The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22
MISCELCANE OUS,

-fOVerby Is ike love a1alr-A
good joke after it is ver.-Merchant
ZrGveJer.
1t is matter Of economy as well
MS mercy to properly mate horses that
have to work side by side.
According to a Chicago wagon
maker, white oak requires eighty years
to mature; shellbark hickory, from
thirty to fifty years; white ash, fifty
years; tulip trees, sixty or more years,
and red or Norway pine, at least sixty
years.
"A Kalamazoo girl was engaged in
public gum chewing contest at Mime
apolis, and after an exhibition of rapid
chewing her Jaws ''set." She become
almost frantic and rushed off to a
physician, who discovered that some of
the muscles of her jaws were paralyzed.
In u short time the trouble passed
away, but she declares she has no
further use for gum.
"A regulation has been adopted in
the Michigan State prison by which
hereafter convicts may earn the right
to wear plain gray suits instead Of the
prison stripes. Men who obey the
prison rules for six months may discard
the stripes; but if after that period they
become unruly again they must once
more don the Objectionable clothing.
The law does not apply. Il just
think the authorities ought to send
that Persian Minister back, so do"
remarked Mrs. Snaggs. whats the
matter now?" asked her husband.
''Why, not long ago they fined a London
minister $1,000 for coming to this coun-
try, and here they let Persian Minis
ter come in without saying word. 1
expect he's not orthodox, either."-
Pt5ts}urgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Tom Ga borrower) II say, Dick,
I've made bet with Harry and you
are the only one who can keep it.
Once upon time, you know, Douglas
.Jerrold was asked by an acquaintance
if he had the courage to lend him
guinea, and Jerrold replied that he
had the courage but he hadn't the
guinea. Nov, have always believed
that you would give me a different an
,swer if l should ask you the same
question, wouldn't you?' Dick-"Yes,
would" Tom-"So, I've won the
bet. Can you accommodate me with
the loan of five?n Dick-"Mv dear
boy, I've got the money, but haven't
the courage. o yes, Jerrold and l
differ. ~ Yankee Blade.
The Western papers speak of a man
taking his private Car and skipping for
q journey of two or three hundred
miles, as though it were matter of
every day occurrence. Such, indeed,
is the fact. Private cars in Chicago
are almost as common as yachts in New
York. Every man, from the attorney
of a railroad down through the bound
less ramifcatiOns Of its management
until the clerks are reached, controls
the movements of a private car to q
greater or less degree. A Chicago
railroad attorney will step into his own
car and take u run down to Milwaukee
In the most matter-of-fact manner in
the world. 1t never occurs to him that
he is doing an unusual thing, and yet
to New Yorker the performance seems
based upon wealth in uurivalled mag
nitude.
,-Misapplied Mythology. -''My dear,
Ihave been reading up within the past
week, and think l have name for
our baby" said Mrs. Greening, as her
liege lord emerged from his bath this
morning. you have, Ell? What is
it?" II read that Phoebus, the god Of
day, comes up bright and beautiful in
the morning; that he lights the world;
that without him -" Now, look
here, madam; let's have no foolishness
here. You cant call that child by any
such name! Did Phoebus of history
yell from II p. m. to a. m. and inter-
mittently from to Z? myself am do
ing the god-of-day business in the mat
ter of getting up, and I'm not dividing
honors. If you want a NEUROLOGICAL
prenomen for that destroyer of rest, l
have it, "What is it?,' asked Mrs.
Grooming, with considerable asperity.
"Aurora!' brutally yelled Elisha. Then
no left the house. -Detr0U Journal.