The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-06-17

Brevty may be the soul Of wit or merely an
indication Of its poverty.
1t isn't always the most economical girl who
has the smallest waist.
The small boy is apt to get the desserts
when the pantry is left unlocked.
n's a poor valentine that fails to either
please a woman or make her mad.
Some men earn their living by selling taffy
and others by giving it away.
The silence OF the gas metea is golden to the
stockholders of the company.
Richmond p. Hobson corked the battle for
Sampson.
We never know what we can do till we try,
and then We frequently find that we can't.
It's no trouble for real estate dealer to
make mountains out of mole hills.
One man and two girls are too many in a
single buggy at one time.
II may take nine tailnrs to make man, but
ninety nine collectors can't make him settle.
Life is iull Of contrasts; you are SO good,
you know, and other people so very bad.
Some "Don'ts" for the boys and girls:
Don't says things away from home that you
wouldn't say in the presence Of your mother
Dnnt 20 where you would not be willing to
take your mother.
Don't do things YOU would not be willing for
yonr mother to know.
Don't keep company You would be ashamed
to make acquainted with your mother.
Don't read stories you would not like for
your mother to read.
Dnn't allow thoughts to remain in your
mind that you would not be willing to express
to your mother.
Don't neglect an early acquaintance with
your mothers God.
An aimless life was what lead the prodigal
into far country.
We could all learn more il we didn't waste
so much time hiding our ignorance.
As Asaspring tonic war seems to have knock
ed qninine btters out in the first round.
AZ :sis time Of the year there's only step
ladder between the sublime and the ridiculous
The spoiled child is likely to grow up into
father who chastises his children too much.
Egntism makes a man beliswe the world
thinks as much Of him as he thinks of himself.
Half the people in the world are working the
other half for chumps, and making it pay.
1t is now conceded that the Spanish gunners
are able to hit the ocean on still day.
The girls are impartial in their favors--they
wear sailor hats and soldier belts.
President Mckinley has signed the bill re-.
moving all political disabilities resulting from
the civil war.
When you get the best Of bargain, it's
cunning, when the other fellow gets the best
Of it's, its cheating.
In all crises this nation has two great sus-
tanning forces--its sense of honor and its
sense Of hum0r.
| Young men who are always wanting to die
for some damsel can now show their mettle
in behalf of the Goddess of Liberty.
When man -of-war is spoken of as "she"-
ms II is by the war correspondent--it sounds
as if the new woman wore the breeches.
A man never regrets the loss Of his good
name more than when It is engraved on the
handle Of ten dollar umbrella.
1t isn't the dish-w ashng a girl disikes so
much, a. the thought That she is hiding her
talents away from the world.
Jas. X. vardaman has accepted the cap
taincy Of.an immune company IN regiment to
be raised between Alabama and Mississippi.
The smallest flower known to the botanist is
said to be that Of the yeast plant. 1t is mi
croscopc in size, and is said to be only one
hundrcdth part Of mlimcter in diameter.
Many men 90 wrong simply because they
don't make up their mind to 60 right. lnde-
cision destroys more souls than actual love OF
evil.
As soon as q man makes up his mind to dc
as he plsases you make sure IL won't be long
before he will do something to please the devil
II was an all.wise Providence that created
woman after everything else had been finished
otherwise she would have wanted to boss ih'
ljsb.
The largest city In the world is London, ~
Ing In four counties, and having a population
Of l,3So,ooo, s7ualiuG the combined popua
tions Of Psris, Berlin, 81. Petersburg ant