The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-02-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

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fist and the chiropodist Puck
A reformer is a man who is sure
that his interest is the public interest.
Puck
Suburban Belle Ito her dressmaker)
And l should like Medici collar to
my tea-gown. Do you understand? A
Medici collar ike that of the Venus de
Medici" Punch.
--Bach-"Hello, Kidby, what's the
matter? You look all played out"
kidby-'Yes; / have been mending
broken Christmas toys for my children
for the last ten days. Puck.
-"Suppose | give you five rabbits
and then another rabbit-how many
rabbits would you have?" Seven. :"
Seven! How do you make that out?"
Because I've rabbit o ma ain at
home The Million.
Your house is in better condition
than when took it," said the tenant.
81 have improved it, sir, so that it is
worth 1000 more than it was" AS
much as that?" said the landlord.
wen have to add 500 to the rent tc
keep the rate up to 8 per cent. "-Har-
per's Bazaar. ..assa
Wolves that stray into town and
wander about the streets in a leisurely
way, seeing the sights. but usually very
few people, are among the features that
add to the cheer and variety of life in
the dreary winter season out in the
great west Accounts of coyotes being
seen and occasionally killed on the
streets are not infrequent items in west
eru papers just now-N. y. Sun.
"A mammoth cave in the Ozark
mountains, near Galena, Mo-, has been
explored for a distance of more than
thirty miles, with the result of there
being brought to light bones of recent
and prehistoric animals, including the
hyena and cave bear, and flint arrow
heads, but no bones of man. A few ami
mails of the usual forms found in caves
are still living there, including a white
newt
Nearly one hundred years ago the
Jesuits We're banished from Mexico 1t
was known that they had immense
boards of gold, but feared to tempt GU
pidity by taking it all with them. What
they did with the bulk of their savings
has just been revealed by Pierre
Guirre, who says that sci, 800, 600 was
buried beneath the old cathedral in the
little town of Typozottan, and is be-
lieved to be there yet
The body of Julia Reeder, young
lady of Boonville, Ind, was prepared
for burial. The sign of apparent death
had succeeded severe attack OF
typhoid fever Her friends were gath
cred around, and just before the final
leave-taking, her lover took her hand
to kiss it. The lover was astounded to
feel his fingers pressed by the hand OF
the supposed corpse. The joyous dis
covery was thus made that the young
woman was alive.
To prevent the escape of his spirit
at death George Francis Dobson, OF
Muskegon, Mich, has hit upon strange
idea. He has made arrangements
for his friends, just before the spirit
leaves his body, to seal him in huge
glass cylinder, SO that his spirit may be
kept from departing, and at the same
time be enabled, by series of system
attic disturbances of the air within the
cylinder, to communicate with his
friends through Geographic instru-
ment placed in the cylinder.
"A Grabbed old bachelor who was in
the habit of calling at Washington
post Office for his letters was so much
impressed by the kindly attentions of
Miss Margaret Reese, the postmistress,
that he one day walked up to the coun-
ter, and remarking that she was the
only person who had spoken kind
word to him for years, handed her a
parcel which contained deed for five
acres of land worth three thousand dol
lars
A teacher who received as an addi-
ton to her primary school flock a small
graduate from the kindergarten was
impressng upon the new pupil the ne
cessity of quiet movement about the
room. Now. Harry" she said, go
back to your seat and see how still you
can come to the desk. Come up like a
mouse" she finished, by way of illus
JidJlOH. w JHc SI1dil
returned to his place, and dropping
upon all tours, came nimbly and silent
ly, in true mouse fashion, through the
aisle. The outburst of merriment,
which neitherscholars nor teacher could
suppress at this performance, surprised
and grieved the heart of the little kim
dergartner, who saw nothing unusual
in it.
Maine is noted for her hale and
spry old people. Ex-Gov. Garcelon, in
Lewiston IS years old, is an active
rider and driver of fast horses, of which
his stables contain twenty-three fine
animals Mrs Jonathan Dow, of Deer
Isle, so years old, has knitted forty
pairs of stockings and woven two hun
dred yards of rag carpeting and one
hundred yards of cloth during the past
season in odd moments snatched from
her general housework and the care of
a flock of hens Mrs. Joanna Bunker,
of West Trenton, 81 years old, has just
finished waistcoat which she cut and
made without the use of glasses. Mr..
Robbins, also of Deer Isle is &c, and
last year, besides doing much repairing
of vehicles, he made all the woodwork
for four carts, one jigger, double
seated wagon and horse sled.
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