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There is such 4 thing as being 600
smart" A Detroit thief went to the
door Of house, rang the door bell and
asked The servant to call her mistress,
as he had particular business with her
The lady came, when the stranger in
formed her that Mr.. -, naming the
name On the doot-plate, haa sent him
to the house to get twenty dollars which
was due him But for one reason he
might have got the money. Tho lady;
husband had been dead seven Years.
A good word is an easy obligation
but nos to speak i'll, requires only ou
silence, which costs us nothing.
Tell not your secrets to your servant
for he will then be your master.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-01-30
Tricks for the Presidency.
From Wilkes Spirit Of the Tinles.f

From Wilkes Spirit OF the Times.
Among the artifces which little Gen.
eral Horace Porter, Generals Babcock
and Dent, and the other Lords of the
Bedchamber at Washington, have in re-
serve to force General Grants campaign
for the Presidency through successful
ly, are war with Spain, the purchase
of the island of Cuba for $50, ,000, goo;
and the alluring plan of a eoneentlon
of the European Powers. to. open the
isthmus of Dsrien and Panama, in the
assumed interest Of the commerce Of
the world The real interest of the lat
ter plausible proposition. however, is to
locate aluab!e land sites in the interest
of tie ''mess;" while the meaning Of
the increase in the price of Cuba by
$50,000,000 is that General Sickles may
be handsomely endowed in his new de-
parture, and something handsome be
laid to the account of the White House
for the mental labor Of the sehamc.
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NUMBER 49
a Scrap from Rismarck's TalE
with ynies Eavre--Ho Never
f.iAed TanoIe0n.


You deceive yourself l have no
reason to like Napoleon III. ! do not
deny that it would he more convenient
for us 10 keep him on The throne; but.
personally, have no reason to praise
him. Ii he had so Willed the two ia.
tions could have been sincere allies, and.
acting together, they could have given,
the law 10 Europe. lie has tried to de.
ceivc everybody, aud l never trusted
him: but did not wish TO fight him, az
l proved 10 1867, during the dispute
about Luxembourg. All those about
the King demanded war, and | alone
resisted them. even rendered my re-
signation, and thus cast slur upon ny
own reputation. tell you this only
to prove that had no wish to go, to
war, and. war would not have taken
place if it had not been declared by
you. 1t seemed to me that France was
determined to fight. When l heard OF
the anger which was shown about the
candidature of the Prince of Hohenxol-
lern, / was alarmed by the dsternina-
ton of your ambassador. NJ de Bene-
detti, to treat with the King alone, He
troubled the King; and, knowing this, |
advised policy which should give you
satisfaction. When ! learned that the
King, following my advice, had obtain.
ed from his, cousin the withdrawal OF
his name as candidate, / wrote to my
wife that all was over, and that should
join her in the country. Great, there:
fore, was my surprise when heard that
the trouble had recommended. Our
side did not show systematic hostility
like the French government, which was
determined to have war. The cause
was to be the humiliation Of the King
"a humiliation to which he could not
submit. And to this moment can not
understand such infatuation, especially
when displayed by such men as NJ. de
Gramnont and NJ OLIVIER The for
mer was always second rste dfplo.
matist, and NJ. Olivier was an orator,
but no statesman. have already told
you that, had it been to our interest to
establish the dynasty CT Napoleon,
we would have it. or ne could have set
up even the Orleans Princes, or NJ. de
Chambord, who was more to our taste
|-at least. to that OF the King, who
thinks much of hereditary right. As
for me, I am altogether impartial--I am
even Republican. No government is
good which does not satisfy the wishes
Of the people"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-01-30
A R,vaito Tea and coffee.

Tea and coffee are threatened with.
Brazilian rival, called guarana. Guar
ana consists of the seeds of tree known
to botanists as the Puuling sorbitis,
which is very abundant. The tree pro.
duces a fruit about the size Of walnut,
containing FIVE o. six seeds. The seeds
are roasted, mixed with water, and dried.
Before being used they require grind
ing, when they fall into kind of pow
der The active principle is an alkaloid
Identical with that found in tea and cof-
fee but there is twice as much of it Ill
guarana as. there is in tca The effects
are similar 10 thvse Of tea and coffee.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-01-30
ph0tOgraphing the Skin,

