The Republican., 1890-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

she replied, that it is the law of gravi-
tation. y?"-Society.
Plaster casts are made in small seq
ments, and are removed from the face
or statue separately. 1t takes twelve
pieces to get a. cast Of an ear.
Brazil il isrger than the United
States, but in the whole twenty States
which make up she republic there are
not as many people as we have in New
York and Pennsylvania.
The greatest height upward in the
atmosphere at which the sound OF can
non has been heard was 10000 feet,
when Mr.. Glaisher at that height over
Birmingham heard the firing Of the
guns being proved there.
--"Say, I've got fine scheme, where
you can double your money in month";
"You ought to take it to the watch
makers" "What for?" ''Why, they
handle all kinds of snide movements. :"
West Shore.
Major Blowitz- THE fellow tried to
steal my reputation" Colonel Bluntly
You have lost the opportunity OF your
life" "What should l have done?"
Let him have it,
Devotion-"John, the doctor says 1
must give up wine, but think l must
bave one more bottle, even though it
kill mo-" "All right, your honor, will
cheerfully die with you Fliegende
Blatter.
-Judge-''Then your husband has ILL
treated you?" Witness" mo, your
worship" What? Did he not
bite off one of your ears?" Witness
''No, your worship; did it myself
La Nedetta.
Can Not Pay.-Chapson-"My tailor
told me that if / couldn't pay for my
next suit of clothes | needn't expect to
be trusted for them" Dudely - "Aw!
And who are you going to transfer your
patronage to now, Chapson, old boy?"-
Yankee Blade.
"A curious art imposition has been
discovered in Paris. An ingenious per-
son stole bronze and marble busts from
the cemetery of Montparnesse, Paris,
touched them up and sold them as
effiGies of famous heroes, statesmen and
orators. He did not find it difficult to
pass off the busts of departed grocers as
Demosthenes or some celebrated gen.
eral.
"A new educational game comprises
o set of cards. each having a series Of
multiplicand numerals and a multiplier
numeral on it's face, and second set
each containing number which is a
multiple involving as factors the multi
plier and one of the multiplicands on
one Of the cards of the first set, the Sec
ond set of cards comprising duplicate
multipliers.
English society has come to this: A
lady we'll known in London, who, with
her daughter, had been invited to join
a country house party, wrote back in
quiring who the other guests were to be
to meet her. On learning that the
party was to comprise three or four
prominent members of certain "set,"
she wrote back an indignant refusal, de-
claring it an insult to invite her daugh-
ter to stay in the house with the same
ladies named.
A bee-keeper living near large
hotel being built at Kingston, in ia
maica, recently found his hives in the
utmost confusion, with many bees lying
about exhausted and dead. Tho cleo
trio light was used at the hotel to carry
on the building operations by night so
the bees mistook the light for daylight,
and went out to collect pollen around
the neighborhood thus Illuminated.
When they came home the day was
dawning, and they few off again with
out any rest till they worked them
selves to death.
OF the woods that are chiefly used
in fancy cabinet work, ebony comes
mostly from Ceylon and Madagascar,
and is sold by importers at cents per
pound. Satinwood is grown on the ISL
and of San Domingo and in Porto Rico.
1t is on of the beautiful woods, and is
described as canary yellow" In the
log it sells at rs cents p foot Tulip
wood is but little used. 1t is imported
more for turning and inlaying than any
thing else. 1t is found in Central Amer
! lea, and when brought to New York
sells for s cents per pound.
"A California civil engineer visited
Toledo in 1854 and fell victim to a re-
markable conspiracy, in which his pres
ent wife, her mother and physician
combined to entrap him into matrimony.
He was informed the young lady, who
was very i'll, loved him passionately,
and would not recover health unless he
married her. After the wedding he dis
covered she was hopeless paralytic
| He continued to be faithful to her until
this year, when he discovered she did
not love him, but married really to
show the man she really adored that
she could get husband. The victim
now sues for a divorce.
-"Weeping" trees are becoming quite
common. Logan County, Kentucky,
claims to have three of them. They are
maple trees, which stand in the front
yard of John Lyme. At time when
! there had been no rain for fortnight,
water in streams began to run from the
tip of each limb. The water has soaked
the ground thoroughly and enough falls
to wet a man who will stand under the
trees through and through in five min
: utes. The water falls at night the same
as in the day. A heavy mist continually