The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-18
MISCELLANE

Cracker Puddings: One quart milk,
three spoonfuls sugar, two eggs, four
crackers, salt, nutmeg, bake.-loLedo
Btade.
"A man who is mean enough to beat
printer is mean enough to tickle his
nose with feather to save the ex-
pense of buying snuff. - DauSUiLle
Breeze.
"A meeting was held recently in
Glasgow, Scotland, at which it was re-
solved to erect a monument to Burns
''Highland Mary on Castle Hill, at
Dunoon.
"A single sheet of paper Y inches
wide and Il miles long was made with
out break in paper-mill at Water
town, N. Y, a few days ago. The
sheet weighed 2,207 pounds. -BufaJo
EGpresS.
"A deposit of pure asphaltum, from
fifteen to twenty feet thick, has been
discovered near Thistle Station. in
Utah. 1t is worth forty dollars ton,
and the expense of mining is only forty
cents. Chicago Tribune.
The libel law of Texas is more
stringent than any of the other States
of the Union. A newspaper can be
sued in every county where it circu-
lates, forcing it to keep a staff of at
torneys distributed over the State.
The prize of a gold-headed cane
for the winner of fat mems race in
Pittsburgh was carried off by butcher,
who tips the beam at350 pounds. None
was permitted to start in the race
carrying less than POS pounds. Pitts
durgh Post
A physician of this city says that
great deal of what passes for heart dis
ease is only mild dyspepsia; that
nervousness commonly is bad temper,
and that two-thirds of the so-called
malaria is nothing but laziness. -Phjla-
delphiG Record.
"A remarkable illustration of the
enduring quality of human hair may
now be seen in the British Museum,
where has been placed wig lately
found in a temple at Thebes, which is
supposed to have been worn by an
Egyptian priest at a period not less
than three thousand four hundred years
ago.
"A lady at Newark sued her dress
maker for using sixty-eight yards of
silk in a dress, or for claiming to. 1t
was measured up before the Jury and
found to contain thirty one yards, but
the jury came to the conclusion that
any woman who would buy that much
silk for a dress deserved to have the
rats carry off half of it.-N. Y T'eic-
gram.
"A Washington dentist says that q
man who is brave in battle is apt to be
coward in dentists chair This
shows the effects of pride. A man on
battlefield has a larger number of
witnesses about him, while in dem
lists chair he is practically alone. 1t
is not hard to be brave when the ewes
of the world are on you, but in solitude
most men are towards. - Washington
Critic
Mr. Homespun was reading thrill
ing story of an accident, winding up
with the expression, "but before they
could reach him the vital spark had
fled. " "A very pretty story" said
Mrs. H., but what do you suppose
became of the fellow after he ran
away?" Mr.. H.-"Fellow ran away!
What fellow? What are you talking
about?" Mrs. H.-''Why, that lively
fellow, the vital spark, as the paper
calls him. ~ Boston Transcript
Washington society is said to be
laughing over remark of prominent
lady occupying one Of the most spa
cious mansions at the capital. Not
long ago this lady was holding one of
her regular afternoon receptions, when
one of the company casually remarked
that she had tried about every thing,
but her residence continued to be over
run with rats. The hostess replied:
THAT is unfortunate. but my house is
so small that am troubled only with
mice. IN. y Mail.
General Beaver, Governor. elect of
Pennsylvania, during his recent cam
paign was asked by colored editor to
subscribe for the Pittsburgh Broadare.
The price is 81 year. General Beav-
or handed the editor $40. expecting
$40 in change. He was presented with
the following: Received of General
Beaver. for twenty years subscription,
$40" III you are dead the paper'll
still 90 on" said the colored man to
the astonished General. - Phitadelphia
CAL.
M. Coliadon, in paper to the
Academic DIES Sciences. suggests that
the electricity SO wildly illustrated by
thunderstorms is generated principally
by friction of air and water vapor.
During a thunderstorm the rain-drops
formed in the storm-cloud descend
vertically to the earth, causing par
tial vacuum, which is replaced by air
drawn in laterally and from upper
layers. The friction caused by this
movement is the principal cause of the
generation of electricity. Electrician.
The force exerted by growing
plants is very great. Fungi are COM
posed of soft tissues, yet a growing
mushroom has been known to lift
large stone. The rootlet of pines and
cedsrs growing on the sides of rocky
deciivities penetrate narrow crevices
in fhe rocks, and finally by their
growth loosen huge masses and send
them tumbling down the cliff. Years
ago President Clarke, of the Massachu-
sets Agricultural College, put pump
KIN into harness and demonstrated
that it was capable of lifting thousands
OF pounds Chicago Herald.
The New York MniL nud Er,,reSS