The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

prefer Virgil. The one that sings about
arms and the man. you know. =
Demorest's Magazine.
Uncle George-''Come, Harry, you
should forsake your wild ways. 1t is
time you were settled" Harry-"And
be like bill after it is settled-laid
away and never thought of again! No,
thanks. Boston Transcript.
1t has been proposed, on account of
the scarcity of black walnut, to substi-
tute for it the black gum which grows
SO plentifully throughout the southern
states. 1t can be stained so that an eX-
pert can hardly detect the difference
between the woods.
Tired Traveller (alighting from
train)-"Which do you consider the
best hotel?" Drummer-'You see that
building over there?' That is the
worst" Tired Traveler-"But l don't
want the worst l want the best
Drummer-"Then | don't know what
you are going to do There is only
one"
Some ingenious company of indi-
viduals has started society for the
supplying of wives who shall be com
petent in every branch of domestic art
and guaranteed by diploma to accom-
plish the various duties of home making
in perfect and artistic manner. This
happy inspiration, which will fill long
felt want, has its birthplace in LON
hardy.
"A horse in the Boston police de-
partment is getting a population for
hospitality. When one of the officers
leaves his horse in the same stable, and
fastenS him near by, the other horse
picks up hay and forces it through the
iron grating of his stall for his guest to
eat He began to show his hospitality
about year ago, and he has continued
If twice a day ever since.
Unless under some special agree
ment partner is not entitled to any
compensation for his skill, labor, or
services while employed in the partner
ship business, as he owes them gratui-
tously for the success of the business;
but a managing partner, who employs
his minor children with the consent of
the other partner, is entitled to com
pcnsation for their services.
The Mexican cession cost us $780,
600, 600 or about twelve cents an acre.
We have carved from it California, Ari-
iona, Navada and Utah and parts of
New Mexico and Colorado, and from
about one-twelfth of the lands de-
nounced as sterile and valueless we
have produced 81, 500, 900, 900 of gold and
silver and twenty times as much in cere-
ais, lumber and fruit.
"A series of tests, both in this coun-
try and England. indicate that nights
milk is richer in butter than mornings
milk. This difference is attributed to
the shorter time between the milkings,
the closer a milking follows the previ-
Gus one the higher being the percentage
of butter fat in the milk Some butter
makers find it profitable, for this reason,
to milk three times day.
Precedent, locality, and rotation in
Office rule absolutely in Delaware poll
ties. The three counties take the gov
ernship as nearly as possible in rota-
ton, and there is always an effort to
apportion the congressman and the two
senators equally among the counties.
The same rule applies to the appoint
ment of Judges In county politics the
claims of locality are again recognized,
and the effort is to apportion county
officers with some equality among the
various hundreds.
The oldest inha bited dwelling house
in the United States is said to be that
of Killian Van Rensselaer,, opposite AL
;u Hai,,rr Of l,r.;a1y
with ganbrel roof. The front wall
contains two portfolios. out of which
the early inhabitants shot at the Indi-
ans. According to u plate in the rear,
set up by the Albany Commemorative
society, the building was erected in
1912. The Dutch reformed settlers held
religious services in the old hall. There
is well behind the house, which leg.
end names as the place where Yankee
Doodle was composed during the
French and Indian war.
With the growth of the navy there
begins to be difficulty in Offering the
new ships When one of the white
ships was recently in need of junior
watch officer, half dozen ensigns were
suggested for the place, but the navy
department, on looking the young men
over, found that for various reasons not
one of them was available for the duty.
The same difficulty has made it neces-
sary that officers with their tours of seq,
duty two-thirds finished should be sent
to distant stations, a policy usually
avoided by the department, since it
necessitates the expense of a long re-
turn journey by merchant steamer.
Some of the oldest human beings on
this continent inhabit the islands of the
Chesapeake. Spesutia island, usually
pronounced Spesootha, is far up the
bay, and serves chiefly as landing
place for gunners Further down are
Wye and Kent islands, long settled and
highly cultivated, the former once the
home of the Paca family, the subject of
many romantic traditions Still further
south is the archipelago called Tangler
Sound Hereabouts the coast is lined
with a multitude of small islands in
ha bitcd by a hardy race of amphibians
whose li'es are given t%p to the business
and pleasure of fishing. These islands
are the scenes of the famous oyster
wars, and the islanders have much the
same attitude toward the oyster laws
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