The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Belle-''That Pruyn girls French IL
atrocious, isn't it?" Blanche-"Yes, she
has the Hobolxen accent"-Epoch.
Guide Ito old maid -"There my
dear madame! We have seen the organ
and the nave, now will lead you to the
altar" o. MO. you dear. good mani
will you really?"-German Paper.
The latest thing in fire-fghting
tools is gun which will fire metal
cap carrying a small piece of strong
cord, to the top of the highest building.
The cord is used to pull up a rope and
the rope to pull up hose.
Living near the Tennessee City of
Memphis are seven sisters whose names
rhyme beautifully but do not scan The
names are Nancy Emeline, Lucinda
Caroline, Mary Haseltine, Jane Pales-
tine, Lulu Paradine, Virgie Valentine
and Maudie Anna Adeline.
No ball-catcher. no matter how ex-
pert. has been able to catch ball
thrown from the Washington monu-
ment The monument is 555 feat in
height, and ball dropped from its
summit acquires a velocity of 500 feet a,
second just before it reaches the
ground
One of the men who helped save
the life of the Czarowitz of Russia last
year has become so demoraliZed by
good fortune that he has been sum-
moned several times into court The
brave but weak Japanese receives an
annual pension of $1,000 from the Rus
sian government and small sum
yearly from the milsado.
The root of n sort of turnip Is used
by the Indians of Tennessee for curl
Gus purpose-namely, to cure dogs Of
the habits of eating eggs This root
has a very hot and biting flavor, and
small portion of IL is put into an egg,
which is placed in the dogs way. At
ter swallowing it hastily and without
consideration the animal will never
touch another egg.
Many kinds of grass seeds are used
to make flour for bread and mush Of
excellent quality. Along the rivers in
Colorado and Arizona grass seeds are
collected in large quantities and supply
a much valued winter food for the In
dams. They are ground into flour.
mixed with water into dough and
cakes of the latter are baked in the hot
sand
Two boys out in boat near Boston
| Island, Booth Bay harbor, last week,
saw two big eagles fighting in the air
| two hundred feet above the water The
talons of one bird became entangled in
the wing of the other and both fell into
the sea. When the boys rowed up to
than 81 hn noDIae eh R~-L
and they were obliged to kill it, but the
other was captured alive and now orna-
ments Bath restaurant. He is hand
some bird, and measures six feet from
tip to tip.
Some Maine parents have great
deal to answer for in the names with
which they have burdened their chill
dren. A French Canadian girl in Somer-
set county is staggering along under this
load: Carrie Annie Mary Louise Nell
lie Susie Pooler." One man has named
his four daughters Asia, Africa, Amer
lea and Europe, respectively, while the
members of an Oakland family are SOW
orally known as Taught, Orlando, The
opevander, Serepta, Salonie and Serena.
| B. f. Cummings, n train dispatcher
of Oakland, Cal, is in danger of fgur-
ing as an awful example in the anti-to-
bacco crusade. He was a moderate
smoker. but he abandoned smoking re-
Gently and took to chewing necessarily.
One day recently he became totally
blind. He recovered his sight after a
few days. but entirely lost his hearing.
Then as suddenly and mysteriously he
| mad hic hnorin.r hut Ia,
dumb He was in delirium for some
time, but finally he recovered complete
| ly. The doctors said his Affections were
due to paralysis of the senses caused by
the absorption OF nicotine into the sys-
tenn through the excessive use of tobac-
co.
"A Rhode Island woman has Just mar
ried her seventh husband. He is the
brother of her first and fifth husbands.
She is forty-seven years old. Her we'd
lock enterprises extend over period Of
thirty years, and She has children by
five of her worser halves The first
husband was a good-for- nothing fellow
who was killed in street fight The
next was Nova Scotian. who left
her with considerable property. Her
third husband was already married, so
she had to relinquish him. She tried
minister the fourth time, and after he
died she married the undertaken who
buried him. He turned out to be her
brother-in-law and after a while she got
a divorce. Her sixth husband left her
| In n rage when he learned that five men
had called her wife before his turn had
| come. The seventh 10 some years
younger than his wife and appears to
| be considerable of wit.
What Wears Out the school Girls.
A lady recently told me that her
| daughter who was attending school was
nearly worn out with her studies; she
told me how many books the daughter