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National Republican., 1877-02-25
VIE,E AND HOME,

servians are not remarkably patriotic; they
are too faithful as husbands, lovers and fathers
to become good soldiers.
A man was once brought before Tchernayetf,
the Russian general, charged with having cut off
two Of his own fingers In order to render himself
UNIT for service. Tho soldier denied that he had
himself performed the act Of selEmutilation, but
subsequently, admitted that 4 comrade had served
him only too faithfully in the matter.
"And were you not ashamed" asked the gene.
raj, TO abandon the field when the Turks are on
the soil Of our fatherland3n
"Excellency," replied the soldier. ~ am quite
my home again"
"Indeed," replied tho commander in chief.
"Well, you shall have q long leave Of absence.
Say your prayers. You will be shot this
The platoon was drawn out, and the man,
who was really no coward, and would have died
willingly In defence Of his home, made the sign
OF the cross, and was stepping In front of his
executioners without word, when he suddenly
stopped, Us II he had forgotten something, then
walked up to the General, and placing In his
hands few pieces Of money, he said:
ITO bc given to my wife alter"
"Go and take them to her YOURSELF" blurted
out Tchernayef, whose eyes are said to have
Allied with tears.
The man was of course pardoned. He seems
to have been q vcritable type Of his couutrymen
who cannot understand why SO many men should
sacrifice ali that earth holds dear simply that
another man should play at royalty.
National Republican., 1877-02-25
JOSEPH III,

It iswell known that the Emperor Joseph IT.,
OF Austria, disiiked parade and ostentation, and
INDUCED his taste for simple and private habits.
One day, when riding out in . small csischs,
servant, he was overtaken BY heavy rain, and re.
turned towards Vienna he was yet at some dis.
tanee, when person on foot, who was also going
in that direction, hearing the noise, turned and
made sign to the driver to stop.
The Emperor stopped his horse.
"Sir," said tho traveller, who was q sergeant,
'if It be not too great liberty, should be glad
ola lit, you have room enough, and should
save my uniform, which put on new this morn
ing"
"Let US save the uniform, my brave fellow"
said Joseph. "Place yourself here. Where do
you come from lust now2"
"Ah, ahl Where do come from, I come
friends, who has given me a famous breakfast.h
what had you, thens'
May, how can guess ,-beefr-soupe"
.SUa %eii done yes, soup, and better than that"
Tn: sergeant ohucklsd, and repeated, "Bs.,er
"a breast Of veal, then ~
mo. better than that"
well them said the facetious Sovereign, ~
can guess no longer must give It up"
why, then, pheasant, my worthy;-a phea.
do you think of that, eh :" cried the sergeant,
!sisP%Plng 81 % his unknown companion suartly upon
.'Ah! indeedr replied he; "kIlled on the En- =.
perors preserve 1t must have been all tho
better for that, I'll answer for II.
AS they approached the city, and the rain con =
to be set down.
The sergeant made his excuses,
"No, no." said Joseph. "Your street ?" and at
length the sergeant informed his Majesty where
he lodged, and begged to know to whom he was
Indebted for so many ciyillties.
ut Is now your turn" said Joseph-"guess"
IA military mani dare say a Iieutenant?"
Better than that" said the monarch.
"a captain, them"
"Better than that"
He began to open his eyes
perhaps better still "
Nv hat the devilrsaid the poor sergeant shrink.
Field Marshall"
He feIgned a grave voice, and said. ."somethIns
better STILL"
Zach, mein Gott! It is the Emperor"
Himself" said Joseph, unbottening his plain
coat and showing his decorations
The poor fellow, in an agony, entrcated tho
Emperor to let him alight.
"No, no; not yet," SAID Joseph. "Aner having
eaten my pheasant, you would be too lucky II
you got rid fine 90 easily; shall certainly soc
And thus continuing to amuse himself he drove
him TO them, after promising to forgive the ser.
imperial expense.
National Republican., 1877-02-25
HOW MEN OF GENIUS CONTERsE.