The magic lantern has been success.
fully applied in London to the study of
diseases of the skin, by DR.. Balnanno
Squire A transparent photograph of
the patient is taken, and then placed in
q magic lantern; strong hydro-oxygen
light casts the figure, enlarged, on a
white sheet, and in this way the small.
est details are brought out with aston.
isLing minutcness.
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TgWhen Judge Howell, of Rhod

GgW When Judge Howell, of Rhode
Island, was at the bar, Mr. Burgess, to
play joke, wrote on the lining of his
hat, racuum caput (empty head.) The
hat circulated about exciting smile on
every countcnance, except that Of the
owner, who deliberately took it up, and
repeated the words. and, well knowing
the author, addressed the court, l ask
your Honors protection" (hol'ling up
his hat, ''for,'' said he, Il fad that
Brother Burgess has written his name
in my hat, and have reason TO believe
he intends TO make. off with it.
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Temperance, indeed, is bride of
gold and he who uses it rightly,is more
like q god than man.
Politencss is like an air cushion
there may be nothing in 1t, but il eases
our jolls wonderfully.
A number of girls at a St. Louis the
ater lately insisted upon going out to
urlnk every time their escorts did, and
invariably took brandy, although the lat
ter took lager beer Notwithstanding
their more potent potations, they remain
ed perfectly sober, while they were
obliged to take their masculine compan-
ions home in very inebriated condi-
ton. The St. Louis women evidently
possess the qualifications appertaining
to the right of suffrage:
An heireSs of Louisville is so pestercd
with suitors that she has to exercise hel
ingenuity to get rid of them. When one
offers himself, whose affection she has
reason to thinl; is centered upon her cof
fers and not upon herself, she begins tc
fire a. him with a six. shooter, telling him
that if he is q true lover he will prefer tc
die by her hand than live to offer his tc
some one else So far no one has ''rrc-
ferred." That is from Chicago.
A Connecticut Clergyman recently an
nounced from the pulpit that he ha,
heard man say he had read the Bihl
through in sixty hours. Determined t.
ascertain whether the individual toIC
the truth, he set about it himself, ant
read the whole Of it aloud to his wife il
fifty nine houls ard something ove
thirty minutes And the paper tina
publishes the item hasn't a word of com
miseration lor the unfortunate wife.
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i L { t t .
NOW ELAy alE DOWN TO sLEEE

Golden head, so lovely bending,
Little feet so white and bare,
Dewy eyes, half shut. half opened,
Lisping out her evening prayer.
Well she knows when she is SAYING,
Now lay me down to sleep
'Tis to God that she is PRAYING
Praying Him her soul to keep.
Hall asleep, and murmuring family,
'If should die before wake
Tiny fingers clasped so sanity
81 pray thee, Lord. my soul to take
Oh, the rapture sweet unbrokcn.
OF the soul who wrote that prsycr
Childrcn's myriad voices floating
Up to heaven, record it there.
If. of all that las been written,
could choose what might be mine,
1t should be that childs petition,
Rising to the throne divine.
While the muffied bells were ringing,
Earth to earth. and dust to dust
Ny free soul on faith depending
Faith, and love, and perfect trust
Would approach him, humbly praying,
(All tie little ones around)-
Jesus, Savior, take ihy servant
Give to her Thy children's crown"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-01-30
Arremus Wards Csurt,hip,

Twas a carm still night in Joone,
when all nstur' was husht, and nary Eef-
fer disturbed the serene silence. sot
with the ohjek of mi harts afFeckshuu.
on the fence of her daddy's psstur'. /
had experienced hankerin' arter her for
sum time, but darsent proclaim nv
psshun; wall, we sot there On the fence
swingin' Of our feet too and fro, and
blushia' as red As Baldinsville skulehouse
when it was first painted, and lookin
very simple. l make no dowt. My left
arm was occupied in bsllansan myself
on the fence, while my rite arn was
wound afieckshunately round Su3anner's
waste
Sez I, "Suzsnner, I think very much
Nv yu."
"Sez she, Chow yu do run on"
Sez l, 81 wish thar was winders to my
sole, SUI WI Good sc sum Of mi feelins, y
and side deeply
| pawsed here but, as she made ne
reply to it, continered on in the foller-
in strain:
"Ah. Good yu know the sleepless
mites parse On your account, how Wit
ties has seased to be attractive tn me, and
how mi limbs is shrunK up, We woodn't
dowt me, not by any means. Gaze on
this wasted form and sunken ize," cried,
jumpin' up.
shood hsv eontinered some time lon
uer pr0b,hly hut unfortunately lost
my balance, and fell over intu the pas
tur, kersmash, tarein' my close, and Be-
Verely damagin' myself generally. eu.
tanner got lu my assistance and dragged
me forth in double quick time. Then
DRAWN herself up to her full hite, she
said:
81 won't listen to your noncsnts no
longer. Jest you say rite out what you
are driven at. you mean gettin hitch
ed, I'm i'm
Well, we hitched, WI bet.
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Sieep-W WaiMers.

