The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-03-29
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Z If you desire to be held wise, be 50
Wise.as 10 hold your tongue. viqs Fea,I
" An idle reason lessens the weight of
the good ones you gave before. -
Edison has invented machine so
powerful that it shocks his own mod
esty. - ~ e sAi s'his
Nothing is ever done beautifully which
Is done in rivalshlp, nor nobly, which
Is done 10 pride.
| The man who comes about solely to
Kill time should; conhne himself strictly
to his own business.
Arkansas is poor place to get along
in. A young man on his wedding day
was taken out aud hung for stealing o
/ : An exchange contains the marriage
notice ofMr. and Miss Carr. We no.
tice it merely as an instance of car
coupling by q clergyman, which is some
thing unusual. A6i .45.,i ErA
There are two things wanting to make
New York's Worlds Fair success.
One is change Of site, and the other
lie sight Of "change."
| Ida Lewis has saved two brass band
performers from drowning. She never
4 ldiscriminates against d mans calling
!. when be Is in Distress. wa1astHst -
| An exchange speaks of Chicsgo
imam who "has one foot in the grave"
Presume it's all they could get in with
out enlarging the cemetery.
/ Sick Headache, Nervous Headache,
from sour stomach, are all cured by DIR.
i iMETTAUR'S HEADACHE AND
DYSPEPSIA PILLS. Price 25 cts.
/ It is not the brilliant author, working
Quietly with his pen, who makes the
most noise in the world. 1t is the po-,
litical stump speaker and the boiler ma
ker. as i1rs gaa, pajf Af ggs-s,s,- 81 (
Young lady, examining some bridal
wells: "Can you really recommend this
bne?" Over-zealous shopman: "Oh,
yes, dear miss!. It may be used several
times, asf nag s4, .
This has been good winter for lee
turers and amateur actors. With eggs
at seventy-fve cents dozen, none but
the wealthy can afford to throw even
rotten ones. gi .ags 6 has
Boy-"Teacher, there's q gal over
there winkin' at me!' Teacher.
"Well, then, don't look at her, Boy
l"But ii / don't look at her she II wink at
somebody else!" ~ sg2 so ses ~
The Philadelphia Bulletin says that
people who are puzzled with large fig
ures can assist themselves by remember.
ing that q billion is simply million
with cold in It's head.
The fifteen Indian girls at Parson
Moody's Seminary at Northfeld, Mas.
sschusetts, are said to rank high I'm 4
their recitalions, and to- surprise their
teachers by their intelligence.
A prominent lumber man in BurIing-
ton has had his coat-of-arms painted on
the panels Of his carriage, with the Lat
in motto, "Vidi," which by interpgeta.
| ton is IL saw y" $3.50
The ladies who some time since were
unable to go out. having taken LYDIA
E. PINKHAM's VEGErABLE COMPOUND,
are quite recovered, and have gone on
their way rejoicing lo5asj ~
"Archimedes, you say. discovered spe-
ci6c gravity on getting into his bath
why had the principle never before oc-
CURED to him ?" Perhaps this was the
first time be ever took bath. .ssS
Even married life Is not without its
troubles Winnie Ream Hoxie is going
to make bust other husband He will
not be the first man that has gone on q
bust because OF lovely women.
In Illinois. when a young man goes
back on a girl to whom be is engaged,
she sues him for breach of promise In
Texas, the women hang him to a tree
and let him grow up with the country.
We can easily manage if we will only
take each day the burden appointed for
it. But the load will te too heavy for
US if we add to lis weight the burden Of
tomorrow before we are called to bear
| it. ss. sss5t s,l
"What," asked the teacher, "was the
greatest obstacle Washington encouu-
tered in crossing. the Delaware p And
the smart, bad boy thought for min
ute and then made this answer: "Tae
holman is4 t,,i
"My friend, how far is it to the next
town." asked the pedestrian. "Only
shoost a little wavs," was the evasive re-
ply. .Well. is 1t four, six. eight. or ten
miles9" "Yaas, l think, it is, was the
answer ar ~ RT X N IN
! The iother day Delegate Cannon, the
Mormon representative, was asked in q
} bantering way BY a member of Congress
how, many wives he had. 81 have
enough to keep me from interfering with
the wives of. other men," was the quick
J reJolnder.
Berg is always getting up something
e new in the philanthropic line: It's un-
3 derstood that he offers large cash prize
!. Tor the hest essay in answer to the ques-
e ton, .How shall we make outdoor life
! attractive to the mosquito ?" We've got
{ it: "Go out doors yourself!' Remit
by registered letter, post office order, or
draft.
A big six-footer was lifting for all he
! was worth on wagon. n.wheel which was
: : stuck, when little two.foot mite OF hu-
manity, nearly as broad as be was long,
!, and just out OF long dresses and into
: pants, with his hands in his pockets and
= swaggering air, sang out; sinister, do
= you want me to help your. can grunt
while you lift"
a 1.-THE whisper Of beautiful woman,'
IS says Balzac, "can be heard further than
d the loudest call of duty" But the mar
IT who is creeping up stairs with his boots
W off at2 o'clock q. m.,, and hears the
q whisper of his wife as she leans over the
r banisters in the darkness, doesn't thinh
t, of her beauty. His chief thought is how
" much he would like to exchange hi:
boots for pair OF wingsoxs.
Gilhooly as On equestrian: Gilhool,
g hired pony the other day, to take lit
% tie exercise on. He got all the exercise
be wanted, and as be limped to the edg
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