The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-12-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

when an actor comes upon the
stage in an intoxicated condition he re-
calls the balmy days of the drama
Boston Gazette
-Biddie-"What makes you think
there has been hitch in their friend
ship?' Belle-"Didn't l see the traces
of tears?"-Inter Ocean.
"A Modest Youth. Young Mr.. Dol
ley-''Give rue one kiss, Miss Flypp, and
I'll ask you for no more" Miss Flypp-
Then you'll get none at all, sir. DE
troit Free Press
An Obstacle -Mrs Upton Flat
Bridget, have you lighted the drawing
room fire yet? Bridget from the
kitchen. NO. mum; I'm waitin for
yez to git up and fowld up the bid so l
can git trough. Puck.
Street Car Conductor-"How old
are you, my little girl? Little Girl-'Tf
the corporation doesn't object, I'd pre-
fer to pay full fare, and to keep my
own statistics Puck
-'Cholly must be a smart man to
have accumulated all his wealth.
five years toget the same money.
cago News Record.
Modern improvements. - Mr.. De
Flatt-"It's cold as Greenland here this
morning. l wonder why the heat
hasn't been turned up" Mrs. De Flatt
u presume the janitor's family are
not too warm yet."-N. Y. Weekly.
Was that sermon Mr.. SANITY
preached an old one?" Eyes He re-
peated it by request" What for? That
was the shortest sermon / ever heard
him preach" Eyes. That's the reason
why they wanted it again."-N Y.
Herald.
Kicks Himself You ought to have
seen old Bellows kick himself yester-
day" "How was that?" "He was on
street car when lady entered. Not
noticing, he arose bowed low, gave her
his seat, and then discovered she was
his wife. Yankee Blade.
The acme of incongruity was
reached at a recent church fair in the
west. One of the features was grab
bag, and among the things in the bag
was slip of paper on which were the
words, Good for one grave. Will Ne
dug any time during the ensuing year.
John Smith, Sexton"
In an English court lately, in the
case of a bicycle stolen from wayside
inn, Judge Washington said that the
innkeeper was bound to take care Of the
goods of travellers, and that goods" in.
cluded bicycles. The jury gave a YER
dict of about SIS for the owner of the
bicycle, and the judge approved the YER
est.
The general manager OF the Balti.
more & Ohio railroad says that they can
move from the interior OF the country
to the seaboard taking the mean dis.
tance at 1000 miles) $4,000 troops in
thirty hours, together with their neces-
sary equipment. This could be done
without serious interruption to regular
commercial traffic.
-Shoplifting by women is said to be
alarmingly on the increase in Paris, sc
much SO that the justices have been in
structed to be less lenient in future
with rich women, and to punish so
called kleptomania as simple theft. Oh
eighteen arrests made recently in q
single day seventeen were women; four
wealthy, and all were in comforta bic
circumstances
Probably the smallest painting eve,
made was the work of the wife of q
Flemish artist 1t depicted mill with
the sails bent, the miller mounting the
stairs with sack of grain on his back.
Upon the terrace where the mill stood
was cart and horse, and in the road
leading to it several peasants were
shown. The picture was beautifully
finished, and every object was very dis.
tinct, yet it was so amazingly small
that its surface could be covered with q
grain of corn.
Columbia has natural facilities for
the cultivation of cocoa maize, sugar
cotton, tobacco, gum, spices, timber
barley, wheat and tropical fruits, be
sides raising cattle in large quantities.
The virgin soil is fifteen feet deep and
gives two crops year, and for some
products three crops. Land cost.
slightly over twelve dollars per acre for
clearing and placing in cultivation, and
there is good sale for maize, plaintains,
cassava, beans, yams and sweet pota.
toes.
king George of Greece, who cele
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary Of
his marriage a few days ago, is one o.
the most democratic monarchs in
Europe. He loves to walk about the
streets of Athens unattended and tc
mingle with his subjects He is tall
handsome man, with high forehead
and long, dropping mustache. The
report gets into the foreign papers
every few months that he intends to re
sign his royal Office in favor of the
crown prince, his son. who was born IL
Greece. but his majesty still seems con
tented to remain in power.
The emperor of Japan, accordins
to foreign papers, will visit Europe
next year, and may be induced to ex
tend his journey to the United Stat
The emperor is an exceedingly intelli
gent and enlightened monarch, and the
possibility of his visit does not alarm
European courts so much as favors or
the part of oriental rulers usually do
A nephew of the emperor is serving as
in ha Gar,nop n,