The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

Hard tack and other lndi
gestible food, suppose"
The taste of pig in leading such
low life may be criticised but never.
theless the taste of the pig is pretty
good when it is roasted
--Punctuational -"What do you
think of the girl of the period?" 81
think she cuts quite dash, and is in
many lines, very comma-cal, your girl
of the period. Yankee Blade.
Young Bridget you have
been in the habit of boiling the pota.
toes peeledP" Bridget--"Yis, mum"
Young Wife-"Well, since the cold
weather has come don'tyou think you'd
Setter boil them with the jackets onP"
Judge.
Gentleman of Leisure, - Caller
what real nice little lady you are.
Is your father in business here in the
city?" Little Girl-'No'm" Caller.
"Indeedl Is he gentleman of leis
ure?" Little Girl-"Yes'm. He's po
liceman. "-Des Moines Argonaut
"A surprising answer was elected at
a recent examination at school board
in London. ''Who was David?" asked
the Inspector "I<ing of Israel and the
son of jesse" replied bright boy.
"Who was Jesse?" continued the in.
spector. "The Flower of Dunlane,"
Vaid the pupil, after a slight pause.
Within Her Own Circle. Hoops
are coming into fashion again" Eyes,
l hear So" "Well, there's one thing to
say about it. When they are worn
each woman's position in society will
be strictly defined" GLOW SOP" Every
one will move within her own circle. -
N. Y. Press.
Restored to Society. y.-Miss Hautton
81 thought Charley Vantrumpery's
acquaintance had been cut by your set"
Slimleigh-"Ya-as, it was, you know
but he has we-esta blished his weputa
ton as a gentleman" Miss Hautton-
Indeed? And how did he do it?" Slim
leigh He-ah-slapped BERTHE Sap
ley's face at the theatah the othah
night. Puck.
Nine actors and singers in ten &c
to work with their stomachs nearly
empty. They take their dinner early
or have light tea before the perform
ance in which they assist, and some o1
them eat their heartiest meal after
leaving the theater at midnight. Most
of them say that it is difficult to sing OF
act with any vivacity or any summon.
ing OF nervous force if they dine heavily
at late hour in the afternoon.
There are 975, 900 miles of railroad
in the world. In Europe there is one
mile OF road for every twenty-seven
square miles of territory and three and
seven-tenths miles for every 100, OOO
people. In the United States the figures
show one mile for every nineteen and
three-tenths square miles of territory
and twenty-six miles for every 10000
cbitants The value of all the rail-
roads in the world is placed at S32, 112,-
900, ,0OO
The early settlers of Bethel, Me-,
were much troubled by black bears,
which killed the sheep, robbed the bee
hives and raided the cornfelds. A
farmer whose corn, being in the milk,
attracted the bears placed tub of new
rum and molasses in the field. The
next morning he found large bear
stretched out beside it, beastly drunk.
The tub was empty. When bruin woke
up he found himself securely chained.
"A suit for damages has been brought
by Lester Bennett, mail carrier on the
star route between Weston and Nor
walk, Conn. Bennett declares that ever
since the first snowfall the highway be.
tween Weston and Hurlburt Street post
office in Wilton has been blocked with
snow, and he has had to travel nearly
four miles out of his way every day, be-
ing thus put to extra expense, and de-
lay having resulted to the United States
mails. He has notified the selectmen.
but they have neglected to break out
the roads.
Some men have queer wav OF
wearing hair on their faces. One man
in New York City wears two little puffs
on his checks A young man, whose
place of business is on Twenty-third
street, wears his mustache as two widely
separated points, the middle of his up-
per lip being shaved. A Brooklyn man
reverses this arrangement, for he is
clean shaven except for a thumbs
breadth of hair just under his nose. Oc-
casionally, though rarely, one sees the
Bowery b'hoy's tuft in the hollow of the
under lip, Charley" as it used to be
called.
"A neat illustration of the value of
sagacious advertising was giver at a
Portland Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation meeting, when General Secre-
tary Mcdonald stated that he had some
curiosity to know what method of ad-
vertising reached the most people. He
lad circulated thousands of little dodp-
ers, giving notice of the meeting, and
asked those who had seen them and
had been moved to come through that
means to rise. The hall was packed as
full as it could hold, and of the entire
number about fifteen arose. Then Mr..
Mcdonald asked all who had read the
notices in the newspapers and had been
influenced by them to rise, and the
crowd rose in body
"A company has been organized to
use the long moss that grows on trees
in the south for bedding. Negroes get
cent or two pound for it. 1t first
has to buried in damp soil, in order
to rot off the soft, gray outer covering,
and this leaves a hair-like core for each
thread of moss that is said to be, when
dry, both soft and elastic, making an
excellent substitute for curled hair. If
The company is successful it will have
many rivals for this moss exists in un-
limited quantities from Virginia south
ward to the gulf. 1t is parasite. and
sometimes clothes the tree branches so
thickly as to kill them. Filaments six
seet long are not uncommon ond .