The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-01-19
MISCELLANEOUS.


-Lawyer-"I have my opinion OF
you Citizen-"Well, you can ke.er
it. The last opinion l got from you
cost me $3.50. - Yonkers Statesman.
THAT boy of ours is getting to be a
terrible story-teller." said Mr. Cheri.
try. YES" said his wife. "hc tells
Tbs on the slightest prevarication. -
Puck.
"A sewing. machine agent who was
very ill, being told that he must pay
the debt of nature. wanted to know il
he couldn't do it on the installnent
plan.
Some of the most expert poultry
men occasionally feed their fowls tur-
nips in winter. They are not peeled,
but cut into quarters and thrown into
She yard.
AT Owenton. KY, when ver-
dict of not guilty was declared in a
homicide trial the audience applauded.
The judge ordered the doors closed,
and imposed fine of $3.50 on each
person who applauded.
Special Agent Jingle, of San
Francisco. discovered two Chinese
women on board train going from Vic
toria to Tacoma. They were dressed in
American fashion, and were heavily
yelled. They were arrested. as was
also an accompanying Chinaman. 1t
was evidently a shrewd case of SNUG
CLING.
Telegraph operators, 1t seems, are
developing disease of their own. One
or two cases recently occurred abroad,
in which the finger nails dropped off,
one after another. The affection is
supposed to be due to the constant
hammering and pushing with the finger
ends required by the working Of the
telegraph instrument.
An eastern mechanic attributes
some OF tho mysterious fires which are
OF frequent occurrence to ''bliSters" in
the window panes. Ii these blisters
are convex enough to form lens and
combustiblcs are stored within its focal
distance fire would be very likely to
result.
The Cincinnati EnQuirer is re-
sponsible for the following: Pink
nails, Incidence. Red nails, war
like nature. Narrow nails incline &c
mischief. Filbort nails are associated
with deceit. Small. round nails do
note obstinacy. Crooked nails indicate
g fierco nature. Nails abnormally pale,
or with black speclss on them, denote
sickness. Broad nails are considered
20 be indicative Of bashful and gentle
natures. Long nails appertain to those
of a tomporizing disposition. These
are tho nails of persons who hate
scenes.
The wonderful manner in which
nature, in the long sweep Of years,
evolves hor products and adapts them
to their environments, is manifested in
the camel. "A horse can not lie down
on tho scorching surface OF Sahara, in
che eye OF the sun, without scalding or
axcoriating his tender skin. But all
the parts of % camers body which
tude of repose are provided with cal
losities of thickened hide, which enable
him to rest on the burning surface
without danger or discomfort.
Tho Raleigh IN. CO. Ncws- Observer
states the leap year situation thus:
Twelve years must elapse before the
Interesting event takes place again.
but it was just the same in 1900 and
100, but not in 1000, for that was d
leap year and the year 2000 will be q
a leap year also. Why this should be
is q problem. To explain in detail
would DO tiresome task. but it rests
on the principle that the difference of
eleven minutes per year exists between
actual time and calendar time Thus
- year is computed at 1861 days. three
years being 3G5 days long and the
fourth year 366 days. In fact the year
is 365 days five hours and forty-five
inmates long, or eleven minutes short
1,f SESl day,