The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

f -year-old, whose mother had
useu Y lme from his savings fund: Pa,
you on me ten cents; your wife took
that n ch from me.
IN ceiling of The Assembly cham.
Der at ibany. N. Y, is made of paper
mache' 1t is model OF its kind, and
appear9so like marble as to deceive the
most Ell pert eye.
an with penchant for statistics
mas coFputed that moro than four mil
hon mlifs of blood pass through the veins
OF an fd1nary human being during a
lltetlmq OF seventy years.
IN Yhester, Pa, the colored people
have cdme to the conclusion, after a
trial oielght years, that tho education
OF "hiIe and black children together
does n9 work satisfactorily, and have
asked iSr separate schools to be estab-
lished.
"A Tough" bird-the jay. A cheat
ing olrf the gull. A boasting bird
the croF. A dishonest bird-the robin.
A rude bird-the hooking bird. An
untruthful bird-the Tyre bird. A low
spirited bird-the blue bird. A ''cabi-
net Dlrd-the secretary bird.
The village of Data, on the island
OF Lesbos, has a woman said to be 1856
years old who still has the complete use
OF all her senses. The same island con-
tains three other inhabitants who are
said to have passed their hundredth
brit St-Ismail Apa, 10 years old;
! .KsAg &ha in his 10th year, and
AsAiI Bahia, aged 115. All three of
these centenarians, it is said, earn their
living by daily work.
The New York World has printed
census of children in two representative
quarters of that city, Fifth avenue and
Cherry street In 800 families living on
the former street there were found nine
ty-one children under 10 years of age,
of whom six were born in the past
twelve months. In Cherry street, which
appears to be an abode of tho very poor,
800 families furnished $50 children under
ten years and Ill under one year of age
They manage to have considerable
fun one way or another in the Tennes-
see Legislature. A Tennessee paper, re-
porting the passage of an important
bill, says: '"There was great enthusi-
asm, some disorder, and somebody tied
sleeps bell to Mr.. Collins, of Carter
County, and he did not know where it
was until he had attracted the attention
of the house. Visitors then filed out
and the house resumed it's usual appear
ance."
Near Lincolnton, Ga, on q stream
known as "Fishing Creek" in a shelv-
ing projecting just above the water in
the stream is perfectly defined imprint
Of mans bare foot. All the toes are
perfect and in every respect the mark
is as plain as if made in plastic clay or
even putty. The stone is as hard as ada
mant, and has been since the Oldest in
habltant landed in Lincoln County,
over 100 years ago. BY whom and when
was the track made is an interesting
query.
1t is a strange coincidence that
several American clowns, and at least
one English pantomimist, have all died
insane. Hitherto the general belief
among professionals has been that the
of bismuth used in making
Saftf5alariy in America, where the
hair is cropped close and the bismuth
rubbed into the side of the head, had
great deal to do with disease. But one
old pantomimist still living solemnly
attests that, so far as his experience
went, the bismuth not only left his
faculties unimpaired, but had the merit
OF healing sores and cracks in the skin.