The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-11-21
Sense and snnpse,lse.

The Indianapolis News has this omin-.
ons information for Kentucky blacks
"1'he loo medical colleges began Their
fat session Wednesday, "-Louisriite
Courier Journal - i4tssoa''ss ssaa
Five Of the foreign commissioners to
the Centennial are already engaged to
Philadelphia ladies'. And yet some en'
vious newspapers say the exhibition is
not success !--Norristo,cn Herald
Every infant can say, "no" several
months before il can say "yes SCI
entifc Americdn 1t should be remem
bered, though. that infants are not in
yited to "take something = Camden
Post
What an unsatisfying world this is
1t no sooner gets cool enough so that o
fellow can wear the same paper collar
all day than the women begin to talk
about getting that parlor stove up
Rome Sentinel m H
Watermelons were hawked through
the streets of New York, Wednesday
at the low rate of ten cents each. NJ
man can afford to be we'll when he car
buy watermelons as cheap as that -Ro
chester Democrat
We are much Obliged to s,me folks
for seven pound copy of The Report
Of Select Committee to inquire into
the Mississippi Election" People who
have got copies Of similar works tc
spare had better keep away from this
office if they don't want to get hurt -
Danbury Ne,cs. &
This is the delicious season when the
golden sunshine sleeps in the meshes O
the autumn haze: when the merry you'll
and maiden bic them away to the gor
geously apparelled woods and ea
enough chestnut worms in one morning
to keep Aock of yellow hammers for {
week Brooklyn Argus, y. ,.~H...,..
We nog have the fall of tho autumn
leaf Also the fall of the man who step.
on it on the wet pavement. A leaf nc
longer than ten cent note will get un
der the heel of a man worth $2l3, ,00(
and make him sit down so suddenly
that the most practical eye can't tel
whether his hat or his collar button flew
the ,highest.-Eaton Free Press sel p
He leaned over the garden fence ant
remarked to aneighbor thai it was granC
at this season to watch the tender tint'
of natures robes, to listen to the diaps
son of the universe, and to yield ito iii
thrilling influence He would have sale
more, but just then his wife called GU
from the house that il he wanted those
pantaloons re-seatei he'd have to come
in and take them off and he was obi
ged to stop --Nerwich Bulletin.
Interesting experiments are being
made at the central telegraphie bureas
in Paris with q new apparatus for pro
ducing a fac-simile OF the writing anG
signature of an individual sending {
despatch The apparatus also produces
with great exactness, drawings of tn.
most complicated description. The in
ventor is Mr.. Lenoir. Some years age
similar trials were made with the inven
ton of Mr.. Caselli, but the results
were imperfect. I'm
Trials never come singly. 1t wa
only last week that we learned that tn,
coal supply would be exhausted in a lit
tie over nine million years, and nov
news comes that the planet Vulcan i!
lost. We can hardly think any ont
woul be mean enough to steal Vulcan
but the nights have been dark lately anC
there are a good many iramps about =
If Vulcan has fallen into the hands o
an honest person, it will probably be re
turned; but perhaps the best way woulo
be to offer a liberal reward and no ques
tions asked-Noracich Bulletin -st
Dr.. Christian Brown says that hydrat'
Of chloral is physiologieally the antag
onist of picrotoxine.-Neso York Tiib
snc. sa1 h-ei9ttA 'tf e9ei
Yes +! But, good gracious! what com
fort does that bring us as long as cottol
is down so low, and it takes twenty
yards Of calico to make US dress, ant
Ellie Perkins is still at urge, and DR.
Mary Walker pants for glory, ant
Bjorne Bjornestone won't simplify hi'
name? lzsasSs i7nlse ag saaigsR
1t is not so much to know where 70,
are going to stay at the Centennial q.
to where you can borrow good valist
before you start One Danbury MAJ
borrowed seven and 5ursted three O
them before he could get one to fit. anl
another Danburian fortunately possess
ing most desirable article has been 81
lucky as to succeed in lending it fou
times. 1t has got no handles. now, ant
is baldheaded where the lock should be
and has no lining to speak of, but b,
honestly believes he can work it through
once more.-Daabury NeUs. s
Somebody says: "Man is the onl,
animal that blows his nose. The alliga
tor has a nose nearly two feet long, ant
lie never blows it. The elephant Cal
reach over his nose and tickle his hint
legs, and he often does, but he ncse
blows it. The blue-nosed baboon ha,
q eerulean proboscis, of which the no
blest animal may feel proud, but it gne.
unblown. The double nose pointer ha,
immense capacity for blowing, but d,
never will, and the oyster, whose nos,
reaches Clear round to his back, retrain
from exercising it, Man alone has {,
reach to the height of a pocket hand
kerchief, and he proudly waves bis ban
danna as a sufficient evidence of his So
periority."y u 4 /
Sunday forenoon, while people wer
vending their way to church anirate ia
ther might have been seen leading
boy with fish pole on his shoulder, to
wards home. AS the front gate close,
behind father and son, the latter re
ceived several smart "cuffs" over tn
ears, while the parent was heard to say
"Fish right in sight Of folks goin', +
church, eh you young rascal, and onl
week after your, father and .mothe
jined the church. Take that You wick
ed Sabbath breaker--and in the futer
ever catch you disgracin' your parent
, by bobbin' for eels right in sight G
church-goin' foksso on Sunday forenoon
, when eels are thicker where folks can