The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-09-04
THE SPIRIT DF DEMOCRACY,
Tuesday, Sept, 4. 1877.
Seqse and Nousense.


girl SO as to spoil her elimps.
We ought never TO htiieve evil OF any
one till we are certsiu Of il. We ought
not to say ANYTHING that s rude and dis
pleasing, even ia ,ke; and we ought
never 10 carry joke too FAR.
1t takes, acoorling to- scientific jour
nal, 1000 bumiArheeS to weigh pound,
but you stop humblehee some lime
when he is right busy, and pick him up
and lift him. and you will raise your
hand to heaven and swear that he weighs
q ton.
John Sherman does not find much fa-
var ia the eyes OF independent thinkers
ave cannet go on with this man. writes
one who aas been studying the financial
part Of his Mansfield speech. I thought
he might have something to say, but be
has not. He belongs to tho vast multi.
tuds Of fools.
Times are hard With US; but they seem
wonderfully easy when We hear of the
wholesale famine iu India, where the to.
tal amount required to- give each of the
snferers the two or three cents day
necessary to keep them alive in that
cheap market foots up the stupendous
sum of S32, 300. 600.
The Republican platform adopted at
Cleveland demands the establishment of
O National Bureau Of Industry. This
would only result in the addition of fat
Offices for political favorites and in
creases the burdens Of industry. 1t is
nothing in the world but another bait
thrown out as means to still further
burden the Industry of the country.
The terrible Marshal Munich ouce
left Lacy to besiege AS,v while lie him
self marched against the Crimes. Du
ring the siege fever broke ont in camp
and made great ravsges owing to the
prevalence OF intemperance among the
soldiers. The Marshal determined to
restore the health Of the army by militia
~ discipline. He issued an order for.
bidding any one to be sick under penalty
Of being taken from the hospital and
buried alive.
Bismarck is living quietly at varzin.
He receives no visits from his neigh
bors,with the exception of his old friend
Count Konigsdoiff, who occasionally
looks in. Bismarck eschews early ris-
ing, getting up at haif-past nine. His
first breakfast is taken on the verandah
of the palace, In company with the Prin-
cess and Countess NJ Won Bismarck
The Prince rides morning and afternoon
AT five he dimes, and then goes out in
family coach with all his people At
night he drinks champagne by regulated
doses.
Perhaps the most remarkable suicide
on record has been committed in Swe
den. A Government official in tho dis
trict Of Ripsa, wearied by pecunisry diff
fculties, took row with bis wife and
two children upon q neighboring lake,
ostensibly to pass few hours in fishing,
but after getting to distance at which
be could do no harm to others,he applied
2 match to a quantity OF explosive mate
rial, supposed to be some form Of dy
Mantle, that he had, unobserved, taken
with him, and blew the boat and its oc-
cupants literally into fragments.
Stand by your friends, let come what
may, Is good motto. II you don't
stand by them you needn't expect them
to stand by you So, whether they be
friends Of hign or low degree, in afia
ence or poverty, stick to them ard don't
stop to. inquire whether it will pay or
whether it will be popular. Whenever
you prove traitor and desert those who
have stood up for you and helped your
battles, you will find yourself without
any one to congratulate you upon your
achievements, or comfort you in an evil
hour when misfortunes come thick and
fast.
A rich lady in Ningpo was unhappy
because she had no sons. Daughters
she had two, but this only disquieted
her the more. One night In July, after
brooding over her sorrows until she
was half.crazed, she stole out Of bed,
crept up 10 her snoring husband and
cut of his eyebrows and moustache
with her embroidering scissors. When
her lord awoke and beheld the naked
ness OF his face he was wroth, and seiz-
ing his wife chained her up to door
post like dog. With the strength and
cunning of insanity she freed herself,
and, falling upon her two daughters,
strangled them.
John Sherman, speaking for Hayes's
Administration and the OHIO Republican
State ticket, said the Federal Govern
ment ought to establish and limit rail-
road freights, $50 that the productions
OF the farmer may not be in danger of
coniiscation by exorbitant rates" But
how can the farmer produce profitably
without cheap machinery Is he to he
left to struggle with poverty because of
the exorbitant prices OF ploughs, reap
ers, and mowers? Hayes, Sherman,
and Garfield are bound to pass bill
through Congress to limit the maximum
charges Of all the agricultural imple
ment makers in the country. Reckless
gamblers in Ohio politics, don't you see
that the road you have driven your
party into in that State forks every.
where and by every fork leads to ruin
The Marquis of Lorne has just pub
lished version of the Scotch Book OF
Psalms, in which, while altering as
closely as possible to the language Of
the original, he has corrected the rhym
ing go as to adapt it to modern pronun
citation He has also added about sev-
enty five versions in various metres and
in freer rendering, together with some
of Miltonrs Psalms and many. of the
Scottish Parspbrases The Marquis,
while thus endeavoring to give more
harmony to.the rhyming of the Psalms
In their Scotch form, acknowledges that
..it is a mistake to twist into rhyme the
beautiful prose Of the original, and that
Il is best to sing the Psalms without al,
teration The work is dedicated to
Scottish churches
A beggar, accordion in hand, stops
before gentleman's house In threat,
ening tone, he afakesses the occupant,
saying ''Good sir give me something,
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