The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

After being separated for eighteen
years farmer in Washington County,
Pa, has found his son by means of a
wedding notice.
--Boy-'Say, mister, please give me
five cents worth of castor oil, and give
me very short measure, too" Druggist
Short measure! Why?" Boy-''Why,
I've got to take it myself. Brooklyn
Life.
"A Missouri constable overhauled a
tramp on the highway and demanded
his surrounds The tramp pulled re-
volver and each man fired six times at
distance of ten feet and nobody was
hit. Being mutually Disguised. each
went his way.-Detroit Free Press.
William Bachelor, wealthy and
eccentric resident of Coshocton, o., re-
Gently died When the will was pro-
bated it was found that he had cut off
his nephew without a cent because the
latter's wife had at one time objected to
his smoking in her parlor.
The fretful porcupine is said to have
an inordinate fondness for chewing
leather. which it regards as one of the
daintiest of esculents Jim Gibbons,
the blacksmith, of Stockport, n. Y,
declares that porcupine ate more han
half of his bellows in a single night. y
-Boomtown Citizen-"O, we have a
fine class of citizens here. Our Jail is
empty and has been for month" Visi-
tor-"Yes. l judged from the gangs
have seen around the saloons that your
was either empty or so full it could
hold aay more. ''-Indianapolis Jour-
nal.
-Wooden-''Well. you can say what
you choose, I don't like Sneaker"
Edgely-"Why, h, 5 very fine fellow,
polite and accommodating" Wooden
Yes, he is polite enough no doubt, to
your face, but he's one of those fellows
who will cut your throat behind your
back boston Courier.
Pedestrian Chatting before McFad-
denis misunderstanding establishment
Look here, don't like those chest
nuts got from you just now. Every
other one had worm in it." McFad-
den-''Faix. an it's obleeged to We Oh
am for letting me know. Oil go over
me stock, bedad. an throw livery other
wan away, Oh will. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Take back the heart thou gavest"
"Why should | take it back?' There
was a hush of expectancy and the lis
teners leaned far out over the veranda
to catch the dying note of Loves lyric.
because" came the reply. waited
softly on the wings of evening-"be-
cause the boarders won't eat it." 1t was
the butcher.-The Epoch.
Fill tumbler with water. put a
sixpencc in it, and, holding plate over
, the top. turn it upside down. The six,
pence will fall down on the plate anC
; appear to be shilling. while at the
; same time a sixpence will seem to be
swimming in glass. This can also be
done with Il twenty-five cent piece
Ben White. in Sunday Hour.
November. 174O. was ushered in by
one of the most furious and fatal gales
of the century. Between Boston ant
> Lynn sixty ships and upward la,
wrecked. At Whitby. the damage dom
both at sea and ashore was incredible
and from the Firth of Forth to tn
mouth of the Thames there was scarce
a port or fishing village escaped withou
damage and loss of life.
Il A young son of Richard II. Dana
of Cambridge. was asked by one of hi
/ companions if he didn't think the stor,
of Jonah and the whale was funny. II,
: replied that it couldn't be funny becaus
/ it was in the Bible. Speaking to hi
mother about it later, however. he toll
= her what he had said. adding: Blu
Il honestly. do think it was funny, don
: you anbridge Tribune.
A Boston girl at the metropolitan
= Museum of Art of this city was goin
into rapturcs over the figures in one o
~ the halls. 20. Ethel. see these wonder
II full marble statues, think of the age
% that they have watched go by, note tn
Il beautiful brown tinge that age ha
Z given them Beautifully Their brothe
. five minutes later; why, girls,
} have been looking all over for yor
4 Come. let's get away from these plaste
casts"
- systems for distributing power i
- cities from central station are comm
:. more into use every day. Steam. elet
., tricity and compressed air are the con
mon agents, but Paris has Il system whic
-, is the reverse of that employing con
,r pressed air. The motors operate by
" vacuum. created by immense air pump
80 at the central station. The cost pc
=, horse power per hour is twenty-five
cents, about the same as with the ord
=. nary gas engine, when Illuminating gf
is used.
-. A gentleman from the interio
IS whose nautical voca bulary is more e:
To tensive than his actual knowledge (
ID things pertaining to the sea, while Z;
NJ the house of u retired sea captain, heal
n clock in an adjoining room stril
~ eight when he knew it must be abo,
a. noon. He looked at his watch, an
to sure enough. it was just twelve o'clocI
pc and he said to the old salt: ''Captai
IN your clock must be making stern-wa
"a isn't it?" No" said the Captain, :
p guess not. | reckon she's just abo1
~ holding her own This impression WI
confirmed by glance at his watch, al
a then the captain kindly explained tn
nj the clock was made to strike the bel
4 as they are heard aboard ship.-N.
Sun.
r. The steeple ought to GO was ;