The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-04-20
Editorial and Otherwise.

viii ever be ahappy man,
For that's the way 1t goes.
The devil will eventually get the
wicked.
An honest merchant will always give
honest weight and measure.
The ambition Of some boys and young
men Is todrive hack.
At times 1t is braver to speak ones
mind than to go to war.
Germany has 5l,TO,OO0 inhabitants;
q, $50, 900 Of whom are females.
The high price of printing paper and
material is hard on the country press.
Winning race horses, 1t is said, are
generally bays, chestnuts or brown.
They say an energetic temperament
and active habits conduce to longevity.
Intemperance made 534 New Workers
insane the past year; love-l4 men and
33 women.
One hundred and fifty coopers consti-
tuted dinner party in wine cellar at
Nancy, France.
A woman's idea of a congenial hus-
band is one who lets her have her own
way in everything.
/, When society girl marries she imag.
ines the world is eclipsed by her honey
moon.
No boy, II he can help it, will ever pre-
vent grindstone from gathering moss.
A poor man never knows how many
friends he has until he suddenly strikes
1t rich.
The use Of cocaine to produce Local
insensibility is forbidden in Turkey on
religious grounds.
When men get up IN the world every
body appears small to them-and they
appear small to everybody.
Notoriety and celebrity are not synony
nous terms, though some deluded NOR
tails seem to think so.
Even his worst enemies cannot say
that the tight rope walker doesn't follow
the straight and narrow path.
Some railroad conductors arc so strict
that they won't pass even an observation
on the weather.
Confession may be good for tho soul
but it often results in landing the body
in Jail.
II you are discreet you will keep your
eye on the man who does you an unex
pected favor.
The man who would seize Time by the
forelock must keep good watch on him
Knowledge is capital that no breaking 9
of banks can dissipate or confidence men
get away with.
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and
the lip Of the man who hasn't got the
price In his clothes.
No married man need fear that he will
ever forget his shortcomings 40 long al
the wife Of his bosom Is spared to him.
Stephen Crane says Edward Markham
is the greatest man America has ever
produced-with, Of course, one certain
contemporaneOu exception.
Probably some people are disagreeable
because they are unable to attract atten-
tion any other way.
A little sugar taken with water not too
cold, in case food is not obtainable, will
relieve any feeling Of exhaustion and
sharp hunger.
Nature works in . mysterious way,
The average woman's waist IL twenty.
four inches in circumference and the
arm Of the average man is just . trifie
longer.
Even the evil that men do not some
times lives after them, and the good that
they do not Is sometimes inferred with
their bones.
It Is strange but none the less true that
when money Is tight 1t causes q good
deal Of sober thought.
Just as soon ~ . young man falls In
love with girl he goes into the huggini
business -hugging the girl or delusion
Occasionally . society woman 10 found
who is 20 exclusive that one wonders i
she doesn't hesitate to commune ever
with herself.
Subscribers 10 newspapers should pay
once year at least. It costs money
ready cash to keep up newspaper as 1
should be.
A well-bred young man will not per
ambulate tho public streets of . towl
IN his shirt sleeves with young lady.
When two impecunious young persons
get married they evidently expect to live
on faith, hope and charity Of relatives.
There may be flies on the man will
the shining pate, but 1t least he ism
afraid his wife will snatch him bald
headed.
II, ~ some people contend, poverty 1
. virtue and wealth . vice, the man We
way OF his base who wrote: "The dii
ference Il exceeding nice whore ends tn
virture and begins the vice."
Congressman Corliss, Of Michigal
wants the govsrnmsnt 70 furnish labor
| Ing men with dinner pails.- Now, itonl,