The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-24
MISCELLANEOUS.


the other night by the trail he left OF
stolen silver spoons.
Forty millions Of humming-b birds,
sun-birds, orioles, gulls, sea-birds, wax
wings, birds of paradise and fly-catchers
are annually used in decorating women's
hats.
"A farmer near Atlanta, Ga, not
needing coffin he bought for his sick
child, the latter getting we'll, mounted
it on four legs and used it as watering
trough for his cows. With the lidhe re-.
paired his fence.
The Paris tailors are organizing
against the swallowtailed black coats
for dinners, theaters, concerts, etc.
They intend to introduce garment of
lively colors, with silk Innings, embroid-
cry and brass buttons.
According to a correspondent Of the
Topeka Capital, stock raisers have no
ticed in the last three years an appar-
ent increasing sterility in heifers. 1t is
ascribed to the practice of dohorning.
The horns on the cattle must fulfil some
useful function or they would not have
been provided by nature.
"A laurel tree growing on the crest
of Sonoma Mountain is said to measure
around at the base thirty feet and is
forty feet high. 1t is estimated that
the tree will make forty cords of wood,
and Mr.. Rickett has been offered SIS fer
it standing. 1t is thought to be the
largest tree of that variety on the coast.
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found in a baking powder sold under
the name of French Tartar" which,
according to the American Analyst, con-
tains varying amounts of oxalic acid as
one of it's ingredients, some samples
showing as much as forty per cent of
this extremely poisonous substance
Popular Science News.
"A Saginaw lady who by great effort
had procured pair of the new French
gloves -thirty-two buttons sur
prised and somewhat disguised the other
day to find them upon her little sons legs.
The shaver had put Thorn on for leathern
leggins, and they made him a good pair,
coming we'll above the knees.
1t is said that Stiles McMalon, nine
ty-four years of age, of Barre, VT,
lately walked from Montpelier to Ell
more Pond, distance of twenty miles,
before 2:30 p. m. He refused several
offers to ride, and only stopped to take
breakfast. He says he never had doc
tor in his life, never wore glasses and
can hear as we'll as ever.
THE disappearance of the mackerel
gull from Maine waters is DUE" accord
ing to the Biddeford Times, "to the
merciless work of the men who supply
the milliners with plumes. For the
mackerel gull they paid ten cents each,
a price so renumerative to professional
gunners that these birds were in the
short space of two years practically OK
terminated. All Of the snipe family
were also in great demand; even the lit
tie ox-eye did not escape, for single
order was placed for 600, 900 of these at
three cents each to fill an English con-
tract"
The printing press has made Presi-
dents, killed poets, furnished bustles
for beauty, and polished genius with
the sandpaper of it's criticism. 1t has
Hduo INC "Orlu SeI up W Foll-Cdll every
morning, and to the pulpit it has given
lungs of iron and voice of steam. 1t
has set the price on bushel of wheat,
and made the country postofice the
glimmering goal of the rural scribe. 1t
has curtailed the power of kings, en-
bellished the pantry shelves and bursted
rings; but it can't get woman's name
right in marriage notice to save it,
Rams Horn.
"A strange bird that came from the
swamps of lower South Carolina is men,
toned by the Charleston News and
Courier Roughly described. it is about
the size of hen, but with wings twice
the length. The wings present hand
some plumage of yellow and black, with
small polka dots over the feathers. The
feet are like those of an eagle, with
long, sharp claws. The most peculiar
thing about the bird is it's head, which
has the remarkable shape of heart,
and is covered with white feathers. The
bill is shaped like that of human
nose, so that the head, with the almond
shaped eyes, looks more like the face of
human being than of a bird"