The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Sardinia, Pa.) physician has
taken forty-six needles out of the arms
Of Mrs. Seeley. She don't know how
they came there.
1t is said by an authority that in
stead of being lean and lank as hereto
fore, American women are growing
round and buXom.
The quantity of leaf-tobacco sold at
Danville, Va, for the year ended Oct. /
was 27,500,000 pounds, at an average
price per 100 of S13.07.
In Germany a man dare not cut
down the trees on his own land without
consent of the proper authorities, so
Jealous is the Government in preserving
the forests.
A recent estimate, made by means
of very intricate testing apparatus,
places the rate at which an electric dot
travels over a telegraph wire at 10000
miles per second.
A Baltimore contemporary complains
that clergymen are not well paid in the
State of Maryland The editor men,
tions one case where "a bright young
preacher got ten dollars month from
well-to-do congregation.
A wonderful chasm has recently
been discovered in San Luis, Obispo
County, California. An adventurous ex-
plorer was lowered into it to the depth
of 1000 feet without finding any bottom.
The sides of the chasm are covered with
magnificent cream-colored stalactites.-
San Francisco Gail.
"A very simple plan for a street rail-.
road has been devised by DR.. II. &.
Davis, of Newton, Mass, by which a
track and pavement can be put down at
about one-half the present cost, and yet
be more durable; it will also save large
percentage in repairs. Post
MIR Pepper and Mr. Mustard met
in Charlotte the other day. That's moth
ing. just below, in Warren, Mr. Crab
tree and Mr.. Minatree had had fracas;
Crabtree struck Minatree with a single
tree and ROuntreG was 4 Witness
Greensboro IN c. Workman.
"A young lady, recently ''out," at
tended her first wedding the other day.
On going up to congratulate the bride,
her mind became somewhat confused,
and having been at birthday party the
day before she could think of nothing
better to say than to wish the blushing
young matron many happy returns of
the day And then she wondered why
the newly-made husband looked SO sour
as she passed on.-Ch Chicago Rambler.
Hitherto it has puzzled eminent
surgeons to account for sudden death
caused by apparently inadequate
wounds in the heart, such as those made
by the prick, without penetration even,
of a needle. Herr Schmey, student of
the Physiological Institute, Berlin, has,
however, just discovered that when a
needle pricks Il certain small spot on
the lower border Of the upper third of
the septum cords quite simultaneously
the movements of the heart are arrested
and forever set motionless in death.
Figures are wonderful things. Here
is a sample of what can be done with
them: BY placing one grain of corn on
the first square of chess board,
doubling the number of grains for each
succeeding square, the quantity of corn
required for the whole board of sixty
four squares would fill 1,S44,375 barns,
each holding 100000 bushels of
100000 grains each, bushels round
numbers. If the United States grows
1900, 600, 900 bushels each year, it would
require little over $50 years to make
enough Chicago Herald.
When Chinese boy is one month
old his head is shaved and bladder is
drawn over it, and as his head grows
the bladder bursts and the queue
sprouts forth. The first shave is made
the occasion of Il magnificent banquet,
and the guests are expected to make the
host handsome present in coin for the
newly-shayen baby, with which bank
account is started to his credit. This is
the most pleasant feature of the affair
for the baby as the razor always pulls,
and he can not take part in the feast
Chicago Times.