The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-01-15

] A literary man asked a friend who
was personally fam liar with the home
lfe of the Lyttons whether he thought
Lord LyttOn ever did really bite his
wife. The reply was: That cannot
say; but know that if had lived on
ly week with her I should have done
So"
Washington is the paradise of smok-
ers. A drummer saws: There are
more cigars and tobacco used there
than any other place in this country OF
its size" This is explained by the fact
that great many of the Government
employees have nothing to do but sit
around. smoke and talk of politics.
A Bostonian writes: IL cured N.Y.
! self of an annoying habit of stammer-
ing by inhaling Il deep breath between
every few wor,is. and by never allow
ing myself to speak unless the lungs
were fully inflated. A little careful at
tention soon ma,ie the practice habit,
and now never stammer unless much
excited"
After much experimenting DR.. Rich
| ardson has found Il satisfactory means
of causing painless death, and has intro
duced it into the Home for Lost Dogs
in London. The animals to be killed
are placed in !. chamber charged with
q mixture of carbolic oxide and chloro-
form vapor, when they TRANQUILITY fall
asleep and wake no more.
President-elect Cleveland is q fine
dancer and will. it is said. "trip the
1:~l~ &, L.
ball. He will be the first President
since Lincoln who would or could go
through the merry, may figures. of the
cotillion or reel. General Jackson and
wife danced at ball, given in their
honor, to the tune of .s'Possum up q
Gum Tree. .''-Augusta Chronicle.
Oscar Wilde suggests THAT for the fu-
ture ladies should leave Off stays entire
ly and adopt the E istern garb. notably
as regards the combinations and slip
pers. Like Otlie, geni.lses, heis forget
full of details, and does not say how
Slippers arc to be worn on muddy day
in November. For men lie recommends
TIE period of the Charleses as being the
most becoming (uot to say tine most ex-
e-sire) age from which 20 copy.
Representative j. Randolph Tucker,
the intimate friend of Garfield, relates
that the latter once asked him il he
knew where the National motto. '.E.
Pluribus Unum," came from. Tucker
admitted that he did not. well" it
comes from description in Horace, of
the preparation of Roman salad;" and
he turned to it. There0surely enough,
was the list of ingredients. and the re-
mark that the result was sc pluribus
unum."
for during his recent campaign in Scot
land he appeared ON railway platform
and addressed crowd. clad from his
waistband upward in full evening dress.
and below in full Highland costume.
True, this remarkable attire, such as
Solomon in all his glory was not array
ed in. was the result of Il fit of absent
mindedncSs, but that fact little miti-
gated the horrors OF the situation. Nor
did the mind of Cecil hear much COM
fort in the str.dent whisper of his valet
behind him. MY Lord! you've forgot
ten thesei i'-bcantiisiling a pair of
tEOuScIo IucstilN illle. NO, dItcT ne or
deal he deserves the sOlace of success.
1t has been laid down as an axiom in
diamond lore that the precious stone
was capable of absorbing rays of hight
and aiterwari emitting them in the dark.
While this was abundlntly proved by
theory it has been difficult to put it to
an actual test. for naturally the great
diamonds OF the world are not accessi-
bic for the purpose. Recently, howev-
er. private person, the fortunate pos
ser of stone of 92 karats, valued at
$500, 900. lent his diamond for scientific
These have been very
satisfactorily conducted, and the phos-
phorescent quality of the stone may be
regarded rs proved. The stone was ex-
posed for an hour to the direct action of
the suns rays and then removed to a
dark room. For more til: twenty
it emitted light strong enough
to make n sheet of white paper held
near it perfectly visible.