The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

All, DidnhS 10 IL your near yOuGo
running a house of your own nowPp
mo" responded Blank, sadly, "only
married. Kate Fields Washington.
Sitter Ito photographer)--"I don't
think the photograph does me justice"
Photographer-"My dear sir, II photo
graphy did justice to everyone who has
his picture taken the art would soon
grow unpopular. ."-Demorests Maga-
zine.
The coronach, or mourning for the
dead, is still heard in many parts of
Scotland, as well as in Ireland. 1t is a
weird chant, cries of lamentation being
mingled with remonstrances addressed
to the departed for leaving his friends
and relatives.
why did you tell the Judge your
name was Murder?" $50 that he
wouldn't commit me-" "Humph! Why
didn't you tell him your name was
Gun?" "What good would that have
done9' "He might have discharged
you. "-Harper's Bazaar.
"A novelty in counterfeiting ap-
peared in Sioux City, where young
man took new silver quarters cut out
the guar" and changed the last to
N, making it read ten dollars" and
plated the coins neatly with gold. He
bought five or ten-cent articles to get
the change till he was caught.
I'm the report of her majesty's in
spector of explosives for the past year,
two samples of guncotton were referred
10, one of which had been under water
for sixteen years while the other had
been buried under ground for twenty
years Both these samples were in fine
condition, and as ready for their work
as on the day of their manufacture.
"A cat which patronizes the soda
water fountain is an attraction of
drug store in Sixth avenue, New York.
Long ago it discovered that the cream
of the fountain suited its taste, and it has
habit of going up to the counter and
waiting until it is served with light re-
ireshments in its own particular saucer.
-"They tell me you have learned to
count, Robbie" said a pious old lady to
her little grandson, who was paying
her visit out in the country. Course
! cam" answered Robbie. Listen
one, two, three, four, five, six"
"That's right" said the old lady, en-
couragingly. 'Go on" ''Seven, eight,
nine, ten, Jack, queen, king"
In the government pawnbroking
establishment at Paris, known as the
Mount of Piety, there are stored tens of
tho -Ssands of watches and hundreds of
thousands of jewels. On watches alone
a total of no less than $4,000, 600 has
been pledged, There are more than
f.1o 81, A
brellas. The annual interest has been
fixed at six per cent,
The Tombstone Epitah recently
spoke of n garden near Yuma, Ariz, in
which are growing twenty-five date
trees, the largest of which is thirty feet
in height and fifteen years old This and
five of the other trees are now in bearing,
and some of the punches of their fruit
weigh fifty pounds and are estimated to
contain 3,000dates each.
"A great quantity of unknown but
interesting music will be released from
years of confinement by she sale of the
Borghese Library in Rome, more than
two hundred and fifty compositions be-
longing to composers of the first half of
the seventeenth century. Operas, mad
rigals, motets, villanelles, and airs by
composers of the years 1860 and there
abouts are also found in the collection.
"A statistician of the German gov
| ernment has come to the rescue of
those persons who do not share the
widespread superstition that Friday is
the most unluclSy day of the week. A
short time ago he determined to make
scientific investigation of this ques-
tion. The most fatal or unfortunate
week day, according to the investiga-
tor, is not Friday, but Monday.
As an innocent-looling old man was
going up Washington street, Viclsburg,
a drayman nodded to him and said:
Want a dray, Mister?" NO 1 guess
not" replied the old man. Pm too fur
from home and can't pay freight on it.
Much obleeged, though. ViclIsburg is
a powerful nice town. A feller back
there asked me if didn't want coat,
another inquired if l wanted a hack,
and now you offer me dray! wish L
lived here. Reformed Church Messen-
ger
Prof Garner, who has gone to
Africa to study the language of the
gorilla and the chimpanzee says he
will not return to this country until he
has secured sufficient photographic rec
ords of the speech of these two great
types of monkey life to be able to settle
definitely the subject of monkey Ian
guage He has so far, in twelve years
study, been able to reproduce three
sounds in the monkey language which
are Ineligible to monkeys. They were
sounds expressive of desire for food,
for drink, and of terror.
Madame Bernhardt gives these
rules for dress: whatever you do
dress becomingly. That is my rule.
See that what you wear suits you-your
person, your individuality. Make your
costume suit you, not yourself suit the
costume. 1t is not wise to rely
upon the uniform Judgment of one per-
son or to advocate eternally the skill of
a certain few. If you cling to
the same costumer monotonously, you
will always wear the same stamp, like
your goddess on the American dollar" F."
Baron Maurice de Hirsch the He
brew millionaire, philanthropist, sports
man and financier, is reported as soon
to make tour of this country. The
baron's charities amounted to fifteen
millions in the year 1891, and his gener-
GUS fund for the aid of immigrant Jews
has given him wide fame all over the
world. He has the touch of Midas, and