The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-12-09


A bullet thrown at girl In Lowell
cartridge factory. 10 awaken her, lodged
In her ear and caused her des;h.
Chinese children in California are MOI
allowed TO attend the public schools, or
the ground that public education is in
tended only ioJ those who can become
citizens. There are nearly fifteen hum
dred Of them in San Francisco.
In a yillsge ia Southwest England,
milk is so scarce iha, i can only be Oh
tanned on the prpsen:Aiion Of phrsi-
fan's ceriificase as 10 It's necessitv. Tht
reason for this j. that all the mix. o.
the surrounding country Is rent 10 Lnn-
don.
= A notice Vas printed in one OF oo'
city papers few days seo snnouncioP
the dnding OF cheese on the streets
II eeems TO us that the grocer was ex-
!remely esSeiess IN Showing the cheese
TO wander OF by itself and Res losi.---
Boston Poss.
No more touching compliment could
be psid than that OF the child Who baf
overheard 0 cQnversation st the table ar
the qualities OF Niie. AS he .ss,oped
: vsr to kiss biz mother he remarked !:
4. .Mamma. when get bfg FIN going !.
marry lady inst exactly like you
Indianapolis Journal. =
A curious fac, in relation to the Gree
" Arctic expedition is not general,
known. According to Lieut. Gfeeley's
|scseant, of the - men whe perished oil
hot one we're smokers, ard the one wss
the last To die The seven survivors
we're non-smoking men. This is an i'm.
portsnt argument for the anti-tobacco-
niess. ss
Forty thousand people are employed
In making watches and clocks in Swi'
serlsnd. The average production o.
watches 10 100000. The latest novelty
in this line is watch that indicates the
time In other countries and places, such
tss Pass, Susz, Bon6sy Ns~ fcfk IND
San Francisco.
A Paris correspondent says Mrs
Mackay's extravagsnce has been exae.
eera,ed. She never pays more than $500
for dress She makes the most judi
CLIQUE use OF her money. not only ir
dressing herself and her daughter pret'i
lily and ariistically and in decorating bel
iovrly house wiab beautiful works OF ari
5ut b supporting and helping many poe
/ 9merieans Who owe to her and hel
equslly kind and generous. {. hearted hus,
band oil they bsye In the world.
Figures are wonderful things. Her,
is sample OF what can be done viii
them: By placiag one grain OF corn OF
the first square OF chess board, doui
bling the number Of grsins ,ior each su'
ceeding square, the quantity Of corn r.
quired for the whole hoard of sixty.ft o.
squares wonld fill 1.sl4.s75 barns. eacl
holding 1000 900 boshsls OF l00,00l
FgrsiAs each, bushels round numbers.
the United States grows j 800 000.00'
bushels each year, Il would require lit
tleover $50 years to nake enough.
| A boy IL Schenectady, N Y swun,
himself lightly upon a freight lrsin fey
dsys ago, rode halt mile OF 10 an,
Jumped eff One of the aagmen shoul
ed after him: my boy, you'll do tba
once too often and get burt" The la
replied With laugh that be was able Il
f,sAe care OF himself The next moypin
the same boy lay crushed and dying o
The sraiirssd track on de same spo
gsheye. the day before, be had shou,t
hack his careless answer. aHe had falL
from tbs train and been run over by -four
ltten caTe.