The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-02-08
Editorial and Otherwise

The true life draws higher
Every year.
And its morning star climbs higher
Evesy year.
Earth's hold on us grows slighter
And the heavy burden lighter,
And the dawn immortal brighter
Every year.
He who would poison is too cowardly
to stab or shoot.
A fish is in the swim because he keeps
his mouth shut
The man who courts inquiry is usually
found welded to his opinion.
The man who tries to .lengthen his
nights is apt to shorten his days.
The girl who loves her home will also
love her husband.
Seven days makes one week, but 1t Of
ten takes months to make one strong.
The money paid the infants nurse is
apt to be hush money.
The most manifest sign Of wisdom is
continued cheerfulness.
The first street lighting in this coun-
try was done in New York in 1867.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS must
feel small.
Promises made by some men are easily
broken.
One.half tho population of the village
knows all about how the other half lives.
One way to get set of teeth inserted
free is to kick cross dog.
The government owning large feet
Of ironclads has many hard-ships.
Take hope and dread from man and he
would find little cause for action.
Josh Billings said the best time to set
q hen is when the hen is ready.
The youth Of the country are easily
led into the slums of vice and degrada-
tion.
People get their fingers burnt by hav-
ing too many irons in the fire at the
same time.
The only way Of doing thing is to do
1t right 1t is folly to pursue half way
measures.
Some church members use religion for
cloak and some preachers use it for an
umbrella.
Poverty would soon be thing Of the
past II people could find market for
their ignorance.
As the light Is to the star, as the per-
fume to the flower, so is music to the
heart.
The man who Is not religious at home,
often wants to be considered extra pious
in church.
Some people waste good deal Of time
in praying for joy, who are not willing
to become unselfish.
As long as the devil can handle our
money he don't care how much noise we
In church.
DR.. Palmer, the celebrated Presbyte.
rian divine Of New Orleans, celebrated
on the 18th ult.his SD birthday.
There are too many people who claim
to love the Lord, who put rotten apples
In the bottom Of the basket.
II the wages Of sin is death some peo-
pie must have lot of backpay coming
to them.
The next meeting of the State Histo-
rical Society will be held in Meridian,
the exact date not being fixed as yet.
Marriage makes 4 man and woman
one, but some times there is long strug-
gle between them to tell which is the one.
That young man who has been run
ming after the girl who didn't appreciate
him, has manifested = case of misdi-
rected energy.
Wild ducks and geese are riches that
have wings, but they don't often fly in
the poor mans oven.
Those who speak OF the limit to hu-
man possibilities forget the great inven-
tions Of the past hundred years.
He that speaks Ill of others will surely
have rough and tumble fight with his
own shortcomings.
Honest poverty may suit some people,
but It is powerfully uncomfortable
skeleton to bave in the closet.
Some people become very much inter-
ested at what the preacher is saying
while the contribution basket Is being
passed around.
1t 10 strange why some people dislike
to pay poll tax, which gives them the
privilege Of voting for their choice at
each recurring election.
Celery has come under the ban Of the
doctors, who say that It is adapted tn
transmitting the poisonous element of
the soil and carrying the germs Of
typhoid.
A western passenger agent says that
his experience has shown that Friday ia
the best day In the week for railway
passenger travel and Wednesday the
worst.
The German emperor, It is said, takes
great pleasure collecting ties and scarfs
OF oil ages, climes and patterns His col.
lection numbers, II is said, $1,000 OF these,
You can't convince girl who has
waited until she is 85 that It's unlucky '
to get married on Friday.
An italian traveller is authority for
the statement that many former italian
soldiers are living ~ slaves In Abys.
sinia They are prisoners who survived
the disaster at Adowsh.