Ny observation has led me to believe
that sleep-walking is habit Of the sys
tenn.
l have noticed that children who are
allowed to go TO sleep on the floor or
lounge, in the evening, and afterward, at
some regular hour, are aroused (of
course only partially awakened) and
sent to bed, will in time acquire the
habit Of sleep walking. ! have no doubt
that the man who would get up and so
to the cellar in the night for drirk of
wine while asleep, had been in the hsbit
of first going for it in the night time,
while awake. presume that few have
failed to notice how soon the mind, by
dreams will recognize habit Of walk
ing at particular time for any purpose
| think that the whole philosophy OF
sleep walking has its. foundation in hsb
it, acquired 10y disturbance at some reg
ular hour devoted to sleep tor. Sci,
eniifc american. -
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B'A New York paper describes
species of professional bravo extant in
that city, who generally holds some pet
tv Office under the government, and
whose services may be secured in any
business of revenge for from $40 to
$1,000, according to the degree of dam
age to he inflicted upon the victim
Thus, "ho will knock you your maE
down for ten dollars, sandbag him for a
hundred;and pistol him for a thousand"
and $50 well aware" continues this
journal, referring to the sensation Of
the hour, "were both Colonel Fisk and
Mr.. Stokes of the existence Of these
professional gentlemen, that they both
always travelled with a. bodyguard near
by, as a preventive against accident. y
We have here an outline sketch Of one
of the pleasures Of life in the city of
New York in which the "accident" Of
being "sand bagged" or pistollsd is con-
stantly impending over ones head at
the simple behest of some plotting rival
in love or business, or seme envious
malignant whose hate leads him to a
vicarious revenge through the timely
bravo.
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IF YOU wo ulI have faithful servant
and one that You like, serve yourself.
MIND TINS 1t is better to accom-.
plish perfectly very small amount, than
to half do ten times As much.
T, is with narrow soulcd people as
with narrow neckcd bottles the less they
have in them, the more noise they mako
in pouring out.
OF all passions, jealousy is that which
exacts The hardest service, and pays the
bitterest wages. It's fservice is-to
watch the success of our enemy; its
wages-to he sure Of it.
In all evils which admit a remedy, i'm.
patience shoul,l he avoided, because it
wastes that time and attention in com
plants, which, if properly spplied,might
remove the cause,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-01-30
Wearing EEInne1S.

The incalculahle benefit OF wearing
flannel next the body in Summer as well
as Winter, cannot he estimated. FIan-
mel is not 50 uncomfortable in warm
weather as many believe. Frequent colds
and coughs are almost unknown when
hannels are worn. Some women OBJ
ject to them because they arc bulky
about the waist This objection car bo
ohviated by shaping them in tight sack
fashion, or cutting them out like waists,
and buttoning them behind. The sud
den and frequent changes Of our eli
mate are scarcely felt, and certainly dc
very lutte injury to those persons who
wear flannels constantly. Above all
mothers should clothe the tender Lodies
of their little ones with under garment;
Of this material Warmth is almost as
necessary to healthful development a:
food, and parents should eudeayor tc
ciothe their children so as to secure the
greatest amount for them.
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yyisdOsfs aud yrasnx,

