The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-06-08
- MISCELLANEOUS.

We've been having al awfully
hull, dry time We" what you
'een doing?" Doing; there hasn't
,een anything to do but go in bath
ng. Inter Ocean.
The Reason of It.-Bilks (expostu-
ating)-"I shave myself and I'd like
% now why can't shave you" PillSs
looking at his face)-~Beeause Tn not
,uch fool as You are"
Gentlemen" said the candidate
or office, as he squirted stream of to-
,acco juice on the pavement below,
my character is spotless." Then
is pity" said some one in the crowd,
that you can't wear it for a shirt"
Visible Evidence. saw
fellow yesterday with cool thou-
sand" Brown-"How did you know
t was cool?" Jones-"It must have
been. Twas in draft. "-Binghamton
Leader.
The Proverb Turned.-"Short pay
nents make long friends may be ever
so true a saying, but it is equally un-
leniable in most eases, that short
friends make long payments.-Boston
Globe.
in 1924 the King of England forbade
| by proclamation the cultivation of to-
bacco except in Virginia and the Somers
isles. Finally, by relaxing restrictions
it became source of large revenue to
England, amounting in 1876 to S775,000.
Wood for tennis racquets requires
at least five years seasoning-thati is
to say. it requires to be kept five years
in the rough timber state before cut
ting up for use. Wood for pianos is
kept, as rule, for forty years before
it is considered sufficiently in condition
to be used.
John Railey, Tennessee farmer
in hard luck has just been made happy
by the receipt of $685. from Frank X.
Walldran, of Reading, Pa, being in
full payment with 6 per cent. interest
for a horse which Walldran, then a
soldier appropriated from Riley's sta
Bile in 1864.
An Englishman has secured an
American patent on a device which he
calls a manual gymnasium for must
clans. A strip of leather attached above
the elbow runs to series of springs
connected with each finger and thumb
of the hand. The arrangement allows
the gymnast to gain strength and agil-
ity by working the fingers.
-Bauxite, or aluminium ore, seems to
have been first discovered in Pike
county, Georgia, in 1887, although the
exact locality is unknown. In 1880 a
chemist at Fort Wayne, Ind, analysed
a piece of rock sent from the Dykes
limonite banks, Cherokee county, Ala
bama, and found it to be bauxite con-
tanning 80 per cent. of aluminium.
Mr. Gladstone's last great speech
did not appear to fatigue him unduly.
During the whole of the exhaustive
summing up he only once took little
stimulant, and then rather to clear his
voice than to counteract any Tagging
of the physical powers. While speak
| ing he wore a rose in the buttonhole Of
his broadcloth frock coat, and seemed
to have given unusual attention topk3
attire.
Fish nets are made from some vert
strange materials. The Esquimaux
manufactures them from strips of seal
| hide and from thin slices Of whalebone.
BY the Fijians they are constructed OF
human hair. Savages in various parts
of the world plat the inner fiber of
tree bark for fishing lines, and the In
dams on the Pacific coast of North
America use for the same purpose sea
weed--a sort of kelp which is strong
| enough to hold finny captive of $50
pounds weight.
Congress passed an act July %,
1862, which required that every menu
Der of congress should make oath that
he had not voluntarily borne arms
against the United States since he
had been a citizen thereof or vol
unfairly given aid, countenance, coun-
sci or encouragement to persons en-
gagged in hostility thereto" and had
never yielded voluntary support to
any pretended government, authority,
power or constitution within the United
States hostile or inimical thereto"
Up to about thirty years ago the
most familiar appellation for ones
maternal relative was MA" That
generation still use the same title. 1t
sometimes creeps into print under their
auspices. Two late novels bristle with
it, and it is far cry from the Dear
est of Fauntleroy to the Ma" of Mrs.
| Burnett's earlier stories. Mama"
came in Just before the war. 1t has
been 50 universally adopted, and by
such curious people, that reaction
from it has set in during the past de-
cade Mamma" made strenuous
struggle, but it has always seemed
rather foreign in its tone and difficult
to acclimate. Now "Mother" is begin
ming to show signs of vigorous life, and
may be depended upon for evenoHaf
adoption. 1t is peculiar enough to
watch the progress of fight against
and the final surrender to one Of the
most beautiful words in the language.
A new infantry uniform has been
adopted in France and served out to all
branches of the service except the re-
serves. The color of the tunic is dark
blue for all regiments except the
| Tirailleurs, who are to have tunic 81
sky blue. The epaulet is noticeable
| feature Of the uniform. The sub-lieu-
tenant will wear the epaulet on the
right shoulder and the contre- epaulet
on the left, while the lieutenant viii