Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

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new baby stillH Bobby-"Yes, bu-
he's never still. l."-Philadelphia Record
In the Same Boat-"How are vor
!. hNed?" asked the pole-cat. "Just one
pig cent, said Jerry Hardups. "Same
8 here" said the skunk. k.-Arl<ansas Trav.
: oler.
Before the Venus of Milo.--Sm;th.
crs-(reading sign, Hands Of'D-.0Tbe
poor idiots! DO they think anv one
could look at that statue and NOT lsnoy
the hands were off?"
what is it draws such great con-
gregations to hear Rev. Lonrtevta,,
IA smoky chimney" ''IIow could that
be"' "Well, because he isn't nblo tn
preach over fifteen minutes on account
OF it,"-lnter Ocean.
-Ecce Homo.-Managing Editor
"Confound it! Who can swear the
loudest in this office? want some one
to help me-" City Editor-"The re.
lgious editor just stepped out, but he
Will be back in a moment."-
A Good Excuse. .-Father-"I pness
you'll have to wear this blue flannel
suit of mine. / can't afford to get Won
q new one" Son-"But it doesn't ft
me-" Father-"That's all right. Saw
1t was made in London. ."-Clothier and
Furnisher
Treasured Charmer-
feels kinder rocky t'day, Grimesy, an
leel leery of doin' me turn" Mana
| ger Grimes-Wot yer want ter do?
BUST me show? You goes on, an de
| orkestrer plays st. Patrick's Dav on
de orginette, an de snakes are dead
easy fer yc. See?'-PuclS.
Every dclibcra tive civil BODY in En- |
gland, even down to the town councils. |
Is provided with mace, which is |
brought forth with solemn ceremony |
and placed on table before the delib-
eratlons begin In one or two city
councils candlesticll is added to the
mace, and acts passed in the absence
OF these objects are supposed to be il
legal.
To see the worlds fair and walk
through the buildings the grand total
is something in excess of 1lS,oOO feet.
or nearly twenty-three miles. This es-
innate does not include state, govern-
ment or private buildings; the plai-
sance isignored and no account is taken
OF the long jumps from one building to
another. A walk of about forty miles
Is necessary to do the whole thing up.
One of the Fighter attractions at
the Colum bian exposition is interna-
uonal swimming matches every Friday
afternoon. The course will be half n
mile. The first came off recently, when !
1our Dahomians, two of them women, ,
three South Sea islanders one a woman. ,
Bedouins, Egyptians, Cingalese. Java.
nese and American Indians partici. 8
pated Over $4,000 people witnessed 8
the race. which was quite exciting. =
Floating islands are by no means
rare but an unusually queer one is To- q
Gated in Cranberry lake near Arden. r
n. Y. Some years ago in order to keep =,
the island from floating down the n
stream, 1t was attached to the main =.
land by hawser, in nearly the same =
manner as an ocean steamer is tied to >,
dock. The old hawser still remains G
lied to tree, and is the object of much a,
interest to visitors. =
1t is estimated that the number Of n
bodies embalined in Egypt from B. C. n
OOO, when the art is supposed to have "
'een first practised, to A. d. roo when q,
t ceased. amounted to 42O, 600 900. An.
'ther estimate places the total num- "
Ter of mummies at al, 900, 900. but this II
5 based upon the extension of the be- n,
inning OF the practice to much 20
arlier date. The traffic in the num- Il,
MES is very profitable to modern In
Egyptian dealers. ~,
Among the crowd of refugees who sv
ndeavored to leave the town of Bruins t
ilck' Ga, few nights ago in alarm at va
ne outbreak of yellow fever was a DC
oor, old and enfeebled man with a lit al
lie dog as his sole companion. When ca
Did that the dog could not be ad- hi
iitted to the car, he decided to remain
ehind, and the next morning he set sr
ut with his dog to walk the forty So
lilies that would take them, he be- fa
eyed, out of the reach of the scourre. ha
The first policemen in New York is
ere appointed in 1853 The force was DC
len called the rattle watch, and had l5i
me members. The wages were fifty DC
ents night, ''one or two beavers and or
~ or 800 sticks of firewood," and the WI
lptain of the watch collected 81 a be
onth from each house to meet the ex- la
enses. After o'clock till daybreak an
was the duty of the watch to call out ar
lie hour on every street corner They tn
ere to arrest anyone heard to bias
aeme the name of God" or anyone in bu
~ way insolent or unreasonable in to-
is behavior" mi
The expression, deaf as an adder" tn
from the Psalms of David, where 1t gr
'pears in the following form: Their ce
bison is like the poison of serpents. sp
hey are like the deaf adder that stop- ca
'th her ear, which will not hearken wi
the voice of charmers, charming ever tu
wisely" East India travellers tell su
) that there is widely prevailing in,
opposition in the east to the effect an
at both the viper and the asp stop wi
cir ears, when the charp1er is utter frc
G his incantations or playing his yo
usic' by turning one ear to the ground
I'd twisting the point of the tail into 7
e other a.,