A poor spirit is poorer than poor
purse.
1t is frsiion, and not possession, that
renders US happy.
Whatever makes men happier makes
then better.
Gravity is the iasoparablo companion
Of pride,
1t costs more to ayenge wrongs than
to bear them. ..
Never let yonr honest convictions be
laughed down.
There i, heroic innocencs,as well as
\ heroic courage.
We should not retain the remembrance
Of faults we have onse forgiven.
The grand essentials to happiness are
something to do, to love, and something
to hope for.
Truth is immortal; the sword cannot
pierce it, fire cannot consume it, prisons
cannot incarcsrate it, famine cannot
starve it.
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds
than happiness ever can; and common
suffering is far stronger link than COM
mon joy. ... ....
The vorthiest people are most injured
by slanderers; as we usually find that to
be the best fruit which the birds have
been picking at.
He that il taught to live upon little,
owes more to his fathers wisdom than
he that has a great deal left him does to
his fathers care.
In vain we drudge, in vain we foudly roam,
For true content is only found at home;
In our own breasts the happy goddess lies,
And freely grants her favors to the wise.
The grestsst OF all injustice issthat
which goes under the name of law and
of all sorts of tyranny, the forcing the
letter Of the law against the equity, is
the most insupportable.
Courage, when genuine,is never cruel.
1t is not fierce. 1t foresees evil. Its
trepidations csme either before or after
danger In the midst of peril it is calm
and cool. 1t is generous, especially to
the fallen. 1t is seldom attained.
Youth beholds happiness cleaning in
the prospect Age looks back on the
happiness Of youth, and, instead of
hopes. seeks its enjoyment in the recol
lection of hopes. Thus happiness ever
resides id the Imagination.
1t is = noble and great thing to cover
the blernlsnes and to excuse the failings
of friend; to draw curtain before his
stains, and to display bis affections; to
bury his weakness in silence, but to pro-
claim his virtue, upon the hossston.
One should not be downcast at fail
ures: They are often far better for the
student than success He who goes to
school to his mistakes will always have
a good schoolmsster, and will not be
Likely to become either idle ar concsited.
There is no greater every day virtue
than cheerfnlness This quality in man
among men is like sunshine to the day,
or gentle, renewing moisture to parched
herbs. The light Of a cheerful face diff
fuses itself, and communicates the hap
py spirit that inspires it. The soure,t
temper must sweeten in the atnosphere
Of continuous good humor.
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HIS LuGeAGE beg your pardon!
but which are the coaches for Mon
treal ?" said newly arrived Briton TO
the baggage-masler of one of the Nor
thern railways.
"First car forrad," said the active at
tache of the road. Baggage checked
sir p
"9aggage? Haw! you mean my lug
gage Haven't any, except what have
on, and that is all checked; plaid coat
and trowsers, check shirt, and croBs-bar
scarf" and he ambled into the car. "a
man as travels on the square" as the
railway official remarked to listening
comrade. e.-C0m. Bulletin.
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syAn ignorant Irishman, seeing per-
sons reading with spectacles, went to
buy psir to enable him to read He
tried several pair, and told the merchant
he could not read with any Of them.
Can you read at all - asked the mer
chant.
"No," was the reply. elf l could, do
You think | would be such fool as to
buy spectacles p
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You cruel man, cried Mrs. JeI;iilins,
my tears have no effect or You at all J"
"Well, drop EN-, thcn," said the brutal
Jellikins.
A man died the other day from habit
ual drunkenness A pos. mortem exam
nation of his internal organs showed
that the blood was largely mixed with
alcohol The coroner testified that the
heart smellod as though it had been
stepped in alcohol.
There is q young girl in Virginia who
wears four bullets made into the form OF
a Maltese cross, which were extracted
from the bodies Of her father and broth
er who were killed in the siege Of Rich
mond.
Fashionable receptions are called geo
tillion dinners" and include dinner OF
six O'Clock, and dance and supper Ia
ter in the evening. To the former are
invited about thirty intimate friends,
while the invitations for the evening are
numbered by hundreds.
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re Here is something from 1enny
sons new poem OF q thousand lines:
Down in a easement sat,
A low sea-sunset glorying around her hair,
And glossy-throated grace, Isolet, the Queen,
And when she heard the feet of Tristram grind
The spring stone that scaled about her tower
Flushed, started, met him at the doors, aud
there
Belted his body with her white embrace
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What, after all, is the end of most
wars? Nothing but this-that mum
Der OF elderly gentlemen meet together,
and, sitting round table, quietly ar
range all that might just as well have
been arranged before the war began.
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have observed that in comedies the
best actor plays the devil, while some
scrub rogue is made the fine gentleman
or hero. Thus it is in the farce of life
Wise men spend their time in mirth, hi
only fools who are serious.
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sCHUMACHER

