The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
MISCELLANEOUS,

been doing?" Doing; there hasn't
been anything to do but 60 in bath
ing. Inter Ocean
The Reason OF It--Bilks (expostU
lating)-"I shave myself and I'd 1ilre
to now why can't shave you" Pi1k1
Cooking at his face)-"Because I'm noe
such fool as you are"
-"Gentlemen," said the candidate
for Office, as he squirted stream of to-
bacco juice on the pavement below,
my character is spotless." "Then
it's pity" said some one in the crowd,
shat you can't wear it for shirt"
Visible Evidence. saw
n fellow yesterday with Goa thou
sand" Brown-"Iow did You know
1t was cool?" Jones--"Lt must have
been. Twas In a draft t"--Binghamton
Leader.
The Proverb Turned.-"Short pay.
ments make long friends" may be ever
so true saying, but it is equally un-
deniable, in most cases, that "short"
friends make long payments.-Boston
Globe.
In 1924 the King of England forbade
by proclamation the cultivation of to-
ba acco except in Virginia and the Somers
Isles Finally, by relaxing restrictions,
st became q source of large revenue to
England, amounting in 1876 to S775. 900.
Wood for tennis racquets requires
at least five years seasoning-that il
to say, ii requires to be kept five years
in the rough timber state before cut
ting up for use. Wood for pianos is
kept, as a rule, for forty years before
it is considered sufficiently in condition
to be used.
John Railey, a Tennessee farmer
in hard luck. has just been made happy
by. the receipt of $685. from Frank X.
Walldran, of Reading, Pa, being in
full payment with per cent. interest
for n horse which Walldran. then T.
soldier, appropriated from Riley's sta
BILE in 1864.
An Englishman has secured an
American patent on device which he
calls manual gymnasium for musi-
clans A strip of leather attached above
the elbow runs to a series of springs
connected with each finger and thumb
of the hand. The arrangement allows
the gymnast to gain strength and agil-
ity by working the fingers
--BuuXite, or aluminium ore, seems to
have been first discovered in Pike
county, Georgia, in 1887, although the
exact locality is unknown. In 1889
chemist at Fort Wayne, Ind, analyzed
piece of rock sent from the Dykes
imonite banks, Cherokee county, Ala
bama, and found it to be bauxite con.
| tanning so per cent of aluminium.
Mr.. Gladstones last great speech
did not appear to fatigue him unduly.
During the whole of the exhaustive
summing up he only once took "a little
stimulant, and then rather to clear his
voice than to counteract any tagging
of the physical powers. While speak
ing he wore a rose in the buttonhole Of
his broadcloth frock coat. and seemed
to have given unusual attention to his
attire.
Fish nets are made from some very
strange materials. The EsquimauX
manufactures them from strips of seal
hide and from thin slices of whalebone.
BY the Fijians they are constructed of
human hair. Savages in various parts
of the world plait the inner fiber of
tree bark for fishing lines, and the In
dams on the Pacific coast of North
America use for the same purpose sea
weed--a sort of kelp which is strong
enough to hold a fnny captive of $50
pounds weight.
Congress passed an act July %,
1869, which required that every men,
Der of congress should make oath that
he had not voluntarily borne arms
against the United States since he
had been a citizen thereof or vol
unfairly given aid, countenance, coun-
sci or encouragement to persons en-
gagged in hostility thereto" and had
never yielded voluntary support to
any pretended government. authority,
power or constitution within the United
States hostile or inimical thereto.'
Up to about thirty years ago the
most familiar appellation for ones
maternal relative was Ma" That
generation still use the same title. 1t
sometimes creeps into print under their
auspices. Two late novels bristle with
it, and it is a far cry from the Dear
est OF FauntleroY to the MA" of Mrs
Burnett's earlier stories. 'Mama"
came in just before the war. 1t has
been so universally adopted, and by
such curious people, that reaction
from it has set in during the past de-
cade. Mamma" made strenuous
struggle, but it has always seemed
rather foreign in its tone and difficult
to acclimate. Now Mother" is begin.
ming to show signs of vigorous life, and
may be depended upon for eventual
adoption. 1t is peculiar enough to
watch the progress of fight against
and the final surrender to one of the
most beautiful words in the language.
"A new infantry uniform has been
, adopted in France and served out to all
branches of the service except the re-
, serves. The color of the tunic is dark
, blue for all regiments except the
| Tirailleurs, who are to have a tunic OF
, sky blue. The epaulet is noticeable
: feature of the uniform. The sub-lieu-
tenant will wear the epaulet on the
: right shoulder and the contre-epaulet
on the left, while the lieutenant will
a wear them in reverse order. Officers
! above the rank of lieutenant will wear
. two epaulets, differing in material
according to rank. The lieutenant
: colonels will be of gold and silver, and
; the colonel's of gold only. Band
y masters and non-commissioned officers
. will wear epaulets similar to the sub
y lieutenant except that red silk strands
= will be inserted in the material.