The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-04-10
Sfuse and Nu,lse,tse.

Born late'ln February, he was soon ont
the March. auSsau -sIesI-
There is a marked difference between
getting up with the lark and staying up
TO have one.
A man who keeps telling a woman he
is her friend is either in love with her,
or aft aid he will be.
The Rochester Express calls for q
new coin, value 6 cents, for the con-
venience of newspaper men sued for
libel. .s.4 a.sss-s.e -
A lively acciden. insurance agent is
sued policies for 500, 900 on, . single
wedding patty going from Denver 70
Chicago. agis= =
This idea OF putting roney~sslde Tor
a rainy day seems to US rather foolish.
There is pot mach fun 10 be had ON q
rainy day. 9e-H 7s 3s
Cornell University is about to invest
$4,000 in works on American history
A list Of them has been made out By
Professor Tyler.
A B ,ston preacher delivers lectures
every Monday. II there ever is time
people neei the consolation of religion
it is on washday.
The first locomotive, has just appeared
in Ssnegsmbia, where tie first mile and
a half of French railway between Sene-
gal and the Mgr was opened in De-
cember. 5 1.
Heard in boudoir: ,"Mercy on me,
what are those horrible sounds up
stairs 2" "Oh, that's nothing but dear
Gaorge;I suppose he has lost his col
lar button again" al-ss
A young hardware dealer Of Pitts
burg, who has tried several kinds, in.
sists that he most popular "sash weight"
is and will always be. coat sleeve con
tanning a muscular arm.
An old adage says: "Hell Is paved
with good Intentions" and it's the ..onlv
place OF which we ever heard that is,
Generally paving is done with the in.
teHtion OF cheating the city.
DR.. A L. Childs, nv putting down
trees whose age was known, has found
that the popular theory as to rings in
trees as a sign of age is false. In damp
years tree makes number. Ia
The largest fruit seller in New Or
leans on being asked what became OF
all the cocosnut shells. replied that be
sent annually 100000 to New York TO
be ground up with black pepper.
The daughter of Texas cattle king
has Jast returned from Paris, where she
saws she walked thorough the Toora.
looorals and visited a shottoe, where
she saw statutes Of Pysic and Catherine
de Medical.
A New York man was so enraptured
with lady at fancy ball that he Of
fered her 800 to unmaak. She accep-
ted the money, saying: "Now your
wife can pay the servant girls back
wages
A little girl in Hartford Sunday
echool, unused TO diplomatic ways, sidled
up to her teacher and naively said ::
"Mother wanted me to find ont in q
roundabout way whether you are Mrs.
or Miss" E#aa s.s h. -
1t does look something as II the only
way to stop these interminahle disasters
at sea would he to adopt Max Adler's
suggestion of having man walk along
the bottom and hold th blamed things
up with pole. " sifa5
An Erie brakeman was half killed by
his wife, who, while attacked by night
mare, dragged her husband out Of bed
by his whiskers The victim is probably
OF the opinion tlat he has married q
Pull man sleeper.
A girl jnst returned {, Hannibal Mis-
sour, from Boston high school, said
upon seeing a FIRE engine at work !:
WHO would evan have dweamed euch
vewv diminutive-looking apawatus
would hold 50 much wattah!" 4 @
An unbeliever in the theory that Lord
Bacon wrote Shakespeare is led to say
that il Bacon wrote the plays attributed
to Shakespeare merely as recreation
from laborious toll, it is great pity he
didn't recreate more and toil less
Au Oregon paper shows the danger of
sudden inferenees in scientific pursuits
A lot OF brass buttons and colored beads
found lying with certain bones led to
the conclusion that "the old rooster had
suicided by, swallowing q soldier.
A slightly colored boy in Washington
has been condemned t, bear the name
of "Roscoe Conkling Bruce" during the
continuance of his natural life, He is a
son OF Ex-senator Bruce. nov Register
of the Treasury aud his name is on
every recent gr'enback issue. fa n.
A bright little three-year.old likes
very much to GO to church, and es-
pecially enjoys the singing. One day
the choir sang, Rock Of Ages. Cleft tor
Me-" and after she got home. the little
one was heard singi g, very seriously,
'sRock the babies, kept for me-"
Ladies in England have set the fash
ion of using eream-colored powder for
the face There is one advantage gain
ed by this, as they do not go upon the
street as many of our American ladies( p
do, having beautifully white faces and
deep satfron-colored necks in pitiable
contrast dare szZ .e7:ft4t ;.7e
Did any intelligent citizen of 0,lio
vote against Hancock for fear the WOO
interest would be DESTROYED If q Demo
crat should be elected President2 i
SO, that person's fears are no doubt as.
suaged since the Democrats IN Congress
voted almost solidly against the recent
reduction of duty on wool. ssK
A little hoy, when picking the drura
sticks of q chicken, swallo wed one o
1.-THE tendoHs. and was very nearly chok
| ed The tendon was, however, extract
ed with great difficulty from the littl
fellows throat, when-he exclaimed: "Oh
mamma, it wasn't the chickabiddy'
fault; it was because cook forgot to TAX
off its garters. - ha~S gs4aa sra
1t was Miss Bayard, it is said. wb'
thus astonisbed Oscar Wilde nv be
, keen repartee to patronizing remark
, "Are you going to the german, Mi
J Wilder" she asked, the night of hi
! lecture in Washington. "Yes," drawle
the ssthete, s.if my lecture doesn't Is
ltigue me too much. Are you goinl
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