The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-03-04
MISCELLANEOUS.


MANI Chicago Inter- Ocean.
-Fifty-eight thousand four hundred
and fifty persons sought homes in Mime
sofa last year, of which number 42,70O
came from foreign countries.
The pall-bearers at the funeral of the
late Clarkson N. Potter of New York
were his seven brothers, who laid the
coffin in the grave and covered it with
earth with their own hands.
"A Buffalo photographer takes pic
lures by electric light. The instantaneous
gelatlne dry-plate process, whichis pecu-
liarly susceptible to the influence of cleo
trio light, is employed.
The average daily error of the Yale
Observatory standard clock which dis
tributed the daily time signals to the
railroad telegraph offices Of Connecticut
during the month ended January 81,
1882, was 25-100 of one second.
The richest man in Wyoming Coun-
ty, New York, lives in the plainest
manner and fights his taxes. He has
been voterin the same county fifty-fve
years, but has never voted for Legisla-
tive candidate who was elected.
The Board of Health of Arcade N.
/ T., served notice on farmer living
near that village to wash himself He
had not done so, it is claimed. for forty
years, and so filthy had he become that
a committee was appointed to abate the
nuisance.
Lieutenant Hays, who lost his life
with General Custer at the time of that
fearful massacre, left two orphan sisters
who are now in Washington in destitute
circumstances. They have been making
underclothes for ten cents apiece in or
der to buy bread.
"A gallery boy writes to the New
York SIN complaining of the admission
to the gallery of Wallack's Theatre of q
man who wore swallow-tail coat.
Every class in the community has its
rights, and even those of the gallery
boys should be respected.
"A drove of thirty-five hogs drank
long and deep of barrel of strip skim
mngs near Buena Vista, Ga, and in a
few hours every big and little porker
was drunk as a lord. They cut up all
manner of didos, and finally the whole
gang gotweak i'll the knees and dropped
off to sleep.
"A singular case Of contagious vac
cination was reported at the Health
Office in Baltimore the other day. A
young lady living in West Baltimore
was recently vaccinated by prominent
physician and, while suffering with the
fever attending vaccination, borrowed
pair OF earrings from lady friend for
q day. Upon the return of the earrings
the owner put them on, and in day or
two was astonished to find that she was
thoroughly vaccinated in the ears. ..
Travelling in Florida is expensive.
The hotels range in price from SO. so to
81 per day, but are first-class in every
respect. Board may be had in private
houses from 50 to 50 day. Steamboat
fares are about Sc for day and nights
travel, including fare and berths. The
boats are very much crowded now and
cots are used nightly in the cabins for
the comfort OF passengers. 1t is not q
good idea to buy return tickets on the
steamers, as the discount is small and
the return tickets are good on certain
boats.
tensive builder in Troy, N. Y, and who
was buried several days ago, made pecu-
liar provisions for his funeral four weeks
before his death. He ordered that his
coffin be made of red cedar, and that the
trimmings be of brass; that two black
horses and one gray horse leading draw
the hearse, and that ten coaches with
black horses be provided; also that per-
sons attending the funeral be attired in
black clothes and silk hats. These az
rangements were carried out to the let
ter. 80 .
"A number of years ago a clergyman
named Clevinger was one of the most
popular men in two States. His house
was built in such manner that large
hall which ran throughit was exactly on
the State line between Kentucky and
Tennessee, and whenever a runaway
couple came to him to be married the
obliging parson, on the first intimation
of an approaching pursuit, would usher
them across the hall into the State from
which they had not come, and from
which they could not be legally dragged
by relentless parent.
In getting your photograph taken
observe the following rules: Keep your
eyes fixed upon the floor until the mo-
ment comes to keep steady" Practice
your sweetest expression before the glass
in advance, and begin to express when
you see the man advance with the square
box. Try to think of something calm
and placid-molasses for example. Keep
something in your hand to steady your
nerves-a corn cob is good thing. Never
pay the entire sum in advance, and al
ways remember that the plainest looking
people make the most successful pic
| lures.
John Gyumber, who achieved great
ness about a year ago by means of his ex-
traerdinary capacity for sleeping, and
thereby became such a natural curiosity
that it was moment of regret to all ex-
cept himself and attendants when he
finally woke after nap of seventeen
weeks, is now earning an honest living
as wide-awake employee in the Allen
town rolling mill. He has regained his
health, is as straight and strong as tele-
graph poe, earns good wages. and is
cordially liked byh fellows. His mem
DRY is still somewhat defective, but is
gradually improving.