The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-10-10
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Advice to- young men about 10 settle
iown-settle up fist L..
A man once objected TO sleeping on 81
straw bed because, he said, it wss be-
1eathfhim.a 'dt 10 gt9T EGa IN IL.
II think L will have autumn leaves on
ny new hat" says she, I'm glad of
t." says he, .for the autumn leaves are
falling" y sih3 " ''' - I"d sdR q
''What is the worst side of naval war
fare?" asked school teacher,i .HThe
replied the hoy in, the back
seat. He went up head.
"You write for money, hut I write for
honor, exclaimed an author in the fury
of dispute with another author. ''Ahi!
each writes for what he most needs" re
piled his companion.
At Niagara Falls, the other day, some
one threw goose into the river, from
the bridge leading from the main land
to Bath Island. The fowl made the de-
cent of the cataract in safety, and was
subsequently, secured, uninjured, by a
terryman in the river below. 'H.'t .''''t
Girls, don't flirt; there Is untold dan.
ger in it. Your father may be lurking
behind distant tree box, watching you,
or your big brother may come unex-
pectedly lunging from behind the blinds
of sample room just as the fun is
growing furious,-Bvrlington Hawkeye;
A gilt edged and superhne young man
stepped into BARRIERS shop the other
day to get shaved The knight Of the
razor eyed him quizzically for mo-
ment, and then remarked: "You must
either take, down, that shirt collar, or
wait for a shave till / can borrow step
ladderinGlh II '-3I9iai ai SaG17'a0{
A fashion exchange says that ''here.
after belts will be dispensed with in la
dies costumes" "A belt is a great aid
in defning g the waist, but around here,
if they have got to be given up, every
young man will try to put his arm in
the right place the first time, even if the
night is dark. ''' ~ 7''''f ''.t' - !
In town in Massachusetts there are
three churches, the minister of each OF
which rejoices in the name of Wright,
One lives in the upper part Of the town,
one in the lower, and the the third at
the mills; so the people haxel dubbed
them as "Upwrght d't'Downrightnr and
"Millwright"
The Italian Government has resolved
to abolish the religious element in the
forms heretofore in u e in administering
oaths. There is to be no such invoca
tion of the Deity as, $50 help me God"
or "In the presence Of the everything
God" 1t is simply 81 swear" and the
usual penalties are retained for perjury
"A teacher asked one, of his pupils
who sat at the extreme end of the bench
where, the sun. struck with full force
nearly all the afternoon, what business
he'd like to follow when he grew up to
bela man swell, ,",said, the lad, ll.,pop
wants, me to be lawyer, but ], I,guess il
I've got to. sit in the sun all my life, I'd
rather drive an ice cart: u - ~ ''4''
He. was fond , of getting up little
shocks for his friends, and this was one
II would have been left all alone over
night at that out of the II way station il
Ihad not been lucky enough to catch
that train p, Fortunate, wasn't, it ?"-
"Yes; did you have to run very hard to
get it3" dOh, no = I sat there fifteen
minutes before it came along" 1891 ai
Tommy is fond . Of sugar, gar and asks
his mother for some to eat9 with his
strawberries She refusess1oH He appears
resigned, but adds grayely: aYou know,
mamma, what happened round the cor
ner? There was little boy, and his
mother would not give him any sugar
on his strawberries and sAnd-h.2''
"Andnext day he fell into well,"i, ri
"A farmer residing near Newcastle
Pennsylvania, Il recently discovered a
number of boys helping themselves to
apples in his orchard. He Immediately
loosed large bull dog and set the brute
after the boys. The savage animal
caught one sofdthe youths BY tie throat
and in mcment1 tore out the boys
uindpipe and severed the jugular vein
causing death in few minutes. :.
When O. Boston girl gets miffed at hel
husband she says; ''Base tyrant, l shal
leave thee and fly to my parental
home."e When a aWestern girl becomes
similarly affected she simply remarks
"Old man, LIN going to getyup and git
aud if you, don't like it, just climb uI
on your eye -brows, and see if you car
stop me. e."-New York Dispatch. -,
As Mr. aOldfasbion,s children wergt Rergt
,rolickino wb;le ,be;rifstbeT ;ndnjaed ir
his Snndsv nan, Incie pier sngussted
.Chatlev your, father. wants tn ssleen
and Won had better Keen Gnie,n . NV,
looked ont for tbat.a repIied voun.
hopeful al thouabt oerbans we shouls
be einoisY, and 1 went in and stuffed, iii
ears with cotton while he was asleep,
And he went on with his skylarking.
Jobn Wsj ,am;ro Of Rochester NOR
r;ed ofter s;xtv yeor. nf s;nalo l;fa n
haS r;cid ;dess - ooonomv 90 sho ~,
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