The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

one clam holding it securely by the foot
and another by the tail. PHILADELPHIA
Press.
-''Astronomy as whole has not
been advancing much during the last
ten years-at least in the way of dis
covery," says Richard Proctor. ''The
promise of the ten years before has not
been fulfilled, either in Europe or
America"
Trimmed with green's" is an OBJ
noxious expression to use in describing
the vines and shrubbery decorations OF
church weddings. 1t suggests a chan
Gel filled with spinach, dandelions,
water crosses and other vegetables.
Hartford Times
The body of a pet dog that had died
abroad was on a recent English steamer
that sailed into Boston. The owner,
an American woman, of course, could
not bear the thought of her beloved
canine being buried in a foreign land,
and accordingly brought the body
home for burial. Journal.
Was ever comforting thought ex-
pressed more delicately than by a
CHEEKY girl, who said to one who was
''Na C'SA biiC 1stlllliS ICttNt 81 uSt
think how much more room it gives
you to see the beautiful blue sky be-
You'd" True of other things besides
leaves Chicago Standard.
"A few days ago while a party OF
Italian railroad laborers were passing
through Winchester, Can, one of
them undertook to rob hen-roost.
The owner ordered him off the prem
Uses, but the Italian drew a dirk and adj
yanced. Whereupon the Canadian,
who was carrying a gun, shot the Ital-
ian dead.
"A San Francisco citizen has a
chicken that is backed like camel,
has two tails and three well-developed
legs. When the fowl is in repose it
rests on all three legs, after the man.
ner of a milking-stool, When it walks
it uses but two, the third, it is said.
sticking out behind like ships
spankerboom. San Francisco Call.
"A farmer, two horses and lumber
wagon tried to cross the Canada Pa.
citic railway, near Pontypool, ahead of
a fast train. The wagon was knocked
fifteen feet into the air, the horses were
unhurt, and the farmer was found
clinging for dear life to the cow
catcher
-"Will you have another piece of
steak, Charlie?" said his aunt, some
what deaf. II have had sufficient, :"
replied Young America. Been
.a-fishin'P" Il have had a-plenty."
Caught twenty?' ''You are an old
fool. " Broke your pole?" The lad
left the table in pair!-Boston Jour-
anal.
AT Yaquina Bay, Ore, the fishing
is done by Indians from canoes. They
fish in about one hundred and twenty
five feet Of water mile and a half or
so from the shore. They use no bait
but have the shank of their hooks COW
cred with block tin, the glitter of which
attracts the fish, and the hook does not
reach the bottom until it is seized by a
fish. There are two Indians to each
ecanoe.-Sdn Francisco Chronicle.
A small Now England negro named
johnson ran away several years ago,
slept in the woods, and froze both feet
so that one had to be amputated and
the other was mutilated Some chart
table women of Pittsfield, Mass, col
lected a sum of money and put it in a
savings bank, subject to his order when
he came of age. johnson, who now
lives in Danbury, drew the money a
few days ago. 1t amounted to S1,700.-
Boston B2tdqet.
"A few days since a gentleman in a
:smoking-car on the Central Hudson
road took from his sachel an evening
suit while searching for magazine.
A verdant-looking individualin the seat
behind him, upon seeing the "claw-
hammer, remarked: Wal naow.
declare, if there amt one o. them old
fashioned coats that they used to wear
nigh onto forty years ago, and it looks
just like new stuff. tew. - Rochester
Democrat
Jeremiah Long, of Fairfax Court
House, Va, wrote recently to j. L.
HILL of Alexandria, calling his atten-
tion to the fact that in 1861 while Con
federate troops were at Fairfax Court
House, he Oong) mended two can
teens and a candlestick for him (EIilD.
The bill, sixty cents, had never been
paid, hence Mr.. Longs letter. He said
that though interest was due on the
amount he would be satisfied with the
sixty cents. Mr.. Hill sent Mr.. Long
the sixty cents.--N. Y. SIN.
Paper is about to revolutionize an
other branch of industry, which is nc
less one than the making of gentle.
mems headgear. By new process OF
manipulation, hats more serviceable
and finer than any thing now on the
market are made of wood pulp, They
are impervious to water and not want
ing in fleXibility. 1t is believed that
felt hats will have to take a back seat
soon as these new hats can be placed in
the marketin sufficient numbers to sup.
ply the demand.-BoSton Bulletin.
AT the battle of Shiloh one of the
fellows desiring to withdraw, gathered
up wounded man, slung him over his
shoulder and started back. On his way
back cannon shot came along and
took off his BURDENS head Pretty
soon he met a surgeon, who asked
where he was going with the man.
Back to the hospital to get his wound
dressed" whats the use of taking
him back?' He's got no head on himl'
The fellow glanced over his shoulder
and exclaimed: ''The liar! He told