The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-04-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

put sewer down as soon as the paving
is done. Epoch.
McFingle-"Cutely calls on Miss I
flainface every night don't see how
he can court her, even II she had pile
of money-she is 80 homely." Nc
Gangle-"O Cutely turns the gas out"
Boston News.
"A Wife's Scheme. "Enpec
tells me his wife worked new scheme
on him yesterday" Van Pelt--"How
was thatP" Wool-"She gave him
piece of her mind and then bound him
over to keep the peace. IN. Y. Herald.
BY the passage of what is known
as the Vandever bill by the Legislature
of California, the Sequoia Park Forest
and Homer Park Forest have been
saved from spectators. In the tract
saved are what are known as the
Fresno Big trees, including among them
the Gen. Grant, said to be forty feet in
diameter.
Large families are very common
among the factory population of Lewis
ton, Me. Henry McCraw has raised
nineteen children, of whom thirteen
are now living. The mother is
healthy woman of forty-thrce. Noel
Gaudette has raised nineteen children,
of whom fourteen are living, the young
est eleven years of age and the eldest
thirty-three.
According to the Boston Transcript,
the Mercantile Publishing Company Of
Chicago will soon have a new building
which will resemble the book that it
publishes The front of the building
a. - tha
Register" when standing on a book
shelf. At the tenth and eleventh storiesS 4
windows will be cut in the shape Of the
letters spelling Mercantile Register.
w. r. Close, a Bangor genius who
has invented successful automatic fog
bell, announces that he has patented
an improved lime kiln which will effect
saving of IS per cent in the amount
of fuel used over those now in use at
Rockland. He proposes to utilize the
vast amount of heat which now escapes
from the kiln chimneys in generating
steam for heating and manufacturing
purposes.
1t has often puzzled the uninitiated
to give reason why musicians tune
their instruments in public, and not be-
fore they enter the orchestra. II they
tuned their instruments before entering
the theater or concert room the temper
ature is very apt to be different in the
place of performance, and therefore
the instruments would not be in tune
A piano that is in tune in cold room
would get out of tune if the room were
suddenly heated.
When the grandfather of John w.
Wise, of Conway Springs, Kansas, died,
ten years ago, his death was so sudden
that he did not have time to inform his
heirs regarding the hiding place of his
wealth He had no faith in banks, and
therefore preferred 10 hold his own
money. There was prolonged
hunt for the old mans treasure, but
| without success, until the other day,
when John found it in a nail lkeg, buried
in an obscure corner of the farm. The
keg contained $50, 900 in gold coin.
--One of the most prominent railroad
men of Pennsylvania was Christian
Long, of Shippensburg, who recently
| died, leaving an estate of S. 900, 900. He'd
commenced life by peddling clocks, one
of which, it is said, he frequently
| traded for Cumberland Valley Railroad
threatened with bankruptcy. Some of
his shares, which were so numerous
that he found himself In position to
dictate to the board of directors, cost
him as low as twenty-five cents each.
appropriately Immortalized. The
Traveler-"Yes, the most impressive
thing saw in Japan was an idol" An
Auditor-"What was it like?" The
Traveler-'It was the figure of wo-
man, seated, and resting her chin in the
palm of her right hand Couldn't find
out what she had done to be so immor-
talized." Another Auditor (married)--
81 know. The Japanese are wise peo-
pie, and they erected that idol as ex-
pressing their reverence for woman
! that can hold her own jaw. Pitts
burgh Bulletin
AT one of the Partisan theaters there
was performance of cleopatra" 1t
CHANGED that the heorines part was
wretchedly performed, and when she
| was about to commit suicide, with the
aid of the historic asp, the audience
| seemed to think that it was about time
for the Egyptian coquette to close her
| career. On this occasion the asp was
an ingenious mechanical contrivance,
and as Cleopatra raised it to her bosom,
the touching of a spring caused it to ex-
tend its forked tongue and threateningly
hiss. A hush of silence fell over the
house, and spectator in the orchestral
audibly remarked: THAT asp expresses
my opinion"
| This winter il southern Idaho is
reported to be the severest since 1870.
The hills are covered with snow from
two to five feet deep, and the cattle
that were not driven to the lowlands
before the snow set in are perishing
from cold and starvation by hundreds
| The sufferings of the animals are terri
BILE. A ranchman. coming into Boise
City a few days ago, reported having
seen hundreds of dead cattle in hollows
and depressions where they had taken
refuge from the bitter cold. On one
ranch 800 horses were unable to find
food for nearly two weeks They were
on big range and could not be reached
for several days Whenfound they had
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