The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-20
MiSCELLANE

lark and the swallow are birds of good
omen, but the latter should not rest on
the housetop.
-Restaurant-keeper-"It poured tor
rents at midday" His Wife q sup
puse it affected trade somewhat" Res
taurant-keeper-"Itd did worse. 1t COM
PEELED me to lunch with my customers"
Twenty-Five cents was paid for a
horse at a sale in Bucks county the
other day, and the. auctioneer threw in
halter to make a respectable bargain.
The horse dropped dead before the pur-
chaser got him home.
Grows, like crickets, come for good
or evil luck, but the Course of the
crows is malediction to be avoided.
If good luck abides in the homestead
where they build their rookery they
should not be molested.
well, little boy, what's your
name?" "Shadrack Nebuchadnezzer
Jones' who gave you that name?'
81 don't know. But you bet your life
if | find out when get my growth
they'll be sorry for it."
Very pretty sunset" he remarked.
"Yes," she replied. Il don't wonder
that people write about the shades of
evening. had no idea that there were
so many different shades or that they
matched so nicely. '-Washington Star.
Representative Belknap, of Mich
| igan. is fonder of his literary work than
of any oratorical or congressional tri-
umph. He is a great narrator of war
stories, and he has fund of them, for
he was captain at II, and was wounded
seven times during the war.
Gold is weighed by troy weight,
while feathers are weighed by avoirdu-
pois, and as the ~ ounces in a pound
troy contains but 5, $50 grains while the
avoirdupois pound contains 1000 grains,
the pound of feathers is 1,240 grains
heavier than the pound of gold.
Getting Their Instructions. = The
flames were burning fiercely, and the
firemen were directing one stream of
water on the piano in the parlor. Look
here" called out the chief, this is no
time to play on the piano. Turn your
hose on the house self."-Detroit Free
Press.
-Father-''Now,F ritzchen, wouldn't
you like to be a captain and order peo-
pie about like uncle does?" Fritzchen
(ruminating)-"O no. l think know
what should like" Father-"Well?''
Fritzchen-'I'd rather be mamma and
make you and uncle and everybody do
as / wanted them. "-Didaskalia
Lafayette Knight, of Camas prairie,
has sent the East Oregonian remark
able curiosity-a sheet of paper made
from natures loom. 1t was found in an
open seam in tamarack tree. 1t is as
soft and velvety as baby's skin and
resembles wood pulp in appearance.
The sheet is fully foot wide and two
feet long.
There is no doubt about the difi-
Guilty of killing cat, but even that so
called nine-lived animal is not to COM
pare in tenacity of life with the South
American condor. 1t can fast for periods
that would tax the endurance of a pro-
fessional fasting man, and it can survive
wounds that any other animal would
succumb to.
Mr.. Worrier-"Doyo you think, Alvira,
dear, that you have as much love and
respect for me as you had for your first
husband?" Mrs. Worrier-'Well, not,
quite, my love. You see, your prede-
cessor, my dear, departed Jonas, was
fully head taller than you are and
naturally had to look up to him more.
than do to you."-Boston Courier.
In a recent volume of "reminiscences
a story is told of Lord Grosvenor, who,
while travelling in this country, was
asked by a Yankee how he got his liv-
ing. My lord replied that he did not
work, as his father supported him.
"What dear old gentleman" said the
Yankee; "how will you ever manage to
live when he dies?"
A flower grows in South America
that only visible when the wind blows
The shrub belongs to the cactus family,
and is about three feet high. The stem
is covered with dead, warty looking
Jumps in calm weather. These Jumps,
however, need but a slight breeze to
make them unfold large flowers of
creamy white, which close and appear
dead as soon as the wind subsidies.
The wren is chased every st.
Stephens day on account of it's betray-
| ing the Saviour by chattering in clump
of furze where he was hiding. 1t is
called the king of all birds because it
concealed itself beneath the wing of the
eagle when that lordly bird claimed su-
premacy by soaring highest Here I
am" said the wren. mounting above the
eagles head when the latter could go no
higher.
Miss Clementine de We're, whose
marriage to NJ. Sapio took place in New
York last Thursday, is probably the
best paid choir singer in this country.
She gets from DIR. PaXton's West Pres
byterian church $4,000 year for eight
months service Sundays alone, and she
is allowed an additional vacation of
five weeks for her concert tour. Occa-
! sionally she sings at Sunday-night con-
certs after the service in DIR. Paxton's
church.
While splitting an ash tree into rails
few days ago, Rensselaer, Hopkins, of
Monument Creek, Pa, came across a
section of the heart that was decayed as
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