The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

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These are t1ss times when good
many of us have to sit down and think
70 find out where we stand. Troy
Times.
-wiggs-"Why did Boggs leave his
last place?" Woggs-"Because he
he coulds't take 1t with him. He waA
discharged. Philadelphia Record.
"A good swimmer and poor base
ball player are alike in one respect
they both strike out.-Rochester DNmo
crat and Chronicle.
--Friend-"Has the landlord raised
your rent this month?" Tenant-"l
sincerely hope he has, for I've tried to
and failed. Inter Ocean.
-"Miggs is lucky old chap, ism"
hep ''In what way?' Hes colo.
blind" What advantage is that?"
"He can't tell when he's blue."-Inter
Ocean.
HE was such beautiful dog ]
don't see why You didn't take him."
20, he'd been brought up in such way
that he had no more manners than
child."-Inter Ocean.
The New Fad.-Hostess Ito male
guest at tea table)-"O, by the way,
Mr.. Sniddle, do you take snuff"
Sniddle-"Only sugar and cream,
thank you; no snuff, if you please
Boston Transcript.
--Reporter-'I wrote The instru-
ment was a renuine Stradivarius.' and
you changed it to one of the latest
makes" Desk Editor--'Well. doesn't
that express the same idea? What dive
want to advertise the Stradivarius
for?"-Boston Transcript.
--Appropriate.- (running up to
where the accident occurrcd) )-"Fait'
phwat's the matter here?" Bystander
MAN kicked by horse" Pat
"Then, phwy don't some. av yez block.
heads run for veterinary surgeo;.a"-
; Truth.
A German paper states that in the
prosecution of Il railway line it became
: necessary to remove a large cherry
tree: the proprietor demanded about
$1,000 for it: this the railroad company
objected to paying. But after some
! legal work the owner was awarded
81, 100 for the tree.
"A severe attack of toothache was
endured by Simon Kintzer, wealthy
man of Hummelstown, Pa. A travel
ing tooth doctor chancedi to be in the
neighborhood and applied "magic.
cure" In a short time the pain ceased,
the doctor received his fee; and depart
ed. In few hours the mans jaw be-
gan to swell and.in three days he was
dead from blood poisoning.
The lightship John, in Delaware
bay. obtained its odd name from that
of the ship John, of Nantucket, Mass,
which sank in 1897 near the spot where
the lightship now swings at anchor.
The vessel was stripped by wreckers
from Bridgeton, n. j., and General
Logue, of Bridgeton, gave to the light
house department the tigurehead of the
wreck. The fgurehead is now mounted
+ on the deck of the lightship..
After the deathsof General Pacl,en,
s ham, at the battle of New Orleans, his
viscera We're removed, preparatory to
!. shipping the body to England. The
whole mass of the bowels, including
I other internal organs, were wrapped in
cotton and buried in box between
two pecan trees. which. although in a
fourishing condition at the time, never
after bore nuts, and We're known far
y and wide as the 'cursed pecan trees"
The body was secretly shipped to, En-.
g gland in a casll of wine.
q Nectar in flowers is not. honey.
l. This nectar is gathered by the tongue
G of the bee and enters what is called the
honey bag, from which it is regurgi-
Q tated by the bee on its return to the
O hive and deposited in the honey cell.
e Even then it is thin and watery, and
S does not become really honey until the
4 watery parts have evaporated. In col
lecting the sweets the bees do not con-
fine themselves wholly to, flowers.
= They extract them also from fruits.
Varieties and hybrids of helianthe.
mum vulgare, the true rock rose, have
attractive flowers, which range in
:, color from white through shades of
red and yellow AT the Arnold Ar
a boretum these plants make a low
8 shrubby growth, spreading over the
) ground in a dense mat of foliage, on
Il which the flowers are now appearing.
;, The separate flowers do not last long,
n but they keep opening all summer,
p and Mr.. Dawson, the propagation at the
= arboretum, thinks a great deal OF
a them.
!. "A most ngenious-general-inf
= tion-automatic-mac has, been set
= up outside one of the Melbourne rail-
way stations. 1t is seven feet high and
= four feet broad. and will, it is said,
I. give reliable information on quite a
- varied range of subjects. Tou rh one
. elastic button and list of the best
,. hotels in the city appears; touch an
=. other and theater playbill slides out;
. third discloses to, view a list of the
: principal omnibus routes, and another
" the cab fares to the various places OF
interest.
3 One of the striking proofs, of the
s advance of good architecture, is its
. adoption into factory buildings. With
II in year ornate fronts have appeared
q on a large number of structures that,
until the architectural renascence-call
u 1t renaissance if you lille--would have
- been as plain, not to say ugly, as brick
: and mortar could make them Factor
IS les, laboratories, printing offices, stor-
age houses, even stables, are becoming
things of tempered joy, and as to resi-.
II dences, churches, club houses, armor.
/ ies-well, ramble about New York and
o be glad.
n The San Francisco Chronicle states
r that the yellow-fruited fir, heretofore
l, reported only from the vicinity of Lake
70 Webber and doubtfully from Mount
vs. Whitney, has been discovered in still