The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
miscellaneous.


entitled philadelphia Record.
Its the little things in life that
count" said the philosopher. Eyes,
indeed" said the primary teacher.
you should visit my school some time
and hear them"
Miss Candour (aged Z, TO lady who
has been singing with good deal OF
tremolo TO her mothers guests)-"T
gargle in the nursery."-Tit Bits
-Patient-T guess I'm about well,
amt I?' Doctor-"Almost" Patient
whats my bill?" Doctor-"You're not
quite strong enough for that yet
-Mike-"Where did yez say was Pat
Murphy's birthplace?" Dennis-"CorlS.
Mike-''Bedad, it's no wonder he is al.
ways stuck at the mouth of bottle,
thin. Inter Ocean.
The largest return of jewelry made
TO the tax assessor by any private citt.
zen of Atlanta is that of negro. The
books of the Atlanta tax receivers show
a phenomenal increase in the wealth of
negroes residing in that city
President Harrison receives his sal
ary in monthly installments. On or
about the 26th day of every month the
| treasurer of the United States sends to
the white house, sometimes by messen-
ger, and on other occasions by mail, a
check for 81, 1866.
Many newspapers in different parts
of the country are offering round trip
tickets to the worlds fair as premiums
for subscriptions Tickets are also be-
ing offered in schools, by the school au-
thorities or by private individuals, as
prizes for excellence in scholarship.
Literature certainly runs in the
Greensmith family. The two daugh-
ters write poetry that nobody will
print, the sons write plays that nobody
will act. and the mother writes novels
that nobody will read" "And what
does the father writer" 80. he writes
cheques that nobody will cash"
"A patent has recently been issued
for a new style of shoe. The foot and
rear portion of the shoe are connected
by hinge plates, an insole attached to
the front piece curving over the joint.
Two tongues of leather are adapted to
pass through loops the lace securing
these in place around the foot. The in
ventor claims that the combination Sc
cures greater comfort than with the or
dinary form of shoe.
old b. has just turned fifty-eight,
and finding himself widower after
twenty-five years of married life. is pre-.
pairing to lead to the altar his new
bride of twenty-five summers. His
friends alarmed at the wide differences
in their ages, demonstrate, but in vain.
What! you say my intended is too
young?' b. eXclaims in utter astonish-
mcnt; why, she is exactly the same
age as my first wife when married
her.'-Journal pour Rire
The first commercial intercourse OF
the English with the East Indies was a
private adventure of three ships fitted
out in 1891. Only one of them reached
India, and, after voyage of three
years, the commander, Capt Lancaster,
was brought home in another ship, the
sailors having seized his own: but his
information gave rise to mercantile
voyage and the establishment of COM
pany, whose first charter, in December,
1000, was renewed in 1909.
The Boston chapter of the Ameri-
can Folk Lore society purposes to give
an entertainment next fall at which
the street cries of American cities will
be illustrated practically and with
Photographic reproductions of the
criers. The society has recognized the
value and interest of such a study and
the need of prosecuting it before it is
too late Many of the most character
istic local street cries, especially in the
larger cities, are dying out rapidly and
are seldom heard nowadays
Accommodation for musical enter
tainments at the worlds fair have been
decided upon, and the construction of
the necessary buildings has been or
| dered. They include a recital hall, seat
ing 500 people; a music hall, with ac-
commodation for l2O players, 800 sing
ers, and an audience of 1000; festival
hall for performances upon the largest
possible scale, with 200 players, 1000
| singers an audience of 200. The music
hall will contain a fine concert organ,
and in festival hall will be placed an
| organ for chorus support
Few people know that almost in
sight of St. Louis stands the largest
artificial mound in America if not in
IllN NOlINt' Ic NtdhOhld IlOunu is over
700 feet long by 500 wide at the base.
and 80 feet high. 1t covers over eight
acres of ground, and has upwards of
100000 cubic feet of contents. When
one reflects on the low degree of civil
ization attained by the people who
built this mound, and the Inadequate
tools, transportation and machinery
employed, it was Tor the Indians Il more
stupendous undertaking than for us
would be the building of another city
like st. Louis. This mound is really
mountain, and every handful of earth
it contains must have been carried
thither in hand baskets How long it
took or why it was built at all are ques-
tions that will probably never be an.
swered, but the stupendousness of the
work cannot be called in question.
The determined and successful eff
forts that have been made to save fine
trees in Central park, New York, at
points where they are especially needed
have resulted in the production of many
vegetable curiosities. One of the most
interesting of these is linden in the
northern part of the park The tree
stands on what appears to be an arti-
fetal mound, at the junction of a foot
path with that portion of the drive di-
rectly below the Block house. The
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