The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-10
MISCELLANEOUS.


England who carry on the business OF
dress and mantle making.
If some men were half as big as
they think they are, the world woulo
have to be enlarged. Tray
eler.
-"Che NAH" the Chinese dwarf,
the smallest lilliputian on earth, aged
fifty years. is so small that one can
cover him with an ordinary plug hat.
Oranges, which, few years since,
were a luxury enjoyed by the few, are
now cheap enough to be eaten by every
one. 1t will be but few years till
they are as cheap as apples.
Put a small piece of potassium on
a candle wick which you have previ-
ously saturated with kerosene oil. You
can now light the candle by touching
your finger to it, providing the end OF
your finger is moist. Other curious es-
periments may be performed with
potassium. Put a piece of it in cup
of water and it will go through queer
maneuvers.
The champion bear story of the
season comes from Edgewo0d, n. Y. A
man named Brown, living five miles
from that place, recently discovered a
bear feeding on some berries. Takirll
off his coat Brown stealthily crept
within throwing" distance. when he
covered bruins head with the garment.
Before the bear could free himself from
the covering Brown got close enough
10 get his fingers around its throat. He
squeezed hard and the bear slowly sue
cumbed to the squeezing pressure and
fell dead.
The fourth jewel-wheel screw is
the next thing to being invisible, and
to the naked eye it looks like dust.
With a glass, however, it is seen to be
a small screw, with 260 threads to the
inch, and with very fine glass the
threads may be seen very clearly.
These little screws are Al, 000th of an
inch in diameter, and the heads are
double the size. 1t is estimated that an
ordinary lady's thimble would hold
1907 of these tiny little screws.
"A flock of goats were lately brows-
ing along the North Dallas when they
suddenly scattered in commotion. An
old goat which had been in the rear
at once went to the front and struck
the ground in an odd way with his
fore foot. at the same time shaking his
head. Then he backed off and made a
long running jump. alighting with his
legs punched, and Immediately on hit
ting the ground made a second jump
far out to one side. A gentleman, led
by curiosity, approached the scene,
and found a big rattlesnake cut nearly
in two.
Are you fond of autographs, Mira
Mushroom" asked the aesthetic young
lady of the practical visitor. mo,
don't go much on 'em, but my son
who's away at college has big collec-
ton of the handwritin' of great cele-
brights. l reckon I'll surprise his
some when he gets back this summer"
"In what way?" "Well, We see, some
of them celebrights writ sech poor
writin' that just had all the names
copied off in neat hand in big book.
You have no idee how much better
they look. That other truck that no.
body couldn't make out l just burned
up" America.
Olive culture In California is said
to be rapidly assuming large proper
tions. There are orchards there of
$1,000 trees and thousands more are
being set annually. In that sunny
cline the olive crop is as absolutely
sure as any thing earthly can be. 1t
is gathered in December and January.
when help is plenty. and keeps re-
markedly well. The trees are set
thirty-fve feet apart. and as ten years
are required to bring them from cut
tings to the bearing point, grape vines
are set between them. At maturity,
the average yield is twenty dollars
worth of fruit per year The Fruit
erer.
"A teacher in one of the city schools
requires her pupils to write sentences
containing the words in the lesson.
These sentences are sometimes very
funny. Here are two: Zone of the
words in the lesson was ''urchin." A
little fellow who would rather stay at
home and play than go to school,
wrote: THE father is urchin his boy
to go to school," The following is
more subtle: The word was "pacify"
and the sentence written was: THE
author pacifies the poem" why.
what do you think 'pacify' means?"
asked the teacher. 1.-The dictionary
says it means compose. '"-Hartfuyd
Times. f
Thirty Years in a Whale.