The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS.


--Amaziah Jordan, of Hartland, Me-,
in fit of insanity recently, cut off his
toes, one at time, and calmly trimmed
the stumps.
An Italian bootblack of New York
City has saved in the past three years
from his earnings over 1886 He sends
money monthly to his mother in Rome.
The William Francis Bennett rose
cost Philadelphia florist So, $50. He
procured it from England, and has the
exclusive right to propagate and sell
plants and cuttings. A rose by any
'other name may smell as sweet, but
will not cost the purchaser half so much
money
Seventeen tons of almanacs were
received at the Baltimore post-oflice the
other day from one business establish
nent in that city, all destined for a
foreign country. 1t is hardly neces-
ssSry to add that the article being thus
widely advertised was a patent medi-
cine.
China Is, perhaps, the only civil
&zed country in the world which has
not resorted to gas as a means of light
ing, and even among the rich the meth
DDS of Illuminating are primitive in the
extreme, though kerosene oil is now
rapidly coming into use within a consid-
aerable radius of the treaty ports.
"A new game Of base bail played
with cards is the latest sensation. It's
81 great boon TO mankind. The father,
who only hears base ball talked six
months in the year, can buy pack for
his boys and have home runs, pick-ups
and wild pitches dinned into his ears
all the time.-BoSton Post.
The passengers on the train enter
ing Baltimore Monday evening noticed
that Ida Donaldson, q pretty, blue
eyed, siXteen-year-old girl of Freder-
lick, Md, was fainting, and some ladies
went TO her assistance. 1t was discov-
cred that she had taken a suicidal dose
of laudanum, and prompt measures for
saving her life were successfully re-
sorted TO. The cause of the undertake
ing was dcsertion by her loyer.-BQlti-
more Anlerjcan.
"A curious freak of recent wind
storm at Arcade, N. Y, was the roll
ing up Of cylinders, not balls, Of snow,
A!AdLiN Vi WHICH, NtIC IlOllOM ike II nun q.
On one farm near there, there were
over one hundred of these curiosities,
rolled up as perfectly as though they
h3d been turned with lathe. One of
the ''oldest inhabitants who has lived
in the vicinity, for over eighty winters,
never saw anything like them before
-BNBalo EGpreSS.
The United States Geological Sur
veyiDg party last season discovered
several more deserted cave and cliff
cities in Arizona, differing in some
respects from any before examined.
The most remarkable was a village OF
siXty-five underground dwellings, sit
mated near the summit of one of the
volcanic foothills of the San Francisco
Mountains, in the San Juan region
ST. Paul Press,
Corn Meal Mullins; Warm milk, one
pint; flour, one cup; sugar, one table
spoonful; salt, one teaSpOonful; COM
pressed yeast, one cake. Mix we'll and
add enough corn meal to make thin
batter. Set TO rise over night. In the
morning add one teaspoonful of soda
dissolved in warm water, and one tea
spoonful of melted butter. Bake in
muffin tins. These yeast mullins do
not, like those made with soda, get
heavy when cold.-Prajrje Farmer
The statistical abstract of failures
in England and Wales shows that last
year the total numbered 10, 224. There
were also 1,031 failures in Scotland and
2l0 in Ireland. OF those engaged in
farming pursuits there were 513 fail
ures last year, as compared with 636 in
1882, l,04 in 1881, 1,254 in $780, and
1,405 in 1879. There were also during
she year SIG companies wound up. OF
bills of sale there were IA, 1865 granted
Last year, as compared with A, 400 in
1882
To lest your popularity wear a
ragged coat. Contribute niggardly to
charity. Always get in somebody S
way. Borrow your neighbours paper
regularly. Never omit to say some
thing on every occasion. Step into
your friends Office and sit with your
feet on his desk. If you can do all
these things and retain your popularity
YOU viii be warranted in the further
test of running for Office. Hartford
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