The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-21
MISCELLANEOUS.


All the police stations in New
York arc to be painted white, SO thai
they may be easily recognized by
strangers and others.
There are only three cities in the
world which have larger Scandina.
Wan population than Minneapolis
They are Christiania, Stockholm and
Copenhagen. Minneapolis has $4,000
Scandinavians. .Dfg
Miss Oldgirl (giggling) Would
you believe 1t, MIR. Lighthead, that
Washington's birthday and mine are
on the same dayp "Impossible!' re-
piled Lighthead. "Why, you don't
look half his age"
First Burglar - whats thatr'
Second Burglar-"A sample case.
spend the daytime goin' around and
selling oil to keep doors from squeak
ing. Great scheme, amt itp"-- Omaha
World.
The Saguenay river is believed to
be the deepest stream in the world.
The general depth is from 600 to 900
feet, and the bottom of the river at its
mouth is 600 feet below the bottom OF
the st. Lawrence.
--"Just think" said Mrs. Walkin to
her maid. 1.-THE very next day after my
new black dress was sent home I was
called to 60 out of town to funeral. F"
"Wasn't that nicep' was the absent
minded reply.
Hotel manager Ito leader Of sum-
mer banD D-"Do you call this a band
of picked musiciansp'' Bandmaster-
Zach! Dot vos 80, bick 'em mine-
selluf." Hotel manager-"Well, then
you picked them before they were
ripe. "--Musicat Record
Mrs. De Ham -"What do you sup
pose gave me this dreadful cold, Char
lieP' De Ham (who can't find the
change he left in his other clothes)-
"Don't know, unless twas that New
York draft l left in my other coat yes
terday. y Chicago Mail.
The names for money in the Ian
guage of the Ogallalla Sioux are inter-
esting. Gold is mases-ska-zi, literally
'yellow white iron;" silver is masses
ska-ska, or white iron." and greenbacks
are minne-hurpimases-ska. or paper
that talks white iron."
-"What's the matter, Brown?' "Eve-
rything's going wrong. tell you, old
fellow, feel like taking poison and
committing suicide" 20, come, come.
Don't do any thing like that. Here,
take another cigarette. = Merchant
TrGreler.
-Griggs-s'See here. Slimley, q word
with you before you go. You've been
calling on my sister for three months,
and think it's about time to ask your
intentions. Slimley-"Perfectly hon
orable, Tom. She proposed to me to-
night, and we'll be married soon."-
Tenas sitlings.
--Recipcs--To make a lemon drop:
Let it fall off the table. To make a
stomach cake: Use plenty of unripe
fruit. To make (n)ice (s)cream
Stick II pin in the baby. To make pastry
neatly: Have every thing in apple-pie
order. TO make cats-sup: Give them
milk. To make a nice pickle: Hunt in
q drawer for something in the dark.
Attendant Ito railroad president
la committee is outside SIR" Rail-
road President-"Tell the committee
that we propose to fight this strike to
the bitter end. No admittance; no
compromise" Attendant-"It's COM
mittee from the Pullman car porters,
SIR" President--"O, show the gentle
men in at once. IN. Y. Sun.
In Europe the white pine has
proved valuable as forest tree. It is
perfectly hardy, is not injured by long
and severe freezing in winter, nor by
untimely frosts in spring or autumn.
Some groves in Germany are one hum
dred and twenty years old, and yield a
large proportion of the seed demanded
by the increasing cultivation of the
white pine in Europe.
Old Philip Winebiddle. the founder
of the Winebiddle estate in East Liber-
ty, Pa, bought one hundred acres Of
land where the city of Erie now stands
sixty years ago, and paid $500 for it.
Almost before the ink was dry on the
papers he made up his mind that he
had been swindled, but thirty years
later the land could not be bought
for S2,o00,000, and is now worth
$3,000.000.
| Partisan dressmakers have a code
of rules regarding color combinations.
Among them are these: Black can not
be worn with any neutral tint and es-
pccially not with green or blue; browns
combine well with blue, pink, scarlet
or fawn. Navy blue combines well with
bright red. Pink, can be worn over
blue, but not blue over pink. Yellow
should always be used with the greatest
discrimination.
| American women who marry En-.
glish husbands will have much difficulty
in dissolving their union. if tho con.
ditions are unhappy, by a new divorce
decision of the English court. which
establishes the point that If an Ameri-
can woman married to an English hus-
band wishes to obtain valid divorce
she must sue in the English courts OF
she can not get it, the domicile of hes
husband being the controlling fact IN
the eye Of the law. M
-One of the queer uses to which
some fashionable women put Districs
Telegraph messenger boys is to havs
than, taxa Out THAR pnt dOUa for avar