The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-09-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A SwOrdhSh IuarkeUeu III NC" pco-
ord. Mass, has embedded in its flesh
he head of a harp2on that is supposed
o have been there twenty years.
From the sumloit of Mt. Rose in
Nevada, TO- 900 feet >bove the sea level,
,he waters of twent,7-one lakes may be
,een glistening among the forests of the
Sierras.
In the hippopotamus the eyes, ears
md nostrils are all set on the same
Diane, which enables the animal to
sink it's body entirely below the sur
face of the water and yet keep thor
ouglv informed as to its surroundings.
"A house still standing in Chicopee,
Mass, is reported u be two hundred
and twenty-five years old, and is proba-
bly, the oldest dwelling in the common
wealth 1t is in good state of preser-
vation and it's present owner has occu-
pied it fifty-seven years continuously.
in the United States oranges and
lemons are produced only in California
and Florida The orange crop of the
latter is practically out of the way be-
fore before that of the former is ready
for the market. The California orange
is of slower growth than the Florida
product and does not decay so soon.
The skewer was formerly used as a
kind of tally-stick, and it continues to
find similar employment at Lyons,
where the butchers rarely fail to stick
in the middle of piece of meat small
wooden cylinder announcing by so
many notches what every housewife
knows to be the exact weight of the
meat.
The hide of the former Cincinnati
elephant, Old Chief, which was shot
last February, has been stuffed, and
with the mounted skeleton of the brute
will be housed in a special building at
the Cincinnati geological garden. The
hide weighed one thousand one hum
dred pounds, and it has been stuffed
| with Oakum.
"A dentist, whose stories are always
founded on fact, tells of negro who
came to him with his wife to have one
of her teeth extracted. Gas being
something whose mysteries added ter.
ror to it's charms, the solicitors darley
questioned: Couldn't you gibe her
sutfin little milde'rn gas, doctah?
/ NOultIH you SlDC llCi SdSOlluCs - hCbI-
maceutical Era.
The trombone player was fitting
mouth piece to his instrument with a
good deal of care, and a young woman
was heard to ask: Mamma, what can
that man be doing?" Il don't know,
my dear" answered the mother, as she
/ levelcd her glass upon the musician in
| question, unless he is winding his
horn. You often read of players doing
that, you know"
In an old Sag Harbor paper of the
year 1904 appears the following: THE
| husband of a pious woman having occa-
sion to make voyage, his wife sent q
note to the parson to be read the next
| Sabbath in meeting: Jim Kenny having
| gone to see his wife desires the prayers
of the congregation that he may merci-
fully be preserved from danger 1t is
to be presumed that the good lady's
photography and punctuation We're not
altogether correct"
| Flexible sandstone is one of the
curiosities found in North Carolina. The
quarries are in the mountains of the
southwestern corner of the state, and
|
osity than for any other purpose though
| it is sometimes employed N building
When cut IN a thin piece, say the size
and shape of Il common milestone, you
can bend it into a considerable arc with
out its breaking, and it will resume it's
former straightness on the pressure be-
ing removed OF course, if you bend it
| too far, it will break.
buffalo Bills" father was shot by
border rutfians while making a free
| state speech near LeavenwOrth, Kan.
in the tifties He died in 1886 and was
buried in metallic caslet in Mount
Aurora cemetery of that city. A stand
ing reward of $500 has been offered for
ten years to the personNAndng the
grave. Recently quarryrnen dug up an
iron coffin on the site of the old GENE
terry. The corpse was in fair state of
preservation and answered the descrip-
ton of w. +. Cody's father. 1t took
eight men to lift the burden.
The homestead law of Texas some
times acts harshly to creditors A let
ter from Austin says that a cattleman
failed short time ago and the creditors
took possession of the property, subject
to attachment, The mans family live
in house for which they have been of
fered $4,000. The price asked is So
600 This is made possible by the pc
culiar homestead exemption law of
Texas The homestead can not be taken
for debt. And the homestead is defined
to be piece of ground costing not more
than $1,000 and whatever improvements
there may be thereon. In this case the
residence is the finest in the city where
1t is located 1t is one of the finest in
Texas. 1t cost more than $50 900, but it
is entirely out of the reach of the cred
itors of the estate