The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-02
NUMBER BE 2.
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io'Oito shoo ntf iitdl is &ll OlQ maiQ.s-
No blood-shed as yet.
1t rarely happens that death occurs
at funeral. Mr. Symonds of Sapgus,
Mass, was seized with apoplexy. while
attending the funeral of friend, and
died instantly. He had celebrated the
fortieth anniversary of his wedding the
night previous. a ~
A very flexible temperance pledge is
this, which is circulated among Boston
fashionable ladies': 81 promise that no
intoxicating liquor shall be used in this
house for cooking purposes, and IN
sickness, it shall be given conscientious
ly."
1t is said that sometime during the
present year party of one hundred
Engllshmen is coming over TO this.
country on grand buffalo hunt. list!
'Ush! ARK -
The 'orn of the 'unter is card on the
ILL.,
Mrs. Dale, of Detroit, held a hot
buckwheat cake over her husbands
countenance for several minutes be-.
cause he expressed his disapproval Of
Tree love doctrines "Tbis family must
be run on an unsectarian basis" said
Mrs. D.
A clergyman in Iowa stood in his
door and warned donation party that
the first one who entered his gate would
be dead man. He said it was bad
enough to take half his pay in beans.
without having his house destroyed
Detroit Free Press.
Francis Guerin found diamond vaf.
ued at 100000 francs in an abandoned.
mine at Devils Table, in Africa, and
has taken it to Paris. At present no.
body has purchased it, or even signi6ed
desire to do so. Hotel clerks are be-
coming economical. - i5
Anybody who wants a young. Englisll-
man who parts his hair In the middle,
can get one in Greece cheap. He is'
held by Greek brigands, who only ask
twelve shillings for him. At last &C
counts there were no takers at those
figures. Persons who are waiting to
get one for cent may slip up. a'9s
Apology was The greatest winner on
the English turf last year, being credi-
ted with G12,S50, while George Fred
erick and Atlantic, who came next, won
for their owners SCOTS and f5, ,625 re-
ispectively. Adventure heads the list of
winning sires with Ell, ,000, followed by
Blair Athol with fls.eOO.
The dishrag plant is Texas produc-
ton. Its fruit grows to considerable
size, and is shaped Ike a cucumber.-.
When dry the ontside covering is. re,
moved and the heart, which has certair,
! spongelike qualities, is used for the pur-
,, pose indicated by the name given to the
plant ~
81 hadn't a chance like some boys,n
, remarked man in street car, as he
, squirted tobacco juice over the straw !;
"my father was too poor to give me an
education" .'But if had been he,"'
replied lady, as she gathered up her
skirts, 'I'd have given you manners or
, broken my neck trying to !'' i.
A APoughkeepsie parent lately induced
croupv youngster to make quite q
e hearty meal of buckwheat cakes and
2 ''maple molasses," but the latter proved
to be nice syrup of squills. The boy
said he thought something allied the mo-
lasses the very minute his father told
him to eat all he wanted. s..s....5
, Only woman's hair! Who has not,
some time in his life, picked such gol-
den thread from his best coat collar, and
felt his heart beat the quicker for it p
= Or gazed upon tress laid away in
some nook, and not felt the influence of
! tender memoriesi Only a woman's
hair and yet we don't like it in d bis
> cult. - 73,I 4A3l.
q When q Detroit boy is out until half
i past ten o'clock in the evening, and the
! father says to him: '.Boy,the first thing
i in the morning I'll settle this with you!"
that boy arises a. daylight, seeks the
! buck saw and wood pile, and he never
lets up for moment until after his fa-
!. tner has eaten his breakfast and left the
y house. ids .a.g q,
+ The Remington Gun Works, at llion
: New York, are employing 1000 men
+ night and day, upon contract for 500,
600 breech-loading rifles for the Span
v ish Government. Between 1900 AM
!; 5000 finished rifles sre shipped PEI
!; week. The Providence Tool Company
- of Providence, Rhode Island, are nov
;s at work on contract for 100000 Pea
body Marsimi rifles for the Turkisl
Government, and are turning out abo1
RS 600 of them daily
" A New Haven clergyman lately re
ceived present of horse from
friend in New York, the donor eayins
the animal was too slow for his us,
and would, he thought, jast suit hi
clerical fiiend- The clergyman droy
is out one day and was much startled t,
70 find the horse an exceptionally fleet one
% The New York man explained that h
? bought the animal for a fast one, bu
was sick of him when he found he coul
q only make 2 :45. sn
lie Ye men of gloom and austerity, VIII
V, paint the face of Infinite Benevolenc
r. with an eternal frown, read in the ever
i'd lasting book, wide open to your view
TT the lesson it would teach. Its picture
are not in black and sombre hues, bu
,e bright and glowing tints; its music
he save when We drown it. is not in sigh
he and groans, but songs and cheerfr
Il sounds. Listen to the million voices i
De the summer air, and find one dismal q
id your own.-Dickens.
u The Republic of San Marino-a it'll
u spot few square miles around in th
IS center of the Italian Kingdom-has e,
listed longer than any other Republi
lie that ever existed without change. 1t
On governed by two Regent Captains, wh
Is. change off on the 1st of April ana 1.
a of October, on the six months term
irl and has no public debt-not 4 speek-
IN the only Republic that can say as mucl
| a The population Is 1876 souls, aud I'll
nd army numbers $50 men, ali told i
to total expenses for the seven years fro
m 1865 TO 1872, were only l0a,683 franc
or under $4,000