The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24
MISCELLANEOUS

Rather Ambiguous = Gully-ssSo
Jinkley, old man, you've married since
the last time we metz" Jingley-~Yes.
and wish we hadn't met the last time. /"
Detroit Free Press
II say, old fellow, here are the FIVE
shillings borrowed OF you last weeky'
Thanks. dear boy! had forgotten all
about it." Hang it old man. WHY
didn't you tell me that five minutes a9o?''
The product of some California or
chards are somewhat astonishing. For
example, sixteen-acse orchard of Ger
man prunes in Sonofna county, from
five to eight years old, yielded 90, 600
pounds of dried fruit this year and a net
profit of $500.
Not long ago a telegraph operator
found the words "orates fratres'' in a
special dispatch about the praying
brothers" 1t is not definitely known
whether the telegraphist or the COM
positor attempted to translate the
words, but it is certain they appeared
in a paper as, 20, rats, father!"
Another Great Artist.-'What a
wonderful painter Rubens wasr re-
marked Merritt at the art gallery.
''Yes. asscnted Cora ut is said Of him
that he could change a laughing face
into sad one by single stroke. !"
why" spoke up little Johnny, in dis
gust, my schoolteacher can do that"
-Dick-'Grandma, are resolutions
very unhealthy" Grandma-"What do
you mean, child?" Dick-'Papa came
home from the club banquet with an
awful headache last night and told
mamma that they didn't do anything
except pass a few resolutions Inter
Ocean.
Both the Kurds and the Cassocks
believe that Ararat is guarded by an
unearthly being and that no man can
ascend the peak and live. They have a
somewhat contrary opinion, however,
as to what kind of spirits are on guard,
the former claiming that the devil is
guard supreme, the latter that angels
are on watch.
One of the industries in connection
with the tea trade is the collection of
the lead with which tea chests are
lined. China has been noted for many
centuries for the purity of its lead, and
this tea-chest lead, as it is called, is re-
garded as the finest in existence There
are many uses for 1t; it is found very
valuable in making the best kinds of
solder.
Some ingenious contrivanccs are
used by thieves The latest looks like
an ordinary walling-stick, but is so ar
ranged that, by pressing spring at the
handle, the ferrule will spread apart
and form sort of spring clip, that will
take hold of anything that is within
reach. The thing is called 1.-THE CONT
mental lifting stick" aud is used to take
shopman's back is turned.
On the LIST of May, 1907, the union
between England and Scotland was
finally established, and though the
Scotch, at first, were highly indignant
at this event. they soon became recon-
ciled to it, and later looked upon it as
great blessing. For years after the
union. intrigues for the restoration of
the Pretender (the representative of the
exiled Stuarts) disturbed the peace of
the country
DR.. c. n. Ellingwood, Of San Fran
cisco, charged the estate of Walter 5.
Hobart $50, 900 for his medical atbenli-
ance for twelve months on Mr. and Mrs.
Hobart, and, although the heirs, three
minors, petitioncd the court to allow
the claim, Judge Levy cut it downt to
$40, 600, remarking that the heirs will in
afew years obtain free control of the
estate and can then pay the remainder
If they see fit to do so.
A Maori whose request for blankets
had at last elected decided refusal
from the missionary, exclaimed: "Ka-
pal (good); no more blankets, no more
hallelujahs, and thereupon returned to
the faith of his fathers. No less humor-
GUS, though in another way, was the
plea of a Maori in litigation for piece
of land. Being called on to tell the
court on what proof he relied for his
title. he pointed to the rival claimant
and said simply: 81 ate his father"
There are volcanoes all over the
world. They occur all along the Pacific
coast, on the western side as we'll as
the eastern, all the way from Bering
Strait to New Zealand. There are vol
canoes in Africa, in the Mediterranean,
the West Indies, and even amid the
eternal ice and SHOWS that surround
the southern pole. Iceland is especially
noted for its volcanoes, which have
burst forth from time to time in the
most fearful eruptions
1t was in Italy during the religious
wars of Charles ", under condition of
society which rendered life particularly
insecure, that the small sword or ra-
pier was adopted and habitually worn
by military and state officers, and gen.
orally by all men whose position in
society or whose occupation permitted
it. Tho Italians. who were expert
fencers were the instructors of the art.
first in Spain and afterwards in France
where. during the last century, fencing
was brought to the highest perfection.
In each wing of an ostrich twenty
six long, white plumes grow to maturity
in eight months. Ii, the male these
are pure white, while those of the
female shade to ccru or gray. The
short feathers are pluclscd for tips, and
each wing furnishes seventy-five of
these. The tail feathers are of deep
old ivory color, and sixty-five of these
have commercial value In la<a