The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-01-21
mSCELLANE OUS.

--bent whaleb0neS can be restored
and used again by simply soaking in
water a few hours. then drying them.
The force of habit is always strong.
A Baltimore young man who was call
ing on street car conductors daugh-
ter says that the father wandered in at
a rather late hour; and, opening the
door. mechanically exclaimed: "Sit
close, please. "-BaltimOrc american.
"A little hunchback was seized by a
detective in Berlin and relieved of a
package which he was carrying under
his cloak in front of the czar's carriage
during the cars visit to Berlin. The
package was opened by superior, and
was found to contain samples of soap.
The hunchback was let go.
Washington Sundav-school- Teach
er (to little girD-"N Now, Angelina.
can you tell me what it means to return
good for evilP" Angelina Brooks
''Wcll. miss, Idon't exactly know dc
words. but tink it mean eff any one
sasscS yer. doan't yer jaw back. -
Harpcr'S BGzar.
"A company of eaters were cracking
jokes the other day when one Of them
startled the rest by asking: "Did You
ever see bun dance on the tablet"
After struggling awhile they said they
hoped they always would be able to see
such u thiug-especially when hungry.
st. AIb9rS (N,) Messenger
AT the reception. Vawze
(from BaWsGne)-"Which do you like
the better, Mr.. Miller, winter or spring."
MIR. Miller (from Minneapolis We'll,
good hard No. l spring grinds pretty
well, and there's the most money in it;
but after all. give me the regular old
fashioned winter wheat that ain t
growed any. and I'll guarantee you the
best flour every timen'-Pack.
An exchange says that q folded
newspaper placed under the coat in the
small of tho back is nm excellent substi-
tute for an overcoat. There is consid-
cradle warmth in newspaper. that S
fact. Many man has become heated
by simply reading an article in news
paper; and at such times he wants to
make it hot for The editor, too. Nor
viSto,CH Herald
Among the fowls of the air. are
three. the eagle, swan and raven. which
live to the ago Of 100 years or more,
The paroquot and heron attain the
goodly age of sixty years. The spar
row-hawk. duck and pelican may live
to be forty, while the peacock and lin
net reach the quarter century, and the
canary twenty-iour years. - Boston
Budget.
Any device that will make the cars
comfortable and do away with the
chances Of fire in case of accident will
satisfy the public; the railways have
only to consider the question of eff
cheney and economy. 1t is even credible
that temperature below the sitting
height usually reached by the stoves
would be grateful to great many tray
elers. - Boston Post.
In 1887 2.067, PSI acres of land in
Dakota were newly filed on; 1856, 672
acres were acquired by final proof and
cash entry, ard 1887 acres were pur-
chased by land scrip. There was large
immigration into the Devils Lake dis
trict. The area of unsurveyed land
taken up, but not filed on, during the
year, is estimated to be about 200, 900
acres.
The ship Macaulay. launched
thirty-two wears ago in Baltimore, has
been sold to Boston parties as a coal
hulk. She cost in 1855 $4,000, and
although sound vessel still, was sold
for mere song. The Macaulay once
made the run from Liverpool to Mel
bourne, Australia, in seventy-cight days,
and once from Southwest Pass, az the
mouth of the Mississippi, to Liverpool
in twenty-four days. She was among
the last of the famous Baltimore clippers.
"A restaurant proprietor of Mont
martro, in France, recently opened n
curious cafe. The interior is in the
form of an immense tub, the illusion of
which is carried out by the circular
shape of the doors and windows. The
signboard is inscribed with the word
"Diogenes," whom the untutored folk
of Monbmartre imagine to be some
fellow countryman of theirs who had
distinguished himself as cooper.
Two Konebunk, (Me), farmers
have csme TO grief recently from too
close following of book and too little
exercise of common sense. One had
read it was best to dchorn calf and
the other that the best and most sue
cessful way to fat hog was to cut off
its tail. Both followed directions, but
neglected to care for the animals after
ward and the result was that both calf
and hog became sick and died at the
next cold spell of weather. Chicago
HerGIL
Indications now point to the exist
cnce of y submarine volcanic crater
between the Canary Islands and the
coast of Portugal. From a cablc-lay-
ing steamer in 80 deg. % min north, 9
deg. 81 min. west, the water was tound
to measure 1900 fathoms under tn
bow and 800 under the stern, showing
the ship to be over the edge of dec
depression in tho ocean bottom. Tho
well-known inequalities in the bed Of