The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-11
CURRENT TOPICS.

NEW YORK has a Hebrew-American
Preesmen's and Feeders union.
QUEEN NICToRIA's chief cook is dead.
He had cooked for her for so years
TWENTY THREE Mormon missionaries,
Tennessee.
Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY is about to
start on an extensive lecture tour
through the west
1T is said that the potato crop is near
er a failure at present than at airy
other time since 1922.
The supreme court of Tennessee has
over mortgage lien.
AS A result of trial shipment con-
tracts have been entered into for the
sale of Alabama coal in Mexico
TIE 'srchitects of the world are in
vited to compete in the making of
plans for 9s new buildings for the Uni
versity Of California.
A TOLL GATE still exists on one of the
streets of Dulwich. which has long
been a part Of London, and tolls are
collected from all passing vehicles,
THE weight Of mans brain has
nothing to do with his mental power,
1t is a question of climate, not of in
tellect. The colder the climate, the
greater the size of the brain. =
The London World reports that Rud-
yard Kipling, who has been cycling in
Dorsetshire with Thomas Hardy, is me-
gotiating for the purchase of a house
and grou ads at Rodwel, near Dorches-
ter.
IN new, balancing attachment
! for bicycles a small rubber-tired wheel
is mounted on a spring frame to sup
port the weight of the wheel when at
| rest and assist new rider in learn
| ing.
THOUSANDS of Egyptians live in old
| tombs. eating, sleeping, wooing low
| ing, laughing, dancing, singing, doing
all their deeds of daily life and house
hold work among the mummies and
sarcophaFi.
| HENRIK lBsEN is going to Berlin next
spring. on invitation, for the celebra-
ton of his list birthday 1t is expect,
d that tljs occasion will be made the
opportunity for an important Ibensite
| demonstrl ton.
FURNACE fires can be started auto
matically IN the morning by means of
clock IL 2chanism. which can be set
to open Tne hampers at any desired
hour, TIM, having the house warm
when it is time to get up.
MARK TEAMS trip on the glacier has
been beat.n by five Swiss tourists, who
recently 'rent down the Gwachthorn,
in the Dal!mastOck district, on an ava
lanche. 3raey got to the foot Of the
mountain alive but considerably bruis.
ed.
The Gr(Rnwich observatory has been
put into Geographic communication
with that Of the McGiu college, Mon.
treal, and the signals can be flashed
between the two places, a distance Of
$500 miles, in three-quarters Of a sec
ond
Tue greatest of luxuries in centra
Africa is salt. The long-continued
use of vegetable food in that country
creates SO painful a longing for salt
that natives deprived of it for long
period offer. show symptoms of in
sanity.
WHEN NJ. F.abouchere. the English
| journalist was in St Petersburg al
one time, ne saw the Dutch minister
dive his hand deep into box o
cigars placed for the use of visitors
and fill his pockets full of them befor,
going.
A NEW combined spring pedal anC
toe clip consists of a steel plate riveteC
to the pedal shaft with teeth at tn,
rear edge to grip cleat in the shoe
sole and the front portion elongated
and curved over at the end to form
toe clip
CIRCULAR saws are being used il
butcher shops. frame being attached
to the block and extending over it t.
hold the saw in position on a sprin!
arm, so it can be depressed as it is rap
idly revolved by means of crank ant
chain gear.
IN Belgium cock growing competi
tions are very popular among tn
working classes. The cocks are range,
in cases, and markers note the numbe
of crows. In a competition recent,
held at Poulsour a cock gave voice 10
times in an hour.
DAVID LANE, aged Sc years, and hi
wife, Catherine Lane, aged 90 years. o
Westchester, Pa, have signed a mutua
agreement of separation. Benjamin
f. Hunt, aged 81, and Julia A. Sher
man, aged 81, were recently married a
Watertown, n. Y.
THE natural habit of human being
appears to be the use of the teeth Oh
the left side of the mouth for masti
eating the food. During a lengthene'
period of observation only one persol
out of 10 was found who used bot
sides of his mouth for chewing AM
masticating his food.
MALINDA l.. HULRY, of st. Louis
can not open her eyes without sneez
ing. The cause of Malindas distress
, ing trouble is chat her eyelashes groN
in instead of out, and so she can nc
move the lids without being tickle
into sneezing. An operation will b
performed to remove the Iashes.
Mr., DANA has in recent years dc
livered his interesting lectures o
journalism before many colleges in tn
,, country, to the delight and satisfactio
of thousands of young men and won