The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-31
HUMOROUS VARIETY

Lightning struck an umbrella In North Carolina
aud killed three persons who were under II,
In the absence OF wine at the White House, Mr..
Blaine takes iced TEA with sugar and nutmeg.
A hotel Is advertised as "Kepl by the widow Of
Mr., Brown, who died last summer on new and
improved plan"
A monument Is to be erected on the site of John
A, Suffers MILL at Coloma Cal, In honor of Mar.
shall, the dlscoyerer Of gold
The Rev Father McEroy who Is tho Oldest
Jesuit living celebrated his nlnctyslxth birth. day
at Frederick Md, few days ago.
News; The price Of -four is getting no high that
several Danbury people Of an economical turn are
giving money Instead fbread to lramps
A party Of twenty.eight Chinese naval cadets arc
now on their way to Paris and London, where they
will pass a course OF instructions In the naval
academies
Punch's Sights OF Dublin Irish cRr-driver-
"shure, that's the Custom house, sor but It's only
the rare av II youll be seeing this side, sor-tho
fronts behind"
The Houston Age offers years subscription to
any member of the last Legislature who will an
erhlsconundrum, correctly How many coun-
ties are there in TexasP"
A gentleman in England committed suicide the
other day and left paper stating that he did so
because his wife was great deal too good for him.
That's why the jury returned verdict recording
their opinion thatthe deceased was Of IAN unsound
state of mind"
A poor man in jefferson county New York, Of
fered his for sale to buy feed for his suffering
family, and took two'ffths of 1t In crackers and
three-ffths In tobacco
At ChestertOn, England, recently woman who
undertook 10 walk thousand miles in thousand
hours was stopped by the authorities after she had
been two or three days on the track.
The latest spring styles Of genteman's panta-
looms have slab of sandpaper In the rear Of the
leg, and men who are not smokers wonder what
under the sun 1t is put there for,
The aggregate of naval vessels belonging TO the
various countries Of Europe was, In 1876, 2OS9 OF
which 200 were ironclads, They carried 2SO.OOO
men and 5000 guns. In addition to these ITO
vessels were under construction Englsnd DOS.
sessed the greatest number of ships; then followed
in order France Russia Turkey, Austria, Ger
many, Italy, Spain, Holland Denmark, sweedon
aud Norway and Portugal,
Little is known Of a remarkable natural curiosi-
ty in Southern Illinois in the shape Ofa natural
bridge. II is near Pomona, on the Cairo d St.
Louis railroad, and is a wonderful freak of nature
1t is of pure sandstone, 100 feet In length on top
and 76 feet from one abutment TO the other Its
60 feet high and feet broad on the top. The av-
erage thickness is feet and team is said to have
crossed 1t i'm perfect safety, 3.'.'
An assistant Of druggist recently put up a pre.
tcriptlon Of dose OF castor oil for young lady,
She innocently inquired how It could be taken
without tasting It, He promised to explain to her
and in the meantime, offered her. courteously,
glass of favored and scented setzer water. After
she had flushed it he said, triumphantly "You
see miss, You have taken your OIL and you did not
know It," The young lady screamed out ut was
for my mother !" sH
The Russian infantry has. been delayed blythe
mud Where's Count schouvalofff-TH Hartford
Times. Ju '.a. HH
Tenaciy First North Brton ION the Oban boat
in rolling sea and dirty weather. -"Thraw It up,
man, and y'll feel a the betterI" Second ditto
[keeping it down --Heeh, mon, it's whusky"-
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On the river bank near Albina, IOregon, lives
umberman Carrico and above his house toWerSa
piecipitous bluff Logs are hauled up the bluff
d then shot into the river through a chute which
olgns not far from tie house. On the last satur.
day in April large log which had been rolled
into the mouth of the chute, got false start and
overlapping the trough went bowling down the
bluff in the direction of the house. The lumber.
man shouted to his wife and child to run for their
lives but the warning came too late. The huge
log struck one side Ofthe house with tremendous
force and crushed It's way clean through. The
lumbermans wife was sitting In her room, and
her baby was lying in cradle and playing with
doll, The log struck the cradle, knocking 1t into
splnters and tossing the child several yards. The
lumberman rushed into the house, and 10 the
mother was scared and the baby whimpering, but
neither of them was hurt The doll, however, wa
fatally injured.