The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

Our gardener would make GOOD
villain in a melodrama- "Why SOP"
because he is always laying out plots
that amount to nothing in the end."-
Boston Gazette.
-"Mother-''What did you do with
that medicine the doctor left for you?"
Small Boy-"I heard there was poor
sick boy in the back street, an took
1t around an left it for him.
-Mother-"Why aren't you and
Georgia as good boys as your little
brother?" Young Hopeful guess
it's cause you had more experience
bringing up boys wen you commenced
on him."
-Tourist-'T see you have fitted up
your scarecrows with hoes and rakes,
so as to look like men working in the
field. That's good idea" Farmer
Eyes, stree. Scares away tramps"-
n. Y. Weekly.
"A Speaking Picture.-Thomson-
''See this picture of johnson. Isn't it
truly speaking picture?" Joneson-
$50 it is. Growing nervous) Let's come
away. 1t may ask us for loan
Yankee Blade.
Very Much Put Out -Dood-"The
beastly chap, he doesn't know how to
make photograph" Brown-"Why,
It's good likeness of you Dood-
"Pshaw, q Teller cawnt see the crease
in my trousers at all.-Photo. Times.
Mrs. Swell-'Our house is fitted up
with all the improvements and we have
picture molding in the parlor." Mrs.
'Sakes alive! But your
house must be awful damp! To think
of a picture molding! 1t must be the
paste, spose. Boston Transcript
The following is the simple inscrip'
ton upon tomb in a quiet corner OF
the cathedral at Carthage, which has
lately received the illustrious occupant
for whom it was intended: "Here lies
he who was Cardinal Lavigerie, and
who now is nothing but dust Pray for
him"
"A watch, in the form of shirt
stud, has been made by an artisan in
Newcastle, Eng. Its dial is three-siX-
teenths of an inch in diameter. 1t is to
be worn in connection with two other
studs. BY turning the upper stud, you
wind the watch, while turning the
lower one adjusts the hands.
"A friend of ours, then living in Ra-
cine, ordered, with other books, from
G. & Co, of Chicago copy of Canon
Farrar's Seekers After God" just then
out In short time the other volumes
came to hand, but being out of the
Canon's book, e. & Co. wrote at the bot
tom of the invoice: mo Seekers After
God in Chicago. st Marks Monthly.
The Brazilian government has en-
tered into negotiations with the Mikado
of Japan for bringing into the Bra
lillian plantations a number Of agricul-
tural laborers to take the places of the
emancipated negroes Companies are
started in Rio and Sac Paulo for the
establishment of a line of steamers be-
tween Brazil and the east for the pur-
pose of bringing over Asiatic immi-
grants.
Flinders which prevent horse
from seeing distinctly have probably
caused more runaways than most
drivers would care to acknowledge,
and it has remained for German in
ventor to treat the matter on homeo-
pathic principles and make like cure
like. He has added to the harness a line
which instantly closes the binders in
front so that the fractions animal can
not see at all.
In the autumn of 1886 big black
cat, the pet of Mrs Sarah Van Dykes
family at Schwenkville, Pa, disap-
peared. He was a mammoth pussy, his
only defects being the absence Of an
eye and tooth, which he lost in an en-
counter with another cat After a week
went by poor old Tom was given up as
lost. Last Friday he threw the family
nearly into fit of fright by appearing
in the dining-room.
1t has heretofore been considered
perfectly safe to advertise large for
felt if proprietary or patent medicine
should fail to do the wonderful things
claimed for il, but hardheaded En-
glish judge has just decided that the
patent medicine advertiser can be held
to his offer, and the makers of a pre-
ventive of influenza will, therefore, be
required to pay $500 to woman who
took the medicine according to directions
and was, nevertheless, attacked by in
huenZa.
The magnificent Episcopal cathe-
dral which is to be built in New York
City and in which all lovers of archi-
tectural beauty are deeply interested,
is to be the largest and most imposing
structure in the country. Recently a
wealthy New Yorker has given half
million dollars toward the fund of five
million necessary to the building, and
work On the choir will be begun at once
1t is thought that the choir may be
ready for use in December, 1895. 1t will
be situated at the corner of One Hun
Dire; and Tenth street and Columbus
avenue.
Praying by machinery is done in
parts of Thibet, China and Japan. A
wheel six or eight feet in diameter is
covered with rolls of parchment, which
is filed with written prayers. The
wheel is placed in a temple, the faith
full each give it few whirls, and the
prayer is supposed to be repeated as
man. times as it is contained on the
parchment. Sometimes the wheel is
erected over a running stream. This