The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-08
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VARIETY.

Arkansas editor attributes his failureto
publishing nonpareil paper in a long
primer town.
There il onlytwo men in this world who
never make emmy blunders, and they are
yu and me, mi friend. .l
A chiropodist announces on his busi-
ness cards that he has removed corns
from several of the crowned heads Of Eu-
rope"
81 saw" said rough fellow to fop
with conspicuous bow-legs- ST say. don't
you have to have your pantalOons cut
with a circular saw"
"Are there any fools in this town? ?"
asked a stranger of a newsboy yesterday.
"I don't know, replied the boy; why, are
you lonesome?"
A lady wrote with diamond on a
pane glass:
"God at first made man upright but he"
To which gentleman added:
"Most surely has continued so but She"
Five of the sweetest words in the En-
glish language begin with H, which is
only breath. Heart, Hope, Home,
Happiness, and Heaven.
1t is proposed to raise fund by 81 con-
tributions, for monument to George D.
Prentice.
A colored musical prodigy, who, it is
reported, rivals blind Tom, has been dis
covered at Scranton, Pa.
Sacred to the memory of three twins"
is the inscription over the grave of trip
lets in New Hampshire.
General Sherman realized handsome
profit on his Washington residence. 1t
cost him nothing and brought him $780,
900.
A child was born in the suburbs of
Hamilton, Ont, recently, having four
thumbs, two palates, three hands and
several other extraordinary malforma-
tiOns.
At the election trial in London, Cana
da, DIR. Haggerty testified that he had
paid about Sl25 to wives, in sums rang
ing from S. to $25 to influence the votes
of their husbands.
The appearance of the oyster is notsug-
gestive of an emotional temperament, but
when torn from their native waters in
the Atlantic, and planted on the Pacific
coast, they soon die of home sickness. y
Behavior is mirror in which every
one shows his own image. There is a
politeness Of the heart akin to love, from
which springs the easiest politeness of
outward behavior. ~. M
Constant success shows us but one side
of the world; for it surrounds us with fat
terers who will tell US only our merits,
and silences our enemies, from whom
alone we might learn our defects.
If we look through the heroic fortunes
of mankind, we shall find an entangle-
ment Of something mean and trivial with
whatever is of JOY or SORROW. Life is
made up Of marble and mud.
He who has struck his eoloFs to the
power of an evil habit. has surrendered
himself to an enemy bound by no arti-
cles of faith, and from which he can eK-
pect only the yilest treatment. ,4N9X
A greenhorn sata long time very atten-
lively musing upon a cane-bottom chair.
At length he saidai'"I wonder what fell
low took the trouble to find all them ar
holes and put straws around emp"
Fancy shoes, it is said, are going out OF
fashion. The Shoe and leather Report
er says "The demand is for plain, sub
stantial shoes, such as are made for and
will do good service. There is no mon
ey to pay for fancy stitching and embroi-
derry, but utility is the aim--the most
wear for the outlay" -a ..a.'a,f.l ~ ! !
rtthou mistress of household, and
desirest to have a good servant2 then
"Taketwo pounds Of the very best ofself-
control, pound and half justice a pound
of consideration, and a pound of discip-
line. Let this be sweetened with chari-
ty. let il simmer we'll, and let it be taken
in daily, or, in extreme cases, in hourly
doses-and be kept always on hand.
Then the domestic wheels viii run quite
smoothly"