The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

fatner-'I Hard tack ana Otner lnul-
gestible food, l suppose"
The taste of pig in leading such
low life may be criticised, but never
theless the taste of the pig is pretty
good when it is roasted.
-PnnctuationaL- What do you
think of the girl of the period?" II
think she cuts quite dash, and is, in
many lines, very comma-cal, your girl
of the period Yankee Blade
Young Wife-"Bridget You have
been in the habit of boiling the pota-
toes pcelcd"" Bridgct-"Iis, mum"
Young Wife We'll since the cold
weather has come don't you think you'd
better boil them with the jackets on?'
Judge.
-Gentleman of Leisure -- Caller
"What real nice little lady you are.
Is your father in business here in the
city?' Little Girl-'No'm." Caller
Indeed! Is he a gentleman of leis-
ure?" Little Girl-''Yes'ia. He's po-
liceman. "--Des Moines Argonaut
Restored to Society.-Miss Hautton
- thought Charley Vantrumperys
acquaintance had been cut by your set. -
Slimlci gh-"I us, it was you know;
but he has we-cstablished his wcputa-
ton as a gent eman." Miss Hautton-
"lndced? And how did he do it?' Slim
leigh "Ile-ah- slapped BERTHE Sap
ley's face at the theatah the othah
night. Puck.
Nine actors and singers in ten go
to work with their stomachs nearly
empty. They take their dinner early
or have light tea before the perform
ance in which they assist, and some of
them eat their heartiest meal after
leaving the theater at midnight, Most
of them say that it is difficult to sing or
act with any vivacity or any summon
ing of nervous force if they dine heavily
at late hour in the afternoon.
There are 375, 600 miles of railroad
in the world. In Europe there is one
mile of road for every twenty-seven
square miles of territory and three and
seven-tenths miles for every 100, 900
people In the United States the figures
show one mile for every nineteen and
three square miles of territory
and twenty-siX miles for every 10000
inhabitants The value of all the rail-
roads in the world is placed at So, liz,
600, 600
The early settlers of Bethel, Me-,
were much troubled by black bears,
which killed the sheep, robbed the bee
hives and raided the cornfields. A
farmer whose corn, being in the milk,
attracted the bears placed Il tub of new
rum and molasses in the field. The
next morning he found large bear
stretched out beside it, beastly drunk.
The tub was empty. When bruin woke
up he found himself securely chained.
"A suit for damages has been brought
by Lester Bennett. a mail carrier on the
star route between Weston and Nor
walk, Conn. Bennett declares that ever
since the first snowfall the highway be-
tween Weston and Iurlburt Street post
snow, and he has had to travel nearly
four miles out of his way every day, be
ing thus put to extra expense, and de-
lay having resulted to the United States
mails. He has notified the selectmen,
but they have neglected to break out
the roads.
Some men have a queer way of
wearing hair on their faces. One man
in New York City wears two little puffs
on his checks. A young man, whose
place Of business is on Twenty-third
street, wears his mustache as two widely
separated points, the middle of his up
per lip being shaved. A Brooklyn man
reverses this arrangement, for he is
clean shaven except for a thumbs
breadth Of hair just under his nose. Oc-
casionally, though rarely, one sees the
Bowery b'hoy's tuft in the hollow of the
under lip, Charley" as it used to be
called.
"A neat illustration of the value OF
| sagacious advertising was given at a
Portland Young Mems Christian Assoc
| citation meeting, when General Secre-
tary Mcdonald stated that he had some
curiosity to know what method of adj
vertising reached the most people. He
| had circulated thousands of little dodg-
ers, giving notice of the meeting, and
asked those who had seen them and
had been moved to come through that
means to rise. The hall was packed as
| full as it could hold, and of the entire
number about fifteen arose. Then Mr..
Mcdonald asked all who had read the
notices in the newspapers and had been
| Influenced by them to rise, and the
crowd rose in a body.
"A company has been organized Ia
use the long moss that grows on trees
in the south for bedding. Negroes get
cent or two pound for it. 1t first
| has to buried in damp SOIL in order
to rot off the soft, gray outer covering,
| and this leaves n hair-lilze core for each
thread of moss that is said to be, when
dry, both soft and elastic, making an
| excellent substitute for curled hair II
the company is successful it will have
many rivals, for this moss exists in UNI
| limited quantities from Virginia south
ward to the gulf. 1t is parasite, and
| sometimes clothes the tree branches sc
| thickly as to kill them Filaments six
| feet long are not uncommon, and a
| forest thus bearded like Druids Of old'
has a somber AID mysterious appear
ance.
-'Sorne persons" said a New York
| promenader, seem inclined TO make
sport of the young man who ,rries his
cane by the middle with the head