The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-20
MISCELLANE NEOUS.

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For stealing n pot OF flowers from
grave u colored man in Savannah,
Ga, was recently sent to Jail for one
year.
An Indian in the Everglades, Flor
ida, it is said, is still holding in slavery
negroes that were his when the war
broke out.
The almost incredible statement is
made by South Florida man that it
has raincd more or less in the vicinity
of his home on the Goth of May for the
past nineteen years.
Abraham Shearer of Canada, con-
! cluded TO run away from his home and
wife. When he reached the train the
first person he encountered was Mrs.
| Shearer, who had been simultaneously
seized with the same notion.
| "A man who died lately near Sparta,
Ga, could repeat the names of all the
Senators and Representative in Con-
gress from the beginning of the gov
ernment. Yet all this never brought
him an engagement in dime musuem
and vast worth u dollar to him.
A test has been made in France to
see whether the color of horse had
any thing to do with his characteristics.
1t has been demonstrated that any
such idea is all nonsense. Pedigree
and early training have all to do with
it, and color nothing whatever.
"A resident of Palatka. Fla, while in
Clay County saw an entire family work
ing in n fve-acre field. In the middle OF
the field was a plow, to which was
hitched the old man, assisted by the sol
and daughter, the mother OF the latter
doing the blowing.
The women of Chicago have estah.
lished the first college of practical arts
for women in this country. 1t is de.
signed to give women Il practical in.
sight into the avenues of business life,
such rs law, railroads and even .life
insurance"
AT the big spring near Fort Dec..
tur, the Governor of Alabama said to
the Governor of Tennessee, II can say
to you what the Governor of South
Carolina said to the Governor of North
Carolina-but it will be cold water. "
They smiled. Montgomery (Ala.) Ad.
vertiser.
The ways OF auctioneers in differens
parts of the world vary greatly, lii
this country and England the seller
bears the expense of the sale, but in
hn b.n
five per cent. being added to his pur.
chase. In Holland it is still worse, the
buyer being required to pay ten per
cent. additional for the expenses of the
sale.
Near Summerville. La, a lady
went into the woods and caught small
green snake by the head. Covering il
up she went into the house where she
was boarding and asked the man:
Don't you want pretty?" Yes" said
he. She threw out her arm. The mans
wife was standing by and was so
alarmed at seeing the snake squirming
about that she fell back dead.
--'Mistah Jones, hyah yohs been
habin' trubble." ''In what way?"
why, dat yoh wife done run erway
wuf Pete Jenkins" 80 yes you
has my sympathy" Much obliged"
"Im glad ter note dat you doan' take
it to h'aht." mo, l amt had time to
think about it much" What yoh bin
doin'P" Bin sympathizin' with Pete
Jenkins. Merchant Traveller.
Now" said the passenger sitting
with his feet on the other seat, this
Bible OF yours says the very hairs of
your head are numbered. Do you mean
to tell me that some divine or angelic
being actually went to the trouble to
count the hairs of my head?" "Of
course not" replied the parson, who
was not such a meek man as he looked
to be, 1.-THE text doesn't mention bristles,
even by inference" Aud shortly after
ward the parson, who had been riding
on the wood box, got seat. but the
religious discussion was dropped
Burdette.
"A party of gamblers at Montague,
Mich, were treated to an unwelcome
surprise one night recently. A woman
who suspected that her husband was
one of IL coterie who met in quiet
block slipped up to the room and
raped on the door. The inside guard
opened the door. There was immedi-
ately Il general scramble. Two knights
of the green baize jumped into bed and
pulled the quilts over themselves,
while others sought any available nook
or corner. The wife collared her erring
liege and led him triumphantly forth.
A Boston man says that when Edi-
son first thought of making phono-
graph he perfected most of the details
before even drawing plan. When he
had the idea well developed, he told
an old German who made models for
him to make machine after certain
pattern. The inventor didn't hint what
he wanted it for, but occasionally sent
an order for a change or alteration to
be made, without even looking at the
model. Finally the German took the
machine to Mr.. Edison, who fitted bit
OF tinfoil into it, turned the crank, and
spoke into the funnel the words of that
famous poem beginning "Mary had "a
little lamb" The German looked on
as though he thought that the inventor
had gone crazy. Then Mr. Edison re-
versed the crank, and, in that queer,