The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-14
MISCELLANEOUS,

Lyman bryant, the old sexton OF
the quaint town of Holden, Mass, now
lying at the age of ninety-one, had dur
ing his forty years of office inferred 999
persons
-Self-Made and Homemade. -John-
ny-"Say, Uncle George, God didn't
make everything, did hep" Uncle
George - Guess he did, Johnny"
Johnny-''Don't see how that can be,
cause Sis beau was here last night and
heard Sis say he made himself at
home. Boston Courier.
"A French official has devised the
following means for separating the
caves of charred books: Cut off the
back of the book so as to render the
leaves independent of each other, then
soak them and dry rapidly by a current
Of hot air. The leaves will then sepa-
rate, but must be handled with extreme
care.
THE members of Maine family"
relates the Boston Herald, were quite
badly scalded in strange way. They
were sitting about the dinner table.
when 19l3-pound rock from blast in
a nearby ledge crashed through the
roof, and falling plump. into the soup
tureen, splashed the hot liquid over all
the diners"
Her Deadly Aim.-Higgins-
never can tell what an angry woman
will do. | was walking past the big
plate glass windows of Highart's store
the other day when woman, who must
have mistaken me for some one else,
threw stone at me-" Fogg--"And l
suppose it broke the window?" Hig-
gins-'No. 1t hit a man on the other
side of the street. Saturday Evening
Herald.
John Cozine. employed in bobbin
mill at Tunkhannock, Pa, saved his
life recently by presence of mind and
quick work. His left arm was caught
in the machinery and his entire body
was being drawn in. With hrs right
hand he drew knife from his pocket,
anu, opening it with his teeth he cut
the belt that drove the machinery. He
will lose the arm that was caught.
A big leopard seal came up in the
midst of lot of bathers at Santa Bar
bara, Cal, causing good deal of alarm
at first, as some thought the creature
shark or sea serpent. Some of the boys
barlled like a seal and the visitor
seemed for a time to think it was among
friends of its own kind and kept COM
ing closer. until finally taking in the
situation it turned tail and fed out to
sea again.
Near the old cemetery in West
Alexander, w. Va, big tree is grow
ing, which forks at three feet nine
inches from the ground. Apparently it
is a white oak, but on examination il
appears that above the fork it branches
into two species, one white oak, and
the other a white cherry, with the
foliage peculiar to each. The oak is
about siXty-fve and the cherry fifty five
feet high.
A Lchigh Valley car cleaner al
Pottsville found a package containing
$4,000 in bank notes. The money had
been sent from Mahanoy City in the
custody of a clerk, who, in order tc
divert suspicion from his important
mission. carried the package in pocket
of his coat. In the car it worked out OF
his pocket and became fastened under
the edge of the seat. The finder re-
stored the package unbrolien to the
clerk.
The city directory for 1891 has
made its appearance and contains 379,-
81 names. This is an increase over
last year, and as the usual average is
four and a half inhabitants for each
name in the directory, this would seem
to Indicate an increase of population of
$500 during the year. The first direc-
tory in New York City was published
in 17S6 and contained SAG names. Since
that time the number has steadily in
creased reaching 16, 504 in 1910, $50, 303
in 1860, and $50, $50 Il year ago.-N. Y.
Sun.
Six young ladies, graduates of
Rosemary Hall Seminary. Wallingford,
Conn, were contestants in a horse
Harvesting match, this being one of the
commencement exercises. The prize
was Il silvermountcd whip. The har-
ness lay on the ground and the horses
were led out with nothing on them but
halters At the word Start" the girls
leaped forward and hurriedly began to
harness the animals Miss Marion
Hazard, of Providence, proved herself
the most expeditions; she harnessed her
horse in four minutes and a half.
A hen in Pike cosnty, Ga, had been
set on fourteen eggs, and for two weeks
stuck to her contract faithfully. But
here she quit her nest on account of the
ravages of mites, lacking just one week
of the regular time of Matching. Put
ting some wool in box the owner
placed the eggs on the wool and threw
guano bag over them. In about
week he carefully removed the bag and
was surprised to find twelve pretty lit
tie chickens in the place of fourteen
eggs.
Edwin Baltzley, of Glen Echo, has
boy with strong dash of original
philosophy in his composition. He had
made his plans to celebrate the Fourth
of July, and on the morning of that day
discovered that his father had failed to
provide the pyrotechnic necessities He
began to cry, and in order to pacify
him his father assured him that he
would bring him lots of fireworks. That
evening he had gathered his store OF
rockets, fire-crackers and Roman can