The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-09
MISCELLANEOUS.
"A ton Of steel will make 1aoeo
gross Of pens.

gross Of pens.
Craven was man who had begged |
o. craved his life of an enemy.
The only way to change the leop- |
ards spots is to tan his hide.
-Dimity was invented at Damietta, |
a city which gave It's name to the goods. |
Lawn is fine linen bleached on the |
lawn instead of the ordinary drying
ground.
---Astrology refuses to die out. An
astrological paper just started testifies
to It's prosperity
"A fur cloak on exhibition at the
worlds fair is worth $17,500. 1t IL
made entirely of tails of the Russian
sable.
But, officer, we promised to meat
a gentleman on this corner. and we
should like to be permitted to stand
here little longer" Cant listen to
ye, sor. We've got strict ordhers to
kape the corners clane; an II yez want
10 mate yer frind here, yez'll have to
20 somewhere ilse Boston Courier.
1T is estimated that since the build
ing of the famous Tower of Babel there
have been 1900 distinct languages and
8, 500 colloquial or 5000 different forms
Of speech At the present time 600 of
the primary languages are dead, leav-
Ing 900 spoken all over the earth, with
$500 colloquials.
-Silas Holbrook, Of East Harpswell,
Me-, was out in q boat with his dog.
The animal discovered that the boat
was badly leaking, the plug having
been removed from the opening in the
bottom. After placing its paw over
the hole, to stop the leak, it directed
the attention of Mr.. Holbrook to the
matter, and maintained its position
until the plug was found and replaced.
Interesting relics OF dead and gone
Indian tribes are the great mounds of
oyster shells formed along the seashore
In southern Delaware. According to
local tradition, the Nanticokes of Penn
sylvania were in the habit of winter
ing along the seashore in lower Della
ware and of eating enormous quantities
| of oysters. The shells testify to the
appetites of the Nanticolses and many
Indian implements are found in the
mounds.
The very first steam locomotive
constructed in America was made by
the Kembles Company, of West street,
New York, in 1ss0-31. This pioneer
American triumph of the mechanic 8
art'' was shipped by sailboat from the
manufacturers shops to Charleston, s.
c., where it was put together and first
used on short freight road between
the city last named and small place
called Hamburg.
The title of elector is peculiarly
German, being found, in the same
sense, nowhere outside the limits of
the German states. They were SO
called because in the thirteenth CEN
tury seven princes, the king of Bohe-
mia, the archbishops of Mentz, Treves
and Cologne, and the rulers of Bran
denburg and Saxony and the Palatine,
assumed the privilege of electing the
emperor. An eighth elector, Bavaria,
was admitted to the circle in 164S, and
ninth, Hanover, in 1902.
-Grocers everywhere assert that
there is little or no profit in retailing
sugars, and houselseepers confirm thil
by saying that there is small economy
in buying sugar by the key. The tra.
dition touching tho small profit II
handling sugars at retail is certainly
more than 100 years old, for writer IL
, the middle of the last century affirmed
that London grocers of that day wert
often out EGO to G70 a year for papel
and pack thread used in wrapping III
, sugar, and some grocers would not sell
sugar to customer who did not at the
same time purchase some other article
When John Howard Payne, the
author of "Home, Sweet Home" dice
in Tunis in 1859, the government OWED
him s2O5.92 salary as consul at tina
place. 1t has been owing it ever since
Payne's heirs are now trying to ge
congress to make an appropriation
to discharge the obligation. If com
pound interest should be reckoned OF
9 the sum for the forty-one years tina
, have elapsed, the heirs of the poe
, would receive a comfortable fortune
: However, the bill that has been intro
!. duced for their relief only appropri
! ates the amount of the original claim
q e2O5. .92, which is not enough to igh
4 over. The government does not ALLOW
7 interest on unclaimed money left il
Its possession.
4 Fashions change in flowers as the
:. do in clothing, gems, plays, novels an
dogs. A florist who does large bus
a ness was asked if he had any orchids
;. "Got couple at my greenhouse in tn
a country" he answered, "but it's n
. use having them here in town, fo
5 they're hard to raise and nobody want
!. them. Cranks on orchids collect ther
and pay fancy prices for them, bu
q there is no call for the commoner var
{ eties Begonias and crotons, and a
d those fancy-leaved plants, too, Sc
e very rarely now, though there was
!. time when people couldn't get enough
Chrysanthemums are ready sellers, bu
the fashion seems to be setting in fe
green things-palms, ferns, lycop'
dunn. rubbers, selaginella and such.
The Missouri court of appeals hs
n sustained verdict for damages again.
u ST. Louis hotel for The loss Of cos
II and hat which guest left in charge {
Is IN attendant at the dining-room doc
g The coat and hat were stolen or deli
u cred in mistake to another guest whil
% the owner was'a at dinner. The hotel pr
'r prietors pleaded they had provided
Is courtroom, where checks were given fc
e personal apparel, and the guest, know
&c ing this, should have availed himse
of it, and his negligence in failing
do On rnliavad than of raSponsihilit 4