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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06
American Life In Paris.

What is called the American Colony
in Paris, says correspondent of the
Baltimore american, consists of about
two thousand families, large proper
ton of them from the South. A great
many Of them might be regarded al
most as permanent residents. A goodly
number of them are people of limited
means, who find that they can live so
much cheaper here than in an American
city they have concluded to stay. One
of these remarked to me the other day,
81 can live better in Paris on 5000 per
annum than I could in New York on
$4,000" He then proceeded to detail
the difference. In New York he would
be regarded as nobody unless he owned
or rented a brown-stone house from
$4,000 to $4,000 per annum. Here he
could obtain suite of elegant apart
ments in fashionable neighborhood at
from $500 to $1,000 per annum, and
make as good an appearance as anyone
else in his sphere. In New York he
would have to pay $40 per week for a
coachman, while here he could engage
a landau, with fine pair of horses, and
| liveried footman thrown in, to be al.
ways at the reasonable call of his family,
at from S12sto S15 per week. Then he
said he could clothe himself and family
at one-half the expense, and much bet,
| ter, than he could in New York; that
| servant hire was not half the cost and
the service better; that there were al
ways amusements here at moderate
cost, and cab gat call to take him and
family home at all hours of the night
flor two francs; while in New York
such luxury would cost S.. Then
Ithere was little or noneS of the
troubles of housekeeping in Paris, as a
family can be fed cheaper than it can
feed itself, il satisfied with French liv-
ing, But, he remarked, an, American
can never feel contented or comfortable
in Paris until he goes to housekeeping
and then orders his food, and prescribes
'tthesmode of cooking it. K AsFrenchman
loves the table d'hote, but it is an abom.
ination to an American. As soon as
they get under their own roofs they all
fall back to the American mode of liv,
ing, and ,luxuriate in griddle cakes
mullins, hot rolls, and buckwheat cakes
all of which a Partisan would regard q:
poison. They exercise the horrible
French patties, roast and stuff theil
chickens instead of broiling or irving
!, them, serve up their salad without oil
) and let those that love oil oil it thieves
their peas and beans and potatoes witt
their meat, and mix things generally
, Just as they did at home. ryPhey know
J exactly what they are eating, and M
! longer shut their eyes and swallow what
ever is given them without knowing
} very often, whether it is fish, flesh, o,
fowl. When an American gets unde-
y his own roof he is always happy, il
Paris, and,the ladies especially becom
attached to it,. In short, he maintaine,
: that an income of $4,000 per annuh
! would enable man to keep his famil
in as good position in polite society a
. could be done at cost of $4,000 il
: New York; there were certain expense
3 necessary to position there not require,
here, and that fine showing can b
| made off limited purse. n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06
Moth Preventive,

