The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-27
n MISCELLANEOUS,


the Hills"
-Mamma-'I suppose you find Rob
bic a rather remarkable boy, don't
you?" Teacher-"Yes" Mamma-'In
what special study" Teacher-'In
all. He never knows lesson in any of
them"
Alexander. the Great, about B. c.
400, made an attempt to introduce many
Asiatic plants into Europe. Rice was
among the number, but the Greeks did
not take kindly to its cultivation, pre-
ferring to import it from India and
Egypt.
In a wild state the elephant is a
nocturnal animal. When domesticated
his size and dark color make him a
great sufferer fr,I1 the heat. To re-
lieve himself he draws water from his
stomach by mean, of his trunk and
squirts it over his "ody.
-"iler-necz-is-ii';e -the-swan's, she
was warbling, when her husband re-
marked in the surly way peculiar to
some men: Swans sing before they
die, and the silence that followed was
so eXhausting that he took his hat and
went to the club.-Detroit Free Press.
-"Worming' the tobacco is a steady
/ job on a tobacco farm. The worms
that feed on tobacco are not easily
! killed by poisons, and so are generally
disposed of by pinching them between
the thumb and finger. Young turkeys
are the best ''wormers" as, when ac-
customed to the job they examine
every leaf and never miss a worm.
Over 700 bottles and walls were
taken from the shop of one apothecary
in Pompeii. Most of them were of sim
gular forms, some being fashioned to
resemble certain animals In one
about a gallon and a half of liquid
etill remained. On being opened, it
was found to be a kind of balsam, 1t
began to evaporate rapidly, and was
therefore, Theoretically sealed.
Spanish wines are seeking wider
market in America. The government
at Madrid has made a move toward the
formation of an association of wine eX-
porters to introduce into this country
such Spanish wines as will find sale
1t has in addition promised financial
support, possibly in the way of a boun-
ty on all goods shipped to the United
States.
Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay's roomy old
mansion, Whitehall, is full of hand
some antique furniture that would de-
light a collector. Among the other
rare articles in the house are portraits
of the Gar Alexander and the royal
family, presented to Gen. Clay by the
emperor himself. The old Kentucllian
has always dispensed fine hospitality
at Whitehall. 1t is one of the show
places of the Blue Grass region, and
visitors are charmingly entertained
there.
The Swiss authorities have at last
sanctioned the plans for railway up
the Jungfrau. The railway will, in its
upper extremity, run in tunnel, rising
in spirals in the interior of the noun
tain, and will end on little rocky
plateau on the western side of the sum-
NIT. The last portion of the ascent
will be made, painful to relate, by
something so intensely modern as an
elevator. The narrow ridge at the
summit will be leveled by blasting for
hotel.
In Chicago a curious case has just
| been decided as to which party to. the
marriage contract is entitled, in the
case of separation to the wedding pres
ents. In this case the husband assumed
the right to them, and in the wife's alb
sence took possession of them and car
RED them away. In the court they
were Rewarded to the wife. The hus-
land, it was decided, had no rights at
all Unless he could produce the pre-
sentation cards with his name only, his
right to a single article did not stand.
The dying Economic society of to-
day was strong and fourishing when
the Duke of SaXe-Weimer visited it
about 1925. Elder Rapp, hale man of
20, led his 700 disciples as priest and
prophet, if not king. Even then there
were few marriages and births in the
community. The duke was pleased to
note that there was a bowl of flowers
upon every machine in the great fac
tory of the society, and sixty of the
girls sang for him the hymns that were
used by Rapp and his followers.
cartridges and quail will generally,
when accidentally caught by a high
wind. close their wings and drop to the
ground in a slanting direction, only
using their wings to check the fight
when near the earth. They frequently
fail to check themselves in time, or the
force of the wind is greater than they
calculated, and they are dashed with
tremendous force to the earth and are
wounded or killed. After the Septem-
Der gale of this year many such dead
and wounded birds of the land were
found at different points along the
Atlantic shore.
The hiding of money in the house
to- keep it safely is a most foolish prac-
tice; to hide it and not let the mem
bers of the family most concerned
know of the place of concealment is
still more unwise. Recently man hid
ST., coo in a chimney without telling
his wife of the place of concealment.
The wife lighted fire on the hearth,
and the money-paper-was destroyed.
Only short time ago the papers gave
an account of the destruction of four
hundred dollars hid in a stovepipe in
the same way. The wife knew moth
ing of the place of conccalment, and