The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-05-08
Srpse and Nupse',ss;r''..


which the Cincinnati Southern Read hasI
ust completed. 81 Uo4l uaissupg aa' 4
Two champion banana eaters in Geor-
sia recently consumed six dozen at al
sitting, and then were in good condition
or plantain. 1g1ra 2i7' 4 571fF" ~
One of the Newfoundland seal vessels
recently captured in twenty,six days
cargo Of seais worth $I28, 600, the bestl
single tripevcf made. iis 'sisa
Dahomey comes down with the, oil, !
and by giving England certain num-;
ber of puncheons escapes further pun
chin from that power. ., ..s-
A, bullet. t.proof passenger car, weigh,
ing $500 pounds, has been built at
York, Penn, for the Spanish Govern
ment, for use in Cuba, -.a- i.f'.rs o. 4
Now tits Eagene N Robinson9& Co
1t is only few years since Mrs Robin
SOM father left him more than $4,000.
O00 Such islife in Wall street; .aohsI
A Western editor says: ssThea Me-
braska Legislature sits during the win
ter in order to prevent its members from
attending the sessions in their shirt
sleeves and bare feet" agi yc 37hts9n9f
The eruption Of Vesuvius is slowly
Increasing, Subterranean rumblings are
heard, and during the night the fire
lights up the dense volumes of smoke
which issues from the crater y. =
When the new House OF Representa-
tives comes to deal with the appropria.
tions for the army, it should begin by,
reducing the total number of soldiers to
ten thousand men, and no more. IA
A French Canadian boy, fourteen
years old, while asleep in a car on the
Central Vermont Railroad the other
night, walked off the platform while the
train was at full speed. He was unin-
jured. 80 ls sal a 5a4ts,f *
An Industrious old man is seen in
the streets of Pittsfeld, Mass, early
every morning, picking up bits of wood ;
and when he gets an armful he takes it
to saloon and swaps 1t for drink of
whisky. = ff fsf'3 y eg ~
Missouri has new law forbidding
officers of banks to receive deposits af.
ter they know that their institution is
insolvent, and making them individually
responsible for loans caused by neglect
of this provision. aNt' i.0 (!
Orpheus G. Kerr tells in the Graphic
how purely legitimate business transac-
tions are consummated: "You are leg
islator. Will you vote for this bill?-,
Let me see yuur JACK: knife / will give
you SO 600 for that knife - =--l : =
"Put out your tongue little further
said physician to fair invalid. "A
little further still, if you please" "Why,
doctor, do you think a woman's tongue
has no end ?" said the gentle sufferer -
"An end, perhaps, madam" replied ths
doctor, "but no cessation" A9sf.
1t is reported that Mr.. Packard vii
not leave New Orleans until he has Sc
cured documentary proofs that thu
Hayes electors we're counted inby fraud
These proofs, it is supposed, he viii
place in Mr.. Blaine's possession befor,
the extra session of Congress. q oil
A young wife made pair of unmen
tionables for her little hoy, being tn
first work of the kind for her, fnishet
them the same behind as before; t,
which her husband exclaimed: why
Mary, the boy won't know whether be-
going to school or comm home"
The Chinese theaters in San Francis
co close their performances at tw,
O'Clock in the morning, A few night
ago a squad of police took possession
of the exits and searched every China
man present for concealed Weapons =.
Not soul was found carrying one.
| Norristown Herald: Mary Clemme
says: 'sYou never saw a man VIII
amounted to anything for action VIII
had little pinched up nose, ears @
MOUTH But for all that you will g
very few men in thsspsrt Of the coun
try to admit that they have Croni
nose, Chicago ears or Mlwauke
mouth. ..e.a.. ..sct.t.c s.,f., .,vc, 81
When man jumps out ofIbed in tf
dark at midnight, to fling "a boot at q
Electoral Commission Of cats in the bac
yard, and places his bare foot on q
eight-cornered piece of coal, bis Wi
| wants to stick her finger tightly in h'
e ears if she would escape hearing sever
! pages of profane history in less tbs
: two minutes za - y.5Hr,l aa
i A New York editor says he heard r
!, Gently how a man cured a neighb
b newspaper,borrower Itais told thu
y "Mr. Jones, father wants to borro
u your paper; he only wants to read it
y "Well, GO back and ask your, father
u send me his supper. Tell him on
Il want to eat it." The next evening
hoy did not come. 45gfsf
A battle, fierce and prolonged,
Gently occurred between pair of haw
IS and another and larger one in GRAY
al vile, Vermont. When last seen t
s larger hawk was making rapid but q
:; steady progress for the woods, VIII
one of the smaller birds was perch
/; upon his back and hammering away
!; its head in good earnest = :.
ST Don't 60 asleep during the first p
q, of your ministers sermon. At lie
80 pay him the compliment of supposi
u that he will be both entertaining and
structive II, however, after fit,
minutes, you feel drowsy, you can go
mt sleep with a quiet conscience, beca
ut, you have given him a fair chance
'ta keep you awake and he couldn't do
ID The actress, Miss Kate Claxton,
nd "a had a most marvellous experience,
~ Nv that, while far from pleasant, will pr
~ one of the most valuable advert
,st m ments that a woman in her profess
1sr 1r could have. Barely missing death
'ah ON the Brooklyn fire, and again at New
" v. she now escapes from the Southern
tel with the same narrow margin betW
life and death. -;
his An Irishman to whom some wont
ect full story was told or the authority {
The penny newspaper, declined to believ
ent saying be .distrusted all he saw in
ur- 'cheap prints" "Why couldn't you
the lieye the cheap prints" he was as
can "as soon as any otherw "Becau
-. H.. .ood,, onewar CT don't Al