The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-09-22
MATTERS OF INTEREST.

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Tom Bowling is comforted in his suf
ferings by Saratoga ladies who visit hi!
stable daily by dozens.
An Alabama editor mildly alludes tt
his rival as RESERVOIR Of falsehoof
and an aQueduct of mendacity.". II Z"
A sign in Fulton market, New York
reads thus: "If any one sees a fire ii
this building please put it out"
A popular doctor in Oswego give!
prescriptions with directions toa"takt
one teaspoonful every three years."
The salmon catch in British Columbis
lis unprecedented this year, land enormou.
quantities are being canned.
Many of the Illinois battle flags sen
to the Vienna Exposition have been re
turned bearing evidence Of rough usage
VIM. Price. of Gilroy, Cal shot him
| self because he couldn't find Tom Col
Inns, who had accused him of defalca
ton
"Sunday hunting is by law Forbidden
in Ohio, and people who do not recog
nize the day when it comes must g
without. -
A California jury in a suicide case re
GENTLY found the following verdict: 'We
the jury, fnd that the deceased was
fool"
A smoke stack that eats up its owl
cinders is on trial, and lovers Of opeI
windows on railroad trains feel an inter
est in its success. ...-.-.-.
In Sheffield, England, recently, a mar
60 years Of age hanged himself because
his wife would not give him a si1ponc
with which to buy liquor.
In New Castle, England, recently,
lady recovered $3.50 damages in breach
of promise case The original promis
had been given in the year 1850.
A Delaware man was found untyin!
another mans mule at midnight, and tw'
men made him kneel in the barn ant
pray for seven straight hours.
The most i'll used man in Providenc
is he whose saloon was invaded by th'
constabulary while. he was absent at {
fat mans clam bake. e.
The magician who astonished his au
dience by changing a canary bird into
rabbit, has formidable rival In the maj
who turned bushel Of potatoes into ;
barrel.
Young men at Rochester disputed 70
the possession of the nails from "Gold
smith Maids" shoes recently, when sh
was being shod. They wished them fo
watch-charms.
AT recent Cape May juvenile bal
two Philadelphia misses exhibited be
tween them s25, 900 worth of diamonds
They we're sisters, land their mother usec
to take in washing.
1t is rumored that the New York Her
aid intends Withdrawing from the Asso
ciated Press and relying upon arrange
ments OF its own for securing the new
of the country. a,#s
1t has been observed that the best mil
liners in London are French, and the bes
tailors in Paris are Englishmeu. Worth
the great milliner in Paris,is also an En-
glishman. @ 35
A resident of Dayton, Ohio, who dis
appeared in the winter, and was give
up as murdered, has just returned hom
and refuses to reply 10 any questions a
to where he has been.
When any of the royal family of Tul
key is ailing the doctor is walked in ant
cheerMlly informed that if he doesn'
cure the patient he'll be chopped int
hash in York minute. 3
Topeka, Kansas, refused to pay til
cigar and livery bills of its Mayor, and
of course, he resigned and let them pu
in mudsill who hasn't any style abou
him.-Detrett Free Press. -
A newspaper reporter in Arkansas
who was sentenced to the State priso
for horse stealing, applied to his employ
ers 'sto be continued on the journal q
Ipcnitentiary correspondent"
At recent sale in Zeiglersville, Berk
County. Pa, wagon was sold that hat
been standing long enough in one plac
to permit walnut tree about five inche
in diameter to grow up through the be
Of the wagon.
At Ludlow, KY. jast opposite Cincir
natl, boy was killed last week Will
watching game of base bail. He stoo
too near the players in spite of all warn
ings; finally ball hit him in the ches
and he fell dead.
A stranger has been to Boston, ,and h
writes home to Washington thus: Thin
of hackman taking one in clean, CON
Portable carriage through the length G
the city, with baggage, for fifty cents
and no bargain made beforehand"
Battle often, but at proper times
never after meal or directly after vic
lent exercise.
The grasshoppers have devoured neal
|ly everything in Kansas. excepting th
politicians.
Favor exalts man above his equal:
but his dismissal fromihat favor place
him below them.
1t is proposed that men who are bald
headed have their monograms painte
on the bald spot.
1 In Missouri, after 1876, every vote
must be able to read and write. TIL
date for Florida is $780,
Trust him little who praises all; hil
less who censures all ,and him least VIII
lis indifferent about all.
Sugar heated to red white heat an
secluded from the air is converted into
sort of graphite of exceeding hardness
capable of scratching glass.
"Artaxerxes," observed Mr.. Marrov
..at, ''if You ever catch yourself workin
deep vein Of religious magnetism ,ha,
off quicker than lightning" '
Why should a man pay a thousan
dollars for ticket to 60 round the worI
when by just standing still the globe
self would take him the same distan'
for nothing?
!, Silks are, by some manufacturer
treated with a solution of acetate Of lei
10 increase their weight. Poisono,