The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

most costly gem in the world. A FIVE
carat ruby of this kind is worth ten
times as much as a fve-carat first water
Brazilian diamond, which is the most
precious species of diamonds in the
world.
"A ledge Of stone has been discov.
cred at Checto, Ore, which as yet no
one has been able to identify. The rock
is OF sandstone formation, having
greasy touch, and is susceptible of n
high polish. 1t can be sawed or shaved
with knife, but when exposed to the
action of fire becomes hard.
AN Objection Overcome. .-Hojack-'
"It is objected that now tb" govern.
ment raiumakers can produce shower,
they have no means of shutting the
rain off when we have had enough
Tomdik-"O, yes, they have. All they
need do is send up lot of balloons
loaded with dry sponges. "-Brooklyn
Life.
Time for Departure a Chicago
parlor. Augustus Newyorke Clearing
the tread as if of mighty host Why,
there's procession passing by; at this
time of the night too" Miss Windecite
mo; that is papa coming home. l
know his footsteps" Augustus New
yorke-"Miss Windecite, bid you good
evening."-N. Y. Herald.
Tomatoes for Garnish Peel and
skin the tomatoes, removing the seeds;
lay the slices in we'll buttered baking
tin, with pepper, salt and few drops
of lemon juice; lay buttered paper
over them, and cook in a moderate oven
ten to fifteen minutes; then dish around
the beef sprinl1led with fnely-chopped
chives.
"A late invention is a process for
lacing gentleman's or lady's shoe in
| place of the hook that is in use now. A
| very neatly arranged pulley is placed
| between the lace stays, so arranged
that when the lacing is once adjusted
the shoe is simply pulled open to admit
the foot the lace pulled tight, and it
acts upon the pulleys, lacing the shoe
in u perfect manner.
Patti is very fond of parrots, and
when she sees one that strikes her
fancy she does not hesitate to pay the
price asked for it, howe yer eXorbitant
it may be. Some years ago she actually
paid S.. 900 for parrot, and this loqua
cious bird is still to be seen and heard
| in her winter garden at Craig-y- N os
One of the diva's parrots speaks Welsh
another French and others English.
"A new invention that will doubles:
Ego" next summer when the swimming
season sets in again is webbed rubber
glove for use in the water Young
swimmers find one of the most difficult
points to learn is to keep their finger!
together in the water. With the webbet
glove this will not be necessary, as the
swimmer will then be web-fngered ant
can safely compete with the Newfound
land dog.
-"I am sorry, Henry" said Uncle
Ralph, shat you exhibit so little pro
ficiency in photography. That letter
you wrote to Mr.. Brown the other day
had so many misspelled words that i
set the whole counting-room in roar
"H'm!' said Henry, that's just the way
in this world. There We're good many
words in that letter that l know were
spelled right, but of course l get M
credit for that"
Mr.. Nathan Harris, of Rich Valley
Va, has a daughter nineteen years old
who is only two feet, ten inches il
height and just weighs forty and hal
pounds. She is well proportioned ant
intelligent, and her hair sweeps thu
floor when she stands erect. She is thu
eldest of four children. She has liveC
in the valley all her life with her par
ents, but very few have known of he
existence until recently, her parent
not desiring notoriety
"A strange bird, which attracted tn
attention of hundreds of people, was ol
exhibition on the farm of John Roda
baugh, a farmer living six miles east o
st. Marys, Ohio. The bird resemble
an owl very much in form, has hea,
shaped like heart, the face of a mon
key, and snow white fur adorning it
face, while the feathers are of a beauti
full and delicate yellowish gray, wit
the tail of a turkey.
Forest and Stream says that a
Woods Holl, Mass, some years ago
great many sharks were cut open to as
certain the nature of their food and in
ternal parasites, and in some cases tn
contents of the abdomen were remove
entirely. 1t was supposed that sue
rough surgery would kill them; bu
some of the eviscerated specimens wer
seen swallowing food after the opera
ton as readily as if nothing had har
pened.
-Cholly Litewaite (member of
Liverpool athletic association)-"Aw,
thay, doctah, I'm tewwibly afwai
there'th thomething the mattah wit
my arm. I've been eXerthiting with tn
Indian clubth for about thiX month:
and there'th gweat lump on my fore
arm. Do you-can it be ana
abtheth?" Doctor feeling his arm)-
my dear young man, l really
Cholly-"O, what, for pity'th thalSe?
Doctor (gravely) -"I really believ
you're actually getting little muscle.
AT Hanover, Ind, while Mr.!
Charles Logan was putting up jelly i
her kitchen, assisted by servant, a
immense swarm of bees flew in, driN
ing the family from the house and SCI
Ting upon the pans containing the jelly
Two OF Mrs. Logan's children wer
frightfully stung, and the lady and he
servant saved themselves from seriou
, injury by grasping quilts from be
, and throwing them about their heads
I The bees were finally expelled by burr
| ing birthstone.
: Mr.. Swift, of Chicago, whose hous
, last year slaughtered nearly half mi
, lion cattle, is described as a lean, shriv
, elled up Yankee of about AZ year., II