The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-12-11
Sense and Noqsf,,,se.

sense ana eWnusf,iSe.1
Hayes would willingly part with Re. !
former Schurz. Carl does not take the
hint .a' -
The news, from Rome gives but little
hope for the Pope. He is surrounded
l5y Cardinals, all expecting his early
death. - & -
Minister: "Don't You know it's wick
Led to catch fish on the Sabbath ?" Small
lboy mot having had q nibble all the
morning.: "Who's catchin' fish P'' -.
| At an election in San Francisco, q
fcsndidate for Judge was elected by oneI
4 majority. the vote standing 1850 for
land 16,649 against; every vote counts.
i A woman can fall fiat down in faint
and not hurt herself bit, but if her
husband pushes her aside in the excite.
ment Of finding his hat to hurry down
Ito the ward caucus it almost cripples her
for life. zFaf@ .Er
i The Pope has accumulated fund of
sc, ,000. 600. which is held by Tortonia
land some French and Brussels bankers,
for the pay of ex-Pontiicial soldiers
and officials. and divers other purposes
incidental to the Papal interest. 90
] A farmer the other day wrote TO a
New York merchant asking how the
farmers son was getting along aud
where he slept at night. The merchant
replied: "He sleeps In, the store in the
daytime. don't know where he sleeps
at night" p szijie4GYs Yi49sb sW
/ The annual inceme of the Church of
England is S36,000,0O The church
has 10000 religious edifices, including
80 cathedrals, 10000 glebe.houses, 81
\ Episcopal palaces, and 100000 acres
of land, much of it in good condition
for til,age. sol sRlrid TsH sauild
j Tom: "Harry, what makes you look
so down in the mouth Has your say.
lings bank bursted ?" Harry :s"Oh, no !;
Lit isn't that; but I'm so confoundedly
afraid that my girl viii make up with
me before Christmas that don't know
what to do.' '5ew 1ga ,sgnos $40 q
4 The United States Supreme Court has
decided that life insurance companies
are not liable in cases Of suicide, if their
policies contain clause exempting
| them from responsibility in case the In
lsured commits suicide, whether he be
sane or insane @ 8.'s,is .''ls
| Curiosity in children is but an appe-
lite after knowledge. doubt not but
one great reason why children abandon
themselves wholly to silly pursuits, and
tride away all their time insipidly, is be.
Icause they fnd their curiosity banked,
and their inquiries neglected. - Lseke.
4 Il was born in Bath said dirty
Hooking customer, as be harangped. a
lcrowd at a political meeting s.and Z lore
4 my native place. % You don't i5ok as
fF you had ever been there SINCE" said
fone of his hearers, as he proceeded to
land an opposition candidate.
| Amateur sportsman returns in tri.
Iumph from a days shooting, with a
splendid rabbit, and says to his wife =
aThere, you said / couldn't shoot, You
didn't expect to see me bring this
lhome2" Eyes, did; the servant next
ldoor saw you buying it around the cor
Iper.' Z diii'' POS
i Detroit Free Press: .sIf was ahorse
now" mused big boy, as he struggled
lup Griswold Street the other day, I'D
| be stabbed, rubbed down and be fed, but
I'm boy, and I've got to 60 home,
flean off snow, bring in wood, tote wa
| Yer and rock the dummed old baby for
an hour or two" d s Is
The ex-Empress Eugenie thinks that
1.-THE chances for re-establishing the En-
pire are now very slight, and blames De
| Fourton for his bad management. She
also complains bitterly of the extortiou
Ipracticed upon her in causing her to
spend heavy sums toward manipulating
the late elections. = e '1t7ei af1'7s sa
+ Above all earthly gifts q good mother
stands pre-. eminent. She is worth her
weight in gold-more than an army OF
acquaintances. Those who have played
around the same doorstep, basked in
! the same mothers smile, in whose veins
the same blood flows are bound by, Q
8 sacred tie that never can be broken.
"Pa, will you get nela pair Of skate.
liz / prove to you that a dog has ten
tails3" aYes, my SON." swell, to be
Igin, one dog has one more tail than nc
dog, hasn't he ?" ve"Yes.' swell, nc
dog has nine tails; and if one dog has
one more tail than no dog, then one dog
, must have ten tails!" He got skates,
! After three hundred years of'absence,
shoals Of herring appeared this year on
, the coast, of Denmark. The fish was
for many centuries, the chief source OF
revenue Of the country, and the Danes
!. naturally hope that it may not soor
, again disappear. as it did suddenly on
Autumn over three hundred years ago
a"It is very unclerical practice, and
. must say very uncleanly one. Tobac
co! Why, sir, even hog would mol
smoke it." s.Doctor c. replied his
amused listener, "do you smoke tobac
/ co Y" 81? No, sir p he answered, gruf
. fly, With great indignation. "Then pray
who is the hog, you, or ?" ..
: Daniel Webster once affirmed in com
9 pany that no woman ever wrote lettel
9 without a postscript. 'sMy next lettel
shall refute your said lady of his &C
s quaintance. Soon afterward he receiv
ed letter from his fair disputant, where
9 after her signature stood s'P. S.-Wht
is right now, you or I ~ la's 3
A lady stopped the milkman as he wa
: passing the house the other day and in
: quired the price of'milk by the quar-,
/ putting up her ear trumpet to catch tn
Z zlreply. The milkman drew quart O
? milk and emptied it into. the trumpet
and the result has been that he has to q
! a mile out Of his way to keep out Q
> sight of the lady, who sits on the from
!. porch with shotgun watching for hin
= 70 pass. 'ii~ So -''sI :
II Some colored men. were talking poll
. tics in front of a store the other day
:. when one said !: atom, dey say de Put
! = lican party am dead an gone to the In
! depen dents; what sort politics dey got
= !. "Well, dey is the same as the hypocrit