The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-06-13
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WASIfHaiy.
Wipe off the name of James G.. Blaine
from the political states. He is out OF
the field, broken down by the revelation
Of his own corruption. ~ Y. Sun
There was mo House, in the British
House of Commons on May 19-that is,
there were not forty members present to
constitute a House. This has no. oc
Cured since April 4, 1865 sys
The Statesville IN. G J American tells
OF Q minister of the gospel who has in
the past seven years ofiiciated at the
marriage of eighty-five couples, and has
been the recipient of less than $50. 9
Henry Wellman,. rider il d circus,
crnelly whipped his horse in Great Bar
|rington, Mass, because it would not
readily learn a trick. He was sent. to
'jail for six months.
] A ventriloquist fell overheard and
was drowned in Lake Erie the other
day. When the cry Of "Help, help
came from under the guards, the deck
hands said he ''couldn't fool them," and
went right along with their work.
The choice of General Fitzhugh Lee
as Delegate at Large from Virginia to
the Democratic National Convention is
a welcome earnest that the spirit which
was awakened by his presence in Bos,
ton on the 17th of June last will per-
wade the gathering at St. Louis.
Mrs, Bristow, according to Wash.
ington correspondent, holds up her head
proudly when she says, 1.-The record of
my husband is open, and no one can
find single stain; they must manufac-
ture any evil stories which they tell OF
him." l-s
Good work so far. Babcock. Schenck,
Belknap, Blaine, Ro5eson. The Wash
ington Ring exposed, the Whisky Rings
broken up, and public thieves generally
trembling in their shoes. But there is
yet work left for honest men in drag
ging knaves to the light-N. r Sun.
Thomas P. Dillon's trial, on charge
of murder, in Lexington, KY. was pc
culiar. He had fred at man in q street
fight, aud the badly aimed bullet had
killed a baby in house near by. He
was acquitted, although the law plainly
made him guilty.
A country newspaper in Connecticut
says: 9Th. Williams, who usually sets
ten acres of tobacco plants, will this
year put out cabbages instead" Con-
sumers Of Connecticut tobacco will ex-
pect to smoke Mr.. Williams crop just
the same.
Ira Fancher of Sandy Hill, N J., who
has fifteen times predicted the end of
the world, is now sure, beyond parad-
venture, that the end will come before
or on July 4 next. The verse in Isaiah,
G. Enr t6A child shall. die = :. l..... S-.ts
years old," !" Is the basis of his calcula
tions.
Prof. Max Muller has entered upon
his duties as editor ofithe Sacred Books
of the East. The time employed in the
work, the London Academy says, will
be eighty years, the whole series being
completed in twenty-four volumes, three
of which it is expected will be issued
each year.
Who reads newspapers asks the
Courier-J ournal. First Citizen They
say that Theodore Tilton was actually
intoxicated the other night in Ohio,
when he got up to lecture! Second Cit
izen-So hear. Do you know, I've
never yet been able to make up my mind
whether that man was guilty or not?
They sat in the parlor and he squeez
ed her hand. "Oh, would this hand
were. mine," he sighed. "WhyY" she
simpered. because if it was mine /
could knock bullock down with it bet
ter than with sledge hammer" The
last seen of that young man, he was
trying to climb on the top of the house
by means of the water spout. 5Je
A member of the Connecticut Legis
lature opposed an adjournment Of that
body from Saturday to Wednesday be
cause of Decoration Day, in a speech
in which he feelingly said 81 do not
want myself on this day to have brought
up the memory of my brother-my
wife's brother-who went to the war
and was shot down." e
The Panama Star reports remarka-
BILE case Of sudden loss Of speech which
occurred to a sailor on the British man.
of.war Repulse in the port Of Panama.
HeEwa, polishing his shoes one Sunday
morning before church, and joking,
when suddenly all power of articulation
left him, and he is now only able to ut.
ter cultural and unmeaning sounds.
The prevalence of lynching in Texas
lis astonishing. The Galveston News
gives the particulars of seventeen in.
stances occurring within two months =
Most of the victims were horse stealers
and stage robbers, The San Antonio
Herald says that in no other way, in the
absence of enforced laws, could the
lives and property of respectable citi
zens be protected.
The revenues of the Government arr
falling of enormously, and the expen
ditures must be reduced. The Senators
| who resist the retrenchment measures
passed by the House of Representative
will be held to q rigorous account BY
the people Tnis is something which
ought not to be forgotten in these time
of national conventions and Presiden
tial nominations.-N. Y. Sun.
A woe-stricken Mexican marched int
a pawnbroker's shop at Silver City
New Mexico, and while mournfully de
failing how he had been robbed of ever.
blessed cent by highwaymen, took from
the counter the hat Of the proprieto
and twirled it on his fist. CONCLUDING
his recital he asked loan of six bits O.
the hat, which was duly ticketed an
slowed away. 1t was not until closin
up time that the broker discovered tb
trick of the man who had fallen anon
thieves.
4 Jean Paul said: '.Play is the child
first poetry" 1t was wise and poet
J saying Of q poet. But Froebel, tt
Kindergarten, was not a poet, but
schoolmaster and a philosopher. H
n went deeper, and said the suprem
word about play when he called it tt