The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-05-18
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Never poilt - unloaded gun at q
man for fun, is twice az much fun 10
tbit him over head with ii and il gives
him some chsIcs. sa74 6 : al'
A husband xlegfaphed to hls wife /:
l"What haveSsy y0us for breakfast, and
how is the bahyS' The answer came
l"Buckwheat cakes aud the measles. J.
Two girls af A Cincinnati boarding
school. though 0f wealthy and reputa-l
BILE parentsge, stole $40 worth Of Books
from the library, sold them for S15 and
spent the money Sc candy.
A new psit Il .ess came. home Tor,
little fve-vear-oid. He tried them on.
and finding that his feet were in very
close quarters, exclaimed: 20 my! they
are so tight l can't wink my toes"
"Why don't you come in out of the
rain ?" said a good-natured dominic to
a ragged Irishman. "Shure lis av no
consequence, yer reverence" returned
Pat; "me clothes Is 30 fall of holes they
won't. howld wather"
Father (who is always trying to teach
his son how to act while at the tablet
-s'Well, John, you see that when /
have finished eating / always leave the
table," John-"Yes. sir, and that is
about all you do leave"
Seth Green advocates frog culture.
He says that many farmers have for
tunes in frog ponds, and that little
care and cultivation will produce crop
of frogs large enough for family use, af.
ter supplying the market.
Why is it when man calls another q
liar and a scoundrel the insulted per-
son almost invariably asks, "What do
you mean, sir1" 1t would seem that
such language would not require man
and diagram to make it clear.
Mr.. Graham @. Campbell, of the SEN
ior class in Auburn Seminary, has offer.
ed himself a missionary, and been accep-
ted by the Presbyterian Foreign Board.
He expects to sail in October next,
probably to Gaboon, Africa, the field
for which the late DR.. Bushnell sought
in vain for helper in our Seminaries
last year ss
The triumphs OF the Gospel on The
Island OF Samoa are remarkable. Only
thirty-six years ago the people were
barbarous and without a written lau-
guage, The whole population, $4,000,
are now professed Christians, church.
going, Bible-reading, earnest in prayer
and effort, sending the Gospel missiona-
ries to other islands.
Out in Nevada school trustee had
just got everything Fixed to run away
with The school fund, when, to bis in
dignation, be found that the other trus-
tee bad squandered every dollar OF it.
He says now the world Is too full OF
thieves and scoundrels for an honest
man to have any kind Of chance
Burlington Ha,oksys.
After telegraph pole had fallen on
a Savannah negro's head he threw up
his hands and shouted: "Don't hit me
again wild your club, Mr.. Policeman.
1t wasn't me that stole der chickens.
It was Deacon Henry" Then he look
ed, saying: "GoIly, Use in luck dis
mornin'. 'spected dat de policeman
had me shuah dat time
The daughter Of q Shrewsbury Eng
farmer went to the pantry to get loaf
Of bread that had been baked eight days
before. As she carried it she was con-
siderably alarmed. as most young wo-
men would be, 10 see first one mouse
and then another leap from the Loaf. On
emitting it open, cosy nest was found
| in the centre, and in the nest we're four
teen little mice ps
We know OF an instance where gem
tleman in this county bought number
of sheep, kept them six months, and, al,
ter selling the wool and lambs, had all
the money back which he invested in
them, and thirty.five cents per head ad-
ditional, and the same sheep. You can
Judge for yourself whether sheep are
lpro6table or not.-Randolph n. Pal
Enterprise.
"You must not play with that little
girl, my DEAR" said an injudicious par
ent. "But. ma, / like her; she is a
good little girl, and / am sure she
dresses IS pretty IS / do, and she has
lots of toys" II can not help that. my
dear" replisdsthe foolish mother; "her
father is shoemaker" "But / don't
lplay With her father, play~with her (;
she ain't shoemaker"
Archbishop Purcell said, in a recent
sermon at Cincinnati: u now solemnly
declare before Almighty God and this
congregation that not one dollar OF the
money that was intrusted to my care
was lavished in luxury by myself or
agents or expended in any manner for
personal benefit; and no matter how un-
worthily Imay appear in your eyes, l
humbly ask that you pray to Almighty
lGod for me-" His health has been very
bad since the financial disaster in his
diocese.
| Patrick saw q bull paving in field,
and thought how amusing 1t would be
to jump over, catch him by the horns
and rub his nose In the dirt The idea
was so funny that he laughed to think
of it The more he thought Of it the
funnier it seemed, and he determined to
do IT, Bovus quickly tossed him over
the tence. Somewhat bruised Patrick
leisurely picked himself up, with the
very consolatory reflection: "Well, il is
a moiebty soine thing had my laugh
foorst.
Keeping Milk from Souring.
There may be something more in the
method Of keeping milk than at first
appears, in the less liability to souring in
glass than inmetal or wooden vessels. We
know how sensitive milk is to electricity
conditions of the atmosphere, and that
while glass is very poor conductor
Iof electricity metal is good conductor,
better far than wood. As electricity is