Tasso's conversation was neither gay nor
brilliant Danton was either taciturn or satiri.
cal. Gray seldom talked or smiled Butler was
sullen and biting. Hogarth and Smith were
very absentmnded In company. Milton was un-
sociablc, and even irritable when pressed into
conversation. Rirwan, though copous aud elo-
2uent in public addresses, was meagre aud dull
in colloquial discourse. La Fontalne appeared
heavy, coarse, and stupid; he could not speak
and describe what he had Just seen; but then
was moro agreeable than his conyersltlon.
Dryden's conversation was slow and dull, his
humor saturnine and reserved. Corneille, In
conversation, was SO insipid that he never failed
OF wearyingi he did not even speak correctly the
language Of which he was such master, Ben
J0nson used to sit silent In company, and drink
his wine and their yiticisms. southey was stiff,
was good company with his intimate friends, but
In mixed company he preserved his dignity by 4
reserved silence. Fox in conversation never
insgssd; nv his an Snimstion and variety were insx.
was qrotius Goldsmith ''wrote like an angel
and talked like Poil.' Burke was entertain
Ing, enthusiastic, and Interesting In oonyersation.
Snrran . Was a eonyiyisl life. Leigh Hunt was
"nke q pleasant stream" In conversation. Car
lyle doubts, objects, and constantly demurs.
National Republican., 1877-02-25

fan and umbrella shops, here and there q booth
t lot the be sale Of trumpery foreign kaiek-knaeSs;
tablished himself, and, clad in very ill.ntting
seedy suit q evening dress, swaggers about IN
oiwblch even Chatham street would bc ashamed.
But though tho stalls and shows do roaring
the fa!- These Uwcno lea. HOUSES are not ' per. ~
mnnent structures, decorated with gildcd
screens and highly colored paintings, but
taken down in very few minutes; % thoy @ arei h how.
ever, under the superlntendenoe Of the great tea.
luxuries OF the season may be obtained, made
more palatablc BY the fact Of being served In
certain picnIekihg, rough.and.tamblc manner,
accustomed to the formality and close atmosphere
Of the withln,town places Of entertainment:
talncd for love or money. Tho attendant dam.
sells, prcttily attircd in light summer robes Of
uniform pattern, are almost at their wits ond, In
chop-sticks and bills; and yet, though hurried
here and there, sometimes reprimandcd for not
about and sworn at, they never lose temper tho
RCD ,iPsare always smiling and pleasant comp.
TeoiIoni. And very hard work il must be to pre-. re-
serve cquanimity under such clrcumstances;
E,,S i.E beyond the the actual physical excrtion
seventeen years of asc-mus, undergo, they they
must ever be ready with honeyod words and i'm.
be incorrect; for, with all his virtues your Jeddo
citizen Is not prodlral In expenditure even gala
SSaEs SE and nn & cash OF two charged Too much would
tremendous rebuke from the mistress Of tho
house.
Our hclIday.makcrs might learn a capital les.
son from the behavior of this Japanese crowd.
Qunrreing and drunkenness arc entirely limited
to few soldiers Of the newly modelled army who
In dirty limiting uniformt, and with side.arms,
thuk y capital fun to swagger about, Jostliug
and laughing at the staid citizens
none is needed. The ease with which the
Japanese nature may be amused appsars
TO European eyes most childish. Tho spectators
at the shows arc by no means entirely Iuyenilc
Gray haired fathers Of families may be seen roar.
Ing with laughter at the eccentric NOV ments Of
few dolls or gaping with wondera:t performing
birds or mice. The sclsnce OF kito-fying nnds IFS
votarlcs as much among the elderly as among
the younger folks, while members Of the great
city companies don't think II at all inJru Dig TO
shoot at plaster casts of popular heroes with bow
and arrows, In hope Of winning packet OF sweets
National Republican., 1877-02-25
Saved for Greatness.

