The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-02-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

''gimme quarter, will yer?" Certain
ly," said Barber, handing him a dime.
''This amt quarter" said Wilkins
'Yes it is" said Barber. "It's quarter
of forty cents '-Harper's Bazaar.
The times when a policy of digni-
fed silence would unquestionably do
man the best service are the very times
when dignified silence is particularly
hard to keep -Somerville Journal
"A new genus and species of blind
cave salamander is reported by L. Stein
ger in the proceedings of the United
States National Museum" The discov-
cry of such an animal in North Amer
lea is regarded by the writer as a most
important and interesting event.
old Hopeful-"Now, my boy. your
education is finished. What are you
going to be? Choose whatever business
you like, and Pill give you all the assist
ance can" Young Hopeful-"Well. 1
think I'd like to be king" Old Hope
ful-"All right. You shall be the jani-
tor of the new fats l am building"
Sir Benjamin Baker one of the en-
gineers of the Forth bridge, has related
to the London News the fact that dur
ing the progress of the work several of
the workmen fell from the bridge $50
or 100 feet into the water without being
killed or even stunned. They had
breath enough left in their bodies to
catch a rope when it was thrown to
them. but not enough breath to speak
for the next fortnight
Connecticut has to every 100 sqaare
miles of territory over 20 miles of rail.
road, Delaware IS miles, Illinois 10,
Iowa Is, Massachusetts, 25. New Jersey
81, New York Is, Ohio IL, Pennsylvania
22. The other countries in Europe
which have an excess of 10 miles per
100 square miles of territory are Ger
many, with II miles, Great Britain 16,
France II, Belgium 2s, Holland Is and
Switzerland IL.
"A vein of onyx was discovered in
Garfield county, Washington, recently
which the report of an expert mineral.
ogist who visited and examined the find
a week or SO since shows to be of con.
siderable extent and probable value.
The possible extent of the mines is LOCO
acres, and openings for mile show q
ten-foot vein. The people of the vicinity
claim that their county is possessed OF
the only onyx mines in the United
States.
The Before Breakfast club of Geor.
gia was organized last August and has
for it's object the recognition of the
- &c q 70 70
subscribing to the club pledges himself
to set apart certain portion of his
farm, the product of which becomes a
private purse for the wife. This sort OF
club would give Acknowledgement to a
large number of wives who are suffer.
ing from financial bondage.
One of the famous white oaks OF
New Jersey stands in the Presbyterian
churchyard at Basling Ridge. II
measures fourteen feet four inches in
circumference at five feet high, while
the branches shade circle of lis feet
in diameter. 1t has been a famous tree
for more than a century, and it was nc
doubt noble specimen in 1880, when a
log church was built on the ground
where the present one now stands.
The celebrated Dismal Swamp
canal, which was originated by George
Washington and has a very interesting
history, has lately been sold to Balti.
more firm. The canal is twenty-three
miles long and connects the waters OF
the Elizabeth, in Virginia, by way OF
the Dismal Swamp, with the Pasquo.
tauk, in North Carolina, and it is des.
tined to play an important part in sup
plying the city of Norfolk with drink.
d BILE water from the Dismal Swamp
THE truth of history gets another
the esteemed busy bee who is involved.
John Burroughs reports that the bee
does not gather money all the day from
every opening flower, the fact being
that he does not gather honey during
any portion of the day, nor from any
flower. What he gathers is merely
sweet wafer. Honey" Mr.. Burroughs
individuality of the bee"
The Boston Globe says that in q
pair of fine shoes there are two sewed
pieces, two inner soles, two stiffenings
two pieces of steel to give spring tc
the instep, two rands, ~ heel pieces,
two sole Innings, 20 upper pieces. 30
tacks, II nails in the heels and 90 but.
tons, to say nothing of thread, both
silk and flax, but the wonder is found
in the rapidity with which these multi
tudinous pieces are comb in single
completed work, for, as an experiment,
some shoe factories have from the
leather completed pair of shoes in less
than an hour and half, and, as test,
single pair of mems shoes have been
finished in twenty minutes.
One of the prettiest microscopical
studies is the examination of the lungs
of plant Most people do not know a
plant has lungs. but it has, and its
lungs are in its leaves. Examined
through high power microscope, every
leaf will show thousands upon thou
sands of openings, infinitely small. Of
course, but each provided with lips
which, in many species, are continually
opening and closing These openings
lead to tiny cavities in the body of the
leaf, and by the opening and closing o.
the cavity air is continually passing in
and out, so that the act of respiration
is continually going on. The sap of the