The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

1t seems almost a paradox that
hard times have greatly affected the
temperance societies. whose OBJECT IS
perhaps oftenest achieved in involun-
tary abstainers through enforced lack
of funds. But the Ohio division OF the
Sons of Temperance reports loss OF
., 500 members during the past yearf
because of hard times"
In Rio Grande do Sui, in Brazil,
Italian and German colonists have set
tied side by side, beginning with very
great hardships. The British consul
reports that crime is practically I'M
known among the Italians that they
are extremely healthy, having no
doctor, and that they are more TIDY
practical and energetic than the Ger
mans.
Fort Smith, Ark, is pulled up with
pride because of having broken the
record ia a line that Is not clear OF
strong competition in that region
There are now more prisoners in the
f. deral Jail there than ever before, 217,
OF all grades. Not only this, but 1T
is lust at the close of the term Of court,
which makes it all the more note
worthy"
-Sweden's state telephone is soon to
be connected with the state telegraph
| Instead of addresses the telephone
numbers win be used, the telegraph
clerks looking mp the address. Mes
sages may be tclephoncd TO the tele-
graph office and telephoncd back, thus
| dispensing with the greater number OF
the messenger boys, as in Sweden
nearly everyone uses the telephone.
-Bullheaded British courage was
/ shown in a recent sewer gas accident
| in London. A man went down INTO q
/ sewer and did not come up, another
| man descended to look for him, and
was followed, one after another, by
! three others. The sixth man who en-
tered the death trap succeeded in
| bringing ND the fifth still alive and IN
getting ont the bodies Of the first four
A thousand and cighty-one wolves
and coyotes killed in one medium
sized county would appear to be fair
record, but the farmers of Yellowstone
county, Mont, who have collected
bounties on that number thus far this
season complain about the meager re-
suits. Neighboring counties have done
much better. Still, the sheep and
poultry should rest tritie easier even
/ in Yellowstone county.
President Lincoln issued procla-
nation to the states in rebellion on
/ September ~, 1862, declaring that he
would free their slaves unless they re-
turned to their allegiance by January
/, 1863. True, to his word, on January
/, 1868, he issued the Emancipation
/ Proclamation; it offered TO receive the
. freedmen into the federal service, and
warned them to abstain from violence
and disorder Lincoln said in the
proclamation that this act was
prompted by military necessity"
1t has been estimated that out of
one hundred manuscript books sent
unrequested to publishers in New
York, more than ninety per cent. are
rejected by the house to which they
are first sent and probably more than
scventy-hve per cent. never find pub
Usher One general publishing house
accepts only two per cent Of the mn
solicited manuscripts received, and a
! partner in another firm is of the opin-
ion that ninety per cent, of all manu-
script books once rejected never SEE
the light. As novels lead in point OF
books published, So also, they lead IN
manuscripts rejected, forming, it is
said, upward of three-quarters Of the
bulk of rejected material Theology
too, is much overwritten science, and
volumes on this subject are annually
declined.