The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

Tho rhododendron plantation OF Mr.
Follansbee in the town OF Fitzwilliam
N. H., is one of the floral wonders o.
New England.
Stanley Palmer, prisoner in the
New Castle (Del) jail, has invented q
toy puzzle for which he is said to have
been offered $40, 900 by New York spec.
ulators.
Mrs. Forundred-"Areyo you sure that
young mans character is above re.
proach?" Daughter-"Yes, ma. He
never wears ready-made necktie. "
Good News.
The projected elevated road in Bos.
ton will almost Craze the Old South
Church and the old State house, and
will cross very near above the ground
of the famous Boston massacre.
1t was good. - "You can re-
commend this glue, can you?" Dealer
Eyes, Miss. You could piece broken
engagement with it." Cora-'I'll take
q bottle. ."-Munsey's Weekly.
-Landlord-"What's the matter? You
look pale" Landlady-"Our new ten
ant has skipped and all that he has left
in the room is this paper collar" Land
lord-"And it has been used besides"
--"Do you believe in perseverance,"
"Yeppy knew man who lived to bo
a hundred. If he'd given up when he
was a baby he wouldn't have lived
twenty-five years "-Harpers Bazaar.
jenkins Look here, Nose. My
friends are all guying me about this
suit of clothes, 1 thought you said you
never kept clothes out of style" Cohen
-"I don't keep 'em-I sell 'em. y
America.
In San Antonio, Tex, there was q
great cattle lassoing contest Of cow
boys" in which it is claimed the worlds
record was beaten, Will Capps tying
down wild steer in 431S seconds. Some
of the contestants were seriously in
jured.
Cincinnati, in the opinion of the
Commercial Gazette, is ''the best named
city in the country" And two-thirds of
the name suggests sin, while the re-
mainder is pronounced naughty" by
the cultured natives.-P phia
Ledger.
1t is not generally known that ink
stains can readily be removed from the
fingers with the head of a parlor match.
Moisten the ink-stained spot and rub it
gently with the head of the match, keep
ing the skin wet so that it will not be
burned.
Mrs. De Sweet-'I can not under
stand why so many cultured men are will
ing to leave all the happiness of home,
all the blessings of civilization, and spend
lifetime in explorations in such coun-
tries as Africa" Colonel Warmheart
(gallantly)-"Allm men, madam, are not
blessed with such wives as MIR. De
Sweet" Good News.
While cunning near Centreville,
Pa, recently John Moon wore red fur
cap One of his companions, catching
sight of the cap over the crest of hill,
mistook it for a squirrel, and let drive
barrel at it. Moons cap was riddled,
his pipe was broken, and one shot en-
tered the eye, completely destroying
the sight.
Fred Spencer, of Middletown, n. j.,
placed quails' eggs under hen recently,
and has a coop full of the game. They
gave their foster mother a heap of
trouble, for the disposition to wander
and whistle suddenly is in them, and
there is evidence in their pensive look
that they suspect a fraud Cr mistake
has been perpetrated somehow by some
body.
While cross-examining DR.. Warren
q New York counsel declared that a
doctor ought to be ablo to give an opin-
ion Of disease without making mis-
takes. '"rhey make fewer mistakes
than the lawyers" responded the ply
sician. "That's not So" said the coun-
sellor; "buta doctors mistakes are buried
six feet underground, a lawyers arc
not" NO." replied Warren, "but they
are sometimes hung as many as twelve
feet above ground"
The wisdom of the old negro, the
Atlanta Constitution says, was illus
trated anew in Georgia Justices court
the other day. A young negro had been
fined for some trivial offense and was
beginning to talk of an appeal, when
his father broke in: "You pay dat fine !
and 60 long about your business" he |
said. ''Befo' you reach dat higher jedge |
dc lawyers III done gone troo you, en-
you won't have enuf money. lef to buy a
coffin"
GA salmon weighing about three
pounds" reports the Keokuk, Ia, Gate
City, "was caught in the river just outside |
the government boom Sunday, and when
landed was found to have an eel about
ten inches long, firmly wrapped around
his head in the vicinity of the gills, the
head of the eel being in the flsh's mouth.
The salmon had evidently intended to
swallow the wiggler, but was frustrated
by having his head entwined as men
Several hymn-books used in
church in Newcastle, England, have
been printed, by accident or design,
upon paper Of different colors. When
the books are closed the gildings con-
Goals the different shades. These hymn
books are put into an irreligious use by
some of the churcb-goers. When the
sermon is considered dull, diverting oc-
cupation is had by stalking pennies as to
the ability of person to stick pin be-
tween the leaves of specified color.
On recent Sunday, .one irreverent
wretch had a streak of luck, and won
thirteen shillings during single serv-
ce.
Many New Workers, doubtless, have
been puzzled to account for the fact
hat we have an East and North river,
instead of an East and West river
The explanation is found in the circum-