The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-01-25
NUMBER49.
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reasonable hope Of astainiug bis faal
growth yet. 8 10 -: sss.s,s,'
,sCan't yon square your billsto: :dsy;'ss.
asked a bar tender in a Galveston ga
loon Il 1 fx the slate," the customer
rejoined; and be sent bullet through
t. That's how your high slrnng Texaneg
.sshoots the slate !" -
Hewzsre. We. SrnitIf.' y said Jones ----'--
Smith pretended not to know him, and
answered dahesitatinglys: ssSlr you have
the advantage oflme. dess \ suppose
50 Everybody has that got common :
sense" gass gaf1 ifs5s - .3sls ksfA
When Kentucky wife presented her
husband with $4,000 as Christmas gift,
he went right off and paid his saloon
bills and bought drove of dogs, and
said she was the best wife in the world.g
Detroit Free Press.
An Americanized citizen was. called :.
on as witness in case before one of
the justices, lately, and when the oath.
was administered he raised both hands
and said II shall spoke holdings what
amt drew, if ever / hope to die so ala
quick as minutem
AT Hawkinsville, Ca, recently, one1o
the two convicts in the Pulaski county d.
ijail tore out part Of the wall and es-s,i,
capped, and the other complained bitterly
next day to the Sheriff that unless the q
walls were mended so that he would be
kept warm he'd go too. ~. s, ,.,-:,,.
A few days sincea man convicted, Of
drunkenness stood up before His Hon. !
or at the Police Court, and His Hoh0fe a.
said, in his slow, solemn way, "I'll give
j You $40 or thirty days" ossWell, III
4 take tue Sl0y squire" said the 9fellowJ'si
4 This from the letter ofea' recent setssw
tier in Nebraska :leWearea burning cornin
in our cook stove. and itlmakes the best sa
! fuel ever used for a quick, hot fire. /
pay eighteen cents for seventy spoundss
, and think it fully as cheap as hardwood II
at six; dollars cord. =, ,-ss,fas..a 49,,
,iI A simple looking country lad, to
whose lot fell the leading questions in
the catechjstn, "What is your name 2"
replied, "Carrots!1 q.'Who gave YOU .
. that namel" sAll the boys in the par
: ish, sir" whiningly replied the redshGf
!, Led urchinse7sge5 81 bs9rfoz resG syssi
IF Thirteen of the great idistillers q eal
r Chieago having pleaded guilty, another i
victory is scored tor Secretary Bristow
| in his whisky war. Six new indictments
L at Milwaukee Indicate the further prog
ress of the campaign. This is moiieie 6
e profitable work than making speeches.
Il There is saidto be living in the neigli-.
: lborhnod Of Wilkesbarte. PeBpsy ylvanias Z
an American family with three chil,lren
e speaking some kind of gibberish pecu-
= liarly their own, which, although we'll
e understood by the little ones, is unintel
! lligible to the parents The children
Il have been separated in order to have
d them learn English. ~.
: Ben, Hill is q jurist, orator and states
= man, who is popular beyond parallel IN
'e Georgia He stands about fve feet. ten,
$ Is of broad and strong frame, has
y brown beard, cut short and streaked
:, with grayznIn form and dress he would
= be taken for an old farmer In manner
'A and expression he looks like Judge;
- - Strong, big, his kindly features are
;s ;s lighted up with grave, large, brown
- eyes, ard his mouth and jaws suggest .
.. firmness and seif-reliance that distin-S
o'f guis'si Sim from the common herd Of
y men at onee.9sEla- sis13ems4 sri. asaeoa'
hel FuiW lGlapp iofI the M Massachusetts
ar Legislature, has refused q railroad pass
"A Il helieye."' he says, 'ithat no member.
of the, Legislature can receive favors or
= this Kind Consistently With fis duty to-
! his constituents and the respect which,
he owes to himself. -Four other mem.
ce bers have also returned passes, but there
hg are 276 to hear from.ass12ao9 ga GiGsf i
oh Two Arctic expeditions are promisedr
,er alreadythis yeargo Tue British Admie'
M. rally have made arrangements with Mr.i
ma Allen Young to communicate with the
VOL entrance of Smiths Sound next Sum
,el. lmer, in hope Of obtaining some infor--
no NATION Of the proceedings of the'absent
explorers. A. Russian capitalist has
no subscribed $4,000 ronhles toward the
) cost of starting Prof. NordeIskjold on
Jed another trip to the extreme North fpr
asr the purpose of ascertaining if there is o
= ldrect Communication between Behring 9
full Bay and tlse seas north Of sRassia.s s''f
o g 4. =
rit Scene at Brooklyn wedding break,
lyaLfast. Company all seated about. the Ia.
afaa ble9RA pause in the general CONVERSE
,ellE Etiead oHappy husband. 10 his wife's sew
to hen-year- old, sister at, the other end pf
en.ithe reom well, julio, you have new
teribrother now Julie: Yes, but mother
w. sal to papa the other day that she vas
rth1 afrai,i you would never amountto much,
ian but.tLat it seemed to be Sarah's last
rtll chance Intense. silence for moment,
ith followed BY rapid play Of knives and
are forks.
eg Msjnr General Uehatius, the Inventor
lin, OF the new Austrian gun. has also H.
notl vented a new projectile. (which has been
,py tried with such favorable results that u
r will probably be adopted for, use in The
Austrian artillery. ltconsists Of cas-
o iron shell, about eleven millmetras in
ava diameter, inclosing twelve rings and 8
he center piece all lifting into each other
his but easily detachable Both the shel
and the rings are ,conical in shape, anC
law each ring is divided into ten sections, Sc
cry that when the shell explodes, besides tn
si fragments of the outer case, one hun
;, If dred and twenty iron balls. represent
n ing the seetionsl of the rings, are sen
in flying in, all directions. ~, r
get Most of us here heard the story {
7'F the traveller in the Keystone State, who
TO ta:rying At sn ina in o hamlet which hs
= ~ now grown 70 he a, great. aud prospe
Gus city, called for glass OF water, an
: go found the liquid covered by thin Goa
t Of ing OF some oleaginous substance pot
the seesing the oder and flavor of creosot
T the He ''prospecled the neighborhood; /
the bored for the oil which he suspected
be latent beneath the rocky surface
fK due time unctnous cascades sprang lii
ira the Grandes Faux of Versailles fro
we the soil and the traveller, having jud