The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

Lyman Bryant, the old sexton Of
the quaint town of Holden. Mass, now
dying at the age of ninety-one. had dur
Ing his forty years of office inferred 99s
persons.
-Self-Made and Home-A Made. john
ny-"Say, Uncle George. God didn't
make everything, did hep" Uncle
George ''Guess he did, Johnny"
Johnny--"Don't see how that can be,
cause Sis beau was here last night and
l heard Sis say he made himself at
home. Boston Courier.
"A French official has devised the
following means for separating the
leaves of charred books: Cut off the
back of the book so as to render the
leaves independent of each other, then
aoalS them and dry rapidly by current
of hot air The leaves will then sepa-
rate, but must be handled with extreme
care.
1.-THE members of Maine family"
relates the Boston Herald, "were quite
badly scalded in strange way. They
were sitting about the dinner table.
when 1911-pound rock from a blast in
n nearby ledge crashed through the
roof, and, falling plump into the soup
the diners"
Her Deadly -Higgins-"You
never can tell what an angry woman
will do | was walking past the big
plate glass windows of Highart's store
the other day when a woman, who must
have mistaken me for some one else,
threw stone at me-" Fogg-"And |
suppose it broke the Window" Hig-
gins-"No. 1t hit a man on the other
side of the street. Saturday Evening
Herald
A big leopard seal came up in the
midst of lot of bathers at Santa Bar
bara, Cal, causing good deal of alarm
at first, as some thought the creature Il
shark or sea serpent. Some of the boys
barlxed like a seal and the visitor
seemed for a time to think it was among
friends of its own kind and kept COM
ing closer, until finally taking in the
situation it turned tail and fed out to
sea again.
Near the old cemetery in West
Alexander, w. Va, big tree is grow
ing, which forks at three feet nine
inches from the ground Apparently it
is white oak, but on examination il
appears that above the fork it branches
into two species, one white oak, and
the other a white cherry, with the
foliage peculiar to each. The oak is
about sixty-fvc and the cherry fifty-five
feet high
"A Lehigh Valley car cleaner at
Pottsville found package containing
$4,000 in bank notes. The money had
been sent from Mahanoy City in the
| nnctO1u nf n1a,.l- hn IN, pr1a 20
divert suspicion from his important
mission, carried the package in a pocket
of his coat In the car it worked out o.
his pocket and became fastened under
the edge of the seat. The finder re.
stored the package unbroken to the
clerk sEestN
The city directory Tor 1891 has
made its appearance and contains S79,-
OIL names. This is an increase over
last year, and as the usual average is
four and a half inhabitants for each
name in the directory, this would seem
to indicate an increase of population of
s5, 500 during the year. The first direc-
tory in New York City was published
in 1856 and contained SAG names Since
that time the number has steadily in
creased, reaching 1G, 5O4 in 1910, $50, 30S
in 1860, and $50, $50 a year ago.--N. Y.
Sun.
Six young ladies, graduates of
Rosemary Hall Seminary. Walliugford,
Conn, were contestants in a horse
Harvesting match, this being one of the
commencement exercises. The prize
was a silver-mounted whip. The har-
ness lay on the ground, and the horses
were led out with nothing on them but
halters. At the word start" the girls
leaped forward and hurriedly began to
harness the animals. Miss Marion
Hazard, of Providence, proved herself
the most expeditions; she harnessed her
horse in four minutes and half.
"A hen in Pike county, Ga, had been
set on fourteen eggs, and for two weeks
stuck to her contract faithfully. But
here she quit her nest on account of the
ravages of mites, lacking Just one week
of the regular time of Matching. Put
ting some wool in a box the owner
placed the eggs on the wool and threw
a guano bag over them. In about a
week he carefully removed the bag and
was surprised to find twelve pretty lit
tie chickens in the place of fourteen
eggs.
After six months diclSering about n
fiat-house in New York City, the owner
and the prospective purchaser could not
come to terms; the owner wanted So, 900
more than the other would give. Then
one of the floors became vacant, and the
party who moved in chanced to be IL
lover Of the trombone. He played about
six hours day. Two of the other ten
ants moved ont, and no one seemed fond
enough of music to move in. The owner
was wild, and one day told the prospect
i've purchaser that he could have the
house at his figure. Suddenly the from
bone playing ceased, and there are peo-
pie who suspect that the musician was
an agent of the man who subsequently
bought the house.
THE CATAMARAN