The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

Murilla thinks great
deal" Millicent-"You surprise me"
Estello-"She thinks she is pretty and
thinks so all the time. Puck.
-Wife-"Don't you believe the gas
meter is defective in some way?' Hus.
band-'It may be, but I notice that IL
is able to fill the bill every month. -
Inter Ocean.
-Fenton-"T had letter from my
wife that has made me happy all day
long" Friend-"Full of love, was it?n
Fenton-"Not so much that, but she
didn't finish up by asking for money"
Inter Ocean.
will They Wear Their Stoclt?-Firsi
Burglar-''No use to break into that
place tonight" Second Burglar
"Why?" First Burglar--"It's the night
of the diamond merchants banquet"
jewelers. Weekly.
Friend of Mamma Ito little girl)-
'Lottie, if you drink so much tea you
will be an old maid" Lottie-"O, |
don't believe that at all, Mr.. Harold
Mamma drinks tea and she has been
married twice, and she ism t an old maid
yet. t.'-Harper's Bazaar
Can the Yankee Mind be Deranged
-Primus-"A detective must under
stand human nature. Where would
you look for clew for that fellow whu
throws ink on fine dresses?" Secundus
TN the lunatic asylums." Primus-
"Humph! I'd shadow the soap ped.
dlers. Judge.
Mrs Jones was telling Mrs. Smith
that her husband intended giving her
an insurance policy. 80, that's moth
ing" replied Mrs s. "NTy husband is
going to give me 81, 900 bond, and he
has cut all the coupons off so that !
WON'T have any trouble with it. -
Newport News.
Navigation in the Mississippi at
Memphis was seriously Interrupted
several days in January by ice foes a
condition that has not prevailed there
in twenty years. A number of boats
have stopped making trips, and nearly
all the packets were ice-locl1ed near the
bank. The Cumberland river was
frozen over at Nashville for the first
time in fifteen years. This has occurred
only twice in thirty years.
Paterson, N j., has in the falls of
the Passaic not only the source of enor-
mously valuable water power, but a
piece of rare natural scenery. Unfortu-
nately for the city, however, the land
Immediately about the falls has been
almost barred of trees and rendered
thoroughly unattractive. According to
a local tradition resident of the neigh
borhood once enclosed and beautified a
park about the falls, expecting that it
would be popular resort. One day it
was thrown open to the public, and
next morning it was found to be in a
state of ruin.
The revenue returns for last year
show that Canadians drank per head
of population, 7.O1 gallons of spirits,
/. OF gallons of wine. and 35. 16 gallons
of beer, as compared with 7.45 gallons
of spirits, /. II gallons of wine, and 81. 90
gallons of beer in 1891. But few days
ago evidence was given to royal com
mission sitting at Montreal that "illicit
distilling in Quebec is very general, and
vast quantities of contraband liquor
find their way to- the market without
paying revenue" 1t is not unlikely
that this ''moonshining" may explain
the apparent reduction in consumption
shown by the revenue returns
The Delaware society of New York
issues by way of year book tiny
folded sheet giving list of the officers
of the organization and of members
and persons eligible to membership "
FHbnra about - Nj
ware residents in this city besides some
former residents of Delaware not ma
tives, but by the constitution of the So
ciety eligible to membership Small as
is Delaware's population, the little
state sends out annually considera BILE
number of young men to seek their
fortunes. The Delaware colony in
Philadelphia is so large that the local
society has been able to set up club
house.
"A former captain in the Confeder-
ate army, who was stationed near
Charleston during most of the civil
war, says that the change from the
happy confidence Of its people on the
morning when Sumter was fired on, to
their terror when the Yankee guns
were turned on them, later in the
struggle, was obvious in the appear
ance of the town Itself. Everything
was 'slack," damages were not re-
paired and the exodus of the people to
safe places were so rapid, that before
the siege was over, some quarters were
nearly vacated and rabbits appeared in
the streets When q large fire occurred
there, Gilmore's Swamp Angel dropped
four shells into the burning building in
order to break it up and spread flames
through the neigh borhood, and another
shell went plump into the middle of a
fire engine, tearing it into pieces and
killing several people.
"A revolving grand stand, which is
designed, and mayhap destined, to
make the sport of racing doubly de-
lightful to the onlool1ers and to dispel
the main discomforts and drawbacks,
has been invented by an Iowa man.
The stand will be placed in the center
of the loop of the kite-shaped track and
the middle of the ring of the circular
course, will revolve with the racers,
and keep the occupants always facing
the horses. 1t will afford for everyone
n clear and comfortable view without
craning of necks, of the whole race
from start to finish. And instead of
half the race being viewed at great
distance, the whole race will be seen
from half the present average distance,
The stand will be set in a shallow basin
of water, and the inventor says his mo-
tive power, which he keeps secret, will
move it properly at an expenditure of
one horse power to every $50 persons on