The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

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advice.
.-Sheboygan means "Stream that
comes from the ground"
Nothing so much convinces me of
the borndlessness of the human mind
as its operations in dreaming. Clulow
The last sale OF the stock of the
Chemical bank, of New York, was at
81, 1870 per share. For the stock of the
Fifth Avenue bank, s. 900 per share is
bid, and for the stock of the First Ma
tional, of New York, g., 500 per share is
bid.
The frog deposits its eggs in shall
low water, where the warmth of the
sun promotes speedy Matching. The
common snake often selects a bed of
decomposing vegetable matter. The
crocodile and the clumsy sea tortoise
go ashore to lay their eggs.
On the walls of a grocer's store in
Ponpeii was found the following in
scription: LIN. I'D. mi. ANVNGIA.
Pee. ALIN. MANVPLOS. CCL."-which
has been interpreted to mean: 'On
July 25, hogs lard, two hundred
pounds; garlic, two hundred lunches -
Whether these articles were bought or
sold, does not appear.
-Busts or statuet of nearly all the
Roman cmperors have been recovered.
None are known to exist of one or two
OF these rulers, for the reason that tho
relgned so short a period that there
was not time to have them made, while
others are very scarce, because, after
the murder of an unpopular emperor,
the rabble destroyed his statues.
Superintendent Sandt, of the Read
ing railroad machine shops, has re-
ceYed orders to change the CRATES on
all the passenger locomotives on the
Lebanon Valley, East Penn and mai1
line of the road. so that bucllwhea
coal can be used for fuel instead of thu
large sizes. 1t is claimed that th
change will effect saving of at leas
$50, 900 annually.
Maine has a law that authorizes
any citizen to kill a dog that is engaged
in hunting deer. The old sports in tha
state are a patient lot, and it angen
them when a hunter from the city goe
up there with couple of yelpiH
hounds to start the deer toward waite.
Many an imported dog has met VIZ
lent death in the chase and his ownes
did not dare to complain, because tie
game Wardcns are pretty stiff enforces
of the law
Rice bread is a dainty that tie
south learned of the Indians Tie
grain is ground into flour, which is
ballad Ill, l. =
ccedingly light and makes a breakfast
luxury when served hot with buttr.
1t may be made into large loaves and
cut into slices. It is deemed unfit tC
eat when cold, but may then be made
into soup by boiling it with chicken.
The Indians lightened the rice broadly
mixing in hot water, but yeast may be
used as Il leaven.
-AttOrney-General Iensel. of Penn
sylvania, whose home is at Lancaster,
sometimes astonishes his friends by
showing what he calls his $4,000
watch. Mr.. lIensel and some others at
Lancaster subscribed to the stock of
watch factory established there SORE
years ago, and the managers of the
factory made and gave to each of the
subscribers a handsome gold watch
The factory afterward failed and the
subscribers have only the watches to
show for their money.
Big -Four officials state that out of
the $4,000 freight cars in use on that
system, 5000 are now equipped with
automatic couplers and air brakes. All
new ears built for the road are so
equipped when they are turned ont,
and all cars that go through the shops
to be rebuilt or extensively repaired
are fitted up as required under the law.
In addition, % cars are each month put
through the shops and supplied with
automatic couplers and air brakes