The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-12-22
Editorial and Otherwise
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Cheap goods are not as general thing
the best.
A person is generally judged by his
surroundings.
Don't believe half you hear, and more
than half you see.
Everything must be taken on coudi-
tions of some kind.
The key to success is turned by the
man who advertises.
Cheap men are far from being the best
in any sense Of the word.
Young girls ought not to show their
eagerness to get married.
The head of the family is not always
the one who pays the bills.
When money talks everybody in hear
ing distance stops to listen.
The most prominent clubmen in every
community are the policemen.
Some people pose as very moral, but if
the lights were turned on, oh my.
We're altogether too prone to guage
Friendship by its financial attitude
Even the spendthrift becomes close
man--when he is imprisoned for debt
Low flung men get into good society
by accident, but they are soon found out.
Remember, do something for the poor
and needy during the Christmas holi-
days.
It's an i'll wind that blows no good to
the politician who trim his sails to every
| breeze.
Every man should keep dog-if for
nothing else than to try his funny sto-
ries on.
Since Dewey's experience, men will be
more careful about giving anything to
their wives.
Backing is good thing; but it is the
motive in front which moves man to
great deeds.
You may mend broken reputation,
but your neighbors will keep their eyes
on the crack.
Man is easily pleased. When he can
not be king he is willing to take chances
as sycophant.
The modern folding bed is a combina-
| ton of everything from a refrigerator
to music box.
| It's peculiar that woman can't add to
her husbands peace of mind by giving
him piece of hers.
The lovers walked hand in hand until
they came to a fork in the road. Then
they began to spoon.
Slander is the mud of low minds that
clings to good character no longer than
it takes to brush it off.
Cupid is very good archer, but no
matter how fat an old maid may be, she
proves too small target.
It ia dfhcult to persuade woman
that, under any circumstances silence is
more eloquent than speech.
All women may be called expert mu-
sicians--if judged by the facility with
which they use the mouth organ.
Imagination is will-o'-the-wish that
leads many man a fruitless dance
through the swamp of unattainable de-
sire.
A sign over a negro cabin in Liberty
county, Georgia, reads: 81 Teaches Folks
to Reed and Rite an do figgers in their
heads"
Mans failure in this world may be at
tributed to the fact that he used blank
cartridges when firing at the target of
Of success.
The average month is composed OF 30
days, but when a man owes bill and 1t
must be paid on the first, the limit is
about an even dozen.
Every baby is the sweetest baby in the
world. You were once considered the
sweetest thing in the world, although
you may not lookit now.
AS 1t relates to worldly possessions,
what man has and what he has had is
the difference between being able to bor-
row money and getting turned down.
This country should pause before en-
tering into an alliance with England
and Germany. See what triple alli-
ance. has done for Mr.. Roberts of Utah
The world is apt to look with suspi
cion upon the man who Is always talk
ing Of what he can do, and the man who
can never speak of what he has done.
done.
When Kansas man pointed the finger
Of scorn at his wife the other day sh,
bit itoff. The Kansas woman seems K
think that the finger Of scorn was made
to eat.
George Washington has been lon1
time dead, but his name still carries
more weight than that Of Tom Reed
Grover Cleveland or the Col. Billy Ma
son, Of Illinoia
There 10 no energy in the half-fed man
Good food and plenty Of 1t Is what makei
the energy SO common In the American
Its the well-fed man who has pluck
luck snd git-up-snd-goitiveness
Perhaps the most trying experience II
the career Of . maiden who has passed
the frst blush Of romantic girlhood II
when she braces herself to meet thu
shock Of propossl Of marriage from
some man, and the shock doesn't come
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