The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

sydney Smith.
Hector is Greek, the Stout De-
fender. Down to the time of Pericies
it was much in use in Greece.
Plants are affected by various SUBJ
stances, just as animals are; electricity
will stimulate or stun them, narcotics
will stupefy and kill them.
Nothing destroys authority so much
as the unequal and untimely inter-
change of power, pressed too far and
relaxed too much.-Bacon.
Two famous Roman tailors are
mentioned; one is Alpheus, alluded to
by Horace as a most skillful workman;
the other was Helias, mentioned by
Quintillian as a tailor and philoso-
pher."
We should manage our fortune as
we do our health-enjoy it when good,
be patient when it is bad, and never
employ violent remedies except in an
extreme necessity. -Rochefoucauld.
-Gemelli Carrari, a Neapolitan gen
tleman, wrote Voyage Round the
World without ever leaving Naples.
His work is purely imaginary, though
purporting to be veracious account
OF an actual journey.
There is wild flower, resem bling
an orchis, which grows in several parts
OF Turkey. 1t is an exact floral image
of a humming bird, The breast is
green, the wings are deep rose color,
the throat yellow, the head and beal
almost black.
Of the presidents of the United
States eight have been of Welsh de-
scent-John Adams Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison, James Monroe, Will
liam Henry Harrison, James A. Gar
field, Benjamin Harrison and John
Quincy Adams.
The policemen of Dieppe are re-
quired to be ready to rescue persons
from drowning, and are supplied with
printed rules for efficient service. One
of the rules directs them to seize a
drowning lady by the dress, and not
by the hair, which often remains in
their grasp, while the lady sinks"
"A local boom in the matrimonial
market is likely to be caused by quar-
rel between two justices in Rocks
county, Kan. One of them announces
his readiness to marry couples free OF
charge; the other advertises that he
will not only do this, but also give
each couple turkey.
"A rather unusual way of earning a
living is pursued by man in Cincin-
natl. He visits business houses and
workshops, and sews on buttons for
persons who need them. He receives
five cents for each button sewed on
and is equipped with supply of but.
tons of various kinds
Fix me up like dude" said AL
fred Hooking, at Central City, Colo
| RADIO, when he learned he was about tC
! die. In obedience to his request al
| his jewelry was buried with him. A
| few days ago it was discovered that
| his grave had been violated, and the
was S40O ring.
One secret of the willows marvel
| lous tenacity of life is to be found
perhaps, in the fact that it sends its
| roots a long way in search of moisture
| 1t was discovered, after an important
| Rquduct had caved in, that its walls
| were cracked and filled for many feet
| with roots. These roots, it was discov
| cred, came from willows at least thirty
| feet distant.
There was much uneasiness in a
| Lewiston school the other day when
| the teacher said, with stern emphasis
| 81 saw the person who was whispering
| then. | am looking at that person
| now. VIII that person arise before
the school without obliging me to cal
names?" Two boys and four girls stood
up blushingly. The master is cross
| eyed and wears glasses.
British sea captains are trying tC
stir the sluggish British government
| to take action with the United States
| government in destroying the derelicts
| that threaten life and property in the
| North Atlantic. A petition, urging
such cooperation, signed by $50 cap
| tains, representing crews aggregatine
$4,000 men, and property worth $50,
600, 900, has just been presented to the
first lord of the treasury.
The island of Manhattan, which
was purchased by the Dutch for about
1874, was surrendered to the English in
1864. At that time New York City had
but l, 500 people, most of them speak
ing the Dutch language. Until the
| revolution New York was not so large
town as Boston. Philadelphia, which
was started later than the other lead
ing cities, grew fast and became the
! greatest of all the cities in the colonies
The Sunday laws were rigidly en-
forced in the New England colonies
For more than one hundred years after
the settlement of Massachusetts, people
were not allowed to sit on Boston
| Common, to walk in the streets, except
to church, nor to take breath of all
on hot Sunday by the seashore in
front of their own doors. Two young
| people were arrested in Connecticut
for sitting together on Sunday under
tree in an orchard!
| Since his retirement Mr.. Gladstone
has received many hundreds of tributes
from admirers all over the United
Kingdom, and the gifts are still pour
ing in. He has received several dozer
walking canes and umbrellas. A mum
Der of admirers dubbed together anC
sent him a handsome armchair, anc
many more pretentious presents have