The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

Democrat
-Estelle-'Murilla thinks a great
deal" Millicent-"You surprise me-"
Estelle-'She thinks she is pretty and
thinks so all the time Puck.
-Wife-"Don't you believe the gas
meter is defective in some way?" Hus-
bandit may be, but | notice that it
is able to fill the bill every month";
Inter Ocean.
-Fenton-"I had letter from nv
wife that has made me happy all day
long" Friend-"Full of love, was it?'
Fenton-'Not so much that, but she
didn't finish up by asking for money"
Inter Ocean.
Will They Wear Their Stock?-First
Burglar-''No use to break into that
place tonight" Second Burglar
"Why?" First Burglar-''It's the night
of the diamond merchants banquet
Jewellers Weekly.
Friend of Mamma Ito little girD-
'Lottie, if you drink so much tea you
will be an old maid" Lottie-"O, /
don't believe that at ALL Mr. Harold
Mamma drinks tea and she has been
married twice, and she isn't an old maid
yet. "-Ilarper's Bazaar.
Can the Yankee Mind be Deranged?
-Primus-"A detective must under
stand human nature. Where would
you look for a clew for that fellow who
throws ink on fine dresses?" Secundus
I'm the luna tic asylums." Primus-
"Humph! I'd shadow the soap ped
dlcrs. Judge.
p-Mrs. Jones was telling Mrs Smith
that her husband intended giving her
an insurance policy. 20, that's moth
ing" replied Mrs S MY husband is
going to give me 1000 bond, and he
has cut all the coupons off SO that l
WON'T have any trouble with it,
Newport News
Navigation in the Mississippi at
Memphis was seriously interrupted
several days in January by ice foes,
condition that has not prevailed there
in twenty years. A number of boats
have stopped making trips, and nearly
all the packets were ice-locked near the
bank. The Cumberland river was
frozen over at Nashville for the first
time in fifteen years This has occurred
only twice in thirty years.
Paterson, n. j., has in the falls of
the Passaic not only the source of enor-
mously valuable water power, but q
piece of rare natural scenery. Unfortu-
nataly for the city, however, the land
Immediately about the falls has been
almost barred of trees and rendered
thoroughly unattractive. According to
a local tradition resident of the neigh
1. L L Il 1.
park about the falls expecting that it
would be a popular resort One day it
was thrown open to the public, and
next morning it was found to be in
state of ruin
The revenue returns for last year
show that Canadians drank, per head
of population, 1.01 gallons of spirits,
1.O1 gallons of wine, and 35 rs gallons
of beer, as compared with 7.45 gallons
of spirits, 1. / l gallons of wine, and 81. 90
gallons of beer in 1891. But few days
ago evidence was given to a royal COM
mission sitting at Montreal that 'illicit
distilling in Quebec is very general, and
vast quantities of contra band liquor
find their way to the market without
paying revenue" 1t is not unlikely
that this ''moonshining" may explain
! the apparent reduction in consumption
shown by the revenue returns.
The Delaware society of New York
issues by way of a year book tiny
folded sheet giving list of the officers
of the organization and of members
! and persons eligible to membership"
There are about 500 natives of Della
&c -, 4hie ~ hoe
former residents of Delaware not ma
tives, but by the constitution of the So
ciety eligible to membership. Small as
is Delaware's population, the little
state sends out annually considerable
number of young men to seek their
fortunes. The Delaware colony in
Philadelphia is so large that the local
society has been able to set up a club
house.
"A former captain in the Confeder-
ate army, who was stationed near
Charleston during most of the civil
war, says that the change from the
happy confidence of its people on the
morning when Sumter was fired on, to
their terror when the Yankee guns
were turned on them, later in the
struggle, was obvious in the appear
! ance of the town itself. Everything
was slack" damages were not re-
paired and the exodus of the people TO
, safe places were SO rapid, that before
the siege was over, some quarters were
nearly vacated and rabbits appeared in
| the streets When large fire occurred
there, Gilmore's Swamp Angel dropped
| four shells into the burning building in
order to break it up and spread flames
! through the neighborhood, and another
shell went plump into the middle of u
fire engine, tearing it into pieces and
killing several people.
"A revolving grand stand, which is
designed, and mayhap destined, TO
make the sport of racing doubly de-
| lightful TO the onloolzers and to dispel
the main discomforts and draw backs,
has been invented by an Iowa man.
The stand will be placed in the center
of the loop of the kite-shaped track and
the middle of the ring of the circular
course, will revolve with the racers,
and keep the occupants always facing
the horses 1t will. afford for everyone