The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-09-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
An auction sale of collins took plac

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world stands on ice. 1t is situated be-
tween Ural and the Okhotsk Sea. A we'll
was recently dug in this region, when 1t
was found that at depth Of 116 meters
the ground was still frozen.
One of the biggest Holsters on record
was recently caught at Whitby, En-
gland. 1t measures from snout to ex-
tremity of tail, IS in; circumference of
body, Is in; full breadth of tail, in;
length of crusher claw, II in; weight,
when alive, Q lbs, OF.
| "A big shark caught near AsburY
Park had in its belly four bushels of fish
and parts of mans leg and foot. 1t
was 1115 feet long, and was caught in
Jeffrey's fish pond, having followed a
school of fish into the Enclosure. 1t was
killed with considerable difficulty.
The Golden Rod is the choice Of
s1,30S school children of New York who
| have sent their votes for State flower
to the Department of Public Instruc.
| ton. The Rose ran it close race, COM
ing second, with 1866. The Daisy was
poor third-33, sos.
-Claribel-"I should like a copy Of
The Stolen Rope Assistant-'I
don't know of any such song" CfstSbei
why, it goes 'Tum, tum, tumpt5-
tum,' :" (hums the air). Assistant
"You mean the Lost Chord'?" Claribel
so, yes; that's it.
--Drummer-''See here. l had a room
way up on the third floor, and you
charged me more than your rates for
downstairs rooms" Chicago Hotel
keeper - Certainly. The top floor
rooms are above the smoke, and the ex.
ira charge is for sunshine"
I'm after Citing Their house in
sured fur $3.50, Bridget" "Arrah an
where's Their money, Pat?" "Faix, they
won't pay that till Their house is burnt
down" "Och, eff they won't give it to
yez now, niver a cent will they give
when there's no house at all"
-"Mary, I love you deeply. Will you
be my wife?" 81 don't know, George.
Can you support me?" 81 think so.
You have little something, haven't
you?'' Eyes; / have 81, 500 a year..
"Why, then, it's perfectly easy. am
sure we could live on So, 900 year.
Harper's Bazaar.
Another famous tree has fallen be-
fore the woodlands axe. 1t was a huge
chestnut, nine feet and four inches in
diameter, and stood on the old Elder
| Winsor Farm, near Greenville, Rhode
Island. Its trunk was hollow enough
in 1912, during the Dorr rebellion, to
contain the arms of the rebels, who hid
them there after their defeat at Acote's
Hill.
Mr. Singerly of the Philadelphia
Record, has found calf six months old
which carries its heart in small sac
under the skin OF it's neck. The calf
gambols on the green much as other
calves do, gives promise of living
long and useful life, and Mr.. Singerly
is justly proud of it.
"A Coon Rapids telegram says: dan
Hendricks, living near Viola. Iowa,
killed a two-legged rattlesnake the
other day. 1t was three feet long, and
had two legs, two inches long, about
six inches below the head. When first
seen it was walking on the legs, wrig-
Cling the lower portion of it's body. 1t
had five rattles.
The tract distributor who handed a
tract on the sin of dancing to soldier
who had lost both legs has rival. To
a fruit peddler who is without hands a
New Haven distributor gave tract
bearing warnings against card playing.
The tract rested on the basket hanging
from the vendors neck, and, by attract
ing attention, materially increased his
sales.
Josiah Wardell, an Ohio farmer, has
the champion egg-laying duck. She
began operations some time in February,
and by strict attention to business she
has made record that entities her to a
red card. Up to last week she had laid
III eggs. just now she is enjoying a
well-earned vacation. but there is no
telling how soon she will get tired of
loafing and settle down to work again.
"A pair of belligerent bulls. says the
Portland Oregonian, engaged in fierce
battle on the track of the Astoria and
South Coast railroad the other day, and
for nearly half an hour the trainmen
were unable to drive them away in order
to get the train through. Huge clubs
were worn out over the heads and backs
of the animals, but without avail, until
at last they grew weary and sullenly
scrambled away.
Rattan is the product of a climbing
vine of the palm species, growing in the
Celebes and other Malayan countries.
Starting with trunk as thick as mans
leg, it winds through the forest, now
wrapping tall tree in it's folds, and then
descending again to earth and trailing
along in snake-like curves until it can
find some other stately tree to fasten
and climb upon in it's pursuit of light
and air. Its flow of sap is so intense
that the thirsty traveller has at all times
a tumblerful OF cool, refreshing water
at command by cutting off few feet OF
the rattan and putting one of the sew
cred ends to his mouth, or holding IL
over dish to catch the water.
An Anglo.IndIan Heroine.
Anglo-Indian circles in Behar and
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