Madame Dc Maintenon, who became the wife
Of Louis XIV. Of France, and for the last thirty
years Of his life exercised q controlling infu-
ence over his opinions and policy, had q narrow
escape from premature burial in childhood.
Her parents migrated from France to the
Isle Of Martinique when sho was ten years old.
On the voyage, she was taken ~ and the sick.
ness ended in apparent death. The funeral
rites were over; the last look taken OF the body,
ana about to be dropped Into the sea; cannon was
louded 10 be fired over tho corpse, when the
mothor, who was ordinarily unioylng, insisted
on seeing her child once more. To her surprise,
she found the heart stlll beating, and In a
dellrium Of Joy, declared the child was not
dead, but would recover Tho hope born OF
rapture, proved true prophecy, and the little
girl, SO nearly given to burial Ia the ocean, was
spared to become one of the most distinguished
women In French history.
National Republican., 1877-02-25
WHALE FISHING.

The immense bulk and energies of the
whale tselfdo not constitute the least formidable
among the terrors of this iieid Of adventure. The
desolate and inclemont region, which is the scene
Of enterprise, encompasses tho pursuit with Its
worst hardships and dangers. In this realm OF
eternal winter. man finds the land, the sea, and
the air equally inhospitable. Everything nights
against him. The intsnsest cold benumbs his
flesh and joints; while fogs or driving slest oIten
darken the sky, and ut the same time arm the
frost with kecner tooth. The ocean over which
he moves, besides US ordinary perlls, is crowded
Sometimes the ice lies extended In fixed beds
that bar all navigation as efiectually as would
wall OF iron, and over whose rugged and broken
surface he can only make his way by leapng
from point 10 point, at the risk OF being cngufed
in vast aoatiny iclds with such an impetus "a at
at the shock, the strong tmbcrs of his ship crack
and give way like an egg.shell, or are crushed
masses. Sometimes II rises before him in the
shape OF a lofty mountain, which tho least
lion above and that beneath the " surface @ p0si Of
the water may bring in sudden ruin upon his
head, burying the crew and vessel beneath the
tqmhllng chaos, or striking them far into the
As for what may be dlmiy distinguished to be
aaesiy %aoF, Th ' S coasts thss
in the lines In which the poet has pictured one OF
the regions Of that neither world
Beyond this food frozen continent
of whirlwind and dire hall, which on irm land
Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems
or ancient pile; or else deep snow aud ice.''
AT the farthest limit to which adventure has
pierced, O night OF four months duration closes
each dismal year; throughout which human life
has indeed been sustained by individuals prevl.
ously Injured to a severe climate, but the horrors
Of which have, In most Of the instances in which
the dreadful experiment has been ether voinnta.
fny OF involuntarlly tried BY the natives Of more
ferer through succession OF the int tensest bodily
and mental tortures, and then let them rest in
the sleep Of death,
National Republican., 1877-02-25
Hints to Married Mon.

Mr.. scattergrass says that II he stays out
late at night, and wishes to avoid q scoiding or
''curtain lecture from Mrs. s., ho generally
waits until the "wee sma' hours avant the twal, ="
tears for his personal safety. He goes out son
business" with q promise to be home at nine.
Halfpast nine, Mrs. s.. uneasy; ten, aggravated;
halfpast ten, positively enraged, and rehearses
to herself an address for Scattorgrass' especial
edihcation, tlled with cutting reproaches; elev-
en-, vngue uneasiness, accompanied by m inde-
pened;" halfpast eleven, nervous apprehs hsnsion-
tears take the place Of witherlng glances; twelve
o'clock, uncomfortable suspense-if she only knew
the worst7 one o'clock, completely worked up, and
about to 20 In search Of him, when Scattergrass
arrives. She throws herself-so he says-lnto his
arms, oyerJoyed to see him, as she was afraid
that some accident must have happened to him.
National Republican., 1877-02-25
DRIFTING WITH THE TIDE.

