The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

ON Holy Innocents' day in Ant
werp boys and girls are dressed up like
men and women, and are for that day
allowed to be the masters of the house.
Here in America many little folks are
masters all the year round
Peter Henniman, Norwich shoe.
maker, induced Joseph Hickey to 90 to
Germany with him to hunt up
mythical estate. Hickey paid the bills
and Henniman visited his relatives.
Hickey has returned home disguised.
Utica IN. ~ Herald.
The favorite recreation of the Gar
of Russia is said to consist in wrestling
with his brothers, two of whom can
well match him in Herculean strength.
His food is of the plainest. and his
amusements are insipid to degree.
An exchange recommends that
once a week four or five large raw on
ions should be chopped up and given
to the hens, independently of all other
food, as tonic and healthy stimulant
for the bowels.
DIR. C. C. Abbott, the naturalist,
recently found upon his farm in Tren-
ton, N. j., box tortoise, upon the
under shell of which was cut his grand
fathers name, j. Abbott, with the date
1921. The appearance of the tortoise
denoted great age, and there is no rea-
son to doubt the fact that the name
sasas really engraved upon it sixty years
ago.
The suffering and loss of cattle in
the Southwest this winter will tend to
revolutionize the cattle business, thinks
q Kansas rancher, who further says
that public sentiment is against large
herds, and, as the country is rapidly
settling up the herds must be made
smaller and receive better care.-Cbi-
cago Herald.
The ground attached to the palace
of the Mikado of Japan comprise
twenty-six acres. The gateways to
the enclosure are magnificent speci-
mems of architecture, the roof-timbers,
gables and caves decorated with gold
chrysanthemums and much carved and
gilded wood. One gate on each side is
set apart for the Mikado, and they are
never opened for any lesser parsonage.
TWAS during the crusades in the
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using coats of arms was tirstintroduced
into Europe. The knights cased up in
armor had no way to make themselves
known and distinguished in battle but
by the device on their shields; and these
were gradually adopted by their pos
terity and families, who were proud of
the pious and military enterprises of
their ancestors.
DAVID" said Mrs. Fogg, as they
sat alone, the other evening, what
would you do, do you think, if should
dep "Well, hardly know what l
should do, dear, replied Fogg; "but l
suppose, should have you buried, and
most likely should attend your funeral.
l believe that is the usual custom, isn't
it?" No wonder that Mrs. F. some
times confdentially remarks to her
mirror that it is enough to try the
patience of saint to live with that
man.-Boston Transcript.
"A wagon road and railroad track
run side by side for quarter of a mile
near Adairsville, Ga. and then the road
crosses the track. Walter Curtis horse
took fright at an express train there
the other day and ran away. The en-
gineer put on steam and tried to beat
the horse to the crossing, but the ami
NAL got there first, just in time to be
knocked sixty feet, by actual measure
ment, and instantly killed Curtis was
found thirty-fve feet from the point of
collision. A three-inch iron ring
which he had in his pocket was bent
almost double, but his gold watch was
going all right in his vest pocket,
while the chain was found in field
Louisville C0urter-J0urndl.