AN Il hONA
Respectfully informs the citizens OF
" O o D 8 T [ Z j. u :,
and vicinity that he keeps constantly on
hand at his
NEAT STORE, ON MAIN STREET,
I've doors North Of Judkins' Drug Store,
Beef, Pork, Veal, Sausage. &c
n. ..,ioit, the patronage af the public, as he
wiz spare ne efforts to accommodate custom, s
srs and hopes, by liberal dealing, to render
..t;.f..tion to ali who may buy meats at his
TO FAR N E e .
Ivi,l,.y the market price for cattle, hogs
cad shssp suitable for butchsTlns, .cyvn
I..7y. ANTHONY SCHUMACHER.
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-xgThis is the speech Of Sam Berk-
ley, a colored gentleman Of Clevetand,in
accepting New Years present:
"GENTLUM-You have entirely sns
pccted me hy surprise. | amt had no
perspiration for this event Desc green
backs is good TO have about the house
cIar to mercy amt took five dollars
'espt what was my own since | been in
desc rooms, goin' on tree years If you
had respected me little sooner | could
Gin you a good song; feels like big
sunlower
Garry the news to Mary;
YAH yah!
Tn goin' to glory,
Yah! yah!
Il row suppose de bosses Of dis
house treat the whole crowd"
@ Professional men, active business
men, especially those WHO cat great
deal and drink liquors largely, are the
persons who are most likely to die of
softening Of the brain 1t is almost i'm
possible for any man who lives a sober,
temperate life, combined with mode
rate exercise Of the brain and body, to
have this most hopeless Of al maladies.
-HoWs Journal Of Health.
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Model Marriage Ceremony.

From the Big Rapids independent.
We have, from an witness, a re.
port of a marriage recently solemnized
in Chippewa, which we publish, not only
for the benefit of those dignitaries and
officers who are authorized to marry, but
those who contemplate such leap in the
dark. The first preliminary was the pay
ment Of fee of s., which the Justice
required in advance. He then directed
Them TO join hands, and inquired their
ages. The groom replied sixty years. )
and the brile-elect blushingly admitted
that she had seen fifty-six summers fade
into autumn and winter. He then in.
quired, "Have you, or either Of you, ever
had Hriny husband or ,cife'' to which
he received negative answer from both.
Then addressing them, he inquired if
they toek each other for lawful husband
and wife, and receiving Affirmative an
swsrs, announced. with due socmnity,
Then, in the name of the Lord, ] pro-
nounce you man and wife
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Belted his body with her white embrace.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-25

The immodesty, or, to put it more cor
rectly, the lack Of bashfulness, of the State
Register surprises us. We have led hat
journal into its present advanced Liberal
position, and have been shamefully abused
by 1t at times because Of our persistency
in the good work-the gracious labor.
And now 1t steps forward and coolly
says:
When the Register was the first news
paper In the State TO see In the future the
great success for this movement for reform
and good government, we were satisfied that
before the campaign had procee ded far. those
VINO at hrst did not regard the movement
get into IT, ~
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-25
ROMANCE OF CRIME.
ARREST OF SADLIER, THE ONCE
FAMOUS MEMBER OF PARLIA-
MENT AND FINANCIER.
DETAILS OF THE EXTRAORDIN.
AIRY GRIMES OF A PRETENDED
UlCIDE-FICTION
SURPASSED.

The arrest Of one Of the most extraordin.
airy criminals that this century has pro-
duced has recently taken place in
Avranches, In the Province of Normandy.
France. The circumstances that SUI,
rounded the life of this forger and pre-.
tended suicide are without a parallel.
His name Is John Sadlier, and was
formerly member Of parliament for Car.
low, Ireland. At the age Of fourteen he
was srticled to highly respectable Mt
torney, In whose office he distinguished
himself for the Versatility of his talents
His father was respectable tradesman in
the town Of Roscrea, in the county OF Tip,
perary, in Ireland. At his decease he left
In trust five thousand pounds to each Of
bis two sons, which they were to receive
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-25

JUDGE GREEN followed Wall and Hart.
zell in speech at the Atheneum, on
Tuesday night. His effort was the best OF
the evening. As a political speaker the
Judge is considerable Of q success. He
evidently prepares his speeches with care
His delivery might be improved upon,
but even that, Objectionable as it is to our
refined taste, is better than that of the av-
erage political orators.