apparatus.
Gen. Blanco has issued decree pardoning
all the political prisoners in Cuba.
1t is extremely doubtful whether an un-
truthful tailor will ever reach heaven.
There is vast difference between high
sense of duty and the cents Of high duty.
Retrenchment and retrom onght to be the
watchword Of corporations of every kind.
was kept at the camp at Chckamauga Park.
When man really wants to do wrong it il
never hard for him to find an opportunity to
sin.
Where are we tending. Some white people
initiate the colored people by having cake
walks.
About the time a man learns how to treat
his enemies most Of them usually turn to
friends.
Don't turn a deaf ear TO the worthy poor,
but open your purse and give them subsian-
al help.
II the new battleshp Illinois is chr,tencd
with water from the Chicago river, its name
will be mud.
Dewey writes pretty poor hand, but it
must be remembered that he does not write
| hHto'y with pen.
There is a town in Amsterdam with the
wicked name of namplaiz, but it is said to be
good place, and religious, too.
| No man has become truly great until people
will listen with interest to him when he i'm
parts information about himself.
| Dnn't expect much from the man who is al
ways talking about how much he would give
il he had some other mans purse.
| About the time man gets a large family
of daughters of his hands he has to begin
setting his sons law on their feet.
Remember the poor and destitute by con.
tributng a portion Of your means for their re-
lict. The Lord loves a cheerful giver.
The person who reads and enjoys his county
paper for years and never thinks Of paying o
cent for it will 20 to the place where fires
never 60 out.
It's great thing for a man to be able to
keen cool and collected enough to set up the
pins for a nomination, during the excitement
of wartime.
The October term Of the Mississippi SUI
preme Court has been indefinitely postponed
on account Of the prevalence of so-called yel-
low iever at Jackson.
The waist of a wasp is synonomous both IN
natural history and fashion for slightness
No insect has SO slim a connection between The
thorax and the abdomen.
The tallest man in the army Is Californian.
He is 6 feet s inches, and is in New York
hospital suffering from malaria. II took 4
long spell Of sickness to down him.
Cheap Job Printing is not the best by
large majority. Have your Job Printing don't
at the DEMoCRAr-SrAR office il you want
fine, artistic work at very reasonable prices.
The dancing masters Of this country, in sol
enn conclave assembled, have formally an'
finally declared that everything in the shar'
of hugging must be tabooed. Goodbye t.
the dances!
"Qmit your meanness" is not repentance
though it may be part Of it. The man whit
quits making nancy by dishonest metho
after he has amassed fortune does not us
ually repent.
Gen. Sternberg, war doctor Of the arm,
said his department had not time to selec
healthy camps for soldiers. IL is hoped M
much time was wasted in hunting for the un
healthy camps that were found.
There are people who are always complain
ing that God does not answer their prayer.
that have never stopped to think whe'he
they have fulfilled the conditions upon whic
iod has promised to answer prayer.
The origin Of the phrase "sub rosa" ("unds
the rose'') goes back to B. c., xsrxes for III
subjugation Of Greece to Persian rule. Thei
negotiations we're carried on in a building II
ronf Of which was a bower Of roses.
!. Conscience is like sun-dial. II yon Il
truth shine upon Il, il will point you right; b.
you may ccvcr il over so that no truth ca
fall upon il, or you may let false light fall VI
on IL and then IL will lead you astray.
lie may not IN Ills mercy grant
: The very thing you ask Or want;
Still, in this comfort resty-
His power, His wisdom, and Ills love
In bright and baundless concord move;
He'll dn the thing that's best.
The sea cucumber, one II the curious jsl
bodies that inhabit the ocean, can practical
e6Acs itself when IN danger By sqnsesise u
water cot n its body end forcing Itself into
Z narrow crack, 30 marrow ~ not 70 b visible
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