The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

Somebody has said of Volapuk thai
1t can be learned in five minutes. PRO-
fessor March replies: at may be sol
it can certainly be forgotten in five
seconds"
In five hundred wears from now,
said DR.. Pohlman in his recent address
at Buffalo on Changes in the Falls oil
Niagara" the work of retrocessiop
will have so far progressed as to obllt-
crate the present American Falls en-
tirely and convert Goat Island into a
peninsula.
There is an old porpoise that has
been in the harbor of st. Augustine,
Fla, years and years, The porpoise is
particularly tame and frolicsome. He
is called Old Ghoul, and is known by
having one fin gone. He often plays
around the fshermen's boats and his
presence always augurs a good catch.
All readers of Lothian" will re-
call the famous pearls that had to be
opened and aired to preserve their
pale luster, but few, observes the New
York Commercial advertiser, under
stand that almost the same care is
needed by the mock pearls now SC
plentifully sprinkled through the
handsomest bead garnitures. "Yet
such is the fact and it is well to know
also, that layer of the antiseptiC
cotton used for dressing wounds is the
best possible covering for them when
not in use.
My young friend" said old Mr..
Surplus to young Mr.. Giddiboy, "did
you not think that you were rash to
ask my daughter to marry you when
you are not able to support her?"
well" said the young man, craftily,
"perhaps | was. | admit my fault,
and throw myself on your generosity,
sir" That's right" declared the old
gentleman. "You shall not lose by it,
/ assure you. There, sir, is a nickel to
pay your car fare home. No thanks,
if you please. Good-day; Mr.. Giddi-
boy Chicago NelCS.
"A seedy-looking man came into the
Office of one of the largest soap manu-
facturers in Philadelphia the other day
and said: ''Mr. -, I'm a needy man
and would like twenty-five cents. "
"Well, now,n remarked the man ad-
dressed" | consider that cool. You
might have Jared better if you had
asked for a few pennies" With a look
of real Indignation and a voice almost
angry the applicant said: "Now, see
here, Mr.. -, you know your business
and l know mine, but if you think you
can give me any points on begging
just start out and try it." He got the
quarter.
Two stories, illustrating phases of
mind cure, or Christian science, or
whatever it may be called, come from
Boston. A lady called to see a friend
whose mother is firm believer in
Christian science. The mother came
to meet the caller, and remarked cheer
fully as she entered the room: "My
daughter has a belief in a boil and
can't come down" The second story
is told with evidence of sincerity: A
lady strong in the faith fell down a
long fight of marble stairs, and while
she was in the air bethought herself
and said: Here is chance to apply
my truth" She did so, landed gently,
and rose and walked unframed.
1t is pointed out by Darwin and
others that certain kinds of birds have
u remarkable appreciation of beauty,
and that in building their nests they
use materials possessing the most
beautiful colOrs, which they inter-
weave in such way as to give an ar
tistic and picturesque character to
their abodes. The bower birds of
Australia construct a large assembly
room shaped like bower, (hence
their name of bower birds) every
spring, where they assemble at pair
ing time, "when every male bird in
his best plumage attends and disports
himself in the way which to him
seems best calculated to win the OBJ
ject of his affections