The sun was sinking in the west
A mist rose softly on the lea:
Aud through the evenings purple shades
We noated DER the quiet sea.
The oars lay idly in their rest;
Wcbancd acros, the low boats side,
And WATCHED the waters dancing there,
hswc went drifting with the tide.
she touched the rippics with her hand.
And when the rising noon ,honc bright,
she seemed an angel sitting there,
30 pure, beneath the silver light.
We noatcd onward In the dusk,
She sang as sweet IA mermaid sings:
Across, through all the waste OF years,
The echo OF that song still rings.
Hearts though, ara falsc-so often so;
Her face was fair, her heart untrue;
Thought she loved me. on the night
We driftcd In the shadows blue,
Across the waters still and bright,
Beneath the tender summer moon:
OH such drcami Obi such delight!
And 1t Is fadcd-past-so soonl
Oh! womsn's face is sweet and fair.
But womnu's hearts We cannot know;
thought she loved me-shc whoml
Had worshipped In the long ago.
Her path is there, and mine Is here;
We each have gone our separate ways
And buried with the vanished past,
y, The hours OF those sweet golden days.
II. NJ.
National Republican., 1877-02-25
HOT TO CURE sLEEPLESsNEss.

Thousands suffer from wakefulness who
are otherwise in good health. To some Of them
this becomes a habit, and too often growing one.
Some resort to soporhc drugs, and this Is how the
opium crave Initiated. Others hnd wine or spirits
occasionally efectual, and are thus induced to
take alcohol every night, and not a few, It is
to be feared, have In this way laid the foundation
Of intempcrance. There have, however, never
been wanting people who have found o way OF
going to sleep without resort to such measures.
The .mesmerists at ono time were popular, and
from them host OF people learned that looking
ut any axed point steadily would often succeed
in inducing sleep. In tho dark, however, this is
not as easy but this difficulty was not felt In
Bradism, which consists in closing the eyes
ard trying to think they are watching atten-
lively the stream Of air entering and leav-
ing the nostrils. 1t was asserted that
whoever would will to see this stream,
as II II were visible, would infallibly soon fall
asleep. We have known the plan to succeed, and
It is evidently the in principle as fixing the
attention on any single visible object. Another
can physician, Dr. Cooke, who tells us that In
numerous cases OF sleeplessness 1t is only necos
MINUTES e secure sssp He thinks
that most cases depend on hypernmia Of the
brain, and that by this slow breathing the blood
sion. Certainly, when the mind is unoontrollaby
tsined from patients whose observation was worth
and % they % have % found they became o more disposed
70 sleep by breathing slowly This supports Dr.
Cooks practice, but at other times his plan quite
failed. II is certainly worth any ones while who
10 occasionally sleepless to give II q trial. In
doing so they should breathe very quietly, rather
deeply and AZ long Intervals, but not long enough
several minutes,-Mediedl Examiner.
National Republican., 1877-02-25
Complaints having been made that the frss-

Complaints having been made that the fras-
ments OF antiquities deposited at st. Denis, near
Paris, were practically useless, and were deterio
rating, NJ. V. 10 Due replied, on tho part Of tho
authorities, that no such deterioration is taking
place. and that the objects are properly cared for.
II Is to be hoped, however, that the Magaslns do
ST. Denis will before long be opened, TO permit at
least the more important OF The remains being
placed either In the Musee dc Oluny or In that OF
The HO'el CBrnavalet, where the Bibliotheque dc
pcelally devoted to records OF the city, and com.
rri'rs nearly cNeOO yoluiues and 1900 plans and
pTinls.
National Republican., 1877-02-25

Frenchmen ore eating more and more horse
flesh, The frst horse butcher In Paris opened
his shop In 1895. Last year 5000 horses 6i3 asses
and 81 mules were eaten In France A philan.
thropIo Frenohman has offered I, 400 francs and a
medal TO tho hIst horse butcher who shall estab-
Lsh L.msc " LontVn. ..r
National Republican., 1877-02-25

