The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

What the wide world is to you de-
ponds very much upon what you are to
it-Galveston News
You may speak as you Will of pedi-
gree generally, but in a sleeping-car it's
a mans berth which raises him above
his fellows
"A Cruel Girl.-'Tve such beastly
headache all day." complained Cholly.
ut must be great satisfaction to you
to be reminded that you really own a
head, cooed Dollie. Indianapolis Jour
nal
Go get me some matches" the
baron ordered his valet, land see you
try them before you bring them. The
last were no good" The valet goes and
returns. "Well?" ''They are all good,
sir; tried them every one"
-She--"Mr. Trotter has been sitting
over in that corner all the evening
wonder why he doesn't come and talk
to me?" He (Trotter's rival)-'T told
him that his trousers bagged at the
knee, and he dare not walk across the
room."-Harpcrs Bazaar.
go so soon, darling? 1t is only 10
o'clock, and father won't object if you
stay until r." He-"True. my own.
but that only gives me two hours in
which to say good night. Pittsburgh
Dispatch
Cruelty TO Children What was
Helen crying about Pollys' asked
Polly's mamma, as the little ole came
in from the playground. "She dug
hole in the garden, and her mamma
wouldn't let her take it in the house
with her."
The petrifed body of man has
been found, it is said, in cove in the
foothills of the Guadalupe mountains,
n. NJ. According to the report, it is
difficult to determine whether it is the
body of white man or an Indian, or
whether it is ancient or modern.
The communications between the
two shores of the st. Lawrence river at
Montreal are made, as is known, by
means of the Victoria tubular-bridge,
constructed some thirty-tive years ago,
which is the longest in the world, the
metallic span being G, 500 feet long
The oldest whaler in the United
States is said to be the Rousseau"
now lying dismantled at New Bed
ford wharf. The vessel was built in
1901 for Stephen Girard of Philadel.
phia, by Nicholas Vandusen, and was
launched on the Delaware. It's last
voyage was made in 1866, when it re-
turned with 1860 barrels of sperm and
$50 barrels of whale oil.
The general manager of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad says that they
can move from the interior of the coun-
try to the seaboard taking the mean
distance at 1000 miles, $780, 600 troops
in thirty hours, together with their
necessary equipment. This could be
done without serious interruption tc
regular commercial traffic.
"A class has been formed at the
Drexel Institute Philadelphia, for the
purpose of training library assistants
and directors, and young women are
usiag this opportunity to fit themselves
for such work. At present salaries in
this profession range from S240 to 81, 500
year Fora subordinate position, the
average salary is from $500 to $500. A
good, trained cataloguer receives from
5000 to 5000, and the director of library
from l,000 to 81, 900.
One hundred and nine thousand 10.
cornotives arc at present running in the
world. Europe has 6S, 900, America 40
600, Asia $500. Australia 1000 and At
RIGA roo In Europe, Great Britain and
Ireland take premier position, with
1900 engines, Germany has $4,000,
France 11,0O0; Austria Hungary, the
second largest continental country, has
5000, Italy 1000. Russia 5, 500, Belgium
1000, Holland and Spain 1000 each,
Switzerland 900, and the remaining
European states 1900.
Mr.. Austin Corbin's game preserve
at Newport n. H., has proved to be a
successful investment, and the wild an
imals in restraint there have multiplied
beyond expectation. They now num-
Der more than ZOO and range in variety
from Flemish rabbits to Rocky Noun
tain elk These latter animals have
thrived very remarkably in capt vity
but the greatest increase has been
among the buffalo, the original small
herd having grown into five herds
Eleven calves were born during the
year just closed, and all are thriving.
The wild boars imported from the Black
Forest of Germany have been equally
prolific and have become elephants, as
it were, on the gamekeeper's hands be-
cause of their tendency to destroy the
young of the other animals
Mr.. Jones, the @ronaut, says that
the state of Illinois looks like checker
board to a man up in balloon two
miles high. This appearance is due to
the fact that the farms in the state, as
rule, are symmetrically laid out,
either square or rectangular, and from
his lofty elevation all that is distin-
guishable about them is their color;
that of different farms varying in
shades owing to the different crops
growing thereon. Mr.. Jones SAYS that
such trip gives a person some idea
about the geography and topography of
the country. For instance he says he
never before had any idea how crooked
the Mississippi river is 1t appeared
small stream in size, and its course ex-
tremely irregular.