The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A line OF steamers Is TO De put on
between San Diego, Cal, and Mexican
ports.
"A newspaper has been discovered
at Pekin, China, that was started in the
year Oil.
"A solitaire pearl set in dark blue
enamel ring is the most fashionable
engagement ring.
Charles Dudley Warner says Ply
mouth Rock is a good deal cracked
and patched up, as if it had been much
landed on.
The labor question is a game Of
ball. Men go out on strikes and wait
for judgment. - Electric Ltqht. In
some cases it would be better to make
home run.-GOrbam Mountaineer.
A young lady advertises in
French paper for employment in rail
way restaurant, her accomplishment
being that ''she can speak German and
make sixty sandwiches with half
pound of butter"
Mrs. John Wallace, of Knoxville,
Tenn, stepped to the gate to look for
her five-year-old boy, and at that mo-
ment a runaway horse dashed by. 1t is
thought that she supposed her boy had
been run over, for she fell to the ground
dead
The latest fad of the gay lasses at
Deep River, Conn, is to keep track OF
the tips" they receive. ''Tips," they
say, mean q lifting of the hat to them
by some gentleman friend. The one
hundredth clipper" is the one who will
surely marry them Hartford Post.
"A Los Angeles (Cal) bank presi-
dent is reported as saying that since
the LIST of last January newcomers into
that city have brought the enormous
sum of S., 100000 for investment in
and around the city. The city valua-
ton is SO, 900, 900 more than last year.
-'Mistah Johnsing, 1 t'ink yous
sufferin wild affeXion OBJ de heart.
Yo' heart-beats is terrible irreg'lar "
Oats all right, doctah; but, sab, yo'
has yo' ear right gin my watch, an it
hain't varied a mint in de las free
months, sab. Wild all respec' to yo',
| guess | go ter some older practition-
er, sab. "-Harper'S Bazar.
"A year ago last February John En-
tel. of Blocker, N. Y, started to 90 to
Silver Lake alone. He was never seen
again, and it was thought that he had
been frozen to death. The other day
party of Gloversville fishermen found,
not far from the lake, an India-rubber
boot containing the bones of q human
foot. The boot has been identified as
one worn by Ertel.-N. Y SIN.
Old gentleman Ito tramp)-"Now,
if | should give you a nickel, my friend.
would you spend that money as it ought
to be spent or would you squander it for
intoxicating drink" How
much did you sayP' Old gentleman
"a nickel" Tramp (sadly)-"Well,
l dunno. l wouldn't like to make any
rash promises. Inever yet have been
ablet stand prosperity.'-N Y. Times.
Little Molly was indulging in the
luxury of a copious crying spell, when
the spectacle of military procession
in the street damned the fountain of
her grief. A sparkle came into her
eyes, and her lips uttered EXPLANATIONS
of delight. But the relief was but mo-
mentary. No sooner had the process
sion vanished than she was heard re-
marking to herself: "What was |
crying about-what was l crying about?
0, now ! KNOW Goes on boo-hoo-
ing for half an hour. ]-Harper'S Bagar.
"A citizen of Detroit has had his
faith in human nature rudely shaken
One day when the rain was falling fast
he saw a young man and young
woman padding through the wet,
umbrellaless. He was near his own
door. So, with rare philanthropy, he
thrust his umbrella into the hand of
the astonished young man, saying:
Take this; you have lady with you.
You can bring it back tomorrow to
that house there" The young man
took the umbrella and the good citizen
of Detroit hasn't seen it since.-DetrCI
Tribune.
The young Emperor of China has
been recently engaged in the occupa-
ton of selecting three ladies as brides
from among the thirty-two assembled
at his palace. These are collected
from all over Manchuria from certain
noble Manchu families and have
travelled some OF them for hundreds of
miles to Pekin to undergo review. The
future Empress is first selected and
then two assistants called the Eastern
and Western Expresses, This is the
ancient custom of the empire since the
Manchus became its rulers.