The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-09-28

Sliced onions will neutralize atmos-
pheric poison. Parents and guardians
should remember this when they trust
Their innocent doves to the care of ex-
qulslte young men in dimly-lighted
parlors. To prevent an unhappy union
there's nothing like a sliced onion iu-
diciously applied, iSjnailia Simii5uS
don t-want-ur.
"A man may sheer at woman all
he Will because she can't sharpen a
lead pencil, but she has the smile on
him when he stands holding an unoc-
cupied suspender button in his hand,
and wondering whether it will hurt less
to pull the needle out of his thumb the
same way it went in, or push it on
through.-HaUk-Eye.
"A Chicago wholesale grocery house,
which few years ago carried sixteen
drummers at an expense of $4,000 per
annum, and did almost a proftless
business, has abandoned the drummer
system, spends one-fOurth their cost an
nually innewspaper advertising, divid-
ing the balance among customers. As a
natural result their trade has increased
ten fold, and the net profits to the
house in 1877 were S130,000.
Yesterday two grammarians were
Wrangling on Jefferson street, one con-
tending that it was only proper to say
"my wages is high" while the other
noisily insisted that the correct thing
was "my wages are high" Finally
they stopped day laborer, aud sub
mitted the question to him. (Which do
you say, your wages Is high or your
wages are high?'" "Oh to the devil
wild yer nonsense" he said, resuming
his pick, eyer nayther ov We right; me
wages is low, thunderin' low. n-HaC5-
Eye.
Bob Burdette, writing from Min
neapolis to the Ha0b-Eye, says: They
ring the fire bell here by blowing a
steam whistle This whistle graduates
its efforts to the size of the fire. When
shanty blazes it toots sleepily. When
residence is in flames they can hear
it screech in Albert Lea. But when
a big mill or a business block illumi-
mates itself, that whistle Just pulls itself
wide open, the sun stands still, the
earth yawns, and the dead get up and
put their fingers in their ears and
pound on the ground with their heels
and cry.
There are 10000 Israelites in San
Francisco, and 10000 more in the rest
of California. They comprise all ma
tionalitieS, with German Jews the most
numerous. They control several i'm
portant branches of business, a large
part of the importing dry goods and
fancy goods trade being in their hands,
as well as large wholesale grocery
houses. They have nearly monopoly
in boot and shoe manufacturing and
the hide, leather and wool trade. Many
of them are very wealthy, and are lib
eral patrons of the fine arts and book
sellers. Musical people say that they
would never have had tirst-claSS opera
in San Francisco if it had not been for
the patronage of the Hebrews of that
city, and a leading theatrical manager
says that he would have to "shut up
shop in these hard times We're it not
for the money he gets from them. They
have five synagogues, one of which
cost nearly 5000, 900, and three religious
weeklies. In point of belief they range
from the ultra orthodox to the ultra re-
formed and liberal. Their rabbis preach
in English and German. They have
representatives in all professions, in
mining and agricultural enterprises,
and in politics, and there is no part OF
the country in which they are on friend
lier footing with their neighbors OF