The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-06-08

ricn man, ont may-nappen he'll De ready
made fool, and its no use filing your pocket
full of money if you've got hole in the cor
ner. It'll do you no good to sit in spring.
cart o. your own, if you've got soft to drive
you; he'Il soon turn you over in the ditch. II
allays said I'd never marry a man as had got
no brains; for where's the use of woman
having brains of her own if she's tackled to q
geek as everybodv'a laughing at? She might
as well dress herself fine to sit back'ards on q
donkey
How to 60 TO Sleep
1t is better to go to sleep on the right side,
for then the stomach is very much in the po-
sition Of bottle turned upside down, and the
contents are aided in passing ont by gravita-
ton. If one goes to-sleep on the LEFT side,
the operation of emptying the stomach ofits
contents is more IKE drawing water from a
well. After going to sleep. LET the body take
its own position. If you sleep on your back
especially soon after o hearty meal, the weight
of the digestive organs. and that Of the food.
resting on the great vein of the body, near
the back bone, congresses it, and arrests the
flow of the blood more or less If the arrest
is partial, the sleep is disturbed. and there are
unpleasant dreams. If the meal has been re-
cent or hearty. the arrest is more decided, and
the various sensations, such as falling over a
precipice, or the pursuit Of a wild beast. or
other impending danger, and the desperate ef.
fort to get rid of It, arouses us; that sends on
the stagnating blood, and we wake in fright,
or trembling, or perspiration. or feeling of ex.
haustion, according to the degree of stagna.
ton and the length and strength OF the effort
made to escape the danger.
Every Word Pun. a
At one time there was general strike
among the working men of Paris, and Tbeo.
dore Hook gave the following amusing ac.3
count Of the affair: The bakers being ambi-
tious to extend their do mains, declared that a
revolution was needed. and though not exact.
ly bread up to arms, soon reduced their crusty
masters to terms The tailors called coun.
Gil of the board to see what measures should
be taken, and looking upon the bakers as the
-four of chivalry, decided to follow suit-the
consequence of which was that an insurrec.
tiou was lighted up among the candle makers,
which, however ,oick.ed it might appear in
the ewes of some persons. developed traits of
character not unworthy of ancient Greece
Love without Beauty.
A certain new novel, has some ideas very
sensible too in their way, concerning falling in
Hove with plain woman. The writer says in
q very aGiue manner:
But bless me, things may be Ioveable that
are not altogether handsome, hopef am
not at all sure that the majority of the human
race have not been ugly. and even among
those lords of their kind, the British, squat
figures, i'll shapen nostrils, and diugy complex
ions, are not startling exceptions. Yet there
is great deal of family love amongst
us. have friend or two whose class of
features is such ttat the Apollo curl on the
summit Of their brows would be decidedly
trying; yet to my certain knowledge tender
hearts have beaten for them, and their minia.
tures-fattering. but still not lovely-are kiss
ed in secret by motherly lips. have seer
many an excellent matron who could never in
+ her best days have been handsone, and yei
she had packet of yellow love,letters in a
private drawer, and sweet children showered
kisses on her sallow cheeks. And believe
there have been plenty of young heroes, Of
middle stature and feeble boards, who have
felt quite sure they could never love anything
more Insignificant than Diana, and yet have
found themselves in middle life happily settled
with wife who waddles. Yesi human feel
ling is like the mighty rivers that bless the
learth; it does not wait for beauty-it flows
with resistless force. and brings beauty with
!, lit. All honor and reverence to the DIVINE
of fofmi let us cultivate it to the utmost il
men, women and children, in our gardens ant
in our houses, but let us love that other beau
ty, too, which lies in no secret of proportion
but in the secret of deep human sympathy
Paint us an angel, if you can, with a floating
violet robe. and face paled in the celestia
light; paint US yet oftener Madonna, turning
her mild face upward, and opening her arms tt
welcome the divine glory; but do not impose
on US any aesthetic rules which shall banisl
from the regions of art those old womer
Iscraping carrots with their work.worn hands
/ those heavy clowns taking holiday in ding,
pothousc, those rounded backs and stupit
weather-beaten faces that have bent over ths
spade and done the rough work of the work
nI-those homes with their tin pans. their brown
piteksrs, their rough ours, and their clusters o
> Onions. In this world there are 80 many o
0 tsese common, coarse people, who have n,
J. picturesque sentimental wretchedness! 1t
I $50 needful we should remember their exist
9 ence, else we may happen to leave them quit
t out Of our religion and philosophy, and franz
lofty theories which only fit world of ex
|. Itremes'
: rolling of Lob.
a A down east editor being deserted by hi
), printers, who were 'on strike was compelle,
q ito turn into the Office himself. In his mex
?, weeks paper appeared a graphic account o
j. the circumstances, composed by the editor
;; own far finsers,' concluding with the word
9. Talk oI The sublime art of Printing! bl
SsourR sonli its as easy as rolling off
le Lo5.'
70 SPRAYS OF wIsDoM.
ii. Creditors have better memories than deb
ry ors; and creditors are superstitious sec
er great observers of set days and times.