The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

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lis Smithins n smart lawyerp"
every. Man went to him with case in.
volving $3.50. Said he was willing to
spend 81 800 to get it back Smithins
made him out bill right off for 81 ,35Q."
-Joe--"Did you win anything at the
races yesterday?" Tom-'Yes, little
fortune" Joe-"What did you bet?"
Tom-"Thatl would put my money on
the wrong horse every time. Inter
Ocean.
II want to ask one more question:"
said little Frank as he was being put to
bed. "Wcll?" acquiesced the tired mann
ma. when holes come in stockings
what becomes of the piece of stocking
that was there before the hole came?"
Husband - 81 think young Mrs.
Prettyface was green with envy when
you came in with your new bonnet on"
Mrs. Ilhumor Hateful thing She
just did that because she knows that
green is becoming to her"-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The usefulness of carbonic acid
water in extinguishing fire has often
been referred to, and not long ago IA
pharmacist, who happened to have II
lively incipient fire on his hands, used
his soda fountain for this purpose with
most satisfactory results.
On the subject of the swaying of
lofty chimneys, it is declared to be
absurd to hold that chimney,
say 400 feet high, would sway
1G inches. The slightest vibration
is felt when on tall chimney, and
~ inches is thought to be about the
extreme amount of swaying that takes
place.
The Chinese superstition about lucky
and unlucliy colors is one that foreign
merchants must observe when they at
tempt to sell their wares in China. The
! use of black paper as a wrapping for
needles has initiated against their sale
IN China. Blue must be especially
avoided on wrappers of goods intended
| for the Chinese market, while red is
| auspicious
in parts of Massachusetts it is
thought that if girl puts piece of
southern wood down her back the first
boy she meets will be her husband. In
Boston, if marriageable woman puts
bit of southern wood under her pillow
on retiring, the first man she sees in the
morning will, SO says superstition, be
the one whom she is to marry.
"A snake in armor has been discov-
cred by farmer near Aberdeen, South
Dakota. Coming suddenly upon it, he
struck it with stone, and metallic
sound came to his ear. He beat the rep
| tile until it was dead, and found two
| thirds of the snakes body incased in a
| piece of gas-pipe Whether the snake
| purposcly or accidentally assumed the
armor is not known.
"A smart young man in Walla Wal
| la, Wash, started odt to have some fun
by soaring two young women who were
| to return homeward through wooded
| stretch of road after visiting friends in
| the evening He put on buffalo robe
and started out to play bear. The girls
attacked the supposed bear with heavy
| stones and then thumped it with clubs
before the young man squealed. He was
| SO badly bruised that he could hardly
| crawl home.
Patti has several pet birds at Craig
y-nos, which she brought from New
|
| panies her songs, not merely initiating
| the trills and roulades of his MISTRESS
but putting in some original touches of
his own. Another of the parrots for a
| long time kept mute, until one day Il
| doctor appeared on the scene to attend
| to sore throat of his mistress when
he exclaimed so, doctor, I'm so sick "
"A large portion OF the agricultural
exhibit which Illinois will make at the
worlds fair will be selected from the
exhibits made at the state fair at Peoria
the coming fall. In order to encourage
the farmers to make especially fine ex-
hibits of farm, orchard and garden
| products, the state board of agriculture.
which has in charge the preparations
of the states worlds fair exhibit, has
offered number of cash prizes aggre-
| eating $6,500
| The singers who sometimes assem-
BILE on the porch of Ashbury Methodist
church in New York City are source
of unfailing delight to the men, women
and children who congregate in Wash
ington square every evening. The
audience lie on the grass, stand under
the trees, crowd the benches nearest
the church, and huddle together on the
sidewalk, drinking in the strains as if
Orpheus himself were to the fore 1t
can't be easy for a woman to hold a
baby with one arm and hymn book in
the other hand, singing meanwhile
with all her might, but that is what a
songstress has been Seen to do on the
church porch, and she, no doubt, felt
repaid by the unspoken gratitude of her
auditors.
The Bank of England was projected
by William Paterson, Scotch mer-
chant, to meet the difficulties expe-
rienced by William III. in raising the
supplies for the war against France.
BY the influence of Paterson and Mich
ael Godfrey, forty merchants subscribed
a large sum of money, to be lent to the
government at s per cent, in considera-
ton of the subscribers being incorpo-
rated as u bank. The scheme was VIC.
lently opposed in parliament, but the
bill obtained the royal assent April 25,
1904, and the charter was granted July
81 following, appointing Sir John Houb-
Ion the first governor, and Michael God.
frey the first deputy governor. The
bank commenced active operations on
January l, 1895.
Fish in Vinaigrette.
To serve fish in vinaigrette take any
pieces of boiled fish which may be left
from dinner. Heap them in a mound
like form, chop fine the yolks of two