The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-06-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

-"PShaw; so you believe he Went
fishing just because he said so, do
your No; but he brought home .
jug full of whisky. Inter Ocean.
A Slight Mistake.-Turner- How
did Weeks come to write poetry?'
Wells-'He had dyspepsia, and for .
long time thought it was inspiration. q
TRUTH
-Fan-''I know girl who can do the
serpentine." Nan-''That's nothing; l
knows girl who can step into trolley
car without climbing up on her hands
and knees. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Beauty's Friend. I'm so glad
to hear you are to marry Jack Cresus.
It's really a golden engagement for
you" The Beauty-''Exactly so-it's
my fiftieth.-Kate Fields Washington.
-Footpad-''Gimme your money!
Mr.. Lushforth (disgustedly)-"Do you
suppose l would be goin' home at 9
o'clock if l had any money? You are
the biggest chump have met in .
month of Sundays. Indianapolis Jour
nal.
"A strong man in Vienna made o
wager with an American that he could
stand under a litre of water while it
Cell, drop by drop, upon his head, from
a height of three feet. At the 420th
drop the strong man gave up, the pain
being intolerable.
While the western movement of
population in the United States for the
century aggregates sos miles, the exc
IRENE northern and southern variation
is little under twenty-five miles, and
the finishing point of the line is only
some six miles south of the starting
point.
Few negroes but believe that the
left hind foot of graveyard rabbit Is
token of good luck, and the super
stition is spreading among the white
race. firm in North Carolina, which
makes speciality of rabbit skins, has
received an order for 100, 900 of such
feet.
To check the growth of the fish
cries of the United States, and to pro-
mote those of their own colonies, the
British government issued an order in
council. July. 1888, prohibiting Ameri-
can fish from being carried to the
British West Indies, which had been
before the war one of the best markets
for the New England trade in fish.
--Foreign-born residents constitute
As per cent. of the population of Cleve-
land, 42.5 of New YoSx, AZ of San Fran
cisco, Al of Chicago. 40 of Detroit, 35.5
of Boston. 35 of Buffalo, 3S of Milwau-
kee, 32 of Brooklyn, 80 of Pittsburgh,
% Of Philadelphia, Fl of Cincinnati and
st. Louis, IA of New Orleans, II of
Baltimore, and one-eighth of one per
cent of Washington.
There are $4,000 Scandinavians
(Swcdes. Norwegians and Danes) in
the chief cities of the United States
81 SEQ Tor just half of them in Chicago,
16, 900 in Brooklyn, 10. 600 in New York,
$500 in San Francisco and 4, 800 in Bos-
ton. There are six times as many Nor
wegians as Swedes in Milwaukee, and
four times as many Swedes as Norwe-
gians in Boston.
Enthusiastic patriotism has made
its record on the map of Westchester
county Immediately north of New York.
Wakefield and Wakefield Heights are
named in honor of the home of Wash
ington's first ancestors in this country;
Washingtonville is the Harlem station
of which Wakefield is the postoffice,
and Immediately adjoining is the city
of Mount Vernon.
The effort of the legislature Of the
state of Illinois to prevent ticket scalp
ing has met a serious check, and it APP
pears the law is futile, if not uncon-
stitutional Recently a decision was
rendered in the circuit court, sitting
at Chicago, by Judges Tuthill, Neon
nell and Dunno. in the case brought
against several ticket brokers last Oc-
tober. Six brokers were indicted under
the Illinois law, and the court dis
charged them. Gazette.
On account of the varying distance
of the moon from the earth she APP
pears to us somewhat smaller at GER
tain times than at others. II she
passes between the earth and the sun
when at the greatest distance from the
earth, her disk will be smaller than
that of the sun. and the eclipse will be
annular. If the passage occurs when
the moon is nearer the earth, her disk
appears larger than that of the sun,
and the eclipse is a total one.
The difference in the purchasing
power of money between 1892 and the
present day is illustrated by a calcula-
ton made by Professor Ruge and pub
lished in German paper. He says
that the first expedition of Columbus
cost about $1,000 of our money, which
seems very moderate sum for the
equipment of three vessels, small as
they were. Columbus, however, was
paid as admiral only at the rate of $500
a year; his captains received only s16 a
month, and sailors from g.. 90 to $3.50.
Other expenses, Of course, were in pro-
portion. - Engineering and Mining
Journal
The following story is told of Mark
Twain by gentlemen who lives near
his residence at Hartford: One day
Mark answered the telephone, and,
after hallooing for some time without
an answer, he used some language not
generally seen in print, but which was
certainly picturesque. While thus en-
gagged he heard an answer in aston
ished tones. and recognizing the voice