The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-02
NUMBER 10.
Notes and Comments.

ted States require wood TO the annual
value of SO, 298, ,562; the railroads use
about S3,000,0C0 of wood for fuel and
S2,OOO,OOO for ties each year.
A solid silver baIu4trade, which had
stood in one of the Mexican churches
since the time of Cortez, was torn
down not long ago and taken to the
mint, producing over sixty thousand
silver dollars.
Some person has calculated that to
manufacture the 100000 tons of paper
annually required for the supply of
the world, 430 days medium flow of
water down the river Thames would
be needed.
Near Chickasawhatchee, Ga, says
the Savannah NelOs, IA line of earth
works can still be seen which were
| thrown up by Gen. Jackson tOld
Hickory as protection against In
dians on his march to Florida through
that section in 1918.
a Bloomington (In.) youth of 15,
after course of yeIlOW-back Iitera-
ture, wrote to a merchant that unless
he Immediately received 500 he
would burn down the merchants
store. He confessed afterWard that
he adopted the scheme from noyel.
Francis Morphy's coat was stolen
in Pittsburgh a few days ago. The
thief paWned it ard sold the pawn
ticket, the buyer of which attended IA
Murphy meeting and took the pledge.
Francis Murphy then tied a blue rib.
bon in the buttonhole of his own coat
on another man.
Alcoholic intemperance is stated to
be increasing to an alarming extent
among the women of Australia. In
discussing the matter at meeting of
the Melbourne Medical Society the
physicians present cOncurred in at
tributing the trouble to close cOnfine-
ment, anxiety, and the fatigue aris-
ing from overWOrk.
Mr.. f. Matthews, Jackson county,
Ga, has colOred man living on his
place who was left in the Cherokee
Nation, i'll TWenty-nine-miIe Stretch,
sold twice by John A. Murrell and
shot at three times by the COnfeder-
ate soldiers. He is now the father of
40 children and is 80 years old. He
can plow as much in day as any
man.
One Of the cases recently reported
at meeting of the Charity Organi-
zation of Washington was that of a
professional beggar who had two dres-
ses--a begging dress and society
dress. Her name appeared in the
society columns Oft a city paper as re-
ceiving guests during the Inaugural
ton, and she was found to be living
handsomely out of aims,
A serious epidemic of whooping
cough has run through the islands of
the Fiji group. The malady has
carried off all the very young native
children. and left decrease in the
population of 5000. A few years ago
10000 persons died from an epedem-
ic of measles. Since then the local
government have done much to in
struct the people in the laws oi
health.
Il passed through funny town
the other days" remarked a gentle
man who is just home from the
South. ut was place called Ful-
ton, on the Illinois Central Railroad,
and is built right over the dividing
line between Kentucky and Tennes-
see. The main street of the town is
the dividing line. On the Kentucky
side of the street local option is in
strict enforcement, but you may
cross over to the Tennessee side and
Hlu uOZeIl SdlOOIlS III Iull DldSt.
Mr.. Walter, of the London Times
is said to have been the originator OF
the custom of charging for marriage
notices in the newspapers. The charge
at first was trifling, and the income
of the Times from this ssurce was
paid regularly to Mrs. Walter as pin
money. On her death she passed
this prescriptiye right of hers to her
daughter, and when it was repurchas.
ed few years ago by the present
proprietor of the paper it was assess
ed at from $4,000 to $4,000 year.
Remarkable EScanp