The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

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script.
1t is noticeable fact that the man
whose will-power is such that he can
stop bad habit at any time he may
see fit, is the same fellow who never
sees fit.-Peck's Sun.
Distinction and Difference Null
lady-"Phwat's O'Rourke dom fer the
city now?" McCann-''Part av the time
he bosses, an whin he don't boss he
worruks. "-Broeklyn Eagle.
"A great compliment.-Y Wife
Mother, Harry paid me the greatest
of compliments to-day" Mother
"What was it, daughter?" Young Wife
HE said was as good a cook as his
mother. Yankee Blade.
--Astronomy.-Fi First Farmer-"Say,
that's my mule! recognize him by the
marks on him. Right on his forehead,
there, see star" Second Farmer -
you'll see plenty more if you don't
leave that mule alone. Chicago Satur-
day.
An Expert in Clover Leaves. Jewel
er-'Miss, those clover leaves are as
natural as life. The price is only ST.
Isn't it astonishing how cheaply such
beautiful things can be produced?"
Miss Carrotty (of Podunlx) - Cheap
nothin'! All Teller hez ter dew is sow
the seed an let her grow" - jewelers.
Weekly.
The most disguised man in Bolton,
Texas, own mule which lately made
a meal by devouring an envelope that
contained 1925 in greenbacks. The ami
NAL looked none the worse after digest
ing that amount. of uncooked cash, but
his owners face was ''sicklied DER with
the pale cast of thought"
"A basket of eggs stood on the floor
of house at Ballyglass County Mayo
A storm was raging, and the lightning
struck the house. The eggs were ap-
parently uninjured; when, however,
they were placed in hot water the
shells crumbled and fell off, leaving
the inner membrane unbroken.
Old Kentucky hunters, it is said,
did not shoot bullets into squirrels,
but, as the phrase was, barked them.
The shots went between the chins of
the small animals and the limbs on
which they stood, and sent the game to
the ground in series of somersaults,
with the breath knocked out of them,
without spelling their skins and flesh.
They never mangled their game.
The water works of Savannah con-
sists of twenty-five artesian wells two
miles out on the Savannah river,
which yield about 100000 gallons in
twenty-four hours. The wells are ar
ranged in two rows about 100 yards
apart, and are rom $50 to 500 feet deep.
The water has to be pumped to the
surface. From various indications it is
evident that it comes from the noun
tains of northwest Georgia.
He was a Bath, Me-, hackman, so
the Enterprise says, and he had Ca
madam quarter, worth only twenty
cents in Bath, that he wanted to dis
pose of. So one dark night, when an
old lady handed him half dollar, he
change, and, instead of feeling ashamed
of himself chuckled over the transaction
that is, he chuckled until he pulled
out the coin the lady had given him and
by the light of lamp discovered that it
was Canadian half dollar.
Two men were talking of the aver
age width of chest of men of different
nationalities, when one of them. an
Irishman, told this story: "a fewyears
age two regiments of the British army
were lined up, the one in front of the
other. There were thousand English
men of the Royal Guard in one line,
and thousand Irishmen of the Con-
naught Rangers in the other. The lines
began at the same place, but the line of
1rishmen stretched thirty-six feet
further than the other. 1t was caused
by the difference in width of chest, for
the men in both regiments touched
elbows
"A student of human nature has
evolved utilitarian article, intended
to assist woman in purchasing her
tickets at the elevated railroad stations
and ferries without keeping long line
of men waiting until she ransacks sew
eral pockets, and pulls two or three
yards of samples out Of her pocletbook
1t is called the purse-glove. This is a
glove with little purse or compart-
ment in the palm for change and small
tickets. She can't lose it unless she
takes off her glove, and, therefore,
doesn't need to tumble in her pockets
or spend any time in guessing where it
is.--N. Y. Sun.
Since the opening of the elevated
roads in New York City the engines
have been increasing in weight. The
new class, *" with IL Is inch cylin-
ders, weighs $4,000 pounds, total, with
$1,000 on drivers and $500 on the
truck. The new motors for the Sub
urban Rapid Transit weigh $1,000
pounds with 41,OOO pounds on the driv-
ers, and 1000 on each leading and trail
ing truck. The new engines for the
Kings County will weigh $4,000, with
Al, 900 pounds on the drivers. The early
four-wheel, tank engines used for a
long time, some of which are still run
ming, weighed but $4,000 pounds, of
which 10, 600 was on the drivers. Rail
road Gazette.
in the shops Of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton railroad at Hamil-
ton. O., is cracked locomotive bell that
has history 1t was attached to n
locomotive presided over by strong,
manly ha1dSopna aDryinaar whose Srraa 4