The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Kansas man, whose name IL
Pants, is called Trousers by his eastern
relatives. Such acts in the ke4are
regarded as breaches of good breeding.
-Nortonville (Kan.) News.
The paper in the Bank of England
notes costs exactly one cent each. No
note is ever issued from the bank
second time On it's return it is re-
corded, kept certain period, and then
destroyed.
-Miggs-"Why do You call your dog
Penny, Briggs" Briggs-"Because he
was one sent to me. Why do you call
yours Tonic?" Miggs-"Because he's
a mixture of steel, bark and whine."-
Boston Courier
The ruins of Pompeii are said to be
30 vast that they cannot all be exca-
waited at the ordinary rate of progress,
before the middle of the next century.
Many more interesting discoveries will
undoubtedly be made there.
Aunt Ella-"You'll have to take
Fido back, I'm afraid The sign says,
No dogs allowed in the park" Eva
"But, auntie, Fido is not loud dog.
He's the most silentest little fellow in
the world -EIarper's Young People.
Little IIilda's grandmother, exer-
cised in her mind as to the child's APP
parent lack of conscientiousness-
''But, IIilda, you knew these choco-
lates were not yours" Eyes, grandma;
and all the time was eating them |
was asking God to forgive me-
Working Woman's Journal.
Several years ago John S. Hough.
of Railway, n. j., played the Good
Samaritan to a poor man who was
Frustrated with typhus fever, and
nursed him through the disease. The
poor man went to California, became
wealthy and has just died, leaving
fortune of $500, 900 to Mr.. Hough.
"A strange apple tree, which is
known to have been 143 years old, was
destroyed by recent storm, on the
property of Mrs. Della .Hotchkiss, in
| Cheshire, Conn. 1t bore fruit every
year, but only on one side each year.
The side that bore one year would be
barren the next. 1t yielded ITO bushels
side.
-Rebekah's brothers name was
| Lahan, and the name of Abigai's hus-
band was Nabal, which is simply La
| ban reversed. The nineteenth chapter
of III. Kings and the thirty-seventh
chapter of Isaiah are alike, with the
exception that verse Is of the former
chapter comprises verses Is and 10 OF
the latter
| The River st. Lawrence, it is esti-
mated, covers 90, 900 square miles; and
as nearly the whole of this area aver
ages 900 feet in depth, the aggregate
volume of water cannot be much short
of 10000 solid miles. 1t is computed
that body of water of this size would
require more than As years to pass over
the Falls of Niagara at the rate Of
| 1, ZOO, 900 cubic feet in second.
--Pasquino was celebrated mutt
lated statue in Rome, so called from
witty tailor of that name who kept a
shop near by and was given to enter
tanning his customers with the gossip
and scandal of the day. Upon the
pedestal of this statne were affixed
pungent criticisms on passing events.
squibs and sarcasms from which the
term pasquinade is derived.
There is steady demand for wal
nut timber and purchasers are scour-
ing the Atlantic coast region in search
of large trees. While metallic collins,
usually called Baskets by the under
takers, have displaced walnut collins,
the wood is increasingly applied to
| other uses. The trees are scarce In
most parts Of the east and many are
jealousy guarded against AK and saw.
| According to expert calculations
the Coliseum of Rome seated $1,000
spectators, while 10000 more could
have found standing room. The ex-
ternal circumference Of the Coliseum
as it stands to-day is 1 1928 feet, its long
diameter 615 feet its short diameter
80 feet The arena is 279 by 296 feet,
and the height of the building 1856 feet
There is still standing four stories of
the original structure. 1t was, in all
probability, the largest building Of au-
ditorium arrangement ever known.
Some time since the state board of
horticulture of California imported
some Australian lady bugs with the
design of pitting them against the
black scale bug, which has been Great
ing great havoc in the orchards in the
southern part Of the state for some
years. The board announced last week
that the lady bug has proved a perfect
success in it's work Of discriminating
the black scale bug, and colonies will
be sent out to orchardists, who will
turn them loose on the common enemy.
The board is also cultivating colony
of the red scale parasite for the same
purpose, and expects good results.
| United States Columbian postage
stamps are in great demand by phila-
telists all over the world. The stamps
are issued in the denominations of
| /, 9, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, Is, 30 and 80 cents,
and 81, 81, SO, 81 and s.. 1t cost sl6.26
to purchase complete set, but such
purchases are frequently made by col
lectors or their agents. 1t is easy of
course for persons in this country to
obtain the stamps Of the smaller de-
nominations 1T is difficult matter,
however, TO obtain those of the larger
denominations unless they are pur-
chased from the government. and it is
said that when they have been can
celed they may be sold here for rs per
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