The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A per1ectly-ICrhleul lace SIlOulu 10
| divided into three equal parts, from the
roots of the hair to the root of the nose,
thence to the tip of the nose to the tip
of the chin.
-Erastus Wiman is reported as say
ing in a late address that there are
$3.50. 900, 600 in the forty-one savings
banks of New York and Brooklyn,
held by more than 1000, 600 depositors,
and the capital of all the national
banks in the country is only 300, 600, $50.
A hailstorm visited Pawtucket re-
Gently and one woman picked up a
large hailstone and allowed it to melt
in her hand. she thought something
was inside the little piece OF frozen
rain, but was surprised to find when all
had melted little live toad or frog in
her hand.
A Doubtful Benefit. -Emeline-
"Alfred, l am very fond of you, but
doubt if | love you well enough to be
your wife, Alfred" Emeline, give
me. ON, give me the benefit of the
doubt" Emeline-'I will, Alfred
Henceforth, all is over between So
Pearson's Weekly.
According to official figures there
is exempt from taxation in New York
City real estate as follows: City prop
erty S205. 40, $40: United States prop
erty. SIS, SG3, 900; New York state prop
erty, 100000; church property, S55,-
| 1906. 1875: parsonages, SAG. 100; clergy
men, SAG, 500; miscellaneous property,
| $2S. 06S, 200-N. Y. Mail and Express.
The student of sublime rhetoric
has often heard of England, upon
whose vast empire the sun never sets"
but we, too, may proudly boast OF the
! extent of our possessions. The most
western point of Alaska is 9, 800 miles
farther west than San Francisco and
| the Aleutian Islands stretch 1, 900 miles
| farther west. When, therefore the
suns last rays are falling upon our
westernmost possessions its first morn
| ing beams kiss the easternmost point
| of Maine.-Boston Globe.
C-Thc difference between the atmos-
| phere of the best ventilated houses and
| the outer air is illustrated by the con-
| duct of cut flowers. Blossoms that
retain their freshness but a day or two
| when standing in water within doors
/ will sometimes live twice as long when
| dropped in Il shady place out of doors,
| even without the aid of other moisture
than they obtain from the earth and
air.
The nickels and small silver coin
paid to the ticket sellers of the eleva-
| ted railways in large cities rarely reach
| the main offices of the companies. By
! 4ha rnilH1a Of tho of ar of IF
! the principal stations, the accumula-
| ton of change will weigh number of
| pounds. Relief comes in the form of
| tradesmen's clerks, who lug away the
coin in small bags and leave bills in
! place thereof.
The housewives of Florida have
| found new use for oranges. They
scrub the floors with them. Go into
almost any town in the orange growing
districts and you will see the women
using the luscious fruit exactly as our
| housekeepers use soap. They cut the
| oranges in halves and rub the fiat ex-
| posed pulp on the floor. The acid in
the oranges doubtless does the clean
! ing, but at any rate the boards are as
white as snow after the application. 1t
is thought that lemons would be better
than oranges for this purpose, because
of the additional acidity.-Good House
keeping.
Saxon girls a thousand years ago
always wore gold crown during the
marriage ceremony, this article being
kept in the church. and a fee paid the
priest for its use by the brides of the
| .;e1, To-, 1,n nn,
raided the south of England and stole
one hundred church crowns, and there
was no marrying in the afflicted viii
lagos for nearly six months, until new
crowns could be made.
The visitors to Central park New
YORK, number from 1870, 900 to $50, 900
| per day. Policemen have been in
| structcd to arrest all dogs found in the
park without leading strings. After a
days hard chasing after the many un-
| tethered pets, the whole force had
caught only one dog. Most of the out
| lawcd animals thought the policemen
wanted to play with them and made
the most of their novel amusement.
In quaint old Nantucket is still to
be seen the house in which Lucretia
Mott was born. 1t is large frame
structure, with the hip roof, which
distinguished the efforts of all right
minded architects at that time. 1t has
wide, many-paned windows and hos
pitable doorway with two flights of
steps leading down to the street. 1t
now has a coat of fashionable cream
white paint, but is otherwise I'M
changed.
The Parliamentary Commissioners,
in 1864, having established a new gov
ernment in Maryland, called new as
sembly. one of the first acts of which
was to so modify the Act of federation
of 1919 as to exclude ''Papists and pre-
,ates" from its benefits. They also
passed acts multiplying the oath of ale
glance to the Proprietary and denying
his claim to be absolute lord" of the
province, as his charter called him. The
Roman Catholics and the Episcopalians
in Maryland equally felt the oppres-
sions of the commissioners. Finally. in
1749, a compromise was effected and
liberation restored.
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