The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-02-04
MISCELLANEOUS.


q great mining country within a few
years. and will furnish canned salmon
enough to supply all creation.
--"Spanisli" onions, which are really
Sicilian and Italian onions, are largely
supplanting the American onion from
the markets of this country.
"A good place to study human ma
turc is in horse cnr; but you are APT
to think that human nature isn't worth
studying before you get through. IL
Somervilie Journal.
"A woman recently sent to her son.
q youthful desperate Of fourteen sum-
mers, incarcerated In the Jail ut Santa
Rosa. CAL, Bible, bunch Of cigar.
cites, Il piece of sausage and Police
Gazette to relieve the tedium Of prison
life.
The United States ministers to Ger.
many, France. England and Russia re.
ceive $17.5OO each; those to China,
Brazil. Mexico, Japan and Spain re.
ceive $4,000. The General Of the Army
receives $13, 500 and the Admiral &13,.
600.
THAT fellow. Jones, to whom
you introduced me last evening, seems
to be business to his finger tips"
Brown-"Yes, can tell You he is a
cleaner. III his way" S.-"What does
he dop" B.--O, he runs carpet reno.
waiting establishment" "-Boston Budget.
"A contest over seat in the Mary
land Legislature is going on between
two men who bear the striking names
respectively of Scaggs and Sasscer.
ScaGgs is said to be man Of command
ing ability. He recently remarked,
with pungencv worthy of his high
reputation for intellectual brilliancy:
II won't stand any of your Sasscer.
-Bunko man Ito strnnger)-"Aren't
you Mr.. Smith, of Smithvillep"
Stranger-"No. sir. My name is Pres
sure of Philadelphia. am forming a
stock company to raise funds to devel-
op the new and wonderful phenomenon
which has been unfolded to my friend,
Mr.. Keel" But by this time the
bunko man was blocks away.-M r.
Sun. a:i'Sa sFse -
"A peculating student at Cornell
University, Ithaca, N. Y. was electri.
fed the other day when he wen to OBJ
tain $40 note, part Of which was r-o
t,uding from the pocket of a vest hang.
ing in an unoccupied room. A pro.
fessor had connected the vest by m
electric wire to a signal bell. The vic.
tim made clean breast of his dcpreda
tions.
| The old Connecticut pilgrim known
as "the darncd man" is dead. In young
manhood his mind was unhinged by
the sudden death of his affianced bride,
and for the rest Of his long life he
tramped through the State, always
wearing his wedding suit. The great
desire of his life was to preserve that
suit. And the only articles he ever
solicited were needles aud thread or
yarn to mend it.
Foreign letters often come ad-
dressed in queer fashion. A newspaper
was sent to Paris to announce the death
of \ gentleman at New York. The
death notice gave the customary adj
d,oss for the funeral. adding "Inter-
ment at Greenwood" To the bewil-
derment of the postman and the con-
stcrnation of the family. letters of con.
dolence were received addressed to
"M1s. Matilda Blank, So-and-so street.
Interment at Greenwood The melan.
cboly addendum had been taken for a
sort of suburban annex, such as Yon.
kers-on-Hmdson.
| john Buckley. of Meriden. c.,
caught swapping turtle and took it tc
the telephone Office, where he works
He thought that he would Kill the ami
NAL by electricity. and 80 put tho enc
of u wire in front OF it. and the turtl,
snapped it and held on. Then Buckley
put another wire under the shell ant
turned on tho entire electric circuit o
the Office. The turtle shut his jaw.
tighter and closed his shell, and in fiv'
minutes WAS apparently as dead a
Julius Cnsar, but tile next morning HI
was walking about the Office quit'
hearty. He had received an electri,
shock powerful enough to kill man
The coasts of Lower Californi.
abound with huge turtles. which weigl
from 800 to 400 pounds each. Down Al
Punta Banda. where company is build
ing large hotel. one Of the workmen,
who is an expert swimmer and wht
spends much time in tho water. has be
come skillful in riding the big animals
A traveller says that when the man see
ono that is big enough to ride, he rushe
into tho water and mounts it. He ha
way of slipping the turtles op the sid
Of the head that makes them 10,
along. and. by striking them, he als'
guides them. He rode a big fellow nea
the shore tho other day as the stag
drove up the coast road, and the oc
cupan,s of the stage were so pleased
with the exhibition that they made VI
. purse of $40 for the rider.
The president of one of the leading
railroad corporations of the Northwes
has made the following prediction: II
. will not be long until points in Dakot
within five hundred miles Of Dulutl
will be sending wheat from their station
to Buffalo for fifteen cents bushel.
This means that when raised ON Da
kota's soil at cost of from twenty
three to thirty cents > bushel, with Vi
! investment of $5. 80 per acre, will brin