The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

The force of his own merit makes
his way-a gift that heaven gives for
him. m.-Shakcspearc.
Have You ever heard about the
last young man that Madgc has become
engaged to?" Clara-"l don't know;
I've not seen her for an hour. Inter
Ocean.
Dido, of Carthage. was widow at
the time she captivatcd Acneas. Ac.
cording to the most reliable records she
was endowed with great prudence and
political sagacity. and Carthage owed
its subsequent prosperity to her fore.
sight.
Hence, when anatomists discourse
how like brute organs are to ours, they
grant, If higher powers think fit, a bear
might soon be made "a wit, and that,
for anything in nature, pigs might
squeak love odes, dogs bark SATIRE
Prior.
What we count the ills of life are
often blessings in disguise. resulting in
good to us in the end. Though for the
present not joyous, but grievous. yet, If
received in right spirit, they work
out fruits of righteousness for us at
last.-M Henry.
One of the most useless of all things
is to take a deal of trouble in providing
against dangers that never come. How
many toll to lay up riches which they
never enjoy, to provide for exigencies
that never happen, to prevent troubles
that never come. sacrificing present
comfort and enjoyment in guarding
against the wants of period they may
never live to sew. JAY.
-Shoemakers' lasts are now turned
in the swamp by machinery, and in
great quantities. The most skillful
shoemakers purchase lasts in an unfin.
ished state at low prices and finish them
to suit individual customers. The fin.
ished lasts wholesale now for what
seems trifie compared with prices
when lasts were made only by hand.
Lasts made to order still cost from S3 to
S5 pair.
The work of preparing catalogues
for the great sales of art objects held
now and then in Europe and America
is n matter of great expense and much
time. Such an illustrated catalogue is
now being prepared in this country
One of the most skillful of artist en-
gravers has been engaged off and on fol
several years in preparing illustrations
and by the time letter press and illus
trations are all ready the catalogue will
have become an extremely expensive
volume.
Nine. de Pompadour Mime. d Els
tiolles) was grass widow" Her hus
band made great row about her con.
nection with King Louis and was
promptly banished, but begged to be
allowed to return, promising to behave
himself He was permitted to come
back to Paris, but had the indiscretior
to write hera complaining letter, which
she showed to the king. and NJ. d'Es
tiolles was given his walking papers in
short order.
A recent Ohio lawsuit, involving
the ownership of 1.50O acres of valuable
real estate. was settled by the aid OF
photography. The turning point OF
the suit was as to whether an old deed
executed seventy-tive years ago, haG
five signatures or only four. There
were spaces for five, but only traces o.
four visible. The clerk of the court
was ordered to have the deed photo
graphed by an expert. He took it tC
Washington for that purpose. Th,
negative developed some evidence o
the missing signature, but on enlargine
it ten times the whole name came forth
distinctly.
The younger Agrippina, the daugh
ter of the widow of Germanicus, was
widow of entirely different specie.
from her mother. When young gir
she married Roman gentleman, who
soon after died under suspicious cir
cumstances. She next captivated rich
old patrician, who also died very soor
after the union. She then fascinated
her uncle, the emperor Claudius, anc
persuaded him to marry her. She i.
believed to have had hand in III.
death, as also in that of several person.
who opposed the accession of her sor
Nero to the imperial throne. After in
Vulnerable crimes she was finally pur
to death by command of her equally
infamous son.
There is printing Office in Vienni
the sole employment of which is thu
announcement of fetes, plays, concerts
etc, nothing else being printed bu
placards. The proprietor of the estab
lishment has many persons in his serv
ice who thoroughly understand tn,
most striking way OF announcing sucf
matters to the street public by unique
arrangement Of alluring words. The
monster types used are all wood; tn,
effect OF the great colored letters upo1
mems eyes and fancies is always specu
lated upon. In the pictorial announce
ments of estates for sale the letters az,
often composed of pictures of castles
and rural views, the effect of which il
very "catchy" and sure to please tn,
eye.
There are good many middle aget
and elderly people who are grieved OF
account of the increase of their rotund
ity as they grow older. The late Ed
mund Yates, of London, who had beer
particularly proud of his light ant
shapely figure in early life, mournet
its loss when he had turned forty, ant
mourned yet more afterward when h,
got beyond 200 pounds. 1t is said tina
Howells, the novelist, often tells how
he wishes that he We're as slight as h,
was thirty years ago. Gen. Miles, VIII,
was slender young officer during tn,
war, is now, to his grief, one of tn,
heaviest men in the army. There ar,
ways and means by which a man or
woman may restrain the undue exten