The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-22
Sa,se and nousense.

Anxiety is the poison of life; the par
ent OF many sins, and of more miserles
The most useful pedestrian is the man
who walks the floor nights with the ba-
by.
The narrow way has proved wide
enough for the greatest cbaraci ers to walk
ir.
A Minnesota girl formed five hundred
words from the letters in George WASH
ingtor."
A Toy al 1ays finds out what true il
wardLJss is when he wrestles with his
frst cigar.
The open Bible had made the way for
liberty-liberty for the Christian and lit
ertv for the inhiel.
Fiery trials make golden Christians; if
the furnace is seven times hotter, lis to
make as seven times better.
The old saying, Excuse haste and
bad pen" has been attributed to pig
which ran away frt m homo.
There's always woman at the bottom
j.. Ifit we're not for the women there
would be no polygamy in Utah.
Did men govern themselves as they
ought, instead Of trying to govern each
other; the world would b. well disciple
ned.
Example is the most powerful teach
er; one by which children are irresistibly
moulded 10 the true and good or the false
aud bad.
A stiffly starched shirt collar, with
Jagged edges, will make man sit down
and wonder how many fights it is to the
other world.
81 think our church will last a good
many years vel" said waegish deacon
to his minister, 81 see the sleepers are
very sound"
We help others by our virtues, even
though we may not knew it; we hurt
them bv our vices even when we think
they are helped.
Dipped into weak solution ofaccom-
plshments, is the term now applied to
those Of our girls protesting tc be so
highly educated.
He that follows the Lord fully will
tind that goodness and mercy follow him
continually. For daily wants he will
find daily grace.
You can buy lot in Leadville now
for S6 600. By waiting six months you
stand achance Of buying the same prop
erty for Is cents.
Therear two periods in woman's
When one Is we never knew, and the oti-
er we have forgotten.
A minister is wanted at Leadville Cole
radp. Que who can sum up the virtues
for d small. sum. aud preach good funei-
al sermon is preferred.
The Widow Oliver did not seem so
very crazv. Simon said: go to the
devil" ana sue broke for lawyers o.
fee on the double quicf.
One of the saddest and most vexatious
trials that comes to girl when she mar
ries is that sue has to discharge her moth
er and depend on hired girl.
The longest daily m Ill and stage line
in the United States reaches from Fort
Worth, in Texas, to Fort Yuma on The
Colorado RIVER, a distance of ], $50 miles.
81 Told her I'd never smoke another
cigar he said softly, land l wont. A
pipes plenty good enough for me;' and
he gracefully drew match over the leg Of
/, his trousers.
A Poelical lover ended poem with
what he considered mastery line-"I
kissed her under the silent slars." But
the ruthless compositor made it, Il kick
ed her under the cellar stairs"
No lees than seventy million bushels
of grain were used in the United 5 ates
last year in the manufacture of intoxica-
ting liquors, England consumed eighty
million for the same purposes.
In this country a boy has too much to
6gh'. First. lis his mothers slipper /;
next, Fourth ofJulv; then green apples !;
and, finally, Santa Claus, rickety pair
OF skates. and an airhole in the ice.
elk Marvel" the qaietest of authors,
is now white haired man, with a genial,
intellectual face and kindly eyes, whose
country life, frightened by his family,
his books and his pipe, is truly idyllic.
1t doesn't feel good when a man goes
into the dark pantry and attempts to dive
his hand down to the bottom of the jar
where the fried cakes are kept, TO plunge
it into foot Of raspberry jam. 1t isn't
good for the jam either.
The Russians are peculiar. When
collins are covered with cloth, the color
indicates the character of the deceased.
Ifthe body is young person. crimson is
used; If widow, brown; if father, yell
low; but black is never used.
A Chicago woman is going to try to
keep her mouth shut three thousand quar-
ter hours. Ifthis new departure should
become epidemic, what mighty peace
would settle down over this troubled
land. May the Lrd grant it!
| Somebody notes the fact that there are
other fields Of ambition for young women
than walking quarter-miles in quarter.
hours, and points to the record OF q Con.
nectitut girl who achieved five divorces
in five consecutive qlarter-years.
i A lawyer, badgering witness, said
sternly: 81 believe, sir. you have served !
sentence in the State prisonY' "Yes,
was the unconcerned reply, al was in
the State prison, and had the misfortun,
to occupy the cell your brother had"
Coming back from little trip to Ha
vre, Partisan thus bewailei misfortune
to q railway companion: "One thing |.
certain, you won't catch me on any more
of these excursions. l have lost nJ
wife and my cane" And then he added
with tears in his eyes, "And 1t was new
cane, too"
J, Hugging sociables are popular in some
rural parts Of New Jersey. The prices
charged are given for benevolent pur
poses. 1t costs ten cents to hug CIR
between fifteen and twenty. but you hav,
to pay twenty 0ve for q young widow
Eve cents for girl between twenty ant