The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

" men the SuOrlu cOlneS.- hdm Horn.
"A man who formerly acted as fire
man to locomotive refers to his recol-
lections of that time as tender remin-
iscences"
the passenger clinging to the strap.
The car lurched and There goes nv
entire CROP groaned the passenger who
was sitting down.
Mr. Bullion-'Youar are far too Young
to marry my daughter. You are only
eighteen" Tom-''Yes. sir, but Miss
Julia is thirty-four, so the two of us
would average about right. Jester
Not Good for Shaving. -Rastus lin
need of shave)-"Kin you lend me
razzer, I'm goin' to party tonight"
Gawge-''Cert; here's one wild teef on
it, it kin cut jess bully."-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Physics Class-Professor-" Speak
ing of transparent objects, glass and
water are transparent, because we can
see through them. Now, Mr.. De Kid,
can you give me another example?'' De
Kid--"Yes, sir; a hole"
Likely He Had.-"Papa," asked
little Ethel, after a season Of deep
tho~~ist, did You have any ideakhat |
would go right along living g. you
and being your daughter the fiji vt time
we We're NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
journal.
The announcement of a forthon-
ing English wedding contains thdre
quest that the old custom of throwing
rice and flowers should be dispensed
with. Throwing slipper after be
bride is an old Saxon custom, Int
throwing rice is oriental, and in FL
gland dates only from the time of tie
Indian nabobs.
The government tract of land "A
West Point contains about q 100 acre4
most of which was purchased in 179q
from the son of one of the original
patentees; the rest was purchased il
1924. Jurisdiction was ceded by New
York to the United States, over a part
of the tract in 1896 and over the re.
mainder in 1875.
1t isn't what you see but what you
feel that will make your work interest
ing. You can look at thing and see it,
but that's nothing. You can look at
something which may give you an emo
ton. That feeling. Facts don't amount
to anything. Cyclopedias are full of
them. It's an individuals expression of
them that is interesting
In 1922, James l., then king of En.
gland, made strenuous efforts to intro
duce silk culture to supersede tobacco
growing into the colony of Virginia,
but with no great success, though con-
siderable silk was produced. In 1649
there were Is, 900 white inhabitants and
800 negro slaves, and the colonists had
a large amount of live stock. Tobacco
at that time was the colonial currency.
A European correspondent informs
us that Russian expedition is now in
northeast Siberia for the purpose OF
bringing back mammoth which has
been discovered there frozen in a per.
feet condition. The writer a<ids tAans
he has strong hopes the naturalist in
charge of the expedition may discover
the eggs of Ross Rosy Gull (Rhodoste-
thia rosea), as yet unknown to zoolog.
lists Science.
Queen Victoria's Hindoostanee
doesn't come to her without hard dig
ging. She actually has Hineoo secre-
tary, fact unknown to her American
admirers His name is Munshi Hafir
Abdul Karin, and if his pupil were not
a queen he would be called tutor.
Mr.. Karin is a fat-faced, dark skinned
gentleman, who wears eastern raiment
and has soft fringe of black beard all
round his cheeks and chin.
John johnson, newly rich man,
wishing to be considered of literary
turn, bought books right and left to
found a library Among his purchases
was an old dictionary. This he sent to
be rebound. When it was returned it
had printed on its back the words,
"Johnson's Dictionary" This famili-
arity he could not endure, and he in
dignantly asked the binder why he did
not put on his full name, John john
sons Dictionary"
One hundred and nine thousand To-
comotives are at present running on the
earth. Europe has 63, 600, America 4O,-
600, Asia 800, Australia 1000 and At
RIGA 700. In Europe, Great Britain and
Ireland take premier position, with H.
600 engines, Germany has Is. 900, France
1l,0Oo, Austria Hungary, the second
largest Continental country, has 5000,
Italy 1000, Russia $500, Belgium ., 600,
Holland and Spain 1000 each, Switzer-
land 900 and the remaining European
states 1900.
AT late fair in Brittany, France, a
monk from the Friestine monastery ex-
hibited a plain-looking table with an
inlaid chess board on its surface. The
inventor, or anyone so disposed, sets
the pieces for game and then sits
along at one side of the table. How
ever cautiously he plays he is frequent
ly checl1mated by the pieces from the
opposite side, which move automati-
cally across the board. No matter how
scientifically the player plays the
ghost-moved pieces frequently come out
ahead. No mechanism is apparent; to
all intent the table is a solid board.
His Dog Retrieved the Bomb
rather reckless Biddef I'd ME
man, with no respect for law or gospel,
is said to have devised scheme for