The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-12-05
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quality. 1t has been called the bright
weather Of the heat.
The FREELY only shines when on the
wing so it is with the mind; when once
we rest we darken Bailey.
The loveliest faces are 10 be seen at
when one sees half with the
eye and half with the fancy.-Boeee.
To most men experience is like the
stern lights Of ship, which illumine
only the track it has passed-Coleridge,
We should give as We receive. cheer.
fully, quickly, and without hesitation,
for there is-fe grace in a benefit taat
sticks to the fingers.
1t ls the easiest thing in the world to
tell man OF brains from fool bali a
square off-a man Of brains meyer acts
as if he owned the whole street.
Social etiquette: Next we shall have
coattail Irritation code Having the
tails covered with mui will mean 81
don't like her father. r."-Boston Post.
Gossip is sort of smoke that comes
from the dirty tobacco pipes of those
who diffuse it; it proves nothing hut the
bad taste OF the smoker-Geo. Eliot.
A Tennessee woman has trained dog
TO drink beer and chew tobacco. NV
you will see thst women will never mar
ry. She has no use for man around
the house.--N. 7 Mercury.
"What is your defense, sir? sternly
iemar ded His Honor 81 shall prove
on arabi," said the culprit. with a whine
"Then you will he in worse fix than
you are now, replied His Honor.
In the excavations at Herculaneum
grain has been found charred at the
time the city was destroyed, 1900 years
ago, yet so perfectly preserved that the
different kinds are easily distinguished
A Chicago man who was sleeping with
a brace of revolvsrs under his pillow was
robbed the other night. He has thrown
his revolvers down a we'll and married 8
woman who snores -Phunny Phellow
Moody and Sankey have begun an
evangelical campaign in Paris. Moody
speaks through an interpreter. and San
KEY sings in his natural way The
Parsians 10 not gather in great crowds
Both eends oh life is shrouded with
mystery. A man don't know when he's
born or when he dies. Oars room
enough, howeber, between desc two
acks ter get in a mighty heap of debil-
ment.
Oae hundred thousand elephants are
every year slaughtered to supply the
ivory Of the world. The 1,200,0
pounds Of ivory used nv England in a
wear require the sacrifice of 10000 OF
the beasts.
A man made application for insurance
on building situated in village where
there was no fire engine. He was asked :
What are the means in your village for
extinguishing fires p "Well, it rains
sometimes" he replied.
Temperance lesson: Last week a
Whitehall gentleman, viewing the st
Pat -iek procession in New York, over
heard a footman say: "Bedad! the
whisky sellers roides the horses. hut the
whisky drinkers goes a-frt.- Whitehall
Times.
"I've got some famous Literary man
for customer" said the tailor, "but /
don't Know who he is, for he forgot to
leave his NAME" "But whv do you
think he is great writerI'' "Oh,
know he is; he ordered The seat OF his
pants lined with leather"
From singing school the lover comes,
Hi. girl upon his arm.
And sitteth by her fathers fire
And waiteth to get warm.
A foot at half-past one is heard.
The swain doth quickly scoot
For fear of getting too we'll warmsi
By her fond parents boot.
There is deep significance in silence.
Were a man forced for length of time
but to hold his peace, it were in most
cases an incalculable benefit to bis in
sight. Thought works 10 silence, so
does virtue What folly would one
avoid did the tongue he quiet till the
mind had finished and was calling for
utterance.
Kid gloves may be put on with less
likelihood of tearing if they are pre-.
v!ouslv laid on damp towel for a
minute or two And it is said bv a
glove maker that Mousquetaire glove
will 60 on more easily if the upper part
be turned down beyond the button, and
when the fingers and hand are worked
in, the top may be carefully turned but
not pulled back
Life! we've been long together,
Through pleasant and through clou iy weather;
'Tis hard to part when friends are dear;
Perhaps twill cost sigh, a tear;
Theu steal away, give little warning,
Choose thine own time;
Say not Good Night-but in some higher cline
Bid me Good Morning"
A preacher and a merchant at WAL
ton, Ca, snapped cows the other day
Both of them think they know a good
piece of cow flesh when they see it, and
each one boasted to his friends what 8
good trade he had made; but when milk
ing time came they changed their tune
The preachers new COW kicked the
shingles off the stable, and the mer.
chants COW tore down bis lot fence
running from the niilker. Now they are
ready to swap back again.
Curt Tolstoi's severity and the re.
volt of the Russian students have led to
the closing of the University Of Kasan
1t is a periIous game for the government
and will do nothing to check the spread
of nihilism. The students will now con.
stantlv come in contact with dscon
tented population, awed into silence by
the knowledge that police spies arr
among them. There is likelihood
that the students on the streets are NOR,
dangerous than inside the college walls
Safe, Notwithstanding, upon re
turning to his store, on Galveston ave
nue., from dinner, found his clerk yer,
much excited. The clerk said that
stranger came in and after asking an'
paying the price for cravat, which wa
one dollar, picked up the EFT re box
containing doz,n, and went off wit
them. ibid he pay you de dollar ?
asked Nose. "Yes" responded the cler
we'll, then, We makes, anyhow fiftv PEI