The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

Baltimore american.
IF man could only catch fish as
easily as he can lie about it! laments
Texas editor. He, could, if he only
understood fishing Is well as he does
lying. Chicago Duly Business.
The actual number of persons en-
gagged in agriculture in the United
States, including their families, is
placed at 25.OO0,000, an increase OF
5000, 900 since the last ccnsus.- Chicago
Tribune.
During the American civil war five
hundred horses were destroyed or rem
dered useless for every twenty-four
hours. The Confederate army was
crippled for want of horses, while the
Northern army was able to secure its
supply from the Dominion of Canada.
-Bro0klyra Eagle.
The little town of Lafayette,
Chambers County, Ala, is taking on
airs. A horn is blown at six o'clock in
the afternoon as a signal for the closing
Of stores, and a few minutes thereafter
scarcely a soul is seen on the streets.
The boys play base ball from six o clock
until dark COiUnb4S (Ga. Enquirer
Sun
The London Truth gives the follow
ing or, ginal observations on astronomy
from a sermon of Welsh curate
preaching to an English congregation
"A starr is but Id dot in the skvee
Saw many STAIRS mex one plannat
Saw many plannats mex a constel-
IesShon. Saw many cOnstellesshons
mex one milkee we. Six milkee ives
mex one rorriborriallis.
The Austrian Government has re.
fused to authorize the establishment OF
private cremation societies. on the
ground that they might encourage
crime. The decree states that murders
are often detected by the eXhumation OF
bodies, and that, even if bodies were tc
be examined before cremation, there
would be no time to apply in every case
those delicate chemical tests which are
used where poisoning is suspected.
1t is related of distinguished
lawyer who observed that his wife
always delayed ten or twelve minutes
before she came down to dinner being
loath TO lose so much precious time
daily, he commenced the composition OF
a work which he prosecuted only while
he was thus kept waiting. The result
was at the end of fifteen years a book in
three volumes quarto, which has met
with large sale and is much needed
Zi0bitS.
The hedgehog is very fond of fruit,
and adopts a curious way TO obtain it.
II !, l.
and run off upon low boughs. and in.
stead of scrambling down in the same
manner, they boldly make the LEAP
from the top to the ground, sometimes
ten or twelve feet. They coil into 2
ball in the air, strike upon their armor
of spines and bound away unframed.
In taking this jump. they have been
seen to strike upon fallen fruit, which,
thus impaIed upon their spines, was
carried away by them. Chicago Herald,
The first of the fiye-inch breech-
loading rifle guns built at the Washing
ton Navy Yard for the new steel cruisers
was recently tested at Annapolis with
powder invented and manufactured by
prominent American powder maker
This gun, designed by the Naval
Ordnance Bureau and built of Ameri-
can steel, developed an initial velocity
OF over l,9OO feet a second. with a
pressure OF only twelve and half tons
per square men, which is better than
has been done by any other gun of its
size - Washington Post
An almanac three thousand wears
old, found in Egypt, is in the British
Museum. 1t is supposed to be the
oldest in the world. 1t was found on
the body of an Egyptian, who had
doubtless regarded 1t with as much
reverence as he I'D the Egyptian Bible
ne BOOK OF the Dead and, in
deed It, Is strongly religious in charac-
ter. Inc days are written IN red ink,
ana under each Is inquire, followed by
three characters sIgnrElng the probable
state OF the weather for that day. Like
the otiler Egyptian manuscripts it is
written on papyruS. 1t IS written in
columns.
If walking alone is adopted as the
means to counteract the effect of too
much sitting then care should be taken
that system enters into the walk. A
slow, desl:ltory sort of walk is of no
any beneficial resnlt The wolkino
shoUlu Dc prlok' WIN Jhe neau up ana