The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-05-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

--''Yuv invited Inimpton 20 call this
evening and you have an engagement
for the theater." Maude--Yes: thats
why asked him 10 ccne.-Inter Ocean.
-She---''Why do yon toy so nervously
with that fsn-aie yOI afraid OF it?"
He (gallantly)-"I am afraid of any
thing that could produce GOODNESS be
tween U.S.
--Visitor-''T've not seen any of you
in ever so long. How is your little
brother coming on?' Tommy-"First
class. He car whistle for himself and
wear my pants"
-"Well, Willie, do you remember the
collect this morning." "Do 1? Well,
rather. Pa dropped the plate right
over the register in the middle aisle.
I'll never forget that."--lIarper's Bazaar.
| Professor Bighead-"rhis, madam,
contains 800 rarest varieties of the
genus Scarabeidn." Mrs. Worlds Fair
TO, but. Professor, for variety you
should see my collection of wedding
rings. IN. Y. Herald.
| A burglar entered a dwelling in
indianapolis. and was proceeding noise
lessly to gather some valuables. when
he was paralyzed by n sudden burst OF
profanity. 1t came from a parrot, and
its noisy CALCULATIONS awoke its master.
| just as the burglar fed, without any
booty.
| "A chicken in the barnyard of John
| Mangham, aC Thorn ston, Ga. has but
| two toes On one foot. At the knee
joint third toe has formed, which exc
tends to the ground. The hen is said
to walk about as perfectly as though
its foot was we'll formed.
| About the year 1TGs the beats and
calls of the drum then used in the
service We're put into permanent
shape. The tattoo, or beat of the drum
calling soldiers to their quarters at
night, was once called "tap-too," from
the Dutch word signifying mo more
drink to be tapped or sold"
lis his lordship at home?" asked a
gentleman of well-powdered tiunlSy.
Don't know, sir, I'm sure. l will just
inquire" He returned with the mes
sage, mo, sir; his lordship desires me
to say that he has just gone out" "Ah!
thank you very much. Kindly give him
my compliments and say didn't call!''
lid Bits.
After a struggle, in which the ex-
pressrnan and the big cousin joined
forces, the lid of Bessie's big Saratoga
trunk was crowded down. ''Oh" said
the girl, ''iny dinner dresses They'll
be ruined!' NO" said the big cousin.
"when the trunk is opened you'll see
their loveliness in creases. boston
Herald.
Several students at Bethany, w.
Va, saw that Buffalo Creek was covered
7 with oil. which had issued from well
several miles above, in Pennsylvania.
They set fire to the oil. and soon the
creek was sheet of flame. When the
fire had gone out, the water was almost
boiling. About a hundred students
waited for the creek to cool, and then
went in bathing.
National banks put up 100000 in
United States bonds in Washington to
secure 100000 in currency. The cur
, rency of the National banks has this
advantage over the old State bank
notes, that it is current at it's face all
over the United States. There are in
the United States some eight thousand
banks, of all kinds. nearly half of
which are National banks, and the rest
State banks or private banks.-Rand-
McNally Bankers Monthly.
Two of the original mud sills of the
! old Madison & Indianapolis railway
! have been taken from the bed OF the
track at Champion, Ind, where they
O have been for sixty years. They were
of white oak. IS feet long and lOx12
I inches square hewn. They We're found
5 in perfect state of preservation, but
I had turned in color almost blue. The
Madison & indianapolis was the first
railroad in Indiana, and one of the first
in the west. The track was laid on
3 longitudinal sleepers with a strap iron
: on one side, like many of the early rail-
roads
The class of '92, which was gradu-
S ated from Yale in June, 1892, has a
: class boy. He was born Saturday. April
s 22, and is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdi-
8 nand A. Houston. The parents of the
s class boy are both pursuing post-gradu-
4 ate courses in the philosophical depart
I ment of the university. 1t was only
last fall that women were admitted to
Yale. This is the first child ever born
to the university whose parents are
. both members of it, The mother was
prior to her marriage Miss Helen Daw-
q son, and was graduated from Smith
q college in the class of 80. She spent
l several years studying in Germany,
a and, returning to this country, married
= Mr.. Houston shortly after he gradu-
ated last June.
a Information has come to the two
r. important scientific bureaus in Wash.
It ington, the geological survey and the
Il Smithsonian institution, of absolutely
y inexhaustible deposits of bauxite ores
e in Alabama and Georgia, which give
v promise of solving the chief difficulty
J. heretofore encountered in the cheap
= production of aluminium for commercial
It purposes. Specimen Jumps of these
t. ores, recently analyzed at the Smith.
It sonian institution, show 4S per cant. Of
=. pure aluminum in the light tints and
~ 40 per cent. in the brown shades, where
>. rs ordinary clay contains on an average
n only 3S per cent. BauXite derives its
name from the fact that it was discov,
" cred first near Baux, or Beaus, neal
q Aries, France. Besides France it il
- found to u limited extent in Austria
a and elsewhere in Europe and in work
=, able quantities in Arkansas and othes
a states and territories of the Union.
~ The American provincial troop,
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