The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-03-14
Sense and eNnlse,1se.


long, with the ends handsomely adorned.
In Port au Prince the schools and
churches are closed bv the smallpox
there being 1877 deaths in four days.
The Chiuamsn hung in Nevada the
other day died game All he wanted
was "one little smokee" before taking
the drop.
eve been heron bad things on you"
said one big bird to another. "Let's
stork about something else," was the
response.
The worst i'll that g .sh is heir to is ill
nature. That Is the reason why those
Who are possessed of it are 80 liberal in
their use of it.
1t is curious that the'pig must be Kill
led before he can be cured. A yacht
can stand on tack without swearing.
A man can't.
Ex-King Amadeus was recently rob-
be | by one of his servants in his pal
ace at Turin of 100, 900 francs worth of
jewels and silver.
The man of q few words is not unfre-
quently the speaker to hold forth the
longest. Those few words he never
tires of repeating.
Baldwin. the defaulting cashier Of the
Mechanics National Bank of Newark, is
70 he detailed as Librarian in the State
Prison at Trenton.
What is the difference between an old
tramp and feather bedp There is a
material difference Ole is hard up and
the other is soft down
"Tbis insurance pol'cv is a queer
thing" said d ,bbs, reHectively. II l
can sell it. cancel it; and If I can
cancel it, ! cant sell it,
II has been disc ,vcred that the elec-
trio light is esp ,cially Objectionable to
hlunde beauties II makes them look
N ore CHASTITY than Others
There is sharp rise in the price OF
strychnine, aud anyone contemplating
suicide by its means should hurry up il
they desire to save money.
Brown-"I never consider a dinner
perfect without soup. | always have
soup when l dine" Fogg-"And do
you ever have anything else2"
Figures, it has been claimed, won't
lie, but this is mis- AXE. Some of the
fnest female figures upon the streets ara
nothing but padded deceptions.
A Connecticut laiy carrie a piece of
glass an inch long 10 Ter foot for fifty
years, but q doctor took it out few
days ago as it began to mako trouble.
The man who oever did anything by
halves triad 10 swallow whole fishbsl
the other morning, ani has been ext
tremely quiet and uuassumiug ever since
When Chicago little boy is bad and
his mamma orders him to stand ia q
corner. he edges toward the door and
remarks: "Say. ma, ls it q corner in
lard or corner in pork ?"
At the opera in Dublin, a gentleman
sarcastically asked man standing up
in front Of him II he was aware he was
opsque. The other denied the allega-
ton, and said he was O'Brien.
Fenderson-"It is very ungenteel to
90 barehanded. always wear gloves
on the street and in society,"" Plngrey
-"Do your l should think soap and
water would be good deal cheaper"
A Washington dispatch says, "Mr.
Colerick, of Indiana, spoke in opposi-
ton to the measure, but no one paid the
slightest attention to him., When q
man is Colerick it is always best not to
notice him.
Mrs. General Sherman has been elec
ted president of the Tabernacle Society
an organization of Catholic ladies' which
aims to provide for poor churches OF
that faith the requisite altar ornament
and vestments.
Some convival spirits Of Roscoe
Minn., conceived the idea OF rousing
one of their companions, N ore drunken
than themselves, by pouring kerosene
over him and setting him on Ere. He
was burne1 TO death.
A reformer thinks, IL only absolutely
pure liquors we're sold 10 the United
States, drunkenness would be greatly
diminished. This is so. Only a mar
worth 100000 could afford to buy more
than two drinks week.
After New ,aland savage marries,
be is not allo wed 10 look st, speak to-
or live III the same camp With his wife's
mother. Singular that they call race
savages who mad the wisdom to estab
lish such custom as that!
Seven watchers with clubs couldn'
prevent ghost from holding carnival il
vacant Vermont farm house, but f.
good healthy skunk, let lcuse 10 th,
building, sent the ghostly visitor away
on the galIop There's your remedy fo
ghosts.
Tue business men of a town in Wis
consin were much exasperated at tn,
non. arrival of many letters mailed by
them, and complained bitterly until i
WAS ascertalned chat they had been post
ing them in dlsused mail Car at th
railroad station.
A member of a fashionable congrega
.ion called at music store and inquired
"Have you the notes of a piece callet
the Song of Solomon ?" adding, "Ou
pastor referred to it yesterday as an ex
quisite gem, and my wife would like t
learn TO play it,"
The tide of immigration continues +
swell. During January there arrive
al Castle Garden the unprecedente
number OF 1882, being an average G
1854 a day, and al most half larger tina
the immigration for the preceding Jar
uary, which was then surprisingly grea
Charles Sumner thought that nothin
promoted a woman's youthfulness ,
appearance so much as, after suilsb
study OF the subject, adhering to on,
style Of arranging hair. Imagine
says he, 50 Greek goddess changing Il
arrangement OF her hair every Il
months"
"To fall in love with q plsin-fac
but noble aered AID interesting g
has become one of the prevailing usa I
r Of NV York Society" says th'. or
D Journal Of that city A young N
r tried it in San Francisco the other d.
Il But when he told the plain-faced 6
II about It she hit him over the head "
8 a parasol. He is no longer on the n