Mr.. N. II. Bishop, the young man who
nail paper canoe, on trip to tho Gulf of exico,
and OF the result Of whose journey nothing was
ever definitely known, has been heard from In n
which he states that hc accomplished his pur-
pose, ond is now engaged in writing an account Of
his adventures.
National Republican., 1877-02-25

Real Palm branches from South America,
will be used Tor tho hrst time by the Catholics OF
the District, in their celebration OF the coming
festival Of Palm Sunday. Some Of the cougrega.
tions 4 that denomination having made arrange
rcrt wl'h Seventh street bookseller for
supply.
National Republican., 1877-02-25
MUSIC.

Beethoven was always poor, melancholy,
sensitive, critical, quarrelsome, hypochondriacai
that is, he was genius.
Miss Emma Abbott, the young American
prlma donna, is tho daughter OF Mr.. Seth Abbott,
who was born In Henniker N. H., in 1917, but
now a resident Of Peoria, ILL.,, and who was q
vocalist Of rare powers in his earlier years
A young American prma donna, who took
lessons In Milan few years ago, and returned to
this scountry disgusted with tho tyranny of Italian
music teachers, has been engaged as q substitute
for o steam-whistle In u Massachusetts, boot
factory.
Mile. Tltiens sang recently at the Guildhall,
Plymouth and In response to an eheore gave the
wellknown song kathleen Mavournoen." The
author Of kathleen Mavourneonn was Mr.
Crouch, Plymouth music master, who received
for the copyright So note; He len the town a
Mile. Titiens, being In New York, gave "Kath.
in the States. It exciteda Jurore Of applause,
and when It had subsidized she was told that some
man, presumed to be a lunatlc, was fighting his
way over the barriers from the pit to the ies ut
was In the opera hOuse) saying he was deter rmined
to speak to fitiens. The prma donna told them
TO let him como In. On entering, he burst into
tears, sobbing out, "Oh, Mile. Titiens, never
before heard my song sung as you have Just sung
itr "Sour song was the reply; "whY, you are
not Crouch, suTely?" ~ am, Indeed" replied
tho poor old composer, "and felt / must thank
you myself" Crouch had scraped together the
80 for n pit seat, little thinking to hear his now
famous song made the most telling morceau Of
the night.
National Republican., 1877-02-25
The French Ministry has determined to put

m end to sensational reports, dongs and suffer
ings of the "retchcs who arc led to execution.
be allowed to pander TO the morbid appetitos OF
their readers by publishing repulsive and highly
wrought accounts OF such death scenes. English
executions are no longer conducted as town shows.
There are no spectators In the jail yards; no
crowds outside. Tho. officers OF tho law do
their work quietly, and the result Is announced
as quietly by the press.
National Republican., 1877-02-25

Theatrical circles In America are In terri
BILE state Of staRnatlon, and such bad times for
the stage have not been known since the CON-
mercial panic 1879. Hundreds ofsingers, actors,
sion are out Of employment, managers have been
ruined by the dozen, and II Is stated that II mat
tiers do not mend, one.half Of the theatres In the
become unexampied. Nearly ovory travelling
company east OF the Rocky Mountains has been
broken up,-London Graphic.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-10-13

