The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-12-12
rue SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
raesday. December IL. 1876
,Sepse and Nnpsense.


A saying prevails in Turkey that 1t
takes two Turks to swindle Greek, two
Greeks to swindle Jew, and two Jews
10 swindle an Armenian.
A man OF sixty and woman OF fifty
eloped 10 North Carolina, not because
anyhody opposed their marriage, but
for the sake Of the romance.
q President White of Cornell Universi-
ty admits that the lady pupils average
ten per cent. better on the examination
papers than the young men.
The English are hurrying to Besika
Bav an overwhelming feet of iron clads.
When the pear is ripe, the telegraph
from London will tell the Admiral to
take possession Of ConstantinopIe.
A little girl, when asked ty her moth
or about suspicious bites In the sides Of
dozen apples, answered:
Perhaps, mother, they have been
frost bitten; it was SO cold last night"
Hereafter in Virginia there will be b.
.ennial instead Of annual sessions Of the
Legislature, and to vote. one must first
pay his poll tax. and il he steals ever 80
little and is convicted, he is disfranchis-
ed.
European paper makers are importing
the inner bark Of the great baobab tree,
from the fibre of which good paper lie
made The bark may be taken from the
tree once in eight years without injury
10 the tree.
Sarah Briggs (reading the police re-
port )-"Sakes alive! ! would no more
name child Alias than nothin' in the
world! They're sllurs cuttin' up some
caper. Here's alias Thompson, Alias
Williams. Alias the Night Hawk all
been took up for stealin'"
"What's your name ?" said an officer
TO young colored lad who had joined
his ship at the Cape. "Algo Bay, sir "
Where were you horn2" wasn't
born at ALL" wasn't born at all p
rho sir; was washed ashore in a storm"
One Of the Illinois Republicans who
Is at New Orleans talking about intimi.
dation is member Of firm which just
before election issned circular to its
hundreds OF employees warning them
that they we're expected. to vote for
HAYES.
An additional virtue is now attributed
TO clover-that Of destroying weeds
A thick stand of it, such as will grow
from twenty pounds OF seed to the acre,
on good land, will produce such q de.
gree OF shade ss to smother oil the an.
pual weeds, and free the ground to q
large extent from them.
The New York Times says that "the
assembling Of State Legislature under
the protection of United States troops
is not spectacle of which Americans
can be proud" This expression may
be only the result Of lucid interval on
the part Of the Times, yet it is . hope
ful sign that it is gradually regaining it's
health.
Many, even Catholics, are Of the opin.
ion that Cardinal Antonelli was priest
This is a mistake. He was Cardinal
Deacon, and never received Holy Orders
beyond Deaconate. But Of course, be
longing to the College of Cardinals, he
was eligible to the Papacy, for in case
of election he could be ordained priest.
consecrated Bishop, and then crowned
Pope-Catholic Colum6ion.
/, LAST April pair OF young horses ran
away in Green. r /, with the neck yoke
hanging between them. No one could
End them. The other day their skele
tons were found in wood seven miles
from where they started The bones,
harness, and neck yoke showed that they
were caught fast in the brush, and had
starved af,er eating everything within
their reach.
T., A pretty school marin of Wisconsin
county, TO prevent scholars from being
ssrdy, promised TO kiss tue first scholar
Who made bis appearance at the school
house. All went we'll for few days,
and the nineteen year-old boys. anxious
70 participate in this fun, actually got to
roosting on the fence all night in order
10 be at school the first in the morning
This became monotonous, and The ses-
cher gave the idea MP.
Agriculture, said Socrates. is an en-
ployment the most worthy the applica-
iion OF man; the most ancient and the
most suitable to his nature 1t is the
common nurse Of all persons in every
sge and condition OF life; 1t is the
source Of health, strength, llenty, and
sickness; and Of thousand sober de
lights and honest pleasures. 1t is the
mistress and school Of sobriety, temper
ance, justice, religion, and, 10 short, OF
al virtues, civil and military.
..George! Georger' said the wife Of
. Marietta street man the other night
waking him from his slumhers. "Whad-
der you want r he growled. "Oh. lis
ten, George! I'm sure ! hear some.
thing" "Lemme alone, Maria" "But
do hear something-l know | do
What does she sound like = "George.
ID sounds like watch ticking" "It's
she he'd licking responded the brute,
and then turned over and began to
snote Maria has gone home to her
mother r-Atldata Constitution.
The hens OF Iowa have gained lie
gal victory over the dogs. In Webster
county dog hahitusly invaded the
hencoop Of his masters neighbor, wor-
ried the hens. and fed on them. AS ht
was thus employed one dav the hens
awner shot him. The dog man then
sued the hen. man fcr damage, and the
defendant was given a verdict. That
decision has just been confirmed bv a
decision Of the Supreme Court. Over
81 900 was spent in the controversy.
and The value put on the dog was only
slo.
Watch tho Children'a Feel.