The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-23
Editorial and Otherwise.


Most people seek sympathy when they
ask advice.
Philadelphia, Pa, has an epidemic of
typhoid fever.
Three things to delight in-frankness,
freedom and beauty.
Three things to avoid-idleness, loqua-
city and fiippant jesting.
Never ask favor of man a quarter
of an hour before dinner.
A sunny nature has he who can eat
and be merry before noon.
Three things to wish for-health,
friends and cheerful spirit.
You will draw the world as your deeds
draws the picture Of Christ.
The two great commandments are
great enough for two worlds.
There is no man so deep but that he
has at least one shallow spot.
No man should attempt to rule others
who is unable to rule himself.
1t is not wise to consume all mud be-
cause some contains diamonds.
Every girl has longing to be kissed
so 1T will take her breath away.
He who compounds with the devil is
likely to be impounded by him.
Three things to admire-intellectua
power dignity and gracefulness.
A man who has no faults is fit only to
be an arch-angle or door mat.
The merit that leads great souls to en-
ulation leads little ones to envy.
King cotton seems in danger of being
supplanted by King oil in Texas.
You can never give the gospel to an
other till you can say ''my gospel"
An appropriate wedding present for
bachelor is copy of "Paradise Lost"
Ifyou want enemies excel others, if
you want friends, let Others excel you.
Some men resemble pyramids-broad
at the foundation, but narrow at the top.
The success of your ministry does not
depend on the strength of your misery.
When q woman is in love she has
about as much regard for other people
as she has for herself when she is sea-
sick.
A mans business ambition is the para
chute that saves him when he falls out
of love.
Poetry is the frolic of invention the
dance of words and the harmony of
sounds.
A man should not be Judged by an oc-
casional exertion, but by his everyday
actions.
Our happiness depends not so much
upon what we have, as upon what we
have not.
Young ladies and promissory notes
should be settled when they arrive at
maturity.
1t is easier to call man fool than it
is to convince him of the truth of your
statement.
Commend fool for his wit, or knave
for his honesty and he will receive you
into his bosom.
A century ago farmers reaped their
grain with sickles, two acres being o
good days work.
The superiority of some men is merely
local, they are great because their as
sociates are little
Set your advertising standard high
and see that your announcements are up
to that standard
Before marriage timid man doesn't |
know what to say and after marriage he |
is afraid to say it.
Lots of men are architects of their own
fortunes, but are unable to build accord
ing to their plans.
The lace night gowns that man some |
times sees in shop windows are probably
given to the poor.
People who are very busy trying to |
find fault in others often overlook their |
own shortcomings.
He Is blessed over all mortals who
loses no moments Of the passing life in
remembering the past.
The horse that starts out at too swift o
gate usually pulls up lame-and men are
pretty much like horses.
Conceit is to nature what paint is to
beauty, 1t is not only needless, but it i'm
pairs what 1t would improve.
It's your brainy women who fall in
love with fools, and it's your fools that
fall in love with brainy women.
Unkind criticisms and unjust wit
ticisms do the perpetrator more harm
than the one for whom intended.
Our companions please US less from
the charms we find In their conversation
than from those they find In ours.
The women talk lot about men "try.
ing" to kiss them. No man ever "tries"
to kiss q woman; he just kisses her.
No man can possibly improve in any
company for which he has not respect
enough to be under some degree Of re-
strAint.
Every man who attends to his own
business does the community better SER
vice than In trying to harm or hurt
othei1.
When girl laughs at . mans joke
she generally keeps It up till some one
says something else, so no other woman
c9Rask her to explain 1t