The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

-OharleS DlDulN, tEe sea poe; Whe
called the Bard of the English navy,
and the Tyrtaeus of the navy.
Thomas jefferson was dubbed Long
Tom, from his height, and the Sage OF
Monticello, from his place of residence.
-Pledging toast originated among
the SaXons As the drinlSer raised the
heavy cup with both hands friend
would stand by him with drawn
sword to prevent him from being
stabbed.
An Easy One First Tramp" That
house is closed up. Wonder if it's va
can't" Second Tramp-"That easy.
If the key is under the doormat, the
folks is off for the day; fit isn't they've
gone for good. N. y. Weekly.
Caution in crediting. and reserve in
speaking. and revealing ones self to
but very few, are the best securities
both of a good understanding with the
world. and of the inward peace OF our
own minds.-ThonaS kempis.
If YOU want to succeed III the world
You must make your own opportunities
as you go on. The man who waits for
some seventh wave to toss him on dry
land will find the seventh wave is a
long time in coming. You can commit
no greater folly than to sit by the road
side until some one comes along and
invites you to ride with him to wealth
or influence. b. Cough.
On tine Train.-First Passenger
'Beg pardon, but what are you reading
that you find so interesting" Second
Passenger-'lt'S an article showing the
terrible effects which are likely to fol-
low reading in a moving railway car.
II is very interesting, and 50 convinc-
ing, too" proceeds with his reading.
Boston Transcript.
He'd Been There Before. - Wall
street banker to customer-''I have a
splendid investment which will net you
10 per cent. on Your money. Everybody
is going into it, Customer-"Di you
say everybody was subscribing for it?''
Banl<er-"Ges. General Jackson, Tom
Jones, the Rev. DR.. Smyth and" Gus
tomer-''Well. never mind. I'll stay
outside this time. Brooklyn Eagle.
There We're some big ledgers exhib-
tied at the worlds fair. The largest is
said to contain :. 100 pages, "a by 80
inches in size. and weighs 2S1 pounds.
This kind of ledger might be a conve-
nience for the strongest man on earth,
but man of ordinary muscle would
not find it so handy. Another unique
exhibit was book that can be covered
with a postage stamp, and claims to be
the smallest book ever made.
Some of the newspapers of another
state have been Dragging of a thirty
two-year-old grandmother and sending
her picture all over the country. As
if anything in the line of enterprise
could not be eXcelled in Maine. But
the Bangor News comes along with the
report of a little boy born in Brookville
on January l whose mother is not vet
Ii years old. and whose grandmother is
not yet 20.
An interesting experiment in navi-
cation on a small scale was recently
made at a place called Joigay. in
France. a squadron of dragons OF
the Thirteenth regiment appear to have
formed a bridge across the river Yvonne
by means of sacks II waterproof cloth
filled with straw, upon which the men
walked at distance of two yards apart,
while their horses, held by the bride,
swan after them. 1t is added that a
raft was afterwards made of forty
sacks, upon which twenty men sac
ceeded in crossing the river in safety.
There are in New York "a. 967 front
tenements and 1891 rear tenements.
with population given by the board of
health as 276. sos families, composed OF
1,295, All individuals. The total popu-
lation of the city is LIB, sol Six small
downtown wards may in confidence be
spoken of as forming the most crowded
spot on earth. No obtainable statistics
of English or Continental cities show a
population approaching that of this
district of New York Nowhere else
on the face of the globe are human
beings packed together in such com
pact layers; nowhere are there so many
of the layers.
Darwin said the amount of clover
seed produced in any given locality was
propOrtionate to the number of .'old
maids" there resident, which he proved
by the following statement: There
can he no clover seed without the bum
blcbee, because no other insect fertil-
lies it. The enemy of the bumblebee
is the common field mouse, that steals
into their nests and DESTROYS the laryas
and eats up the honey. The enemy OF
the mouse is the common house cat,
and the solid friend of the cat is the old
maid Consequently the more old maids
the more cats; the more cats the less
mice. and the less mice the more bum
blebees the more bees She more clover
seed"
The United States flag of June il,
1T77. was different from the ENSIGN O.!
to-day only in that there were but thir-
teen stars on the blue field and they
We're arranged in a circle So far as is
known, the blue field was taken from
the banner of the Scotch Covenanters.
to signify, in the same manner. the
league and covenant of the united colo
MES against oppression, likewise sym
bolizing vigilance, perseverance and
justice. The arrangement of stars in a
circle meant the perpetuity of the
Union. These with the thirteen stripes
showed the number OF the united colo
MES, and the stripes denoted the subor-
dination of the states of the Union and
their dependence thereon.