The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-01-01
fHE SPIRIT or DEMOCRACY,
Taesday. january I. .IS7S.
Sepsr and nnpse,,se.

Sepse and Unpse,tse.
WheRever you have ton minutes to
spare 60 and bother some one who
hasn's.
Boot Jacks are thrown under the cit
ting.room lounge this year, instead of
being hung on nail behind the front
stairs
Preach who may of the folly OF fash
ion, he cannot denv that the woman of
today at least make themselves com.
fostable.
The United States Treasurer Is in
formed that frauds ia bank notes by the
"piecing' process are constantly on the
Increase.
The London Lancet is OF the opinion
that in sll public institutions s.poison
bottles" should be distinguished BY some
elaring popularity.
II Is not only French fabrics which
are rich and beautiful-American goods
are fully equal in quality to those which
are imported.
Can't say whether red flannel holds
its own 10 underwear or, not. After it
begins to "hold its own" you can't see
ii, and .its own won't tell.
The sbolishment Of che out side pock.
ct has brought back into vogue the lace
handkerchiefs and the chains and rings
for holding them, worn few years ago.
Two.thirds Of the trade Of Southern
Russia and one-third of that of North
ern Russia is in the hands Of the Jews,
the richest of whom is Simon Iscarioti.
witch. Of Odessa.
This must be discouraging, too. Says
. Pennsylvania exchange: "The two
parties In the Senate are neck and neck"
Yon see. Vice President Wheeler takes
TIE knot out Of this neck-tie.
"Why," asks medical journal, "is
The sensation OF thirst generally felt at
the seasides" "May We ask wonder.
fngly inquiries the Burlington Hawkeye,
.df the seaaide extends clear across this
continent ?"
Aman was lately liberated from q
prison In Madrid, who was considered
as implicated in the assassination Of Gen
Phm ini166S. After seven years of in
carceration the court now decides that
there was no evidence against him.
An old paralyzed Indian walks about
the streets OF Austin, New between two
poles that are fastened at his side and
drag on.the ground behind him. With
out them be would fall backward, but,
with their bracing from behind, he is
able to get along very well.
Brigham Toung's spendthrift son has
heen sued by his Eastern creditors.
Three suits we're begun against him on
December Z, In the Third District Court,
Salt Lake City, for the recovery of claims
amounting to $4,000, and his house
hold goods IN the s.White House Ha
rem wer seized by the Sheriff.
During the present war in East great
demand for the Bible sprang up among
the Cossacks, and the British Bible So
ciety distributed over 10000 in few
weeks. The Cossacks had discovered
that the excellent linen paper makes the
best OF gun wadding, and thus the gos.
pei was spread among the Turks.
An shsent- minded carpenter out on
South Hill the other day sat down on
simlet. MWhat's the matter with You z"
asked fellow craftsman, who saw his
painful wriggling. saw, nothing much, !"
was the reply, "only I'm wearing new
kind Of boreus plaster" And his in
nocent friend said they were uncomfort.
able things -Hapkeye.
sRise, Geordie," said an industrious
small farmer in our ncighborhood to his
cowherd the other morning, ssrise, Geor.
die, for the suns up" "It's time for
him." retorted the youthfnl herd, yawn.
Ing and rubbing his eyes. '.for be was
ma up q yesterday" We do not ques.
ton, considering the state of the weath.
er, bnt that Dean Swift would have dub.
bed Geordie q wit.
aBoys," said . south side school
teacher, "knowledge never comes With.
out seeking Stick pin there" And
then - he shot up from his seat like a
jack in the box, he offered reward OF
flse dollars for the boy who had stuck q
pin there, and one of the boys held up
his hand and said the teacher was wrong
He had no knowledge of that pin in his
chair, had not sought it, and yet 1t came
Hdpkgs.
Aereader in the country writes rs as
follows: "a mule In onr village yester.
day afterncoR fnadvertantly kicked 9
can Of nitro gfycerine. A barn one hun,
dred yards distant Was badly wrecked
and the mule seemed somewhst sHrpris
ed, whirling around two or three times
before resuming work at nibbling grass ,
We edon't believe it-that is we do be
,ieve the kicking and wrecked barn part
bat we don't believe that the mule was
surprised. 1t is libel on the mule.
The great brag heifer, belonging tc
Samuel Marvin, OF Oxford Depot, Orange
county, New York. which last year gave
6,6344 quarts Of milk in 365 davs. j,
milking finely. aod now near the end o
her third month gives abost "a quart,
per day, and bidsfaii to outdo her for
mer performance.
A ACharleston IS. CO. paper speaks o
sale OF farm lands in that vicinity
only two miles from the N ,rtheast Rail
road and Webdin river, and Of excellent
soil. Six hundred and twenty-eigh
acres were sold for 8205. eight hundred
acres for e920, one hundred acres 70
e32 oil half cash and the rest in on
year.
The Carrick polonaise is new stree
sarment--long. stately and novel. Th
fastening is straight to the bust, theme
1t slopes IN sharp diagonal to the ex
treme right OF the skirt front Thre
round capes, one above the other, an
each bordered with fur, form the dit
tinctive feature Of the polonaise and Civ
its name.
A hve.year old tot, who had Away,
closed hel prayers c: night with IAN
God help Katy to be o good girl. ;" oper
ed her eyes on that point one night /