The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-07-18
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persons who are now left in Egypt.
The man who has mind of bis own
is ever ready to give you piece of it.
Mr.. W H English nays tsxes in In.
dianapolis on $352,S55 personal prop
erty.
The first coin made in the Philadel-
phia mint was the copper cent struck in
1853.
Has it ever occurred to baseball men
that milk-pitcher is generally a good
fly catcherl
General De Cissey who took an active
part in the Franco Prussisn war, has
ljust died in Paris.
The fsvorite flowers of the late WE'LL
known florist, james Wick, of Roches-
ter, n. Y, were pansies and violet.
The latest slang expression applied to
the susceptible young man is "Potato. ;"
The reason therefor is thst he frequent
ly gets mashed
| The hotel which Is to be built by Mr..
Mackey, the millionaire, In London, will
be i've times as large as the lagest of
London hotels.
| Weakness is the egotism Of goodness.
When one hope departs the other hopes
gather more closely together TO hide the
gap il has left.
Arab Bey's temper Is truly awful.
Egypt has seen no such display of no.
seemly passion since Mrs. Potiphar tore
of Joseph's coat tail.
The Rev. Mr.. Lyon, OF Bridgeport,
preached Sunday night on the National
sin There was universal exchange of
umbrellas the next morning.
An ambitious man whom You can
serve will often aid you to rise, but not
higher than his knee, otherwise you
might be standing in his light.
Mr.. John Davis. who died in Eng
land in 17S8. considerably bequeathed
S1.25 to bis widow to enable ber to get
drunk orce more at his expense.
It makes very little difference what
the weather may be in other parts Of the
country in April and May, they always
have Hot Springs 10 Arkansas.
Marriage resembles village fair.
where every one endeavors to trade off
bis lame horse or his viscious COW for al
handsome, sound and useful critter.
Miss JEANNE Chamberlain, an Ohio
girl, presented at the Queens last draw.
ing room, Is said to be the most beau.
tiful American who ever had that honor.
A Baptist clergyman declares there is
a tendency in children to drift away
from the church. and he fears the boys
Of the future will be largely n.church-
goers.
Bismarck has presented to the Boz
tanical Garden at Dusseldorf large
wolf given him bv Russian Prince.
Wolves, like, bad cigars, are nice things
to give away.
Bob Ingersoll, it is reported, has lost
$50, 600 10 copper mining speculation.
As far as we can discover, the mistakes
OF Moses did not include Irritation with
fancy mining stocks.
Persons with boys in the family should
know that the bows have platform, and
that they always stand on it. 1t reads,
"Scolding doesn't hurt, whipping doesn't
last long, kill they dar'sn't."
Upon the two pillars which stand be-
fore each Of the three entrances Of Mr.,
james Gordon Bennett's residence at
Newport have been place,l bronze owls.
They are really gaslamps, the lights
streaming from their eyes With wierd
effect.
She can work fancy screen
Just the incest ever seen,
In style that all her 'culcbahed' set enchants,
But my friend. 'twixt you and me,
1t would chill man to see,
How she stitched patch upon her old mans
pants.
W. Smallwood, OF Lula, Georgia, is
the father of 80 living children, and ss
improbable as the statement appears, ii
is vouched for by the Athens Banner.
1t does not say, however, how many
wives the man has, although his age is
given at Sc years.
General Fitzhugh Lee wrote from
Richmond to the committee on Invita-
tions: Greatly preferring the society
of the Society of the Army of the Po-
tomac' in 1882 to the society OF the
Army of the Potomac from 1851 to
1865, ! regret that it will not he in my
power to he present at their reunion in
Detroit on the l4th and 18th inst"
The new summer gait is called the
kangaroo glide, and can be performed
by bending the upper portion of the
hody at an angle OF twenty degrees.
poking the elbows into the air on either
side, and letting the hands flop around
like the fins of a sea lion. The steps
should he long and even, and the chin
slightly elevated. 1t is graceful for all,
but peculiarly adapted to fat girls. j
At an evening party in London, lately,
an italian hoy only nine years old sat-
down to the piano and PLAYED with such
wonderful execution that it was difficult
to believe that il was child WIN had
such marvellous gift.-LondoH Times
AT an evening party in Chicago, lately,
an American girl only 10 years old sat
down to the piano and played with such
wonderful execution that It was difficult
10 stay In the house Chicago Tribune
The Cleveland Voice, edited by Mr.
Speaker Hodge, quotes from the CiDcln-
natl Gazette. and says: "The last Legis.
lature had quite enough Of your advice,
Mr. Smith, and rest assured that when
the Legislature again meets II will think
several times before il embarks in any
more OF your liquor-tax schemes" This
rebellion on the part of Mr.. Hodge is
shocking. The Deacon will probably
overhaul the Speakers record, even il it
should scandal'zs the Republican party.
Every Young man should learn to
I smoke. Twenty years ago Yankee
yeoman on an American man-of-war
winlering in Genoa gave German vi,-
itor light for his cigar and subsequent
, ly gave him some valuable information
on technical point Recently the
3 quondam yeoman, who is now prac;
g t cling law in small Maine town heal