The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
You never hear the bce complain,
Nor hear " weep nor wall;
But II IL wish, IL can unfold
A varv natnfr1 tail

-Wdshingfon CrfN6.
The sum Of 800, which was de.
posted in Hartford bank in 1924, has
grown to &2,621, and the person who
placed II there has been dead for sew.
eral years, while the rightful heirs only
learned their good luck few weeks
ago.
More than three hundred italian
laborers sailed from New York for
home the other day, being unable to
obtain employment. Two brigands,
who had been confined ever since their
arrival, were sent back by the same
steamer.
Among tho latest establishments
In New York is one that rents the linen
portion of bridal outfits. They are
loaned at from 81 to $40 per month.
the latter being the outside limit Of
time occupied by the average wedding
tour.
The famous cattle trail between
Texas and the North will soon be wiped
out 1t was 600 miles long and one
mile wide, and when the original survey
of Colorado was made this strip was
left for the use of the cattle men. The
| railroads have now rendered 1t useless.
"A two-year-old child died at At
lanta, Ga., over q year ago. A short
time before its death the child's hair
was cut off and curl placed in box
with some of the child's playthfngs.
The other day, when the box was
opened, the hair was found to have
grown over two feet.
"A most remarkable coincidence in
connection with Berks County (Penn.)
family, Shilling by name, is that both
parents were born on February 22,
their marriage took place on February
%, and all of their six children (Which
includes two sets OF twins) were born
on February %.
AN "Indian uprising" was reported
in this State q few days ago. 1t oc-
Cured at the Indian school at Carlisle,
and was caused by one pupil placing
bent pin on the seat. of another. The
"uprising'' is said to have been painful
but of short duration. - No7riStoW,s
Herald.
The Youths Companion has much
admiration for girls and women who
learn to swim. 1t says: 'Those of our
readers who frequent the seaside re-
sorts do not need to be told that many
of the accomplished swimmers are
young ladies. This is but natural. As
their bones are generally lighter than
those of men, and their flesh moro
buoyant, they have less difficulty to
overcome in acquiring the art"
"A Paris tradesman one night re-
Gently asked the old woman who came
around every morning to clean up his
store if she Hked to see people hanging,
and when she said no, told her she had
better not cor,e around the next morn
ing, then. She supposed it was joke
until the next morning, when she
pushed open the door and found the
dead body of man hanging in the
passage. He had put up on the shut
ters the notice: "Closed on account OF
death in the family"
There is man in Palatka, Fla,
who imagines that he is teapot. He
is perfectly sane on every other subject,
but nothing can convince him that he
is not teapot, and an earthen one at
that He sticks out one arm to repre-
sent the spout, bends the other to rep
resent the handle, makes kissing
noise to represent the escaping steam,
and then, if any one comes near him, is
very uneasy lest they hit him and break
off either his handle or his spout.
Canadian girls, it is said, allow
their lovers six months to made de-
cision. II the youth is particularly
bashful and the young lady is indulgent
she may give him place on the sofa
and accept contributions of the sap Of
the maple with which he comes laden
to her fresh from the forest for another
three'months. But unless somewhere
In thattime he asks her to be his own
he must seek other firesides. She
doesn't weep at the parting or make
any time over it. There are as good
fish in the sea as ever were caught, she
argues, and in that reason she finds
consolation for the misspent time
Canadian girls are not only pretty, bu,
they are ell trained to make good house.