The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

Soothe or wound heart that's broken.
i Scott.
-Cowley, the English poet, spent his
! boyhood in a grocer's Sfop. He often
| waited on customers, who. in later
years, reminded him of the fact, to his
no small disgust.
-Masolino's works have almost all
/ been recovered by removing the coat
ingS of whitewash which covered them
in the church of Castiglione di Olona,
not far from Milan.
The Pullman Palace Car Company
| have sent to the internal revenue col
lector SIP 500 in payment of the S25
annual revenue tax for each of its 800
buffet cars on which liquor is sold.
The Roman actors attained wonder
| ful perfection in the ballet about the
time of Augustus, and ballet dancing
was popular down to the last days of
the empire. 1t was only in the latter
a more degenerate days that women
appeared on the stage, and one Of the
| most famous ballet dancers was Theo-
dora, afterwards the empress of the
great Justinian.
The waltz is claimed by both the
| French and Germans. The former de-
| rive it from Provence dance called La
Volta; the latter from an old German
| dance named the Drehtanz or turning
dance This was introduced into
France by Louis NV. after the con-
quest of Alsace. During the last cen
fury it became popular in both France
i 4 a l,A
latter country by church and state,
several imperial edicts being issued
| against it in Austria.
| -ChieagO'S new directory places the
| population of the city at l,635, 900, being
an increase of about 40, 900 during the
last year The difference between this
estimate and that made by the school
board census is explained by Mr.. Don
nelley, of the directory company, by
the statement that the school board
| collects the names of all actual resi-
dents in the city. while the directory
company cnrolls all persons who live
in Chicago or do business there perma-
nently.
Nothing is more amusing than to
watch ON winters day the marvellous
intelligence with which the pigeons of
St Mark in Venice can discriminate be-
tween residents and visitors in the
grand square of that city, the Piazza
of st. Mark The moment foreigner
shows his face in the piazza the pigeons
set upon him in crowds, hoping to be
fed. They do not trouble the natives,
| ,,-l,T h, thArnSal unS hI- / bn
hundred in the square.
Vermont merino sheep imported to
Australia are proving very successful.
| The Pastoralist' S Review states that the
Coonong flock of improved Vermont
merinos. exhibited at the Wagga show,
secured twelve first, two second, and two
third prizes out of possible sixteen first
prizes. besides two champion prizes,
and the national prize for the best
three combing ewes, and closely press
ing the grand champion eve of the
yard. which, it is worthy of mention,
was bred on the same lines as the Coo
nong flock, being also a Vermont
merinO.
An absent-minded landlord called
|
death of valuable cow The cause of
its decease had been enveloped in
mystery. and while explaining it, the
landlord, though kind and sympath-
| ling person, went off into the clouds.
The last words of the narrative We're:
And can you believe it. my lord, when
we opened her we found she had been
cholled by large turni2 that was
sticking in her gullet." Here the land
lord woke up, and in a congratulatory
tone of voice. observed: "Ah, yes, and
so You got your turnip?"
A young lady was spending some
weeks at a Scottish country house; and
just before dinner, one evening, tive
cousins of the host-One of them the
great man of the family -arrived I'M
eXpectedly. Shortly before dinner was
announced. the batter sought the young
| lady. and said to her, contidentially
'Were putin on yesterdays soup; and
if there shouldna be eneuch, you maun
decline" Decline soup" exclaimed
the young lady. much amused. But
YOU know. John, that wouldn't be
manners" No" said John. cooily
but they'll think We ken nae better. y
The Christian Woman.
The bank of France is not entirely
free from apprehension regarding the
ability of the burglar, and guards itsel1
in a very careful manner. Every day
when the money is put into the vault,
in the cellars maSOnS are waiting anC
at once wall up the doors with by
draulic mortar. Water is then turned
on and kept running until the cellar is
flooded. The burglar would thus have
to work in diving suit and break down
IA cement wall before he could even start
to loot the vaults. When the officers
arrive next morning the water is drawn
off. the masonry is torn down and the
vaults opened.
In April, 1884, the laborers on the
Providence railroad struck at Mans
field Mass, and became riOtOus. The
Massachusetts militia was called ont tC
suppress their disorder, and succeeded
in so doing. In August, 1885, the Oper
atives of twenty mills in Paterson, n
D.. struck for shorter hours of work
This seems to have been a determined
struggle. but the strikers lost theil
points of contention and $4,000 il
wages besides. The ten-hour-day agi
tation was continued by the coal han
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