:, Al correspondent of9the phhr7sStstre
Gazette recommends the following rem
edy for exterminating moths in carpets
and furniture:I After some years Of ex.
perienee with the Troublesome pests,
says the writer, l found assure prevent
i've of moths in pitch paper, the same as
roofers use. The, moth, will live and
grow on cayenne pepper and tobacco.
While. Ineverl could see that the use OF
these articles kept stheumoth- miller out!
The plan for the, furniture dealer or
housewife is to cut the paper, in, slips
and place about the room, under and
behind sofas, chairs, etc.'; this should he
done as early as the middle of April,
and in, warm climates, earlier.ai If the
dealer wishes to make parlor suits moth
proof, he should place on the inside Of
backs of chairs and seats small strips Of
'thelpitch paper, and rest assured that
the miller will not select these places to
deposit eggs. It's the miller that is the
foundation Of all the mischief. 49,. 70
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-pArs. Hicks-L Lord, from America.
SAYS an English society journal, '.wa
taken up by the best people in London
and is said to adorn herself with chain
of diamonds reaching from shoulder t
shoulder" ,,ge..l -ai,e7 ri
"A sort of pianists' fair is being hell
Just now in London-a fair to whicl
Rubenstein has come from Russia, AM
Nine. Sophie Menter from Austria, ant
Heyman from Holland, and Wieniawsk
from Poland. 1900 81.
s III. - Considerable interest has been ex
cited in the London clubs by the reap
pearance of Col: Valentine Baker, whC
was dismissed from the English army
for taking rude liberties with young
lady, a stranger to him, in a railway
carriage. The Prince of Wales ha;
taken him up, and through his influence
he has been reinstated.
The fourth of July was celebrated
in the City of Stuttgart, Germany, by
the opening of the "American Public
Library" an institution which has been
erected and furnished by Germans on
both sides of the Atlantic for the sole
purpose of diffusing useful knowledge
concerning this country among the Ger
man people. ~, ~ Ha41a .a.a
30 4Viscountess Haberton,, strong
minded English peeress, who astonished
society a few months ago by saying in a
magazine article thai a sensible girl
needed d ohaperon as little as a sensible
boy, is at the head of q irrational dress
society," just organized in England. II
does not propose to alter the outer as
pect of woman's- dress, but to hang it
from the shoulders and loosen it at the
waist, and make. the1 other changes
whose value every woman processes and
few practice. HiiF sHind-tn) IN
1.-The Baroness Burdett-C outts Bart
lett has been giving several entertain
ments at her London house, She re-
ceived her guests the other evening at
the door of the largest drawing room,
her husband at her side. She wore a
dress of pale gray satin, trimmed with
fine old lace, the bodice cut square. She
wore also the ribbon and order sent to
her by the Sultan after the war, some
magnificent diamonds on her neck and
in her hair, and large punches of hearts,
easeY gfsgl! 4lgEt TofE
AT a bazaar or'f fair held recently at
Bagshot in England, the Princess Louise
and the Duchess of Teck, with Prince
Leopold, sold busily at their stall.
Princess Christian presided over the fruit
and flower stall. The Duchess of Con
naught did "a brisk trade in terra Gotta
busts of the Earlof Beaeons6eld, among
other things, while the Duke of Con-
naught assisted the ladieswho dispensed
American drinks. The costumes worn
by the most distinguished persons pres
ent We're models of. simplicity. The
Duchess of Connaught's gown, with tiny
sprigs all over the surface, relieved with
mauve silk and worn with white hat,
was as farfrom being pretentious as the
Princess Louise's costume of white Hol-
land, embroidered with crewels, Princess
Christian wore dark blue, with white
muslin apron and white bonnet. e II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06
The Plague Of Rats in India.

The recently-issued Bombay IA.
ministrative Report" few copies Of
which have reached this country, gives
some curious details respecting the ex-
traordinary plague of rats which de-
vastated eight collectorates of the Bonn
bay Presidency in the latter part Of 1879
The particular kind of rats whichproved
most obnoxious were the Indian ierboa
the Indian mole-rat, or kok, aud the
mettade. The first-nained is fawn-col-
ored above and white below, and. in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06
The English Railway Clearing House.

Situated near Euston Scr.ro in Tow
don Is vast estahIishment consarni,r
which there has hitherto been n1neh 10,
,,or -,,vc vv1riin u, r1ngiand ltseif. IL is
the hahway clearing 'douse, ana It's
purpose Is the settlementot the lnnum-
sraole anu complicated cross accounts
between inc railroads, Several hun
urea clerks are engaged In TINS work,
wnlcn manltestly Is very laborlous one,
S2uS tne routine OF the establishment has
never been explained until lately. Mr..
hugn Carhsie, an Engllshman resident
al riga, mas however, been able to PEN
sTrale the mysteries OF the Clearing
rouse, ana mas "a gwen an account OF Its
opera'io4 n III pampnlet printed IN Ger
man. hisf9oleet is 70 urge the adop-
.s, o;, u a siililiar system LOT inc RUSSIAN
1S1iIoaus. ,
~ seems Ihat, Ine halfway clearing
house was eStaohsheo as long ago as
lo42' when railroads were in their in
fancy, and began with four clerks, who
TOOK charge OF the accounts of two COM
panies, that from London to Darlington,
and chat from Manchester to Hull. In
lo16the total number of officials was
1900, and it had become a great CEN
trad organization for all the railroads of
the kingdom, of which there are. now
about hundred. 1t is presided over by
cpmmittee, selected from the directors
of the various companies, which meets
four times Ia year; and, besides, more or
less frequent meetings are held of gen.
eral managers, of goods managers, or
freight agents, as we should call them.
and of various other subordinate rail.
roadpfficials.R The Clearing House deals
not only with the accounts of the COM
panies, but also with all Questions which
may arise between them: and therefore
every branch of the ilroad-business i
represented in 81. HT"T
There are IdepArtments for Goods
araffic or freiobt' for MESSENGER TO t,;c
for runnins, Of passenger and, fra;obt
cars. fbr lost articles and Tor y, o. snr;n !,
and 'recordino distances Tho 'tota7
sums brouaht into acconnt in 1s7s , SUsms
about S82. 50O.OOO. and the cash baIancas
actually handed over were S1O. O0O, GOD
The settlement forms made ont in the
freight department contained ahont
five and,a half millionitems. and in the
passenger department three and a hal
million. The number of passenger anf
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06
Guiding the tail, is often fifteen inches

