The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

In answer to the question, "What
makes Florida girl popular7' we
would state that her fathers orange
grove probably has as much to do with
1t as anything else.- Ocala (Fza.) Ban
ner.
1t is announced that an English in
ventor has lately devised a method of
coating tin with material resembling
glass, which removes all danger of
poison in canned goods, and the adop-
ton of his process is likely sool
come general. ~
The marriage of girl te '"H
and eight months old to mano NJ
years is reported by good ar era
from Suwanee county. The. bu
father is minister, and the cei to
was performed by his consent.-MG a,
son (Fla.) Recorder. Nv,
If you are sick OF think YOU alI
don't send for the doctor unless ydoo
mean to follow his directions. You WIS
only worry yourself i'll by knowilhl
what ne thinks of you, while you Nv
nothing to better yourself. -PhtladSts
pltjG Bulletin. ILL
"A lake, comprising 125 acres, neI /,
the village OF Riverhead, Long Island"
has been drained, and the bottonOt
which is found to be sandy, is beinw
leyeled and stumps pulled up and holel
nlled Tor the purpose of establishing all
immense cultivated cranberry marsh. Il
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The commission apP0intedYby tit
l sch ff sri do 70 4 ho
| great Andalusian earthquake las
| Christmas report that over II, 900 build
ings were injured in Granada anC
| Malaga, of which 4,400 were ruined
745 persons were killed, and 1,4Si
wounded
"A horse was sent up from the farm
to be shod. Having a number o.
ready-made shoes on hand, the job, il
the absence of the boss, was given tt
an apprentice, After an interval thu
following note came to the superin
tendent: This horse don't fit none o.
our shoes. " Carlisle (Pa) Indian
School Morning Star.
One of the largest manufacturers
of gloves in England recently issued {
circular to the fashionable dealers il
London, pointing out that the habit O
attempting to wear gloves too small
has grown to such an extent that i
has seriously affected the reputation o
the factory, and urging the dealers t.
exercise their influence against thi
expensive manifestation of vanity.
Though the great West doesn'
| suspect il, at the Eastern centers O
civilization the dude has been replaced
by the Gussie, he supplanted by thu
Jimmie and the latter's successor ii
the gou-gou, who is the reigning favor
lite. The name gou-gou is an exac
reproduction of the first sound made
by an infant We don't know whether
it was intentional. -Bufal0 EGpreSs.
Frank Brewer, a favorite negro
minstrel of olden times, walked into
the barroom of the Metropolitan one
morning, dusty and unkempt from {
long journey, and asked for glass O.
brandy. The barkeeper handed ou
the brandy, and then, suspicious O.
Franks appearance, said: ''Just pay
for that before you drink it, will your
Frank, who was as well known in New
oTk rs any mar,
up, astonished, and stammered
''W-w-what?" F'Just pay for tina
brandy before you drink it, repeate'
the bartender "W-w-why," SAT-
Frank, leaning confidently across tn
counter, sis it so im-m-memdiatel
f-f-fatal in its effectp"-N Y Citizen
There ought to be stringent stat
ute making it a felony to arrange
prize fight in any State, to enter int
negotiations for arrangement of priz
fight or to engage in such prize fight il
any manner, either as principal, second
assistant, stakeholder, trainer or ref
cree, The statute should also forbi
persons to leave the State to carry Of
such prize-fght or to assist in it in an
capacity, and it should empower an,
direct the officers to make arrests whel
persons are about to depart on sucl
errands. These regulations, made SUI
ticiently comprehensive and explicit
if they did not stop this disgracefu
brutality, at least would compel it t.
keep under cover. 1t is now open AM
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