The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

Into his cellar.
-Chatterton--"Don't you think it is
shame the way tmpecune gets every
body to trust him?" Gohard-.'To the
contrary, I think it's greatly TO his
creditr'-Clothier and Furnisher.
"A Connecticut boy is famous jus,
now because he has a tin whistle one
and half inches in diameter and sew
eral inches long in his stomach. lie
swallowed the toy while playing on it.
---Depositor - "Is the cashier inp.
President-"N-o; he has gone away"
Depositor-"Ah! Gone for a rest, pro-
sumo" President SADLY - Mo; to
avoid arrest."-N. Y. Weekly.
There are few such common-sense
proverbs as every man is the architect
of his own fortune" Appius Cladius, q
Roman censor, used it in speech de-
livered by him $50 years before the
Christian era.
IL want to get insured" "What
kind, please-flre, old age, life?" mo;
| you see / am hotel-keeper, and / want
to be insured against people who go off,
leaving their bills unpaid? '-Fliegende
| Blatter.
Wigger-"Did you know that Scrim-
per has gone on vacation? He said he
needed change badly" Haggard-"I
hope he will get all he wants of it, and
not apply to me for any more, boston
Herald. rs,~e
Mrs. X. lat fancy balD-"What a
magnificent costume Mrs. u has on!
wonder what it representa-" Mr.. X
(who knows the y family)-"It repre-.
sents housework, which you hire some.
body else to DON. Y. Weekly
"A Chance for Promotion. Office
Manager-''Johnny, If you don't get a
move on you I'll kick you through the
skylight" Office Boy-"Kick away.
This is the first chance to rise I've seen
since came here. "-Jeweler's Weekly
First Sweet Girl-"Did you see the
skeleton dude at the museum?' Second
:, Sveet Girl-"Yes, / saw him." First
(7GWeet Girl-"What did he look like?"
Second Sweet Girl-"O, just like any
other dude. Good News.
The introduction of the custom OF
blessing water before the principal
mass on Sunday and sprinkling the peo-
pie with it is commonly attributed to
Pope St Leo ~. (S4T-S55); but there
are learned writer's who trace it to far
more remote antiquity, and regard the
words of that pontitf as referring to an
existing custom.
Railroad statistics show that no one
car on a train is safer than another.
Sometimes the last car is the only one
to drop through bridge, and again the
first coach climbs on top of the baggage
car. Pay your fare, have faith, and
take your chances. OF the forty-two
men hung last year none were ever hurt
in railroad accident. - Detroit Free
Press.
-"See here, / thought you said this
horse you sold me last week was fear
less of locomotivesr 'Well, isn't hep"
mo. When was out riding yesterday
afternoon he began to cut up when he
saw locomotive approaching and tried
to dash right into it" "Well, if horse
was afraid of locomotive he wouldn't
want to run into it, would he? He'd try
to run away from it." - Norristown
Herald.
Green City Folks.-Mrs Hayseed-
'Yes, | had some city bcarders durin'
tn summer, but / didn't interdooce 'em
around much cause ! saw they wasn't
fust-class folks what g)es out of the
city every summer" Neighbor-"Oh!
They showed they'd never been in the
country before, did theys" Mrs. Hay
seed-"Yes, indeed Why, the very
fust meal they ask for cream. IN. Y.
Weekly.
"A London periodical says: We are
within measurable distance of the time
when the United States, hitherto the
haven of the landless, will cease to Of
fer what has been the great attraction
to the newcomers. Only 30,000,000 of
population are needed. Mr.. Giffen cal
culates, to settle, from the agriculturist
point of view, tho whole of the United
States; and at the present rate all the
country practically worth occupying
will be under cultivation in twenty-five
years.
Ruff Lester comes to the front with
the smartest dog named-one that can
count. 1t has been the custom with the
cook for the family to make old Wade
CHATS the dogs name) catch the chick
ens-three in number-each day for the
table. The other day it was decided
that two chickens would be sufficient
for that day, and when the dog had
caught that number the cook took them
in. When she reached the kitchen
Wade was not far behind her with an
other fowl in his mouth, making the
number that he had been accustomed to
catch each day. And so it is that Ruff
claims that his dog can count.-Ogle-
thorpe (Ga.) Echo.
The camera is becoming. rs no doubt
the phonograph will soon become, a
recognized accessory OF any historic
scene. The crowning incident Of tho
Moltke celebration was presentation
to him by tho emperor, standing amidst
a galaxy of fellow-sovereigns, generals
and statesmen. The emperor concluded
by asking the count to accept q new
marshal's baton of silver magnificently
inlaid with stars and crowns of rubies
and diamonds. Count Molkte could
only find few brief and incoherent
words of reply, but he took the emper-
or's hand and imprinted on it long and
fervent kiss. A photographers in at
negative will be developed by Professor
Won Werner's brush INTO grand historic
picture.
Another of the idols of the past has
been shattered. j. Guthrie Watson, an
Englisnman, denies the beauty of Cir
cassian women. They have long been
additionally tho most beautiful women