The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

fo'2" Jeems-"Do yo' s'pose Psc gwine
10 wear it inside sos people cain't see
itP"-Smith, Gray g. Co.'S Monthly.
Il never turn out for sccundrels,N
said bully, meeting a Quaker and step
ping up squarely before him TO inaugu-
rate quarrel. ~ do said the Quaker,
and placidly took the other side OF the
way.-Christian at Work.
Killed the Hero Mrs Hicks Gn
ecstacy ut lovesicS drama)-"O.
wasn't that youth lovely2 Why did that
horrid villain kill the only sweet man
In the play?" Hicks-"Probably to save
me the trouble. Once Week
There is strange colony Of Irish
women usually to be found camped on
the northeast corner OF Hester and
Orchard streets in New York, amid
community almost exclusively Jewish.
The colony sometimes numbers thirty
or forty persons, and spreads from the
one corner TO the other three. The
women apparently wait to be employed
by the Hebrew residents in temporary
household work.
Dealers in antique furniture espe-
cially prize as a rarity those old-fash-
Toned carver's chairs made in this city
from 30 to 100 years ago. The best are
of carved mahogany and of the designs
recognized as classic by dealers in such
things The carver's chair has arms,
it's seat is little higher than that of
an ordinary dining chair, and it has
broad rest for the heels of the carver.
1t is associated with the great turkeys,
whole pigs and rich roast beef of three
generations ago.
The largest collection of news
papers in the world is owned by Oscar
Won Forstenbeck, at Aix-la-C -Chappelle,
and includes 0,000 papers, among them
the largest and the smallest ever pub
lished. The largest, the Illuminated
| Quadruple Constellation, published at
London, is of the size of a billiard table,
81 by feet The smallest, II Tele-
gramo, bearing the motto, Much meat
but little BROTH" published at Guada-
laya, Mexico, is not larger than by
21G inches
The pretty custom of drinking to
the health of loved ones is still kept up
in the wardrooms of the vessels of our
navy. Ats o'clock in the evening the
captain or commander will cause glasses
to be filed, and, rising will deliver this
sentiment: "Gentlemen, ask you to
drink TO sweethearts and wives. May
the sweetheart soon become the wife.
/ May the wife always remain the sweet
! heart" The assembled officers drink
this toast in silence.
"A New York woman wears ring i'll
which is set in circle of diamonds her
baby's first tooth. A London lady of
high degree wears set in the jewels of
her bracelet tooth extracted from the
mouth of her pet poodle Another af-
fectionate creature uses the skin of a
once favorite horse as a hearth rug for
her boudoir, and has defunct pet pug
mounted in lifelille attitude by the
taxidermist for an ornament on her
writing table.
Foreign residents of New York
quickly learn the business advantages
of speaking to the English-sp aking
public. Accordingly many Italian
tradesmcn have their signs painted in
both Italian and English, often with
sad photographic blunders in the latter
tongue Even in the Syrian quarter,
business signs begin to appeal to others
than the Syrians. Beneath an odd
looking line of Arabic over door in
| Washington street, is the word car
penter," with inverted IN" and other
letters curiously mishappen
Newark, Del, has postmaster and
a deputy postmaster, and these two
have administered the office through
the political changes of the past eight
years When the administration is
democratic, so is the postmaster, and
the deputy is republican. When the
administration is republican, the demo-
cratic postmaster and his deputy simply
change places As the change cannot
be made Immediately upon the inauI
guration of a new president there is a
period OF some months when the citi-
Eens are in doubt which officer is post
master and which deputy.
I'm one New York family three chill
dren were afflicted with whooping
cough. They coughed and coughed and
coughed, and the family parrot took it
to his head to initiate them. When
any one of the children coughed he
would accompany it with a coughing
paroxysm so natural that it was impos-
sible to tell whether it was one of the
children or the parrot that was cough
ing. The bird seemed to enjoy having
the whooping cough, and after awhile
he clamored for medicine whenever he
saw that it was being administered to
the children.
The Edwin Forrest Home for Act
ors at Holmesburg, about fourteen
miles from the Philadelphia city hall,
was first bought by the great actor and
fitted up for his two maiden sisters.
who objected to the noise and hustle OF
city life. After their death the old
home was left without an occupant
and its owner without near relation.
And SO this charming retreat" was
left, by the provisions of Forests last
will and testament, in trust forever as
home for the aged and indigent of the
profession. There are at present twelve
inmates of the home, seven ladies and
Ave gentlemen.
Cavalry soldiers often sleep in the
saddle after fatiguing march, but it
would seem almost impossible to march
on foot and sleep at the same time.
There are authentic instances of this
} kind, however, and n member of the
Grand Army says: "When | was pri-
vate of infantry marched miles as
: sound asleep as if l was in my bed, and
! did not fall out of the ranks Artil-
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