The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-07-08
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the preacher said When he sat down on
the carpet tack.
I'VE are both in cramped circumstan.
ces," sayssthe green-apple boy t. the EN-.
barrassed merchart.
What is tote done for man who has
no mind of his ovn2 His wife should
give him piece Of hers.
Put thick wooden jacket on the water.
jug and vet and wat,r II, may be KEPT
coolt rough the ho,tsst day.
IN the best Papsian society OF late
the powerto read with grace, meaning,
and ia dfieksee has been much studied
The average consumption of wheat
for each individual Of the population of
Great Brit lin is eight bushels per annum.
Little Chief, the Caevenne warrior,
told Secretary Shurz tpat be would rath-
er die than drop into the ways of whita
men.
/ Our sins, like our shadows, when our
days is in it's glory scarce appear; -
wards our evening how great and mon
strous.
Coffee and TIA do not have the same ef.
feet on every one. Some they render
waketul, and to some they prove gen.
tie anodyne.
Not long since, an apparently dying
man was restored to life by injecting
warm, pure milk Into his veins, fresh
from the COW.
| WASHINGTON, June 27-The Khedive,
in accordance with the order Of the Sui
tan, has abdicatsd in favor of his son,
Prince Tewfk. art,af
A lot of American cors' Is shipped t,
Mexico we're supposed t. be new kind
of saddle, and they were returned as not
giving satisfaction.
If The ladies wish so much!to vote,l a
law be passed PERMITTING all of the fair
sex over twenty-six years of age to do
so. 1t win be safe experiment.
A boarding-house mistress, like the
restof us, has her weak and strong
|poilts, the weak points being her coffee
and her strong poiLts being her butter.
L H
A gentleman who was trying to think
of tue word Unive,salist, but could not
get hold of it at the moment, exclaimed:
why, he is one ofthese desulphurizers!"
A devoted husband says that tbe pho-
nograph is simply machine that talks
back, aud that he has had one of that
kind in his house ever since he was mar
ried.
:'He seems to have been short in the
diapraghm," said the doet,r. "Oh, mol"
exclaimed his weeping listener, "he was
shot right in the lower end Of the sa-
LOOM"
Victor Hugo, writing OF the proposed
re-establishment Of the death penalty in
Switzerland, says: "To retain the scat
fold signifies barbarism; to re-estlblish
it imbecilty.
At the evening celebration OF the
l,800th anniversary of the destruction Of
Pompeii bottle of wine taken from the
ruins, where it had lain since A. D. 79, is
to be opened.
What makes mans heart glad is to
wake up ON Sunday morning and find a
drizzling rain falling-jast enough to pre-
vent bis wife from going to church and
to make the fishing good.
The artificial Matching OF fish is des-
tined to become more and more of
business, and, II properly managed, may
In time be the means Of giving . cheap |
and healthful food to the masses.
George W. Sisson, employed in the
rubber works st Bristol, R. l., has just
completed the feat Of making one hun.
dred pairs of rubber boots In ore hun
dred consecutive hours, on $1,000 bet |
The late Joseph Gillott, the steel pen |
manufacturer, after he become rich, had |
a mania for collecting old Italian instru-
ments, and, although he knew nothing Of
music, he became the owner OF over 500 |
violins.
The man who goes fishing and sits in
a cramp-inyiting posture on narrow
thwart from early morn til dewy eve,and
calls it fun, is the same chap that never
goes to church because the pew aren't
comfortable. a
aThe only real bitter tears says
some one, ssare those shed In solitude"
You may bet your life that philosopher
never saw 8 ten-year-old boy coming out
OF che woodshead in company with his
father and skate strap.
No matter how indulgert man may
be, no matter how sweet disposition he
may have, be will feel considerably put
out, ifnot totally wild, when he discovers
that his wife has been driving nails in
the wall with his razor strap.
In the tombs Of Ancient Egypt wo |
mems shoes have been discovered having
soles of wood, to which are affixed four
round props-a sort OF foot stool fixed
to the feet, and raising the wearer about
foot in height The shoes we're laced
in front. 4sz
"Can dogs find their way home from a
long distance ?" asked an exchange, It's
according to the dog. II it's one you
want to get rid Of, be can find his way
back home from California. II it's
good one, he's apt TO get lost il he goes
round the corner,
A boy at Chelea, Mass, habitually
amused himself by hanging from the ties
of railroad bridge while trains rolled
above him. One day be pulled himself
up to see how near slow train had ap,
preached, and his head was taken of ~
the cowcatcher.
An Iowa husband furnished bis wife
$50 to buy silk dress, but instead of
doing go she put the money in the bank,
let it remain there eighteen years, added
to it whenever she could, and the other
day paid off a mortgage on the farm. Is
comment necessary
The name of young negro was in.
corporated into legal document at
Gainesville. Fla, the other day. There
was nothing so remarkable about the cir
cumstance except the negro's name, which
happened to be Europe Asia Henry Tay-
lor Thomas Mintern Abraham Lincoln
Menden Hall Josiah T. Walls Shadrich
Simmons William u. Saunders Jona-
than Lambeth Jones.