The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-01-06
Sense and Mnpsr,,se.

|Serse and WnVsr,lse.
Colorado has two hundred bonarza
kings.
A stub-tailed dog will back right up
to an old tin kettle. .f..
General Crook will not recover from
his freezing for weeks. he- .saa
A single property In California is hall
the size of Rhode Island. a4
No Irishman has siiiking OF The
heart so long as there's q BIT of Cork
| in him 9 h fef1 - ~ i13
The word light is never pronounced
wrong, and the wroog is never pronoun-
ced right,
Mrs. A. T Stewart pays tax on
ieply s5o0,o0oo Of ;Aarsonal praper,5.
w H Vanderbilt pays none.
! Mary had little corn unon her little
toe, and everywhere that Mary went the
corn was sure to go. a1 /
Dr.. Carver, the American rife shot
has been very successful in England ,an6
will remain there until spring. ,ra9
| A lady, joking about her nose, said
III had nothing to do in shaping it. Il
was birthday present"
| A little hoy seven years old. trave,
ling in mail train. asked: (which gc
fastest, male or female trains, papal"
1 The Bellaire street railway is said Il
be in more prosperous condition thar
at any other period since its completion
The proposed narrow gauge railroat
from Steubenvile to Cleveland, via Car.
rolton, Is being daily talked up. w,
hope the time for action will soon ar
rive. a e3s+t ,4 Y4sI i,
"Have you ground all your tools, d
told you this morning ?" said a carpen
ter to his apprentice. "All but the saw
sir; couldn't get quite all the gaps Gu
of that"
i Prof. Proctor says il took the cart
$50, 100000 years to cool off, 1t is
good thing to have this point settled
without calling for the testimony o
Susan Anthony,
"Never let cold rum" says a cougl
medicine advertisement. This is bad
advice Always let cold run. Let
run so fast that you cant catch it,
Norristo,on Herald.
j A little girl, on being told something
which much amused her, exclaimed EN-
phat cally: 81 shall rem ember that th
!. whole Of my life, aud when forget
| will write it down.
! Johnny. aged eight years. learnin,
his spelling lesson, reads: "Corrode: L
eat. away, l say, mother, what a funn.
word l am learning; eorrode, to ca
awav. Didn't I corrode at dinner to
day ?"
i King Kslakaua, like Dennis Kearney
dislikes the Chinese, and fears they wi
Obtain possession of his kingdom
Therefore he asks Portuges to max
their home in the Sandwich Islands.
:, An old bachelor, who particular
hated literary women, asked an at
thoress if she could throw any light Of
kissing. 81 could" said she, lookin
archly at him; ''but think it's better i
the dark"
"Papa, they don't have any stone i
Ireland, do they ?" asked a little boy
the other day "Yes, my boy; but VIII
do you ask such question:" Because
papa, / thought it was all shamroc
over there"
:. The twelve wooden nutmegs, mad
from the wood OF the Charter OAK, whic
have been presented to x.Congressma
Landers, OF Connecticut, will be distr
buted by him among his old friends i
Congress.
A singular death occurred at Troy o
the 14th ult. Dr.. Hermann Gnadendor
a well known physician, while sitting b
a patient, had an apoplectic attack, an
before another doctor could be called b
was deal. ....e.... -
Felicia was gliding down Tremon
street in Boston the other afternoon
with Derby hat on and carrying he
hands in the pockets of her long ulstel
. when q small boy ran up and said
; "Say "Miss, if yer, had cigar nov
yon'd be all right, wouldn't you."
3 John B. Cough says: In England th
) intoxioation among the ladies is fearful
Q have seen two well dressed young VIC
t men in first class railway carriag
draw their fl,sks from their pockets an
8 drink from them, not even using eupl
r rhev go from one confectionery stor
to another and drink sherry until the
have TO 60 hcme in cabs.
{. "Why should monument be erected {
!, Adamp' asks an exchange. Well, bt
e cause we don't want to forget the oil
: fellow; because he never parted his ha
? in the middle, or wore an ulster; becaus
: he is the only man who never had thing
t his own way, and because, not KNOWN
q when be was well off, he went and &C
. married! And now he's dead.
A woman in the hospital in Florenc
has strange history. She entered tn
Italian army in order to save her brotl
er, a married man, from military servic,
She served with distinction during Ii
0 war with Austria and received med,
:. for bravery in the fell. When thet
facts were known to King Humhert
presented her with the cross of his O.
der and gave directions for her dischare
on an annual pension OF 300 francs.
y A complete list of articles made
paper would be very curious one, an
: almost every day it becomes more 8,
= Among the things now made of it a
= buckets, "hronzes," urns, asphalt ro,
!. ing, water cans, carpets, shirts, who
. suits of clothes, jewelry, materials 4
: garden walks, windo v curtains, lantern
- pocket handkerchiers, stoves, railw,
;. carriages and carriage wheels, chimn,
. pots, & ,ur barrels, cottage walls, rooir
tiles, and bricks aud dies for stampin
it Mrs. Jane Grey Swisshelm petitio
# Congress to give TO "Susan," the wife
,e the Ute Chief johnson, a section of wi
C. land. "the same to be inalienable in b
at and her heirs until the Fourth of Jul
,n 1875, in acknowledgment of her her
a ism and humanity in defending the VIII
captives lately taken by her tribe" IT
is very gener"u. of Mrs. Swisshel
especially as General Adems alleges Il