The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

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into quite thin cakes with the hands
lay them on a gridiron, and broil then
over hot fire.
The Salt Lake Herald says on,
marked result Of Mormon rule is tina
, that city OF $4,000 had no debt and thu
smallest tax rate OF any city in thu
United States-fve mills year.
1t is believed by many that the sea
fisheries of our northwest coast must bt
given up, and tho seals destroyed on ac
count of the injury that the seals do tx
salmon fisheries, now growing every
year moro valuable.
"A little girl who is given to initiate
her elders in words and ways, drew her
self up in dignified manner at break
fast recently, and said to her elder
brothers and sisters: "Chjldren, IL you
please, we will suspense with that per.
diculous noise"
looking man on the other side of the
aisle?" Ukerdek-"That is newspa.
per man" "Why does he put on SO
much style and seem so haughty?" "He
Is young one, and is riding on his first
railroad pass. Inter Ocean.
According to an interviewer, Car
lyle surpassed himself when first intro
duced to DR.. Joachim. Shaking hands
with the great violinist the sage OBJ.
served that he "hadnt great opinion
of musicians-theys seemed such vain,
wind-baggy sort of people"
| Seven of the supposed-to-be sharp
est and wisest lawyers in the country
have made wills, passed away, and the
| said wills have been broken all to fin
ders by heirs and other lawyers. An
ignorant Missouri farmer wrote his will
in four lines on a slate, and it stood
three lawsuits and ten lawyers
The most expensive thermometer
in this country is in use at the Johns
Hopkins University. 1t is known as
Prof. Bowland's thermometer, and is
valued at $4,000. 1t is an absolutely
perfect instrument, and the graduations
on the glass are so fine that it is neces.
sary to use microscope to read them.
"A farmer in the vicinity of ST.
Louis, Mich, sent his wife to market
and he went into the fields to plow.
About noon the good wife returned and
explained to her husband that it was
Sunday Neither had remembered the
day of the week until Mrs. Golf found
St Louis people going to church.
Every time General Butler is asked
for his opinion regarding the proper in
vestment for an enterprising young man,
he SAYS that ''rent-paying real estate"
Is the safest investment in the world.
He always adds that no man who ex-
poets to accumulate property can afford
to be mean about money matters.
The Young Man (rapturously)-
"And now, Flossie, it only remains for
you to name the happy day Please make
it soon, very soon, darling" The Young
Woman lin the kitchen few moments |
would it interfere with |
any of your engagements If should be |
three weeks from next Wednes-
day EVENING""
Lottery tickets seem to be very
plentiful in Louisiana just now. The
Southwestern Christian Advocate tells
of brother who got things so mixed
up that he presented lottery ticket
for admission to love-feast. Professed
Christians are coming to be among the
strongest supporters of the lottery, says
a local paper.
"A few days ago three families OF
Finlanders settled on farms in the
northern part of Beadle County, South
Dakota. In one of the families there
are nineteen children, in another seven
teen and in the third nine. the parents
Of the last family having been married
but ten years. These families will soon
be joined by four others, all relatives,
numbering forty-six persons, making a
5otal Of ninety-seven persons in nine
families.
"A minister had travelled some dis.
ance to preach, and at the conclusion
,f the morning service waited for some
)ne to invite him to dine: but the con-
yregation dispersed without noticing
him. When the house was nearly empty
he minister stepped up to gentleman
md said: Brother, will you go home to
Inner with me to-day?" "Where do you
ive?" "About eighteen miles from {
lere." "No; but you must dine with
ne," answered the gentleman, with
lushed face, which invitation the clergy.
nan gravely accepted. d.-Argonaut.
The president of the British Phar. {
naceutical Conference is credited with !
laving adopted and recommended tho |
ollowing for the happy dispa ch OF
oultry. A large, wide-mouthed, stop, i
ered bottle is kept charged with an !
unce of chloroform. When a chicken I
as received sentence of death it is held {
rmly under the left arm and its head Y
Tipped into the mouth of the bottle S
! few deep inspirations follow, and the
ird, without struggle, becomes un- \
onscious. Then, holding it by the d
egs, its neck is dislocated by quick /
Dumb Animals. t
AN intelligent dog in West Chester i
lays hide-and-seek with his owner, a v
title girl named Amy. She taught it a
he game, and they both, it is said find
,uch fun in playing it, Amy will tell
he dog to remain in certain place un- A
II she hides. She then calls and the
og starts on the search, finding Amy
very time, no matter where she hides. /
hen the dog will wag his tail, show his t.
seth as though laughing, and HE away fl
, the place originally designated for @
i'm by Amy, while Amy hides again, t.
My to be found in an instant afterward b
y the dog. a
"A gentleman who lives not thousand
lilies from New York City has recently b
cen absent from home several months il
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