The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-04-27
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Civilization slowly but certainly ele
Yates the mean duration Of human life
As many live now to seventy as lived
to forty.thrce three hundred years ago.
Bancroft, the historian, says that the
Western Reserve of Ohio contains a
more intelligent population than any
other territory of the same extent ans
where in the world.
Colonel Powell. Of Mississippi, left a
note at his bedside which read "If it
is possible for man TO commit suicide
and be rational at the same time, that
man is John NJ. Powell" {"
The Rev David Swing has at last
been fually disposed of by the Chicago
presbytery. They lad meeting on
Tuesday last, and after very solemn
and deliberate discussion, decided that lie
was never dismissed" from that body.
but simply "dropped."
A Milwaukee chap kissed his ghl
about forty times right straight along,
and when he stopped the tears came
into her eyes and she said in sad tone
of voice: "Ah! John, l fear you have
ceased to love me-" "No / haven't =
replied John, "but must breathe."la5
As matter Of curiosity, we should
like the chief of the bureau of moral
and religious repairs for the Executive
Department-to- wit, the Rev. DR.. New.
man-to give us his opinion Of q man
who would beat his way around The
world. and take s13, 900 year OF. the
peoples money for doing it.-Bostoa
NeWs. -,<,
Florentino, Parisian musjcaI critic,
was hlnekballed by the Society Of "Men
of Letters" and determined to call tSht
every member Of the Society in alpha,
betical order He commenced with
! Amedee Archard, and perforated him,
and was going for the next when the
police appeared on the scene and he was
imprisoned. Si2f.2 i'"s 'j'-s i. ~ ~
Mrs. NJ. II. Burnham's notion Of 9
spring hat: at won't make much dill.
erence, this weather, whether one has D
nice spring hat or poor one. A little
flannel hood lined with camphor and
trimmed about the ears with roasted
onions for the ear-ache, and rugged with
American mustari.leaves for face trim
ming, will suit our neuralgia condition
best" as - ' ls...l'5 .'Ns'' .''''''
There is but one years difference be.
tween the ages Of Henry Clay, when hi
run as as the Whig candidate for Presi
dent Of the United States in 1874
against James X Polk, Of Tennessee
and William Allen. whom the Demo
Gratis propose to elect Governor Of Ohio
and it may be President Of the United
States. He j. only about ten year.
younger than the late Republican Gov
ernor. General Dix. of New York.
For, the FIRST time in twenty year,
Mrs. Thompson, Of New York, scrubbed
out the City Hall Twenty years age
she married q man who became a mill.
ionaire, took the contract, before ths
war, to supply A: I. Stewart marble fol
his new residence, was ruined in trying
to live up to it (when . slight sacrifc,
by the merchant-prince would hav,
saved him J, and died an insane pauper
leaving his wife to resume the scrubbinl
business where she left of. 90
The inmates of the Hotel des Inya
lides, Paris, now number $50. but thil
figure is diminishing rapidly, as deatf
is making great havoc in the ranks. Q
the veterans, and the new appointment!
do not equal the vacancies from tina
csuse No less than seventeen suryi
vors of the Grand Army died within thl
last few weeks. The number who wori
the medal Of st. Helena was thirty y-si,
at the commencement OF the winter, bu
] only nineteen now remain.
] 1t is said of the venerable Charlie
i Tappan, of Boston, Who died lately q
Washington, that when little boy il
northampton he was playing one da.
in the street with neighbours son, AM
a sixpenny piece was found in the dust
The boys quarreled about the owner
ship Of the coin; but Young Tappal
held it, and the other boy gave in. Sew
enty years afterward be encountered hi
playmate, old and poor, in Pittsfeld
and paid him the sixpcnce with the &C
crued interest. -78 i
i The Shanghai Gazette, alluding +
J the death of the late Emperor of Chins
! conveys the information that shortl
before the Emperor's death giganti
image, the goddess OF smallpox. wa
Iparaded round the City of Pekin i
solemn procession, and then taken int
the very bedroom Of the dying you'll
where it was worshiped and honore
with many propitiatory offerings. Al
however, the goddess continued obdr
rate, she was subjected to a sever
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