The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-01-15

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TABLE Of interest-The dinner table
ABEeoARIx Robbing pau
CURREET literature should be fun Of !
tart sayings
The law is not cheap, although it is
always had at cost
Tbs noi6iesl piece Of crockery is
The cup that cheers
TWILL be down presently, sir, as
the pill said to the patient
WHT ia it that murder win out p
Becanse blood viii tell.
PAPER cuffs are said to have origin
ated in newspaper attacks.
THE. lester 4 ia Ike boney-suckle
hshanse The 3 always follows It
In an Indian takes cold he is liable
to have the Wooping cough.
Ir Eve and a half yards make .
,pereh. how many VIII it take TO make
pickerel2
Why should . spider be a good base
ball player? Because he is a good
ny-catcher.
CHEAP happiness-G Going without
ones dinner 70 be happy when supper
time comes.
WHAT Is that which, when it Is
thrown oue you may catch without
s2 a hiiIt
ThERE 10 one thing that Is always
taken from rs before we get IT and
that is oar photograph,
A SOCIETY for. the promotion Of
meditation, has a rule that whoever
the damages.
Az idle aehool-boy has discovered
that bis dilapidated shoe Was like the
ancient Greece because it had sole
On (S0lon).
IK drawing lets for men TO go on a
syFolf hunt ia Lower Canada lately, .
man named T0othacre was extracted
rnn The bDsom of his family.
= Coa1n now aaId a street urchin to
compaei0n-Acem now wouldn't
De 70 mean asto steal pennies, If / was
yeu. You don't want TO 20 TO the
neNn ztantiergs do you Z"
AFFEcrIoNATE MoTHER-n1fy son,
come, take this powder, that's dear ?
1hlel.igenf boy Powder, mamma !
What do you want to charge me with
powder for / amt q gum"
WOULD it be considered personal or
sarcastic, on seeing man struggling
with e tough beef-ste4k, to suggest 10
him that he would do well to tnrn his
attention to Chaucer.
An old lady from the country, with
six Unmarried daughters, went to Au-
gustas Gar the other day, hunting for
the patrons OF husbandry. She meant
business.
CALIFORNIA agricuiturisks are going
largely into ginger. They haven't got
much beyond the first syllable yet,
but hope to do SO when their plants
germinata.
TEE fallying cry in Kansas, upon
which newspapers of divers views are
Unanimous Is: f11et no man be elected
to Office who owes over five years
subscription to local paper.
A fellow, who has some ssmnsic In
his soul, p says that the most cheerful
ana soothing of all freside melodies
are the blended tones Of q cricket, a
tea kettle, 8 loving wife and croWning
baby.
"a WEsTBRE paper, describing sn
accident says: g DIR. Crawford was
called, and, under his prompt and
akilIfal treatment, the young man died
on Wednesday.
In letter to a friend, young lady
Of Illinois states that she is not engag-
ed, but she sees a cloud above the
horizon. about as large as q mans
hand.
IF young man wants to be success
fui in his WO0ing when he goes to see
hts sweetheart he should carry affec-
stiOn IA his heart, perfection in his
manners. and confection in his pock-
cts,
a LITTLE boy recently asked his
mother what blood relations meant.
She explained that it meant near re-
latfons, etc. After thinkinga a moment
the boy replied, sThen, mother, you
mnat be the bloodiest relation I've
got"
a WOMAN il California recently ap-
piled for divorce on the ground of
inc0mpatibiiisy of temperament on
the part of her husbands relatives
The judge thought that would be snf-
feient eauee If the husbands relatives
came to the house more than once 3
week be
A GEORGIA paper recently contained
the following item in its society Cos
sip: The amiable and delicious
Miss B., whose charms of mind
and person have turned the heads of
eur gallants, now does her hair in
braids, and pafronizss this paper ex-
clusiyelY : in her personal make-up."
UNLESS you give me aid, said a
beggar to benevolent lady, 81 am
afraid shall have to resort to some
thing which ] greatly dislike to do"
The lady handed him dollar, and
compassionately asked, aWhat is it,
poor man, that have saved You from r.
Work, was the mournfuI answer.
THE total cost Of all the raiI-roads
in the United States is thirty-one
hundred and sixty millions OF dollars
and the average amount of dividends
On this SUM IL barely two per cent
total number of miles of railroad
is ffty-seven theusand three hundred
and fifty-three.
a tall Yankee, standing six feet
three inches ia bis stockings, was sud
denly attacked with symptoms of q
fever. Having violent pain in his
head, his wife, to afford him relief
was about to apply draughts to his
feet. when he asked