The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
The cotton worm eats $15, 900, 900 of
the cotton crop every wear.

which was recorded in Boston the other
day, provided for a rate of interest at
fifty per cent. per annum. .t.-
An English Journal says: "Among
American patents in list before us are
five for celebrating smallpox marks.
etc, The ingredients are pumice stone,
elderflower, glycerine, soap and fatty
matter 1hvgA ~ -alHhgas
-"Amicus Cato, amicus Plato, ami
Gus Cicero, sed major yeritas." The
next morning the lawyer found himself
reported in the newspapers as follows:
81 may cuss Cato, | may cuss Plato, L
may cuss Cicero, said Major Veritas." ~
~ Y Post. --
"A three-year-old baby on exhibition
IN Petersburg, Va, weighs 40 pounds,
and the fnder-Appeaj, which is an au-
thority in-sueh matters, says that he is,
moreover, very pretty little mountain
OF flesh, as clean as whistle and as fat
as pig.
= In large Cincinnati billiard hall
two men had fight with pool balls.
The missiles were thrown with reckless
force, not only injuring the combatants,
but smashing about all the glass in the
place, dentingi the fine woodwork. and
bruising several spectators. The repairs
would cost 81, 2o0.-N. Y. Sun.
General 90 Abe Buford, the con-
verified turfman. of Kentucky, in speech
in church the other night, lamented the
morals of the turf, and said pool-selling
had degraded a sport which, properly
conducted, was entirely compatible with
earnest Christianity.-N. Y. Graphic.
-Naturalists tell us that the sting-ray,
starfish, prawn, boring Wrinkle and
gryphen are the deadliest enemies of the
oyster. That's all the naturalists know
about it. The worst enemy the oyster
has is the spirituelle woman of 1877 pounds
when she declares, after the theater, that
she cannot eat a single morsel-oh, in
deed, no. Burlington HaDk-Eye.
Constable Davis, of Summerfield,
Ill.,, desertedifis wife for no other reason
than that she had lost the beauty which
had distinguished her as a girl. The
young men of the town concluded to tar
and feather him and ride. him on
a rail. Tar was lacking at the last
moment, and molasses was used instead;
but the mobbing proved highly satisfac-
tory to all concerned, except the con-
stable. Chicago Meas.
"A young medical student at Bow
doin College once asked Professor Cleve-
land, of that institution, if there were not
some more recent works on anatomy than
those in the college library. Young
man." said the Professor, measuring the
entire mental caliber of the youthful
scholar at one glance, ''there have been
very few new bones added to the human
body during the last ten years" Chi
cdgo Inter- Ocean,. .a
| "A report has been published show
ing the number of accidents to riders
and pedestrians in the streets of Paris
lastyea The number of persons killed
during the twelve months was 103, and
of wounded 1,0S4. These figures include
only those persons who were so seriously
injured as to need the assistance of the
police. The frequency of accidents of
this kind is attributed to the excessive
number of vehicles. 1t is calculated that
there are 22,S30 cabs and omnibuses
plying daily in the streets of Paris.
Joseph K. Emmett, the actor, re-
Gently purchased huge st. Bernard dog
named Bayard, for which he paid to Mr..
Pope, of Boston, the fancy price of
$2,500 The dog measures seven feet
from nose to tail-tip, and weighs 200
pounds. Emmett introduced him in the
first scene of "Fritz in Ireland one
night last week, but Bayard made such
a confounded objection TO the villain
stealing the little girl that the perform
ance came to stand still until the dog
could be coaxed off Boston Post.
Princess Victoria, the sixteen-year-
old daughter of the Crown Princess of
Germany, was confirmed recently with
her cousin Leopold, the son of Prince
Frederick Charles. The service was cell
ebrated in magnificent state apartment
arranged as chapel, and the Crown
Princess herself brought in her young
daughter, dressed in plain gown of
white silk, with her fair hair drawn back
from her round babyish face. One Gu
rious part of the ceremony was the read
ing aloud by the Prince and Princess of
their confession of faith. a document
which, according to an old tradition of
the House of Hohenzollern, had been
drawn up by the candidates for confir-
nation themselves.
I 1t was on Lookout Mountain, at
Chattanooga, New-Yorker stood on
Pilot Knob and looked down in the val
ley, and exclaimed: "How grandr'
That's ten cents extra" replied the
guide, as he extended his hand. what
a charming prospectn' continued the
visitor ''That's fifteen-cent express
sion--pay at the gate as you go outr
"Here has Nature mingled the grand
with the beautiful-the sublime with the
lovely-the majesty of the mountain
with the loveliness of the valley"
5"Colonel that's one of our regular fifty
cent, oyations.- 1t will be charged in
with your hotel-bill,' "Villain, how
dare YOU" said the Yorker, as he seized
him and backed him to the edge of the
4 cliff, 'non'tyou doit, Colonelp calm
ly observed the man. Throwing u
guide off the Knob always costs two
dollars more pay at the toll -gate as you
go down." - Wall Street Daiig Nea0s.