The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18
MISCELLANEOUS.


we'll recommended?'' "No, sir" HAS
he had a great deal of experience?''
NO, very little" why did you sug-
gest him then for the place?' Both
feet are paralyzed. Inter Ocean.
Time to Act.-"The Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ought
to interfere in behalf of this man-eat-
ing zebra" ''Why?" The poor beast
has been here several weeks. and hasn' I
had man to eat yet. Puck.
Orange Cream.-(irate two large
oranges, add one cupful of sugar, half
cupful of water and one cupful of
butter; boil; beat three eggs and mix
we'll, let thicken, and set on ice
Housekeeper.
From base to summit of mountain
of dark red sandstone. 500 feet high. in
Weber canon. Utah territory, there is
said to be a smooth white stone floor,
with all the appearance of a slide,
reaching from the top of the mountain
to the bed of the Weber river.
In 1884 Maine had five governors
Gov. Fairfield. elected for 1913. re-
signed; Gov. kavanagh. president of
the senate, resigned; Gov. Dunn. speaker
of the house. superseded by Gov. Dana,
president of the senate for 1912. and
Gov. Anderson. elected for 1874.
The Great Pitch lake of Trinidad.
covers nHety-nine acres and contains
millions of tons of so-called pitch. This
i in reality mixture of asphalte and
oil. which is continually oozing up
through cracks and cSevices beneath
the pressure of the strata of rock above.
Perhaps the earliest Columbus mon
ument in the United States was that
erected at Baltimore by French resi-
dent in 1892. Many persons believed,
in accordance with current tradition,
that il was erected to the memory of a
favorite horse. but the monument bears
thiS inscription: ''Chrs COLUMBUS, Octr.
II, MDCCNIITC."
This letter will take two cents
more postage" said the clerk to man
who handed in one bearing two Column
bian stamps But weighed it before
! stamped it, and it was just right"
objected the man. That may be, but
the stamps you put on made it over
weight. 1t will take another now
y. y. Sun.
An immense eagle in Lane county,
Oregon, was either so bold or 50 des-
perately hungry the other day that it
swooped down on yearling colt,
buried its talons in .he colts back and
endeavored either to carry il off or to
throw it over and kill it. The colt
started down the hillside at rapid
gate. with the eagle clinging, wildly
tapping. on its back. After proceed
ing thus some fifty or one hundred
yards the eagle let go and flew away.
French Canadians are said to be
leaving the vicinity OF Quebec for the
United States at the rate OF $50 day
These emigrants are nearly all farmers
or habitants from the lower st. Law
renee region. and in mant instances
they are following friends and rela-
tives who have already found homes in
the L nited States. Many of these emf
grants desert their farms absolutely,
leaving them without intention of re-
turning. selling them for what they
can get, but leaving them anyway.
1t is not surprising that the com
Inanders of the foreign mcn-of-war de-
cidcd not to give their sailors liberty in
New York. New York is perhaps the
most troublesome port in the world to
a visiting foreign ship, because even
the sailors of the old world are some
what under the glamor OF the new.
Wages Of European sailors are small
cd -
sble-bodied men in this country. and
there is nothing To prevent foreign
deserter from finding a place on a
United States man-of-war at much
higher rate Of pay than he could ex-
pect TO receive in the service of his own
country.
The special commissioners sent by
the London Lancet 10 test the water
supply OF Chicago. with view to the
safety of the host Of British people
who will visit the worlds fair. state in
their report that ill-informed rumor
has magnifcd the faults OF the supply,
although some points, and especially
the unscientifc use of ice in cooling
water, need serious attention. They
report that there i every reason to
hope that the exhibition viii be carried
out without toe outbreak OF an cpl
dernic. The report i long one and
deal, with the drainage and sewerage
OF Chicago. the city water works. the
condition Of the Chicago river and Of
Lake Michigan, and sanitation gen
orally.
according to the English papers
glass houses may be one Of the features
Of the not far distant future. They say
that stone and brick are not unlikely
10 be superseded as building material
by blocks of glass. They would not
necessarily be transparent. and as they
would be cast Of large size the process,
of erecting would move forward with
great rapidity. Glass has the reputa-
ton 81 being moisture proof and inde-
structible. and as it need not be of fine
quality. il is estimated that il would be
a. cheap a. brick or stone. II will
readily be noted that the glass may be
colOred 10 suit the whim of the builder,
and a man may easily live in house
rejecting all the colors Of the rain
bovv.-New Orleans Picayune.
The insurance companies of Amer
lea have not been subjected to such
severe losses since the Chicago fire as