The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-02

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Whitehall Times.
Peanut oil, from North Carolina,
sells well in Italy and cotton seed oil
has almost taken the place of olive oil
throughout Europe. The export of this
latter commodity jumped from 2S1, 900
gallons in 1876 to 10000 gallons in
1877.
Sickness has increased to an alarm
ing extent in that part of Hartford
supplied with water from the COnnecti-
cut River, and no wonder, for the pipe
was found to start in the midst of an
enormous collection of decayed vege-
table matter.
why does mother stay so long?"
is new song Pbiladelphia Item. Now
you've got US, but if she is young
mother, perhaps she is pricing chill
dren's carriages or jumping jacks, and
if she is middle-aged the chances are
she is talking gossip next door to Mrs.
Smith.-N. y Express.
-"Prisoner at the bar" said the
Judge, &" is there anything you wish to
say before sentence is passed upon
yOuP The prisoner looked wistfully
tON Il u bilC uOOi, anu llltU Ht
would like to say .'good evening" if 1t
would be agreeable to the company
But they wouldn't let him.
"A travelling fortress and iron-clad
coach, is now running on the Cheyenne
and Black Hills stage path. 1t is made
of thick boiler iron, with four port
holes, is bullet-proof, carries two well
armed guards inside, and runs for the
sole purpose of transporting bullion for
the California quartz mills.
Two cargoes of American coal
were recently sent to Italy, and were
sold readily at S7.72 per ton, which
covers cost and freightage and leaves a
fair margin for profit. Heretofore,
over 100000 tons of English coke per
annum, at S11.5S per ton, has been
used in the Mediterranean BASIN
Out in Iowa the young ladies aid
the yellow fever sufferers by selling
kisses at ten cents apiece. We opine
that there has been enough wasted
around here to have brought in a
revenue of S36, 3S1. %, or in that imme-
diate neighborhood. The worst of it is
the waste continues.-BreoktaSt Table.
Judge Simmons, of st. Louis, holds
that street crossings are made for the
convenience of persons on foot, and
that it is the duty of the drivers of all
vehicles, including street cars, not only
TO check their speed when any person
is on crossing, but to stop where
there might be the least danger of
collision.
"A sporting paper speaks of 1.-The
Rail and its Habits We learned all
about the habits of the rail when we
were boy. The rail, especially the
top one has an ugly habit of breaking
down when you are only ten yards in
advance of the farmer who owns the
fence and the orchard. NoyriStoUn
Herald.
-Exultant Georgia paper: Good
ness gracious! gracious goodness! Just
look at the horses and the people and
the wagons and the cotton in town!
Good times a-coming-plenty of tin
and no kin! The people of Brooks
are the happiest people in the world,
and the girls are fat and plump and
sassy! Amt you glad you live here?'
Visitor from the country, at the
door of southside residence, to Ger
man next door: "Jane not at home,
did you say?" German-"N ein, Chances
nod at home" Visitor" Where is
she?" German" She's gone der
cemetery down" Visitor" When will
she come back?' German-"O %, she
wont come back already any more; she's
gone to stay; she's det."
Some one writes to the World,
asking when was the first colored
man landed in the United States and by
whomP' He gets the following salts
factory answer: "None can tell. When
the United States lanGed in America it
found Il good many colored men here.
Probably the first male darky baby who
was born on or after July 4, 1776, had