The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

ten inches in length.
"A mother sparrow tumbled ol;.,
one out of its nest in a tree in HarifoSs
and cat started for it. Two brds y,
tackled the cat with so much vigor that
she was compelled to retreat ~
Electrical lighting and HEATING a..
naturally in great demand in EncIana
where it is estimated that bitum;na'''
smoke increases the Laundry bills anUn
ally about S250,0OO. '''-l u
The owner was asleep under ST..
OF the wagon which, with the horses SC y.
tached' was stolen near Columns n
He remained quiet until the thisr ~
drove into village, when he mado ~ ~
outcry, and they were arrested. ."
Helen F. Argus. eight years of aca
attempted to rescue younger c6ilJ
from the wheels of an ice-carl If pron;
dence, r. l. She succeeded in doinr
so, but lost her own life, falling nNdas
the wheels, which crushed her head
An Englishman arrived at n Syi,,
inn and ordered an old bottle of wins Wins
OF better quality than the wine of tbo
country. The landlord produced hot
tie whose label certified to fortoon
years. When the bottle was uncorkoJ
the first thing to appear was live ay
Ex-senator Dorsey is mentioned bv
the New Orleans Times as the owner ~
the Disappointed cattle-ranch on tho
continent. it occupies haM a million
acres OF well-watered grazinggyouna
in New Mexico. A railroad station near
the ranch is named Dorsey.
Peter Bogart and wife, of Downs.
vile, Pa, have just celebrated their
diamond wedding, or seventy-ffth an
niversary of marriage. Mr. Bogart was
born May IA, 1856, and his wife is only
three months his junior. They were
married on September IS, 1906. and
both are in excellent health, bidding
fair to celebrate their one hundredtR
birthday. Mr.. and Mrs. Bogart are
probably the oldest married couple in
Pennsylvania, and have large family
living.
The two-years-old child of S. ].
Drinkwater, of White Plains, N. Y,
while playing in the streets was sup.
posed by his dog to be in danger of be.
ing run over. He jumped into the
street and threw his front legs about
the child and endeavored to pull it tc
the sidewalk. Finding that he was I'm.
able to accomplish this, he pushed the
child down and spread himself over it,
with his forelegs outside, in which pc.
sition he remained until the horse and
carriage passed.
John Bunt and Annie Peters were
to have been married in Pulaski Coun.
ty, KY, recently, near the Lincoln
line. The preacher and invited guests
had arrived. There was storm com.
ing. During pause in the wind the
expectant bride went to the door to well
come the groom. She gave joyous
laugh of recognition and ran to meet
him at the gate; but at that moment
bolt of thunder shook the hills, and An.
ME Peters fell dead from stroke OF
Lightning
Mr.. Rossom, following up the work
of Layard and Smith at Babylon, has
from the seventh wear of Nabonitius to
the capture of the city by Cyrus; also
fragments of inscriptions of Nebuchad-
nezzar and a proclamation by Alexan-
der the Great. Parts of the hanging
gardens have been unearthed at the
Babel Mound Various extremely
ancient cities around Babylon have also
been unearthed and traces of races and
nations that reach back nearly to Noah.
"A Chinese witness in a Philadel-
phia court, after taking an oath with
particularly loud kiss of the Bible, was
asked if he considered himself bound
thereby to tell the truth. He compa-
Gently answered that the Bible was no
more to him than the lawyers old white
hat. The only form of oath that he
would respect, he said, was to cut off q
chickens head while repeating certain
words in Chinese. A chicken and knife
were provided by the opposing counsel
but the Judge said that, though inclined
to permit the ceremony, he would ad,
iourn the trial for week to consider
the question.
Here is about the most strictly local
work of whirlwind on record. A ship
with 100000 of British goods is pass
ing Rio Janeiro on her way to China
She is sailing nine knots, with no clouds
in sight. The Captain in his cabin
hears crash. Goes up to find the
mainmast lying over the starboard side
with mizzentopmast. foretopsail yards
and foretopgallantmast-the mainmas'
twisted off near the deck. The mate
said he had heard a rushing sound the
whirlwind struck the sails on the mann
mast with thud-tho on other masEs
being untouched-and away went taF
masts and spars mentioned. The snip
was otherwise all right, the wreck EH
cut away and she sailed safely into NO.
Cummings engaged himself to MAJ,
ny Pennsylvania widow, Mrs. hen ,
needy, but he was disturbed by the iao,
that her first husband had been deau
only year, and on the day set ior 'he
wedding sent her note saying thaV ~
would go into the solitude Of the woou'
to pray for Divine guidance. Inc gu,
ragged widow read the message 10 th'
guests when they assembled, ana w
clared that she would not become yum,
mings' wife, no matter what ligh' ~
might obtain from above. Williams :"
old and previously discarded suitor' saw
his opportunity and offered TO ac'
bridegroom. He was accepted an'
when Cummings arrived, with ms CUE
gQiaOno nIIiafad thorn waa no WIDOW