The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-05-03

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The candle and blew it Out. Her Two
daughters were up stairs in bed, She fled
/ up the chamber stairs and held the door
| He smashed in q window with cudge
that he carried with him: he :, entered
through the window, but could moi, find
any one. He took all the covers off the
stove. threw FIRE about the room, and piled
bed clothes and other things on the stove
He broke out two other windows, sash and
| all. and made his exit through, one of them,
Mrs. Ward smelled the fire, and with the
assistance Of her daughters exiting guished
it. All the houses in his neighborhood
bear marks Of his visit. a~.. .sf r..
| o. We extract the following article from
the editorial columns of the n. Y. Times,
1t contains matter Of interest to the gen.
eral reader: .es#-5 7s's'' si '.'ag<
WoMANLY SrAr1sT1cs .-"The ladies''is is
the unfailing toast at every dinner; ''they
are the first and best teachers OF our chill.
dren." Men never get toasted in the gen.
[eral. Nobody drinks their health; nobody
says: God bless them" Singiy-one or
two at time-those who have Tough,
great battles, made good books, been pro.
moted to high offices, are drunk With the
honors. Men never grumble at this omis.
sion; the ladies are very apt to Pout about
theirs. as if this nominal recognition Of
their worth were kind of f'labored apology
ior some previous neglect. Nature has a
way Of checking and balancing which
succeeds in keeping pretty nearly equal
classes that would otherwise get the ad.
vantage of each other. The whale drinks
down whole schools OF ltlfs floating in
sects, at draught; but were the great
crowd Of suffering insects aggregated into
convention, there is no doubt that they
| would outweigh. by tons. all the whales
that spout in alt the seas The magic oi
numbers makes them superior to their
onstrous enemies and to outweigh them.
So Qhe ladies will pardon u.s. nature gen.
orally equalizes the sexes by milking the
females out-number the males, who are
stouter, vainer. and presumptuous enough
10 deem themselves superior. Nor is ii
| by causing the births OF females 10 exceed
those OF males, as has generally been sup:
posed. In no year since the establish.
ment Of registration in Massachusettsih has
that been the case. Last year. indeed,
Boston was an exception. But Boston is .
literary and peculiar emporium. Through.
| out the Comnonwealtht the excess was 81A
| in favor of the mules. During the thirteen
wears, from 1889 TO, 1851 inclusive, 'lO4 ].
065 boys were born TO every 100 900 girls
in England aud Wales, and yetto every
100, 900 females living there were hi. s6,.
TAI males living The females avoid our
late unse ason able labor. our heavy sup
pers, and hard drinking. they escape oui
accidents, and the thousand perils which
beset the path only Of ali outdoor labor
ing population, la this way, spite Of their
few births, they generally out number US
on the census. Fifty years agos and now.
in Great Britain. there are thirtysone living
females to thirty males? and so many ol
our Sex are away TO the wars, treading the
deck. climbing the mast and messing in
fore castles, that in the. United Kingdoms
there were twenty che females at home to
twenty males. The disparity in the sexes
at home is still greater in Scotland where,
when the sexes mean to be properly rep.
resented at a gathering. there are fifiy.6ve
females to every fifly men. According to
the Census Of Great Britain in 1851, there
was to be- found At the barracks one le.
male for every FIVE inales.n At the work.
houses the sexes were about equally rep.
resented. there being about 55.7 SO Of each.
| In the prisons. themales ere'naasly three
TO one Of the feinules. being bGta6, 366 ol
90 astray," butnct iD pairs. In the com.
| mission Of crime there is but one female
in every company Of four fogues.s Il Fe-
4 males we're in'ahe' majority in the,lunatic
asylums. there sbeiBgsIil ,26l Of ethem,. and
9.753 of HE ster6er sex. Life 8 troubles
fall SO fast-faster upon them than upon
usLwe do not wonder that more of them
are deprived of reason. Theirs is more
delicate organization. Watts speaks oi
man as sharp Of a thousand strings.
| Woman las at least dozen added strings;
the music she makes tequires at least that
atttlitional number of lager lines.'i's ;'ast
HhWe should suppose that the hospitals
would show an excess Of female inmates
But there We are iniisfaken.2 The males
ARE IS .893, the fenfalesi5, 754; and. in other
charitable Institutions the hnaleswere near.
| " fifty per cent more numerous than the
females. So these light clippers stand
stormy seas better than your old hulss,
and are more likely 10 gain an offing,
while the latter are being lowed ointo por,
tor repairs. 5'j ss sidifsassxafii 80
But. strangely enough, our late census
makes an excess 'ofamales in athe 'Uhited
States. OF, whites, Between the ages o.
Is and co. and behNeen the ages Of 40
and iIuO. the 'femalesIiare in the ,nsaiority
At other ages, the males exceed. In 1900
there were here 100 males 10 1913 females;
! III 1880. 100 maiest to 95: so the other
sex is increasing upon ours, though they
are not yet up to the British RATIO: III be-
hooves US ali to be respectful 10 them; they
may master us yet. :, 'sa@ 7f's T'''
SELL. .IMpoRrANcE. Have you eyer ob
served how soon man assumes the star
chiness 81 bis dickey when the people
elevate him 1ittle7 'Fhe lower the soffict
lis, as general thing, the more sinsolen
you will find the occupants. Some o
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