The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

the hill of knowledge, who can learn .
good lesson from another's experience.
RAMS Horn.
SO you take him for better or
worse?' Yes" replied the woman
who had married several times, but
he can't be any worse than my last
husband. "-Washington Star.
Father Visiting his son)-''Well,
my boy, you certainly don't seem to be
working very hard. notice that your
writing desk is covered thick with
dust?" Son-"That's not my fault,
father. Why doesn't the landlady wipe
it OFF,
An invention designed to facilitate
the immediate stopping of vessel
moving in dangerous waters, or in dam
ger of colliding with another vessel,
has been patented by a Peruvian. A
vertically sliding frame on post at
the bow of the vessel has on its sides
pivoted wings adapted to expand
transverscly to offer resistance to the
forward motion of the vessel in the
water when the frame is in its lower
most position. -Philadelphia Ledger.
-Gayly-dressed Orientals parade the
WORLDS fair grounds, carrying quaint
old sedan chairs on long poles, two
men to each chair; but although there
are fine upholstery and easy riding,
ladies hesitate to occupy these curious
vehicles which suggest the romance
and history of foreign countries. Roll
ing chairs, steam and electric launches,
gondolas and an elevated railway are
other means of traversing the broad
exhibition grounds and waters.
The question of bounty" or al
lowance to vessels employed in the salt
cod fishery, at sea, at least four calen-
dar months, was passed by congress in
1872. as follows: Vessels measuring
over five, and not exceeding thirty
tons, $3.50 per ton. If measuring more
than thirty tons, 81 per ton. The
bounty for one vessel for one season,
whatever her tonnage, should not ex-
coed $500. The largest amount paid in
one season was in 1888, $Sl4,149 This
law was repealed about 1858. The
French government paid in bounties to
her fishermen on an average per year
between 1871 and 1880 of $3.50, 000.-
Chicago Graphic.
The steamship Thingvilla should
really have been named Thingvellu, as
the former is the genitive case and the
latter the nominative. Thingvellu is
the name of the ancient Icelandic lava
plain where the Thing or parliament
of the island met, and the word means
council plains" The word vollr
means plain or field, and the root is
the Morse vollr, meaning stick or
post. to which the English word goal,
the winning post, is related. Vollr,
then, was field enclosed with posts,
just as ton, town, was a farmyard so
enclosed.
AT Stockholm, Sweden, the longest
day is 1917 hours in length; at Spitz-
bergen it is 81 months At London
(England) and Bremen (Prussia) the
longest day has 1917 hours. At Ham,
burg in Germany and Dantzig in Prus-
STA the longest day has II hours. At
Wardbury, Norway, the longest day
lasts from May 81 to July -, without
interruption. At st. Petersburg rus
sia) and Tobolsk (Siberia) the longest
day is 10 hours and the shortest five
hours. At Tornea, Finland, June 81
brings day nearly - hours long, and
Christmas one less than three hours
in length. At New York the longest
day is about Is hours; at Montreal
Canada, it is 10 hours.
The expert glanced along the list
on the wine card as he sat at his table
in New York restaurant. There 10
a pure wine" he said putting his
finger on name, at is really made
in France, and is made from grapes.
Now here" passing to another name,
sis precisely the same wine. but
weaker, because it has been watered a
little. Here it is in another disguise at
a different price, and here it is watered
to the third degree and cheapest of all.
1t isn't bad; only thin. Sometimes
the watering has been done in France,
sometimes it is done by bottlers in
this country. Too often the adultera-
tions are logwood and harsh spirits or
raw alcohol The kirschwasser of
most of the New York restaurants
would burn hole through most stom-
achs in week"
DO the railroad companies sanction
the sale of accident insurance policies
by their employees? OF course there is
no harm in it, but it suggests painful
possibilities to travellers when they are
buying tickets. Said a clerk: amy
thing in the line of insurance this
morning? Rates very reasonable now.
Good thing to have. Can't tell what
may happen, even on this road, you
know. Handy thing to have if you
lose an arm or leg or eye, or If you get
smashed up so that you can't work for
a month. What's chat? o. if you're
all smashed to pieces so that your pol
lev can't be read, or IL you're burned
up in the wreck, that settles il. The
paper is burned, and you are out Just
so much money. But, remember, most
of them escape with broken bones, and
the cash comes in handy then
Not many people know how much
material enters into the composition of
a first-class passenger car To build
passenger car of the best kind requires
about =, 400 feet of poplar, 3.4O0 feet ST
ash, 1000 feet of white pine and $500
feet of yellow pine, 500 feet of the best
oak. 400 feet of the strongest hickory,
400 feet of cherry, 400 feet of maple We