The Republican., 1893-06-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

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self at the ball last EVENING"" Browne
Yes, should say she did. l noticed
that even her eyes danced. ."-Soeer-
vile Journal.
Johnny" said playmate to the
boy who is always losing things, sis
that watch your father gave you
going yet?'' No" replied Johnny
ruefully. "It's gone. Washington
Star.
Me reliant Ito applicant)-"Do you
think you know enough to assist me in
the ofiice?" Boy-"Know enough!
Why, left my last place because the
boss said knew more than he did,
Society Journal.
Pm in a fighting mood to-day"
said Hicks. I'D like to lick somebody
or something" Here" said Dawson,
handing him one of the new stamps.
Lick that. Perhaps it'll satisfy you"
Harper's Bazaar.
why has Jenkins putup the keep
off the grass 81 gn when there are only
weeds in his yard?' HE knew the
boys would be certain to run over it
then and he would be saved the trouble
of having the weeds killed out. Inter
Ocean.
-Hicl1s-"I'll allow that Niggles is
not a proper man, but he is the nomi-
nee of the party. and that's enough for
me, no ma tier how he got the nomina-
ton" Wicks-"I see. When a bur
glar has broken into your house, you
are bound to treat him, being in, as
one of the family. boston Transcript.
| Any fanciful and pretty accessory
for miladys writing-table is always
welcome; and this years novelty comes
in the shape of lovely gray and brown
undressed kid penwipers, with lunches
of perfumed violets or lilies of the
valley fastened on the outside leaf
with a silver pin.
| What is believed to be the largest
shad ever taken in the waters near the
| head of Delaware Bay was caught oppo-
site Delaware City a few days ago. 1t
measured 27 inches in length, 4 inches
in thickness and 10 inches at its great
est circumference. Its weight was ten
pounds. The fish was bought for 81
and sent as present to Mr.. Cleveland.
| All OiNt NOil lbs OcCH GlitN a.
| Moore's Hill. Ind. The find is said to
bear on its face the medallion of two
heads. encircled by the words, "Wil-
liam ct Maria, Del Gratia." Upon the
| opposite side are the words: Mag.
Brit. ct Hibernia Rex ct Regina, 94"
| The piece was coined in 1894 in the
reign of William and Mary.
| The editor of the Tifton, Ca, Ga
zette scratched the following lines
with his poetic pen one cold day the
past winter: Backward, turn back
ward, o time, in thy fight; give us July
again, just for one night: give us mos
| quitoes and give us the flies, but turn
on some heat before every one dies,
bring back our straw hats and good
linen pants: give us chance to live,
give us a chancen
| Those unhappy housewives with
whom the maidservant is an ever pres
ent horror will learn with mingled feel
ings of a domestic incident in South
Africa. Gen. Joubert. the Boer leader,
told on a visit to the United States of
cook who left his service suddenly
without giving notice and without
waiting to be dismissed. In fact a lion
entered the kitchen and carried off the
cook almost beneath the eyes of her
astonished mistress.
The table d'hote is a fixture in
! New York and in most other American
cities, but in Brooklyn, the city of
homes, it is practically unknown, the
only ambitious attempt to establish it
| al Ii L.
ably the most successful restaurant in
that city is place where it is impossi-
BILE to get anything to drink but tea,
coffee. and similar mild beverages.
Strange as it may seem, some of the
noted drinking men in the town are its
most constant patrons. may be that
they like to feel that they are beyond
reach of temptation at mealtime.
The first of May could happen
twice week on the plains without
disturbing anybody much, for it is al
most as easy for the Indian to move as
to stay where he is, particularly as he
makes his wife do the moving. The
Indians tepee is merely cone of poles,
| light. branchless saplings, laid with
their butts in a circle and their tops
bound together. Around this is
thrown a cover of canvas or dressed
skin. with an opening at the top for
the escape of smoke. and flap is left
open at the side for a door. When he
moves it is only necessary to roll the
canvas into wad and tie it to the
poles, which are strapped to pony,
with the heavy ends dragging on the
ground.
There is an artist in New York City
who says that he wants to paint things
in the New York streets. the parks,
along the water front, around the ele-
waited railroads. and among the pictur-
esque shanty settlements, but the peo-
| pie will not let him. That is they re-
fuse to buy these things after he has
made them. and keep him at work with
portraits and other perfunctory and