The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

friend one day for lunch. When the
joint was brought in, the host who was
very slow in carving, asked "Shall l
cut it saddle-wise?' "No." said the hum
cry friend, "cut 1t bridle-wise, then,
perhaps, may get bit in my mouth. "
Politics in Court Burglar (who
has just been sentenced to five years at
Sing Sing)--"Whist, judge. have
pull" Judge-'An' what is it? Bur
glar - Alderman Callahan is me
brother" Judge-"Thr1 I'll make it
ten years He was agin' me in the con-
vintion. brooklyn Eagle.
american Hotel Clerk (suspiciously)
Your bundle has come apart May
l ask what queer thing that is?" Guest
This is new patent fire escape.
carry it so that in case of fire / can let
myself down from the hotel window.
See?" Clerk (thoughtfully)-'I see.
Our terms for guests with fire escapes,
sir are invariably cash in advance"
Completing the Resemblance. She
-"Ilow much those overhanging trees
with black darkness underneath resem-
bic tunnel" He-"Yes. She-"Only
the resemblance goes no farther. We
are not on board a train" He-"No,
but there is still another way of COM
pleting the resemblance, and this
smaclSl is how to do it"-Yanbee
Blade.
lin the neighborhood of the Ter.
mudas the sea is extremely transparent,
so that the fishermen can readily see
the horns nf lnhctn,.c r,r,tc,,1in,r
their hiding places in the rocks at con.
siderable depths. TO entice the crusta.
scans from these crannies, they tie a
lot of snails in ball and dangle them
In front of the cautious lobster When
he grabs the ball they haul him up.
On the occasion of the death of an
old colored nanny" in Lexington,
, KY, recently, her remains were laid in
state in the parlor of her mistress
handsome home, and many white
| mourners followed the body to the
| final resting place During the Jast
days of her illness it was customary for
! the ladies of the family to hurry home
whenever they had occasion to go out, so
that the old auntie should not get lone
some.
While murders and other atrocious
crimes seem to be rapidly increasing in
number in New Hampshire, such of
fences have in recent years become
| quite rare in Maine, and nobody can ac-
count for the difference between the
two states in this respect except upon
the theory that the mixed factory popu-
lation of New Hampshire is lower in
| the moral scale than are the French
Canadians of Lewiston, Biddeford and
other great mill towns of Maine.
The demand for platinum for use
in science has raised its value to three.
quarters that of gold. Three years age
it was worth $50 pound. 1t now costs
Sl6O, or eleven times more than silver.
1t is found in small quantities in Peru,
Colombia, Brazil, the Ural Mountains,
California, Oregon and Borneo The
yearly output has never been more
than four tons and is now three
A few days ago farmer who lives
near Woodland, Cal, procured wagon
load OF grape pomace from one of the
wineries with which to feed his hogs.
Upon placing it before the swine they
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In more ways than one, Tor they be-
came intoxicated and remained in a
drunken stupor for several days.
In the last quarter of century the
average of mans lie has improved
per cent, from 41.9 to 43.9 years, and
of woman's life S per cent, from Al. {
to 45.s. OF every 1000 males born al
the present day "a more will attain the
age of So than used to be the case prior
to 1870; the combined life of every /, OOC
born at the present day is 9, 700 wears
longer than it was 25 years ago The
average human life is now being added
to at the rate of nearly 10 years each
century.
The people around Dark Harbor
Grand Manan, N B., are greatly ex
cited over a whale which chased 6
school of herring into the harbor recent
ly and now can't get out again. At higi
water there is depth of only ten fee
on the bar at the harbor mouth but the
tide, which runs with tremendous force
around Grand Manan, continues to se
in for two hours after high water, anC
this fooled the whale. The monste.
tries to get out when the current set.
seaward, and then finds that he draw.
too much water, so that, unless he car
discharge part of his cargo or get the
government to dredge out the channel
he is destined to be a fixture at Darl
Harbor.
I'm one Of the East Side cafes in New
York is a remarkable portrait Of Baror
Hirsch, the work of an appreciativ,
member of his race. 1t is made entirely
of English letters which, com bined
give detailed history of 'the moderl
Moses" At distance of five feet i
looks like an ordinary portrait, similar
even in details, to the photograph
which have appeared in the ILLUSTRATED
papers The work was done with pei
and ink. 1t would require about day
careful study, during which either tn
portrait or the student would have
be inverted frequently to decipher tn
history, as the artist has had to tur
his letters in many directions to pre-
serve the likeness.
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