The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-27
MISCELLANEOUS.


weet as Desdemonia's
Disease itself may be a blessing,
ior it appears that in Philadelphia
interesting cases" hire themselves out
% clinical lecturers at from twenty-five
cents to two dollars, according to the
'instructiveness of his malady."-
Philadelphia Press.
Germany has contributed to the
world artificial cheese made of one part
oleomargarine and two parts skinned
milk, mixed to the consistency of cream
and subjected to the usual process of
manufacturing the genuine article. The
Yankee manufacturer of spurious prod
acts is not alone bad.
A Spartansburg Is. O. young lady
| advertises in the local paper for hus-
band. She describes herself young
and pretty, charming and witty, petite
and piquante." Either there are no
young men in Spartansburg or the
| lamsel has overrated her charms
Chicago Times.
Two negroes of Wheeling, w. Va.
had an affair of honor the other night
snd engaged in a butting duel. After
| fourteen rounds, in each of which their
heads crashed together like rocks, they
were satisfied, both being covered with
blood and severely wounded. Chicago
| Inter Ocean.
Mr.. Jacob Trungenwalt, of Phila-
| delphia, has discovered that catfish
skins may be tanned into elegant and
serviceable leather. His first expert
ment was on a skin of fish weighing,
| hon l.,
engaged in the business for several
years, and finds it very profitable
PbiLGdephi0 Times.
An old actor who has been inter-
viewed on the subject gives it as his opin-
ion that nobody without good long
nose ever played tragedy acceptably.
! However that may be, there is no ques-,
ton that a good long nose and a dis
position to poke it into other peoples
| business has led to a great deal of real
tragedy Chicago Tribune.
The best quality of charcoal is made
from oak. maple, beach and chestnut
Wood will furnish, when properly,
charred. about twenty per cent. of char
coal. A bushel of charcoal from pine
weighs about twenty-nine pounds; one.
from hard wood weighs thirty pounds;
one hundred parts of oak make nearly
twenty-three of charcoal, red pine about.
twenty-five, white pine twenty-three.-
| Chicago Herald.
Professor f. G. Marshall saws the
! French have more suspension bridges
than any nation on the globe. Their
engineers are putting up suspension
bridges everywhere, and at least one of.
the structures approXimates to the size
OF the Brooklyn bridge. So numerous
are such bridges in France that it is i'm
possible to secure an accurate list of
them on this side of the water.
"A large black granite block. highly
polished, was landed at Castle Garden
| recently. 1t was sent to Washington to.
| be placed at the base of the monument.
1t is a gift of citizens of Wales. and was
quarried at Mount Aurari. In gold let
tiers on the face, in Welsh, is the follow
ing: My language, my country, n9y
| people Wales forever. IN. Y. Times
"A Bath boatman saved an Italian
| organ grinder from drowning Thurs
day. There was nothing Objectionable
in that, but when long-suffering pub
lie reads the additional statement that
! the boatman rescued the hand-orpan.
too, from watery grave, there will be
no disposition IN the public mind to
award the boatman a medal. Bath
boStmen evidently lack discrimination.
-LetGISton (He.) JoUrNaL.
Some like it hot, some ike it cold,
some like it in the pot nine days old"
| Thus runs the song about peas por-
ridge, which is not often found on a.
modern bill of fare. Our porridge, the
much abused oatmeal, is improved, ac-
cording to a scientific writer, by keep
inc in closed Jars several DAYS before
using 1t IS sWeetened by the formation
Oh sugar Whlle tne hprous material Is
nero" Fo@.
A kiss is said to be sweet not be-
cause it contains saccharine matter, but
because man doesn't know what else
to call it when he feels the effect tray
cling through his. system on q lightning
| express with no stop-oyer check, It IS
safe to assume that a man who attempts
to describe a kiss never had one: men
| who have had kisses mot smacks) don't
want to talk: they lust want to think
and dream, and die with their boots on.
|