The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-18

ing an agricultural paper He wrot )
to the editor asking how to get ridge,
guats. The answer came in the man
issue of the paper, kill them. NV.
IriJune.
-Cathe<:ne Pussey was struck by a
stone from a quarry blast at Ellington
and instantly killed. That shows the
error of the popular belief that a pussy
cat has nine lives.-Binghdnat0n Re
PubIican.
The hog-pen should be always lib
orally bedded with straw, not only
where the pigs sleep but the yard out
side, where they run. Unless this yard
is well bedded much of the liquid ma
nure will be lost.-Prajrie Farmer.
Newfoundland has a population of
1913, 900. In 1874, when the preceding
census was taken, it had population
of i61, 81 During the time the Cath
oics have increased in numbers sixteen
per cent. and the Protestants thirty-one
per cent.
"A bicvcler fell from his machine in
the early part of twenty-mile race in
New Haven few days ago, and broke
his wrist, but he didn't discover the eX-
tent of his injury until he had arrived
home. He finished the race. and came
in tirst.-NetO Hacen Register.
An Indiana lady has been dec
Grating a set of dinner plates in novel
manner. On each (of eighteen) she
has painted a bird of different species,
and on the border of the plate verse,
in old English text, of poetry, written
by one of the best authors about that
particular kind of bird Indianapolis
JOurRGi
in regard to the operation for di-
viding certain tibrous bands in the little
finger so as to give pianists more
freedom in the use of it, the British
HedjcaL JOurnnJ says that in the
fourteen cases of DIR. Forbes, of
Philadelph good functional results
have been obtained, but it suggests that
1.-The effort necessary to stretch any
fibrous band existing between the
fingers is itself useful, as tending to
stretch all the muscles attached to
Them
A good old deacon in Connecticut
was very pious and fond of clans.
When once upon time he attended a
Rhode Island clam bake he overtaXed
his capacity, and was sorely distressed.
But his faith in prayer was unabated.
Leaving the party, and going down
upon his knees behind a tree, he was
heard to supplicate: Forgive me, o
Lord, this great sin of gluttony. Re-
store my health, and | Will never eat
IL,
judiciOus pause, Very few, if any.
Amen. - Christian at Work.
Some time since, Newton Irvine,
living in a cabin near Blocksburg, Hum
bOldt County, Cal, received present
of Il quarter of veal from some unknown
party. His suspicious were aroused at
such an unwonted act of generosity,
and he fed a piece of the veal to a dog,
which died soon afterward with all the
symptoms of poison. He buried the
veal, and a day or two subsequently he
was shot near his cabin, the murderer
putting seven ritle-ba into his body.
The reason for the murder and indemnity
of the man who committed it are alike
mystery.-Sdn Francisco Chronicle.
"A New Yorker has patented a rail
road Indicator to be used to indicate
the time at which trains pass a station.
The indicator is composed of a clock
set in a case about eight feet above the
ground. The dial looks like an ordinary
clock; the hands are stationary except
when train passes on the track where
the indicator is attached, when the
hands suddenly move to the hour,
minute and second, giving the correct
time when the train passes. The hands
point at this time until another train
passes when they move ahead as be-
fore. The invention has bccc salts
factOrily tested.-N. ! IriJynt.
The Texas Congress once took ex-
ceptions to President Sam Houston's
habit of giving them his messages
orally, and insisted that he should write
them out; that the habit of delivering
them orally was highly dictatorial, and
lacking in respect for Congress Hous-
ton agreed to conform to their wishes,
and as the next day was the one set
apart for the delivery of his inaugural,
he made his appearance in the halls of
Congress with roll of paper in his
hand, tied with red tape, and marked
in large letters, ''Inaugural. He ad-
dressed them with the roll in his hand,
waving it gracefully that all might see
it, and on concluding handed it with a
bow to the clerk, and strobe out of the
chamber. On being opened it was
found to be roll of blank paper. -
Chicago Herald.