The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-06
FOREIGN ITEMS.

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fresh saying among the French.
In July, 1877, the debt of New Zea-
land was SlO5, 100000 to population
of 1000
PRINCESS LOUISE, the young Prussian
who is about to become Duchess of Con-
naught, is to receive a dowry of $50
900.
In and about Lyons, France, 2OO,OO
women and girls work from eleven to
thirteen hours day for an average of
forty cents.
ALTHOUGH forty years in Parliament,
the late Sir Robert Peel never repre-
scented popular constituency or stood
a contested election.
SOCIETY in republican Paris seems to
be as brilliant as it could be under a
monarchy, and MacMahon costs only
S2OO,OOO year against Louis Napo-
Icons S6,000,OOO.
KING KALAKAUA has recommended
to the Hawaiian Legislature that they
take into consideration the subject of
the construction of narrow-gauge rail
roads on the larger islands of the
group
A LONDON correspondent sends across
the water the intelligence that an
American widow has refused the heart
and hand of Mr.. Arthur Rothschild,
the prospective wealthiest private cit-
zen i'll the world.
The latest triumph of Partisan nov
city is an Exhibition bouquet" a tiny
artificial rose to be worn in the button
hole, with crystal dewdrop on one of
the petals, and looking into the dew
drop miniature view of the Exhibition
is discovered.
On one occasion Mr.. John Bright said
in the course of a speech: The noble
Lord comes of race distinguished, |
am told, as having come over with the
Conqueror. | never heard that any of
them have since been distinguished for
anything else"
The Ottawa (Canada) merchants the
other day competed in "marking
down" ready-made pants. When one
) had reduced his goods to thirty cents
below cost the other sent agents and
/, bought up the best portion of them.
There is nothing like competition in this
world to enliven trade.
THE London Spectator referring to
the troops from India, gives the latest
form OF the famous Jingo-rhyme as fol-
! lows:
We don't want to fight but, by lingo, if we
do
We won't go to the front ourselves, but well
send the mild Hindoo.
Two of the musicians in Queen Vic
toria's service, being strict Methodists,
refused to practice on Sunday. They
: were dismissed, and she has restored
them, saying: 81 shall not permit any
, of my people to suffer on account of
, their religion; and shall not allow any
r rehearsals on Sunday"
AT RatelfOntcin, Frasersburg, South
Africa, where water is precious, wool
washing mill is so arranged that the
water, after passing through fine wire
gauze screen and falling over the water
wheel of corn mill, goes to the lands
lying in the valley, and thus is used for
wool washing, corn grinding, manur-
ing, by carrying down the grease from
the works, and irrigating.
THE early cessation of the Kaffir war
is expected Landilli, chief of the
Gaiteas, has sent word to the COM
mander of the British forces that he is
tired of fighting, and wants to negotiate
terms of peace. The British military
authorities replied that they would ac-
cept an unconditional surrender only
This will probably soon follow, and
with it speedy settlement of the
trouble.
IT seems from a recently
blue book on drunkenness in Scotland
| that tho Mt Cd
back to grocers to sell liquors has been
attended with very bad effects, so far
as women are concerned. Whisky is
frequently put down in the bill which
their husbands pay under other heads.
In 1860 l26 women were arrested in
kilmarnock for drunkenness; in 1876
no fewer than 270.
The Duke of st. Adams, hereditary
grand falconer of England, is said to
have resigned his oiiice-a sinecure, of
cOurSe-and returned his salary. His
conscience was smitten by the example
OF the son of one of his laborers, a
goose-herd, who declined to take his
salary of ten-pence because he had no
geese to mind. The story would have
been good one had there been salary
attached to the office of hereditary
grand falconer.
SWITZERLAND has no standing army.
Every Switzer is soldier, with rifle
and uniform at home, and he is sharp
shooter. He drills twice a year. and
when his country calls he is bound to
serve-each canton summoning her
quota and presenting her force where
wanted in an incredible short time
The Government at Berne can call out
POP, 800 soldiers at once, and can in
crease the number to 100000 in few
days more.
IT has heretofore been a matter of
conjecture what the population of the
Ottoman Empire really was. A return
has recently been made which is of
semi-otficial character and, it is pre-
sumed, is as near accuracy as it is pos
sible to get at present. The popula-
ton is set down as follows:
In Europe Including tributaries). $685., l26
Asia Minor Observation-Disclosures. l3,4l3597
Syria, Mesopotamia and Arabia. . 1O609l22
africa ..''.''..' .........-......... 14,OOO,O0O
Total Observation-Disclosures. 53,4O9, $40