The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-12-17
Sense and Mursense.

Sense and Muvsense.
Weddings are always fashionable.
Crash in the dry goods business TOW
els.
A hotel bill may well be called inn
debtedness.
Sligbt-of-hand- Refusing a rnar,isg,
proposal.
A lean lover may still be man 4
great sigAs.
Take no stock in man who doesn'
believe in woman.
is never too late to mend. Even th,
ldevil hes no darning needle.
IThe. .msq Hho forgets to close the out
sElv faof Is abroad i'd the land.
There is more active fun 10 an ounce q
kitten than in q ton of elephant.
Overcoats will be worn long this win
ter. especially IL We have late spring.
Fi,s must have g, ID eyesight or they
woaldn't be leaving their specs wherever
thes g..
The N ,rrristown Herald is of opinion
II paws to die rich-pays the body
snaichers. r
"Weight for the wagon" observed
the famrr as be helped dis 800. pound
wife to seat in the vehicle.
"Poor man, indeed" she remarked o.
one who had LOST the faculty Of smell
"he hasn't scent in the world"
Every man is miserable sinner il
church, but nut OF church it is unsafe t.
cay much about it, except small man.
John T. R,ym md paid Mark Tssin
over 800 600 a. ROYALTY On 1.-THE Gil
ded Age" and now owns the play il
tee. sss..
A Florida preacher closed an unsuc
cesstul revival meeting recently with tn,
remark, II tell YOU, my hearers, it don
pay for the gas"
"How do yuu arrive at conclusions 8,
rapidly ?" We asked of Jeems. the o,he
day why, he replied, "usually by
train of thought"
Squirk-Nnw, bows. what's the geude
Of eggf Sharp lad (whose mothe
keeps chickens PLEASE, sir you can,
tell till i's hatched.
"Ha seems to have been shot in tn
diaphram," said the doctor" "Oh, no !!
exclaimed the weeping listener. "he wa
shot right in the lower end of the ga
loom"
| Accident insurance companies hav
pnt kings and emperors down in tn
fourth class of risks, along with engi
neers, brakemeu, 6femen and bool
agents.
"Oh, for thousand tongues" sh
sang 10 the choir. Two hours afterwa-d
one tongue was found sufficient to scaa
dalizs four 9th OF the women 10 three
millionaire, who makes the reapers tha
bear his aame, is hing 10 imminent dan
ger Of death a. Paris from carbuncl
that vas recently removed.
| The colored brother in a virgini
church hit the nail on the head when b
PRAYED, ct The close OF white brother
sermon, "L,rd bress de brudder to whom
We has listened so pstiently"
How are your" said one Keokukia
to another as they met on the stree,
Pretty dun d WE'LL" replied the part
addressed. "How are vou7" "Prett,
well dunned.'' Broad grins from bott
parties
A cats eyes are said to bs the larges
at mi might. We never made an exami
nation, but we are'p lsitive that its voic
is about seventeen times larger at ths
hour than at any other period during th
twenty four.
I'D eagles give m k, motheri ?" aske'
the boy. IN !, nv son what made yo
think 80 ?" "B cause I've heard ofth
eagles scream" The mother reacbe
for her slipper, but embryo paragraphe
had vanished.
"D,ctor, doctor" painted messen
ger, scome down the street--quick
There's man dropped in fit| In a
appoplectic ?" questioned the doctor
IN, sir; he's in an ulster" answere
the messenger 5
4
Twenty one yonng girls OF Kenosha
Wisconsin, have "Resplved, That if th
young men woA't come and see Us, W
will 60 and see Them" And the youni
men are stepping down and out and lax
ing to the woods,
A bright little boy, who had been en-
gagged in combat with another hoy. ws
reproyed bv his aunt, who told him ;
ought always to wait until the other DO
"pilched upon." him. "Well," explain
ed the young b-lligerent, shut if wa
for. the other boy to begin I'm 'frai
there won't be any fght."
i Oae of the features about Jspanes
progress is the attention paid to femal
education. The Empress. who is said |
!. b. very able woman, spends both tim
and money in fostering everything xhie
looks toward he elevation OF her cour
!, trywomen. Recently she invited nun
her of girls to the palace tn make an e,
! hibition of their needlework. -
nl AFarmer's wife, in speaking of II
/ smartness, aptness and intelligence
her son, lad six years old, to lad
Z Acquaintance, said: "He can read q
81 enIly in anv part ofthe Bible, repeat tt
whole catechism, and weed onions
o veil 40 his father" Yes, mDther," q,
v ded the Young hopeful, "and Yesterday
n licked N d Rawson, threw the cat into Il
z we'll. and stole old Hickey's gimlet."
"What," said young lady to sis'
r companion, .you are not going to mari
a that tall, lean, slender, oonsumptiv
stricken fellow, are youf" sY.s, 81
d Iis," volunteered the young lady's lit
v brother, looking, up from his broke
e cart wheel: "she's going to marry hi
q and use him for carpet s,retcher
o The boy and the cart wheel passed o.
through the same door.
= Al inebriate was coming down an q
nue. OF trees by moonlight. and stumbl.
g against one of them. Being polit
Though drunk. be raised his hat, IN
stumbled against another tree. begg'
pardon, muttered something ab ,ut h