The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-14
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The consumption, of coal at Pitts
burgh. Pa, has diminished 1900, 900
tons year since the introduction Of
natural gas. ., uss.
ENNIn Tie palace Of Catherine the
Great, near st. Petersburg. there is .
room which is lined, walls and ceiling.
with the finest amber. 70"
"A novelty in church organs Is be-
ing exhibited at Milan, Italy. It is
constructed entirely Of paper. The In
ventor is priest.
In Ovid, Mich, after Sunday morn
Ing service. the prominent citizens may
usually be seen racing horses up and
down the main street of the town.
ALI the street railways In Dover,
N. H. are under the presidency OF
woman. The treasurer is her husband,
and the company feels safe that he will
never get into Canada. ~
In graveyard in America stands
a tombstone with the following !uscrip'
tion: Here will lie Mr.. James Jones;
at present he still lives and carries on
his shoe store at 150 Franklin street"
.-Fhegende Blatter. laWniNn W.
New York, retail merchants find
the dogs which are led by chains by
fashionable women such a nuisance in
their stores that many have put up
gilt sign reading: "Dogs are not ad-
mitted here unless in arms" .di
"A Montreal newspaper says that
citizen who had agreed to lease GER
tain house on University street was
considerably surprised when he came
to sign the lease to find that afclause
had been inserted forbidding him to
play the piano, play cards, or open the
windows on Sunday. He didn't sign.
"A travelling manager of theater
company, who intended playing para
dise' in the south Of France and feared
to shock fastidious matrons, to remove
prcjudices added to his playbill that no
anxiety need be felt by the most refined
and moral, as Adam and Eve would
appear in costumes. ,si.
The Merced Canal, thought to be
the largest irrigation work ever con-
structed in this country, representing
an expenditure Of five years of time
and Sl,500,000 of money, has just been
opened. 1t is expected to irrigate
about one-quarter of the county of Mer-
ced, CAL, which lies in the heart OF the
san Joaquin Valley ''' i1i.','
A mound that was opened near
Paris, Ky, recently, contained three
skeletons. The remains lay with their
feet tapping together around a small
circle. Pieces Of mica and large war
club were also found. There was a
large oak tree growing from the center
of the mound, showing that the place
musqhave been used as burial ground
hundreds of years ago. tej 49,
An Eastern man took his UNDER
wear to Chinese laundry in Stockton,
CAL, forgetting that he had $l15 in
grcenbacks sewed in his undershirt.
He hastened to the wash-house,, but
found his clothes already in hot water.
The Cinnamon all, denied having seen
the money, but he looked around for
himself and found the greenbacks be-
hind the stove, where they had been
placed to dry. 1nfnal 7pi'-
-7Some one has made a study of the
different pig calls in different sections
of the country, and says that in Penn
sylvania the farmer calls "Pig-pig, pig,
pig-gie, pig-gie;" in North Carolina he
shouts ''pig-eye. pig-eye." dwelling
on the "eye;" the Hoosier whoops
''Whoo-ee, whoo-ee.'. and the hogs
answer gladly; the Buckeye calls $500
500, 500, 500, soo-o;'' the Blue Grass
pork raiser shouts "Poo-hee, poo-he-e,"
and the Dakota man brings his hogs
with q whistle. a-ii.9si a' fs,RF
"A Philadelphia servant has dis
tinguished herself by an original sort
of private theatricals. While her mis- {
tress was away she attired herself in
the best dress Of the lady Of the house,
made calls upon strange ladies and in
vited them to return her courtesy.
When they called she entertained them
appropriately, showed themt over the
house and felt provoked because her
girl had gone out. The farce con-
tinued for some time. '''N go