The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

seventy years of age.
The English sparrow has crossed
the continent and appears in full force
in California.
Sugar, glycerine and gum-arabic
are the articles used to produce the
glossy appearance of ink Chicago
Herald
"A bed of snowballs, with loose
mound of long-stemmed roses rising
from their midst, was pretty center
piece at Washington dinner.
The Stockton (Cal.) Nail says that
the craze there now is for big roses and
one has been grown in that town this
spring eighteen inches in diameter.
"A large Newfoundland dog in
Utica, n. Y, has cost his owner $500
in damages for biting people in the last
year. The man concluded to kill his
expensive pet.
Progressive jack-straws is slowly
but surely supplanting progressive
euchre among the elite. Progressive
Simon-says-thumbs-up will probably be
the next tireside vagary.-PecE's Sun.
Between New York and the Gulf
of Mexico there are only four natural
entrances to harbors where the depth
at mean low water is over sixteen feet,
while the largest ships draw from
twenty-six to twenty-eight-and-a-half
feet.
"A man at Walnut Creek, Cal,
stole some paste diamonds from two
burlesque actresses. Believing them
to be genuine, he stole horse to en-
able him to get away more quickly,
and was arrested on the latter charge
alone.
"A dweller on the banks of the Co.
'dorus, in Pennsylvania, ties short lines
with baited fish-hooks to the legs of his
geese and drives them into the water.
The fish bite and jerk the lines and
then the frightened geese hurry to
shore, dragging the fish after them. So
says the York Age.
"A stick of timber $50 feet long and
eighteen inches at the butt, and straight
as pen-holder, was shipped from
Olympia, w. T., recently. 1t was the
finest piece of timber ever shipped
down the sound, and was intended for
. flagstaff at Port Discovery.
"A grotesque drawing on an en-
velope sent by young Clarence Rigby,
of Youngstown, o., to a friend on a
New York newspaper, was seen by the
editor and led to an order for several
illustrations, and probably to a perma-
nent and lucrative place on the paper.
N. Y. Herald.
= Several wild horses have been capt
ured in Roop County, Cal, where they
have been roaming for years. Among
them was a magnificent stallion that
for eight years had defied the efforts of
the most skilful vaqueros. The horses
are the descendants of some fine stock
belonging to former owner of the
range.
The Oldest and smallest republic in
the world, San Marine, is inclosed on
all sides by Italian provinces. 1t is in
a flourishing condition, although it has
but one principal town and four or five
villages, with an aggregate population
of between 5000 and 5000. 1t is 1920
feet above the level of the sea.
old Mr. O'Hara, of Reno, knows
how sharper than a serpent's tooth it
it is to have thankless child. Two
months ago his SON induced the old
man, who is very infirm, to deed him
his property, and then he decamped,
leaving his father with only five dollars.
The father is now in the county hos
pital and the son is in Butte City COM
paratively well off.--DenUer Tribune.
There are now about 275 pottery
kilns in operation in this country, not
including the large number employed
by decorated pottery makers. The total
capital employed in the industry is
about $4,000, 900. two-thirds of which
is absorbed in plant The amount of
wages paid to the thousands of pottery
hands is placed at from S4,000,000 to
S5,000,000 per annum. Finally the an
nual value of the American pottery
product is over $4,000, 000.-TrOy
Times
There is man in Newton, Mass,
whose dog follows after the horseback
exercise of his master and has bad
habit of dashing at stray hens along
the highway and killing them. The
master has adopted kind and rational
method of punishment, and in every
case makes the dog take the dead hen
in his mouth and bear along his dis
grace in the face of all observers. 1t
almost as touching as the punishment
laid upon Coleridge's "Ancient Mari
ner," of which it is close COPY
Boston Journal.
AT little girls party in this city a
few days ago, when the dolls had be-
come triile tired, two of the young
people decided to entertain the rest
with charades. As none but the chill
dren themselves were present, the re-
ports of the entertainment are neces-
ssarily secondhand, but from all ac-
counts it appears that there was one
pre-eminent success. ''Of course, it's
easy enough to guess, but it was real
fun. First they talked about cat;
that was the first syllable then for the
second syllable they had sledge, and
the word, of course, was mew-sledge. :"
Hartford Courant.
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