Fun AMONG THE BLUENosEs New ly
promoted 10 the dignity of a Justice of
the Peace, our Irish hicnd lad Ju-t en-
tered upon the duties OF hi office. when
man from 'be adjoining county ot Al
bert, bat who had committed an assault
N Wcsrmoreund WI, brought before
him. We might premise thnl the well
known pecuiia itlcs Of the Justice had
caused considerable number to come to
the trio in the hope OF seeing some fan
and further, that the counties of Albert
and Wes'morelaul nre separated by th,
PeutcodiAc river. The Justice at once
proceeded to addres, the prisoner severe.
~ n follow
"Nofn. NcFate. >hten' upon vour
fat. Wis ne other de Of the riycr
lar4e eaop2u tor ve, nor the County OF
Abbott big enough for We. TINT ye mus
b: comm over into the County Of Wist
moriani agin the pace an good govern
ment az oar soyern hdv the Qnne. hnr
ClpNll az ttENbNs " ~ 'iFFN H'it q tN''
tin up ger dam dfloe> 90
At thi. point The spectators burst int
laugh, in which the table and prs
oner joined, whereup,n the Justice dmw
ing himself to hi, full hight, commandeC
the constable to " shtan' upon his fate 3
"The Inv that makes We is the law
that brakes We. | deprive We of yer Off
on the constaba'ary Of WistmorIand. .
In the up7oar that en-ued some person,
prompted he prisoner tn run N, which
he did The Justice called out, "Con-
stable arrest that mnn !"
Initiating his honor'> rich braguc, the
constable replied, ." / can't yer honor
sure I'm br0ke!'
And before another officer could be
found, the prisoner had found a boat
and placed the muddy waters Of the Pc
titcodiac between him and the juri-dic
ton Of the court.-JnUaHd Transcript
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-10-13
A SAVINGS BANK.

In one Of the small provincial towns of
Southern Russia a savings bank has re
Gently been established, the second clerk
OF which while lounging at the desk on
fiat day" in Summer WAS startled by
the entrance OF heavy looking peasant
-sloHcElng, giimy, un>empt--the very
last man one would expect to see in a
bank, except Tor the purpose Of robbing
it. The appaIilion came timidiy up to
the counter, and the following dialogue
ensued
"Wei, my good fellow, what may you
want here, pay p
"lf i, pira-e you, father, want you to
take charge Of some money for me. Oar
folk. -ny that might be robbed Of it, and
that it will be safe with you"
money, oh Why, how much mon
cy have you got then? Four roubies ?
Five? Zen ?"
"No, it must be more than that, fan
cy. My wi and | couldn't manage to
count il all, though we've been ut it all
the morning"
So saying the gentleman in sheepskin
prodGccd a tattered, filthy leather bag,
and poured out before the clerk aston
i-hed eyes perlec; pyrmid OF bank bills
OF all values, from one rouble to filty.-
The umazcd.ceik hastily summoned his
two colieagues and the three after long
spell of counting, satisfied themselves
thnt the total amount wne not less than
10000 roubie, t$l5,0O0). The peasant
who had stood watching the operation
with look ot childish curiosity, pocket
ed hI~ receipt and walked of as cooly as
il nothing had happened but the next
morning be rcnppcnred and addressed
himself to the clerk.
"Gad be with you, father. Do you
take care Of gold, too, rs we'll us bank
/ bills ?"
"What, gold? Why, you'd better
start bsnk yourself! How much god
have You got, in heaven : name -
/ 1.-TWO boxr. tuli"
Al th, point the banker him who
VA, listening 20 the conversation with the
deepest amalemcnt, came forward and
announced his intention pfaccomp1nying
his suAngr customer home and taking
chatg" ot the god himself. Theuuwa,h
ed capitalist jryuIly accepted the offer
and the pair drove out to hnm,rt about
Two mie> from the town. Here the pea
sant led BIZ companion to Il small, near.
looking hut, and opening She'd on one
aide OF it, displayed tWo bnttercd wooden
boxes, through the breaches in which
gold pieces were escaping IN all direction.
while beside them lay the dirty bag
/ which had held the bank bills the day be
fore. The banker asked in amazement,
GLOW long have you had this money p
MY father and graad father saved it
up" answered the peasant, "snG buried
it hele and | dug it up just the other
day, because, IN going to shift my quar-
/ tcrs.n
but, with all this monry, why don't
you and your wife live in better style 2"
asked the banker, looking around at the
miserable howell.
why should we, father7 We do very
well as We are."