The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-04-08
MISCELLANY


Avalanche.
An Appropriate Key.-Band Master
Quick! We must play Hail to the
Chief Do you all know it?" New
Performer (timidly)-''What key is i
imp" Band Master-''A maior-general
| ly."
Stoves are not a very recent inven'
ton. A fixed stove was used by the
Romans in the times of the empire for
heating their baths, and in Germany
and Scandinavia for baths and for hot
houses.
The greatest river in the world is
the Gulf Stream; at its narrowest point
IN the straits of Florida it is thirty-nine
| miles wide and two thousand feet deep,
| with a current of from three to five
miles an hour.
Ice two inches thick will support
the weight of the average man, and OF
four inches thickness will support q
man on horseback. Ice five inches
| thick will bear the weight of an eighty.
pound cannon.
The nearest fixed star is Alpha
Centauri, and its distance from the
earth has been computed by Bessel. the
German astronomer, at twenty thou.
sand and eight hundred and thirty two
billions of miles
| "A we'll preserved skeleton of Q man.
said to have been at least ten feet tall,
was eXhumed at Trace Fork, Tenn,
last week. The skull and other bones
are very large. 1t is supposed to be the
skeleton of prehistoric man.
Lightning rod Agent - "Hulloa,
Bubl Do you think your father would
like to have his house rodded?" Buh
with depressed sobs) II shouldn't
wonder. He's just rodded me. Kate
Fields Washington.
| During the past year thirty-one
damage suits have been brought against
the city of st. Paul, in which the
amount claimed aggregated $40, $40. so.
Only $i,117.ss has been recovered in
nineteen cases. The other twelve cases
are pending.
Goodman Smith-"Why not come
to church, Brown? You would hear a
beautiful sermon" Baddon Brown
my dear boy, heard one when 1 came
home at two o'clock this morning, and
| can't stand another to-day. Smith,
Gray & Cos. Monthly.
-Doctor-'Im grateful, indeed, Miss
Growells, but how did it happen that
you suggested me as physician to the
late Miss Deadhem; l thought that you
were not friendly to each other?" Miss
Growells-"We were not; that's exactly
the reason that suggested you"
| The republic of Colombia, compris-
ng Venezuela, New Granada and Ecua.
dor, was organized in 1915, and its in.
dependence was recognized by Spain in
1923. In 1929 the republic dissolved into
three republics and in 1880 Venezuela
adopted new constitution.
| "A London cobbler, in connection
with his repairs, advertises to give
music lessons at five shillings per quar-
ter. A contemporary thinks the com.
bination happy one as the shoemaker
could beat time while hammering q
new sole on a we'll worn shoe.
II don't think papa cares much foi
you, Fred" she whispered softly.
That's all right" he replied, fore.
warned is forearmed you know. y
Wouldn't it be nice" she continued, in
much lower whisper, 'if you were
really four armed?
| The Centralblatt der Bauwaltunq
states that pipes of cement, in which
wire netting is imbedded, are now being
manufactured in Berlin. The wire
netting is said to greatly increase the
strength of the pipes against bursting,
10 that they are we'll adapted for water
sonduits
IF should speak to you about q
subject that is very near to my heart,
what would you say?" he asked con-
6dently, folding her in his arms. 81
would say that under the circumstances
Your choice of subject is about linn
ted to me, she said, laying her head
IN his shoulder. Boston Post.
Mrs John T. Adair, the American
Irish castle, an English estate. and q
big Texas cattle ranch, but discards
hem all for the charms of London life.
She was a Miss Wadsworth. twenty
years or so ago member of a we'll
known Tennessee family of that name.
"A numbe of convicts, while exca.
vating in the construction of fort at
Luton, near Chatham, found a mum Der
Of human bones. The bones date from
pre- Roman times - probably from a
period two thousand years ago-and are
those of very tall men, one OF whom
must have been fully seven feet in
height
Gen George w. Jones, aged 30, has
just been admitted TO practice in the
supreme court of Iowa. Gen. Jones
was Iowa's first United States senator
Previously he was a delegate to con-
Eress from Michigan and Wisconsin and
\ soldier in the Black Hawk war. He
acted as one OF the seconds in the
Graves-Cilley duel
The largest tree on q forest lot in
Rochester, owned by n syndicate of
which Gov. Tuttle is a member, was
felled recently in the presence of his
excellency. The age of the tree was
believed to be over 200 years, and six
choppers worked lively for two hours
10 bring it down. 1t was five feet
through at the butt, and would have a
squaring of foot 100 feet from the
base.