The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
MISCELLANEOUS.


--''rake something witlrsne" ia brio.
but eloquent treat us on tho liquor
question. -E'uc.
What the wide world is to you de
pends very much upon what you are tc
1t Galveston News.
You may speak rs you will of pcdi
gree generally, but in sleeping-car its
n mans berth which raises him above
his fellows
"A Cruel Girl, I've such a beastly
headache all day." complained Cholly.
ut must be great satisfaction 20 you
to be reminded that you really own a
head, cooed Dollie. indianapolis Jour-
nal.
60 get me some Matches" the
baron ordered his valet, 'and see you
try them before you bring them. Tho
last were no good" The valet goes and
returns. "Well?" "They are all good
sir; ] tried them every one"
-She-"Mr Trotter has been sitting
over in that corner all the evening. l
wonder why he doesn't come and talk
to me?" He CTrotters rival)-'I told
him that his trousers bagged at the
knee, and he dare not walk across the
room. "-Harper's Bazaar
No Time at ALL l-She-"Must you
go SO soon, darling? It is only 10
o'clock, and father won't object if you
stay until 12." He--"True, my own.
but that only gives me two hours in
which to say good night. Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Cruelty to Children. -"What was
Helen crying about, Polly?" asked
Polly's mamma, as the little one came
in from the playground. "She dug a
hole in the garden, and her mamma
wouldn't let her take it in the house
with her"
The petrified body of man has
been found, it is said, in a cove in the
foothills of the Guadaloupe mountains,
N. M. According to the report, it is
difficult to determine whether it is the
body of white man or an Indian, or
whether it is ancient or modern.
The communications between the
two shores of the ST. Lawrence river at
Montreal are made, as is known, by
means of the Victoria bridge,
constructed some thirty-five years ago
which is the longest in the world, the
metallic span being $500 feet long.
The oldest whaler in the United
States is said to be the Rousseau"
now lying dismantled at New Bed
ford wharf. The vessel was built in
1901 for Stephen Girard, of Philadel-
phia, by Nicholas Vandusen, and was
launched on the Delaware. Its last
voyage was made in 1866, when it re-
turned with 1850 barrels of sperm and
$50 barrels of whale oil.
The general manager of the Balti.
pore & Ohio railroad says that they
can move from the interior of the coun-
try to the seaboard (tal1ing the mean
distance at 1000 miles, $4,000 troops
in thirty hours, together with their
necessary equipment. This could be
done without serious interruption to
regular commercial traffic.
"A class has been formed at the
DreXel Institute Philadelphia, for the
purpose of training library assistants
md directors, and young women are
using this opportunity to fit themselves
'or such work. AT present salaries in
his profession range from S240 to 81, 500
| year. Fora subordinate position, the
lverage salary is from $500 to $500. A
good, trained cataloguer receives from
5000 to 5000, and the director of a library
rom 81, 900 to $4,000.
One hundred and nine thousand 10.
'omotives arc at present running in the
world. Europe has 1000, America 40
300, Asia $500, Australia 1000 and AT
'ica 700. In Europe, Great Britain and
Ireland take premier position, with
1000 engines, Germany has $4,000,
France 11,000; Austria Hungary, the
second largest continental country, has
5000, Italy 1000, Russia $500, Belgium
1000, Holland and Spain 1000 each,
Switzerland 900, and the remaining
European states 1900.
Mr. Austin Corbin's game preserve
1t Newport, N. H., has proved to be a |
'uccessful investment, and the wild an
mails in restraint there have multiplied |
beyond expectation. They now num-
Der more than 700, and range in variety |
rom Flemish rabbits to Rocky Noun |
ain elk These latter animals have
,hrived very remarkably in capt; vity, |
'ut the greatest increase has been
lmong the buffalo, the original small |
lerd having grown into five herds. |
eleven calves were born during the |
ear just closed, and all are thriving.
The wild boars imported from the Black
Forest of Germany have been equally
'rolific and have become elephants, as
were, on the gamekeeper's hands be-
ause of their tendency to destroy the
'oung of the other animals.
MIR. Jones, the @ronaut, says that
he state of Illinois looks like checker
'oard to a man up in balloon two
niles high. This appearance is due to
he fact that the farms in the state. as
rule, are symmetrically laid out,
ither square or rectangular, and from
is lofty elevation all that is distin-
about them is their color:
hat of different farms varying in
hades owing to the different crops
rowing thereon. Mr.. Jones says that
nch trip gives person some idea
bout the geography and topography of
ne country. For instance, he says he
ever before had any idea how crooked
he Mississippi river is. 1t appeared a
mall stream in size, and its course ex-
remely irregular.
"A man who met with shipwreck off
he coast of Cuba and had to take to
n open boat, tells of his peculiar feel
lg, called by the sailors the Paradise
raze," brought on by exposure to the
errific heat of the suns rays. He saws.