The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-04-05
Sense and Morsse,rse.

Sense and Norse,rss.
The swaying to and fro OF chande-
lier in q cathedral suggested to Galilco|
the application of the pendulum. 4llp "a
Pins we're first used in England III The
reign Of Henry VIII, previous to which
time the ladies used wooden skewers.
A poet sings of "a face bent over the
hanister.'' A face bent that way must
be badly out of shape for sweet smile.
1t is quite wonderful how many things
there are in this world which you do
not want II you can only make yourself
think 80. q
Jay Gould used to work on i farm. And
.thsy do say ne could fence more land
into iorty-acre piece than any ten men
could crowd INTO fifty. -
Sick Headache, Nervous Headache,
from sour stomach, are all cured by DR..
METTAUR'S HEADACHE AND
DYSPEPSIA PILLS. Price Is cts.
William Johnson, the chief Of the
United States scouts on the plains, is
authorized interpreter in fourteen differ
ent Indian dialects, and speaks eleven
more.
Ministers, Lawyers, Teachers and
others whose occupation gives bat little
exercise. should nse Carter's Little Liver
Pills for torpid Liver and biliousness.
One is dose.
II is curious fact that the things We
don't have always seem to be most de-
sirable. The dgs on The other side OF
the hedge, says the Spanish, are far
sweeter than any on this side. ~
1t is pretty serious thing to break
an OLD friendship. for. like old china. It
can never be made quite whole again.
A broken friendship may be soldered,
but 1t will always show the crack.
Malone is the queerest figure in the
Senate with his scrawny little form en-
veloped IN antique garments gathered
at the waist and setting 80 stiffly as to
give him the look Of boy soldier. -
Private Dalzell has come to the sur
face again as the great nominator. This
time it is Secretary Robert Lincoln who
is the victim, being named bv the grest
irrepressible for the Presidency in 1884.
Within the last three months TWO hum
dred cannon have been converted into
car wheels at one Of the car shops in
Wilmington. The big guns are sub
jected to intense heat for four or five
hours to reduce them to pig iron.
Parents may escape many anxious
sleepless nights by timely use of Den.
|ig's Cough Balsam. One dose just be-
fore going to bed will relieve the worst
hacking cough, and ensure a good rest.
Children take it readily because pleas
ant. 49, - = &. &c z4s 49,
Every young man Of slim income
must shudder when be reads of the tre-
mendous ice crop that has been gather
ed, and realizes that be cannot walk out
with bic best girl next summer withou,
encouotering seven ice-cream saloon to
a block. q
"Not one American woman 10 twenty
five can walk five miles" saws an Eng.
lish physician See, here, Doc, you just
show an American woman street five
miles long, with bonnet stores. every ten
rods, and see il she cant walk the whole
distance. ~ -.
ELIXIR VrTx FOR WoMEN Mrs. Ly-
dis E Pinkham, 233 Western Avenue,
Lynn. Mass, has made The discovery
Her VEGETABLE COMPOUND is q positive
cure for female complaints. A line ad-
dressed to THE lady will elicit all neces-
sary information. 80 eg
"In the hour OF danger woman thinks
least of herself, !" said Madame Stael
True! When the thunder roars and the
vivid lightning flashes, and the big
drops come down, the woman who is
caught out in the storm devotes her ag-
ony to the thought that her bat and dress
will he ruined. sas
There are 1886 miles Of paved streets
In New York city upon which, the po-
Ice commissioners estimate. cart load
Of snow for each lineal foot fell during
the winter. segregating 2.032, 800 cart
loads. wh,chto remove would have cost
81 .422, 900 and the appropriation allowed
the board was $4,000. .at
The New York Herald expresses the
fopinion that when man swells to such
proportions OF self-conceit that be ad.
dresses The Deity as be would q friend
On the street, the community awaits his
exit to the happy hunting grounds with
considerable impstience. Several clergy
men iu New York and Brooklyn ducked
their heads when they read this para.
graph. - -
A murder that was committed near
Newcomerstown. o.. Is years ago has
just come to light. A young man named
Edward Simmerman disappeared and
his dead body was found in the canal
A detective has at last unearthed the
mystery and found that he was murder.
ed by some companions for bis money.
The guilty parties have moved vest but
they will coon be arrested.
Old gentleman military mani con-
versine with smart looking Irishman
|"Wounded in the Crimea, were. you,
Badly D.. Irisman: The bullet hit me
10 the chist, here, surr, an came out at
the back!' Old gentleman: "Cume,
come, Pat, that won't do! Why,it would
have gone right through your heart, man
Irishman: "Och, faith rue heart was in
me mouth at the tonne, surr =
The sons OF the Emperor Of Austria
(once got into a fierce quarrel. In the
height Of passion one said to the other,
..You are the greatest ass In Vienna"
At that moment the Emperor appeared
in the doorway, and, highly offended to
6nd his children quarrelling, said, "You
forget, Young gentlemen, that ] am pres
ent y They all then saw the point that
had been unconsciously made, and the
quarrel ended In hearty laugh.
The precautions taken in Prussia to