The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

'Gaper, SlrY' asked the newSDOy.
mo, never read" was the blunt an
Swer "Hi, boys, come here" called
cut the gamin; there's a man as is
practicin for the juryr'
"A six-year-old little fellow was
forced to wear shirt three sizes too
large for him. After strutting around
a little while, he burst out with: II
feel awful lonesome in this shirt, ma.
TO love my neighbor as myself,
What strange advice is thatl
do not even know his name,
I'm tenant In fiat.
Washington Star.
Trunks are now made Of paper
pulp that has been subjected 10 a great
pressure in the same manner as the ma
tcrial used for the manufacture of paper
car wheels. Owing to the tenacity OF
the paper it is practically impossible To
injure a trunk made of this material
"A peculiar animal was killed in
Oregon the other day. 1t is not coon
nor polecat, neither is 1t a wildcat nor
q cougar, but it looks like mixture or
combination of all them. Its teeth are
long and sharp, and its tail somewhat
resembles hogs ear.
Chinese gold miners in California do
not talk at their work, as they consider
it unlucky, and for the same reason
they do not like to be addressed by Wis
itors. At Rock Springs, Wyo., the
Chinese miners in the coal mines con.
slider it very unlucky to speak before
breakfast.
1t is said to have cost the English
man who bought ten buffaloes from
buffalo Jones'" of Kansas, S25, 900 to
purchase and get them across the At
iantic. They were bred in Manitoba.
Their new home is the park OF Hagers.
ton castle, in Northumberland. But
think of the price when millions were
butchered for fun twenty-five years ago.
News stamps range in denomination
from cent to 30 cents. There is 10
cent stamp, l5-cent stamp and so.
cent stamp. The highest denomination
used by the United States is a 500 stamp,
with which newspapers sometimes pay
their postage bills For the same pur.
pose are the 81. 92-stamp. the S3-stamI
and various others ranging from that
on to S4S.
Capt l.. X. Morse, of Rockport,
Me-, has invented new method OF
reefng sails on ships The common
method of reefing by hauling the sal
up, sometimes requiring all hands aloft
Is hard on canvas and harder on the
men. Capt. Morse devised his plan
while he was in command of the ship
Col. Adams, and used it on the vessel
until she was burned. BY his method
the reefng is done from the deck.
1t is probable that there will be
fewer tall buildings built in Chicago
hereafter, in consequence of the high
rate of insurance adopted by the board
of underwriters in the case of ten
story structure. The rate was so high
that the owner of the building in ques
tion thinks it necessary to tear down al
least two of the stories. This edifce
was intended for mercantile purposes
and was therefore treated in different
manner from one intended for Offices
"A blacksmith in Belfast, Me-, re
lates that forty years ago, when he was
an apprentice, his employer bought q
superannuated horse for fifty cents, or.
dered him to shoe the animal, and sold
it, with its four new shoes, for seventy.
five cents. The apprentice was so in.
censed at having his work valued al
only twenty-five cents that he took an
oath then and there never to shoe an
other horse, and he never has, although
he has been in the blacksmith business
ever since.
There is a story going the rounds
that man was sitting behind hat
the wearer being the sort of woman
who can not keep in one position. He
grew desperate; he placed his own silk
hat upon his head and commenced tc
Dodge after his tormentor. Presently
cries came, "rake off that hatr TAX
ing it off, he leaned forward, tapped
the woman on her shoulder. Madame,
hat" he said courteously. And the
plan was success. Music and Drama.
"A granger hailing from Placer
county brought to the Chronicle Office q
curious freak of nature in the shape OF
live snake with two distinct heads.
There is no malformation, the body and
neck of the reptile being perfect and
the heads being each of full size and
development. Each head has two
eyes, and the snake when aroused darts
its forled tongues from both mouths,
simultaneously at times, and at others
using only one tongue. The reptile is
little over foot long and belongs to
harmless variety. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
Among the natives of Australia
notched and carved sticks are used for
messages. For instance, q piece OF
wood carried from one village to an
other, with straight and curved lines
cut upon it, means ''There is a fight on
hand; fetch your spears and boom.
erangs," The North American Indians
have utilized wampum belts from time
immemorial for like purposes, the ar,
rangement of the different colored
beads conveying the Specification de.
sired.
Channels of influenza.
In opposition to the theory that in.
fluenza is disease not dependent upon
personal contact of individuals for its
progression-that it is not evolved by
the intrinsical operations of a specific
poison and propagated through and by