The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-09-02
Se,ll!s,le'. l!,l'.; and ennpse,,st,

Sense and eWnrseitse.
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Divine vengeance comes from the
feet of lead, and it strikes with hands
OF iron. -' t.5 f,t5. vr--.. = = Il
You may safelY commit the child's
clothes to the servant, but the rest of the
little one you had better take care Of
yourself. 1.' - s'i 3'.s - eco
A poor relation ffseoss : a fit of the
gout.for the oftener be comes the longer
be stays, and by and by he will come toI
stay all the time. ar.q s5u Ga 81
He said but little, yet, as he gazed on.
the mutilated edge of the best razor, he
mentally vowed never again to marry q
woman with corus. .ai;. .i spa 3.t
A bad habit 10 like a-cat in that it has
mine lives. And like cat also you
must kill Il. nine times before you ncan
| be sure ybat n b deAdss 3 20 a
Willie asked his mother where the
stars came from Her reply was "My
SON, I do not know" .""Well, / do," he
said, sthe moon laid EN- r e7 i9'5
| IA tramp who rode six hundred miles
| in locked car loaded with green hides,
thinks the whole country is sadly in need
of disinfectants and sewers. :s..t =. {.
The hardest thing in the world for, a
young woman to do, is too look uncon-
cerned the first time she comes out in a
handsome engagement ring. x,ps s,d -
81 had no time to stuff the chicken,'
Iapologized a laudlsdy5 To- her boarders.
.Never mind madam, it's tough enough
as itis, 2, replied one sof them, + .f far 4
/ When Queen Victoria is at Bslmoral
stalwart gatekeepers attend the lodges,
and twenty -fise picked men Of the Me-
tropolitan police are on patrol, 4 ssa
+ There is no to-morrow, say the phil
osophers !, but the Detroit Free Press
says the rule has an exception when you
promise your wife new bonnet on that
day. syf sp,sl .isgs sad MI, r'.;.i.e, ;
Whati the difference between a cat
confined in . bag and the wind blowing
through 20 adiiapidated house Z One
eriss through ahe sack Iand. the, other
sighs through the, crack. q; sassii,o saea
~ A Georgian who was thrown ffomhis
mule, went home and reported that s'the
mule was Jared fromlunder him by light
ming" How much more screditablel is
this than a snake storyi 19rosa9iT 97ai
The advantage ofliving does not con-
sist in length OF days, but in the right
| Improvement OF them. AS many days
as we pass without doing some good
are SO many days entirely lost n 'aee
When some women get to be angels
| they u. spend half Of their time compar-
ling the feathers on their wings, and the
other half flying around locking in their
neighboris second story window. "
Never lie on your left side, /" says an
exchange. Mol f. you happen to be
on that side when you want to lie to
your wife about the important business
that kept you at the Office so late, turn
over. - b4iu,s sa sBal aos9! = aiisa4l.9 :
"Julius, why didn't you oblong your
stay al the springs ?" ''Kase, Mr.. Snow,
dey charge too much" "How 30, Ju-
illus? ?" "Why, de landlord charged dis
colored individual wild stealing de
spoons" "a sia 1o eile1h ~ imo, q q
In seeking to invent q troche to take
away the odor Of onions, q Quebec drug.
gist invented something which removed
bis breath altogether. The man who
| gets ahead of sn. onion has got to- peel
bis coat. s''t s.A i9 =.
The, man who processes to believe
that evil is only the under side of good,
the dark side of the moon. and properly
a component part of human life, will new
er have the satisfaction of dying from In
flammation OF the, brain. a,g - -.
An exchange says ''striped parasols
have taken the place Of striped stock
ines." We don't believe 1.-THE idea
Of woman holding sstriped stocking
over her head to keep of the sun, and
wearing. paiasols on her-!l v7Ho-
I'll II you bring up your chill to turn his
cheek for blow No. Q, after receiving
blow No. l, when he grows to man.
hood he will always pull up his coat
tails and back around to every man that
he sees raise the toe Of his boot. ce,.
A writer tells Us to put our hands mp
on our, hearts aud feel its muffied beat
that it will sadden US. TINE. But not
half 80 much as. placing our hand upon
onr, wallet and realizing from its fhinness
that we must soon become the mufied
beat. sr.- ~. g., -.;..a... -.
A young man in Nevada killed, him
self, leaving letter in which he said,
l"My Annie is dead, and I must hasten
to be With her, lest some rival angel
should win her affection" He will meet
with q warmer reception shan he antici-
pated. sdi lsaies sspg o b4flis !
| - An fashioned minister passing q
fashionable church, not long ago, on
which a new spire vas going up, was
asked how much higher it was going to
be. "Not much," be answered; "that
congregation don't own much higher in
that direction. y. isig@ p s5on.;Ia
j Cincinnati is making a great blow
over the Thomas concerts. She never
had any music until she coaxed Thomas
way from New York, and we've enough
Thomases left hanging on the back
sheds and fences any night to supply q
few more music-loving cities. First
come, first served. "'
Packages warranted to contain the
means of sure death for potato bugs,
without poison, we're sold at a fair, in
Illinois. Each contained two blocks Of
wood, on one of which was written,
|"Place the bug on this block and smash
him with the other" - -. -. s.
aHow come these holes in your ell
bows2" said the widow Smith to the
lirrepressible small boy. "Oh, mother,
II hid behind the sofa when little Jack
Horner was sayin' to our julie that he'd
take her, even If you had to be thrown
| in; and he didn't know ] vas there, and
so held in and laughed in my sleeves
| till bust EN-. T aY ~ say !.
Many citizens are starting cooking
clubs. That is d move in the right di-
rection. Good cooking is better than
poor poetry. 1t is q solemn fact, that
the girl who knows how to grease the
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