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

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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
'Grace before meat as the young
lady remarked when she laced herself so
tightsshe couldn't swallow. fs
To get up handkerchief firtation:
Rule first--Get two handkerchiefs and
two fools. Want the other FIVE rulesp
A china set may uontain seventy pie
ces or only forty, just according to the
sort Of hired girl you have around the
house.
A little boy had been sent to dry
towel before the nursery fire. "Mam-
ma, is it done when it Is brown2" he in
quired. IS i'''ss
They say it is dangerous to 60 into
the water after hearty meal. But who
expects to find hearty meal in the wa
ter2 = aoe ips
A Centennial check on horse-car con-
ductors is regulation requiring con-
ductor to fire off Chinese fire-cracker
every time he collects fare. This
must be done in the presence of the
passenger.
A torrespon lent asks us what portion
OF the ear is called the "lobe." 1t is the
portion which your parent used to firmly
grasp when he led you gently out to gaze
upon the handsome proportions of the
neglected wood pile.-Rockland Couri-
er.
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It's perfectly absurd to talk about a
woman's being qualified to fill every po
sition in life that man fills For instance,
what woman could lounge all day around
the stove in country grocery and lie
abrut the number of fishes she caught
last SUMMER d'<a. e9NlfoI
Children mast have love inside the
house and fresh air, and good play and
some good companionship outside-oth-
erwise young life runs the greatest dan
ger in the world of witbering or grow
ing stunted, or at hest prematurely old
and turned inward on ITSELF a7.'
The trosseau for Miss May, who is to
matry James Gordon Bennett, has ar
rived from Europe. where it was selected
at an expense Of $4,000, according to
the gossips 1t is said to be the most
beautiful and elaborate ever prepared
for an American lady.
The biggest fool in America lives here
now. He told ansIrishman on the leYee
Yesterday that he ;could whip his weight
in wild CATS" and when the Irishman
got done wiping up the wharf with him
he looked like an old floor mop badly
worn out When there amt no wild
cats around an Irishman will do.-Cour-
ier- Journal. t,.s
ScENE-The fish market in Paris. A
lady appears accompanied by a lovely
girl. "How much for that2 ?" 80, what
a sweet little angel of q child 1t is thir-
Tty sous, madame. 0. the darling! Let
me embrace il! The living image Of its
mother!' Thirty sous ?, / will give
you twenty" "Twenty2 Get out Of
that with your little baboon!"
Christmas morning they stood before
the altar, and the music of the marriage
bells was sweeter to them than the music
Of the spheres Christmas morning, four
years later, a bald-headed man jumped
out of bed, half-distracted, and wanted
to know why his wife was such an infer
nal fool as to put Christmas horn in
that boys stocking Brooklyn Argus
A few days ago, as President Chad
bourne, Of Williams Cullege, during a
lecture, was telling the freshman cIass
that the notion of allowing girls to enter
the college for the sake of their good in
1uence on the boys was not as sound as
it might be. a freshman raised his hand
and eagerly inquired, "Don't you think
it would have good influence on the
young ladiesP' 9 adot ael.si oiior
A gentleman travelling through one of
the rural precincts of a county, few
days since, rode up to farm house, and
thus accosted a curly. headed urchin, who
was seated on the top of gate-post i:
"Bab, where's your paT' The young
ster replied "He is just gone down be-
yond the cowshed to bury our old dog
Towser. The old fol killed hisself a
barking at candidates for sheriff be you
one ?" = sii 500 go
A Whitehalier has invented fy-pro
tector for bald-headed men TO wear in
summer time. 1t consists of a close
fitting paper cap to be worn on the head
On the outside is coating of sticky
substance, and when fly lights on it it
| is "stuck" The beauty OF the thing
is," says the Times, of that burgh, "that
when the paper is thickly covered with
flies the wearer looks as if he had head
of beautiful black hair '' z
Tne new comedian was introduced to
matter-of fact party, y,and the latter said
cheerfuily: "Now,say something smart.
Really" said the low comedian, IL
can't. do it If were a ihule all you
would have to do would be to put in the
spurs AS it is, must do as Mr., Ba
Iaam did T" "How is that ~ promptly
said the matter-of-fact party. "My
FRIEND" said the low comedian, II must
let you speak for me-" tg--
1t is claimed that the first Sunday
School in Ohio was formed by Mis-.
Mary Lake, in the fort at Marietta, as
early as l79l. The fort was erected for
the protection of the early settlers. Du.
|ring the Indian war of 1871, several
families sought refuge within the, fort,
and in their children Mrs. Lake and heI
two sons found the material for sue
cessful Sunday School. 1t lasted fcul
years -Marietta Register. ..-.r,l, ......
II want you to play something brill
liant and dashing,1 said young Mr. Rp
meo to the organist arranging for the
music at his wedding; "none of thos.
old. die-away, worn-out things usually
lplayed." show would Beethoven
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