The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-22
MISCELLANEOUS,

one mischief the less, because they
are universal.-Burke.
Every man who observes vigilantly,
and resolves steadfastly, grows uncon-
sciously into genius.
ALL noble enthusiasts pass through
a feverish stage, and grow wiser and
more serene.-Channing.
There is a great difference between
serving the world and being the serv-
ant of the world.-Ram's Horn.
The Chippewa river was named
from the Indian tribe. The Indian des-
ignatiOn was Mayawaken, THE Mystic
riOus Stream"
The method of locomotion of the
condor in air is a mystery. This bird
has been seen to circle to and fro in the
sky for many hours at time, ascend
ing and descending, without once flap
ping its wings.
The Theater Hat-Slunlb 49," Have
you seen the new arrangement for
ladies theater hats?" Glumm-''N o.;
what is it?" Slumm-'It's a stepladder
attachment so Il man can climb up and
look over. Detroit Free Press.
Philadelphia has some long streets.
Second street, fifteen miles; German
town and Ridge avenue, ten miles;
Broad street, nine and three-quarter
miles; Frankfort avenue, eight miles;
Fifth street, six and one-half miles;
Market street, five and one-half miles.
u met the other day man so
much keener and more active and more
energetic than myself" said a man,
that as l walked along the street
away from his office | found myself
smiling and elated; had actually been
eXhilarated by contact with him. To
meet him had been positive stimu-
liant; it was evidence enough of the
benefits to be derived from stirring
around among men,
Cornelius Agrippa, the famous elias
sicist and general scholar, was forced
to flee from his native land because of
having performed in public some Sim
pie philosophical experiments now IA
mlllar in every schoolroom. He was
not entirely orthodox, and ventured to
deny the common belief that st. Anne
had three husbands, upon which he
found himself an object of horror
wherever he went.
There was a strange fragrance in
the air, the light odors liberated from
thousand nameless herbs, the faint
melancholy splicing of dead leaves.
There was, moreover, that sense of nov
city which nature always brings with
the dawn in deep forests; fancy that
during the night the earth had been
created anew, and was fresh from the
Makers hand, as yet united by burden
or tribulation and guiltless of past
Bret Harte
Impotence seems to be the leading
characteristic with the weasel in his
relations with man. Perhaps the crea-
ture has confidence that his long, slen-
der body can always be snatched away
into safety before the ordinary human
being can do him harm. At any rate,
the weasel will coolly sit in the chink
of stone wall and watch the doings OF
men within a stones throw of his asy-
lum, and after nightfall the beast will
crawl about fearlessly within yard or
two Of any human being that may APP
proach its haunts.
-SeashOre gunners hold that the wild
goose can count two, but not three
Accordingly it is customary in prepar-
ing to shoot wild geese from a blind or
some detached ribbon of marsh for
three men to row over to the station
together and for two of them to return
to the mainland. The geese, being I'M
able to count above two. believe when
they see the two men returning that
no enemy has been left upon the
marsh, and approach the spot without
fear. 1t is asserted that if only two
men go out and only one returns the
geese will carefully avoid the region of
the blind.
The state of Illinois received last
year tax of $3.50, 231 from single
railway company, the Illinois Central,
that being per cent. of the gross re-
ceipts Of its original line of 7O5 miles in
the state, required by it's charter to be
paid in lieu of other taxes. The amount
was considerably larger than in previ-
GUS years, as a result of the heavy pas
senger business in connection with the
worlds fair, so that the state was
direct beneficiary from the fair in this
respect.
The captain of steamer that plies
along the New England coast, and that
was passing one of the rugged lonely
islands off the Maine shore, pointed to
an enormous flock of gulls that whit
ened the rocks, the surface of the sea,
and the branches of the cedars that
cling to the hard soil. There" said
he, what do you think of that? And
yet if you turn to a book on natural
history they'll tell you that gulls won t
perch on trees. Some fool sailors be-
lieye that the petrels, or Mother Carey's
chickens, never alight, even on the
water, but are always on the wing
They don't use their eyes. And some
of these scientific fellows are as bad as
the sailors"
An account of the striking changes
which the great lava lake in Kilauea
has undergone this year appears in the
Hawaiian Gazette. The lava steadily
rose after the last great breakdown of
the floor of the crater in March, 1891,
when an area of ., 500 feet long by 1000
feet wide fell more than 500 feet in one
NIGHT Toward the end of last vaor