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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


Prince Bismarck says that Emile
lola and other French novelists are re-
sponsible for the running away of his
son Herbert with another mans wife,,
Stephanie, of Belgium, is
periodically having her wedding gar
ments trimmed with Brussels lace, one
piece of this lace having alone cost 700
francs. LIaY5 iu 1gsStiiJ sti hNr
traits recent ball at the Elysee Presi-
dent Grevy shocked Partisan society by
wearing no decorations and shaking
hands almost as freely as if he had been
President of the United States.
The leaders of Russian society in
Paris have decided upon observing three
months deep mourning, during which
they will see no company. The ladies
are to wear coarse black stuff dresses
with very long square trains, and long
thick wells. 80, :, ....I,
An American officer has q right to
remain covered in the presence of the
Queen, and an ancestor of Lord Forces
ter held a grant from Henry VII, still
extant, comforting the privilege of wear
ing his hat in the royal presence.
Queen Victoria's gold and silver
plate, which is kept at Windsor,is said to
be worth $15, 100000. When the Queen
entertained the late Gar shortly after
the marriage of his daughter to the
Duke of Edinburgh, gold plate to the
value of $10,000,0 900 was used. The
custodianship of the gold pantry at
Windsor is considered an Office of great
trust .H "a l...,t att. .t....,s,.l..,,.. ..
10 Prince Oscar of Sweden and the
Princess Victoria of Baden will unite by
their marriage the ruling house and
that which was deposed to make way
for it. The. Princess, who is the only
daughter of the reigning Grand Duke of
Baden, had for her paternal grandmoth-
er a daughter of Gustavus ~. of Swe-
den, whose uncle and successor, Charles
Kill, was the last King of the house of
Wasa, and was followed by that lucky
ex-lawyer, Bernadotte.
--Gambetta's last speech has been
printed on broad sheets, and posted on
the walls and pillars of Paris and of
provincial France. People remark. that
Gambetta has thus assumed sort of
sovereignty, and that M. Grevy is no.
where. 1t is thought that before the
end of the year he will accept RESPONSE
BILE Office as chief of the Cabinet and
Foreign Minister, and that next year he
will hint to M. Grevy that he is ready to
pass from the Palais Bourbon to the
Elysee Palace. France is mindful of
many centuries of monarchs, and will
not object to be governed by the strong
will of one man. IN 500" ''.'''''
The late Gar is said to have been
not so apprehensive of plots against him
during the last few weeks of his life as
he was last year; SO that he fell into the
old routine he was accustomed to follow
before the days of the duel between
Nihilism and Imperialism. His new
wife, however, had not an easy moment
when he was away from her. Although
a woman of easy temper and lymphatic,
she was prey to the gloomiest appre-
tensions whenever he went abroad, and
his return was always the occasion of a
Io,1nacfio fno+,.ra1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07
Lincoln on Horseback.

l4 Mr., Lincoln wore what was common
~ called q plug hat, and although, it
may have only been of conventional
length it appeared to me extraordinari-
'ly tall. Although it may well be doubt
ed 1t any other species of hat would have
better become him, remember think
ing at the time that the stovepipe added
greatly to. the oddness and grotesquerie
of his appearance. ai1 '9''"7iiH 4'no
Ta The troops were to be reviewed ON
the day of his arrival, and remember
the, General was very much, .perplexed
as to the character of the Presidents
mount, and finally consulted him as to
the kind of charger he would prefer. I
remember his answer as plainly as if it
were only yesterday. .s--;ut aI me-,
!, General, - said he, ..any kind of a
quiet beast will do, l don't think I was
cut out for a cavalryman, and I'm
afraid high-spirited war steed might
prove little too much for me-" I'll 0i
In, the Generals stud was little sor-
rel mare called Bonnie, the soul of gem
tlehess and good temper, and he at once
proposed her for Mr.. Lihe0ln's use.
-t'All right said the President; s'I
guess the mare will suit me to T; be-
side, among horses, that sex is much
the easiest to manage. This remark,
however, he added, with sly twinkle
in his eye, ''does not hold good of hui
manity."l a1a hrh .l4uW lo l.e,
When Mr.. Lincoln was mounted on
Bonnie his appearance was more pecu-
liar than ever. The little mare was not
more than fourteen hands high, and so
great was the length of the Presidents
legs that once fairly settled in his saddle
his feet nearly touched the ground. As
he ruefully remarked, glancing at his
extremities, "If was only two inches
longer, | think I'd get off and waikiki
Mounted by his side on q splendid
stallion, prancing and rearing, and sur
rounded by a brilliant staff, Gen. Sum-
ner looked like veritable cavalier of
old, while the Chief Magistrate of the
Republic, by comparison, had the APP
pearance of some quiet country parson
who in ambling to morning service had
fallen among military men by mistake.
Boston Times. ...al.,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07
"A Volcanic Outburst,

