The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

Now, really, what was the most as
tonishing thing you saw in Paris Mr..
Spicer," asked Miss Gusher, and without
a moments hesitation Seth answered.
"My hotel bill. Boston Bulletin.
"A lady drove lately to the front Of a
drug store and vigorously waved her
hand for clerk. When he appeared
she asked for bottle of anti-fat. While
paying for it she said she had heard it
would grow leanness" on person. and
as she weighed $50 pounds she thought
she would reduce
The Animals Institute at KNIGHTS.
bridge, England, founded in 1887
chiefly by ladies, undertakes that ami
mails shall be killed or cured in the
most painless manner. The only differ
ence in the treatment OF the donkey of
the costermonger and that of thscount-
ess is that the coster pays nothing and
the lady pays the ordinary fees.
During regent thunderstorm near
Memphis, Tenn, negro was severely
kicked by vicious mule; and, Just as
he was picking himself up, stoke of
lightning hit the mule and kilkd him
dead on the spot. ''Well, d." ex-
claimed the negro, "ef dis chic haint
got pow'ful frens to 'venge his insults.
den der's no use trying to hab aith in
anyt'ing" - y
Akron has 'powwow doctofssiat
is woman and she practices Ter pro
fession only at night, going ou stealth
lily and digging up roots. The she goes
into the house, goes throughsome cere-
mony, comes out and digs ahole in the
ground, where she buries ,he mysterl-
Gus medicine tied up in white rag.
This is supposed to effect cure. 1t is
said that lot of people have great faith
in her treatment.
The pet of family IN New York is
a venerable parrot of surprising intelli-
gence and loquacity. The parrot was
presented to the family twenty-five years
ago by a sea captain. 1t can call the
members of the family by their first
names, and can repeat the habitual ex-
pressions used by these persons. Many
of the family are now dead, but the bird
continues to reproduce the words and
phrases it picked up from them in their
lifetime.
Elephants have been known to live
to the great age of four hundred years.
When Alexander the Great had con-
quered Phorus, King Of India, he took
a great elephant, which had fought
valiantly for the King, and named him
Ajax, dedicated him to the sun, and let
him go, with this inscription: "Alex-
ander, the son of Jupiter, hath dedi-
Gated Ajax to the SUM-" This elephant
was found with this inscription three
hundred and fifty years afterward.
The brave action Of a woman is re-
corded by the Philadelphia Press: 'Mrs.
Hutchinson, the wife of Captain Hutch
inson, of the schooner Jennie Howard,
is a heroine. The schooner sprang a
leak while at sea, and for weekthe
men were unable to leave the pumps.
During all this time Mrs. Hutchinson
stood at the wheel steering the vessa
not going below long enough to eat q
change her clothes. A boy brought her
the soaked biscuit which wss -ssSSs.eIss.
food. When overcome she dashed her
self to the wheel and slept beside it on
the open deck"
Come on" called bridesmaid to
the bride, who was standing before
mirror, touching and retouching:
''they're waiting for you" 'All right"
responded the maiden, without moving.
Don't say all right but come on.
What do you want to see yourself for?
You look beautiful" 80, yes, know
that; brides always do" Well, then,
what are you standing before the glass
for, when every thing is waiting?" BE
cause, DEAR" she answered, with provok-
ing patience, sit is we'll for one to in
dulge in some reflection before one gets
married, you know. IN. Y. Ledger
1t is quite possible that one of these
days the European railway passenger
may hear the cry: Change here for
Siberia, China and Japan" 1t may be
that in time one will be able to step into
the train at Paris or Berlin and travel
by the overland route right into the
heart of Japan. The Transsiberian Rail-
way from Europe is being cut to the
Russian town of Viadivostock, directly
opposite portion of the Japanese coast.
The Japs are projecting line to Maizuru,
the harbor on their side of the water,
and special line of Japanese steamers
will convey passengers from one ter
minus to the other. Japan is to be the
new pleasure ground for tourists.
"A singular circumstance recently
occurred at Biddeford, Me-, which re.
minds one of the days when people bar.
tered in beads and wampum. Two men,
one small, slender person and the
other of proportions in the neighborhood
of 800 pounds, were employed by one OF
the women in that locality to dig a grave
on her family lot. They workedrapidly,
and ere they were aware, the excaysfi0p
was so large and deep that the fat man
was unable to get out of the hole. A
machine was constructed, and afterouite
struggle the big man was once more on
top. In payment for their services the
woman short time after gave each OF
the two men five quarts of gray beans
enough to keep them out of the ground
for quite while if it came to the worst
A Wonderfully Made Fish.
One of the most wonderful of fishes is
the one bearing the name of chiasmodon
niger, or the great swallower. The body
is elongated, of nearly uniform thick.
ness most of the length of the fish. The
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