The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1901-11-29
Editorial and Otherwise.

The man who doesn't fail isn't always
success by a long shot.
Jealousy is the hope that what you
are looking at does not exist
Often man spends half his time get
ting ready to waste the other half.
Well earned glory will last much
longer than unearned prize money.
The chronic borrower, like the good
photographer, is an expert retoucher.
1t is better to be fired by the divine
spark of love than by the girls father
Probably more human nature crops
out at dog fight than at prayer meet
ing.
A woman always has an idea that she
is saving money when she can charge
things.
An editor must first have spoken of
money as dough-they always need IT
so badly.
Instead of being burden, if they are
equally distributed, taxes are indeed a
privilege.
Passion often makes fool of q man of
sense; sometimes it makes man of
sense fool
Those on who we confer benefits we
are fonder of than those from whom we
receive them.
Lots Of men make their money the
way negro makes his hair curl-it
comes natural.
! We easily forgive those who weary
us; but we never forgive those who are
wearied by us.
IT lovers are never weary of them
selves it is because they are always
talking of themselves.
Some men take the gold cure for the
liquor habit, and some take the liquor
cure for the gold habit.
Some men are SO constituted that il
you fill their stomachs you may SLAP
their faces when you will.
The man of the hour is one who was
never heard of until today, and who
will be forgotten tomorrow.
Some men are so lazy they will spend
an hour praying tor something they
could get with five minutes work.
Some men are agnostics because that
is the easiest way they can find of in
venting excuses for their ignorance.
The average man Is timid when he
roposes-probably because his guard
ian angel is trying to hold him back.
The River Dee in Scotland has had
more poems written in its honor than
any other stream in the British Isles.
Throughout Africa the cows horn is
favorite instrument, being used in con
nection with others OH all festival occa
sions.
How should we expect friend should
keep a secret when we are convincing
him that it is more than we can do our
selves.
The Kansas City Star says: "Out III
Kansas, when man is too proud to beg
and too honest to steal, he organizes a
new fraternal order.
Needy men are apt to deviate from thu
rule of integrity under the plea tina
necessity knows no law. They might al
we'll add that it knows no shame.
The number of children working il
the factories of Germany today is littl'
more than one-third Of what it was il
1895, but the laws are still often evaded
In Gettysburg park there are abou
500 monuments, In addition to thi
patriotic. ..ornamentation there are %
mounted cannon and over 200 monumen
tai tablets.
Men fail of fortune in this world o
they fail Of happiness in the world Il
come, simply because they are unwill
ing to deny themselves momentary en-
joyment for the sake of permanen
future happiness.
The object of conversation is to enter
tain and amuse, therefore, to be agree
able you must learn to be good listen
er. A man or woman who monopolize
conversation is bore, no matter hoy
great his or her knowledge.
The chameleon spider is one of thos
spiders which do not spin webs. It sit
among the yellow petals Of the black
eyed daisy, with which it is very muc
alike in color, and when butterfly fit
along springs out and seizes 1t with
bound like that of tiger. Thus tn
stock Of butterflies whose caterpillar
are ruinous to orchards and gardens
kept down.
Without intending mischief man
persons do much harm by repeatin
conversations from one house to ar
other. This gossip is almost as injur
ous as scandal, for, as you can never r.
peat the exact circumstances undt
which fact may have been relate,
your version may give totally diffe
ent meaning to that which was intent
ed by the original speaker.
On the Mangishlak Peninsula, in Il
Caspian Sea, there are flve small lake
One Of them iscovered with salt crysta
strong enodkh to allow q man and bea
to cross the lake on foot; another il ,
round as any circle and . lovely roi
color. Its banks Of salt crystal form
setting, white as the driven snow,
, the water, which not only shows :
the colors from violet to rosy red, bl
from which rises . perfume q Of violet
Both the perfume and the cqlg ~ \
result o. tho presence q \