The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-08-17
Editorial and Otherwise.


We do hate an unmitigated liar.
BE honest and truthful in business.
Conscience cuts very little ice these
days.
Money can't make man out of poor
material.
AS a pillar, clear conscience will beat
feathers.
The worst enemy some men have is
prosperity.
Some women always remind us of dis
guised men.
He who never ventures will never
cross the sea.
Sympathy is one of the chief factors
of feminine charm.
Among the hardest troubles to bear
are those that seem needless
There are approximately as many
hogs as people in the country.
The only satisfied persons in this world
are those who expect nothing.
A sure way to tell IA woman of refine
ment is by the jewelry she wears.
More than one man, after he marries,
has to use patent bachelor buttons.
If we must answer for our idle words,
how much more for our idle silence?
The innocence of the intention abates
nothing of the mischief OF the example.
A white cloud makes a good parasol,
but black one makes q poor umbrella.
A friend is one who says you look real
nice when you really look like the devil.
Don't waste time signing over what
might have been make the bestof what
Is.
Talk to some people five minutes, and
they will tell you what you "ought to
do"
A pink shirt waist when worn by u
woman-is the proper thing for pink
| tea.
Evidently the campaign poet thinks
he is we'll versed in the issues of the
day.
Practice may not make the lawyer
perfect, but enough of it will make him
rich.
During this kind of weather girl.
have trouble in making their bangs stay
bung.
It's easier for the average man to rur
into debt than it is for him to crawl out
of it.
The reason poets wear long hair Is
probably because there is no short cut
to fame.
Philosophy is an extremely agreeable
companion to people in easy circum
stances.
A superstitious individual says it is {
bad sign to write another mans name
on note.
The boy who grows up and fails tC
become famous surprises no one but his
fond parents.
Tom Reed is doing great deal o
thinking, but no talking in this McKin
ley campaign.
The weather never suits any two per
sons alike, especially the coal man ant
the ice man.
Fortunately, or otherwise, the fals'
notes q singer utters are not matter fol
legal procedure.
There would be fewer divorces i
young women would be more particular
in selecting husbands.
China has ne,twelfth of the land sur
face, one fourth of its population ant
about nine-tenths of its liars.
Talents are best nurtured in solitude
and character is best formed in th'
stormy pillows of the world.
In order to be supremely happy ont
must have something to do, something
to love and something to hope for.
1t has often been remarked how quee
it is that very deaf men can so easil.
hear mn invitation to take drink.
The DEMocRAT-STAR is onward ant
upward regardless of the opinions of it
enemies. It strikes from the shoulder
Some men seem TO consider the great
est motive power vigorous kick place.
exactly where it will do the most good
A true genius is a man who, when h
accidently says a good thing, can max
his hearers believe it was premeditatet
At the rate the pension list is increas
ing now, it will donble its present siz
by the time the old soldiers are all deat
While it is hard for some men to sa
what they mean, 1t seems to be sti
harder for others to mean what the
say.
/, A great many men who are alway
/ talking about the treasures they are In,
ing up in heaven, will never geta chant
to claim them.
/ When a man begins to look upon IL
4 treating habit as pernicious, it's a prett
? sure sign that he has to set 'em up mo-
1 Of the time himself.
They say old Skinner has money
burn. We don't believe it. II he ha
he would have some hopes Of taking
with him when he dies.
A Western poet says he has succeed'
in reducing the cost Of living to MOI
/ inal sum, but his greatest difficulty Is
! securing the nominal sum.
Some young pmen aro so afraid
having "Miss" on their tombstone, thu
). are willing to take almost any sort Of
man, II he is devoid Of characterize