The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Ihc man VINO ought to listen an,
learn usually does most OF the talking
--Atchinson Globe.
The London Enquirer saws tn,
United States has the best torped,
service of any nation in the world.
"A little girl sent out to hunt eggs
returned without success, complaining
that lots of hens were standing around
doing nothing.
This is funny old world, anyhow
but it is very hard to realize ii wher
you are reading the comic papers,
Somerville journal.
The startling fact has been discov
cred that 3,265, 800 bushels of peanut,
are consumed in this country every
year. 1t is suspected that psi, ,30t
bushels OF them are slain in the upper
galleries of theaters, and that 276, 40i
bushels are eaten in street cars and
court rooms.
For heroism in one Of the battles
Of the Mexican war, the Legislature
of Missouri granted to Absalom Hughes
the right to keep a dram.shop during
his natural life without paying State,
county or municipal license. Although
over seventy years of age, he is still
engaged in tine business at Cedar City.
-Merchant-"Can you bring me a
few bushels of green peas, this morn
ingP" Dakota Gardener-"Not this
mornin'. My peas war; jest blossomin'
when l left home an hour ago. But ef
that ar cloud, drops an inch or Two
SOS ter keep often the sun, I'll be here
with load this AFTERNOON. ."-Time.
The total production of gold and
silver OF the world in 1887. according
TO the report of the Director of the
United States Mint for the year 1888,
was, in gold, 500. S26, 800; in silver Cat
United States coming value), 1925, ,346,-
310-or 1926, ,173, 10 in all. The real
value of the silver was, however, much
less, being about s94, 100000.
An Easton man, homeward bound
with new carpet sweeper, was ac-
costed by a neighbor who is Jealous to
be thought agricultural and who asked
consent to try that mower on his lawn.
He tried it, and finding that he could
not make the grass fly he passed il
back with an expression of mistrust in
"these new patents. s."-Allentown pa. J
Register.
"A nine-year-old son of Maine, liv-
ing eleven miles from Bangor, heard
of the electric lights in that city. and
teased his father to take him there
that he might see them. The father
said he hadn't time. A few days after
ward the boy was missed. His father
drove straight to Bangor, and at nine
o'clock that night found him under an
electric light, gazing in open-eyed de-
light. He had walked all the way.
-Greensburg, Pa, says the Argus,
has several residents who, although re.
siding there all their lives, have never
ridden in railway car, never smoked,
chewed or drank, never have been in
side church, never exercised the right
of suffrage, never read newspaper,
nor, to their credit be it said, have they
ever been guilty of the crime of base
ball playing or of witnessing the de.
game. And yet they are a
law-abiding class, and possess the love
and affectionate regard of all who know
them.
An interesting innovation in the
method of catching cod has just been
made by the French fishermen coasting
off awfoup6lond Tboy oo+ol I,,-.a
periwinkles, remove their shells, and
use the creatures for bait. The cod,
it is said, have bitten eagerly at the
new bait and the owners of the French
vessels have caught fish so fast that
they were able to sail for France in the
first week of July, instead of October
as usual. In England the whelk has
ong been used for the same purpose.
"A venerable member of the House
lad watched the pages fitting up and
lown the aisles, and had indulged in
speculation as TO why they
we're there. A day or two ago his
became SO great that he asked
! fellow member: "Say, John, who
ire them boys that play around the
lall?" Why" was the reply, "they
re pages" "Gosh all thunder!n said
he astonished gentleman, 'you don't |
mean to tell me them's all Sam Pages
'oys. do ye?"-Concord On. H. Mon
tor.
One of the most interesting natur.
/ curiosities of Lycoming County.
pennsylvania, is situated in Rose Val.
ey, about six miles from Trout Run.
t consists of seven natural wells ex-
ending almost straight downward to a
epth unknown. Large stones cast in
ONE of these wells go rumbling down,
laking coarse, rasping sound at first
S they strike against the sides of the
ell, growing fainter and fainter until
)st by the distance. Near these wells
cave, the mouth of which is large
nough for horse to enter. Several
lead off from the main ell
'ance to large separate chambers, and
'om these other passageways lead off
robably to uneXplored chambers.
CURE FOR KICKING.
.ow to Master horses Addicted to the
Vicious Habit.