The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

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mas mas discovered himself to be the only
liVlng heir to an. estate in Lexington
worth S50, 200. Chicago Times.
"A new, and it is TO be hoped unique.
way OF Furnishing children in the Buffalo
orphan Asylum is by letting the sash of
heavy window down upon their hands,
mus combining and torturing them in
SPioe OF their groans and cries.
"A Baltimorean wishes to sell to the
reueral Government, for 81, 800, General
"ashington's sword-knot. 1t is we'll
preserved, is of silk and silver tinsel bull
non, with tinsel rosette, and its genu-
ineness is said to be well attested.
Tive us a man, young or old, high
OF low, on whom we know we can thor
oughly depend-who will stand firm
When others fall-.the friend faithful and
true, the adviser honest and fearless, the
adversary just and chivalrous in such an
one there is fragment of the Rock of
Ages.-Dedn Stanley.
Some folks are pesky iniudicious.
"hen two men get to fighting in back
yard somebody is very likely to rush out
and disturb and bother quiet-loving
policeman about it when he has no desire
70 see the fight or have anything to do
about it.-Boston Post.
! Captain Percival, Cape Cod mari
ner of the old school. was once awakened
in his bunk by shi pmate with the an
nouncement ''that the vessel was going
to eternity "Well,' replied the Cap
tain, I've got ten friends over there to
one in this world; let her 90" And he
turned over and went to sleep again.
NJ Y. San
Eight hundred and sixty-four dogs
were stolen in New York last year, for
which Sc, 9l3 reward was offered and 500
questions were not asked. There are sup
posed to be eight professional dog-steal-
ers, each of whom, twill be readily seen,
makes an average of 1864 year out OF
this singular industry.
Paradise Valley, in San Diego
County, California, seems to deserve its
name, since it yields all manner of
fruits. The apple, orange, lime, lemon,
fig, olive, guava, peach, pear, grape,
strawberry, apricot, ETC., flourish there.
Some brown Turkish figs grown there
measured four inches in length and six
inches in circumference.
"A pretty Philadelphia girl, on being
asked why her engagement had been
broken off, replied: "You see, he came
tome one day with an album in his pocket
and proudly displayed the autograph of
Charles j. Guiteau, which he went to
Washington on purpose to get. l was
not anxious to marry born fool, 80 we.
parted. &c Chicago Times.
From circular issued by the Secre-
tary of the Miners National Union it APP
pears that 81 900 persons have been kill
ed in various ways during the past thir-
ty-one years in English mines. "Our
modernized mode of working mines,"
writes the Secretary, sis rendering Ca
tastrOphies of this kind of huge mag
nitude.
Gas filters have recently made a
most useful application of photography.
They photograph the gas flames given
by different burners or jets so that GUS
toner can see if the shape and form of
light will suit him before he gives his
order. As the flames are moreover de-
picted ''life-size" the purchaser can al
ways tell whether his jet is up to the
standard.
A man who is ordinarially intelli-
gent in most matters expressed surprise
the other day on being told that the per-
sons representing foreign countries at
the seat of the National Government as
Ministers, are not religious preachers.
He thought, in his innocency, that all
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live to learn, but it takes them long
time Chicago Journal.
Here is a real adventure in the far
West for boys to read: Christian Alison,
aged twelve, wandered into Utah. He
was employed awhile on sheep ranch,
but was too small to do the work, and
was discharged. For twenty days the
poor little fellow trudged aimlessly
about, in bitterly cold weather, scantily
clothed and fed. One day he was found
insensible in snow drift, with a little
flour in a tinpail as his entire stock of
provisions, and 50 badly frozen that, on
being sent to Salt Lake for treatment his
feet were amputated., Y. Sun.
The problem of cooperative stores
and other plans of economizing is an old
. and yet ever new one. One of the latest
enterprises of the kind, Consumers
Coal Company, has been formed in New
York with cash capital of $500, 900, the
par value of shares being five dollars.
The company was formed to supply coal
consumers at "a fair price and full weight,
and to protect them, especially the poorer
classes from eXtortion. The coal will be
delivered in specially constructed bags
of different weights, sealed so that they
cannot be tempered with. Coupon tick
cts will be issued to stockholders at re-
duced price, each one representing ton
of coal. These can be transferred to the
poor, if the stockholders are charitably
inclined. The managers expect to pay
dividends to the stockholders as well as
giving them coal at rebate from sched-
ule prices.
''Muriate Of Soda"