The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

up the spout, - WlggSy - "Ihat
looks like new overcoat, aren't you
going to wet it2" Biggsy-"wet itP
Great Heavens, its been in soak since
last spring. ."--Broollyn Eagle.
"A young gentleman Of Lagrange,
Ca, upon going to theater for the
first time and seeing a pistol fired at a
woman, who pretended to be hurt, was
shocked to such an extent that he had
TO remain in his room all che next day.
The Customer Noticed 1t, Too
"Every thing acts as II it were crazy
this morning." remarked a perplexed
Chicago grocer, fretfully. "Yes," added
q customer, 81 notice that your eggs
and wheat are both cracked somewhat"
-Inter-0cean.
Entirely Satisfactory. - Spriggins
"Last week heard that you and Wig
gins were at swords points on account
of something he said about you. Now,
l see you are good friends again. Has
he recanted?" Biggins-'N--o, but he
invited me into his house, and decanted."
Good News.
The Better Weapon. = Every 'front.'
Ter fighter says he would rather have
a knife than a revolver for a weapon at
close range, and North Carolina wo-
man has proven that an axe is better
than shotgun in q row. She was OPP
posed to a man thus armed, and she
killed him before he could fire.-Detroit
Free Press.
"A broker in Boston has bought a
box of cigars regularly every month for
the man in the office on the floor above
him. His reason is that the man could
leave the water running in his wash
basin and thereby flood the room below.
The one above probably accepts the
cigars on the ground that the one below
could start smudge and smoke him
out.-Detroit Free Press.
AT a recent shooting contest be-
tween ladies two of the competitors
tied and were to shoot off the tie with
three shots. When the three shots had
been fired the end was no nearer, for
each lady had made three bulls-eyes. 1t
became then case of shot for shot, and
such was the precision of the competi-
tors that each made no less than sixteen
bulls-eyes.
-Heiress-"And are you sure you
are marrying me for myself alone?"
Binks-"Can you ask?' Heiress-"My
wealth counts nothing to you?" Binks
Nothing" Heiress-"Then we can
be all in all to each other. have just
given the whole of my million to the
Home for Pauper Lunatics." (Whither
Binks was taken shortly afterward. y
The Bostonian.
ga sentimental French baron sleeps
every night upon a pillow filled with
the hair of all the most lovely women
in the world. He has paid as much as
five francs for single hair, to insure
himself against the fearful calamity of
having a hair from the head of a plain
girl creep into the collection. 1t must
be dreams of lair women that come
each night to the gallant nobleman.
"A New York editor who wrote an
obituary notice of a man of some celeb
rity said: "He began life as legal
practitioner, but was diverted from il
| by love of letters" He did not see the
printers proof, and was confronted the
next morning with this-"He began life
as legal politician, but was diverted
from it by love of bitters. ."-Demerara
Argus.
"A negro in Chattanooga, who hao
killed a very large rat, was persuaded
that it was great delicacy with the
Chinese and they would buy it. He tool
it to laundryman and he barely es
capped with his life. The Chinamar
threw flatirons and every thing throwa,
bic about the place atethe frightened
negro and chased him several blocks ur
the street.
One of the most ingenious toys that
have made their appearance this year is
a Japanese creation. 1t is paper af
fair in the form of a great butterfly
and one gives it momentum by a string
exactly as one 'starts" musical top
only, instead of spinning around on the
floor like the top, this affair flies to the
ceiling and buzzes about it at great
rate until its force is expended.
He Solved It.AA Michigan farmer
who drove to town on certain days o,
the week always arrived at a railway
crossing the same time an express trair
did. For three years he debated as t.
who had the right of way and to SETTLE
it he started to drive across the otheI
day and next moment found himself il
an old cornfield with a broken leg
while horses We're dead and Wagon
mashed.-Detroit Free Press.
The unusual sight of a man will
three full-stzed arms and hands may b,
daily seen upon the streets of Marbette
b. G. He is Russian by birth, and frs
came to American in 1877 as an attach,
of the Greek church at Sitl1a, Alaska
where he resided about 1884 He is
large powerfully-built man, but seems
to have no control of this extra bodily
member, which hangs down his bacl
from a point almost exactly between
his shoulders, and rolls from side t.
side in an unsightly manner, as though
paralyzed. Besides being well equipped
in the way of arms, he has a set o
teeth that are double all the way around
There is wonderful spring in Her
nando County, Florida, from whicl
rises the stream known as the Welxo
wechee river, the waters of which vii
float a small steamer. The spring i
about eighty feet deep and sixty feet il
diameter. Chemists who have analyze,
the water say that there is not trac
of organic matter in it's composition
and that it is the most pure and fresh o
any spring in America. The steame
which makes regular trips up and dow
the Wekowechee is often floated int
the cavity of the spring, but can not b
made to stay in the center, as the fore
of the rising water forces it to the side