The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

he rules conspicuously posted up in the
,cnool-room at the deaf mute insLitu-
Jon, SGhem, Ore.
SO high-priced have been peaches
Tor the past two seasons that five hum
lred new peach orchards have been set
put in Delaware within a year.
An authority on the subject says
bhat dog show is called ''bench
show because the cage kennels in
which dogs are exhibited are located on
benches.
The oldest book in the Congress
sional Library is said to be The Olive
Leaf" by one Hauser, of Georgia, a
tune book concocted for the glory of
God and the good of Yankind. "
A recent report on the subject
states that machinery intended for the
Indian market should be simple in con-
struetion and such that if any part be
broken it can be mended in any black
smith shop.
The new kind of paper on which
the New Orleans Picdy21se is printed is
called bagasse, the crushed refuse of
the stalks of the sugar cane. The
paper is fine and soft, with almost a
silk-like surface
Thirteen State Bureaus of Statistics
of Labor are now in existence. The
oldest, that of Massachusetts, was es-
tablished in 1869, Mr.. Wright, now at
the head of the National Bureau, being
still its chief. The Bureau of Pennsyl-
vania, next in age, was established in
1872, Joel h. McCamant being its chief
Boston Journal.
The Secretary of the London Swim
ming Club makes the following sug-
gestion: 20 battle before retiring to
rest, after the heat and hustle of the
day, would be sure means of inducing
sleep-the happy, peaceful sleep of a
child that would be an antidOte to most
of the ills that flesh is heir to, not for
getting lunacy, which is induced by
want of sleep.
Compulsory education works well
when it can be enforced In Missouri
court some time ago an illiterate pris-
Oner was sentenced to Jail until he
would learn to write; another was SEN
fenced until he could teach the former
the art. In less than a month both men
were discharged, the one who could not
write before being able to write a fair
hand.-St. Lo5taS Post.
-Rowell is the only one of the ia
nous pedestrians who is rich. He is
worth $50, 900 and never speculates. OF
himself O'Leary said recently: ''Six
years ago had $4,000. began to
dabble in stocks, and as a result dropped
my bundle- but l never played card
for money in my life or bucked the
tiger. | have walked since July IA,
1874, 10000 miles in matches and eX-
hibitiOns in this country. England, Ire
land and Australia. ~. Y. Sun.
The light of the sun is estimated to
equal in quantity 1875, 600 900, 000,-
600, 900, 900, 000,0 900 candles, the light S
intensity at the sun surface being $780,
600 times that of candle flame, $500
times that of metal in a Bessemer con-
verter, 141 times that of calcium light,
or 3l4 that of an electric are. The
temperature, according Rosetti, is about
$4,000 Fair. The mechanical equiva-
lent of the solar relation, continuously
acting, is nearly 10000 horsepower per
square foot of solar surface.
Living creatures in water seem to
have a vegetable origin. Examine pure
lake-water or spring-water with mi
croscope and no life is visible; but put
flowers or any vegetable substance in
the water and in forty-eight hours the
water will swarm with life Water
thus is revealed as the Matching medi-
nm for many forms of life. Many beaH-
tiful grassplots in cities are ruined by
excessive watering. The water matches
out millions of eggs which the dry sun
would have killed. Chicago Current.
"A tramp who called at farm house
to ask for a cold bite was almost paral-
yzed at being welcomed with smiles and
kind words and having a fine repast
laid out for him. In explanation the
woman said that he reminded her of her
long-lOst cousin. At the next house the
tramp at once announced that he was
the woman's long-lost brother, but in
place of smiles and mince pie the woman
seized the broomstick and went for him,
saying: ''Slide out, you villain! They
were all girls in our family!'-Teras
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