The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-04
MISCELLANEOUS.


that only u man with sweet tooth ant
clear head can bear up under the
strain OF the occupation.
"A St. Louis dealer in curiositie:
says that such things as tarantulas
centipedes and Gila monsters have 0
market value, and are quoted regularly
by curiosity dealers. People collect
every thing, and there is always de.
mand for these reptiles.
"A woman OF Isle of Hope, Tenn,
to encourage her hens to lay, placed
china nest eggs in half dozen nests.
Not long afterward the eggs disap-
peared, and where they went was a
complete mystery until the other day.
when a chicken snake was killed near
the hen house, and in the snake were
found two of the china. eggs.
The late Horatio G. Onderdonk's
will provided that if any of his heirs
married before the age of. twenty-five
without the consent of his parents, or
habitually used tobacco or omitted ris-
ing by nine o'clock in the morning, the
one so offending was to be debarred
from receiving any of the money, The
estate was valued at S4,000,000.
A gentleman was arrested in New
York lately for assault. His defense
was that he had merely defended him
self from an assailant who had threat
ened to kick u lung out of him. "As
amt got but one lung" he further
explained, II ups and hits him in the
ribs" On this showing the rib-hitter
very properly was discharged.
"A grammar-school boy became so
obstreperous that his teacher, new in
her vocation, young and pretty, de-
termined to try the plan of keeping
him in. After school she sat with
grim determination until it became
dark, and then let him depart. What
was her astonishment to find the youth
awaiting her at the gate. He greeted
her with: "lts too dark for young
lady to be alone in the streets. Will
you allow me to see you home?"
"A man of Melrose, Fla, became
impressed with the belief that the
only true baptism was immersion,
and that everybody and every thing
should be baptized. He took all
his chickens and pigs to lake and
baptized them, and almost every day
he would baptize himself. When
Sheriff Shelley went to arrest him the
man tried to baptize him, but the
Sheriff was too much for him, and got
the irons on him.
The Medical Gazette alleges that
the following letter was received by a
physician from man whom he knew,
practising medicine and desiring coun-
sci: "dear Dock / have a pasEunt
who's physical sines shows that the
windpipe has liberated off and his
lungs have drop down into his stumicls
have given hym every thin without
efeckt her father is welthy honable and
influenshal as he is member of assem-
bly, and god nose l don't want to loos
hym what shall l do and by return
male. Yours frat
The telegraph sometimes plays
havoc with ones communications as
well as the press. When Mr.. Spurgeon
met with an accident at Mentone not
long ago, he framed a dispatch to his
people in London so as to suggest no
false hopes on the one hand and no
needless fears on the other. His tele-
gram indicated Matt. vi: 4, as text of
special applicability: "Take no thought
for the morrow; for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof" But the operator gave the
fifth instead of the sixth chapter, and
made Mr.. Spurgeon say to his SYM
pathizing flock, Swear not at all"
The intelligence of shepherd dogs
is one of the well-known facts of canine
history, and many stories are told of
the manner in which they distinguish
sheep by the different marks. A shep-
herd dog without sheep feels that his
occupation is gone, especially if he has
been trained to herd Il flock. Not long
ago the people of a small village were
in great distress. Not child could be
found. After long search there was
of the village were found in deserted
yard watched over by u shepherd dog.
Not having any sheep he had followed
his instinct by collecting all the chill
dren of the place into one fold.
Nineteen years ago the wife of
prominent Kingston, n. T.. man acci-
IDENTIFY ran needle into her breast.
AS it occasioned but little pain and
could not be extracted, she paid but
little attention to the matter, hoping
for the best. One night recently she
was awakened out of a sound sleep by
u peculiar pricking sensation in the
throat. Rising in bed she began to
cough. The pricking became more
severe, but the substance appeared to
be rising iu her throat. Thrusting her
fingers down as far as possible, she
caught hold of an object and drew it
out. II was the needle that had been
journeying about under the surface for
nineteen years.
How ,Iohn Gbinap,ap prave