The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-12

Inc NUMBER OF grains was $50, and he
thinks, from the number of rodents to
the acre, that they get more than their
share of the crop.
Probably at the last, dreadful dav,
when Gabriel sounds his trump, if he
doesn't stop once or twice between the
blasts and shout: General! Generali
Colonel, | sayr' not more than two
tlfths of the men in American cemete-
RES Will get p.-B@riington Hasok- Eue.
A new rule of the Yale faculty,
that any upper classman detected
molesting freshman shall be dropped
into the next lower class, no matter
how high his standing, has prevented
hazlng this year, and the freshmen oc-
cupy the Juniors fence without hinder
ance. ..t..
The soup for Turkish refugees in
the Rhodope mountains is made of hot
water, bones picked from the cutters,
and watermelon rind. As large wa
termelon in that locality costs about
half cent, some idea may be formed
of the restitution of these unfortunate
WretcheS.
The Mennonites introduced the
custom of using twisted hay for fuel
into Minnesota, and it is found highly
advantageous in the prairie regions. A
steam saw and grist-mill at Worthing-
ton is run with this sort of fuel, which
IS much cheaper than wood or coal,
and quite as good for heating pur-
| poses.
| Over in Massachusetts they cook
meals for tramps, and trim the plates
with parsley After the meal they
take the guests over the garden, and
cram their pockets with fruit. The
walking between here and Massachu-
sets was never in better condition.
Danbury Ne,0S.
Many of those saved from the
Princess Alice disaster on the Thames
found that all those nearest and dear
est to them were gone. One poor lit
tie fellow wept bitterly, and continu-
ously called out, Bring me mamma
and my little baby brother" alternating
this with, lit is my birthday to-day"
"A Georgian returned to his home
after an absence of two weeks. His
eight-year-old son loudly welcomed
him. lis everybody well, Willie?"
the father asked. The wellest kind"
the boy replied. 'And nothing has
happened?" Nothing at all. I've
been good, Jennies all right, and l
never saw ma behave as well as she has
this time"
AS many as 2,475 cars of grain ar
rived in Chicago in one day recently,
says the Railway Age. Allowing each
car, with buffers and slack, the space
of thirty-two feet in train, this would
give continuous train of cars, not
counting engines, just fifteen miles
long. AS nearly as heavy movement
is going on day after day some idea can
be formed of the prodigiuus receipts at
this port-mostly for lake shipments
east.
Sam Fagin, a Floridian of color,
concluded that he would wash his
hands in the Tampa River the other
morning, and while sitting on log en-
gagged in the act an alligatorrose to the
surface, his tail within Sans easy
reach. Sam thought it would be an
easy joke to catch hold of the tail, and
did SO, and it seems that the alligator
at the same moment thought it would
be a good joke to swallow three or four
of Sans fingers. Both got away.
How an old farmer proved to be
his own hangman: Mr.. Copenberry,
of Buck Elk, Mo-, left his house the
other day for the purpose of carrying
some hay or straw to a distant part of
the farm. He tied up bundle of straw
with rope and placed it upon his
shoulder and proceeded to climb the
fence, when he slipped and fell, the
bundle falling on one side and himself
on the other. When in the act of fall
ing a loop in the rope caught around
the old gentleman's neck and he was
choked to DEATH
By a new process, the details of
which are not yet published, it has
been proved that the fibrous portion of
the jute plant can be so divided and
treated as to produce curtains, hang
ings, tablecloths, and dress goods of
rare excellence. Indeed, for some pur-
poses the article, as applied to tex
tiles, would appear to rival silk. The
product of the jute plant, after having
been submitted to the process invented
by Julius Sachs, is called kalameit, and
if the opinions lately announced re-
garding it are justified, it will form the
basis of great industry. The manu-
facture is conducted with great secrecy
at Barrow, England.
Young archaologist, go West
Thomas Geer, while hunting in the
coast range somewhere in San Luis
Obispo or Ventura County, California,
pursued wounded buck into wild
region of rocky canon and vertical
cliffs. Suddenly he came to deep re-
cess, which made him forget his deer
and pour for hours over remarkable
sight. He had discovered school of
pictured rocks in the heart of the
mountains. On the face of the rocks
were rude carvings of birds, animals,
weapons of war, human beings and
other things, all Illuminated with some
sort of red pigment, which he took to
be cinnabar. There's history for
some enterprising student.
Mr.. Smalls (the 'Old Si'' of the
Atlanta Constitution writes to his news
paper from Paris that the awards of
the Exhibition are likely to be of little
worth, because they destroy all compe-
tition by providing some sort of reward
for seven ont Of pvprU ton ay IA hitorS