The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1901-12-06
Editorial and Otherwise.

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Hypocrisy is the homage that vice
pays to virtue.
Ever live (misfortunes excepted) with
In your income.
In most arguments noise counts for
more than brains.
A miser never rests until he is put to
bed with shovel.
Quarrels would never be lasting were
the fault on one side
None but the contemplate are appre-
hensive of contempt
When girl comes out it is time for
her mother to go in.
Our free schools should have a busi
ness course instituted.
We choose rather to tai k i'll of our
selves than not to talk at all.
The druggist who sells soothing syrup
is guilty of taking hush money.
The misfortunes of other people we all
can bear with heroic constancy.
To bring up child in the way he
should go travel that way yourself.
Being polite to people is not l.tting
them know what you think of them.
We confess small faults, by way of in
sinuating that we have no great ones.
Gratitude in most men, arises from a
secret desire to receive greater favors.
Blessed is the man who is pulled and
hauled only one way at the same time.
When you retire to bed, study oyer
what you have been doing during the
day.
There is no accounting for taste except
on the ground that some people haven't
any.
When it comes to clog dancing, it is
all a matter of knowing how to do the
feat.
People who jump at conclusions are
apt to go limping back to the starting
point
In the distress of our best friends we
ever find something hot displeasing
to us.
For every fool that dies two more are
born and one has his natural days ex-
tended.
In North Carolina and Louisiana only
three persons out of every four can read
and write.
Any man can stay single until some
woman makes up her mind she is going
to have him.
The sooner you get child to be law
unto himself the sooner you will make
man of him.
Liberal people are happy people, and
get more out Of what they have
than the miser.
1t Is fatal mistake for a Christian to
damage his character by trying to de-
fend his reputation.
Mean people never tell lies on man
until they learn that they cannot hurt
him with the truth.
Lots of people who are willing to help
bury dead man wouldn't give live
man crust of bread.
Never be idle, if your hands can't be
employed usefully, attend to the culti-
walton of your mind.
1t Is never safe to seek the company
of trouble, but when overtaken brave
fight is the best thing.
Influence that must be supported by
petition is likely any day to have the
props knocked from under it,
When three women sit down to talk
about new dress pattern small boy
with toy drum is inaudiable.
| A little man can never fill a big place.
but big man in a small place soon
makes the place large enough to fit.
Plant sweet potato vines over the
grave of the North Carolina negro who
was killed while out 'possum hunting.
1t takes cold, hard nerve for man to
sit up in his club aud brag that his wife
is president of club with some Greek
or Latin name.
A street light burning at midday may
escape recognition, but it will not put
forth as much light as that for which it
| was blessed at midnight,
Stories first heard at the mothers
knee are never wholly forgotten, little
spring that never dries up in our journey
through scorching years.
A California physician has discovered
that love is germ. The front gate is a
favorite haunt of the bacillus and ii
fourishes most in the moonlight.
Some men theorise most beautifully
about the duties we owe to dumb
creatures who make practice Of grind.
ing their fellow men to the last notch OF
endurance.
Those who handle pistols sh ould re.
member that the accidental shot always
hits the mark-it is the carefully aimed
bullet that goes farthest astray ant
catches the innocent bystander.
There seems to be no longer any doub
that Italy will, within few years, turr
from sugar importing to a sugar ex
porting country. The past two seasons
has witnessed q remarkable develop
ment Of the beet sugar industry.
Some church members dearly love 4
have the minister announce the oil
hymn, "I'm glad salvation's free" ]
Z eases their conscience when they filte
the dollars through their fingers an
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