Guiding the tail, is often fifteen inches
long. It burrows underground, is very
prolific, but does not customarily hoard
food; while the ,kok, on the other hand,
accumulates large quantities of grain.
The mettade isl really. a species of
mousei but it, is q very large mouse.
sometimes nine or ten inches long. IT
is said to live exclusively in cultivated
fields, within the deep assures found IN
the black soil during the hot months.
Ihis rat climbs the stalksaof the. crops
and 'gnays off the heads generally few
day, before they ripen. Great numbers
OF the rats inhabiting the black soil are
SAID to be killed every year by the tirsf
heavy rain of the monsoon. 10 The black
soil sWells when the drenohing rain falls
on 1t, and the broad, deep cracks found
in the hot season, closing, suffocate the
rats catght within them. = 1t was IN No
vember, 1878, in the district of Shola.
pore, that the rats first began to attract
notlce; but il, was not till June and JULY
OF the following year that they became
an actual plague. Grain was Scratched
up and eaten as soon as sown.l cotton.
plants were destroyed, and tie eultivat.
and scarcity Of nrevions y,oarS 49,
driven to a State GttIe short ~ des,%ara|I
ton. In July, 1879, the Government
adopted energetic measures for the de.
struetion OF the vermin. A reward OF
one rupee was offered forever hundred
Killed, and district officers were reused
to do their utmost howard eTfermina az.
ing the animals. - n was reniired
that the rats killed shonld ho
produced at the Government tpeasn.
lies, where the tails were cnt Of and
the bodies returned to the claimants
who usually carried them bome.for food
As long as the plague was at its beiobt
this system OF rewards remained in
force. In all over sixteen MILTON rats
Were killed; and bv March. 1850 tbey
Were reduced to tolerable nr,mhars, A.
regards the origin of the nlacue no al.
together satisfactory explanation has
been afforded. From the fact Of their
appearing in greatest numbers in tba
famine.stiicken districts. f. has haan
coniectured that the laroe, a,nnnnt az
land lying untitled owing to the death or
absence of the occupants. served as fav-
orable and unmolested breeding-grounds
for the vermin; that, by the absence of
heavy rain, the suffoeation of numbers
by the monsoon rains did nottake place;
and that the exhaustion of the usual un-
foreground stores of grain which no
doubt ordinarily feed much vermin.
drove unusual numbers to the surface.
The plague, however it arose, was
fostered by the religious prejudices and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06

Vanity Puffs.A Beat the whites Of
six eggs to a stiff froth, sift in pound
of powdered sugar, and flavor with lem,
ons,, Drop by small spoonfpls upon
buttered paper and dry in o cool oven,
two hours.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06

q Why is the money, you are in the
habit of giving to the poor like new,
ly-born babeP Because it is precious
little z uUlt- 3}lu gNl itH'"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06

- Many hands make light work az -
candy-pull,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06

Z Three, thousand species of grass ave
known to botapiSts.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
Eviction Riot. i'm ireland.

A Dublin dispatch says: "Reports have
reached Limerick that three policemen had been
killed during the eviction riot in County Glare.
Rioting In Clonmel has been resumed. The
police and soldiers charged the mob and many
people were wounded. The troops finally
cleared the streets. During the service of evic-
ton writs on the islands around the coast Of
Donegal, the assistance of Her Majesty's gun
boat Goshawk was taken, and the inhabitants
attacked and destroyed the Goshawk's small
boats, when the Goshawk opened fire, with
what result is not known. The Inspector of
Police has visited various posting houses in
Kilkenny, and warned car owners and drivers if
they refused to supply cars to the police and
the military IN the future, the owners would be
fined e20s sech, and the drivers imprisoned.
The President of the Ballina County Mayo)
branch Of the Land League, has been arrested
and taken to Kilmainham Jail. 1t Is rumored
that six persons have been shot dead at
Tulla, near Ennis Glare, by the police dur
ing the riot. A sanguinary collision is also said
to have occurred in the town of Scarif, same
county. Castle partisans say the people are in
famed to such pitch, and are SO demoralized
by the agitation, that they are ripe for any
mischief. They are also flushed with partial
5uOSoes ofeA pobu Iho cifA anu HlAiIaIy power,
and becoming daily more daring. The soldiers
and police are incensed, not merely against
the populace, but against the authorities who
will not permit them to defend themselves
There is some risk of this indignant feeling as
Stunning form dangerous to discipline, and II
may lead to an irrepressible outbreak of fury
against the populace or acts Of retaliation
against the inhabitants of the garrisoned dis
tricts. The War Office has ordered the bar
racks at Now Bess, now occupied by troop Of
Hussars, to be fitted with portfolios for mus
kafr
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
A Renaissance.

