The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-16
Sa1se and no,1sr,1se.


Salse and nupse',se.
In carving turkey in the presence
of strangers, It is breach of etiquette
to stop more than twice to spit on your
hands and take anew hold
Glass slippers have been produced at
Vienna Many a man when be reads
this, will recall the days Of his boyhood,
when he would have escaped many d
bodily smart had glass slippers been In
vogue. 4gt .
Mrs Irene House, who shot her hus
band, the noted divorce lawyer, some
years ago, and was acquitted on the ples
of insanity, was released from tAe New
IJersey Asylum for The Insane, on the
4th, her mania having disappeared.
l.. A little girl in Clinton, Ill, was teach
ing her little brother the Lords prayer
the other night, and when she said
l"Give US this day our daily bread" be
suddenly called out: "Pray for syrup
too, sister; pray for syrup, toof'
Mamma, is we cross the bridge q,
night must we pay tollr" "Of course
my dear; why do you ask p "Why
because the river will have gone to
Sleep. "Oh, the river never goes to
sleep" Then why has it bed, nam.
ma ?"
A solemn warning of the peril %
prosecuting editors for libel has been
given in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, where
the verdict was in favor of the editor
and the libeled man is in Jail because he
couldn't raise the money to pay bis
costs. tt 'I
| A Spauiard and an American were re-
Gently dining together in New Orleans
The former, In passing dish of brains
to the latter, said, "What you lack -
The American, offering the Spaniard {
plate of tongue, answered, "What you
have a surplus of" 4 tialss.~
Now comes the days when the sturdy
farmer dumps load of dirt into some
mud hole in the highway, yells, "Haw
Buck !" at his of OK, pricks the nigh
one with a bradawl, aud goes home un
der the impression that he has worked
out his road tax in full.
When he was young man he rushed
into a burning building and gallantly
dragged her out BY the hair of her
head. They were married the next win.
ter, and now she rushes in and drags
him out by the hair Of his head when
ever she feels like it Such is true love
We are told to place no faith in ap.
pearances, yet it will be found a wiser
course to judge from the. human coun
tenance rather than the human voice
most men place guard over their words
and .heir actions, but very few can bino
the expression that is conveyed by the
feetures.
Worcester Press: In garrets and clos
els and woodsheds lofts. aeugths Of fssrns-
ty stove-pipe are now holding Conven.
tions, and passing resolutions to the ef
feet that they will stand up and be coun
ted, but never coerced by red.facec
man superintendent by fearful yet de
termined woman. t.fn}i't#i
The postal money order business de
creased last year to the extent of abou
six per cent, that being the first Instance
Of decrease since the establishment o
that system, there having been previous
ly rapid and regular increase eacl
year No new money order offices wer,
established.
A Southern girl is possessed by /,
strange monomania. She fancies her
self baby, and has not spoken wore
10 three wears, although her powers o
conversation used to be Of an orde
higher than the average. Notwithstan
ding this absurd hallucination, she is in
consistent enough to read and write let
ters, -,i.,f.,.. g--.-} - s.,y5s -.
/ It has never been accounted for, ant
probably never can be, why boy whs
will eat four meals, play ball three hours
gorge himself with unripe fruit and g
in swimming six times daily during al
vacation and be healthier than tomb
stone, will be seized with all sorts 0
maladies the moment the school-bel
rings. i
4 Norristown Herald: A. new edition O
etiquette says that it is no longer fash
ionable for young men TO call on 3thei
girls Saturday evening This will Civ
the girls chance to put up their hal
in bits OF paper before one o'clock o.
Sunday morning And, besides, W
think six nights week is often enough
anyhow.
i They once had a man in Yorkshir
who thought he could preach He wa
given the opportunity in certain schoc
! house His text was, 81 am the high
|of the world" He made dreadful fis
1of it, greatly to the indignation of on
old lady, who in her impatience at las
shouted: "If thou's the light Of th
world. thou needs snuffing" 6
Teacher Ito small boy in grammar
class )-'Let me hear you compare ride
Small boy-'Ride, rode, ridden Teach
er Ito other small boy )-G Glide. to NOV
gently Other small boy--"Glide, glod,
Gid len" And the teacher glode righ
up to him and reached for his ear; br
the youth had glidden from his pIac
and left the door open as he went on
! The ashes of DR. Charles P Winslov
, of Boston, Massachusetts, whose bod
was cremated at Salt Lake City, a fe
. weeks ago, were buried at the forme
{ city Thursday. The remains were
two boxes, the heart, which had bee
embalmed. in one, and the ashes of th
body in the other, but the latter bo
, only VAS buried, the heart being sent I
the deceased former residence at Maj
tucker, to be inferred by the side of b
. father and mother. The, Rev. Edwar
Everett Hale conducted the ceremonie
which were simple
II One day the sexton was standing o
!. the church steps wiping his melanchol
features with red bandana.k A hears
8 stood near and three or four carriage
we're drawn up behind 1t. The notes