The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-28
Sruse and Mopse,,se.

Thus reads the obituary of deacon's
wife who died recently: "She lived with
her husband fifty-nine years, and died in
the confident hope of a better life" (.
An emotional exchange says that
"John MorrisseY can hear the; angels cal
ling" Under the circumstances John
ought to look at his hand and see what he
can afford to. do. 40 -. (
A Cincinnati paper tells Of man who
was walking along Chicago street sing
ing, "Heaven is my Home "Don't
you feel homesick p yelled small boy
who passed by him. ~
Would you be exempt from uneasiness.
do nothing thatyou know for suspect to
be wrong. Would you enjoy the purest
pleasure-do everything in your power
which you are convinced is right.
A youth who has been reading dime
novels gets off this sort ofpoetry:
'Mother, let me be an 1njun,
Let my blanket be of red;
Kill the rooster in the barn-yard
For a feather for my head"
The growing custom Of putting the
chcir at the pulpit end of the church has
the very serious drawback that it pre-
vents a man from turning around and
looking up at the organ in a critical man.
ner just before the contribution plate
reaches his pew. f esa 3
When we behold a man filling the
house in which he dwells with perpetual
sunshine by the sweetness ofhis daily life,
when he is met at the bedside ofthe sick,
the doorway of thep poor, in the chamber
of the imprisoned, we do not care to ask
what denomination he belongs; we know
The is Christian. @ 's7s >
Three boys, on recent Sabbath, were
stopped on street in this city by an ell
derly gentleman, who, perceiving that
they had bats and a ball with them, asked
one of the number this question "Boy,
can you tell me where all naughty BOYS
fgo to who play ball upon Sunday r
I"Over back of Johnson's dam p the
youngsters replied.-Kennebec Journal
A certain parson, who was also school
teacher, handed a problem to his class in
mathematics the other day. The frs,
boy took it, looked att awhile, and said
81 turn it down." Tue third boy looked
at it awhile aud drawled out, 81 can
make it," "Very good, boys" said the
parson, Eve will cut for anew deal" and
the switch danced like lightning over the
shoulders ofthose depraved young math
ematicians. ,ltz
"Girls," said "a worthy old lady to bel
granddaughters, whenever fellow pops
the question don't blush and stare a
your foot. just throw your arms around
his neck, look him full in the face ani
commence talking about the furniture
Young fellows are mighty nervous some
times lost several good chances be-
fore 1 caught your fond, dear grand
father, by putting on airs, but / learned
how to do it after while." ar
The advancing light of scienceis rapi
dly clearing up the dark mysteries tha
have solong dwarfed reason and clogget
the mind with perplexing doubts. Al
soon as the savants came face to face will
the startling fact that the bones of the fe
male contain much larger percentage o
phosphorus than can be found in tht
frame. work of the male, the world no Ion
ger scratched its head and marveled tina
all women should be natural match-ma
Bredkfast Table.
Every good act IS charity. Giving
water to the thirsty is charity. Remov
ing stones and thorns from the road j
charity. Exhorting your fellow men tt
virtuous deeds is charity. Putting
wanderer in the. right path is charity
Smiling in your brothers face is charity
Aman's trne wealth Is the good he doe
iu this world. When he dies, mortal
will ask what property has he left behin
him but angels will inquire, "What goo
deeds hast thou sent before ?"
A colored woman In Florida has
child that divides public attention with tn
election frauds. From the waist TO til
crown of the head its skin is pure white
from the hip to the knees the skin is cos
black, and from there down the skin
white. The head is covered with hair a
white as the driven snow, and unusuall
long. Mr.. Hayes should do somethin!
to conciliate this child. We understand
that one of the great objects of his polio
is to break up the. color line flashing
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