The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-11-26
MISCELLANEOUS

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the last time we metz" Jingley-"Yes,
and wish we hadn't met the last time. T"
Detroit Free Press
Gould you lend me an X?" my
boy" replied Charley Cashgo, lever
since my school days when studied
algebra Y has stood with me for an un-
known quantity. Washington STAR
-"I say, old fellow, here are the five
shillings borrowed of you last wcelsl"
Thanks, dear boy! had forgotten all
about it." Hang it. old man. Why
didn't you tell me that five minutes ago?"
The product of some California or
chards are somewhat astonishing For
example, a sixteen-acre orchard of Ger.
man prunes in Sonoma county, from
five to eight years old, yielded 90, 600
pounds of dried fruit this year and a ne, Z,
profit of $1,000.
Not long ago telegraph operator
found the words ''orates fratres' IN a
special dispatch about the praying
brothers." 1t is not definitely known
whether the tclegraphist or the COM
positor attempted to translate the
words, but it is certain they appeared
in a paper as, 80, rats, father!"
Another Great Artist. a
wonderful painter Rubens wasn re,
marked Merritt at the art gallery.
eyes, assented Cora. ut is said of him
that he could change q laughing face
into a sad one by single stroke" 4"
why" spoke up little Johnny, in dis
gust, my school-teacher can do that "
-Dick-"Grandma, are resolutions
very unhealthy?" Grandma-''What do
you mean, child?" Dick-"Papa came
home from the club banquet with an
awful headache last night and told
mamma that they didn't do anything
except pass o few resolutions. Inter
Ocean.
Both the Kurds and the Cassocks
believe that Ararat is guarded by an
unearthly being and that no man can
ascend the peak and live. They have a
somewhat contrary opinion, however,
as to what kind of spirits are on guard,
the former claiming that the devil is
guard supreme, the latter that angels
are on watch.
One of the industries in connection
with the tea trade is the collection of
the lead with which tea chests are
lined. China has been noted for many
centuries for the purity of its lead, and
this tea-chest lead, as it is called, is re-
garded as the finest in existence. There
are many uses for it; it is found very
valuable in making the best kinds Of
solder.
Some ingenious contrivances are
used by thieves The latest looks like
an ordinary walking-stick, but is so ar
ranged that, by pressing a spring at the
handle, the ferrule will spread apart
and form sort of spring clip, that will
take hold of anything that is within
reach. The thing is called "the conti-
mental lifting stick" and is used to take
things from behind counters when the
shopman's back is turned.
On the 1st of May, 1907, the union
between England and Scotland was
finally established, and though the
Scotch, at first, We're highly indignant
at this event, they soon became recon-
ciled to it, and later looked upon it as q
great blessing For years after the
union, intrigues for the restoration of
the Pretender (the representative of the
exiled Stuarts) disturbed the peace of
the country.
DIR. c. N. Ellingwood, of San Fran
cisco, charged the estate of Walter S.
Hobart $50, for his medical attend
ance for twelve months on Mr.. and Mrs.
Hobart, and, although the heirs, three
minors, petitioned the court to allow
the claim, Judge Levy cut it down to
SO, 900, remarking that the heirs will in
n few years obtain free control of the
estate and can then pay the remainder
if they see fit to do SO.
"A Maori whose request for blankets
had at last elected decided refusal
from the missionary, exclaimed: "Ka-
pal (good); no more blankets, no more
hallelujahs," and thereupon returned to
the faith of his fathers. No less humor-
GUS, though in another way, was the
plea of a Maori in litigation for piece
of land. Being called on to tell the
court on what proof he relied for his
title, he pointed to the rival claimant
and said simply: 81 ate his father"
There are volcanoes all over the
world. They occur all along the Pacific
coast, on the western side as well as
the eastern, all the way from Bering
Strait to New Zealand. There are vol
canoes in Africa, in the Mediterranean,
the West Indies, and even amid the
eternal ice and SHOWS that surround
the southern pole. Iceland is especially
noted for its volcanoes, which have
burst forth from time to time in the
most fearful eruptions.
1t was in Italy during the religious
wars of Charles ", under a condition of
society which rendered life particularly
insecure, that the small sword or ra-
pier was adopted and habitually worn
by military and state officers, and gem
orally by all men whose position in
society or whose occupation permitted.
it. The Italians, who were expert
fencers, were the instructors of the art,
first in Spain and afterwards in France
where, during the last century, fencing
was brought to the highest perfection.
-~In each wing of an ostrich twenty
six long, white plumes grow to maturity
in eight months, In the male these
are pure white, while those of the
female shade to ecru or gray The
short feathers are plucl1ed for tips, and
each wing furnishes seventy-five of
these. The tail feathers are of deep
old ivory color, and sixty-fve of these
have commercial value. In late
plucking at the Coronado ostrich farm
nearly 300 feathers were obtained from