The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-29
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| anywhere, how can it be truth, pa?"
81 can't tell, Johnny" And he couldn't.
Smith, Gray & Cos Monthly.
The japanese murderer of restau-
rant-keeper in Seattle, Wash, threw his
sword into the bay. A vigorous search
resulted in finding the weapon, which
had marks showing it to be two hun
dred and sixty years old.
| "A pretty conceit at double we'd
ding in Santa Clara, Cal, was the carry
ing of large punches of buttercups and
forget-me-nots by the bridesmaids, who
were robed respectively in gowns of
buttercul-yellow and ciel blue NOUS
seine de sole.
Ills editorial habits cost him a
pretty penny the other day" ''How?'
ellis wife had a diamond ring worth a
thousand dollars sent to him on appro-
baton. He didn't like it, and threw
it into the waste-basket "-Harper'
Bazaar.
"A souvenir spoon is now made of a
silver dollar. The circular shape is re-
tanned and the coin is placed under
heavy die that pushes the center down
until the whole affair is shaped into a
shallow bowl that will hold nearly a
teaspoonful. 1t is then fastened to a
| straight silver handle.
He (kneeling at her feet)-"Only
this question: say, will you be mine?'i
| She-"O, how sudden! Do give me
| little time to Think He-''Torture me
no longer. l must have your decision
at once" She-"But why this haste?"
| He-''I cannot stay any longer; I've a
| cab waiting at the doOr."-Der Ulll
banning Evidence. Mrs. Dogood-
81 believe that trampis coming in here;
bring me that anti-tramp pie.'' Weary
Willie-''I hate to do it, ma'am, but
you will understand that my motives
are not malicious" Mrs. Dogood-
"Hate to do what?" Weary Willie
''Take this pie before the grand jury
Puck.
Mrs. Newbride-"O, doctor, tell
me what is the matter with my hus-
band?" DR.. Sensible-''Um-er-h is
suffering with severe. but only tenn
porary, paralysis of muscles, induced
by an exaggerated internal application
of stin1ulants." Mrs. Newbride-"And
the horrid cab driver who brought him
home said he was drunk.-Spare Mo-
ments,
In a house ON Farnham street in
Lawrence are mum Der of interesting
relics of an old-time Bostonian, with
several years records of the Boston
post office. The latter date back to
1902, and show the curious fact that
then ten letters received in single
day was good mail, while on some
h,rf Iaft
corded.
The Archaeological Department of
the Smithsonian Institution has received
from DR. Mcgowan a pair of stockings
manufactured from human hair. They
are worn by fishermen over cotton
stockings (beiug too rough for the
naked skim and under straw shoes as
protection against moisture. Hair I'M
suitable for textile purposes is collected
from BARRIERS shops and sent to part
of the province for manuring rice fields,
which, it would seem, are deficient in
silica. scientific American.
-George Hopcraft, of New York who
kept a famous chop house in Franklin
street, always travels with head full
of funny stories. He says that on one
the chop house as soon as it was opened
and fell asleep in a chair. A waiter
urged him to go out, but he was petu-
liant so the waiter performed the regu-
lation bouncing act with hand on the
mans collar and hand at his back.
Come" said the waiter" you'll have
to go ont and take the air." He got the
man out into the vestibule, at which
point the befuddled chap turned upon
the waiter and said: "I'll go out be-
cause I've got to, but I'll be darned IL
I'll take the air: N. Y. Sun.
"A Pennsburg, Pa, gentleman,
whose barn was formerly overrun with
rats, is nolonger troubled with them, ard
he used neither traps nor dogs driving
them out. About a year ago he pur-
chased fox somewhere in the west.
The fox was given the freedom of the
barn, and in short time after its ar
rival all the rats found it convenient to
depart, and none of them seemed to
have believed it expedient to return.
Reynard catches rats after the manner
OF terrier, and when not engaged is
frequently seen following his master
about like q well-behaved canine, -
which he bears no little resemblance.
He is perfectly tame and goes about the
streets of the town without being mo-
Tested by the dogs that roam around
ready to aatack any animal not of their
| own tribe
Women accustomed to foreign thea
| tiers and restaurants complain that the
! footstOof is an almost unknown luxury
in the United States. 1t is usual
thing in continental 7heaters to- be met
in the entrance by u woman who offers
a footstool for penny. After the per-
formamce is over the footstoOls are
gathered up for use at the next per-
formance. The footstool is equally
matter of course i'm continental restaur-
ants. The obsewant man that catches
a rear view of woman dining in New
York restaurant will frequently observe
tha. one foot rests with che toe upon
the floor and the heel in air, while the
other foot is supported Ola the upreare&
heel of the FIRST. With short women
some such relief is needinl to comfort,
For otherwise their dangling feet go to