Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A little knowledge is sometimes a
dangerous thing to the party about
wh om it is Inown.-Kate Fields Wash.
lngton
We are naturally displeased with
an unknown critic as the ladies are
with lampooner, because we are bit.
ten in the dark.-Dryden.
What a superb face" SAID one
gir! TO another, as they stood before a
marble head of Minerva. "Yes," said
the other "What nose tDr specta.
cles.' Earpers Bazar. -
Please give me a nickel to buv a
dinner with" said the tattered little
boy. lam so hungry" What can you
get for five cents" asked the old lady,
giving him the money. PIE, ma am, -
said he, with a grateful smile.
The park policemen of San Fran
cisco use the lariat to stop runaway
horses and all are experts with the
rope. The captain of the Golden Gate
Park squad says his men ''can stop a
horse within distance of fifty yards,
without the slightest danger to our
selves" and he implies, though he
doesn't distinctly say so, without dam
| ger to the runaway or its rider
On the Way to Santa Maria.-
I Christopher Columbus-''Have YOU
written up the log book, Don Alonzo?"
Don AlonHo PenzOn-"ITow in thunder
can l write up any log book in weather
like this? Here's the caravel been
standing on its hind legs since vester-
day morning, Bet you drinks, Christo-
pher, you can't go down in the cabin
and stand any hard boiled egg on end
to-day. brooklyn Life
AT the corner of Gates and FRANK
lin avenues, Brooklyn, man is kept at
work oiling the street car rails That
is because the neighbors complained of
the creaLing of the cars as they went
around the curve. The creaking re-
suits from placing the rails fraction
of an inch too near together. Con-
stant wear of the wheels will widen
them so that oiling will not be neces-
sary after time.
There is a singular likeness be-
tween ferny places in the northern
woods and an average bit in Florida.
1t is the palm that spreads and feath-
ers in the warm lands and the fern at
the north. The effect of the two is
quite similar from little distance
The fern not infrequently attains a
length of five feet in New England,
and in the northwest, where all vege-
tation is more rank, it grows larger
still.
THE other day" said New York
citizen. Il saw a colored newsboy: he
jumped aboard street car quite in the
usual way. There may be other col.
ored newsboys in town, but this was
the first one | had seen. On the same
day l saw another newsboy who at
tracted my attention. white news
boy who wore spectacles. There may,
indeed, be other newsboys in New
York who wear spectacles, but have
never seen them"
Richmond. Va, contains among its
population IS George Washingtons, II
Andrew Jacksons, II Thomas ('.Stone-
wall') Jacksons, Thomas Jeffersons,
Robert Lees, John Randolphs,
Jefferson Davis, John Marshalls, &c
John Tylers, Henry Clays, l Zachary
Taylor, Benjamin Harrisons, > W. H.
Harrisons, and l Daniel Webster. They
are all colored except 6 John Marshalls.
Henry Clay, 5 John Tylers, : Benja-
min Harrisons. Zachary Taylor, Robert
Lee and jefferson Davis
1t may not be known to many that
the points of the compass may be de-
termined with the aid of an ordinary
watch. 1t is simply necessary to bring
the watch in such position that the
hour hand is directed toward the sun.
The south then lies midway between
whatever hour it may happen to be and
the numeral MI. on the dial. Let us
suppose, for instance, that it is o. clock,
and that the timepiece is held in the
position indicated. The direction of
the number II. will then be the exact
south. If it be o'clock the numeral
y. will indicate the exact southerly
point.
About the last thing done to silver.
ware in the factories is to cleanse the
surface of all grease and other material |
used in the polishing, a process that |
A mechanic who had noted the eXpen.
sive character of this work invented |
bath in which the foreign substances
that cling to the surface OF silverware
are easily and quickly removed. From |
this bath the silverware comes clean |
and brilliant, The employers of the
inventor have patented the process
with his consent, and the patent is re-
garded as valuable property.
Watch stopped, has it?" asked |
one traveller of another. Now, sup
pose you'll pay dollar to clean it. |
But let me give you a tip. Open both |
of the back cases so, hold it with open
side down and tap it with your finger
nail dozen times. Don't be afraid. |
Snap it again. Now move the second |
hand. Is it all right? l thought so.
A drummer put me up to that trick.
Probably there were only few specks |
of dust in the works and you've raped |
them out. Very likely it will run now
for a year and you've saved your dol
lur. If it doesn't run after the little |
jar that you gave it then it is time to !
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