The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

He's very sick" Abscnt-Minded Doc
tor-"Ycs, with pleasure"
Its really absurd the way sire
sltims over daily paper" Hc-1
impose she reads the fashion notes,
death and marriage notices, then
then -" She-"No; those are tho
things she passes over. Inter Ocean.
Papa, how do you spell boa, in
ooa-constrictor? Is it boa, or b-o-r-e?'
TT depends on where you meet him,
any son. In a cage he is boa. If you
meet him by moonlight alone in
Jungle he would he bore"
Where They Went.-Carruthcr lin
Waite's en)-"That's a very pretty
desk you have there, but l don't see
any pigcon-holes for bills and the like"
Waitc-"No; but you'll observe very
pretty waste basket to the left."-
Truth.
No: Perhaps Not.-She (sarcastica1-
.y)-I presume the typewriter you
mention did not consult Mrs. Blank
when she eloped with that ladys hus-
band" He (easily)-No: but that is of
little consequence. 1t isn't ut all likely
shnt the wife would have cared to go
along!'-Truth.
An inexcusablc blunder was made
byan undertaken in Middletown, Conn.
The mother of jeremiah Conlin died
| there, and the son telegraphed to have
| the body sent to his home at Green
vile. When the coffin was opened at
| Mr.. Conlin's residence, it was discov.
cred that the body it contained was
not that of his mother.
The area of the United States, ex-
elusive of Alaska, is 10000 square
miles. Over 100 surveyors are now en-
ployed in surveying and preparing
maps of the country, and about one
! fifth of the whole area has already
been surveyed during the 10 years in
! which the work has been in progress.
About 10000 square miles are annually
surveyed, and it is estimated that it
will require 40 years more to complete
the map.
A diamond now being cut at Ant
werp is, with one exception, the larg-
est in the world. 1t now weighs 4T4
carats, but will lose 2T5 in the cutting.
1t will still, however. hold it's place as
second largest cut stone, being ex-
ceeded only by the Persian Great
Mogul, which weighs $50 carats. The
Koh-i-noor weighs only 1925 carats.
The Antwerp diamond, when cut, will
be about as large as a pigeons egg
and will measure .TS6 inches each way.
One of the cleverest inventions ever
passed on by the patent office is the
machine for sticking common pins in
the papers in which they are sold. The
contrivance brings up the pins in rows,
draws the paper into position, crimps
it into two lines. then, at a single push
passes the pins through the paper and
sets them in position, The machine
, also seems to think as it works. and tc
examine the paper to see if it is prop
erly folded before pushing the pin.
into place.
t An inquiring Frenchma1 has Sc
. about studying the history of the cor
] set from the earliest time it was usei
, as sheath for the female form divine
He has pictures, too, which are rathe
f1attering as indicating the advanc,
] made from certain early monstrosities
For example. unreformed as is ou
e present corset, it is II fairy web com
!, pared to one dating from the middl
c ages. This was a work of art in it
: way. 1t was of wrought iron, an
:, would have done credit to the creates
y Flemish metal workers..
$ A gentleman with a handsom
: equipage, followed by fine Englis
mastitf, drove up in front of q Cincin
j natl hostelry the other day. says tn
Times-Star of that city. and jumpin
j from his buggy, snapped the hitc
S strap into the ring of the horses Bit
l and then placed the other end of tn
y strap in the mouth of his mastifl
which by this time had seated himsel
on the curbstone. There the masti,
sat like a statue of stone, holding tn
: strap securely, while his master wen
" in to ''see man." On the gentleman
q exit the dog yielded up the strap an
a the gentleman drove off, closely fo
n lowed by the faithful four-legge
a lackey.
l. On the 11th of July, 17ss, the Britis
It troops evacuated Savannah, after a
Is occupation of three years and hal
. In consideration of the services of Gel
d James jackson Wyane, who was in con
d mand of the Continentals in Georgia,
4, was appointed to receive the keys
It Savannah from committee of BIRTHS
e officers" He did so, and on the san
d day the American army entered Saval
'e nah, when royal power ceased in Geo
n gia forever. Gov. Martin called sp
,e cial meeting in Savannah ON August
ir of the Georgia legislature, at the hou.
s, of Gen. Mcintosh. Very soon the fir,
It and independent state of Georgia bega
its career.