The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

- nave been known TO beat rail-
road" said the tramp. "but there is one
thing I never did beat" what is thate~
~ carpet" Washington Star.
How Thought Differs From Reality.
-Porter-"That trunk just carried up
must have a tombstone in itr' Clerk
NO it contains the samples of an Indi-
ana farmer who thinks he's found dia-
mond mine. Weekly.
Are you one of papa's relations?"
the inquisitive little girl asked. Yes"
replied her uncle. You don't look
very thin" of course not Why did
you think should?" "Aunty said yes
terday that mamma and papa's relations
were strained. "-Washington Star
Triumph of Art Over Nature. -Seri-
GUS Artist - Il think you knew the
model for this fgure-poor beggar, deaf
and durab." Light-hearted Friend-"I
know-uscd to sit at corner of street.
Deaf and dumb! BY Jove, you've made
a speaking likeness of him. Wonder
fulr-Punch.
1t is announced that Welshman
has perfected a sewing machine by
which the thread is supplied directly
from two ordinary spools, and sews
through the assistance OF . rotary
topper; by means of this arrangement
the old style shuttle or bobbin Is done
away with.
Tho most remarkable set OF spoons
in Missouri are owned in Richmond
They were made out of Mexican dollars
by timer named Kaiser, the first of
his trade in Fulton, who also made the
first tin lamp in Galloway county. The
spoons after fifty years of use, are In
excellent preservation.
If you want a lovely odor in your
rooms break off branches of the Nor
way spruce and arrange them in largo
jug well filed with water. In Q few
days tender. pale green branches
feather out soft and cool TO the touch
and giving the delightful health-giving
odor.
Great schooners come to grief IS
well as small craft, and some Of the big
fellows die young. The four-master
John Paul, L. SS tons, built at Bath In
1889, is in the harbor of Providence, r
l., having been scuttled to quench
fire in her cargo of 2,70o tons Of coal
She cost $4,000 and was insured for
$50, 900. She was the heaviest SPARED
vessel on the coast
The following advertisement re-
Gently appeared in a matrimonial paper:
"A stamp collector, the possessor of q
collection of l2,544 stamps, wishes to
marry a lady who is an ardent collector
and the possessor of the blue penny
stamp of Mauritius issued in lS4Z" Ii
appears in the Moniteur of the Island
of Mauritius, and the stamp which the
young lady must possess is valued at
about 81, 900 on account of its rarity.
Wrinkles come first to the girl who
laughs the hearticst, to the girl whose
face. from chin to forehead, is one
broad smile To defer the coming
wrinkles, girls should laugh only with
the lips, and never extend the laugh to
the corners Of the eyes Girls full of
fun will find this difficult to do. Cold,
dignifed women, whose faces seldom
brighten with hearty laughter, have
the fewest wrinkles, and TO them they
come late.
"A Norwegian farmer has devised q
lock, in which the bolt is released by a
stroke from a pendulum bob. The PEN
dulum, invisible from the outside, In
moved sufficiently by blowing sharply
several times through a hole in the
door, but the puffs of air can be given
at the proper time only by swinging
key pendulum previously adjusted to
vibratc in unison with the lock pendu.
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Eight lively girls Of Preston, w
Va. formed coon-hunting party, and,
with wagon, two guns, two axes, and
some provisions, gleefully started out
As they did not return that night, their
relatives became alarmed, and went 10
the woods in quest of them At noon
on the following day the girls were
found seated on a log, crying as IL the
world were about TO end. They had
lost their way in the woods, and had
not seen a solitary coon.
"A recent instance of mans inhumau-
ity to woman is related in Maine. After
she had MIXED the cows, strained the
milk into thirteen stone crooks, carried
the crooks down into the cellar.
skinned the cream, washed the crooks
and put them on the fence palings to
dry, heated skim milk for the calves
and carried it 90 the barn for them, got
the cream ready for churning, put her
husbands supper on the table, and then
hurried to take the crying baby. the
farmers wife said that she was tired.
and asked her husband TO buV her a
portable creamery, in order to tighten
her labors, The farmer replied that he
couldn't afford it, and the next day he
went to town and bought riding plow,
paying for it with the butter money.
RUBBER MAKING.