The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-08-04
Editorial and Otherwise.

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The sky, unlike a man, is the most
cheerful when bluest.
When quack remedy fails they say it
was not used correctly.
1t takes good and strong man to live
above his surroundings.
The'busy little boot-black never fails
to improve each shining hour.
Executive ability is the faculty Of get
ting some one to do your work.
It's always surprising how much deep
er hole is after you get into 1t.
A messenger boy may possess plenty
Of sand-but it is not quick-sand.
The trouble market is easy and it can
always be borrowed at low rates.
When person gets on the ragged
edge it is no telling what he will do.
A mans fetching up has great deal
to do with his manners in after life.
A mothers proudest moment is when
she gets her first baby's first picture.
Bullets and bayonets are the argu-
ments used on the Cleveland rioters.
The easiest thing for boy to catch
with bent pin is the school-teacher.
The more aimless boy is the better
he likes to 60 around with shotgun.
No matter how pretty woman looks
with veil, she has to remove it to eat
Hash is the substance of things hoped
for and the evidence Of things unseen.
The cyclist who keeps in the straight
and narrow path may avoid the crowd.
The Salvation Army folks have made
no converts here that we have heard Of.
Never buy thermometer in the sum-
mer, they are much lower in the winter.
1t takes about four generations of
riches to produce boy without freckles.
Some wise benedict editor claims that
nine-tenths Of the born leaders of men
are women.
II love weren't blind the lover might
see the dog before it is everlastingly too
late.
II man is cowardly, he always
quotes, "Discretion is the better part of
valor."
The man who entertains his thoughts,
would not like for others to see his
guests.
The worst whipping man ever gets
is from another man who doesn't want
to fight.
1t is said that sandpaper, II properly
applied, will effectually remove tan and
| freckles.
Every time genius invents a good
thing some other genius makes fortune
out of 1t.
The cheapest watch made will not
vary second in a year-if you don't
wind it up.
II candles were made in the shape of
a cross, some people would burn them at
all four ends.
When a man finds that his clothes are
too loose, he should either change tailors
or boarding houses.
Gulfport is threatened with new tel
ephone company. A new canning facto-
ry is being talked up
| We have seen women read fashion
journals and yet wear clothes that
wouldn't fit clothes-horse.
Boot-licking has been regular and
lucrative business since the world was
first organized for political uses.
Slate pencils are made In Tennessee
from slate dust and other ingredients,
compressed by hydraulic means.
Government Entomologist Howard
says that ammonia promptly applied
will remove al bad effect Of kissing
bugs sting.
Among birds the swan lives to be the
oldest, in extreme cases reaching 30(
years; the falcon has been known to
live over 1852.
Whenever we see . preacher with dyed
whiskers, we wonder II he ever read the
commandment, "Thou thou not beal
false witnessf"
While woman may not be able tc
sharpen pencil or propel- stone with
accuracy, she can pack more things into
. trunk than man can pile on wagon
The reports Of national banks in Mis-.
sissIppi up to June a0show the following
Loans and discounts y, ,4po, ,70l; individ
nal deposits, $685., ,46s; average reserve
held 8.lS per cent
"Never have anything to do with n
unlucky man. Ihave seen many clevel
men who had mot shoes to their feet.
never cot with them" ."-Rot thchild's I'd
vice 70 ) young man.
The latest startling prophecy is tha
Of Texas hen that has declared on I
fresh-laid egg that ''ths end Il near,
and there srs fools Al over ths country
who Will take stock n II.
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