The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

-I0JlenJ Olu Lazy lUO elevator DOy
.eading dime novel; l)-"lIow often does
the elevator go up, boy?" Elevator Boy
1T goes up at the end of every chap
Ter, ma am. Time.
DO you see that remarkably tall
young man over there, Miss Keenwit?
Well, he was originally intended for
the church" "Indcedl ] should have
supposed him to- have been intended for
the steeple"
Needed Rest.-"Ah Duebill, old
boy, where are you going to spend the
summer" 81 can make no definite ar
rangements until i know where my
tailor and other creditors are going to-
spend theirs. One goes TO the seashore
for rest, you BOSTON Post.
The parish prison Of New Orleans,
the scene Of the late Italian lynching
and one Of the oldest in the country,
was put up at auction recently and the
highest bid was only $1,000. The prison
is after the Spanish type, four stories
high and covers an entire square. More
than 100 persons have been hanged in it.
On taking off the roof of house
near Cambridge, which had been OF
fire, it was found that quantity of
straw had been carried by birds be-
tween the roof and the ceiling, and
this had been ignited from n hole in the
chimney. Altogether the birds had
taken up three or four sacks of rubbish.
10, yes, writes Harlem man who
believes that his own home is the cool
est place on earth in midsummer, lit is
all very well for you to ask me to come
I'll 10, fT,,
rest and change. ] tried it once; the
porter got all the change and the land
lord took the rest"
Mrs. Blank was good, kind-hearted
woman, but she talked very little, and
had u sort of detected, nournful air
about her that was trying to hostess
when she was subjected to whole al
| ternoon of it. One lady in speaking of
Mrs. Blanks visits, which were always
lengthy, very aptly said: "Well, she is
what might be called lonesome com
pany."-Harpers Bazaar
| Alcohol VS.. Water-Haul.- What
did they do to-day in the way of ar
rests?" casually inquired the city editor
| of the police reporter" Twelve vic
tins, but nobody had any money"
"Sort of water-haul, wasn't it?'
Hardly that, sir, replied the reporter
as innocent as a lamb: "they were all
drunk. detroit Free Press.
| Here, Lucian," shouted Allad in
the press room of the Daily News last
Monday, bring me something to pry
up the end OF this press with quick-a
crowbar or piece of scantling or any
thing" When Lucian brought one of
the towels that had been hung up and
used week, Lew grabbed it and re-
marked that it was "iust the thing"
The Esquimau when he goes fishing
uses funny-loolSing boat made of seal
skins stretched over a wooden frame
He calls this craft kayak. On the
upper side of the kayak, directly in the
middle, is an opening through which
the fisherman climbs into the boat,
wrapping himself up in a flap of seal
skin, which he laces tightly about the
opening SO as to keep out the water.
"A novel plan for training trotting
horses is being tried in San Teancho,
Col. Instead of trotting them around a
track they are made to swim around a
course in tank ninety feet long, twen-
ty feet wide and eight feet deep The
water is tepid and strongly impreg-
mated with salt to prevent the horse
from taking cold. Four times around
the course gives the horse as much ex-
ercise as mile of trotting.
"A gentleman travelling in Japan
broke the handspring of his watch,
which he took to a native village jew
eller. The watch was returned appar-
emily in as good order as ever, and kept
good time until the rainy season set in,
when it stopped. Being in the city OF
Toxic at that time, the traveller took
the watch to an English workman, who
was astonished to find that the Gun.
: ming Jap had put in spring made out
s of bamboo, which, so long as it kept
dry, remained elastic, but during wet
weather had gathered dampness anC
lost its power.
-Seventy-tive miles an hour is III
feet a second, and the energy of 400 tons
' or train of cars, moving at that rate is
e nearly twice as great as that of 1000
d pound shot fired from a 1OO-ton Arm
{ strong gun. This is the extreme weight
and speed now reached in passenger
o service, and, indeed, is very rarely at
t tanned, and then but for short dis
s tances but sixty miles is common
e speed, and rate of forty or fifty mile
d is attained daily on almost every rail
|: way in the country.
= "A bishop was travelling in mining
d country and encountered an old Irish
man turning a windlass which hauled
i up ore out of a shaft. 1t was his worl
g to do this all day long. His hat was off
l. and the sun poured down on his unpro
d tected head. Don't you know the SUI
will iniure your brain if You expose i
r In that manner" said the good man
n The Irishman wiped the sweat off hi
/ forehead and looked at the clergyman
"Do you think I'd be doin this all da,
if | had any brains?" he said and the1
gave the handle another turn. Milwau
e lkee Sentinel.
n Says the Philadelphia Ledger: "OnC
}, of the finest object lessons in sanitary
II plumbing in the United States is tn,
5. new institute of hygiene at the Univer
|. sity of Pennsylvania. Throughout tn,
Y building the pipes have been left out
@ side the walls, and each painted dis
|. tinctive color Thus maroon pipe
whenever found, is steam pipe, rec
always denotes hot water, blue stand
for cold water, white means gas anC
y yellow shows drainage. This makes i
l. possible TO trace each system in all it
$ branches and test it at will, from tn
l. cellar to the roof. About everything il
&c Il "A