The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-06-15

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Stilse and sMorse,1se.
Hush money: The wages paid q
baby's nurse:
If you wish to make drum stick set
it on the head of q tar barrel. i
There is nothing so effective in bring.
ing a man up the scratch as healthy
and high spirited flea.
The. one thing needful for the perfect
enjoyment Of love is confidence. Same
with hash and sausage. ssss.a 10
A divorced Lafayette, Indiana wife,
rather than give up the custody of her
child, swore that it was illegitimate.
- A nnluil IN brought homes dozen.
oranges and devoured them before his
wife. in revenge for something she had
said. At midnight he bad an attack Of
bilious eelie, and she chucked him under
the chin and remarked that she'd see
him in Texas before she would go for
doctor. 9eaQ 30 - SYs
The New York Tribune publishes the
names of Al first-class hotels in that city
which jeopardize the lives of their guests
by their fiimsy construction and theirli
ability to be destroyed at any moment by
fire. The authorities are looking after
these traps. Defective lues, wooden
mansard roofs and cornices abound.
| II certain Pennsylvanian had been
riding home from a profane entertain
ment last Sunday when he was struck by
lightning it would have been manifestly
a visitation of Providence, with moral;
but as he happened to be returning from
church, they don't mention the circum.
stance as pointing any particular moral.
Cattle and hog buyers, being good
Judges of the live weight of animals,
are constantly buying without weighing
and frequently make large sums by
farmers Understanding the weight Of
their stock Weigh all your animals
when you sell, and before you sell as
certain the true value at the time of sale.
He was lately asked by friend his
reasons for spending his bright morn.
ing hours in bed "Well," said the
sluggish gentleman, s'you know the old
Iproverb. Esthe early bird catches the
worm" "Yes," replied his friend,
s'but what has that to do with it2.--
swell, sir, don't want the worm; /
had one once" s q
"You may talk" says the Milwaukee
News, "about marrying an heiress, q
delicate human blossom, a fairy, an
angel, hut give US girl like Nancy
Terwilliger, of La Crosse, who ran out
of doors the other night, and straddling
q horse, yelled out: "Good night, old
man; I'm off for the spellin' match y"
s:Ish der some ledder here for me ?''
inquired German at the general de-
livery window of the postoffice Satur-
aeY shrii 6p qaaseh hafHsa iAs dEalE
ting his head into the window, "My
neighbor gets sometimes dree ledders
in one day, und L get none. / bays
more taxes as he does, und 1 haf never
got one ledder yet How comes dose
dings?" =
A lady was telling friend from tile
country of very grand party she had
given recently. ave had two generals,
one judge, popular author, and play
writer" YES" chimed in her wicked
son, "and there was deputy sheriff too,
who said he wanted to see dad, and they
went out before supper, and dad hasn't
come back yet" When that youth
went to school the next day with his
. head all tied up, he told the boys he
thad dreadful toothaehe.
Every February about eight thousand
straw hat-makers start from B lgium
and take up their quarters in suburb
of Paris and form little colony there,
Most are married, but all leave their
+ wives and children at home and live en-
gdrcon during their stay at Paris. AN
experienced man can make at leas,
eight francs q day, and, therefore, by
{ exercising a little economy, they can
easily save thirty francs week, OF
about five hundred francs during theil
four months stay. Bill!
: A writer in the St-Paul Press tells :
new story OF Horace Greeley Horace
. wrote note to brother editor in N9s
York, whose writing was equally iilagi
BILE with his own. The recipient OF th'
mote, not being able TO read it, sent j
back bv the same messenger to Mr.
Greeley for elucidatipn. Supposing i
+ to be the answer to his own note, Mr
n Greeley looked over it, but likewise wal
= unable to read it, and said to the boy
,aEsGo, take it hack. WHAT docs the foo
e mean r "Yes, sir said the boy, "tha
is just what he says"
The KIND OF LEAD IN PENCILS Th
"lead" in lead pencils is not lead at all
: though it is called ..latk lead" Tn
weight, if nothing else, tells you that
J, 1t is mineral, called graphite, (fron
), the Greek word to write, and is NOR
nearly related to coal than to lead. Yo
have learned that both coal and the dia
mond are forms of the element. carbon
: Graphite is still another shape in whicl
carbon is found; lit usually contains
worry little iron. Plumbago is anothe
! name for it 1t cannot be melted, bu
! at o very high heat vii. burn. The in
: kinds are very scarce.
le Some weeks ago Chicago .unbelievt
d offered reward Of $50, 900 to the part,
g clergyman or layinan, who would prov
/. incontrovertihly, the divine inspiratio
IS of the Bible His challenge was II
4 dressed, wo believe, in The FIRST place,
4. members OF the Reformed Episcop,
10 Church; but lattelly IL became q gener'
10 challenge to the whole Christian Churcl
lie Nobody seemed to accept the challene
in Chicago, and now DR. o. A. Burgess
President Of the Western Christia
University at Indianapolis, has take
up the gauntlet and announces himse
d. ready to 60 into the defense The pri
of victory is certainly an inducemc
to the Doctor to ransack the hbrari
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