The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-14
Sense and Unuse,,se.

in charity.
Poker players should know something
cffruit culture in order to raise pears when
necessarily
Danbury news :-"Never put of till
tomorrow what can be done just as well
the day after"
Private houses always want sitting
room; theaters are most happy with
"standing room only"
The "Alta California" insists upon il
that there isn'ta vegetable that can ketsh.
up with the tomato.
Often the shabbiest wallet contains the
most money. Never Judge man by the
shine on his coat"
To remove old putty from window
frames, pass red-hot poker slowly over
it, and it will come of easily.
A few drops of glycerine in bottle Of
mucilage will cause the mucllage to ad.
here to glass when used upon labels.
A bottle of Haxseed oil, chalk aud vim
egar, mixed to the consistency of cream,
should be kept in every house for burns,
scalds, etc.
There Is man only twenty-five years
ofage who has already married fourteen
women. Heis clergyman, and married
them to their husbands.
tits calculated that il all the insects in
the world were piled in one mass, the
heap would be greater than that Of all the
combined beasts and birds.
A western paper speaks ofa stream 50
low that 1t has not raised one foot since
spring set in. Never mind, friend, when
| 1t raises the other foot it will begin to run
Postmaster at Chattanooga, who com.
manded the Federal troops that fired the
irst cannon shot at Lookout Mountain
which shot went through Mr.. Keys
house.
Never shine your shoes in warm room
| il you have a fashionable collar on, OF
you'll have something like clam cling
ing round your neck when you have fin
ished rubbing.
When you hear country church choil
singing ssThere will be no more sorrow
there" you conclude at once that eithel
the aforesaid choir will not be there ol
they will not be PERMITTED to sing.
The latest discovery In the photograph
| ic art enables the operator to photograph
1 heart beat. But the art has not reached
i that perfection that will enable him Il
/ photograph ssdead beat" with any as
Isurance ofgetting paid for the job.
4 An influential Minnesota man writes {,
the Baptist Weekly, suggesting that ON
or two hundred OF the unemployed minis
| tiers in the East 60 West, and adding, ~
any should be so unfortunate as to starv,
| to death, I'll agree to pay funeral expen
ses myself"
i 4 Chinaman fell into hume in Placer
vile, CAL, was swept with frightful velo
city through afunnel eight hundred fee
long, and dropped forty feet into canon
He was not much hurt, but he feelingl
remarked that It was 'too muchee dam
: me dast tlavalin'."
A barrister gave this "Reminiscences il
an after dinner speech: "When / bega
Ito practice / was in perfect rags !. th,
smallest hole in my shirt was the one
stuck my head through, and I had t
have that, my only shirt, washed By th
: dozen, for 1t was in twelve pieces"
{ She never told her love, but she rope
: him in for ton Of ice-cream, all th
l IaamA, and Az mnch candy as two sugs
refneries could turn out in 9 year, an
J now be saysif any worm in the bud is &c
ing to pray on her dsmask cheek, it woul
be advisable to let tie contract out to
: sea-serpent, and then bet on the cheek.
"Accustom yourself to think deeply,
). was an axiom Of one of the old philosr
! pliers who went around dressed like ra,
picker, sponging his living and psyin
: no wash bills. The man who tussIt
: with the problem Of how to maintain 70
:. mer appearances on q muchly curtailed il
!. come is about as far below the surface
. be cares to get.
al A laborer atwork in yard hung b
coat on apost. During the day SON
one in throwing dish OF water from
window unintentionally dropped the col
tents on the garment When the ms
n went to getit on quitting work,he &.
claimed: "Howly murder 'fthe co
!, wasn't thinking it was on my back {
', the time, an went to sweating wido
= knowing the chate."
II Human knoWledgeis constantly expa
:. ding, but tits rather too much to hot
p that We shall know after awhile how
y comes that q woman will 90 to an auctie
= sale and stand around for an hour sme
3 ing breath strong enough to kill the fru
= and then buy an old rattle.down bure,
: with cracked glass at q higher pri
= than new dressing case would cost, u
= der the delusion that she has cornered
: bargain.