The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-04
MISCELLANEOUS,

MI. hOlcomD, lately secretary OF
the American Legation at Pekin. says
that out of the 400, 100000 inhabitants
of the Chinese Empire fully 800, 900, 600
spend less than one dollar and fifty
cents a month for food.
"A contest over seat in the Mary
land Legislature is going on between
two men who bear the striking names
respectively of Scaggs and Sasscer.
Scaggs is said to be man of command
ing ability. He recently remarked,
with a pungency worthy of his high
reputation for intellectual brilliancy:
al won't stand any of your Sasscer."
"A peculating student at Cornell
University, ithaca, N. Y. was electri-
fed the other day when he went to OBJ
tain $40 note, part of which was pro-
truding from the pocket Of vest hang
ing in an unoccupied room. A pro-
fessor had connected the vest by an
electric wire to signal bell The vic
tim made clean breast OF his depreda-
lions.
-Bunko man (tostranger)-"Aron't
You Mr. Smith, of Smithville?"
Stranger-''No sir. My name is Pres
sure of Philadelphia. l am forming q
stock company to raise funds to deyel-
OPP the new and wonderful phenomenon
which has been unfolded to my friend.
Mr.. keel" But by this time the
bunko man was blocks away.-M Y
San.
The old Connecticut pilgrim known
as "the darned man. is dead. In young
manhood his mind was unhinged by
the sudden death Of his aflianced bride,
and for the rest of his long life he
tramped through the State, always
wearing his wedding suit. The great
desire of his life was to preserve that
suit. And the only articles he ever
solicited were needles aud thread or
yarn to mend it,
"A Pittsburgh coroner's jury re-
Gently returned the verdict death
from delrium tremens resulting from
accidental causes At another in
quest, after hearing the doctor say
that the subject, who killed himself
with prussia acid. 'only accelerated
his death. which must have come from
consumption in q very few weeks" the
jury arrived at this unique verdict:
death from consumption, accelerated
by prussic acid"
Foreign letters often como ad-
dressed in queer fashion. A newspaper
nnf f,NP ,,.ic 10 ho do of
OF gentleman at New York. The
death notice gave the customary ad-
dress for the funeral. adding, "Inter-
ment at Greenwood" To the Devil
derment of tho postman and the con-
sternation of the family, letters of con-
dolence were received addressed to
sMrs. Matilda Blank, So-and-so street.
snterment at Greenwood" The melan-
cboly addendum had been taken for a
sort of suburban annex, such as Yon-
kers-on-HGdson.
The president of one of the leading
railroad corporations of the Northwest
mas made the following prediction: at
will not be long until points in Dakota
within five hundred miles of Duluth
will be sending wheat from their stations
to Buffalo for fifteen cents bushel. ="
This means that when raised on Da-
kota's soil at cost of from twenty
three to thirty cents bushel, with an
investment of $500 per acre, will bring
in the local market. when freights to
the seaboard are lowered to this extent,
almost the same price that the Eastern
farmer receives, raised at double the
cost of production and on land repre-
senting eight times the capital invested
A Boston correspondent writes that
the new rough-back playing cards, now
becoming somewhat popular, were in
vented by well-known club man, Mr.
Endicott He had been playing cards
at club, and after going home and to
bed dreamed that he was playing poker
and made a misdeal. One of his COM
panions who had an excellent hand re-
preached him for making him lose the
benefit of it. Very WE'LL" Endicott
said in his dream; ''if you had had
rough-back cards it wouldn' t. have hap
pened. 1t isn't my fault" When he
awoke in the morning he remembered
his dream, and the idea through backed
cards seemed to him good one. He
reflected, experimental, perfected his
improvement, patented it in three or
four countries, and is now likely to
make fortune out of his dream.
A Man in search of q House Apologies to