The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-12-31
Sense and Nouse',se.,

Sense and Wnnse'1se.
The Grangers claim Q membership OF
60, 900 in this State.
The weld ofcorn III Ohio this year is
nearly 64.000,000 bushels. .t
Anger always hurts Us more than the
one we get mad at.
Benevolence and charity are universal
and unvarying duties.
The poet must have felt, or his verse
would have been mere echo.-Lesccs.
A wise mans thoughts walk within
him, but a fools heart without,
The wise and prudent conquer Difficult
ties by daring to attempt them.
Nothing can constitute good breeding
that has not good nature for its founda'
ton.
A true knight is fuller OF gay bravery
in the midst than in the beginning ofdan-
ger. ID
A sharp tongue is the only edged too
that grows keener with constant use
Irving. tr
What we have to do in this world is
not to make our conditions, but 10 make
the best use of them.-Eitis.
How is it possible to expect that man.
kind will take advice, when they will not
so much as take the warning ?-SoW.
Rev. Mr.. Mcleod, OF Philadelphia,
says single black ribbon is sufficient
emblem OF mourning.
1tcosts the people of Great Britain
Sl3 500, 900 per year to support and
maintain its royal family. ss
He who toys with time triies with
frozen serpent which will afterwards
turn and iniict a deadly wound.
The Lord can more easily have faith in
the religion that wears an old coat to
church than the man in the coat can.
All the blows we strike should be for
purpose; every nail driven should be q
rivet in the machine Of the universe.
! Ittakes one less time to get over ones
own misfortune than TO be reconcled to
q neighbor's good fortune.
| A sign OF the times. In Atlanta, Ga,
a clothier advertises to supply patches OF
all kinds for children's clothing.
/ We are never more deceived than when
we mistake gravity for greatness, solem
nifty for 81 ence, or pomposity for erudl-
ton. st ia tai at-s sa4i
A mans own observation. what he
finds good Of and what he finds hurt of,
ia The best physic to preserve health
Beacon. Latia3Ta}s yEaa.eta
i GA Marseilles almanac predicts for 1879
the death OF Bismarck, Gortscbakoff and
Beacousfeld. They probably know the
value of almanac predictions. a--
j It was Emerson who declared that a
man ought not to be slave of his vester
days. Quite true-nor yet ofhis tomor
rows. Let him rather be master of
hss to-day. ssazs---=.aa-s <
! Fame is not won on dewny plumes nor
canopies; the man who consumes his
days without obtaining it leaves such
marks of himself on earth as smoke in
air or foam on water.
| The happiness OF your life depends upon
the qnality of your thoughts; therefore
guard accordinoly.and take care that you
entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue
and unreasonable to nature.
1t is not poverty 80 much as pretense
that harnesses ruined man-the keeping
up hollow show thst must come TO an
end. Have the courage, to appear poor
and disarm poverty ofits sharpest sting.
j, C. Flood and James G.. Fair, Of
the bonanza firm in San Francisco, are to
erect on California street bin two of the
costliest residences on the Pacific slope
The expense of grading alone will be
100000. nj aisstg .s-4rva 70 e,aa
The greatest loss of time is delay and
expectation which depends upon the fl.
ture. We let 60 the present. which we.
have in our power, and look forward TO
that which depends upon chance-and so
relinquish a certainty for an uncertain
|ty. .yas8 euod
! New Jersey, for q moderate sized
State. haa a huge judiciary system. It
embraces IS kinds of courts, and some
Of the Jerseyites are beginning to think
they have too much Of good thing,and
propose trying to cut down the number.
The bar of the State is said to he almost
unanimous in favor Of a change.
| The Bayara family Of Delaware has a
remarkable record Of political service.
The present Senator entered the Senate
lin 1869. His father was bis immediate
predecessor, and occupied the same seat
for eight years. His grandfather occu
pied 1t for thirteen years, and an uncle
was also for many years membersof the
same body. They we're all good law
, Iyers.
I He was q rather bashful young man.
land was over head and ears in love. He
could defer the momentous question no
longer, go he stammered: "Martha IL
j-do you-you must have-are you
; aware that the Good Book says-er, says
that 1t is not g-g-good that m-mah
should be alone" "Then hadn't you
better run home TO your mother" Mar
tina coolly suggested. And he ran
Norristoson Herald. .,....... f.x,.,l
A subscriber at GAINESVILLE wants 10
, know how to tell the age of hen
There are several methods Of telling the
ages of hens The teeth are very good
sign to 60 by. until the hen gets old and
begins to lose them. After that you can
tell BY the wrinkles on the horns. At
the age Of five years the first wrinkle
| appears, ,snd one appears every two years
after that But after the horns become
Hull Of wrinkles the only way 10 tell the
age OF hen is by cooking Peck
Sun @
, just as quick as Mr.. Jones painted his
) barbed wire fence blue, farmer Smith .
3 wife said she wasn't going to be outdone,
E land the fence around Smiths farm soon
e blossomed out red, pinked with white.
Mrs. Jones wasn't going to have any of
: the Smith family ptttiDg on airs over
| her, and their blue fence was soon trim
: med with gold leaf stripes. Smith