The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-03-23
Editorial and Otherwise.
Some peoples talk is all chaff.

Vanity is said to be the spice of life,
but some make it the whole menu.
AS a rule the person who deserves res
peet does not have to command it.
Nearly one-third of the people in Chi
cago live in tenement houses.
Some reformers waste their time in
seeking to remove sun spots.
1t is no disgrace to wear good clothes,
provided they are paid for.
If you would teach young man to be
honest, teach him economy.
If a man has enthusiasm he can get
along without ability.
Man imposes on woman, but she always
thinks he doesn't mean it.
A physician says that love is measles
of the heart.
The pay of honesty is always sure, but
it is often slow.
Love may have its limits, but there
aren't any limits to loving.
The skeleton in a woman's closet is
usually some other female.
Politics is the only business in which
anybody considers it respectable to steal
The flour trust has gone to pieces. In
other words, ii failed to make any dough.
When IA man is too lazy to run into
debt it is time to buy him a lot in the
cemetery.
When two politicians meet they often
employ corkscrew to open up their con-
versation.
In England it isn't considered COM
pliment to mention a girls bloomin'
cheek.
The man who never tracks mud into
the house is usually meddlesome in the
kitchen.
The devil doesn't have to wait for his
cup of coffee before he gets to work in
the morning.
The man who can make other people
put up with his eccentricities is called a
philosopher.
\ wise rule III conversation is never to
say anything that you know somebody
else wants to say.
When man can't find any other ex-
cu5e for his sins he blames them on
horedity.
Love may change its living place, but
it keeps on getting mail at the same Old
address.
The more times a man falls in love the
surer he has no business in any such
place.
Gov. John h. Tanner, of Illinois is at
Palm Beach, Florida for his health. He
Is consumptive.
The rose was an emblem of immortality
among the Syrians, and the Chinese
planted it over graves.
A man is never totally depraved as
long as even dog receives some benefit
from associating with him.
The man who loves dumb animals
would love his fellowman also if he could
trust him as implicitly.
The man who is generally the most
conceited about himself is generally the
least conceited about his wife.
Patti is said to have $2000O0 worth of
diamonds. This goes to show that gems
of song are valuable.
Good advice is like cooking receipt
seldom followed literally by anyone who
has little common sense Of his own.
1t may be all right to take your own
time, but it cannot he right to take the
time of others without their consent.
The reason some men don't get along
any better is that they don't try to. They
depend on the other fellow to keep their
end up.
Let every man allow the claim of right
in another which he should think him
self entitled to make in the like circum-
stance.
Every man wants wife without a
fault-but the trouble arises from the
fact that every woman wants faultless
husband.
There are over 200 distinct muscles in
the human body, of which the best of us
keep about 100 in prime condition by
proper use.
Many women think they can do moth
ing without a husband only to find when
they get one they can do nothing with
him.
Ifan untruth is only day old it is
called lie; II 1t is a year old 1t is called
a mistake; II it is century old it is call
ed a legend.
De Voc, the New Jersey champion long
distance weather predictor announces
that March will end with bowling
blizzard.
"Maccaboy, the tobacconist, is the
greatest sycophant have ever seen."
:" In what way ?" "Why, he always
sneezes when his customers take snuff"
When man forgets to mail his wife's
letters until they are three days old, he
is ready to he convinced that 1T Ia perfec
waste Of time to teach women to read
and write.
Altar Singh is the only Indian artist
now in Europe, and has had distin-
guished career In his native land, where
his fine voice and splendid humor secured
the support Of society.
Gen. Joe Wheeler has arrived ct Wash.
ington and has had quite long inter
view with the President He says hil
resignation has not yet been accepted
but expected decision would b sssehed
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