The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-08-24
FOREIGN ITEMS,

candidates for Parliament.
The Duke of Wellington has had his
right eye removed by surgeon.
THE Governor of New Caledonia SAYS
he has the native revolt under control.
THE people of Constantinople are sat-
isfed with the results of the congress.
A MEETING was held in Bordeaux to
promote the Franco-American treaty.
The Shah of Persia announces that
his eldest son will make a tour in Eu-
rope next year.
JULES VERNEl IS contemplating voy-
age around the world in his new Yacht,
the St. Michel.
LORD BEACoNsFIELD says Gas long
as there shall be an England there will
be Belgium"
In 1913 France had II, 000,0 land
owners, of whom half did not pay more
than five francs a year in taxes.
AN old French author ascribed the
death of Louis XII. to late dining. He
dined at noon instead of at ten \. m.
The population of the Australian
colony of Victoria is now S63, $40, with
the males in the majority of 100000.
A HUSBAND applying for a divorce at
Cardiff, Wales, lately testified that his
wife had not been sober for seven years.
I The finances of the city of Quebec
are in such desperate condition that
it is feared that lighting the streets will
have to be suspended.
A son of the Khedive of Egypt is, by
special permission of Queen Victoria,
about to enter the Royal Military Acad-
envy, Woolwich, as cadet.
THE southern part of Ireland is
threatened with failure of the potato
crop like that which occurred in 1847,
which occasioned so much distress.
EMIGRATION from Egypt to Cyprus is
proceeding on large scale, and it is
will be established between Alexandria
and Cyprus.
QUITE rosy is the business outlook"
in England as described by the London
Times. 1t declares that the prospect
is encouraging, and attributes it to the
settlement of Eastern affairs.
INSULTS to Imperial German Majesty
/
dispatches of recent German journals
report sentences for this offense, in four
weeks, aggregating 476 years of i'm
prisonment.
THE treaty of Berlin was the first in
the history of diplomacy presented for
signature on vellum. The treaty of
Paris was signed by quilts taken from
an eagle, each plenipotentiary retain
ing his pen as a souvenir.
The Marques of Lorne is reported
to be the author of the fairy play {" FL
tinella," now being played at the
Princess Theater, London. He writes
under the nom de plume of L" Ross Neil. :"
The literary qualities of the play are
highly spoken of.
CHARLES ". asked the Duke of
Medina CGli how many towns and vii
lagos he owned. mine hundred and
ninety-nine," replied the grandest of
grandees. ''Why not make the
humber up to 1,o0oe'' :. Because, sir,
The sound of 999 is much more vast.''
The subject of iron-clad artillery is
now engaging the attention of the En-
glish military authorities. 1t is safe to
prophesy that before long every bat
terry will 90 into action with iron shields
which will effectively protect the gun
ners from every missile smaller than
cannon balls.
SIR TITUS SALT, the benevolent mil
lionaire manufacturer of alpacas, who
built the model town of Saltaire, En-
gland, did not leave nearly so large an
| 10 nc IUac apJ
grand quarrel and the Court of Chan
Gerry one son has taken the property
and will pay the legatees two-thirds of
what was left to them by the will.
THERE is tradition among London
dust men that their predecessors carried
away the dead in the plague of Charles
the Second time, and that nevertheless
hardly any of them were attacked by it;
and London dust men to-day boast that
they always escape epidemics. This
may likely enough be due to the per-
fectly open air, active life that they
lead
A NEAPOLITAN priest won near $780,
900 in a lottery a few months ago, and
has since received several hundred beg
ging letters day. The superstitious
Neapolitans watch all his actions with
view to obtain hints as to combina-
tons of numbers. His church is
crowded, and people wait outside to get
what are in the turf phrase called the
latest ''tips.'
IT is said that 100000 persons in
France are afflicted with inability to
distinguish colors Daltonism). The
number of women so affected, as COM
pared with the number of men, is in
proportion of one to ten. Nine cases
of Daltonism out of ten may easily be
cured in young subjects. The best
means of treatment consists in method
ical exercise upon colored objects.
The total cost of the Paris Exposition
is officially reported at S9,060,000. The
receipts are estimated at Sc, 900, 900. 1t
is expected that the deficit will be COW
cred by increased revenue returns. The
popular support of the undertaking has
been beyond all precedent. On one day
1913, 700 persons entered the Exhibition,
and there would have been over POO
600 but for failure in the supply of
tickets.
The rumor that pirate vessels had
made their appearance in the Sea of
Marmora is confirmed from several