The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-04-17

Mrs. Partington remarks that few per-
sons nowadays suffer from suggestions
Of the brain. s-.r
ssMarriage is promotion" !" says George
Eliot. She might have gone further.
and said il is commotion.
"A coroner's jury, in the case of a man
who was killed by falling icicle, rem.
dered the verdict that he adied Of hard
drink" e
A Western editor, speaking Of con
cert-sihger, says that her voice is deli
cious-pure as moonlight, and as tender
as . shirt.
Scene in an Iowa court. Judge -
"That point has been decided against
you BY every court in Chiistendom, sir,
and there is no use of further argument.
Lawyer: Very true, but your Honor
frequently decides against every court
ID Christendomr'
"A sailor was recently brought before
amagistrate for beating his wife, when
the magistrate attempted to reach his
heart by asking him II he did not know
that his wife was the weaker vessel !"
''If she 10 she ouahtn't to carry so much
saill' replied Jack.
Travellers tell great many strange
stories. heard one telling, not long
ago, OF o great FIRE In Persia that had
been kept steadily burning by the Fire
vorshipers Tor over three thousand
years, without being allowed 10. go out
during all that time. SsVa sss q ssssifs4a,
A Spaniard ana an American were re-
Gently dining together in New Orleans
The former, in passing dish Of brains
to the latter, said :"What you lack r.
The american Offering the Spaniard q
plate OF tongue, answered: What you
have . surplus Of" ~ .7
One Of the BrattIetoro. W., cengre.
cations was disturbed the other Sunday
during the momentary stiffness follow.
ing the opening prayer. by,a voice from
the adjoining dwelling exclaiming.
.Mary, where's the nails p Soon the
answer came, ain the coffee e-pot, you
fooli',sssas asI sasseEs al Il -sias .. assa.
The God OF athe true, the good, and
The beautiful" is painting everything
that grows in this part Of the earth, IN
colofs beyond the power OF mortal mar
tofransfer to- canvas. Flower, grass
tree, sky, in fact, everything that comes
direct irom his creating hand, attest the
faullless isste, the wonderful wisdom o.
Him who reigns ron high. sv4 aaa
Wendell Phillips doesn't refuse to in
dorse recommendations to President
HAYES, but neither does he withhold hi,
ouinion of the Administration wher
making such Endorsement. In recon-
raending q Boston man for appointment
FOR certain mission he at the same
time writes: II do this, though de
epise and distrust the Administration
-Bostoa Globe lind
A bad boy was picked up by his mi
the other night for some misdeed. and
tanned with her slipper until he though
he was standing right in the way OF
shoe. makers shop caught ina cyclone
when he got AWAY at last he was toll
To sit down and learn verse in his b.
ble before he could have bite Of sup
DER. And when he was called up to re
cite. he said, "The wicked's tanned il
slippery places" -
The delay in the foreign appointment
ia said to be on account of the desire o
HAYES To find out who are and who orr
not his friends. Hence, bis plan is Il
withhold the budget until Congres
meets in special session. which will sf
ford him an opportunity to ascertain
that fact. To-day his attention was in
yi,ed to some newspaper criticism OF
the Southern policy. file replied, "Oh
never read newspapers; ! haven't tn
lime In this particular only can b
be likcned TO his predecessor in office