The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-07-20

that the LANGUAGE spoken in the ninth century all Britain
north of the Forth and Clyde except in one remote corner
Gaelic but lost Teutonic tongue we must arer
believe with Henry of Huntingdon that that tongue had SO
utterly disappeared in the middle of the twelfth century, hat
not vestige of it was preserved That small tribe occupy
inc corner of the country should in three centuries have
been enabled either by conquest or 50 ehely
impose their language on the rest OF tne country seems
Incredible and the SO that no conquest or reVoluon Is
noticed by any of the contemporary Irish analst Welsh
or AngoSaxon cronicers the Pict on the contrary fg
ng everywhere vigorous victorious whenever
brought into collision with the Scots The overwhelming pro-
portion of purely Gaelic local in the most owland
districts of Scotland phenomenon of which have
heard any plausible explanation the Teutonc hypothesis
In earliest charters all the of places north of the
Forth without exception, Celtic The physiological evil
also very strong of the preponderence of Celtic blood
all over Scotland 1t to be admitted by anhropolog
the result of careful examination of ancient skulls and
induction from those of modern nations, that the Celtic
Uranium is peculiarly elongated in form In brittany the
prevalent type of head is longer than in Normandy In Nor
mandy longer than in the more or paris
of France, in England longer than In Brittany ana IN co
land and Ireland longer than in England In Scotland the
heads found be shortest in the districts where the Morse
element predomnated German head almost round
compared with English and still more compared with
Scotch Some of our readers must have experienced
the difficulty of procuring hat in Germany sufficiently oval
to ft Mr. Burton disposed to attach weight to
acus observation that the CaedOnians argembed
and edhared qualities which that historian considered sug
gestive of common origin with the Germans But the value
of the chronological speculation is essened by the fact that to
one who was clear observer the Germans of classic
times possessed great resemblance to the Gau that the
name of the former traced by Strabo to the Latin ged
mus near of kim and Tacitus himself remarks the
bance between the ana
of all the tribes of Britain and those of Gaul points of
agreement which evidently important In his eyes
than the points of difference Macmaan'S Magazine.
AN UNFORTUNATE PL1GHT-The Dubuque Herald is
responsible for the following humorous sketch OF the mlsfor
tunes of an Iowa clergyman
Thursday last among the goods expressed from the West by
the D. & S. r. h. number of baskets of hen fruit
Two stations this side of that at which they
placed upon the car ex-minser of huge proportions
stepped into the express to speak to the messenger The
eggs in the end of the and clerical friend
IF
towards eggs While the twain conversing the train
suddenly started forward The gentleman taken
the unexpected jerk and he lost his balance He
found it in the basket of just in his The result OF
this ministerial on-setif may term it-bafies all
description Of the contents of the basket came to
mucy end Ike Darlington set hen hfty-two
Just her spread herse here not used to the
business who had himself fywo dozen, and
fully accomplished the result could But
though backward in getting that undgned position he
by backward in getting out He erected him
self and examined himself Any member of his church, if
present. would have recognized in him not only faithful
fellowlaborer but earnest yolkfelow For minute he
stood motione except he with spread and tremulous
fingers in undecided and uncertain waved his hands
with the air of who had been egged to desperation
He certainly presented udicrous aspect AS the precious
ointment down Aarons beard the abumnous unguent
down the preachers legs spreading translucent
qudness upon the floor about his feet The express
ger took the hearth and did what he could toward clean
ing his friend off novel of scraping acquaintance
FRENCH COOKERY of first questions usually asked
of Engshman who lives in France is whether he likes
French cookery prudent man. when the question is put
to him at English dinner table, tells lie and that
English cookery is far superior. Taken broadly the differ
between the nations in this matter is that the French
cook and the English can't but dishes which
extremely simple to require any scientific cooking
all are generally better in England.
To borrow illustration from my craft very often
admire with humble WONDER the astonishing perfection with
which carriages painted We painters of pictures could
paint carriages well bred peculiarly to that
trade. Very few of could lay the color quite evenly
enough did, it would be only by great effort whereas
asmple carriage painter who has troubled himself
about graduation and what call texture lays his paint
with mastery perfection of method So French cook is
too artistic succeed where art is upeuous and there
beat him.
DO you mean say that you like frogs? asks the indg
nant reader Yes do. And here allow to remark that
you are Ignorant of the of frogs you are gasronom
cy speaking sunk in the depths of barbarism and object
of pity even as wretch who has swallowed
oyster Fancy chickens from Lnut rs nch moro delcate