The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-31
MISCELLANEOUS.


school children go in crowds for safety
to and from school, the larger boys 60
ing armed.
Rather Ambiguous. as dear
to you as ever, George" asked the wife,
caressingly. MY love-" answered
George, candidly, ''since you took to
tailor-made clothes you grow dearer
and dearer every day."-N. Y. Press.
"A Pennsylvania spinster died re-
Gently leaving nothing to her relatives
save an old hustle. This, they promptly
pitched into the fire, but as promptly
pulled it out again, when they saw a
greenback of a large denomination
sticking out from one corner. They
found fortune in the bustle.-Detroit
Free Press.
Little Arthur had been allowed to
amuse himself by turning over the
leaves of the big illustrated dictionary.
The pictures of the skeleton impressed
Arthur particularly, and at the break
fast-table the next morning he sur
prised his father by asking suddenly:
Papa, can that bony fellow in the die
tionary wiggle his tingers?"
"A couple of residents on the out
skirts of Allegheny, being awakened
the other morning about 4 o'clock by
loud talk, traced the same to church
close at hand, and peering in, were
amazed to see the pastor delivering a
| lecture to an imaginary congregation.
| He explained that he was practicing a
| commencement Grafton, and promised,
| if forgiven, not to disturb their slum-
bers again.
| The luXuriousneSS of modern life is
illustrated by this item from the New
| York Commercial Advertiser: Mrs. 5.
V. K. Cruger has added a wing to her
country house. in which there is to be
a Roman room, with fountains playing,
water splashing from rockets, etc, and
the floor is to be covered with tiger
skins. When in this room Mrs. Cruger
will wear Roman costume-soft, flow
ing robes caught up on the sides and a
jewelcd girdlc."
Aaron Ivens Cook was buried re-
Gently at Iarolley, Pa. Years ago he
cut down the tree from which his coffin
was made and hauled it himself to the
mills to. be made into boards of the
proper length. The shirt used for his
! shroud was woven by himself over
twenty years ago, and the stockings
were those he wore when married. Be.
sides choosing the undertaken and pail.
bearers he even named the hostler.
At Moulton, Ala, q farmer bought
a pound of gunpowder and a new tin
pan, and, putting the powder into the
pan, deposited both in his wagon and
started for home. The pan acted as a
cOncave mirror, ignited the powder, anC
directly thereafter the farmer, his
wagon and horses We're festooning the
shrubbery by the wayside. Although
the farmer had not clothes enough left
on his person to make wren's nest
he made a great advance in knowledge
of applied science then and there.
-Observant persons riding on the
bridge ears may note curious optical
phenomenon. At ordinary times the
swift movement of the cable has the
effect of making its individual strands
invisible to the eye, but, as every one
knows there is a point at each end OF
the bridge where the grip lets go the
cable and the train shoots ahead at an
even more rapid pace than that of the
cable itself. When this occurs the OBJ
server standing on the rear platform is
surprised to see that the strands of the
cable suddenly become visible and con.
tinue SO until the train slows up and the
cable is moving more rapidly than the
observer.-N. y. sun.
The emperor of Austria has fol
years past found consolation for his
troubles in the sympathetic companions
ship of a former wellknown Niennese
actress, Catharine Schratt, whose coun.
sells are said to have been of the utmost
advantage to him in many important
affairs of state. The emperor is accus
toned to drive out to the palace al
Schoenbrunn and there, leaving his
equipage, he is met by Nine. Schratt
and takes long promenades with her in
the forest. AS a result of this friend
ship the actress is known in Vienna as
the vice-empress. Her extraordinary
intelligence and clear judgment are
valued in the highest degree by tie EN-,
peror.
A naval officer, speaking { the
hardship of being separated from his
wife and family during long cruises Che
is about leaving home for three years.,
says in the st. Louis Globe Democrat:
so harassing is this that have known
several officers and their wives who re-
fused to be separated by these harassing
official eXigcncies. have one faithful
wife in particular in mind, who when
her husband sailed on exactly the same
cruise am going on, took passage on
the next steamer for Europe, intercept
ed him at the second port the United
States vessel touched at, spent couple
of days with him; again took the pas
Bsnger line when his vessel was ordered
away, coming up with him at a Mediter-
ranean port, and in this tireless way
bore him company from point to point
around the globe"
4 Better Than MOdiciae.
1t isn't drugs or medicine that is
needed at all; it is plenty of the purest
air that can be had. Open the windows
eand the doors, clear out the cellar, and
tventilate it thoroughly. remove the
kdampness, the mustiness, the ancient
todor, the smell of decay, which greets
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