The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24
FOREIGN ITEMS,

are on the frontier ready to begin opera
tious
THE King of Sweden and Don Alfonso
are the only sovereigns in Europe who
are of French descent; nearly all the
others are of German origin.
THERE are $1,000 widows in India be-
tween the ages of six and sixteen years
Not one of a thousand of midas widows
ever remarry.
GEN. CHANGARNIER, who died in Paris
recently, was so much of a dandy that
he invariably wore white kid-gloves in
battle, though he handled his foes with
out them, metaphorically speaking.
THE Czarewitch the eldest son of the
Russian Emperor, is spoken of as man
of extraordinary physical vigor. He has
been known to twist silver rouble like
a corkscrew with his powerful fingers.
RAIN, formerly very rare in Lower
Egypt, has become very frequent in al.
eXandria and Cairo in consequence of
the extensive planting Of the mulberry
in that vicinity.
TURKISH authorities at COnstantinople
compel Roman Catholic women to wear
scarlet cloth capes, instead of black
cloaks like the Turkish and Greek
women, so as to mark them in public as
| Christians.
The German Government has lately
deposed N. Benzanson, the French
Mayor of Metz, and number of the
French population have subscribed to
present him with heavy gold medal as
token of sympathy.
THE famous American crocodile.
tanner, Swone," is the attraction of Paris
at present. He appears in an aquarium
seventeen feet square, and triumphs over
eight huge crocodiles, one of which lin
the advertisements is almost eight feet
long, tail included.
The buildings for the great Paris EX-
position of 1878 are making rapid prog
ress. Over 1000 workmen are en-
ployed, with / 200 carts, besides numer-
GUS barges and a circular railway, and
all the work on the foundation has been
completed.
ITALY has declared its seventeen uni
versities open'to women, and SwitZcr-
land, Norway, Sweden and Denmark
have taken similar action, while France
has opened the Sorbonne to women, and
Russia its highest schools of medicine
and surgery.
TIE French Government has lately
granted pension of $3.50 year to the
widow of the French Consul Mulin, who
was killed in a Turkish riot at Salonica last
May. In addition to this, the Turkish
Government has paid the lady and her
children 100000.
IN the private study of the Emperor
of Germany there is a calendar which he
consults every morning, containing,
under dates, brief notes on important
events in his life that occurred on the
same day OF the year. There is also for
each day text from the Bible and
motto selected from the works of his
Javorite poets.
A LADY HELP" writes to the London
Globe that, in answer to an advertise
ment under the above heading, she went
to a lady of rank, who told her she must
do needlework, marketing, and superin-
tend all the servants work. While the
applicant was anxiously awaiting the
sum to be named in return for the work,
the grand lady naively inquired whether
she expected any salary.
DURING the past six years several Ger
man colonies have settled in Palestine
and are successfully carrying on various
branches of business. Near Jaffa the
vine and mulberry are extensively cult
waited; the slopes of Mount Carmel are
planted with vineyards and olive groves;
an oil and silk factory are in success
full operation; an active trade is carried
on in building timber, and the general
success of the enterprising settlers is at
tracing many immigrants thither.
A REMARKABLE waterproof has been
invented in Paris. 1t is of silk, and
may be folded almost as small as a
pocket handkerchief When unfolded it
offers an ingenious series of pockets of
different shapes, made to hold fans and
other essentials of feminine toilets. The
hood can be raised over the head by
means of spring, so contrived as to
prevent the hood from resting on the
hat or missing the flowers or other orna-
ments.
THE Bishopo Algiers recently learned
at Rome that the oldest church in the
Christian world was at Orleansville, in.
his diocese. An inscription copied from
the mosaic pavement of the old church
of Oppidium Tingittei was shown to him,
and he was convinced by the records that
the building was erected in the year 1872,
soon after the conversion of Constantine.
The mosaic pavement, the walls to a
height of about six feet, part of the
altar, and the Bishops seat still remain.
All that portion of the original editice
has been covered over, and forms sort
of crypt, which is carefully preserved.
A SHOEMAKER in Stettin, in Germany,
had bought a felt hat from well-known
firm. Soon after wearing it, though the
hat excrted no pressure, headache set in,
with frontal swelling, followed by
pustular eruption. The eyes also be-
came so intlamed that they closed, and
the swelling began to spread to the
lower part of the face. 1t was evident
that these symptoms were due to the
wearing of the hat, and-the latter hav-
ing been submitted to examination by a
chemist-it was ascertained that the
brown leather lining was colored with
poisOnons anilinp