The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

The project of an American expo.
sition in London in 1886, attracts more
attention in the press of England than
in that of this country
In India man succeeds in killing
off about 10000 beasts each year of the
man-eating kind, tigers, wolves, leop-
ards, etc. The beasts kill about 4, 900
human beings year. ,HuG
Pulmonary consumption is the
cause of one death in twelve in New
York State, and the State Board of
Health has laid the cause to the bad
ventilation of school rooms Buffalo
Express. He'' -- r4dla- a,4~f
"A young man in Ohio wanted some
ammunition for his shotgun. So he
put some giant powder in coffee mill
and began to turn the crank He will
never repeat the rash experiment.
Chicd9o Herald. ...'lH a.
There are some insults worse than
others. -Asingle lady of uncertain age
was on the witness stand in q Western
Police Court, when the, Squire asked
her: ''What is your ageP" Your
AlOlOi, odlu lnC ldWycI Ou bn0 OUner
side, ''you should not press that ques.
ton. A woman of her age never likes
to confess it." Then She gave one
squeal and went into Mysteries.
"A delicate point in accident insur.
ance has Just been decided in England.
a man fell in an epileptic fit with his
face against the ground, and, no one
being near, he suhOcated, He was in,
sured for 50, 800 in an accidental in
surance association and coroner's
Jury gave a verdict of accidental
death, but the courts held that death
was due to disease and not to injury by
accidental violence.
The consumption of sugar in this
country has increased wonderfully
during the past few years, which is at
tributed by Pittsburgh psper ''to the
price at which the article has been
selling, which never before has been SO
low" The amount consumed in the
United States has advanced from 63,074
tons q month in 1880, to 90,50l in 1884,
or forty three per cent, while the popu-
lation has grown only twelve per cent.
N Y. Herald.
"A girl ran off with her best young
man and was married to him in room
in little country hotel. Papa and
mamma arrived in an awful rage, but
just as the ceremony was concluded.
The young lady was not one whit dis
concerted, but hailed her furious
parents with the remark: "Why, this
is just as funny as it could be. Don't
you remember this room? 1t is the same
one you were married in, and your folks
came to make a fuss just as you are do
ing" Smart girl, for it was true
bill Chicago Tribune.
Dog bedsteads are now popular.
One owned by New York lady is the
lower part of a barrel sawed through
at ten inches from the ground The
mattress is filled with hair, and has an
artificial leather ticking. The wood is
painted in dark colors, and around the
edge is an embossed leather trimming
fastened with brass-headed nails. On
the front stave is an oval, in which APP
pears the dog name in gold letters.
From bar attached to the back falls a
mosquito netting, enveloping the bed
and occupant.-N. Y. San.
"A man living in New Bedford,
Mass, was sitting at his window one
evening recently calmly smoking, when
two young ladies went by on the other
side. Just at that moment a shrill
whistle broke on the air The
ladies looked around and up at the
window where the man was. Seeing
him smile they evidently thought he
was making signals to them, and filled
with righteous Indignation they started
across the street and rang the bell.
The man went down, and one of the
ladies demanded to know why he in
suited them. He denied the charge,
but they did not apparently believe him,
and began to hint of getting satisfac-
ton through their relatives, but just at
that moment the self-same whistle
sounded, and looking up to another
window the ladies saw that it was
caused by a parrot. Covered with con
fusion, they made such apologies as
they could and departed. Boston
JO'1gnal.