Still another incident in connection
with the great review occurred during
the march through the city of the Poto-
mac. Custer, the cavalry leader, was
riding at the head of his men down the
avenue, the recipient of cheers which
seemed to never end. "Custer !" "Cus-
terl'' Hurrah for Custer r was shouted
from a thousand throats. The young
commander took off his cap to make his
acknowledgements, when some fair ad-
mirer threw from window heavy
wreath of flowers. This he caught upon
his arm. The motion frightened his
fiery horse. The animal reared high In
the air. The Generals cap fell from his
hands. His saber was dashed to the
ground, and the horse rushed off at u
mad gallop.
"My Godl He will be killed." was
exclaimed by a dozen spectators in a
breath.
They did not know Custer. Still
clutchirg the wreath, he never forgot to
guide his mad steed. He was unable to
check its career, but he firmly kept his
seat, and, after the animal had exhaust
ed itself by mad race of nearly mile,
the rider brought it under control and
rode quietly back to his command, amid
the renewed applause of those who wit
messed his wonderful horsemanship.-
Washinqto7a letter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
A Depraved Mouse.

M. B. Bartlett has curiosity at his
store, in the shape of whisky y-tippling
mouse, that comes up as regularly for his
liquor as the most veritable old toddy
Upper in town. 1t. appears that his
mouseship had acquired taste for the
ardent by tapping up the stray drops
that fell from the faucets of the long row
of barrels in the store, and like real
human had been led into the whirlpool
of an overweaning indulgence by the
practice of occasional "nipping." When
under the influence the little, long tailed
topper cuts up the most curious antics.
He rolls around on the floor in perfect
spirit of drunken recklessness, stands on
his head, and plays regular ''high jinks"
among the barrels and bottles. AS with
mankind, whisky seems to make him
sociable, and when on one of his jam
borees' he cuts around the store and
Office without the least apparent fear,
and is as familiar and friendly with the
boys as can be, even running up their
legs and allowing them to handle him.
Eureka (NeU.) Leader.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
The Beginnings of Milwaukee.

For several years juneau was the sole
white inhabitant of that region, only oc-
casionally visited by wandering trader,
trapper or missionary. The nearest post
to him was miserable settlement
called Eschikagon, at the mouth of
Skunk river, some ninety miles across
dense forests to the south" ALI sup
plies came by water from Mackinac, the
headquarters of the American Fur Com
pany, and the settlers lived far more
isolated and truly frontier life than it Is
possible to do now anywhere In the
United States except in Alaska.
Juneau was sharp, and, In 1881, Sc
cured from the Indians cession of all
the region, claiming for himself large
tract on the east side of the river. Then
he began to advertise the advantages of
settlement there, and, one by one, got
neighbors.
Among the earliest were two gentle
men whose names are household words
| in the city-Byron Kilbourn and George
H. Walker. They had enterprise and
| knowledge and money. Kilbourn took
up tract on the west side, and Walker
south of the Menomonee, and for many
years after these quarters OF the city
| were known respectively as Klbourn-
town and "Walker's Point" In 1884,
Milwaukee county was set apart, from
Brown county, which has since been
similarly subdivided a score Of times, un-
til its former ducal proportions are re-
duced to mere hand breadth at Green
bay. This act showed the enterprise of
th. pioneers, for there we're then not
white men enough in TIE region to fn
the offices provided for by the county
organization. More kept coming, how
ever, from Detroit and Buffalo and New
England, and the wheezy steamboats, Of
that early day in lake navigation began
to make the struggling village a stop
ping-place.
Juneau's log warehouse was the head.
quarters for gossip. "Here were wont
to congregate," says the chronicle.
Wheeler, "pioneers and sailors to heal
long-expected tidings which had foun
dered through mud and forests and ovel
prairies for weeks before they reached
the settlement ON the same spot the
merchants and multitude generally nov
read from a bulletin the news Of tht
world, which comes fresh and quiverinG
over the wires from every point OF thu
compass once day."
Such was the irregular, muddy, pro
sale beginning Of this great and attrac
tive lake port-Harper's Magazine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
Antidote for Snake Bites.

