The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-12-06
Sepse and enopset1se.

Serse and eWnrseftse.
The new carriage in which Mrs. John
W. Mackey takes her sirings in Paris
costs 100000.
Education does not make man wise
any more then post mortem stufiing
makes goose fat.
"My dear boy" wrote an Irishman to
his son, "Never put of till Tomorrow
what you have done to-day"
Ex Lieutenant Governor Tabor, OF
Colorado, was stone-cutter at Augusta,
Maine, in 1854. Now be is said to be
worth S5,0O0,000.
Keep your family well supplied with
"Sellers' Cough Syrup" Use it in time;
you will avert bronchial and pulmonary
affections. 25 cents.
"Amer!ca," says an Englishmsn, sis
a country where mans statement lie
not worth two cents unless backed up
with an offer to bet you SO"
Don't flatter yourself, young man,
that you know young lady by heart.
When you PROFOUND the important ques-
ton, she may no you by mouth.
There is no authentic case on record
of Niagara hackmsn having gone over
the falls. 10 fact the falls are absolutely
good for nothing but to look at.
Tom Sayers, Jr., son of Tom Sayers,
the pugiIlss, has achieved considerable
fame in England as fine baritone, sing.
ing much at social entertainments.
In some of the Western cities the pa
pers pay 80 much attention to society
matters that man can't 60 home sober
without having the matter mentioned.
"a lady had the flesh eaten off her
arm by scrofula Could see the sinews
working. 'Lindsey's Blood Seareher'
cured her." j. Ralston, Elderton, Pa.
Progress Of electric science. Evident
signs of an electric current running
through the body OF the mule. Every
time the ears 60 down the heels 60 up.
This is the time OF the year at which
the long headed, far-seeing woman cuts
down the ex-army sky y.blue overcoat to
make her boy set Of winter under
clothes.
$50 Pharoah's daughter has been dis
covered among the mummies at Thebes,
has she1 How we'll remember the
last time I called on her. Susan B.
anthony.
"Is your father a Christian ?" said a
gentleman to little boy on one occa-
sion. "Yes, sir" said the little boy
'but believe he has not worked much
at it lately"
The fund for Kate Shelley, the Iowa
girl who saved passenger train from
destruction at the hazard of her life one
stormy night, has reached the princely
sum of $500
An exchange hints that Clara Louis
Kellogg has been caught trying to fence
with broom stick, and that the rumor
of her approaching marriage arose in
consequence.
The old gentleman is snoring the
snore of the virtuous 10 his easy chair
His youthful grandson rushes to his
mother. "Oh, ma, grandpa is in the
parlor-sleeplng right out loud!"
DR.. Boynton has been telling a To-
peka. Kansas, reporter that the late
Presidents wound was not SO very aw-
iul after all, and that proper surgical
treatment would have saved his life.
A newspaper advertisement reads
thus: "Wanted-A saddle horse for q
lady weighing $50 pounds Another
reads: "Wanted-A young man to take
charge of pair of horses OF religious
turn OF mind"
Josiah Hensen, the original OF the
hero in Uncle Toms Cabin, has the
pleasure of writing to Toronto paper
denying a widely circulated report Of
his death He is well and is enjoying
the health Of a hearty old age.
No man was ever elected President
who was born in a city. And yet, de-
spite this fact, boys continue to be born
in cities. They evidently don't aspire
to the Presidency. They prefer to he.
come members of base ball clubs or
some 'hall."
The once famous singer In England,
Germany and Italy, Madam Schonber-
ger Marconi, celebrated her ninety
sixth birthday at Darmstsdt on the 22d
| of October. She commenced her op-
cratic career in 1897, and is still in ex-
cellent health.
"This safe is empty-call at the
house." was the card which burglars
found on the safe in Green Bay Office.
They called at the house and robbed it
of $500, and the smart Office clerk basn't
got the GGis bead any mole-Dstroi!
Free Press.
"Father, did you ever have another
wife besided mother ?" "No, my boy,
what possessed you to ask such ques-
tionp' Because ! saw in the old fsmi-
| ly bible where you married Ammo Do
mini, in 1885, and that isn't mother, for
her name was Sally Smith
Mr Frederick Douglass, after life
of strange vicissitudes, is spending his
latter days in comfortable prosperity.
He is the possessor of 800, 900 or more,
and his Office provides him with an an
nual salary of $1,000 HIS duties are
easily performed, and he has leisure for
wiring and lecturing.
Professor Harris, Boston scientific
sharp, says: "There is coming Of tie
macrocosm into the microcosm." Well,
what of il? II the microcosm is larger
| than the macrocosm and the macrocosm
wants to 60 in, and has got ticket, we
don't see what is to prevent it. Give US
something new.-Peck's San.
Ex-Governor Stamford. of California,
who was recently registered at the Hotel
Bristol, Paris, Is said by the Gazette, Of
that city, ssto share with Mr.. Vanderbilt
the reputation of beng the richest man
in the United States" Here is another
chance for the enterprising reporter 10
interview Mr.. Vanderbilt.
A small boy was hoeing corn in a
sterile field by the roadside, up near
Bethel, Indiana, when passer-by stop
ped and said: " Pears to me your corn