The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

-She-" Shall sing to you. George?''
He-''Yes! Sing one of Mendelssohn'
songs without words ~ LoweY Citizen.
Measurements have shown the
thickness of the human hair 20 vary
from the 260th to the 600th part of an
inch. Blonde hair is the finest and red
hair the coarsest.
AN evening contemporary in this
city speaks of ''to-night at six p. m. "
This ought to convince any one that it
does not mean this morning at six D.
m.-NeaD HdUep Ne,OS.
AT a recent meeting of the Royal
Microscopic Society, London, Professor
Bell, at the request of the president,
gave an account of what he regarded
as the most extraordinary biological
fact brought to light during the last
TWENTY-FIVE years-the existence of q
third eye at the top of the head of GER
<ain lizards.
-Thesix hundred ornadoesrecorded
show that thoir whirl is almost invaria-
bly, in the same drection-opposite the
hands of q watch and their onward
movement with us is nearly always
northeastward. Their favorite time of
day is known, and a tabulated list of one
hundred and siXty-two shows. nearly
two thirds between two and six D. M.
-Scjence HOBtbjy.
In a book entitled Ten Dollars
Enough Catherine Owens undertakes
to show that family may live well
and yet limit tsc expenditures to ten
dollars u week This may be true in
China or Japan, but not in the County
of Cook, State Of Illinois. BY the time
that Catherine had purchased porter
house steak or two at one of the ave-
nue. markets she would imagine that
her ton dollar bill had been struck by
the front end of Minnesota cyclone.
Chicago Herald.
About the most cruel thing that
has been reported from Connecticut
tately was the conduct of three citi-
zens of Norwich, who were on Mantle
Bay recently in search of ducks. a
gale was blow NO, and bevy of quail,
which had evidently been blown of
shore, alighted on the duck shooters
boat, too weary to fly any farther.
The shooters deliberately shot ten of
che tired little fellows, and the few that
escaped went YEARLY winging their
way out over the bay, and doubtless
were drowned. N y. Herald.
A New York druggist entered a
restaurant and ordered a beefsteak.
The meat was so tough, however, that
he asked the waiter to give him ten
der steak. The waiter gave him no
satisfaction and, after waiting for some
time, O. Brien drew from his pocket a
bright revolver, eighteen inches long,
and, flourishing it, demanded that re
be given an eatable steak Persons
experienced n restaurant cdbles, who
viii naturally sympathize with him,
will be surprised to know that he was
arrested for thus endeayoring to en-
force his rights.-M Y, Telegram.
"A newly married couple from the
interior of Nevada, who had evidently
never before ventured upon a railroad
train, took the cars to go upon their
wedding trip. When the conductor
came around to collect the tickets the
bridegroom was so frustrated by the
novelty of the situation that he handed
out his marriage certificate. The con-
ductor looked at it approvingly and
handed it back with the remark that it
was a highly useful document in it its
place, and one he had often contem-
plated securing for himself, but that its
possession did not entitle the holder to
- free passage over that railroad. Den
ser Tribune.