The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Difference. .-"You never saw
my hands as dirty as thatp' said petu-
lent mother 20 her little girl. mo,
but perhaps your ma dido" was the
sharp, IL not respectful reply.
Bronson. n.-"Does your baby talk
yet?" Squildig-"Y but you can't
understand word he says" Bronson
-"Well, he will do nicely for train
guard. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Washington died shortly after II p.
M, Saturday, December Ia, 1909, the
last year of the century, the last month
of the year. the last day of the week,
and within the last hour of the day.
"A tree near Manistee, Mich, thirty
six feet in circumference, twelve feet in
diameter and one hundred and seventy
FIVE feet high, will be blasted with dyna-
mite, as there is no saw that will cut it
and no mill that can cut it into boards.
"A Definition. "A little girl of seven
years was asked what she learned at
school. 81 learn poetry" she replied.
"Do you know what poetry isP" 80,
yes" she replied quite naturally, at is
| lines which end alike, but which You
don't understand. --Masque de Fer.
"A gaily decled woman, with her
countenance hidden behind coating of
enamel walked up Chestnut street yes
terday, the cynosure of all eyes. A
small boy had taken a sign from new
ly colored awning-pole and hung it on
her lace dress. 1t read: "Look out for
paint. t."-Philadelphia Record.
"A young Scotchman was once halt
ing betwiXt two loves, one possessed of
beauty and the other of COW. In de-
| spuir of arriving at a decision, he applied
for advice to a canny compatriot, who
delivered himself thus: Marry the
lass that has the coo, for there's no the
deeference o coos value in any twa
weemin in Christendom."
BY novel device heavy guns can
now be aimed and fred with the great
est accuracy, without exposing the gun
ners and without their even seeing the
object to be fred at. The principle
used is that of so training the gun as to
cause the object to be fired at to be re-
hected upon a screen at the rear of the
gun.
1t Came High.-'So you have been
out in the wild west? Is it true that
| they hold human life so cheap out
there?" Cheap, nothing When it
comes to paying a dollar and a half for
teaspoonful of beans it does not lool;
as if existence was very cheap, does it,?
Indianapolis Journal.
John Geiss, Michigan blacksmith,
got his foot tangled in a rope attached
to balloon at Wenonah Beach on Sagi
IIo no11o1 10 l,a al fr, LD1
him when the balloon went up, but
they could not. However, he got his
feet untangled before he had gone more
than three or four rods, and, falling ii
soft sand, he escaped injury.
"A foolish COW near Thompson, Ga.
that got its tail caught somehow in q
tree, made trouble worse by going
around the trunk until she wound uI
! like clock. She then became fright
ened, and giving lunge pulled the tai
out by the roots. Afterwards the tai
was foand as described by the animals
owner.
-Signor Mascagni, the composer o1
"Cavalleria Rusticana," which has ere
ated furor in Berlin and other cities
on the continent, is described as re
marl1ably handsome young man, TWEEN
ty-six years of age. His skin is dark
bronze, his eyes are black and melan
choly in expression, and his forehead i:
broad and high. He is six feet il
height. His face is beardlcss.
AT the Breakfast Table. Millicent'i
sister-"Why do you look so down il
the mouth. this morning, Mill?" Mill
cents little brother-"You'd look tina
way, too, Mabel, if you'd spent hal
an hour seeing Mr.. Cutely to the door
like Mill did last night" And the
depths of Millicent's coffee cup seemed
to have an irresistible attraction jus
then.-BroolSlyn Eagle.
Unless their attention is especial,
directed to it, few people notice the tin,
letters stamped on the larger silve
coins of our currency at point jus
below the junction of the arrows an,
olive branch held in the eagles claws
The letters are rs. ;" ''O.," and sc. c.,
and stand respectively for San Fran
cisco, New Orleans, or Carson City
where the pieces were cast in the Unite
States branch mints. Coins made il
the mint at Philadelphia bear no specia
mark, and are indicated by its absence
"A stray horse entered Brookly
candy store to the great terror of tn
proprietor, picked up some candy an
held it out to the young woman clerk
While she was wondering whether tn
I animal wanted the candy wrapped u
and sent home or not, the horse's owne
came in and explained that the petite
beast wanted some one to hold the cand
while he ate it. He was used to bein
. fed from the hand, and thought he coul
eat in no other way.
, Have YOU been invited to ba
! party yet? They are quite the late.
thing. The striped paper used b
, grocers is pasted into the form of hug
, beg, which envelops young woman {
, man, is tied tightly about their respe
tive necks, and has openings for til
. feet, which latter mercifully settle I'll
, question of sex, the masculine eXtremit
! being easily distinguishable AnothC
. bag covers the head, is tied about I'll
, neck and has openings for the eyes. 4
: a given signal the bags burst, and I'll
a butterflies, very much heated, bl
/, radiant, emerge to prove how very mi
!, taken every one has been concernin
the identity of every one else.-N.
i, Sun.
= -Vestibule cars are now q familii
: luxury of railroad travel, and seem
leave little to be desired in the way
comfort and convenience. A passengt
4 car of somewhat novel construction ha
i" however, lately been patented, and