The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-03
MISCE-LANE

a. was roDDeo Tor the Jewelry on the
body.
"A Liberty county, Georgia. man has
found oysters growing at the bottom of
his slxty-foot well, and actually has
Some OF the shells to show his neigh bors.
Three California lions were recent
ly killed by hunter in Fresno county.
One OF them measured fully eight feet
from tip to tip, and is being stuffed.
The other two were nearly as large.
Who is that lady that just passed
us with the charming face?" THAT
was my wife, but we are now separ-
ated. "Ah, yes, see, your late wife. :"
-Fliegende Batter
Mrs. Tinkham, of Eagle Point,
Mich was fondling pet dog, when
her pet cat, in a jealous rage, bounced
upon her and cut her about the arms
and head with teeth and claws until
beaten off.
Dangers of Silence. did you
get along with Miss Green?" ''Why, l
said nothing and she talked: at the end
we were-engaged." -Fliegende Blat-
ter.
That is a very poor joke, boys, :"
said the schoolmaster, rising suddenly
from the bent pin. 81 fail to see the
point cts there just the same" said
the bad boy of the class, soto 0oce. -
1889 Bazaar.
NO." he said, rising from the piano,
81 have not been able to give much
time to my music lately" And the
time you do give it, cheerfully re-
sponded his rival, lis simply atrocious. ="
Boston Post.
$50 you sat just behind me-" said
the girl who wears large hats to the
theater; sits SO odd that l shouldn't
have known it. Did you like the play?"
at was out of sight," replied the
young man, earnestly. -Washington
Post.
"A SOW belonging to farmer of
Westtown, Chester county, Pennsyl-
vania, died few days ago, leaving six
orphans. Upon the death of their par
ent, the farmer filled her place by big
milk bottle with six little hose attach
ments.
1t seems that the Chinese preserved
ginger of commerce is not ginger at all
The director of the botanical gardens
at Hong Kong has succeeded in obtain
ing the flower of the plant used and has
identified it as the Alpinia Galanga
Though not ginger, it is very nice.
The mules in Ingle's coal mines,
near Evansville, Ind, were hoisted out
recently. Some of them had not seen
daylight for eight years. The smallest
thing frightened them, a flying bird
causing them to jump while upon See
ing dog they would stand and tremble
with terror.
Among the arrivals at the barge Of
fee in New York recently was a little
old woman of wood. 1t was an auto
maton figure of an old lady knitting,
and the most curious part of it was that
it was actually knitting machine. 1t
ran by clockwork, and, to all appear
ances, had every movement of life.
"A jury at Spokane, Wash, after be-
ing out tyenty-four hours, could not
agree Wnen the judge ordered them
back into the jury room to remain until
they reached verdict. He also in
structed the bailiff not to give them
anything to eat until they had found a
verdict of guilty or not guilty in high
way robbery case. In ten minutes there
after the jury returned verdict finding
the prisoner guilty as charged.
"A bright woman, who had the mis-
fortune not to be so handsome as most
of her friends, had habit of continually
looking at herself in the mirrors of any
apartment where she happened to be.
A woman, friend of hers, who thought
this very inconsistent, resolved to speak
of it before party of people, 50 she
called out There is Mrs. White, who
is forever looking at her own image"
EYES," was the quick answer: sit is
true: I wish to know by experience
whether it is possible to habituate ones
self to ugliness."-N. y. Sun.
To obtain printing rollers without
a seam, the engraved or relieve plates
produced in the ordinary way are bent
together, so as to form cylinder with
the design upon it's outer surface, which
serves to produce in the galvanic way
an outer cylindrical mould with the de-
sign on its inner side; which mould
being separated from the cylinder and
strengthened by wrapping a heated
sheet of gutta percha around it, is then
used to produce in the galvanic way an
other hollow cylinder which carries the
design upon its outer surface and is then
mounted upon a solid metal core.