The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Fellow Feellng. - HOW Dlue Ch'
sky is to-day" chirped the optimist
"Yes, feel blue myself" groaned tn,
pessimist. Free Press.
An Atchison girl of whom 1t wa'
predicted that she would surely marry
king, is in Colorado supporting her
husband by keeping boarders. -Atch.
ison Daily Globe.
Mr. Wickwire-"Here is something
you ought to read-an article on ways a
woman can save money" Mrs. Wick
wire--"Does it say anything about her
remaining single?"
An Absent-Minded Professor. :
Friend-"I haven't seen you in long
time, professor. How are you coming
on2" Professor-"I really can't tell you
| pay so little attention to such ma
ters Texas Siftings.
-Teacher-''I am pleased to notics
that your daughter has grown vey
methodical since she has been with u.s.
Mother-"Well, that all comes of SEMI
In her to this school. Me an her ia
hoped she would be Baptist"
The word garden is twenty-five
times mentioned in the Bible, althoup,
a gardener who attended them is met
toned but once The word was former
ly spelled gardner, and in the middle
English gardiner, gathener, and prob
ably gyardener and gardinger, as all
the different spelling of a garden I
found.
Three pieces of the first cabsc
printed in the United, States will be
presented TO the worlds fair connis-
Bioners for exhibition through Como
dore Bradley, one of the best Down
men in northern New York, wb got
them from Judge Waldron, of North
Creek The calico was printed atIohns-
burg, Warren county, and oneof the
pieces is from the wedding dres of the
first lady married in that town
O-The queer boarder had bee at the
Cass avenue boarding house FIR three
weeks and in that time had lveraged
two eccentricities day, rig't along.
by gum said the man sross the
table, when he had gone out, that fell
low is liable to do anything" The
landlady sighed. From tie indica-
tion," she said, in tone of deep dis
enlargement, 81 don't think lie is liable
to pay me his last two weelS board"
and then solemn hush peraded the
dining-room. Detroit Free Ress.
In an Irish daily there recently APP
peared this advertisement: Wanted
A gentleman to undertake tie sale of
a patent medicine; the advertiser guar
antees it will be profita BILE to he under
taker." This is even an ,nhappier
mode of expression than thst adopted
recently in local paper, whe, the edi-
tor regretted to have to announce the
death of Mr.. So and SO, but WIS not as
tonished to hear of the sad evtnt, as de-
ceased had been attended for tome time
by DR. Smith"
While digging potatoes ID. p. Gesr.
hart, of Brookville, Pa, made an un.
usual discovery. Turning ovef fur.
row he found six eggs, the size of a
bantam's product, although different III
shape. They were knitted together by
a small ligament. He carried them into
the house on fiat stone. They acct
dentally fell into a pail of water II,
was amazed at what followed. One o
the eggs broke and out crawled a blacl
snake over four inches long. He a
once broke the other eggs and each one
contained snake. All were alive and
active. They showed fight and came
very near biting his finger. He killed
all of them
One of our exchanges gives half
page to the fecundity of fiies ant
figures out how a common house fly lay
ing four times during the summer sea
son, each time an average of eight,
eggs, together with her daughters anc
granddaughters for four generation,
can produce in one season 1850, 800 new
flies. 1t has been estimated that If eacl
fly Matched should live to be four year,
old, they will by that time form a solit
mass around the earth, extending to tn,
height of fifty miles That there is al
If in the way of this stupendous result
is at least one small consolation fo
those who find that even one fly cal
spoil a nap
"A disinterested person recently
made an unintentional test of tn,
thorough manner in which the Societ,
for the Organization of Charities doe
its work Having seen woman beg
ging with a babe at her breast and
larger child at her knee he harmed he
story and reported it at the office of tn,
society. A few days later he receive,
from the registrar of this sueiety mi
mute report upon the womsn's case
Three weeks later he received anothe
report, showing that the society ha,
investigated the former lifs Of tn
family in Europe. Another week o
ten days elapsed when third repor
came, saying that the woman and he
children had returned to Englana.
Massachusetts was years ago givel
the title of "Old Bay State" Massa
chusetts was one of the IL origina
states. First settlement, 1902; aban
doned the same year. First permanen
settlement made by English Puritan
at Plymouth, 1920 Explored 1914 b
Capt John Smith. Pilgrims landed o
Plymouth Rock December -. Bosto
settled 1880. First American newspa
per, Boston, 1920. Rattle of Lexington
first blood of Revolution. Ratified I'm