The Republican., 1893-07-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

he very SICK. Sent-Mlnoed Oocr
tor-''Yes, with pleasure.
Its really absurd the way she
skins over a daily paper" He-"i
suppose she reads the fashion notes,
death and marriage notices, then
then -" She-''No; those are the
things she passes ver."-Inter Ocean
Papa. how do You spell boa, in
boa-constrictor? Is it boa, or b-o-r-e?''
'It depends on where you meet him,
my son. In cage he is boa. If you
meet him by moonlight alone in a
jungle he would be BORE
Where They Went.-Carruthers Gin
Waite's den)-''That's a very pretty
desk You have there, but / don't see
any pigeon-holes for bills and the like"
pretty waste basket to the left. -
Truth.
One Other Way.-Spencer-''
is only one way of getting ahead of q
life insurance company, and that is to
die" Ferguson-"No, there is one
other way" Spencer-"What's that?"
Ferguson-"Don't insure. Brooklyn
Life.
No; Perhaps Not.-She (sarcastical-
ly)-"l presume the typewriter you
mention did not consult Mrs. Blank
when she eloped with that lady's hus,
band" He (easily)-No; but that is Of
little consequence. 1t isn't at all likely
that the wife would have cared TO go
along.'-Truth.
An ipaxcuSa hla llupdar .vas made
by an undertaken in Middletown Conn.
The mother of jeremiah Conlin died
there. and the son telegraphed TO have
the body sent to his home at Green
vile. When the coffin was opened at
Mr.. Conlin's residence. it was discov-
cred that the body it contained was
not that of his mother.
The area of the United States, ex-
elusive of Alaska, is 5000, 900 square
miles. Over 100 surveyors arc now en-
ployed in surveying and preparing
maps of the country. and about one
fifth of the whole area has already
been surveyed during the 10 years in
which the work has been in progress.
About $1,000 square miles are annually
surveyed. and it is estimated that it
will require 40 years more to complete
the map.
A diamond now being cut at Ant
werp is, with one exception, the larg-
est in the world. 1t now weighs 474
carats, but will lose 275 in the cutting
1t will still, however, hold its place as
second largest cut stone, being ex-
ceeded only by the Persian Great
Mogul, which weighs $50 carats. The
Koh-i-noor weighs only 1927 carats.
The Antwerp diamond, when cut, will
be about as large as a pigeons egg
and will measure .7SG inches each way.
One of the cleverest inventions ever
passed on by the patent Office is the
machine for sticking common pins in
the papers in which they are sold. The
contrivance brings up the pins in rows,
draws the paper into position, crimps
it into two lines, then, at single push,
passes the pins through the paper aud
sets them in position. The machine
also seems to think as it works. and to
examine the paper to see if it is prop
erly folded before pushing the pins
into place.
An inquiring FrenchmaN has set
about studying the history of the cor
set from the earliest time it was used
as sheath for the female form divine.
He has pictures. too, which are rather
fiattering as indicating the advance
made from certain early monstrosities.
For example. unreforned as is our
present corset, it is a fairy web COM
pared to one dating from the middle
ages. This was work of art in its
| way. 1t was of wrought iron, and
| would have done credit to the greatest
| Flemish metal workers.
"A gentleman with handsome
equipage, followed by a fine English
| natl hostelry the other day. says the
Timcs-Star of that city. and jumping
from his buggy. snapped the hitch
strap into the ring of the horses bit.
and then placed the other end of the
strap in the mouth of his mastiff,
which by this time had seated himself
| on the curbstone. There the mastiff
sat like a statue of stone, holding the
strap securely. while his master went
| IN ~ StN a man. ph bAiC >
exit the dog yielded up the strap and
the gentleman drove off. closely fol-
lowed by the faithful four-legged
| lackey.
On the 1!th of July, 17s2, the British
! troops evacuated Savannah, after an
occupation of three years and half.
! In consideration of the services of Gen.
J James jackson Wyane, who was in COM
| mand of the Continentals in Georgia. he
was appointed to receive the keys of
, Savannah froEa committee of British
! officers" lie did so, and on the same
| day the American army entered Savan-
/ nah. when royal power ceased in Geor-
gia forever. Gov. Martin called a spe-
! cial meeting in Savannah on August l.,
of the Georgia Legislature. AT the house
of Gen. Mcintosh. Very soon the free
ank Independent state of Georgia began
| its career.
When on July !, 177G. the Contin-
entail congress declared the English
| American colonies to be free and indie
/ pendent states, they appointed com
mittee to report device for a seal-the
emblem Of sovereignty. That commit
tee and others from time to time pre-
] II -, Esn.s1lx,