The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-01-05
MISCELLANEOUS.


Fully 5000 miles of railroad will
have been constructed this year in the
United States, and the prospects are
9hatnext year will witness n largo in
crease in these operations.
1t has been found that a goose can
stand the weather until the thermome-
ter goes to sixty-four degrees below
zero. Then her feathers won't save her.
Wild ducks can go twelve degrees lower
and come out on top.
The Marquis Tseng, former minis
ter to London and Paris, lately cele-
brated the wedding of his daughter,
Lady Blossom, when, for the first time
In Chinese annals, the BRIDES consent
to the choice of u husband was actually
asked.
"A lawsuit in New York has de-
veloped the fact that "after the owner
of n lot in Cypress Hills cemetery has
buried deceased member of his own
family in it he is absolutely forbidden,
by a law under which the cemetery is
Incorporated. to ever transfer or sell
the lot outside of his family"
"A Pittsburgh physician wrote aqua
fortis (spring water) In prescription
in place of the more ordinary express
sion, aqua pura. The druggist sent
back tho prescription saying: You
take that prescription back to DIR. -
and tell him that he's put enough aqua
fortis into that prescription to kill ten
men,"
An electric current observed on n
a telephone line running from Bridge
water, Nova Scotia, to the mines thirty
miles away, is supposed to be produced
by a, natural battery" formed by de-
posits of copper, silver, lead and iron
ore in the vicinity of the gold mine.
There are only two carpenters in
New Boston, Neb., town which is
small, but growing rapidly. One OF
them was taken sick few days ago,
when the other man promptly gave IL
out that he would lend his services to
the highest bidder. Something like an
auction was held and the lucky carpen-
ter dropped the hammer at $3.50 day
for a job of three weeks.
That was gentlemanly thief who
robbed the postmaster of Lyons Farm,
a suburb of Newark. In consideration
of rifled letters and stolen stamps, gold
watch and 500 in cash, the post
master found the following note and
81 bill: Dear Sir-The fellow who
robbed your house tonight is born
gentleman and no hog. leave you
this bill as capital upon which to begin
life anew.
Miller stands near the wheel look
ing disconsolately at the dry channel,
with a beautiful dam extending from
bank to bank. Sportsinan-"'Pears to
be q big drought in this sectionP
(Silence.) All you need is little
rain? (Silence.) You've got good
site here, and you've damned the
stream we'll" Miller Qeelingly)--
stranger, hain't done nothin' else"
Detroit Free Press.
Young lady lin dry goods store)-
|1hese goods will wash, of course, Mr..
SpindleP" Mr.. Spindle (who is de-
votedly fond of young lady, while at
the same time in easy hearing distance
of his employer)-"O, yes, indeed
that is, think they will-er of course
you know they ought to wash. they're
high enough wouldn't like to say
though they would wash If they won't
wash but er-m-ah." Employer Gem
phatically)-"You may say to the
young lady, Mr.. Spindle. that the
goods mill wash.' Mr.. Spindle (re-
iieved)-"Yes, Miss Withers, the goods
acW wash. ."-Epoch.
"A negro of Washington, Ga, was
driving bull in harness through the
streets. A dog attacked the bovine,
and the latter Immediately took after
the dog. The bull was attached to a
bale of cotton on which the negro was
seated. The bale flew onto the bulls
neck, and the negro still retained his
seat, filing the whole village with his
cries. Nothing, however, retarded the
animals pursuit of the dog, until he
collided with load of cane. After the
collision the street was strewed orrods
around with negro, cane. cotton, bull,
broken harness, etc. Nobody was hurt