The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-05
MISCELLANE OUS.


man.
Did you see that? Mary Skreemer
and Clara Highnote just passed each
other and neither spoke. They used to
be the best of friends" "Ah, but they
both belong to the same choir now. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
Had you rather be mounted po-
liceman or one on foot?" said little
boy to his sister. so, mounted police
man, because then if l found any rob-
bers l could get away faster.-Courrer
des Etats-Unis.
Like many Others she has the mis-
fortune to have a very prosaic husband.
"'Would l were bird she starts to
sing. what good would it do?" he in
terrupts, 'I'll bet you would't keep
your bill shut. "-Fliegende Batter.
"A resident of Bay City, Mich, has a
watch which was carried at the battle
of Culloden, in Scotland, in 1746. 1t
has been handed down from father to
son for four generations, and belongs
to the second series of timepieces in
vented. 1t still keeps good time.
"A rather unusual wreck occurred
on the Lehigh Valley road few days
ago at Cherry Ford. A horse in trans
portation broke out of the car Just as
another train was passing. The animal
became tangled up between the two,
and both trains were wrecked and one
man killed. Both tracks were torn up.
-Travers-''My tailor actually ac-
cused me of dishonesty the other day.
We had a sccne-I hate scencs-and
have now been obliged to take my trade
elsewhere Cleverton-''IIow unfortu-
nate" Travcrs-"On the contrary:
there was one bright spot about it. I
hadn paid him anything for two years. J"
Clothier and Furnishcr.
North German Lloyd steamships in
| 1890 covered S11, 224 sea miles between
Bremen and New York, 3G4. 1872 between
Bremen and Baltimore, G04, 800 between
Bremen and South America, 304, 900 on
the East ASiatic service, 345, 900 on the
Australian, A, 200 on the Hong Kong
Japan, G5,100 on the Sydney-Samoa and
IS, 800 on the Brindisi-Port Said Total
$3.50, 40 miles.
by careful experiments made at the
VI I0ldlcS IulIJ. says IllC Ii Oil III
| dustry Gazette, it has been shown that
s. are lost by abrasion every time ST.
600. 900 in gold coin are handled. The
experiments were conducted with bags
containing IS, 600 each, and it was shown
that the mere lifting of the 200 bags
making up 81 600, 600 to truck to be re-
moved to another vault, resulted in the
loss stated. aud that their transfer from
the truck again made Il second similar
! loss.
A Florida woman has canary bird
that is highly priced for its beautiful
singing. About three weeks ago, dur
ing high wind storm, the bottom OF
the cage dropped out and the bird was
gone. Nothing more was seen of it and
it was given up for lost, when one day
it made its reappearance in the family
circle The door of the empty cage was
open and birdie voluntarily entered.
"A young man living in suburban
village near Paris, who for long time
has lecn unable to walk without
crutchcs. astonishcd his friends by ris,
ing at midnight few days ago and
walking ten miles without artificial aid.
He then returned to bed and awollc tho
next morning with no feeling of weari'
ness. and entirely Oblivious of what had
occurred. His physicians are puzzled.
New Jersey is puzzled with a young
burglar, AIRED eleven years, who has
been convicted four times, and has
spent four years of his young life in
prisons and reformatories. The reform
school authorities would not have him,
the county jail was not a fit place for
him; so, in spite OF his youth, he was
sent to the state prison for one year lie
is fatally expert at picking locks, and
exercises his ingenuity at every oppor-
tunity.
Presence of mind is not always
monopolized by the brave and wise, nor
is it uniformly cultivated for great and
good purposes. Several OF the pupils in
a certain "backwoods" district deter
mined not to study geography. The
teacher believed that they were old
enough to begin the subject, and ac-
cordingly called one Of the oldest boys
to her desk and spoke to him about the
necessity of knowledge of his own
anG other countries. Il sha'nt study
geography till l git ready" growlcd the
youngster. The teacher rose quickly
and seized him by the collar, intending
to shake him. when the young rascal
hastily added: But I'm ready now"
-Italianand negro women in Gotham
are peculiarly fond of what is commonly
known as the head handkerchief, and
the use of this article is a characteristic
attempt upon the part of both races to
cling to custom learned in a climate
very different from that of New York.
The determined way in which both
races cling to outdoor life is another
manifestation of the same instinct. The
popular names for the Italian and negro
headgcar, by the way, admirably illus
trates the fate of words in the mouths
of the ignorant or thoughtless. "Ker-
chief means primarily head covering.
When this article of dress came to be
carried in the hand it took the name OF
handkerchief, or ''hand-head cover >
and in still later times the Original
'kerchief" popularity acquired the name
Northumberland" which is head
hand-head cover"
How many persons have any idea
how great fresco painters manage wher