The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-09-25
MISCELLANEOUS.


without irrigation.
An ordinance forbiddine BOYS I'M
der eighteen years of age to smoke
cigarettes on the streets was recently
passed by the city council of Los An
geles, Cal.
The late Sir John Anderson in
vented for the British Government
machinery which reduced the cost of
making bullets from S1.25 to II cents
per 1000. and of bayonets from $1.S7
to 62 cents each, but never made any,
thing out of it beyond his salary of
$4,000 year.
Some days ago the wife of Eli
Taylor, colored, was riding through the
woods near East River, near Appalach-
icola, Fla. when she saw a young bear.
She procured long pole, and getting
near his bearship, belabored him so
.soundly that he was soon dispatched
He weighed about eighty pounds.-N
y Sun.
"A little boy playing in an old log
house at RichwOods, Mo-, lost marble
through the floor and crawled under
the house to get it. He found there a
tin pail full of gold and silver coin.
The amount proved to be $1,000. 1t
was the property of an old gentleman
of the place, who had hidden it there
in 1864 and afterward, not finding it
readily, thought it had been stolen.
1t is easy enough to have water
melons of any flavor you choose. All
you have to do is to have a watermelon
patch and before the melon ripehs,
cut slit in the stem and pour in a drop
or two of your favorite flavor every
morning. This receipt is given by a
Georgia man who has tried it and is
now luXurating in lemon. vanilla,
pineapple and strawberry melons.
"A Brooklyn policeman has been
presented with new club, which he
does not dare to carry. 1t was meant
for use among the gangs. As he
twirled it at the end of the leather
thong it was a neat looking stick, not
easily distinguished from the ordinary
club, but if tough took hold of it to
wrest it away, four short, sharp, two
edged knife blades could be thrown out
on four sides of the club.
"A man named Goring, who lived
at Kingston, N. j., was working in Il
'cornfield when he scratched his arm
against a cornstalk. He paid no atten-
ton to his wound until his arm began
to swell, and then he called in q ply
stefan, who, however, could do nothing
to alleviate Goring's sufferings. The
man, who was large, strong and in
good health before, died in horrible
agony.
All White, a Chinaman, of Van
-couver, B. c., was considerably sur
prised, recently, when, after going
around to several legal gentlemen, he
was told that he could not secure war
rant for the arrest of another China
man named Jongs Lee, who had agreed
to sell him a Chinese female and had,
after receiving part payment of the
money, refused to carry out his con-
tract.
"A weak-minded youth of North
cumberland, Can, was recently told
that his grave was in cemetery near
the town. He visited the place and,
seeing stone bearing the name of
Erred" he concluded that that meant
him, and began opening the grave to
extricate his body. A policeman dis
covered him in the act and took him 20
jail, where he was kept until the proper
authorities sent him to an asylum.
The sheriff at New Castle, Pa, re-
Gently left the door of the jail open and
a prisoner escaped. He then offered
one of the remaining prisoners five
dollars if he would capture the fugitive.
The criminal gave chase, but failed to
capture the man, and. strange to re-
late, returned to his prison quarters.
He could easily have escaped, but he
chose to serve out the remainder of his
term, only eight days, rather than
undergo the fatigue of an exciting
flight.
The Sdnitdridae relates case in
which a rat had died under the floor of
a large drawing-room and was giving
great offence to the owner of the house,
who had had the carpets and furniture
removed preparatory to taking up the
floor. An ingenious friend drops in,
suggests that the doors and windows
be shut, steps out to the stable and
traps couple of blue-bottle flies, and
returning, sets them free in the apart
ment. The flies, after little unde-
termined buzzing, settle pertinaciously
on certain crack in the floor, and on
the removal of one plank at this point
the cause of offence was readily re-
moved.
The frost bell is doubtless the means
of saving many tons of grapes in the
northern portions of California, where
the frost sometimes does so much dam
age. 1t consists of wire running from
different parts of the vineyard to the
house. On the vineyard end of the
wire is an apparatus that rings bell
at the house when the thermometer de-
scends to certain degree. When the
bell is let of the occupants of the house
know that their vines are in danger
and Immediately repair to the vineyard
and light fires in different quarters,
and thus prevent, through the agency
of this ingenious electrical device, the
loss of tons of fruit.