The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the sublime to the ridiculous
there Is b,,f n stpp .--Napoioop


--she-"Did you ever write poems on
the beautiful snow?" He-"No, but
I'd have saved paper and stamps II l
only had."-Inter Ocean.
Brat was once a son. Several de-
votional and sermon writer's speak of
"a braham's brats" in the same sense
we would say Abrahams descendants
When Bobbie saw Chinaman for
the first time he called out to his mother:
"Hi! mamma! Lock at the monkey
with tail growing out of his head"-.
Harper's Bazar.
Six Feet. --"Six feet in his boots"
exclaimed old Mrs. b. What will the
impudcnce of this world come to,
wonder! Why, they might just as rea-
sonably tell me that the man had six
heads in his hats
An interesting feature of German
weddings at Buffalo is the buggy ride
that follows. Bride and groom, in FULL
wedding rcgalia, drive off, followed by
many couples of their friends also in
buggies, and in this fashion the strange
procession passes through the town.
What horrible smell is that?" he
asked, as he unpaclSed his winter
clothes. "Thats the stuff l used to
keep the moths out of them" his wife
answered proudly "Well, it must
have answered the purpose. I know
it'll keep me out of 'em. ."-Washington
Star.
Mamma" said little Marie, "I'm
going to write n poem some day."
"Are you, my dear? And what is it to
be about?" "Springtime, said Marie.
"That is NICE" said mamma. "And
what shall you say in it?" Spring
times swing time,' said Marie.
per's Bazar.
The Texas Goddess of Liberty has
more than bee in her bonnet. She is
seventecn-fcet high statue poised on
the highest pinnacle of the state capi-
tai at Austin. In cleaning the statue
few days ago it was discovered that
swarm of bees had made their home in
the hollow head of the goddess, using
the nostrils as an entrance, and had
filled it half full of honey.
metropolitan fashions have long
prevailed throughout the country. In
no one thing is this more plainly ap.
parent than in the uniforms of police
men. In the smaller cities, and even
in small towns, the policeman nova
days wears uniform like that of his
| city brother. He may not have his city
brothers repose of manner and cool
| jauntiness of bearing, but his clothes
are strictly up to date.
Women who go to odd quarters of
| New York out of curiosity testify that
| there is no part of the town to which
| the fashions do not penetrate. The
cheapest hats and bonnets displayed in
show windows on the East Side are
counterparts in form and general effect
of thoce worn by the richest and most
fashionable women. The difference
lies in the quality of the materials and
in a somewhat startling juxtaposition
| of colorS
| German couples, young men and
women, are sometimes seen on the
streets of New York City walking hand
| in hand, seemingly blissful, oblivious
| of a censorious world. More curious
still is the habit of Italian laborers to
walk together holding one anothers 8
fingers One frequently sees pair OF
laborers thus linked walking with the
tmostSrapidity. 1t looks from the rear
| as if one were handcuffed to the other
| as prisoner.
| That it's never too late to mend, or
mar, and that while there's life there's
| hope and fear, find quaint illustration
in diverse happenings in divers parts
| of the country during the past few
days. A woman in Jasper county, Mo-,
over so years old, joined the church; in
Oswego, Kan, woman well on to 10
years of age has just entered music
school and is now taking her first les.
sons in that art; in Milwaukee, Jacob
Junk, aged sS, is prosecuting suit for
divorce against his wife. and in Wash.
ington, D. c., q negro, who has lived
peacefully through nearly ninety-seven
years, was assaulted and beaten so that
he died.
Few persons suspect that the com.
mon moth may be utilized as decora.
tive artist, but he may be if only one
be watchful, patient and acquainted
with the creatures habits. The larva
of the moth has habit of spinning
about itself sort of sac from the ma
terial upon which it feeds AS the
worm grows it enlarges this sac by the
process of splitting it and inserting
new material. Now, if moth-worm
that has enclosed itself in red flame!
be afterward transferred, sac and all,
to white flannel, the growing insect
will slit it's red flannel covering and
enlarge it with portion of the white
flannel If, then, the worm and the
sac be transferred to blue flannel, the
creauture will in course of time en-
large the sac with blue flannel, and
thus clothe itself patriotically in red,
white and blue. Entomologist South
wick, of the Park department, says
that it is no great trouble to put
moth-worm through this performance.
1t was not strange that the sale of
SO many fake curios at the worlds
fair, as where, for instance, the wily
Turks sold Turkish coins as Hebrew
medals of the time of Christ, should
have tended to depreciate the value of
genuine relics and souvenirs But it
was sorely trying to the venders of
real curiosities when people contempt
uously poked their goods about, shifted
and guessed they weren't genooine."
Thus the man who had for sale sam
Piles of the first American land on
which Columbus trod, grew to be a har-
dened cynic. He had gone to the
island of San Salvador and loaded n
schooner with sand from the exact
spot on which, according to general