The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

next great engineering feat talked of in
Canada.
Mr.. Toptread There's still more
or less talk of war on the other side, my
dear" Mrs. Toptread well, John,
do hope that the next news we get by
the Atlantic cable will SAVIOR more OF
the pacific. -lIarper's Bazaar.
"A Fable. -'Have you read Skribel's
latest story" mo, but | have seen it.
! imagine it must be especially fictitious
in character" why SOP because
he has sub-titlcd it A True Story
Yankee Blade.
The Dutiful SOM say, father, I
don't think you ought to whip me SO
hard; you know it will tire you, and you
have John and Dick to whip after you
get through with me, for they were just
as bad as | was. "-Fliegende Batter.
The Dear Girls. Ethel tromanti-
callyl-"It makes me feel sad to see
the trees losing their beauty as the days
go by" Maud-"You have sort of
fellowfeelng for them, | suppose
Munsey's Weekly.
1t is a curious fact that the honey
bee was never known in the United
States till brought from England, and.
though now found in all parts of the
country, it did not reach California
until 1850, and South America until 1S45.
AT Amherst n. S., recently Rev.
DR.. Hartley lost a valuable ring. He ad-
vertised but got no tidings until dream
revealed to him the fact that the ring
| he'd nnA ha md ~
one of the Stats.
-"Cussin' an swerrin', my dear
| breddern, am Il very bad habit, but de
use OBJ dc word damn when yo' petco'n
am stepped on amt needer cussin' nor
swearin', it's Jess human nature, an de
Lord won't count it against yo' wen yer
turn comes to apply fer admittance at
de golden gate. N. Y. Herald.
A Presumption. LADY lin railroad
train on windy dayl-"Dear me. can't
get this window up" Gentleman (be-
| presume tho railroad company has
glued the windows down to prevent the
loss of so many patrons by pneumonia"
N. Y. Weekly.
| Now, children, l tell you, you
must never steal. When you want new
clothes, the way to do is to buy them
on credit Then you will always be
we'll clothed; you won't have paid out
any money for them, and you will
always be looked on as honest, respect
able people. "-Fliegende Rlatter.
--i!ardbake And you say you started
out this morning with Green for a ten
mile walk? Snarlcigh-That's what l
said. Hard bake- Wern't you tired by
the time you got back? Snarlcigh o,
no; Green only accompanied me part of
the way Brooklyn Life.
A Belgian chemist has found that
the green tar left after extracting the
oil from tho white bark of the birch
will etfectually preserve even the most
delicate textures from decay. 1t yields
neither acid nor alkaloid, is remarkably
fluid in alcoholic solution, and when
once dried resists even the action of
alcohol.
One of the hunors of the campaign
which has f1oated into Washington is a
"dodger" issued by the gentle party in
Salt Lake City, Utah. 1t looks like all
eight-page circular, about six by ten
inches in size The title page bears the
inscription: What Hon. - has done
for Salt Lake in Congress. Tie rest of
the pages are-blank.
If cloth can be made out of fine
spun-glass, it would seem simple mat
ter to make it out of wood ard this is
done by boiling strips of fne-grained
timber, crushing them between rolls.
carding tho flaments into parallel
lines, as with ordinary textile material,
and spinning them into threads from
which cloth can be woven in the usual
way.
Daughter (reading q paper Ills
this correct, papa? The paper has made
a grammatical error. 1T says raised
up Nothing could possibly raise
down. could it," Papa - "Certainly
not" Young Son-"Why, yes, papa.
Emma's beau can raise down, and so can
geese" Then the boy was raised up
stairs and RACED down into bed.--N Y.
Ledger.
The Seven Ages of Man were de-
picted by Japanese artists long before
they became famous in ShakeSpearean
recitations in this country and perhaps
before Shakespeare was born. On the
walls OF great tea store in New York
City, which has branches in Hong Kong
and Shanghai, hang series of Japanese
pictures illustrating the seven pict-
uresque periods of mans existence.
The people of the island of Sangir
keep time by the aid of an hour-glass
formed by arranging two bottles neck
to neck. The sand runs out in half an
hour, when the BOTTLES are reversed.
Close by them line is stretched on
which hang twelve sticks marked with
notches from one to twelve, with a
hooked stick which is placed between
the hour last struck and the next one.
One of these dja9G keeps the time for
each village, for which purpose the
hours are sounded on gong by the
keeper.
General Nelson A. Miles, in his an
nual report, favors legislation that
would provide some systems OF more
reasonable professional advancement.
The artillery branch should be increased
by at least two regiments, and the same
organization be given the infantry that