The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-02-05
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Aue AovuS Laoieb QueSuons-lS ne
When i q Dog Most Like. Human
Being a-Whsh he is between man and
4 boy.
The person who most frequently visit
the watering places in Summer are Milk.
men. *. .a3ist
A poor fellow who was compelled to |
pawn be Haseh said that he .raised''
the m0nss with q lever. 70
Is It may be well to give creditto whom
it is due, but as rule one had better in
sist on cash down.
Brigham Young's tombstone, it Isl
said, will bear the simple but ,appropri
ate inscription, "Our Husband
Jeferson's Idea of a Lawyer.-A man
whose trade it is to contest everything,
concede nothing and talk by the hour.
The best way to cure crying child
says an advertisement, "is 10 buy q baby
carriage" That's right; keep the bawl
rolling $50
A clergyman who was annoyed by the
squeakipg shoes of his parishioners re-
marked that some people had "too much
music in their soles."
The late Carnie johnson. of Milldale, /,
Conn, who proclaimed himselfa town
pauper, left an estate worth over $780,.
600
tits verv curious fact that human
hair occupies the third place in the lisi OF
largest imports into this couatry from
Europe.
Some people complain because they
cant fined bread Tor their families, others
have given up trying to find it and go to
work for it
During the first year OF married life the
wife fills, her husbands heart; after
that she must fill his stomach or there
will be trouble. r-ss,sa
A friend OF the Presiden. said this week
The only trouble about Rutherford ls
that he thinks be conferred q great favor
on the manger when he was born"
When a stone runs down one hill Il
usually runs a little wavs up the other
The republican administration naturally
pursues that course.
It's now believed that the fixed stars
we're placed so far away in order that
the patent-medicine man could't get
there to paint on the rocks.
A law fellow once declared in public
company that he could not find bread
for his family. sNor l." replied an In.
dustrious man ;"rm obliged to work
for it, ~ 49, .s..ss. Ass..s.,s
Reverend Mr.. Murray, when asked
what the chariots such as the kings of
Judah used we're like, said they resem
bled modern horse-cars ia one respect,
People rode in them standing"
The Truth of Figures The reason
,, why figures can't lie'' is plain. Wher
they are not running and mounting up
their nearest approach to quiescence II
in standing account"
General Banks while in the Hous,
stands and walks around good deal ,and
he has sort of conscious stride like Ell
win Booths. The Bobbin Boy is always
bobbing round
Whatis is called a one-legged railroad
is being made near Oil City, Pa There i
a single iron rail, on which saddle-shapei
cars are run, guided By wooden rail
lower down. ,s.s
You cannot be buried to obscurity, yol
are exposed upon grand theatre to tn
view of the world. Ifyour actions are up
right and benevolent, be assured they vii
augment your power and happiness
One reason why some men are 3
Indifferent about the oft-repeated injunc
tion to layup treasure in heaven is tha
they can't, understand the propriety @
putting their money where they will nev
er see tagain
Anger sometimes leads one to expires
an honest opinion of himself. Vine
q man said, THAT fellow ought to be kict
ed by mule, and I'd like to do il" he q
lowed himself, in the excitement of e1
temporapeous speech, to tell a sad trutt
At, twenty you know everything; {
thirty you have your doub's; at fort
there are some things you don't know j:
ffty you are sure only of your igne
rance and after that you read Mr. Beech
er's sermon on everlasting punishmer
and hope be 10 right e
Children must have love inside II
house, and fresh air and good play an
some good companionship outside-otl
erwise young life runs the greatest dang'
in the world Of whitening or becomin
stunted, or at best of prematurely groy
ing old aad turning inward on itself
..Jim,' inquired aschoolboy of one
his mates, what's the meaning ofrelics
: @Don't you know2 Well. ! can tell 70
You know the master licked me in scho
: Yesterday ?" Yes" WELL" he WASH
2 satisfied with that, hut he kept me in az
: licked me again. That's wha. I Gala r
;. lick"
II Doctor johnson said that small b,
/. could club an apple tree, fll his pocke
and get off with impunity; but the m
ment q big boy tried to doit the lin
= broke. and so did the boys arm, and
!. the pious people said it wasla judgner
y The real difficulty, however, lay IN t
:, size Of the boy. ~,
Il The State of Nevada is prospero
!, financially, the sun Of Sl79,606 bel
I lett in the treasury after the payment
= all demands and expenses for the We
+ 1877 A reduction of the State tax fro
= ninety cents to forty cents for the cure
, year is suggested Nevada is young y
, and coin is plentiful inits mining CAM
D. Begin tue education of the heart. u
!, with the cultivation of noble propensiti,
t but with the cutting away of those that {
II evil when once the noxious herbs {
withered and rooted out, then the me
noble plants. strong in themselves, v
shoot upwards The virtues, like
!. body, become strong and healthy me
ty labor than nourishment
!. Liberality, courtesy, henevclence, ,
selfshness, under all circumstances, 8
Il toward all men-these qualities
to the world what the linchpin is to
q rolling chariot And when these gu
J. ties are wanting neither father nor mot