The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A new post-office IN Virginia has
| been named Poverty. ..l.
"A Miff1in pa woman threw some
medicine in the fire, and an explosion
| took place which carried the stove ont
OF doors.
"A man shot sixteen times at a spar
row and finally killed it, but one COW. a
dog and two cats went along with the
sparrow.
When you want to compliment a
woman on the uncertain side of thirty.
| speak of some one little older than she
is as girl. "-Somerville journal.
AS Peter Baur, of Pottsville, was
opening large oyster strange fish
Tipped out. 1t had eaten part of the
oyster. 1t had the head of catfish.
"A Newark, Ohio, woman bought a
lot of Christmas gifts for her husband
and children, and hid them away so
carefully that she is now unable to find
them.
"A grocer in Wheeling, W. Va, after
a three days search for his favorite pug
dog, found the animal in back room OF
the store, under an inverted half-bushel
measure.
cigarettes for ladies' smoking" are
sold in London, provided with specially
prepared mouthpieces. They are per.
fumed with musk and violet, and they
are enjoying very extensive sale.
"A fearful widow at Charleston w.
Va, obtained an order for four dolls&
worth of groceries from the poor COD
missioners. Next day the provision
were spread as the refreshments a. her
wedding banquet.
"A Psychologist in France his been
observing the working of flies il flying,
and has arrived at the concluson that
the wings Of fly make about 30 beats
a second, and that such a fly en- travel
at the rate of $3.50 feet minut.
The schoolma' ms of st. PAUL not
long ago were instructed tcgive &C.
casional instruction in plain nd fancy
sewing to the girls under ther charge,
and the horrible fact came on that few,
if any of the teachers, could d any kind
of sewing whatever.
"A watch made in Franceduring the
reign of Louis XIV, is ownd in New
York, and still keeps good tine. 1t was
made by hand, and is mcleod in a.
karat fine case, which is orIamented in
Louis XIV. style, with sixeen corners.
| The works are no thickerthan silver
dollar.
"A Washington County (Kan.) man
named Steers mortgaged 'four white
steers to loan company. The fore
closure proceedings Developed the fact
that the man mortgaged his four chill
dren. The loan company had Steers
| arrested, as one of the children was girl.
In parts of Brooklyn the excellent
custom has been adopted Of placing on
street lamps the number of the houses
nearest to which they stand. This is a
great convenience to people who are
searching for certain number in the
dark of the evening, since the general
methods of displaying house numbers
are far from satisfactory. The idea is
not new, having been adopted in New
York at least ten years ago.
Who says dog has not intelligence:
A Gardiner (Me.) lady set dish of soup
out in her yard the other day to cool
The dish was very hot, but had a hss51sis-.
The house dog soon came along to tie
dish, lured by the fascinating fragrance,
contemplated the contents long enough
to find that it was his favorite soup,
then taking the handle between his
teeth, he backed off several rods very
carefully, pulling the dish after him to
a place which he considered both cooler
and more sequestercd. He waited for
the broth to cool, devourcd it with in.
finate relish, then dragged the dish back
to tho spot where he found it.-Bangor
Commercial.
Recently the dentists OF St. Louis
have begun to employ young women as
Office assistants. Probably dozen are
thus employed. They are paid from So
to $40 week. Among other things, i
is their duty to assist in bracing the
nerves of patients. Ono of them says:
''1f the patient is a woman l frequently
stand by her side and hold her hand
sympathetically. Some people may
laugh at this, but it's an immense help
twice when a very nervous man was
being operated on l have taken his hand,
and it really braced his nerve wonder.
fully"
"A young poet, not averse to letting
strangers know that he was poet was
one day in the country with party OF
friends. Stopping for some milk at an
humble farmhouse, they saw an old
lady weaving rag-carpet On an old
fashioned loom in small out-building
Several of the party had never before
seen rag-carpet woven, among the
number the young poet. After watch
ing the process for several minutes, he
said, in patronizing tone: THAT looks
simple, but l dare say, grandmother, l
could write poem easier than could
weave yard of that carpet" ''Like
enough" replied the aged weaysS,.
simply, with no intention of aplacingthe
young man in an embarrassing position
before his friends, 'like enough, sir;
for, after all, it takes some brains to do
this. youths Companion.
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Remarkable Astronomical Fact.
Two nersoua Uare horn at 4bo -.