The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

1t is said that not one tenth tne
quantity Of snuff is bought and sold IN
New York that there was fifteen years
ago. The chewing habit is also dying
out, ,but more slowly.
"A legal Mormon holiday is the an
niversary of the arrival at Salt Lake,
July "a, 1847, of the first company oil
pioneer Saints. At the last celebration
but nine people were reported survlV-
ing.
Wong Chez, aSan Francisco China
man, purchased a drawing-room tlcket
to Chicago recently. He is the first one
of his nationality who ever committed
such an extravaganza. The privilege
of riding in drawing-room car from
San Francisco to Chicago cost him 500
extra. His countrymen in California
consider him daft.
"A gentleman OF Americas, who, by
the way, has fad or two, waswalklng
down town the other day with witty
lady, the intimate friend and guest OF
his wife, when he began to revile face
tiously the gait and carriage of her
sex. Even you," said he, ''walk
with very mechanical step" Eyes,
she instantly replied, 81 am going
with crank. "-AtIa11ta Constitution.
There is a somewhat lengthy Ger
man word, consisting of thirty-seven
syllables, 100 letters. Its translation
is: "a stock company of bagpipe man
ufacturers in Constantinople paying 59
per cent. dividends" This is the
word: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
einhalbp Observation-Disclosures
ellenherberbergsactienversicherrungs
gesellschaft.
"A drum owned by Horace Thomas,
of Visalia, Cal, was carried by his
father in the battle of New Orleans,
and afterward sounded its notes of
alarm at the battles of Tippecanoe and
Rising River. 1t was made from a
sycamore log, the heart of which had
been followed out, and both heads are
gone, but it is highly prized as relic
There is in the United States a dog
for every three inhabitants, The cost
of keeping twenty million dogs is at
least 5000, 100000 per annum. The
food given to an average dog every year
if fed to chickens would yield a return
of more than $40. Heightened dogs are
very expensive, their food costing a
good deal more than that of some people.
Ingenious Defense Magistrate
prisoner, this is the seventh time you
have appeared before me-" Prisoner
II know it, your honor. Your honor
always was a favorite of mine; you are
so just" Magistrate (mollifed) -
"Well, I'll let you off this time, but
don't come before me again Pris-
oner-"That' a hard sentence, your
honor, but I'll try to bear it without
complaint"
The Indians have not the sound OF
2. All their SIS are sibillant. The
French missionaries and writer's were
always strictly phonetic in their tran.
scription of Indian words. Note the
mistake in the word Missouri, the
name of large State, of great river
and of famous i5efff tribe llMa-s
and invariably Americans pronounce il
Mizzouri, and the natives of the State
do kewise.-Montredl Gazette.
"A Georgia farmer, had a queer
dream, and a negro not only inter-
preted it to mean that there were $75,-
900 buried on his ground, but located
the treasury by means Of divining
rod, and predicted many circumstan-
ces that would attend the digging.
The excavating party were rapidly
nearing China at last accounts and
everything came out amazingly like
what had been predicted, except the
golden treasure.
The pigs when two months old
should be fed barley and oatmeal morn
ing and evening, and at noon skim
milk. The barley and oatmeal may be
given separately, if desired, at alter
nate feeds, or mixed. In this way the
pigs will soon grow into porkers.
Eight porkers will consume about a
sack of meal per week. With such
feeding and run on clover pigs de-
velop very rapidly, and are always
very healthy, and when old enough
will fatten very rapidly.