Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-05-13
Foreign Notes.

French ladies now allow cigars and other
free and easy ways in the drawing-rooR, in
order to keep the gentlemen there, who, it was
found, were rapidly preierrins stables and
clubs.
At the rmous Beefsteak Club, of London,
each guest takes the half of small raw onion
on bis fork, and rubs it well over his empty
plate before being helped to steak.
John s. Payne, the new Governor Of Libe-
ria, is ful-bloodel negro, aud was born 10
Richmond, Va. lie has been member of the
I,iberian Clnsress for twenty years, and Is a
very intelligent man.
Iamarline was asked by friend if he did
not spend too much in advert isiug. mo"
was the reply, advertisements are absolutely
necessary Even divine worship he bon Diem
needs to be advertised. Else what is the
meaning of church bels?''
The Cremation Society of Milan has over
four hundred members. The apparatus used
in burning bodies was built by wealthy silk
merchant, and his remains were the first TO be
reduced to ashes by lis hundreds Of burning
gas j.ts.
Mr.. Walt Whitman contributes an article
to late number of the London Exam iue: on
The Future Of the United States" which
concludes as follows. The real history Of the
United Substituting from that great con-
vulsive struggle for unity, triumphantly con-
cluded, aud the south victorious alter aIl-ls
only to be written at the remove OF hundreds,
perhaps a thousand years"
Prince Bismarck has been made general Of
IL. l,rlaut ;lifuru 1tGpp
he, non-actve officer, can attain. Since the
campaign Of 1866 when he was raised from
the rank Of major to major general, Bismarck
has always worn his uniform in public, even
in tn, Re;chstag and Landtag, although his
military Office has no connection with his du-
ties as civil authority.
Mr.. Joseph jefferson, the actor, has sue
ceeded so well as painter-in water culors
( first, and afterwards in oil-that he has been
urged by judicious connoisseurs in London to
! exhibit specimens Of his work A painting
10y him will probably tind place at the next
exhibition.
"When will Americans learn 10 economic
material p writes looker-on in Paris. "Ihe
yearly SUN Of five thousand francs is paid by
one man here for the privilege Of laying clean,
/ fresh straw over the iOor OF butter marker,
whi,l,, when removed, yields back the butter,
which is fingered, and chewed, and tasted and
rejected through the day. The straw Is
thrown into hot water and the butter rising to
the top is purified and sold to pastry cooks.
As it Is reasonable to suppose that the poorest
/ butter is not swallowed by the tastcrS-it puts
one quite ont of conceit Of pie crust.
A wcll-to-do shoemaker Of Bremen recent
ly conceived the idea Of having the front OF
/ his house decorated with lile-size statues OF
the three most celebrated shoemakers in Ger
man history The first Of these was the holy
St. Crispin, the patron of the shoemaker 5
craft; the second was the brave HauS Won
Saean, who in 1870 turned the tide of the great
battle Of the German orders against the
heather Litbuauiaus ly bearing the imperial
standard right into tie midst Of the enemy
and the third was Hans Sachs the well known
shoemaker bard The figures Of these nota-
/ bliticS have lcen executed with considerable
skill by Herr Kropp, sculptor Of Bremen
aud are said to be very Characteristic works.