The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-07-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

to find out where we stand.-Troy
Times.
-W;ggs-"Why did Boggs leave his
last place." Woggs-"Because he
he couldn't take it with him. He was
discharged" -Philadelphia Record.
"A good swimmer and a poor base
ball player are alike in one respect
they both strike out.-Rochester Demo-
,crat and Chronicle.
-Friend-'Has the landlord raised
your rent this month";" Tenant
sincerely hope he has, for I've tried to
and failed. Inter Ocean,
-'Miggs is lucky old chap, isn't
hep ''In what way?" Hes color
blind" what advantage is that?"
'.He can't tell when he's blue. Inter
Ocean.
-Repo rter-'T wrote The instru-
ment was a genuine Stradivarius,' and
you changed it to one of the latest
makes" Desk Editor-''Well, doesn't
that express the same idea? What d we
want to advertise the Stradivarius
for?"-Boston Transcript.
"A German paper states that in the
PiOoCSubiOh Va q ran w lluC IL OCSdhlC
necessary to remove a large cherry
tree; the proprietor demanded about
$500 for it this the.railroad company
objected to paying. But after some
legal work the owner was awarded
81, 100 for the tree.
"A severe attack of toothache was
= endured by Simon Kintzer, wealthy
man of Hummelstown, Pa. A travel
ing tooth doctor CHANGED to be in the
neighborhood, and applied magic
cure" In short time the pain ceased,
the doctor received his fee, and depart
ed. In few hours the mans jaw be-
gan to swell, and in three days he was
dead from blood poisoning.
The lightship John, in Delaware
bay, obtained its odd name from that
of the ship John, of Nantucket, Mass,
which sank in 1897 near the spot where
the lightship now swings at anchor.
The vessel was stripped by wreckers
from Bridgeton, n. j., and General
Logue, of Bridgeton. gave to the light
house department the fgurehead of the
wreck. The figurehead is now mounted
on the deck of the lightship.
After the death of General Paclen-
ham. at the battle of New Orleans, his
viscera were removed, preparatory to
shipping the body to England. The
whole mass of the bowels, including
other internal organs. were wrapped in
cotton and buried in a box between
two pecan trees, which, although in a
furnishing condition at the time, never
after bore nuts, and were known far
and wide as the cursed pecan trees"
The body was secretly shipped to En-
gland in cask of wine.
Nectar in flowers is not honey.
This nectar is gathered by the tongue
of the bee and enters what is called the
honey bag, from which it is regurgi-
tated by the bee on it's return to the
hive and deposited in the honey cell.
Even then it is thin and watery, and
does not become really honey until the
watery parts have evaporated. In col
Letting the sweets the bees do not con-
fine themselves wholly to flowers
They extract them also from fruits.
Varieties and hybrids of helianthe-
mum vulgare, the true rock rose, have
attractive flowers, which range in
color from white through shades of
red and yellow. At the Arnold Ar
boretum these plants make low
shrubby growth, spreading over the
ground in dense mat of foliage, on
which the flowers are now appearing.
The separate flowers do not last long,
but they keep opening all summer,
and Mr.. Dawson, the propagation at the
arboretum, thinks a great deal of
them.
"A most ngeniOus-general-inf
tion-automatic-mac has been set
up outside one of the Melbourne rail
way stations. 1t is seven feet high and
four feet broad, and will, it is said,
give reliable information on quite a
varied range of subjects. Touch one
elastic button and a list of the best
hotels in the city appears; touch an
other and theater playful slides out;
a third discloses to view list of the
principal omnibus routes, and another
the cab fares to the various places of
interest.
One of the striking proofs of the
advance of good architecture is Its
adoption into factory buildings. With
IL ii year IRON Us HAVE dDEtdTeu
on large number of structures that,
until the architectural renascence-call
it renaissance if you like-would have
been as plain, not to say ugly, as brick
and mortar could make them. Factor
les, laboratories, printing offices, stor-
age houses, even tables, are becoming
things of tempered joy, and as to resi-
dences churches, club houses armor-
ies-well. ramble about New York and
be glad.
The San Francisco Chronicle states
that the yellow-fruited fir, heretofore
reported only from the vicinity of Lake
Weber and doubtfully from Mount
whitney. has been discovered in still
greater beauty on the slopes of Mount
Shasta Here the tree rears its noble,
nearly smooth shaft to a great height
and bears its crown of gauzy foliage
far above the head of other frs, the
topmost, stratified branchlets decorated
with upright cones of large golden
fruit. vision of flaming glory which
in the autumn season can be seen miles
away, in pleasing contrast with the
royal purple cones of the prevailing