The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

| when he proposed to you?" Miss Rox-
'Ile said life without me meant moth
! ing" Friend-"He was sincere in that.
That's just what his possessions amount
ton. Y. Press.
-Pompous Judge-"I hope you have
mach practice?" Young Lawyer-'sYes.
] have, thank you" Il am glad 10 hear
it. And in what branch is your prac-
tice mainly?" Mainly in economy
Texas Siftings.
1t is stated that there is scarcely a
living fish in any of the creeks or rivers
| in Sweet Home, Tex, or vicinity. in
consequence of the late rain, which
washed down 50 much sediment from
the black land that the water became
so thick the fish could not breathe.
The steamer Ems, which arrived in
New York the other day, reports pass
ing an iceberg in latitude 43 degrees
on which We're seen two large polar
bears. The steamer did not stop to in
terferc with them, but left them to con-
tinuc their voyage and give the sharks
taste of bear meat.
Judge Gilmore. of Columbus Ohio,
has very fine watch. II Is known as
the Eclectic and is the only watch of
that name ever made. Everything about
the watch is hand made and fuliew-
clcd. The timcpiccc was maaN N
| Switzerland by special order and cost
5000 The Judge has carried Il twenty.
five years and il never varies
| Ia, q.
sanitary improvement in cities are
smokeless furnaces, which save fuel as
well as avoiding the SMOKE nuisance.
Even stoves and ranges haze been SINH
larry improved by the inentions of a
Russian civil engineer, VI de Clausen,
are now in use in England, md no doubt
they will soon be obtahable in this
country
| The way people eros their feet is
often indicative of characer Neat peo-
pie usually put the right DOT over the
left. while disorderly people generally
| put the left over the right Every body
knows now much character is expressed
in the wearing of the lat, and why
should it be thought surprising if a
man should tell what he is by the way
he places his feet?
There was dug up recently at Eliot,
Me-, a gold ring, bright and shining,
bearing the inscription: Zion. John
Frost, Esq, OBJ. % Feb 1929, Il.
| b." The Hon. John Frot was the son
of Capt. Charles Frost, wlo was killed
by the Indians near the Berwick line
of kittery about 1882. Capt. Frost was
a noted Indian fighter, and when he
was buried the Indians Dig him up and
elevated the body in ths air on poles.
The whites were obligel to bury his
body again at great depth, and cover
the grave with stones to prevent further
| Dissertation.
From Sunday to Monday, when he
is in England, Labouchere usually re-
tires to his country house on the banks
of the Thames, at Twickenhsm. Every
summer he gives lawn party to which
all fashionable London goes 1t was at
one of these parties that Labby deliv-
cred himself of the appended joke. Said
visitor why, what a splendid place
You have here, Mr.. Labouchere. Your
lawn right on the river. just think of
it, Yes" he replied; 1--WE have the
lawn on the river in the summer and
the river on the lawn in the winter.
What more could we want?"
"A valuable contribution to the de-
partment of historical relics at the
worlds fair will be made by the little
colorcd church of lialeyville, in Cumber-
land county, n. J. This is a bell from
their church, which once hung in one
of the towers of the famous mosque at
the Alhambra, in Spain. After the
siege OF Granada, the Spanish soldiers
presented the bell to Queen Isabella. by
whom 1T was given to Columbus. and
taken on his fourth voyage to a COM
munity of Spanish monks on the island
of New Granada, and from there by
various routes, it made its way to the
little church in Haleyville
Some time ago the New York sun
told OF curious newspaper published
ut the Causeway, Salisbury, South AZ
RIGA, called the Mashonaland Herald
and Zambesian Times. The paper is
the size of sheet of foolscap. and is
not printed The original writing of
its contributors is reproduced by the
photograph process In noticing and
commenting on that. George Augustus
Sala says he knows of a more curious
specimen of newspaper printing that
was published in some part of the Dec
can, in which excellent lithographic
stone was abundant. The Anplo.In-
dian publication" he says. was pub
lishcd every morning, Autographed on
square of white cotton stuff After
being perused it could be utilized as a
pocket handkerchief; and in the even
ing this journal Mouchoir was returned
To the local dhobee or washerman, who.
after ii had gone through the requisite
lavatory processes, returned il To the
newspaper office To bc reissued to sub
scribers.
An Extinct Indian Race.
The Bothicll Indians of Ncwfound-
land at one time the aboriginal inhab-
itants Of the island can now only be
N Tod nv ii L..