The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

m.nd my talking so much, do you?" He
No indeed, but (facetiously) may
mind after we nre married" She.
"But shant mind then IL you do"
-Itis said that the city of Boston Is
compelled to pay on an average S15, ZOO
year on account OF injuries sustained
by people who meet with accidents on
the sidewalks
lis it true that De Mascus is a vic.
tim of race prejudice? Wen, well. too
bad! An enlightened man like him"
"But you see he was enlightened to the
extent of about 500 ON the races. st.
Joseph News.
-Grindstone-"Ki jordan. don't give
money to professional beggars. Volun-
tary pauperism Is Il crime. To encour-
age it is to degrade humanity. If you
were in want would you go out beg
ging?" Kiljordan-"I? Grindstone, you
know I'd light on some scheme with
more money in it than that"
Mr.. Sixaweek-"Mrs. Skinner, the
gas is leaking very badly in my room"
Landlady Skinner-"How bad does it
leak? Ten cents worth day, do you
thinlt?" Mr. Sixaweck-"I shouldn't at
all wonder if it did" Landlady Skinner
-"Well, III just put it down on your
bill."--Boston Courier.
My object in calling this evening""
he began, with a nervous trembling OF
his chin, twas to ask you, Katie-I may
call you Katie, may l not?" Certainly,
Mr. Longpipe," said the sweet, young
girl; ''all of papa's elderly friends call
me Katie" And he said nothing further
about his object in calling. g.-Spare Mo
ments.
He Forgot.-A German artist, in
painting a picture of a battle in the
year $50, put in battery of Krupp six.
Founders on the left, and while Krupp
felt somewhat complimented over it the
public lauged until the picture had to
go to the garret. The artist forgot that
the cannon did not begin to boom until
slings had failed.-Detroit Free Press
"A young rascal in Centerville, Mich.
would kill quantity of sparrows, and
before taking them to the town clerk
would salt them for time. This opera
tion would cause them to roll up, and
the head being split would appear like
two heads. The clerk was deceived,
and the lad realized on the birds twice
the legal bounty. The boy has paid
back three hundred dollars.
"A hibernating woodchuclS is a very
funny creature. A Ledyard boy discov.
cred one in heap of leaves in an ole
tree the other day and pulled him out
He was curled up like woody bear"
with both forepaws closely pressed over
his eyes. When his paws were pulled
off his eyes he did not open them, but
yawned and gasped as heavy sleeper
might be expected to do. The animal
could not be aroused from his dormant
condition until he had been in warm
room several hours.
After the settlement of New En-.
gland by the Puritans, and Maryland
by Catholics, there was a period OF
about thirty years in which no new
colonies were planted. In this period
occurred the great rebellion in England
in which Charles I. was beheaded, and
his son Charles H. was kept out of En-
gland by the Puritans under Oliver
Cromwell. But after Cromwell's death
Charles II. was brought back to the
throne of England. This is known as
the Restoration. 1t took place in 1860
For long time the tomato was re.
garded as little better than poison
Then followed reaction, and virtues
were attributed to it which it did not
possess. And now certain Philadelphia
physicians declare that it is injurious to
the system. This recalls the theory of
an old lady who lived in Boston few
years ago. After many years of study
and investigation she came to the con-
clusion that the use of the tomato as an
article of food invariably resulted in a
moral decadence. Her explanation was
that it affected the brain in such way
as to obliterate the distinction between
right and wrong.
"A "hammer and needle party is
the entertainment a country social club
invented the other day. Each lady was
requested to bring a needle, a spool of
thread and several buttons, and each
gentleman hammer. When all the
materials were on the table each lady
picked out a hammer and was given a
block and some nails. Each gentleman
chose sewing materials and buttons and
the contest began. The ladies drove as
many nails in their blocks as they could
in five minutes and the gentlemen
sewed on as many buttons as possible
in ten minutes. Prizes were given and
much laughter provoked.
One of the curious products of Mexico
is the jumping bean, vegetable Curl
osity, whose freaks of acrobatic agility
have never been fully explained by the
scientists. They grow in pods, each pod
containing three beans. Each segment
is rounded on one side and A-shaped on
the other, greenish yellow in color and
large lead pencil. When placed on q
table they roll over and skip about,
sometimes actually jumping a good two
inches. When held between the thumb
and forefnger they are felt to beat as
strongly as the throbbing of strong
mans pulse.
The customs service now devotes
special attention to the mails of Eu-
rope. Smuggling through the mails
has grown enormously in recent years.
An idea of the searches may be gained
from few figures Just before Christ
mas the Servia brought 450, 600 letters,
papers, parcels, etc, nearly one-half of
which were for New York City; 5000
uspicious-lool1ing letters were taken in
hand, and each one of these was care
fully examined and returned to the
mails in few hours. Women frequent
ly send pearls, gloves and presents of
no great value in books followed out in
the middle. These are sure to be dis
covered, as all books are looked at to