The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-28
Editorial and Otherwise.

Forwardness proceeds from ignorance
oftener than from impudence.
Take care Of the thought and the
speech will take care Of itself.
A wrinkle is the first thing one wo.
man aees in the face Of another.
An advertisement does not sell goods,
but it helps the seller to sell them.
No man appreciates poetry unless
there ia . little of It in his makeup.
"Behold how great . matter a little
fire kinleth," and the tongue is the fire.
Some people are downon their neigh
bors bee aus they are unable to come up
to them.
He'll has more to do in the manage
ment of an unruly tongue than we are
apt to think.
"The Tongue of Liberty" is the title
of q late novel. OF course the heroine
is q married woman.
A woman says that tight shoes are
comfortable because they make her for
get her other troubles.
Friendship purchased at the sacrifice
of principle will in the end prove a
thorn in ones side.
1t takes some people a whole lifetime
to And out that no dollar is big enough to
give an hours happiness.
One of the great drawbacks in this
world is that a man never knows 1t is
too late until 1t is too late.
An unruly tongue, like an ungovern-
able horse, will do great injury to the
owner as well as to others.
The old woman who lived In . shoe Is
probably the only one who never com.
planned Of its being too large.
Not seldom is 1t the s that the man
who tears a'reputation to tatters himself
has no reputation to speak of.
In the matter of educational fads in
the public schools it may be remarked
that any fad is one fad too many.
When n merchant stops advertising,
people get the idea into their heads that
his business is "going down."
Too many of the men who boast Of be-
ing self-made seem to have been inter-
rupted before the job was finished.
There is no happiness in having and
getting, but only in giving. Half the
world Is on the wrong scent in the pur-
suit Of happiness.
The average salaries paid school teach
ers in the entire United States in 1899
were $45.25 a month for men and 1854 a
month for women
Cincinnati has a policeman whose
name is Runoff, and when there is trou-
BILE in his immediate vicinity he is said
to be true to his name.
The devil is standing very close to the
Christian who p~ersuades himself that
his work is more important 70 God than
that Of somebody else.
The home instructions many children
receive in regard to the Importance Of
honoring the truth is SO defective as to
be practically worthless.
"Let not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doeth." The Christian hands
should be kept 8 % busy for God that they
will have no time for gossip.
Bishop Taylor has said, "The tongue
wss intended for an organ Of divine
praise, but the devil often plays upon II
and then 1t sounds like a screech OWL"
Newspaper advertising is the very
best hustler any firm cal employ, going
into hundreds Of homes, and reaching
homes that are ap~proachable in no other
way.
A Western genius has invented o pre-
paration for restoring old paintings. A
preparation for restoring new umbrellas
TO- their owners would fill a long-felt
want.
Too much fuel may put out o fire. A
CRATE needs oxygen as well as coal. You
may hear a good deal Of preaching, but
without the breath of the Spirit there IL
no soul heat.
A short time age Japan passed o law
prohibiting the use Of tobacco by per
sons under 20 years Of age, and making
1t . punishable offense for anybody tc
sell the weed to minors.
An old writer has said: 1--WE have two
eyes and one tongue. We msyses twice
as much as we say, but unhappily mer
generally act a. II the reverse were
true, for they say much than they
see."
In Norway before . girl Is allowed Il
marry she must have . State certificate
that she can cook. And yet there is I
disposition among ignorant people t.
consider Norway some distance behint
the advance guard Of civilization.
1t IL SO easily to add to what we sc,
and hear. Many things are so thorough
~ transformed after having been repeat
ed by several persons that it would re
quire a very sharp critic to detect mucl
resemblance between the first aud las
version.
"In a case Of this kind" said the law
yer, 'there are many things to be in
vestigated; and before l take the cas-
there is n thing In particular that mus
be looked into" Il presume" said tn
client, "that You refer to my poke,
bookw
The cardinal fault In most advertise
ments 10 that they say nothing. The,
arc like . traveller walking into : plac
Of business, laying his card down m
walking out again. Why can't an ID
vertisement u made to talk to the read
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