The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-01-27
Editorial and Otherwise


results.
People are usually Judged by the company
they keep.
Don't ride thin horse bareback if you en-
joy comfort.
The poor man who rafes for turkey is apt
to go hungry.
Don't swallow your food without chewing il !;
It's unhealthy.
Some cronks are fly, but there are no feathers
on the jailbird.
Don't keep good movement on hand; put it
ou foot Immediately.
A good wife leads a man heavenward, but
bad one drives him elsewhere.
The dog with the handsomest collar don't
always put up the strongest fight.
The greatest and best test Of q mans de
votion Is during woman's illness.
Records are immortal things; you can't break
an old one without making a new one.
A good forsettery ia desirable property,
but it sometimes refuses to be cultivated.
Photographs Of dead friends fade less quickly
sometimes than the memory Of the same.
| As soon as the fear of moths has subsided
comes the worriment about weather strips.
| People apparently think the only thing that
will make you walk lame is a sprained ankle.
II some men had killed Goliath, they wouit
remind the Lord Of it every day in the week.
The DEMocRAr.SrAR is one Of the 6xturel
Of the sea coast, and it is no spring chicken
either.
! 1t Is much easier to take an interest in furl
with the thermometer at sixty than when it il
eighty.
The telephone girl now talks over nearl,
two million miles Of wire TO l,?ss, ,l63 instru
ments. %
A census has been taken in San Juan, Port,
Rico, and iopts up lG,2lG inhabitants and ,Oj
houses.
lie who has no time ,isubelp another will b
likely to have little help when his own time u
need comes.
Very few public men would be willing to b
taxi n ut their publicly expressed estimation q
themselves.
The tanning business Of Germany has bee
much improved by the introduction Of Aiaeric
an methods.
The lack Of sympathetic companionship
too often the cause Of bitter strife with youn
married people,.
When II man reaches the point that he doe
not care to make any further progress, ju,
watch him decay.
A phrenologist says the bumps on man
head sometimes indicate that his wife has
well developed muscle.
Glass eyes are now made with such rerfet
ton that the wearers themselves cant S,
through the deception.
A small country church can give more el
teri tanment in one year than large one in u
city could think Of IN decade.
7 Among the marriage notices published in Il
Kansas papers last week were two respective
headed: "Wurmbread. Coffee" aud "Woo
Pyle"
A man may forget home, kindred friends al
almost everything else, but he never forge
: the first time lie went into barber shop to x
n shave.
e In Buffalo, planner Is in operation which
each cut removes n shaving fully II inch
wide from solid cast iron. The knife is betwe
l2 aud l2l4 inches wide.
In Denmark it is the Law that all drunk
persons shall be taken to their hsmes IN ca
riages provided at the expense Of the publ
who sold them the last glass.
A Louisville paper says the first surgic
operation was performed on Adam for the T
moval Of a rib. Yes, that is the sole cause
womsn's fondness for ribbons.
Why should we ever shrink or fear,
r Whatever seeming III brfall,
Since He, the sll-loving, waiteth near,
Who sees and understands it all?
Disappointment is always hard to bear, b,
II may be made easier if VIC endeavor to be-
it brsvely, finding cos,fort IN the thought III
things are seldom 50 bad that they eau not
mendcd.
Bicyclers will have a new toe clip which
hinged to the aide of the pedal and has exte
sions ou the front and rear which springs Il
clip into place when touched BY the foot, Il
pedal always being balanced for use eth
side mp.
, Here In the new chorus for the New Year Al
the new America, "a the New York Hera
sees II,
From Alaska's lev mountains
To Manillas coral strands--
Where Porto RIco's Gouatains
Slip down the golden nsAds-
The millions, with rejcicing,
Send ap mighty cheer,
And about with Uncle Samuel,
To- hail the glad New Year.
A Missouri, man collected gay for an old mu
killed By the cars BY sending the officials u
following dun.
Oar donkey atecd on the railroad side,
. Your train came whining by--
The driver pallsd 'sr open vide
And knocked our mule sky-high.
M bell was soundsd Ger The hill,
Mr. friendly warning toot.