Under the common name of "Guaco"
many plants are known, belonging to
different natural families, which have
reputation for curing snake bites. In
recent number of the Pharmaceutical
Journal particular attention is drawn to
one of these guaco-yielding plants, the
Mikania guaco, composite plant of
South America. The paper referred to
is the substance of letter received at
the Royal Garden, Kew, from a CORE
spondent at La Salada, New Granada, in
which the writer gives his personal testi-
mony as to the value of the remedy, and
says that it forms the basis of all the
preparations of the snake bite doctors of
the district Notwithstanding that there
are several species of snakes in the coun-
try whose bite is considered mortal,
some killing in very few hours, it is
asserted by the writer of the letter, who
has resided in snake-infested regions for
many years, that, properly and promptly
administered, the guaco is a sure cure
for the bite of the most venomous. An
infusion or tincture of the leaves is used,
internally, and hot poultices of the
bruised leaves and stem are applied ex-
terpally,-Nature.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
In. the Matter Of stockings.

The United States Supreme Court has
rendered decision of considerable i'm
portance involving the customs duties
on wooden stockings. The practice OF
weighing stockings and charging for them
by the pound, as they do sausage, has
long been repulsive to the refined sensi-
bilities of the aesthetic portion. OF the
people, and the Supreme Court has
struck popular chord in holding that
the pound charge is Illegal and that
stockings shall be admitted at the duty OF
thirty-fve per cent ad valoren1 only.
The ground of the decision is that stock
ings are in sense works of art, and that
it has been the purpose of the Legislation
on tariff to encourage art by admitting
its productions at the lowest rate of duty.
Recently the same Court decided that
plain porcelain plate is dutiable at the
rate of fifty per cent, while plate OF
the same material on which picture has
been painted shall be admitted at the
rate Of ten per cent Consistency, there
fore, demanded that the stocking, which
is work of art, should pay less rate OF
duty than mans wool hat. The Court
states that its members have OBJ
served that stockings are elaborately
embroidered in colors, ornamented with
flowers and stripes, arranged in manner
truly artistic. Where the elderly gentle
men of the Bench observed these things
is not stated, but as the windows of the
Courtroom overlook the back yard OF a
Treasury clerks boarding house it Is
presumed they got their information
from the appearance of the clothes-hne
on wash-days. However that may be,
the fact of the artistic ornamentation OF
stockings is clearly affirmed. The Court
further states that because of the pound
duty on stockings the fashion of wearing
long stockings has been threatened; that
lady correspondent in New York chron-
icles the arrival of an importation ot
stockings for ladies' wear which are not
longer than the mems wear There is no
eight-to-seven business about this deci.
sion. The justices may divide on such
minor questions as the election of Pres
ident, but they are solid in regarding
stockings as works of art entitled to what
ever encouragement a low rate of duty
can giye.-Mit,0aukee Wis., Repub
lican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
ruE LIME KILN eLEE CLUE CHORUS

Yes, we am passin' down de lane,
An haltin' Sy de way,
Jist long 'nuff to rest our limbs
An fur de chile pray;
Las Sunday preacher Gordon said:
90 De march will soon be Ger,
An all de ole folks safely cross
Upon dat shinin' shore"
CHoRUs-But old folks am jolly folks
An while we wait TO go
Let's gin de fiddle lots o. work
And rush de ole banjo.
Dar' Uncle Dan'l, he am lame,
An Peter White am bald,
- An Dinah Rock an ole Aunt Chlo'
Am waitin' to be called;
An Trustee Pullback says to me:
''De summons soon mus come
For you an me an US ole folks
To tote our baggage home.
CHORUS 2E-ta Il 49,
Oars Pickles Smith and Daddy Toots
A nearn' of dar end, -It
An Deacon Spooner an his wife
Am crutchin' round de bend;
,Ayl us old folks am hangin' on,
''4 An kinder waitin' round,
Fr To let de ehifen grow q bit -+gE ls-..
Fo' we go under ground.
CHORUs-But old folks am jolly folks,
An while we wait to go
Let's gin de fiddle lots o. work
And rush de ole banjo.