The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-09-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

were to blow your head off for not tell
ing me where your money is?" Mr..
Joker-''NOt a word, sir, not a word"
Lowell Citizen.
The Difference.-''You never saw
my hands as dirty as that said petu-
lent mother to her little girl. mo,
but perhaps your ma dido" was the
sharp, if not respectful reply.
Bronson your baby talk
yet?" Squildig-"Yes; but you can't
understand a word he says" Bronson
well, he will do nicely for train
guard. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Washington died shortly after II p.
m, Saturday, December IA, 1899, the
last year of the century, the last month
of the year, the last day of the week,
and within the last hour of the day.
A tree near Manistee, Mich, thirty
six feet in circumference, twelve feet in
diameter and one hundred and seventy
five feet high, will be blasted with dyna-
mite. as there is no saw that will cut it
and no mill that can cut it into boards.
A Definition.-A little girl of seven
years was asked what she learned at
school. Il learn poetry she replied.
DO you know what poetry is?" 80,
yes" she replied quite naturally, ut is
lines which end alike, but which you
don't -Masque de Fer
"A gaily decked woman, with her
countenance hidden behind coating of
enamel, walked up Chestnut street yes
terday, the cynosure of all eyes. A
small boy had taken a sign from new
ly colored awning-pole and hung it on
her lace dress. 1t read: Look out for
paint. philadelphia Record.
"A young Scotchman was once halt
ing betwiXt two loves, one possessed of
beauty and the other of a COW. In de-
spair of arriving at a decision, he applied
for advice to a canny compatriot, who
delivered himself thus: Marry the
lass that has the COO for there's no the
deeference o coos value in any twa
weemin in Christendom.
by novel device heavy guns can
now be aimed and fired with the great
cs. accuracy, without exposing the gun
ners and without their even seeing the
object to be fred at The principle
used is that of 50 training the gun as to
cause the object to be fired at to be re-
Elected upon a screen at the rear of the
gun.
1t Came High.-"'So you have been
out in the wild west? Is It true that
they hold human life so cheap out
there?' Cheap, nothing. When ID
comes to paying dollar and half for
Il teaspoonful of beans it does not look
as if existence was very cheap, does it?"
indianapolis Journal.
John Cess. a Michigan blacks NTH,
got his foot tangled in rope attached
to u balloon at Wenonah Beach on Sagi-
nav Bay. lie called to the folks to hold
him when the balloon went up, but
they could not However, he got his
feet untangled before he had gone more
than three or four rods, and, falling in
soft sand, he escaped injury.
"A foolish cow near Thompson, Ga. :,
that got its tail caught somehow in a
tree, made trouble worse by going
around the trunk until she wound up
like clock. She then became fright
ened, and giving lunge pulled the tail
out by the roots. Afterwards the tail
was found as described by the animals
owner.
-Signor Mascagni, the composer of
"Cavalleria Rusticana," which has ere
ated Juror in Berlin and other cities
on the continent, is described as re-
arkably handsome young man, TWEEN
ty-siX years of age. His skin is dark
bronze, his eyes are black and melan-
choly in expression, and his forehead is
broad and high. He is six feet in
height. His face is beardless.
AT the Breakfast Table. llicent's
sister-"Why do you look so down in
the mouth, this morning. Mill?" MILL
cents little brother-"You'd look that
way, too, Mabel, if you'd spent a half
an hour seeing Mr.. Cutely to the door,
like Mill did last night" And the
depths of AIillicent's coffee cup seemed
to have an irresistible attraction Just
then Brooklyn Eagle.
u Mess their attention is especially
directed to it, few people notice the tiny
letters stamped on the larger silver
coins of our currency at point just
below the junction of the arrows and
OllNc IlCIti III Illc CdSlc > Claws.
The letters are IS >" so, )" and sc. c., ;"
and stand respectively for San Fran
cisco, New Orleans or Carson City,
where the pieces were cast in the United
States branch minis. Coins made in
the mint at Philadelphia bear ne special
mark, and are indicated by its absence
"A stray horse entered Brooklyn
candy store to the great terror of the
proprietor, picked up some candy and
held it out to the young woman clerk
While she was wondering whether the
animal wanted the candy wrapped up
and sent home or not, the horses owner
came in and explained that the petted
beast wanted some one to hold the candy
while he ate it. He was used to being
fed from the hand, and thought he could
eat in no other way.
Have you been invited to a bag
party yet? They are quite the latest
thing. The striped paper used by
grocers is pasted into the form of huge
beg, which envelops young woman or
man, is tied tightly about their respec-
tive neclls, and has openings for the
feet, which latter mercifully settle the
question of sex, the masculine extremity
being easily distinguishable. Another
bag covers the head, is tied about the
neck, and has openings for the eyes. AT