The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

to note that only four English words
end in 'cion," namely, coercion, epine-
cion, internecion. suspicion, and only
four end in "dous," to wit, hazardous,
jeopardous, stupendous, tremendous.
"A happy family dwells in an engine
house in Madison, Indiana, and the an
tics of the members afford amusement
to the fire company. The family is
composed of coon, a cat, pair of rab-
bits, two white mice and a shepherd
dog They occupy the same apartment,
sport together and eat from the same
vessel.
George All Right When George
asked you to be his wife" inquired the
mother, wasn't he good deal flustered
and confus ed?' Eyes MAMA" replied
Laura, looking admiringly at something
that sparkled on her shapely finger,
"but what he said had the right ring
about it. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Hawaiian islands were dis
covered by Gatano,a Spanish navigator,
in 1912. The independence of these
islands was recognized by the United
States in 1929, and more formally in
1913; by Belgium in 1874, and by En-
gland and France later in the same
year.
--Gorham Gray, inventor Of kind of
wire by which the conductivity is in the
core instead of on the surface of the
wire, says he is convinced that tele-
phony is practicable not only between
this country and Europe, through the
Atlantic ocean, but for 5000 miles from
New York through to San Francisco
and Hawaii Hello, there!
An Equivocal Puff. Did you see
the notice l gave vou?' said the editor
to the grocer. Eyes, and don't want
another. The man who says I've got
plenty OF sand, that the milk sell is of
the first water, and that my butter is
the strongest in the market, may mean
well, but he is not the man want to
fatter me a second time"
Secretary Blaine is very proud of
the success achieved by his eldest son.
Emmons, who has just been appointed
assistant tC the president of the Balti-
more e. Ohio railroad, with general
charge of the western department of
the road. Secretary Blaine has never
recovered from the shock of his son
Walkers death, but his pride now CEN
ters in his eldest son.
Better Than Azure Blood. -Pater-
$50 you don't like Mr.. Fahrweste?"
Daughter-'I don't. He's too coarse.
don't believe there's a drop of blue
blood in his veins" Pater--"Never you
mind that. He's a mine owner, and the
contents of his veins are ores that as
say twenty thousand to the ton. +"
Daughter-"I'll wed him. "-Pittsburgh
Bulletin.
A Worldly Mite. - Sick Child
Mamma, do folks that die and go to
Heaven wear white robes and crowns
and have harps to play on when they
want TOP Mamma-''Yes, dear" Sick
Child-'And do they have bicycles to
ride and sponge cake to eat?" Mamma
No" Sick Child-"Then | guess
you can bring me that medicine didn't
want to take. Pharmaceutical Era.
"A strange story comes from Bruins
wick. Me. A worthy citizen of that
town was breaking ice, preparatory
to making some ice water. In tho
middle of the square OF ice he discov-
cred a dark-brown substance. Cutting
closer to this object, he saw that it was
a toad While the gentleman was gaz.
ing in amaZemcnt, at it. the toad, which
at first seemed lifeloss, recovered ami.
nation, and leisurely hoped away.
1t is evident that there was no con-
trorersy about the source of the Mis-
sissippi when the treaty of 1888 con-
frming the independence of the United
States was signed. 1t was stipulated in
that treaty that the boundary between
the two countries should run from the
northwest corner of the Lake of the
Woods due west to the source of the
1t was not discovered for
many years later that the sources of the
are far south.
Hundreds of mistakes creep into
maps through transformation given by
savage or semi-civilized people, or the
Misunderstanding of explorers Here
is one instance: \ conspicuous place,
the capital of the Laos country. east of
Burmah, has been known for many
years as Ximme, and the name has APP
peared in large letters on the maps.
The real name of this place is Chineg
Mai. The Burmese can not pronounce
this name, and the name introduced on
our maps is their mispronunciation of
it
One of the most successful practical
inventions recently perfected in Dres-
den is knitting machine which can be
on all varieties of fancy work
as well as on round and fiat work,
capable of producing colored, striped
and vari-colored patterns without
changing the machine. 1t knits Carai.
gan stitch, pearl Cardigan and two-and-
two rib. For durability, however, no
machine has ever taken the place of
the knitting needle.
MIR. Theodore Bent, who was sent
to investigate the famous Zimbabye
ruins in South Africa, writes home that
these ruins are undoubtedly of Pheni-
clan origin, and that the inscriptions
and other evidence he has found I'M
mistallably indicate the form of wor-
ship, the manner of decoration, and the
system of gold smelling practiced by
the vanished people who erected the
structures. They are relics of people