The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10
VARIETIES.

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lannon's mouth.
The Scientific american laughs at
blue glass.
OFF in the Silly night-The bank
Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
-One-third of the population of North
Carolina cannot read nor write.
Have bill to pay at Easter and
you will find Lent very short.
jet jewelry is now mainly produced
in England.
When is a candle like tombstone ?
When it is put up for late husband.
The present year is called washer
womans year." it having fifty-three Sun
days in it.
The United States Navy is manned
in the proportion of three to one by
sailors of foreign birth.
The people have been so absorbed
in politics that the usual number Of
hunters lies have not been told nor pub
lished this winter.
"A shirt-dealer advertises a bosom
warranted to wear longer thar. t. ~
But who wants bosom longer sls.s :.
shirt?
This is the time to plant your spring
advertisements. The most liberal sower
reaps the largest crop. -Yonkers Ga
zette.
In Boston over 5000 feet o. blue
glass were sold by single house in one
week, and the price advanced so per
cent.
The State tax in Maine IS only a
third of cent on a dollar Of assessed
valuation, or about a sixth of per cent.
on real value.
The cheerful are the Busy. When
trouble knocks at your door, or rings
the bell, he will generally retire if you
send him word you are engaged.
The secret of the blue-glass cure is
the simplest thing in the world. 1t is
the therapeutic action Of the actinic rays
on the cerebro-spinal nervous system
that does the business.
"A teacher in Nashville Sunday
school urged the familiar lesson that the
early bird catches the worm. A bright
boy reminded him that the owl, wisest Of
birds, is out all night and sleeps all day.
Twelve widows sat down to dinner
given by one of their number, in Cam
den, N. Y, recently. Their united
ages egualed 677 years. The combined
years of their widowhood were 1876.
The Irish organizations of Baltimore
have resolved not to waste their money
on a St. Patrick's Day procession this
year, but give what they would have
spent in that way to the poor.
An uptown man had occasion to
correct his daughter, aged four, recently.
After it was over and shehad sat awhile,
she went to her mother and inquired;
Don't you think it would do papa good
to go outdoors ?"-Noraoich Bulletin.
A Newton Conn., youth, who has
Just ceased his visits to a young lady of
East Bridgeport, finds himself sueo by
the girls mother for sixty dollars for
food and kerosene oil. The case is COM
ing to trial, too.
"A matter-offact New Bedford JUS
tice of the Peace married couple in
the shortest time on record. "Did you
come to be married?" he asked. eyes"
Go out, you are married" And they
went out wonderingly.
"A terrible mortality has set in among
the original "Uncle Tom," the hero of
Mrs. Stoves novel, and he is dying with
fearful rapidity all over the country. AT
this rate he will soon become as scarce
as the last surviving soldier of the Revo.
lutionary war.-Hawk-Eye.
The local papers advice accompa-
nying the announcement of Waterbury
Conn., donation party: Let US remind
you not to forget to make the pastor
happy with solid comforts. That is what
he needs at present more than gum
drops"
You come we'll recommended,
suppose?" said gentleman to boy who
wanted an easy place. go yes, sir; the
man whom | was with last recommended
me; he recommended me to leave and get
work more congenial with my DISPOSE.
ton"
The Philadelphia Produce Exchange
has warned the public against the "oleo.
margarine" butter traffic in that CITY
1t comes from New York city, where il
is manufactured from the grease gath.
cred there, and foisted upon the public
as genuine butter.
"A Schoharie County wood-chopper,
after chasing a supposed fox to his
lair, the other day, found it was black
bear. He ran in one direction and the
bear in another, and we trust the cable
operators in China will promptly tell us
which arrives there frst.-N. y Com
mercidl.
The Scientific american has ap.
peared as an opponent of the blue glass
theory. The conclusion of the critic is
this: "The violet glass acts purely as a
shade for decreasing the intensity of
solar light, and in this simple fact lies
the sole virtue Gf any there be) of the
glass"
-" And what should you do" asked a
rather vain lady of her little nephew.
who had been assuring her of his un
bounded affection for her" what sbould
you do, Henry, if your good aunt were
to die, and your uncle were to marry
AGAIN." Why" replied Henry. with.
out the slightest hesitation, 81 should 90
to the wedding, of course"
Her father has been away from the
city on business for two wepks al .h n