The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Slight Mistake. e.--Turncr-"IIoN
did Weeks come to write poetry"
Wells-"llc had dyspepsia, and fopa
long time thought it was Inspiration
Truth
--Fan-"I know girl who can do the
| serpcntine." Nan-"That's nothing;
know Il girl who can step into trolley.
car without climbing up on her hands
and knees. ."-Brooklvn Eagle.
The Bcauty's Friend. I'm so glad
| to hear you are to marry Jack Crmsus.
It's really golden engagement for
YOU" The Beauty-"Exactly so-its
my fftieth.-kate Fields Washington.
--Footpad-''Gimme your money!
Mr.. Lushforth (disgustcdly)-"Do you
suppose ! would be goin' home at 8
o'clock if ! had any money? You are
the biggest chump / have met in
month of Sundays. ."--IndianapolisJ Jour
nal.
| "A strong man in Vienna made a
wager with an American that he could
stand under Il litre of water while it
fell, drop by drop, upon his head, from
Il height of three feet. At the 42Oth
drop the strong man gave up, the pain
being intolcrable.
Magistrate Ito Prisoner)-"Have
you anything to say?" Q'risoner does
not answer.) Come, come--answer
me! Have you anything to say?" Pris-
Alright, yer Wuship-give us
time" Magistrate "Certainly. Six
months. Judy.
While the western movement of
population in the United States for the
century aggregates 500 miles, the ex-
treme northern and southern variation
is little under twenty-five miles, and
the finishing point of the line is only
some six miles south of the starting
point.
Few negroes but believe that the
left hind foot of graveyard rabbit is
a token of good lucia and the super
stition is spreading among the white
race. A firm in North Carolina, which
makes a specially of rabbit skins, has
received an order for 100000 of such
feet.
To check the growth Of the fish.
cries of the United States, and to pro-
mote those Of their own colonies the
British government issued an order in
council, July, 1888, prohibiting Ameri-
can fish from being carried to the
British West Indies, which had been
before the war one of the best markets
Tor the New England trade in fish.
Once, when taking breakfast at a
hotel in Richmond, John Randolph
complained that the eggs were not
,, fresh. "If you want fresh eggs, waiter,
always buy them in Chcsterfeld' ia
county just across the James,. "How
come Chest field eggs better'n HenricC
eggs, sah?" ':Because, you rascal, the
Chesterfield people are too poor to KEEP
theirs long"
--Foreign-born residents constitute
, As per cent. Of the population of Cleve-
land, 42.5 of New York, ~ of San Fran
cisco, Al of Chicago. 40 of Detroit, 35.5
of Boston. 35 of Buffalo, 33 of Milwau-
kee, 30 of Brooklyn, so of Pittsburgh
25 of Philadelphia, 81 Of Cincinnati and
st. Louis, IA of New Orleans, IL OF
Baltimore, and one-eighth of one pei
cent. of Washington.
There are 10000 Scandinavian.
(Swedes, Norwegians and Danes) il
: the chief cities of the United States
: $4,000 Tor just half of them in Chicago
10000 In Brooklyn, 10, 900 in New York
$500 in San Francisco and $500 in Bos
ton. There are six times as many Nor
wegians as Swedes in Milwaukee, anC
four times as many Swedes as Norwe
gians in Boston.
: Enthusiastic patriotism has made
!, its record on the map of Westchestel
- county Immediately north of New York
Wakefield and Wakefield Heights are
named in honor of the home of Wash
' ington's first ancestors in this country
a Washingtonville is the Harlem station
\ of which Wakefield is the postofiice
a and Immediately adjoining is the city
OF Mount Vernon.
y The effort of the legislature Of the
!. state of Illinois to prevent ticket scalp
|, ing has met serious check, and it ap
e pears the law is futile, if not uncon
e stitutional. Recently decision wa
J, rendered in the circuit court, sitting
:. ! at Chicago, by Judges Tuthill, McCon
4 nell and Dunno. in the case brough
q against several ticket brokers last DC
e tober Six brokers were indicted unde,
,, the Illinois law, and the court dis
d charged them.-Buffalo Gazette.
On account of the varying distanc,
of the moon from the earth, she ap
pears to us somewhat smaller at Ger
q tain times than at others. III sh,
passes between the earth and the SUI
. when at the greatest distance from tn,
, earth, her disk will be smaller thai
= = that of the sun, and the eclipse will b.
- nnnular. If the passage occurs whel
=. - the moon is nearer the earth, her disl
: appears larger than that of the sun
= and the eclipse is total one.
= The difference in the purchasin,
= power of money between 1892 and tn
h present day is illustrated by a calcula
. ton made by Professor Rugc ara pub
\. lished in German paper. H.. say
that the first expedition of Columbu
- cost about $1,000 of our money whicl
9, seems a very moderate sum FOR tn
. equipment of three vessels, small n
- they We're. Columbus, however, wa
). paid as admiral only at the rate of s32
- year; his captains received only SIG
=, month, and sailors from s.. 90 to So. sc
- Other expenses, of course, We're in pr.
. portion. - Engineering and Minin
Journal.
;. The following story is told of Mar
=, Twain by gentlemen who lives nea
- his residence at lIartford: One da
y. Mark answered the telephone, ano
"a after hallooing for some time withou
an answer he used some lanpllnpa no