The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-10-15
Seqse and Npustnse,
James W. Paxton has given hisnstiye
city { Wheeling, W. Va $4,000 toun-

as <S(<S$ sstSse
James W. Paxton. has given his natiye
Icity wheeling, W. Va.) $4,000 toun-
tain. r. - ~ a
An average Of 2 200 miles Of railroad
per year has been built during the last A
years. TT T hT3 Nf{I TfgJ
I'M. Psrtello, of W ashington, .. D.ACs,
on the I'd inst, made Is consecutive bulls
eyes at 800 yards, IA bulls eyes and one
lcenter at 900 yards, aud Is consecutive
bulls eyes at 1000 yards, making q
Escore of 224 out, t,ofI q possible 225.
Kansas and California stand side by
lsids lu grain crops the present year,--
Fsom the eighth place as wheat State
lin 1878, Kansas jumps to the first place.
Her crop OF wheat will be over $4,000.
tG00 bushels, na6d of corn 100. .0e0, 900
bushels sa! ~ iIiaae1js 4ig.l NJ i 0ii
III this Russian war is to commence.
Eagain, we must hunt up our old map and
TRY to locate Pulldownyourvestovitch
and Wipeoffyourchinosky. We cannot
undertake totkeep up with the eventsiof
the struggle unlessFwe know the location
OF the battles sa ,!qaai - vi fa;.s u ,yaog
A man may be ever 80 strong and
brave and self.reliant, but when the rear
button comes of his shirt band and his
collar persists in climbing up and sitting
ION top OF his coat, he feelsthat his hap.
lpiness, his everyshope Of comfort in this
llife, is in the hands of some woman. .,
/ The report Of the Peabody fund shows
tthe following distributions during the
| year: Virginia, Sl5,350; North Caroli-
ma, $4,000; South Carolina, $500
Georgia, .S6, ,000; Fl0ada, $500; Ala.
bama, $4,000; Texas, S8 $50, Arkansas,
90, GEO; Tennessee, Sl4,s0O; West Nir-
ginia, $500. s>.,,,,..,, -, .ta;7.. 4,
| America is land OF grand possibili
ties. There is, perhaps, no other coun-
ltry on the globe where it-is possible for
a young man %, commence 80 low down
in g the. scale Of life and rise 80 high
Brigham Young commenced life as q
teamster, and left over dozen wives
when he died. . 10, ssiog 5si 10 ,u0
Out of 5000, houses lining the, ,Carso
at Rome, only half . dozen illuminated
ION the 9Th of September, the festiyity OF
the Virgin. Formerly the Corso was
made ohithe occasion TO blazewith twink.
ling lights from. all Sides The .occupa,
ition of the city by the national soldisry
has produced this great change. y ~
bThereiafe nom ents in which humanity
lives years, as tit weres but il atisuch
times any, live . century, il is when the
young lover fondly kisses anG smooths
THE golden hair Of his adored one, and
breathes forth blessings upon it, the reg.
|ulatiug pins fall out and the whole switch
comes off in his HAND, leaving her almost
las bald headed as Elijah, s
It has been noticed that workers in
copper enjoy a singular immunity from
cholera, scarcely ever being attacked
even. during the worst epidemics, Towns
which are the seats Of extensive manu-
factories in which copper is used, as Au
bagne in France, seem to enjoy similar
immunity, escaping entirely when sur.
rounding places have suffered severely,
Large square buckles for belts from
to 3 inches broad are imported in en-.
graved silver, in pearl, and in jet mixed
| with steel. Everything indicates that
helted dress waists will continue in ia
vor. New belt ribbons are elaborately
embroidered BY hand, or else brocaded
| in the loom. Brightly lowered belts are
worn in Paris with black silk and grena
dine dresses.
It is said that in the, yellow fevel
scourge OF the present year not a clergy.
man has He'd from his charge or failed te
do bis duty. Fathers have left theil
families, doctors have run. away, from
their patients, but 80 Tar 8 learned, the
clergy have all stood at their post. This
is practical way ofshowing ones faith,
before which the shafts Of a scientific
skepticism fall harmless, ,,s.,aa ..,,q
/ In her eighth annual report, Jennie
l Collins, of Bofin's Bower, says: "Youne
/ girls are pretty well at all times, but tht
middle aged woman married, widowed
! and single) suffer in every occupation"
I Yet in every kind of employment mid
4 dle-aged women are Far more reliable
| than young girls. They have got th'
4 nonsense out Of their heads, and are no
looking fora possible husband in every
new black coat they meet. ,,.,,,,.
4 John Evans dropped into Tyringham
Mass. 1.-Two years ago, from nobody knows
where He would never explain who.o
what be was; buthe soon became popu
lar, and married the daughter ofa resi-
4 dent, A few days ago he quit the tahl,
in the midst of dinner, went out OF Ty
4 bingham, and has not been there since.-
4 Why hefadisappeared isE as muchaof I
4 mystery as where be came from. Evel
his wife only knows that while ne remain
ed he was kind husband. Z '-'''' =
! In food in Austin, Texas, maj
found himselflefton swiftly y-dissolvin,
bank. He calledto bis son, who was OF
high ground above, to throw. q rope. Th
boy did so, and the old man, as he too
the end of the line IN his hand, said :
'l"Now, listen to me andItlo what l tell you
Ifyou fnd you can'tholdon whenI com
mence TO-, climb, let go,T It's, no use 70
. both to drown. II you find you. can
hold the rope, drop it, run down in th
iat and grab for me as I fioat by" Th
boy brsoed and the father was saved. #
i A Fulton IN. Y } man laid bis hnge
on the table in, front of a buzz-saw I
feel the momentum OF air. The sa,
was going SO fast that the teeth were nc
tobe seem HisAnger was taken off,
! While he was looking at it the forema
!, came up with. the question, "How di
= you do, it7" .Why, I put NY finge
|, down so" answered he, placing th
7 other forefnger, as he thought, we
!, away from the teeth. To his horror
the saw took that one, too, clean off {
the second joint.
wT The following coins are the onl
g full legal.tender nmoney under existn
United States laws, to-wit: The gol
? coins of the United States and the ne,
silver dollar of the United States. Th
' fractional United States silver coin, il
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