The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-04-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

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The Canary's Reply.-"Were you an
expensive bird or a cheap one?" asked
the cage of the canary. And then the
canary answered "Cheep!"-Harper's
Young People.
--Shallow-"Why, just read that
sign-Dental Parlors' Isn't it absurd
to call dental room parlor?" Deepe
Tt is probably the painters mistake.
lie meant drawing-room"
Two Causes, One Effect-Maud--
"How black your hands are!" Marie
Yes had no gloves But what makes
yours so black?" Maud-'Gloves- "
Truth.
Young women folks air never salts
fed" said Uncle Josh Here l bring
Hannah a fine roll of silk, n she amt
satisfied. Wants to hev it made up into
dress right off."-Harper's Weekly.
Mrs. Hayseed docking at the camels)
And do they really use these creatures
as beasts of burden?" Keeper-"Why,'
yes" Mrs. Hayseed-"Thats cruelty
to animals Just look at the monstrous
humps they have to carry already"
An lnopportune Moment Office
Boy ito drummer)-"Mister, 1 wouldn'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 a man could be asked
by every girl. The result has been as
many weddings as members. If, as
| Marion Harland says, 1.-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 Fran, a ves-
sci to be used for Arctic explorations,
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 q
ihNA pAaskONs WI pu a NtSh
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 a
Scotchma n who had listened with much
anconcern, dryly remarked, Its peety
but We had been in Paradise, and there
MIGHT ma ha' been ony faa."
New York and Brooklyn are con-
trasted in nothing better than in their
clubs The Brooklynite uses his club
as an occasional luxury, save in sum
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 a dinner
at the club.
Mrs Cleveland's return to the
| white house reminds a woman of o
funny speech she overheard four years
ago. 1t was a day or two after the
election. Two men came out of 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-fashioIed
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 Hartman" Nottingham
flourished 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 num-
Der Of Waldensians, who inllabit the
mountain tract on the Italian side OF
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
9, 600 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 aud, 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 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 afterwari
Feather beds have an inexplicaol