The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-02-05
MISCElLANE

NO, never read, was the blunt an
swer. Hi, boys, come here" called
out the gamin; ''here's a man as is
practicin' for the juryr'
"A six-year-old little fellow was
forced to wear shirt three sizes too
large for him After strutting around
little while. he burst out with: It
feel awful lonesome in this shirt. ma"
To love my neighbor as myself,
What strange advice is thatl
do not even know his name,
I'm tenant in Fat.
Washington Star.
Trunks are now made of paper
pulp that has been subjected to a great
pressure in the same manner as the ma
terial used for the manufacture of paper
car wheels. Owing to the tenacity of
the paper it is practically impossible to
injure trunk made of this material
"A peculiar animal was killed in
Oregon the other day. 1t is not a coon
nor polecat, neither is it a wildcat nor
cougar, but it looks like mixture or
combination of all them. Its teeth are
long and sharp. and It's tail somewhat
resembles a hogs ear.
Chinese gold miners in California do
not talk at their work, as they consider
It unlucky, and for the same reason
they do not like to be addressed by Wis
itors At Rock Springs, Wyo., the
Chinese miners in the coal mines con-
slider it very unlucLy to speak before
breakfast
c 1t is said to have cost the English
man who bought ten buffaloes from
buffalo Jones'" OF Kansas, SOS. 600 to
purchase and get them across the At
lantic. They were bred in Manitoba.
Their new home is the park of Hagers-
ton castle. in Northum berland But
think of the price when millions were
butchered for fun twenty five years ago.
News stamps range in denomination
from l cent to 90 cents. There is a 10
cent stamp, a l5-cent stamp and 80
cent stamp. The highest denomination
used by the United States is a S60-stamp,
with which newspapers sometimes pay
their postage bills. For the same pur-
pose are the 81. 92-stamp. the $3-stamp
and various others ranging from that
on to S4s.
Capt. L. K Morse, of Rockport,
Me-, has invented a new method of
reefing sails on ships. The common
method of reefing by hauling the sail
up, sometimes requiring all hands aloft.
is hard on canvas and harder on the
men. Capt. Morse devised his plan
while he was in command of the ship
Col. Adams, and used it on the vessel
until she was burned. By his method
the reefng is done from the deck.
1t is probable that there will be
fewer tall buildings built in Chicago
hereafter. in consequence of the high
rate of insurance adopted by the board
of underwriters in the case of ten
story structure. The rate was so high
that the owner of the building in ques-
ton thinks it necessary to tear down at
least two of the stories. This edifice
was intended for mercantile purposes,
and was therefore treated in a different
manner from one intended for offices.
"A blacksmith in Belfast Me-. re-
lates that forty years ago, when he was
an pprentice. his employer bought a
superannuated horse for fifty cents, or
dered him to shoe the animal, and sold
it. with its four new shoes, for seventy
five cents The apprentice was so in
censed at having his work valued at
only twenty-five cents that he took an
oath then and there never to shoe an
other horse, and he never has, although
he has been in the blacksmith business
ever since.
There is story going the rounds
that man was sitting behind a hat,
the wearer being the sort of womap
who can not keep in one position. He
grew desperate; he placed his own silk
hat upon his head and commenced to
dodge after his tornentor. Presently
cries came, Take off that hat!' TAX
ing it off, he leaned forward, tapped
the woman on her shoulder. Madame,
they are asking you to remove your
hat" he said courteously. And the
plan was a success Music and Drama.
"A granger hailing from Placer
county brought to the Chronicle Office a
curious freak of nature in the shape of
a live snake with two distinct heads
There is no malformation the body and
neck of the reptile being perfect and
the heads being each of full size and
development. Each head has two
eyes. and the snake when aroused darts
its forked tongues from both mouths,
simultaneously at times, and at others
using only one tongue. The reptile is
little over a foot long and belongs to
harmless variety. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
Among the natives of Australia
notched and carved sticks are used for
messages. For instance, a piece of
wood carried from one village to an
other, with straigh. and curved lines
cut upon it, means There is fight on
hand; fetch your spears and boom
erangs.'' The North American Indians
have utilized wampum belts from time
immemorial for like purposes, the ar
rangement of the different colored
beads conveying the Specification de-
sired.