The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-05-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

they're put on.
The Canary's Reply.-"Werey you an
expensive bird or a cheap one?" asked
the cage of the canary. And then the
canary answered "Cheep!'-Harper's
Young People.
-Shaliow-"Why, just read that
sign-'Dental Parlors.' Isn't it absurd
to call dental room parlor?" Deepe
1T is probabl the painters mistake.
He meant drawing-room.
Two Causes, One Effect.
''How black your hands are!" Marie
Yes. had no gloves. But what makes
yours so black?" Maud-"Gloves" -
Truth.
Young women folks air never satis-
fiG&," said Uncle Josh. Here l bring
Hannah fine roll of silk, n she amt
satisfied. Wants to hev it made up into
dress right off. ''-Harper's Weekly
Mrs. Hayseed looking at the camels)
--"And do they really use these creatures
as beasts of burden?' Respectfully,
yes" Mrs. Hayseed-'"That's cruelty
to animals. just look at the monstrous
humps they have to carry already"
An Inopportune Moment Office
Boy Ito drummer)-"Mister, wouldn't t
advise you to try to see the boss, now; he's
in an awful rage" Drummer-''What's
the matter with him?" Office Boy
Hes trying to put a point on his blue
lead pencil. Truth.
"A cooking club in Washington
was broken up in one year by matri-
mony. To the club dinners ordered,
cooked and served by every member of
the club in turn man could be asked
by every girl The result has been as
many weddings as members. If, as
Marion Harland says, 'the foundation
of happy homes is laid in the kitchen"
these marriages should not be failures.
The heavy timber and spars which
are being used in Tandefjord, Norway,
for the construction of the Franz ves-
sci to be used for Arctic explQrat tions,
was shipped from Puget Sound last
February in the Norwegian bark Col
lector, and consisted of heavy lumber
and spars. The lumber is of the very
best quality of fir that could be OBJ
tanned in the state of Washington.
"A minister was residing with
1tsh AASA ASuA olcSSOW, W111S OA d NlSlI
to that city In reply to an invitation
to eat some fine fruit, he mentioned
that he never tasted an apple or any
other kind of green fruit. The fact
evoked considerable surprise; but
Scotchma who had listened with much
unconcern, dryly remarked 'It's a peety
but ye had been in Paradise, and there
micht ma ha' been ony faa."
New York and Brooklyn are con-
trasted in nothing better than in their
clubs. The Brooklynite uses his club
mer time. when the absence of his
family gives him the excuse for dining
there 1t is usual with Brooklyn clubs
to provide ladies' dining room, and
the really loving husband and father
likes especially to indulge his wife and
daughters in the dissipation of dinner
at the club
Mrs. Cleveland's return to the
white house reminds woman of a
funny speech she overheard four years
ago. 1t was day or two after the
election. Two men came out of a sa-
loon as she was passing But" re-
marked one dolefully, 'Mrs. Cleveland
says she won't leave" There was no
answer to this. Evidently, in such a
contingency, if the lady at the Capitol
refused to stir, she might very seriously
retard the revolving wheels of govern
ment
If you happen to see ''R. Whiting,
ham, New York, stamped inconspicu-
ously upon the brass of an old-fashioned
colonial, Shenton, or Chippendale and
iron, you may reasonably believe the
article to be genuine. Old directories
of New York contain the entry: 'Whit.
tingham, R., brassfounder, 95 Henry;
house, 1874 Harman." Whittingham
fourished in the first two decades OF
the present century, and perhaps
earlier. He made good brass utensils,
and his andirons are excellent They
still turn up occasionally at sales OF
household effects in old quarters of the
city and some are cherished in fashion.
able homes as heirlooms
1t has been announced that a mum.
ber of Waldensians, who inhabit the
mountain tract on the italian side Of
the Cottian Alps, propose to come to
this country and settle in North Caro-
lima. Some time ago two delegates
were appointed to come to this country
and inquire into the prospects for set
tiers in North Carolina. Their report
has been favorable, and it is said that
1000 Waldensians will leave the region
made historic by the heroic endurance
of their ancestors and take up their
residence in America
"A simple means is used to discover
where coal thieves are numerous along
the line of some of the Pennsylvania
and New Jersey railroads. The coal is
merely splashed with whitewash after
it has been loaded upon the cars. AS
coal trains are slow ones and, and are
often sidetracked for days together at
obscure little places, where there are
few or no employees to guard them, the
enemies of the coal trust take advan-
tage of these delays to replenish their
bins. A glance at a load that has been
sprinkled with whitewash shows where
coal has been removed, and places
where such removals are frequent are
either guarded or avoided afterward.
Feather beds have an inexplicable
and undeserved popularity in the south
ern states. Even in summer the north
ern visitor meets the solicitous inquiry.
''Will you have feather bed?" and it
is the ambition of every negro house
wife to possess such a bed. An old
colored woman who came north, leav-.
ing her husband behind her in Vir-,
ginia, bemoaned the fact that she had
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