The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-08-11
MIsceLLANeous.


Pneumatic tires have boon founc
very serviceablc on hospital ambu
lances.
"A booksellers trust was formed In
London as early as 1920, for the purpose
OF crushing out the small book dealers.
--Mirabenu T.. Towns, of Brooklyn.
recently presented his clients case in
local court exclusively In rhyme. He
wacts to be considered versed in the
law.
SO there are no seats left for the
new play?" He.--''No, but 1t doesn't
matter: know place where we can
see just as lovely hats as we can there"
Inter Ocean.
Topographic printing, the most
common words being cast in one piece,
was attempted for books in 1883. but
soon abandoned, not being so conven-
lent as the single letters.
--,ludgc---"Well, doctor. what is the
condition of the burglars victim?"
Doctor-'One of his wounds is abso-
lutely fatal, but the other two are not
dangerous, and can be healed"
ALI the English kings, from Henry
i. to Edward vi, took the coronation
oath on manuscript copy of the four
Evangelists, bound in oak boards an
inch thick. The book was made in 11OO
The blessing of an active mind,
when it is in good condition. is that it
not only employs itself, but is almost
sure to be the means of giving whole
some employment to others. Anon.
Russia and Italy are the two Euro
pean countries from which have come
the majority of the immigrants who
have landed at Ellis Island during the
first half of this year. The Russian
Jews have brought more money with
them than the Italians. IN. Y. Sun.
Little Rock took it's name from a
boulder on the shore. 1t was said to
be the first bit of stone seen by the
early voyagers on their way from the
mouth of the river to that point, and
so they named the trading station
Little Rock.
Additional evidence on the subject
of the supposed heat from the suns
rays is furnished by an experiment re-
Gently reported in France. A balloon
with registering instruments was sent
up a distance of ten miles above the
earth's surface, where the temperature
registered was found to be 1O4 degrees
Fahrenheit
Count Renato Piola-Caselli, who
was one of the worlds fair commits
sioners from Italy. is about to marry
Miss Mary Phelps, of New Orleans, SO
there will be another addition to the
already large number of titled Ameri-
cans in Rome. Count Piola- Caselli after
his marriage will remain several
months in the United States.
Mrs. Martha Goslin, of Brown
county, Kan, earns good deal OF
money as interpreter for Indian liti.
giants. Herself the daughter of an En-.
glish speaking Delaware father and a
Pottawotomie mother, she has unusual
qualifications for her work, and SUI
perstition has got abroad that the side
which retains her is sure to win.
What do you think of that?'
asked one man of another, exhibiting
a ninety-eight cent umbrella from a
bargain house. 81 never pay more than
fifty or seventy-five cents for an UNI
brella," was the answer. "but 1 usually
get a frst-rate silk one at that price.
buy regularly of man that keeps a
parcels department at railway sta
ton, and he has so many forgotten
umbrellas that he is glad to sell then
to regular customers at low rates"
Theodore Jerolomen, a prominent
citizen of Belleville, N. j., found cher
ry thieves in his garden recently
"a, ,< r,s% ,1,,1>, I,
was trying to escape over Il barbed-wire
fence. The blow was aimed at the hip:
as the man was bending over the fence
but the wire broke and the man fell
backward. SO that the club struck hin
squarely on top of his head. The mar
dropped like log, and was dead il
| two hours.
The black-eyed Susan. that brown
and-golden lover of the sun, is here. II
loves the open, sunny meadows. and
the stalk and the blossom grow in
great luXuriance as the season ad
vances. Here and there the high brown
center is streaked with powdered gold
as if it were touchstone newly uset
to test the precious metal. The addi
tional touch of beauty, however, is only
conferred that the fertilization of thu
seed may be insured. The gold dust il
pollen. Y. Sun.
This is the time of year and thi
the particular period when the hous'
dweller comes out after dinner and sit
on the stoop to get the fullest benefi
of whatever air there may be stirring
and this is also the exact time whel
the vender goes about selling thos,
disks of straw or dried grass which ar
variously known, according to whethe
they are sold in the city or the suburbs
as stoop seats, or veranda seats, o
lawn seats. One of these seats place,
carefully on brown-stone step soften
the stone materially, and adds greatl,
to the sitter's comfort.
HIS SPEECH BETRAYED HIM.
How a Boggar Proved Himself to be a
Arrant ImpostOr.
Look ont fora young man with sand
mustache, of diminutive proportions
fair complexion, and light blue eyes
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