The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

you watt
81 tell you 1 won't put another
blamed cent into the business" he said.
"Don't talk so loud, Mr.. Bullion, urged
the other, "the clerks downstairs will
hear you" What ofitp It's no secret, "
EQared Mr.. Bullion. "They know I'm
She silent partner r"-Chicago Tribune.
"A woman called at the department
Of charities on Saturday bearing D letter
from charitable Sewickley lady, which
stated that of the three varieties of poor
persons namely, Goods poor, the DEVILS
Door, and poor critters"-the bearer was
of the third named species and deserved
special aid. She was sent to the County
Home. Pittsburgh Commercial.
"A French doctor has secured q
patent on process for electro-plating
people after they die, and making their
bodies as indestructible as copper or
brass. If this is true we can't see why
po-account husbands and good-for-noth-
ing sons-in-law may not be used for
bookcases and hat racks, after they
stop spelling pure air by breathing it.
Rams Horn.
One Form of It.-"You call Roxley
conceited man? He's always running
himself down. I've heard him say he
had no memory, no imagination, no
faculty of doing things like other peo-
pie, and he hated to look at his own in
significant image in the glass" "Yes,
that's his way of saying that if he'd had
the making of himself he could have
done much better job than the Lord
did."-Chicago Tribune.
-Stammerers, when whispering,
rarely show any impediment in speech.
On this fact new method of treatment
has been advocated, which is as follows:
In the first ten days speaking is pro-
hibited; this will allow rest to the voice,
and constitutes the preliminary plan
of treatment. During the next ten
days speaking is permissible in the whis-
pering voice; and in the course of the
next fifteen days the ordinary conversa-
tional tone may be gradually employed.
in 1909, during the second invasion
of Spain by the French, some valuable
crown focks of sheep were sold to raise
money. The (then) American Consul at
Lisbon, Portugal, a Mr.. Jarvis, pur-
chased 400 head and sent them to this
country. A portion of the pure and un-
mixed Merino blood of these focks is
still to be found in some few parts OF
America. Such was really the origin
of the immense fooks of fine-wooled
sheep now to be found in the United
States.
The meanest man in California
crawled into his hole with disgust when
he heard of the meanness of the fellow
who became plaintiff in remarkable
lawsuit. A man from Bare Butte Val
ley lost his pocket-bool1 containing $3.50,
which was found by man of Elk Creek.
"A month later, upon learning who was
The owner, he returned the same, and
the owner was very thankful-but sued
for interest for the use of the money for
that time. Judgment was given for
$1.45 and COSTS
An absent-minded Maine man, along
in the fall, when he saw his neighbors
digging their potatoes, took his horse,
put some baskets into the cart, and,
with his boy, drove the team across the
pasture to back field. Opening the
bars, the boy drove the cart into the
field, when the farmer stepped out few
rods from the fence, looked about him,
gazed across the field up and down, and
seeing no signs of potatoes, said to
himself "Well, declare, I thought
had some potatoes here, but l guess
forgot to plant 'em."
To growl is one of the joys of life,
according to a commuter on one of the
railways running into this city. He Is
even willing to pay for 1t, apparently
for, at the beginning Of the year, an
official on the road having offered him
an annual pass he declined to accept it.
''No, thanks" said he, returning the
card 81 am much obliged, but prefer
to pay my fare and retain my privilege
of expressing my Indignation at the way
this road is managed. / wouldn't sell
my riOht to revile you and your blanlSed
old system for all the passes in crea.
tion. IN. Y. Sun.
One of the green clerks IN Buffalo's
largest croclery stores sold plate tc
a woman customer. The plate was
marked S125 and the clerk charged the
customer S1.26 for it. The one-hundred
and-twenty-ffve mark meant thai
the plates were worth that much
dozen. Great was the dismay of the
CLERK WHen VIC lllSudhe WIS OllSCONcTeu
But all's well that ends we'll. The day
after the mistake occurred in came Tho
customer with the ten-dollar plate
She didn't like the plate-didn't thinl
it was quite good enough. She wanted
something better. She was accommo
dated with two-dollar plate.-Butfalt
Express.
The pleasure of bathing in Pull
man car is thus drolly pictured by
gentleman who has doubtless expert
enced what he describes: The coacl
swings and jolts along, and you fee
your way unsteadily to the tiny bath
room. The portr fills the tub, which i
narrow and deep and more like barre
than the vessels we use in our houses
Ten to one, as you sit beside the mp
paratus to undress, the car will strike
sharp curve, and all the water in tn
tub will leap out and deluge you iron
head to foot. If you escape that luck
and get into the tub, the curve and tn
car are certain to meet, and in an in
slant you find yourself in an empty re
ceptacle, while your shoes and stocking
are floating around in the lake that ha
covered the floor.
Cloths for Busters.
How many good dhousekeepers make
rule to keep good supply of hemme
-dusting cloths on hand? They cost onl
a trihe, and it requires but few me