The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

--Sparows. stares and plovers are on
friendly terms with the fairies The
lark and the swallow are birds of good
omen, but the latter should not rest on
the housetop.
-Restaurant-keeper-"It poured tor
rents at midday" His Wife -- 81 sup
pnse IL affected trade somewhat" Res
tauant-keeper-"It did worse. It com
PEELED me to lunch with my customers"
twenty-five cents was paid for
horse at sale in Bucks county the
other day, and the auctioneer threw in
a halter to make a respectable bargain.
The horse dropped dead before the pur-
chaser got him home.
Crows, like crickets, come for good
or evil luck, but the Course of the
crows is malediction to be avoided.
If good luck abides in the homestead
where they build their roolsery they
should not be molested.
-"Well little boy, what's your
name?" "Shadrack Nebuchadnezzer
Jones'" 'Who gave you that name?'
II don't know. But you bet your life
if l find out when get my growth
they'll be sorry for it."
VERY pretty sunset" he remarked.
"Yes," she replied. 81 don't wonder
that people write about the shades of
evening. | had no idea that there were
so many different shades or that they
matched so nicely. .'-Washingt Star.
Gold is weighed by troy weight,
while feathers are weighed by avoirdu-
pois. and as the 12 ounces in pound
troy contains but >, 76O grains, while the
avoirdupois pound contains 1000 grains
the pound of feathers is ,24O grains
heavier than the pound of gold.
Getting Their Instructions. - The
flames were burning fiercely, and the
tiremen were directing one stream of
water on the piano in the parlor. Look
here" called out the chief this is no
time to play on the piano. Turn your
hose on the house itself. Detroit Free
Press.
-Fathcr-"Now, Fritzchen. wouldn't
you like to be a captain and order peo-
pie about like uncle does?" Fritzchen
(ruminating)-"O no. think know
what | should like" Fathcr-"Well?"
Fritzchen-"Fd rather be mamma and
make you and uncle and everybody do
MS | wanted them. "-Didastali
Lafayette Knight, of Camas prairie,
has sent the East Oregonian remark
able curiosity-a sheet of paper made
from natures loom. 1t was found in an
open seam in tamaracll tree. 1t is as
soft and velvety as baby's skin and
resembles wood pulp in appearance.
The sheet is fully a foot wide and two
feet long.
There is no doubt about the diff
Guilty of killing Il cat but even that so
called nine-lived animal is not to com.
pare in tenacity of life with the South
American condor. 1t can fast for periods
that would tax the endurance of pro.
fessional fasting man, and it can survive
wounds that any other animal would
succumb to.
Mr.. Worrier-"Doyo you think. Alvira.
dear, that you have as much love and
respect for me as you had for your first
husband?" Mrs. Worrier-''Well. not
quite, my love. You see, your prede-
cessor, my dear, departed Jonas, was
fully head taller than you are and
naturally had to look up to him more
than do to you. boston Courier.
in recent volume of "reminiscences
a story is told of Lord Grosvenor who
while travelling in this country, was
asked by Yankee how he got his liv-
ing. My lord replied that he did not
work, as his father supported him.
'What a dear old gentleman" said the
Yankee; ''how will you ever manage tc
live when he dies?"
A flower grows in South America
that's only visible when the wind blows
The shrub belongs to the cactus family
and is about three feet high. The stem
is covered with dead, warty looking
humps in calm weather. These Jumps
however, need but slight breeze tc
make them unfold large flowers of q
creamy white, which close and appear
dead as soon as the wind subsidies.
Tho wren is chased every St
| Stephens day on account of its betray
ing the Saviour by chattering in clumr
of furze where he was hiding. 1t il
called the "king of all BIRDS because il
concealed itself beneath the wing of the
eagle when that lordly bird claimed su
premacy by soaring highest, Here
am," said the wren, mounting above the
| eagles head when the latter could go nc
| higher.
Miss Clementine de We're, whose
marriage to NJ Sapio took place in New
York last Thursday, is probably the
best paid choir singer in this country
| She gets from DIR. PaXtons West Pres
| byterian church $4,000 year for eight
months service Sundays alone, and she
is allowed an additional vacation o.
| five weeks for her concert tour. Occa
sionally she sings at Sunday-night con
certs after the service in DR.. Paxton:
church.
While splitting an ash tree into rail!
a few days ago, Rensselaer, Hopkins, o
Monument Creek, Pa, came across {
section of the heart that was decayed a!
fine as powder. The rotten part was 81.
feet long and the heart and outside o
the tree were rs sound as a nut below
and above it. There was no hole from
the outside, and in the hollow Mr.. Hop
lSins found a hatful of dead honey bees
and an ounce lead bullet. The layers o
growth showed that the bees had beer
there for at least fourteen years.
Heretofore in casting steel ingot'
containing large proportion of carbon
the shrinkage of the metal generally
forms cavities in the upper end of tn,
lngot, thus preventing good Welding
| This has recently been overcome by
placing cup of refractory material il
the bottom of the mold to prevent tn,
metal first poured in from hardening
too rapidly, and when filled, the uppel