The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

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THAT Brooklyn bridge is perfect
MARVEL" said Uncle George. "I've been
looking at it for two hours now and
can't get over 1t.
-Waiter-'Not through eating, con-
ductor?" Conduotor-"No; but must
pull out or some one else will get
through. TwinlSlings
The first newspaper in the modern
sense was issued monthly at Venice in
1886; the first English newspaper was
published in 1929, the first American in
1903.
Teacher -"By reptiles we meap
such FEATURES as creep along tho
ground. Can you name one as an ex.
ample, Adolf?" Adolf-"Yes; my little
brother"
do you run your household2" mo.
my wife runs that" "Ah, sec; you
run the office" mo, the janitor runs
that" "What do you run?" "Well, 1
run back and forth. Truth.
--Wigley-"I wonder how Badgley's
wife happens to be so fine q linguist?"
Wagley-"It was because she found
she couldn't express herself in one lam
guage when Badgley came home at 4
in the morning. Chicago Inter Ocean.
why Molly how do you do? Don't
you know me?" eyes, sir, know you.
You are my papa's Uncle Ebenezer that
he's named after, so that you'll die and
leave him money enough to buy me all
the toys / want"
The largest artificial stone in the
world forms the base of the Bartholdi
Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's island,
New York harbor. This immense stone
was made from broken trap rock, sand
and American cement. Five hundred
car loads of sand and over 90, 900 barrels
| of cement were used in manufacturing
this monster
Attention is called to the fact that
the present is the first time for half
century that New England has not had
representative in the cabinet, except
| ing only about five weeks under Presi-
| dent Polk, and during the summer of
| 1874, between the resignation of Secre-
| tary Richardson and the appointment
of Postmaster General Jewell by Gen
eral Grant.
The French commission informs the
| department of horticulture of the
worlds fair that NJ. Andre, pre-emi-
nently the greatest landscape gardener
of Europe, will take charge of the dec
Grafton of the grounds around the wo-
mans building and that part of the
horticultural grounds which will be as
signed to the French exhibit The
| French florists are not only willing but
| anxious to furnish all the plants for
this exhibit.
while all rice is white" says
| commission merchant ''the size of the
| grain varies greatly according to the
| locality where it is raised. l have seen
rice grains as fine as grains of mustard
| almost, and again it is nearly as large
as beans AS for taste, it is all about
alike. but the amount of cooking de-
pends altogether on the size of the
| grains 1t takes an artist to cook rice
properly You have noticed the occa-
sional black grains. Well, that is what
is called hot rice, and is so discolored by
being overheated in the process of mill
ing"
! AT a recent Sunday-school service
in Bath, Me-, the minister was illus
trating the necessity of Christian pro-
fession in order to fully enjoy the bless
ings of Providence, and, to make him
self clear to his youthful hearers, said:
For instance, l waat to Introduce
water into my house. The pipes and
| faucets are all in good order, but get
no water, and why not?' He expected
the children to see that it was because
he had made no connection with the
main in the street, but they all looked
perplexed, Finally fve-year-old boy
squealed out: 81 know; it's because you
don't pay upH'
The Indian cucumber is a sort of
lily, which grows in great abundance in
almost every part of this country, and
is said to be an excellent remedy for the
dropsy. The best part of the cucumber
is the root, which grows in the size of
two inches in length by one inch in
thickness, and was formerly eaten raw
by the Indians just as we eat cucun-
bers. Its medical virtues were discov-
cred by some old woman in Pennsyl-
vania, and afterward admitted by the
doctors, which is not the only case of
the efficacy of an old woman's remedy
being acknowledged by the medical pro-
fession."
"A Pazmandy, n Hungarian, will
send for exhibition at the worlds fair
collection of exceedingly novel paint
ings, which will, doubtless, attract
much attention. There are twenty-five
of the pictures and all are miniatures al
most to the microscopic degree One of
them representing the landing of Co
lumbus, with seventeen human figures
in it, is about the size of the nail of the
little finger Another is Il portrait of
Emperor Francis Joseph and is of the
size of the head of match, The work
on these pictures is said to be exquisite.
Some very interesting comparisons
have lately been officially put forth
showing Great Britain's increase in
naval strength during the past six
! years, The figures show that her claim
to the title of mistress of the seas" is
, in no immediate danger, but they also
J show that one very burdensome source of
expense each year which the admiralty
is called upon to bear consists in over
hauling, reitting and in many ways
rejuvenating war ships that but n few
5 years ago were among the marine won
ders of the world. The United States
have at least one thing to serve as a
} consolation for having been SO ldhg
: without any navy worthy of the name.
The money we now spend in building
, up a navy nearly all goes for new work.
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