The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-12-29
MISCELLANEOUS

twins"
A Man of His Word. -Bumpus-"Nc
woman will ever have me under her
thumb McSmith-"lsy Jovel Here
comes your wife" Bumpus-'O, heav-
ensi where can hide?' McSmith-"ln
there, quick, Bumpus-"Iiass she gomez"
McSmith YES" Bumpus - WELL
what did | tell yous"-Brooklyn Eagle
An Englishman has invented a rub
Der stud for floor and stairs IL con-
sists Of small iron plate with nail
project ng from under the surface
around which rubber is nodded It is
fixed in place by blow of the hammer,
the advantage being that when worn
Il can I've easily removed and replaced
by others
--"Don't you, !" said the earnest young
woman, sometimes have thoughts that
are beyond your power Of expressione"
"Ya'as; I frequently have thoughts
that are verwy hahd to expwess, and
the worst OF II Is that when I get them
expressed cawn't help wondering
why went TO all that trouble. "-Wash-
ington Star.
Salt effects the freezing Of ice cream
by causing the ice TO melt, on account
of its own slight affinity for water. The
Zee in melting rapidly absorbs heat or
renders heat latent, and hence reduces
the temperature below that Of ice
which simply melts by heat acquired
from surrounding objects by conductioa
or convection of air.
Mr. Moncybags (reading)--'Uld man
Richburg is dead, and his son will be
sole heir to his immense fortune" Miss
Blanche Moneybags- II feel reasonably
certain that some others will contest
his will" Mr. M-"Who, pray"' Mis-
Blanche-A dozen girls promised TO be
sisters to Jack Richburg, and they'n
claim relationship "-Des MONIES Argo-
naut
"A watch is composed OF oS pieces,
and over Z, 900 operations are used in in
Manufacture II takes 30S,009 OF tho
small screws which are used to weigh a
pound. The hair spring Is strip Of
steel about 914 inches long, i-io0th inch
wide and 27-I0,o00th inch thick A
POL ,oooth part Of IN inch difference in
the thickness of The strip makes a dir
ference in the running of a watch Of
! about six minutes an hour
--"well, you got the Officer" YVES
"What did it cost youe" That's hard
question. You see, broke my leg run
4 ming for it, and that cost consid .raole,
| then my brother-in-law was killed
making speech for me. and had 10
| bury him; then barbecued all my cat.
| Gle, killed three mules ridin' around the
country, mortgaged the farm, and goa
divorce from the family, SO, you see,
1t kinder foots upr'
Goldfish are getting scarcer and
scairer every year. They used to be ~
thick as behring's on the Newfoundland
shores, but now they ere very seldom
found in that part OF the world They
may be plentiful enough in the deep
ocean, but are not easily taken by baft,
and therefore are seldom caught by
deep-sea fishermen. Cod are found on
European and African coasts, but an far
as this part of the world Ia concerned.
in City years time they will be prac-
tieally extinct Globe Democrat.
The Philadelphia Telegraph statee
that the holding Of convention for the
nornina ton Of candidates for president
and vice president costs about atty
cents for each voter in the country, and
the cost Of counting the votes cast a. .
general election Is something like 81. 70
for each voter A. there are eight mir
lion voters in the United States, the ex.
pcnses OF nom mating convention are
about "a, 600, 900, and OF the collatine 81
the results about si% 0oo, 900 The cost
of canvassing by the two political par.
tics is, perhaps, $40, 900, 900 moro.
The first iron casting made in
America, a kettle, cast at the SauRut
iron works in le 50, has been presented
to the city Of Lynn by j. r. Hudson, 81
Boston, a lineal descendent Of Thomas
Hudson, the original owner OF the cast
ing. Thomas Hudson owned sixty
acres Of land on the westerly bank o1
the Saugns river and sold il TO the iron
works company. He claimed the first
article made and received this kettle,
which has been preserved through TIVE
and half centuries in perfect condi-
lion.
The New York fish commissioners,
in their last report, in speakin9 OF the
appearances Of pike in some Of the Adj
rondacks lakes, use these words: Where
they (pile) are found in sufficient num-
bers the trout go TO the wall. Where
picterel rave gained foothold II is al
most impossible TO dislo9e them ard
The commissioners can suggest no RENE
! dial legislation. The only course re-
: ma ming, in the commissioners opinion,
is TO stock with black bass" This
: means complete obliteration cf the
shallow-@ater front in the lalSes re-
feI1'ed to by the commissioners.
The reason a person sin'<S in quick
, sand IS because The latter is composed
chiefly OF small particles of mica mixed
, 4 largely with water. The mica is so
, smooth that the fragments slip upon
, / each other with the greatest facility,
! SO That any heavy body which displaces
/, I them will sink ard continue to sink
!. until solid DO tom is reached. When
4 particle of sand are ragged and an
a GUAR any weight p1'essia9on them will
crowd them together anil they are cona'
paetcd into a solid mass. A sand com
! posed 81 mica or soapstone when mixed
with sufficient water seea1s Incapable Of