The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-06-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

1here are only eignJ tOwns III inc
United States the names OF which begin
with x. Seven Of these are Xenias.
and the other Xenophon.
An Indiana lawyer who has been
looking up the matter little. finds that
there are 800 dead laws on the statute
books Of that State.
"A dressmaker got mad because her
lover serenaded her with flute. She
said she got all the fluting she wanted
In herregular business. TEXAS Sittings.
"A cynical Englishman who has
been spending some time in New York
City, says that half the citizens are hon
est and reputable people, and the other
half are politicians.
"A Brooklyn young woman has a
beautiful and most curious table cover
in stripes of white and golden brown.
1t Is woven Of the shorn hair of her St.
Bernard dog.
"A stick OF timber 151 feet long and
twenty inches square, believed to be
the largest piece ever turned out from
any sawmill, has been sent from Puget
Sound to an exhibition in San Fran
cisco.
"A Methodist church at Augusta
held a ''ha-d- boiled-egg festival" for
the purpose of raising money. Each
lady attending was expected to bring
ahhrd-boiled egg, the proceeds to go
to the purchase of an organ.
"A human skull was disinterred by
well diggers in Haskell County, Kansas,
recently at depth of 1876 feet beneath.
the earth's surface. Remains of fish
and sea reptiles have been found on
several occasions ut various depths in
the same neighborhood.
The highest recorded balloon ascent
was by Glaisher and Coxwell from
Wolverhampton, England. on Septem-
ber 8. 1862. They rose to the height Of
seven miles. According to Glaishcr, in
$500 balloon ascensions only fifteen
deaths have occurred.
In the Paris prison of detention
recently person committed as man
fifty-four years old, after being locked
up was found to be q woman. 1t was
found that she had put on male clothes
twenty years before, and had worm
them ever since without being dis
covered.
-Citizen-'Tm surprised that you
have become such careful driver,
Jake. You used to be the most rcck-
less teamster on the streets. You ran
into half dozen different carriages to
my certain knowledge Teamster-
'Tm drivin' mighty light wagon,
now. an it's me own" "-Omaha World.
-"Mr. Brown, you have charged mo
two dollars for cleaning my gloves.
and Miss Jones says she only paid you
fifty cents" "True, Miss. but your
gloves are so small that was obliged
to take extra trouble to prevent them
being lost through the spout of my
stcaming kettle" She paid. of course.
Visitor Ito convict)-'I s'pose they
treat You we'll here, my friend?" Con-
vict-"Yes. sir; have no complaints
to make; but there is one thing don't
like. Every Sunday mornin' in thu.
chapel they set me next to one of these
'ere shoutin' Methodists. an faint
pleasant for man what was born an
brought up 'Piscopalian. Life.
els it true, Mr. Featherly." in
quired Bobby. ''that the homeliest men
get the handsomest wivesp" II be-
lieve there is an old saying to that ef-
feet, Bobby. Why?" 81 heard ma
say SO to sister Clara last night, and
Clara said that you ought to marry
one of the loveliest women in the
world. .''-Harper's Bazar.
1t is reported that the once unpro-
ductive Eastern Shore of Maryland.
comprising Northampton and Accomac
Counties, has been rendered so fertile
by the use of ''pine skaters" the
leaves and cones of pine trees-that
the farmers of the section are growing
rich. A farmer who has made money
out of ''pine skaters" says: "They are
rich in carbon. and when the fermenta-
ton or oxidation takes place. motion
follows, humic and other acids are
formed, mineral matter is acted upon.
chemical changes take place. and the
land is changed from dead mass Of
sand and clay to an active, fertile soil,
bringing in motion the latent elements
that are often there"