The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-06
MlSCELLANEOCS.


July "a, 1S47, Of the first company OF
pioneer Saints. At the last celebration
but nine people were reported surviv-
ing.
"A sliding telephone is the latest.
Il is movable telephone that can be
run up or down to any floor OF n large
building, 80 that person on one story
/, who is wanted ut the telephone need
not come down or go up to another
floor, but can pull the instrument up or
down as is required.
"A Pittsburgh optician makes the
statement that gum chewing has a
harmful effect on the eyes, and when
carried to excess is apt to cause blind
ness. The constant moving Of the jaws
affects the nerves that lead from the
spine to the optic nerves and strains
the latter until they give out.
"A South Carolina farmer recently
found specimens OF two kinds Of
strange grass in his meadow, and sent
them to the State agricultural depart
ment for classification. The officials
were unable to name the grasses and
sent them on to Washington, and they
proved to be timothy and red top.
--Irritated Frenchman (to American
who has mistaken him for a waiter):
"Sir-r, you haf gr-r-ossly insulted me.
There is my card. My seconds will
vait upon you, sir-r." American
"Never mind your seconds, Frenchy;
you can wait on me just as well. Pass
me the Worcestershire sauce and be
quick about t."--Harper's Bazar.
"A gentleman of Americus, who, by
the way, has % fad or two, was walking
down town the other day with witty
lady, the intimate friend and guest OF
his wife, when he began to revile face
tiously the gait and carriage Of her
sex. Even you," said he, "walk
with very mechanical STEP" EYES,"
she instantly replied, II am going
with a crank. ."-Atla,stG Constitution.
There is somewhat lengthy Ger
man word, consisting of thirty-seven
syllables, 109 letters. Its translation
is: IA stock company of bagpipe man
ufacturers in Constantinople paying ST
per cent. dividends" This is the
word: Constantinopolitanl
einhalbp Observation-Disclosures
ellenherberbergsact tienversicherrungs =
gesellschaft. ..
"A drum owned by Horace Thomas,
Of Visalia, Cal, was carried by his
father in the battle of New Orleans,
and afterward sounded its notes Of
alarm at the battles Of Tippecanoe and
Rising River. 1t was made from a
sycamore log, the heart of which had
been followed out, and both heads are
gone, but it is highly priced as a relic.
There is in the United States dog
for every three inhabitants. The cost
of keeping twenty million dogs is at
least 5000, 100000 per annum. The
, food given to an average dog every year
if fed to chickens would yield return
of more than $40. Heightened dogs are
very expensive, their food costing a
good deal more than that OF some people.
Samuel Kauffelt, of Wrightsville,
Pa, who is eighty-three years old. has
written the Lords prayer on piece of
cardboard but trife larger than q
gold dollar. Under amagnifying glass
every letter is as legi5le as if it had
been written quarter OF an inch in
size. The venerable penman used an
ordinary steel pen in executing the
work.
1t appears, from experiments at
the War Department, that the space
between American eyes is gradually
l se,f "A
our soldiers can not use the field-glasses
,, used in Continental armies The best
military field-glass is that with which
the German soldiery is supplied. This,
however, is so broad between the
glasses as to be unavailable by the
narrow-eyed American.
The Indians have not the sound ol
liz. All their SIS are sibillant. The
. French missionaries and writer's were
always strictly phonetic in their tran
scription of Indian words. Note the
mistake in the word Missouri, the
name of a large State, Of great river,
and of a famous Indian tribe. Always
. and invariably Americans pronounce il
:, Mizzouri, and the natives of the State
do likewise. Gazette.
"A Georgia farmer, had queer
dream, and negro not only inter-
. preted it to mean that there were $75,.
600 buried on his ground, but located
the treasury by means of a divining
, rod, and predicted many circumstan-
ces that would attend the digging.
The excavating party were rapidly
!, nearing China at last accounts and
, everything came out amazingly like
what had been predicted, except the
i, golden treasure.
, That the great world is not so
, large after all is, writes correspon-
, dent, occasionally proven beyond ques-
, tion. Two gentlemen from America
4 recently met on the top Of the great
pyramid in Egypt. They exchanged
greetings, and one gave to the other
his address. The second responded,
giving his place of residence in the
!. same city, and added coolly, "And ]
have here'-handing to him-"a letter
"A OF introduction to you from a mutual
friend ut home"
Thomas A. Edison says that his
:. phonograph Is now absolutely perfect