The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-19
The Old World.

The German pea-sausage, so famous
In the war of 1870, has been adopted
by the Russian war Office, and is being
manufactured at Vienna and in Russia
for the Bessarabian Army Corps.
The Berlin RLadderdddtscAe, the Ger
man Punch, represents Russia and Tur-
key as two soldiers in full panoply of
war and standing on their heads on
either side of the stream. Both cry
out together: ''Hol cousin, can you
stand this sort of thing much longeri"
His Majesty the King of Sweden and
Blyden, LII. D., etc., the distinguished
Arabic scholar and African traveller
and a negro citizen of Liberia, to be
his Majesty's consul in the Republic of
Liberia, residing st MonroVis.
Major COLI, who was sent by the
German war minister to the United
States to study the military Institutions
OF America, has given an interesting
lecture in the Prussian capital on his
experience, praising the efficiency Of
the high-classed officers, and declaring
them to be men of the highest techni-
cal abilities.
A Berlin correspondent writes of
Kaiser William: 1.-THE Emperor is
strong, lusty and fall OF spirits. He
gets along very well now with his Par
lament, because in cases of difficulty
they always yield. Ia his theories Of
Parliament and prerogative his Majesty
| hAl1 de oh he snk nf EAvua n
l., but the people respect the old hero
for his uncomfortable honesty and for
the fidelity with which he fulfills all
the duties, however severe, of his great
office. 1t is a curious circumstance,
however, that this Prince, who has
fought 30 many great battles, has al
ways refused to sign the death warrant
of prisoner. Capital punishment is
still the law in Prussia, but his Majesty
has committed every sentence of death
passed since his accession to the throne.
In some respects his heart is as tender
as a woman's."
No one who has seen the srcheo-
logist, DR.. Schliemann, can doubt
the truth that lies In physiognomy.
He has a form and front fit for Cesar
not big, thoroughly knit, erect, full
OF vitality. His head is something
like full-sized cannon ball-evidently
meant to 60. Time has delIcately ton.
sured nim in q circle of two inches
diameter at the back of his head, which
for the rest is covered with close
cropped grayish hair, which, howe yer,
extends only over the center of the
forehead, clearing the two high lobei
on either side. His chin is covered
also with grayish cropped hair, but
his mustache is quite black. His face
is rudy ana slightly bronzed, but de
cidedly German. His eyes are light
and full of amiabllity, but able now
and then to give a very penetrating
look. Altogether, the impression con
veyed Il that OF immense force and vi
vacity. His voice is that of an enthu'
siast. In reading his paper-and il
was all carefully read, and occupied ar
hour to the very second-he began hi:
pages with q low voice, which, as ht
warmed with theltheme, gradually rose
until it became almost q tenor. Hi
English was perfectly Ineligible, nc
word being ever lost; but his German
accent remained, and his pronunciation
sometimes combined The characteristics
of English, German and modern Greek
But it was delightful to hear him
there was no attempt at fine writing,
no gestures, only an artless tale simply
told but the eloquence of the facts was
enough to thrill the audience and hold
them breathless. There was something
almost childlike in his confidential
anxiety to bear witness to the aid he
had received from his wife. Severa
times he alluded to her, and once with
emphasis declared that she had under
taken alone one of the most difficult o.
the excavations. Women are not ad-
mittcd yet into the society of anti
quaries, and it is q new thing to heal
women spoken of there with interest
unless the women are prehistoric or a.
least very dead; aud it was not unit
Mr.. Gladstone's eloquent address t
Mrs. Schliemsnn was heard that thu
lady's ovation came on. The world il
destIRed to hear more yet about Mrs
Schliemann, lady not only beautiful
and cultivated, but also able to dig
with her own hands until she fndl
such q necklace as she recently wore
at party in Athens necklace tha
may have been worn by Mile Prian
between three and four thousand year