The Republican., 1892-07-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

dear, whenever we have words he be-
haves like perfect savage" How
so?" 'He makes for his club. Pick
Me Up.
"A Valuable Dog. Black-"That
must be a valuable dog" Mrs. Black
"Why do you think SOP" Mr.. Black
because he is so homely. Yankee
. Blade.
you admire the works
of the old masters, for instance" Miss
Neverright-"Notm much don't. have
Chicago Tribune.
-'Ha! ha! Dobbs was sleeping and
his friend daubed lot of ink all over
Dobb's face" Il don't see the joke. :"
Neither did Dobbs until he looked into
the mirrorl"-Once a Week.
-Hicks-''Do you believe there's such
a thing as haunted house?" Wicks-
80, yes, indeed: but it depends good
deal upon how good-looking the girl is
who lives in it."-Boston Transcript
We'll, sissy, you've got your mo-
lasses at last. Nice, thick molasses-
took long time to draw it. Where's
the money to pay for ito" If you
please, sir, it was in the jug when
gave it to you. put it there for fear
of losing it."
One of the most beautiful of PATHS
possessions is her watch. It's size is not
larger than ten-cent piece. 1t is com
pletely studded with diamonds, so that
the base is one mass of brilliant, spark
ling gems Experts value it at not less
than $1,000. 1t is a foreign, open-faced,
stcm-winding watch.
In the recess of an old tree some-
body recently came across the mummi-
fed body of a large gray cat. 1t ap-
peared to have been quite flattened by
some untoward accident, for, seemingly,
in its dying agonies, the poor animal
had driven its powerful eye-teeth quite
through a thick and solid branch of
wood
Among the latest patents is a de-
sign for an ink bottle in which the ink
is used from the bottom and the surface
for evaporation is limited to the cork
hole only, the pen point being passed
into the bottle SO that the ink will not
creep up the holder, while the bottle, if
accidentally tipped over, will always
stop with the hole up.
-EX-Congressman Gaines, of Vir-
ginia, possesses goose which leaves
the flock and flies for miles with the
fast trains on the two roads connecting
at Burkeville. Several times in the
past month it has piloted the Norfolk &
Western fast freight trains into ths
station, screaming with every stroke OF
the wing, expressive of the widest joy.
The bird is perfectly gentle and sleeps
at home in the back yard every night
At Greencastle. Ind, there are twin
maple trees of equal size but curiously
grated At the height of fifty feet one
makes sharp angle, growing solidly
into the body of the other, forming a
natural arch. The trees at the base arc
about fifteen feet apart, and theil
identity cannot be distinguished at the
point of confluence.
The custom of placing Grape on the
door Of a house where there has been
recent death had it's origin in tbt
ancient English heraldic customs ant
dates as far back, at least, as the yeal
100 A. ID. At that period hatchment,
or armorial ensigns were placed in from
of houses where the nobility and gentry
died. These Indictments were of dia
mond shape and contained the family
arms quartered and colored with sable
In excavating some ancient Aztec
ruins in the direction of Chace Canon
n. NJ, Gov. Prince has unearthed
twenty stone idols of different type
from any before discovered They are
circular in shape, forming disks from
six to fifteen inches in diameter, the
upper half containing a deep carved
face, and the lower half rudimentary
arms in relief. The idols are believed
to be at least six hundred years old.
Daniel Drew was a very absent
minded man. Once he started for the
Erie train and thought he had left his
watch at home. First he thought he
would so back after it. In an absent
minded way he took out his watch,
looked at it, and exclaimed. "Whew!
five o'clock and the train goes out five
ten, won't have time" Then he put
his watch back in his pocket and tele-
graphed his wife to send it to ALBANY
by express.
You look like a poet" laughed the
funny editor, as the handsomely dressed
youngster entered. The boy smiled and
began fumbling in his pocket. "May
be you write songs, too" suggested the
newspaper man. "Yes, sometimes, -
was the answer. Have you got one
for me?" Yes, ! think have" 'Is it
sung for long or short meter?" BY this
time the young man had fished out a
document, which he threw down, veil
ng excitedly: Neither, my friend; it
is sung by the gas meter" 1t was gas
bill for ten dollars.
In order to show the fine quality of
silk produced in the state, and the skill
attained there in the silk industry, the
women of the Southern California silk
association will make an artistic banner
especially for exhibition at the worlds
fair. The banner will be homemade in
every respect and also handmade, even
to manufacturing the fabric II will
show designs of California flowers fruit
and scenery, and in artistic design and
finish, it is believed, will attract much
attention. Many expect that the silk
industry is destined to become one of
the leading ones in southern California