The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-04-17
Sepse and No,,se,1se.,

The rule of three is said to be for the
third person to clear out. -
81 do wish cattle would grow larger"
sighed the Chicago belle; "my sboes
pinch my feet ''e
Senator Tabor gave such superb din
ners that you cant convince Washing
ton people that it isn't a shame that he
wasn't reelected.
Don't make any mistake The next
weather fraud who rises up to predict a
tempest will have just as many believers
as Virgins had.
German geographers propose to chris
ten portion of the Northern. ocean the
Nordenskjrld sea. Don't, its kjold
enough now.
A young man with wooden arm,
clasping it about young lady wearing
a sprlng-steel corset, is fair exemplii-
cation of the eternal fitness of things"
A Washington nun who had $50, 900
left her has Withdrawn from the convent
and is now woman Of the world. 1t
is very hard to be religious with mon
ey in your pocket. ra ''sT
The Chinese keep a rogues' gallery,
not of photographs, but Of impre sions
of the spiral lines on the balls of the
criminals thumbs. No two thambs
have the spiral lines exactly alike.
At recent London dinner Oscar
Wilde appeared in an open work EN-
[broidered shirt showing black silk lin
ing, with large yellow silk hsndker.'
chief thrust in the breast of his coat
and high stock OF the past age.
Horace Walpole, speaking about some
people of fashion who had hired Drury
Lane theater for the purpose of an am
ateur performance, remarked '''Fhey
really acted sc we'll that it is extraordi-
nary they should not have had sense
enough not to act at all.
Daring the last thirty years The Cali
fornia quicksilver mines have. produced
100, ,222 267 pounds, Of which 81 ,397, 800
pounds we're exported. California pro-
duced one-half of all quicksilver in use
throughout the world. The Rothchilis
control the Austrian and Spanish mines.
"Strange," remarked Mrs. Brown; 81
have rung at Mrs. Smiths door three
times this week and didn't succeed in
raising anyone. guess the family Is
out of town Possibly" replied Mrs.
Jones ''but Mrs Smith was telling me
lust now that she could tell your ring
among thousand
Mr. Stickney, who died in his eight
ietb year at Toledo few days ago, was
the last OF Major General Stark's grand
sous. His father, John Stickney, who
married daughter OF General Stark,
was very eccentric man and named his
three sons respectively. Ole Stickney,
Two Stickney and Tires Stickney.
Said the angry judge to the lawyer:
The prisoner who steal horses, and l
consider you no better!" And the law
yer said he nattered himself that he did
know better. and wished he could return
the compliment with justice. And this
was one of the most enjoyable incidents
OF the tral-for the audience.
"Oh, dear, I'm all tired out I" exclaim-
ed Mrs. Shoppingham; "you can't have
psrcels sent to the depot now without
paying, you know, and in an econon ical
fit I've been Juggling this all about the
city," And with great sigh OF relief
she took spool Of cotton out Of her
pocket and deposited it on the table.
The first thing a citv man does when
he gets rich, says the Philadelphia News,
is to buy farm, move to the country
and bankrupt himself trying to raise
enough to keep himself from starving.
A rich countryman, on the other hand,
buys brown stone front in the city, and
becomes interested in stocks, with like
result.
An Austin gentleman, who was list-
ening to the commander Of a colored
militia company drill his men, was very
much struck with the lucidness of the
explanation of the difference between
fright about face" and "left about face"
"Tenshun! Left 'bout face am perzactly
de same as right bout face, ceptin' hit
am de oppersite."
Some negroes, says Southern ex.
change, believe that souls of the dead
enter graveyard rabbits, and a darkey
would as soon be guilty OF cannibalism
as to eat rabbit caught in or near a
burying ground AS consequence
they multiply very fast there This
prejudice or superstition does not extend
to spring chicken, however.
"He has paid the debt of natu, e."
said minister to man who inquired
after one OF his parshionesr. "Are vou
sure of that ?" asked the man. "Ol,
yes; for was at the funeral" "Well,
I'm glad TO hear that he paid it. for he
had been owing me seven dollars for a
barrel OF flour so long that had begun
to think he wouldn't pay anything. Ma
ture was mighty darn lucky, that's all
I've got to say"
"How can l leave you, my darling ?"
murmured Toledo lover in tones Of
distressing tenderness, as be observed
both bands of the clock approach per-
pendieular on the dial "Well, john.
responded the girl with wicked inno-
cence, "'you can take your choice II
you go through the hall you will be
liable to wake up father, il you leave by
way of the back shed you'll be likely to
wake up the dog"
! He came home late the other night,
, and his wife woke up and found him
with burning match trying to light the
cold. water tap over the marble basin in
his dressing room. "James." she said,
'that is not the gas burner" II know
it now, my love-" he replied, unsteadily
"fact is, I've been overworked and that's
the reason 1 made the mistake" "Yes,
you look as if you'd been lifting good
DEAL" she quietly answered, as she re.
turned to her pillow.
Mrs Lille Devereaux Blake asks: "If
twenty boys were brought up in tine same
way as girls-laced, kept indoors, taught
sewing, embroidery, and playing the
Epiano-what sort of young men would
they be at twenty -one?" And like q
true Yankee, the Boston Star responds
with anoth-r aft twenty girls were