The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-09-23
Seuse. and enopse,lse.

Serse. and nopse,lse.
Daniel Webster used to wonder If 8
loafer, was not miserable in his own so.
ciety.
The angels of the Sunday schools are
sometimes the demons oftstbe melon
patch. le -
The ebb and flow of the tide refers
only to married men who 60 out earl,
and come in late.
Greatness may procure man tomb
goodness an epitarh but stamps runs
the thing throug life. fs
aHe twisted mules tail, is the sim
pie but incisive epitaph on a Wisconsin
Farmers tombstone.
"Good is a better word than happi
ness in this world; in the world 10 come
they will be synonymous.
God gives US happiness through our
selves; we are made happy by what WI
are, not by what we have.
God gives US intervals, and we Cal
neither skip nor turn the leaves taste
than they write themselves.
The Grecian bend is to be revived
The correct position can be acquired b,
practicing four hours day at a wasl
tub.
A boy said to his mother recently
"Mamma, l should think ii | was mad
OF dust l should get muddy when
drink.
Willie asked his mother where star
came from. Her reply was: "My son
l do not know" swell, do, he said
"the moon laid EN-.
A circus can always extract a fift
cent piece from pocket-book that Wa
never known to shed half tnat amour
for legitimate unpaid bill.
A jewellery advertises that he ha
some precious stones for disposal, ad
ding that "they sparkle like tue tears o
a young widow" D, ye tears.
All our lives we cant tell each othe
if we would. Every one of us is Sc
cret. after all. But the little bits W
can tell-and they are comforts between
friends.
A lady's underwear is described b.
the delicate and dainty term Lingerie,
hut man is obliged to use such blame'
commonplace terms as "shirt" ant
might gown"
The "Sweet Singer or Michigan
spoke piece on the Fourth at Ceda
Springs, Mich. and the Norristowl
Herald man SAYS there wasn't dr.,
shirt-collar in the crowd.
"People often ask ne; Shall W
know our friends when Christ comes
Ore thing proves it. Will you want t,
know them? Yes! Then you will, fo
you are to be satisfied"
A man out in Kansas City has bough
hyena. which be keeps in cage in hi
room He expects to get married il
the fall, and he wants to get used t,
having a mother-in-law about.
A Michigan tramp who has been sho
at FIVE times by farmers wives says b
has only to watch the end of the gun t,
avoid the contents, as a woman Away
shuts both eyes when she pulls the trig
ger. ~
| Sweet milk rubbed on the surface o
any pastry. before baking, such as huis
cult, gems, short-cakes or even pastr,
for fruit pies, bwill make them browl
nicely and give them aaky appear
| ance. .sfttt
No statue which the rich man place
ostentatiously in his window is to b
compared to the little expectant face
pressed against the window paue, wait
ing for father when his days labor i
done. ra
For mans well-being, Faith is prop
erly the thing needful; with it martyrs
otherwise weak, can cheerfully endur
the shame and the cross; without it
worldlings puke up their sick existence
by suicide IN the midst of luxry.
People who are fond of punchin,
holes in United States coin are perhap
not aware of the fact that such amuse
ment is against the law of the land. Th
penalty for so doing is two years i'm
prisonment and $4,000 fine for every
ofense. FERN "a slaF
Boston Journal: One Of: a party o
six Highland District boys who ar
spreading their vacation at Kennebunl
sent the following expressive letter
''We dug woodchuck out of his hole
lit was skunk; we slept in the barn tha
night"
The baby oyster is not much bigge
than pins head at the end Of a fort
night, and at three months old only th
size of split pea. In year it will he
come as large as ive-cent nickle, an
at the end offour years growth is fit 70
the market. ~ sr
| A Tallahassee minister who had he'll
numerous night meetings in order t
arouse religious enthusiasm, and th
work progressing slowly, bewailed th
return of his labors in only convertiD
lhalf dozen souls thus: II tell yor
my hearers, it don't pay for the gas"
| Observation has taught US that th
most effective powder is the non-explo
sive kind. For an illustration, jus
watch young man, who has been ou
|quite late the night previous, trying t
scrape white substance off the righ
shoulder Of his Sunday .go-to-meetini
coat. ~ '5a :.
| A Keokuk man wrote to friend liy
ing twelve miles distant in answer to a
Invitation to visit him, that he had t
pay his taxes tomorrow to save interest
next day his pew rent was due. the mex
dav was Sunday. Monday his house-ren
was to pay, Tuesday he had to collect t
pay bill due on Wednesday, Thurs
day was the 4,h of July, and after tha
he would be bursted, so he couldn
come.
| John M. Langston, the Minister t
Hayti, is earning his salary of $500
a year by stumping Ohio for Foster, Q
rather for John Sherman, who appear
to be his favorite for the Presidency
The Hartford Times calls attention t
the fact that, although Langstun ha
held the office of Minister to Hav