The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23

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mentary reply; BLESSED is the man
who hath virtuous wife. for the num-
Der of his days shall be doubled"
1T is reported to his Government by
the American Consul at Brussels, that
petroleum, which was at first hardly
saleable, is now made use of by all
classes in Belgium, and the prejudice
against the use of Indian corn and
canned meats is gradually disappear
ing. Mr.. Wilson is of the opinion that
United States merchants might create
a large trade in stoves, carriages and
similar articles in Belgium, provided
they establish depots and agents through
the country.
-" First class, toe the mark!' said
the teacher.
NOW tell me the difference between
soldier where battle roars louder,
And lady in satin and Lace
Then shouted each infantile creature,
The difference is readily seen
For one of them faces the powder
And the other one powders the f ace ~
Mamma (who has been quietly
watching certain surreptitious proceed
ings)-" Willie, who helped you to that
cakeP" Willie promptly Hebben,
mamma" Nanny (sternly)-" Sh-
sh-sh, you naughty boy! how dare you
tell such stories?' Willie ain't
my fault if it is a tory, ma. Didn't pa
tell the beggarman Eat hebben helped
] those Eat helped zemselves?"
Will of Peter the Great" Ap-
proach as near as possible to Constan-
tinople and India. To rule these is to
rule the world. To this end excite con-
tinual wars, at one time in Turkey, at
another in Persia; establish timber
yards in the Black Sea; take possession
by degrees of this sea, as well as of the
Baltic, both being necessary for our Ill
innate success; hasten the decay of Per-
STA, and penetrate the Persian Gulf; re-
establish, if possible, by way of Syria.
the old trade OF the Levant, and adj
vance as far as India, which is the en-
porium of the world. Once in India,
no more need of the gold of England"
Some careful statistician who de-
lights in the horrible, kept an account
OF the number of people whom death
carried off during September, 1878. He
says that in Europe and America fully
$4,000 people persisted by the sword,
by Hood, by fever and by railway, coal
mine and steamboat disasters. Nearly
5000 died of fever in the South, 800 in
the Thames steamship collision, 400 by
the great flood at Miskolez, Hungary,
$50 by the coal mine explosion in South
Wales, 100 by several railroad accidents
in Crest Britain, 100 by lake, railway
and other casualties in this country,
and some 1000 by engagements be-
tween Austrians, Bosnians, Turks and
Albanians.
AT Memphis, as at New Orleans.
there is complaint over the disposition
OF the relief funds, and the AUaInnche
charges Acting Mayor GOODYEAR with
having declined to use 100000 sent
him from all parts of the world to re-
lleve the yellow fever sufferers, which
is and has been kept on deposit The
Memphis Towards entered this ep-
idemic with $4,000 left over from the
charities of 1873, and it is proposed
that they use whatever surplus there is
this year in preventing another scourge,
by thorough sanitary overhauling of
the city, and especially by picking out
and Instructing a band of $50 nurses
Tor future need, as it is conceded that
more have died in the recent visitation
from poor nursing than from any other
cause.-Sprinqfetd Mass. Republican.
The genteel tramp mounted the
landing and rang the front door bell:
"Would you be so kind" said he as
the mistress of the house appeared at
the door, to exchange this piece of
pie for couple of hard boiled eggs and
a cup of coffee. | am of dyspeptic
turn, and this is the ninth quarter of
mince pie that l have tried to 90
through this morning. | can't stand
it, it's too much of sameness. If YOU
accept my proposition, you can also
have the satisfaction of telling the
neighbors that Mrs. Robinson, across
the street, uses allspice instead of
cloves, and that the under crust is very
slack-baked." The temptation was
great, and the genteel tramp had his
eggs and coffee and large triangle of
frosted cake as a bonus. -New Have,e
Register.
The Commercial Agent of the
United States at Crefeld (Bret Harte)
has transmitted to the Department of
State review of the trade of that dis
trict for 1877 and 1873. Crefeld is the
great manufacturing center for silks,
velvets, satins, ribbons and scarf goods.
The depression of the trade in these
goods for the last few years has been
very great, and this depression contin-
ued up TO the first four or five months
OF the present year. At present, how
ever, trade is somewhat active, and the
manufacturers, for the first time in
several years, are hopeful that the
worst has gone by. All the factories
are running, and, though profits are
not large, the feeling which prevails is
hopeful. Care will be taken in the fu-
ture to avoid useless competition and
-production-two things which
caused much confusion and disaster in
the past. Crefeld exports annually to
the United States products valued at
about $2,000,000.