The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-26
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with explosive compounds.
The British Consul in Pekin puts
the deaths from famine in China at
1000, 900. The Province in Shansi
alone lost 100000.
EMPERORs are nervous nowadays. 4
man was arrested in Vienna for at
tempting to throw a harmless bundle
into the Imperial carriage.
THE Federal Council of Switzerland
has adopted an ordinance making in
struction in gymnastics obligatory for
all boys in the public schools.
81 HAVE somewhere pawned my
wedding ring for drink is an adver-
tisement in German paper. THE
holder will please send me his address"
Mr.. H. NJ. STANLEY, the explorer,
has completed arrangements for the
delivery of 100 lectures in various parts
OF Great Britain, embodying descrip-
tons of his recent discoveries.
POPE LEO XIII. has expressed his
satisfaction that pilgrimage to the Vat
lean have, under his pontifcate, been
resumed from all countries, and espe-
cially from the provinces of Italy.
GOLD has been struck in the Magdala-
mine shaft, which is the deepest in the
Colony of Victoria at depth of 1885
feet below the surface. This discovery
| is causing great excitement in Australia.
SODUs BAY folks want to know wheth-
er any one has this year caught big
ger pickerel than Charles Wright pulled
ashore. 1t weighed thirty-four pounds,
and the heaviest the Bay people ever
saw
The first Chinese childs magazine
has been started in Shanghai. 1t is
published monthly, contains variety
of amusing and instructive matter, with
illustrations, and is but fifteen cents a
year.
The Emperor of Brazil has invited
eminent doctors from Europe to Rio
Janeiro to study on the spot the true
character of yellow fever, and discover
a remedy for it. Several have accepted
the call.
Mr.. SCHLIEMANN, the explorer of
the ruins of Troy and Mycen@, claims
to have discovered the ruins of the an
cient capital of Ulysses kingdom of
Ithaca. No notable object of art has
yet been eXcavated.
The Manitoba Indian cannot get any
Intoxicating liquor to drink. The Hud-
son Bay Company's inheXible rule
against selling liquor to Indians has
been adopted by the Canadian Govern
mcnt, and the mounted police are de-
tailed to enforce it.
SWITZERLAND is carrying on large
contraband trade in petroleum and
tobacco, bought in the United States
and shipped free through all the inter-
vening custom houses. The articles,
once on the soil of William Tell, are
struggled across the neighboring from
tiers.
A CONGRESS, probably unique in its
kind, has been held in the town of
Orebro, in Sweden, and was attended
by large number of the chimney
sweepers of that country The meet
ing was opened with psalm singing and
prayers, and the debates touched upon
the moral and social improvements
which it would be desirable to have in
troduced among the chimney sweepers.
A DISPATCH from Calcutta quotes the
passionate words of Ameer of Afghan
istan, uttered some time ago before
his Court, as proof of the hostility
to the British which exists in Cabul:
q have seven crOres ofrupees by me-"
said the Ameer, every rupee of which
| will hurl at the British Government,
and L will roll the border tribes against
them like blasts of fire"
MERCHANTS in Annoy, China, say that
they have discovered that the last har-
vests tea has been adulterated beyond
all precedent. Leaves of the willow
are prepared for the purpose, and
mixed with true tea. The consular
body has laid the matter before the
Chinese authorities, and the Governor
of the province has published procla-
nation offering q reward for informa-
ton leading to the conviction of offend
ers.
A CORRESPONDENT of the London
Daily NeaOs writes from the Rhodope
District: 81 have often heard busy
men express desire to find some point
on the face of the earth where they
could for week or two enjoy perfect
repose. Let them try Kirkova. There
is no port here, no telegraph, and if
you speak to native of this little vii
lage about a newspaper, he will proba-
bly, think that it is something to eat.
But ask for fruit and he. will over
whelm you with it at a farthing a
pound"
DIVERS receive high rate of pay,
} but, having regard to the often times
ghastly and dangerous character of
their work, certainly earn it. One who
lately went down to do some work
about the Prussian Great Elector gave
signal after an hour and half to be
drawn up. When relieved of his attire
he fell senseless, his complexion as
sumed purple red, and foam came
. from his mouth. The doctors are of
the opinion that staying down too long
produced apoplexy, with internal hem
orrhage, and that his recovery is very
doubtful.
TREASURE hunters in Hayti are very
DESTROYS of finding about $50, 900, 600
buried by Toussaint L'0uverture, the
negro instruction leader, toward the
close of the last century, when he was
on the point of surrendering to the
French. He caused the coin to be