The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-09-05
Sense and Nnps!e,tse.

Sense and Nnusles,tse.
Happiness comes and goes like the
lowers of Spring; and boy no sooner
finds where the preserve jar is hidden
than his mother totes it away TO another
corner. .,,, $500
A new style of trowsers for boys has
been invented in Boston. The articles
have a copper seat, sheet iron knees,
rivited seams, and waterproof pockets
to hold broken eggs. eas rs
"Are you lost, my little fellowr ask
ed a gentleman of four-year-old on
Main street Saturday, "No," he sobbed
in reply, "b-but m-my mother is. -
Rochester Union ~ A as
An exchange remarks that s'some peo-
pie are wholly unable to appreciate del
icate irony" We have observed this
ourselves, particularly in the case Of
washer women and shirt bosoms.
Everybody is anxious to be accoun-
ted rich by everybody else until the as
SCISSOR comes along. The celerity with
which he then transposes himself along
side the common laborer is miraculous
70 see.sais 80 ilualis az .,s..ss ~.
A printers devil propounds the fol-
lowing: "What is the difference between
a thirty-dollar-a-week position at the
case and the chief of5the Sioux 2"
Ans. some is bully sit and the
other is a Sitting Bull"
At the French Assembly, Z :15 p m.
Speaker (aside to member "For heav-
ems sake finish your speech! l give a
dinner party tonight Member (aside
to Speaker) 81 know it, Another time
you'll invite me-" - s -.
Circumstances alter cases." said q
lawyer to his client, after losing his
fourth lawsuit. Ceases alter circum.
Stances" savagely replied the CLIENT
"Dy your management of my cases my
circumstances have been nearly ruined.
Somebody gave Texsf detective q
portrait of Shakespeare, and told him II
was a picture Of horse thief for whose
arrest there had been a reward offered.
The detective has since scrutinized
strange faces closely, but has not ar.
rested anybody.
A live American potato bug has been
captured in Bremen. It took ocean
passage on some empty wool. sacks, and
is now kept as curiosity by the Bre.
men Police. Has no one suggested to
our country friends to turn their bugs
over to the Constables7 IS
A Chinaman in California, whose life
was insured for large amount, was Sc.
riously hurt by falling from wagon
There was some doubt Of his ever get
ting better, and at length one of his
friends wrote to the insurance company,
Charley half dead likee half money
Olive Logan warns the fashionable
women OF New York that they must bt
more temperate in their drinking, and
points to . certain .beautiful and capti
waiting woman who is now forced u
pass ner me ID . seques.eie', fesieasl
because OF ner dispos'uon 70 ge. oi
what is vulgarly termed 90 BENDER
A reyengeful youth the other day CAV,
il his opinion. that the reason why q bo,
don't love his elder sister Is because ey
ery time she expects her beau she cor
ners him ur with basin Of soap sud,
and scrubbinq brush. and goes through
him as though he had no more feeling
than an old brass kettle -Easton Fres
Press. af sss a g sidsr red
A ner,s;atent et,ort i, b.e;n .,; : made n 40
cure the division Of CaIifornia into twr
States. The proposed division is o,r
The line Of Santa Cruz Countv oiyins
| fourteen counties in the south for th,
new State, with thirty thousand voter,
and SlOO, ,OO0, 600 taxable property. Lo.
Angeles is mentioned for the Capital. /
| is said that several prominent citizeni
of San Francisco have moved south K
further the project. So 'fep ~ S-,'s
There wac q very nleasant edonatio,
nartr and the camnanv sano eve DIV,
nm iii for Heaven With deen faeiino
Init the next dav the minister exnresse1
Gesire ri ras;5n 7sIie said thst tbre,
ansrts of ahaans a nilIov.case- of drie,