The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

BITS still and beats t1me.-hlcnmono
Dispatch.
"A log house that had been standing
1874 years was torn down in Berks
County, Pa, recently, and most Of the
timbers found sound.
"A Litchfield, Mich, couple who had
been married thirty years had a misun-
derstanding about two years ago, and
since then they have never spoken to
each other, though living in the same
house.
Somehow or other the man who pays
his bills always has suspicion that the
tailor has secret feeling of contempt
for him, on the theory that he isn't
smart enough to be dishonest
vile Journal.
"A native of Mississippi, had fight
with an alligator in swamp. He killed
him after long struggle, but in trying
to get it home he was caught in quag-
mire. He sank to his waist and would
have gone further but he clasped his
arms around the alligators tail. Ten
days later he was found dead, having
made desperate efforts to bite through
the gators hide and get flesh enough to
sustain life.
"A Nashville druggist prepared n rat
paint made of preparat tion of phos-
| phorus. Catching rat he painted him
with the preparation and after dark,
when the rodent was cleaning like a
fireball, he turned him loose to mingle
with fellow-rats. Dire CONSERVATION
came upon them when he appeared, and
they incontinently fled, the phosphores-
cent rat bringing up the rear.
Some evidence on the subject of
barrel-organs was given in q Liverpool
court the other day. One of the wit
nesses was an Italian girl, who stated
that during the summer the ''takings"
of an organ were from twenty to twenty
eight shillings on Saturdays and ten to
fifteen shillings on other days, while in
winter from six to ten shillings were
obtained on an ordinary day, and from
ten to sixteen shillings on Saturday.
Thirty years ago the cant question
in England was, "Who is your hatter?"
just as here now it is, "Where did you
get that hat?" 1t was succeeded by
''How are your poor feet?" and when the
'tDead Heart" the subject of Irving's
present revival, was brought out origi-
nally, where one of the characters says,
"My heart is dead, dead, dead!" a voice
in the gallery nearly broke up the drama
with "How are your poor feet?"
-"Are there no grindstones in this
town, Josiah?" asked his wife, laying
down the paper. Lots of them. What
makes you ask such question:" "Why,
the paper says that Mr.. Votem, of this
place went to Westinghouse week be-
cause he had an axe to grind. l should
think that if there were any grindstones
in town he wouldn' tgo nearly three hum
dred miles to get his axe sharpcned.
n. Y. Ledger.
"A crawllng-rug should be from one
and one-half to two and one-fourth
yards square, made of soft white, red, or
brown blankets. Some are made of red
twill, lined with stiffening, with the
word "Baby'' in the center in large LETT
ters, surrounded by animals of various
kinds and sizes, which can be bought
ready cut out, in kid, astrakan, or any
thing like the texture of their skim
Christian Union.
Pat and Mike, two verdant Irishmen
fresh from the "Old Sod" came across
drove of fine Berkshire hogs, while trav-
ersing a country road Not being we'll
acquainted with American pork in it's
live state, Pat inquired of his friend
"What might be the name of thin ami
mails with the fat cheeks?" With true
Irish wit Mike replied: Faith and thin
looks to me loike shaved shape wild the
mumps. Life.
The following is an extract from
real composition written by small
school boy in New Jersey. The subject
given by the teacher was the extensive
one of "Man." Here's what the small
boy wrote: MAN is a wonderful animal.
He has eyes, ears, mouth. His ears are
mostly for catching cold in and having
the earache. The nose is to get sniffies +,
with. A mans body is split half way
up, and he walks on the split ends."-
Lippincott's Magazine.
"A Bucksport, Me-, student got tired |
one day and laid his books in one of the |
open pipes of the water works while he |
went to play. When next he thought |
of the books he couldn't find them, as |
the pipe had been buried under ground. |
A few days later the water was turned |
on, but something was wrong. The |
water would only come slowly. Finally |
on working the valve of the hydrant |
some paper appeared, then more paper
in Jumps, then some pieces of cloth |
the mystery, both of the |
bad behavior of the works and of the |
youths missing books, was solved
An old farmer in the Granite State
one Sunday morning started to wind up
his great silver watch, and found that
the key was filled with dirt. Being
unable to dig the matter out with pin
the farmer drilled hole in the key and
with single breath blew all the dust
out. Then he sat down to think, and
within month had patented that hole.
To-day in Lebanon, N. j., there is
large factory running by electric power
are manufactured daily thou
sands and thousands of watch keys of
every possible size, shape and design.
Each one of these keys contains the hole
which has been patented by the farmer.
The latter has already made fortune.
AS to the word 'gents," that is
good word inasmuch as it describes
class that no other word describes.
There are persons who are not quite
gentlemen and are not altogether Doors;
who dress as gentlemen dress, though
they are not Of gentle breeding, and yet
who do not belong to the hearty, natural.
genuine, and unpretentioua sons of
toll. They have money