The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-02-27
MISCELLANE

| Hreat heavens, Its been In soak since
last spring. brooklyn Eagle.
"A young gentleman of Lagrange,
Ga, upon going to theater for the
first time and seeing a pistol fired at
woman, who pretended to be hurt, was
| shocked to such an extent that he had
| to remain in his room all the next day
Switch is Switch.-Tiddledy (who
has been reading about the misplaced
cabbage switch)-"In what does cab
bage' switch resemble hair 'switch?'"
Winks-"Both must have n head in
them. "-Broolllyn Eagle.
The Better Weapon. - Every front
Ter fighter says he would rather have
a knife than revolver for a weapon at
close range. and a North Carolina wo-
man has proven that an axe is better
| than a shotgun in row. She was OPP
posed to a man thus armed, and she
killed him before he could tire.-Dctroit
Free Press.
A broker in Boston has bought
box of cigars regularly every month for
the man in the office on the floor above
him. His reason is that the man could
leave the water running in his wash
basin and thereby food the room below.
The one above probably accepts the
cigars on the ground that the one below
could start smudgc and smoke him
out.--Detroit Free Press.
At recent shooting contest be-
tween ladies two of the competitors
tied and were to shoot off the tie with
| three shots. When the three shots had
been fired the end was no nearer, for
each lady had made three bulrs-eyes. 1t
became then case of shot for shot, and
such was the precision Of the competi-
tors that each made no less than sixteen
bull's-eyes.
-lIciress-"And are you sure you
are marrying me for myself alone?"
Binks-"Can you ask" Heircss-"My
wealth counts nothing to you?" Binlks
--"Nothing." Iieiress---''Then we can
be all in all to each other. l have just
given the whole of my million to the
Home for Pauper Lunatics." (Whither
Binlts was taken shortly aftcrward. y
The BoStonian.
"A sentimental French baron Sleeps
every night upon Il pillow filed with
the hair OF all the most lovely women
in the world. He has paid as much rs
five francs for a single hair, to insure
himself against the fearful calamity of
having hair from the head of n plain
girl creep into the collection. 1t must
be dreams of air women that come
each night to the gallant noblcman.
"A New York editor who wrote an
obituary notice of man of some celeb
a. l.,
practitioner, but was diverted from it
by love of letters" He did not see the
printers proof and was confronted the
next morning with this-"IIc began life
as Il legal politician, but was diverted
from it by love of bitters. "-Demerara
Argus.
"A negro in Chattanooga, who had
killed Il very large rat, was persuaded
that it was a great delicacy with the
Chinese and they would buy it. He took
it to laundryman and he barely es-
capped with his life The Chinaman
threw fatirons and every thing throwa-
BILE about the place at the frigh ened
negro and chased him several blocks up
the street.
One of the most ingenious toys that
have made their appearance this year is
"A Japanese creation. 1t is Il paper af-
fair in the form of a great butterfly,
and one gives it momentum by a string
exactly as one starts a musical top
only, instead of spinning around on the
floor like the top, this affair flies to the
ceiling and buZzes about it at great
rate until it's force is expended.
He Solved It.-A Michigan farmer
who drove to town on. certain DAYS of
the week always arrived ut railway
crossing the same time an express train
did. For three years he debated as to
who had the right of way, and to settle
it he started to drive across the other
day and next moment found himself in
an old cornteld with broken leg,
while horses We're dead and wagon
mashed.--Detroit Free Press.
The unusual sight of man with
three full-stzed arms and hands may be
daily seen upon the streets of Marbette,
Il. c. He is 4 Russian by birth. and first
came to American in 1877 as an attache
of the Greek church at Sitka, Alaska,
where he resided about 1884. He is a
large, powerfully built man, but seems
to have no control of this extra bodily
member, which hangs down his back
from a point almost exactly between
his shoulders, and rolls from side to
side in an unsightly manner, as though
paralyzed. Besides being well equipped
in the way of arms, he has a set of
teeth that are double all the way around.
There is wonderful spring in Her
nando County, Florida, from which
rises the stream known as the Welxo-
wechee river, the waters of which will
float small steamer. The spring is
about eighty feet deep and sixty feet in
diameter Chemists who have analysed
the water say that there is not trace
of organic matter in it's composition,
and that it is the most pure and fresh of
any spring in America. The steamer
which makes regular trips up and down
the Wekowechee is often floated into
the cavity of the spring, but can not be
made to stay in the center, rs the force
Of the rising water forces it to the sides
Of the basin.
The Shah as an Artist.
The Shah of Persia is fair draughts-
man, and is particularly fond of draw