Given a large volume of heated vapors
and liquid rock that has burst its wav
upward through the subjacent strata, in
what way will it manifest its presence,
and what traces will it leave behind?
This Yapor does not seem to exist separ-
ately from the molten rock or lava at
any great depth, but as it approaches the
Surface the enormous pressure is re-
duced, the water and other gaseous
matters expand, separate themselves into
little bubbles scattered through the
highly heated liquid magma. These
will collect, to a certain extent, and
from their ightness will float to the sur
face of the lava and there burst. The
vapor may have commenced to forma
great depths, and in its upward joRrney
may have become exceedingly bulky, 50
when it reaches the surface it would eS.
cape with a loud explosion. If we
watch lava in the crater of volcano in
a quiescent state, such as Vesuvius, we
see these great bubbles, so to speak, CON
tinually forming and bursting. As they
burst, the surface of the vesicle is blown
up as soft, pasty fragments, to the
height of many feet. These masses ap-
pear black by day, butred-hot by night;
they may cool or not, before falling; if
the latter, when they strike the ground
they adapt themselves to the irregulari-
ties of the surface, and form, as it
were, cast thereof. This condition is
much exaggerated at the first outbreak
of an eruption; the vast column of frag-
ments often reaches an altitude of two
and three thousand feet. There the
pieces ascending meet those descend
ing, and continual grinding is going
on between them; the fine dust is taken
by the wind and transported often many
miles, forming the so-called clouds Of
volcanic ash. The larger fragments Tor
lapittt, as they are sometimes nameD
may again fail back into the opening or
around its edge thus building up an
annular bank. This is really the foun-
dation OF. the cone.- Popular Science
MOnthIU. 'A tt'Nti w. silsOt't+ Htif.f
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07
Rugged to Death by Her Lover.

The other night the family Of John j.
Rail, living near Keokuk, Iowa, was
thrown into intense excitement and de.
spair by the sudden death of an only
daughter, Miss Minnie Rail, 16 years Of
age. The young lady was in the parlor
at the time in company with Charles
Gray, her aifianced. 1t seems from the
statement of Mr.. Gray, which was given
with broken sobs and tears, that the two
were seated on lounge and he was urg-
ing her to name an early day for their
wedding. The girl was coy and bash.
full and hesitated about it. But the lover
was importunate and sought every way
to induce a compliance with his wishes.
At last she consented, saying: 81 will
marry you in April. =" In the excitement
and JOY of the moment Mr.. GRAY threw
his arms around her waist and drew her
to him with aquiek, passionate embrace.
He was not conscious of exerting unusual
strength and does not believe that he
did, But the girl gave a short, sharp
scream, and exclaiming sOhi Charley.
I'm gone!'' fell dead in his arms, her
head resting on his shoulder. His fran
tic cries alarmed the family, who came
rushing into the room to find the pitiful
sight of the dead girl lying pale and in
animate in her lovers arms. A messen-
ger was dispatched post-haste for DIR.
Hale, who arrived within an hour. NBut
nothing could be done. The Young lady
was beyond all human aid. 1t is the
opinion of the physician that heart dis
ease was the immediate cause of the
tc h., \ VI
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07
, Roman Dress Described.

At the invitation of the Art Commit
tee of the Union League Club, an audi
ence composed principally of members
of the Club and of artists assembled last
evening in the Members Hall to listen
to lecture by +. D.Millet on tsRoman
Costumes,'c'l The simplicity, beauty,
and grace of the method Of wearing the
toga were admirably Illustrated byS the
draping of excellent models. Premisl
ing that the first form of the toga was a
rectangular piece Of cloth twice the hight
Of the wearer in length and in width
one-haif as much, Mr.. Millet introduced
his first model, a man clad only in a
short tunie, and threw around him a
itoga of the time of Cicero, three times
the models hight in length and slightly
semi-circular, beginning at the left
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07
English "G0Od Cheer"

H.. i
To offer refreshments is the most
sacred rite of English hospitality. This
is peculiar to every class. Call on the
rich, and they offer wine and biscuit, no
matter how short the stay. Call on the
poor, and they send out for ale or some
thing stronger; or if temperance princi-
pies prevail, they bring forth tea and
bread and butter. In England they
know how to make tea. The sloppy
decoction of tannin, out of which the
aroma of the herb has long since boiled
or simmered away, which in the Ameri-
can restaurant stands all day in burn
ished copper, is unknown in the land of
our forefathers. q, The poorest herewith
have none other than cup of tea freshly
drawn. In England starvation and
sociability do not go hand in hand.
There, an evening gathering, whether
impromptu or premeditated, never
passes without the offer of refreshments.
1t is more convenient for the English
family to do this, for they have more
servants and better servants than we.
Their division of meals also enables
them the more conveniently thus to re-,
fresh the caller. If the dinner be at 5,
tea and toast are brought in at Z, and
no inconvenience nsues from furnishing
the caller with an extra cup. The late
supper of meats, hot or cold, is set at 10
p. m. or half-past. The poorer classes
have but to send plate to the nearest
fish kitchen, and for sixpence bring
back sufficient fried sole and fried pota-
toes for half dozen. A few pence more
buys the pitcher Of ale. By IL o'clock
at night you may see the counters of
these fish kitchens lined three deep with
customers, plate in hand. Besides on
every side at this hour are, other yarie-.
ties of cooked food served hot-such as
eel pies, kidney pies, roast potatoes,
ham and corned beef, soups and hot
sausages. sg6 s8o .4ha ,IJl4oMk
I'd You learn the full meaning of the
term Good Cheer " in England. They
do not believe in talking on empty
stomachs, or in going to bed with them.
My theory is thatw might rival the
English ruddiness of compassionate we
ate as much and ate as often. With us,
however, the opinion prevails. that such
habits Of eating, and especially eating
late at night, lead directly to dyspepsia.
Z" Late'suppers' us sound as badly
as ''strong drink. "lsYet in England
millions Of stout, sturdy people eat these
late suppers during their whole lives and
die at the usual good old age And
England, it must be remembered; is a.
pretty strong country. Prentice Mul-
ford, an San francisco ,Chyo,aicIe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07
A Town Built on Diamonds.

No town in South Africa can boast
such rapid growth as Kimberley, the
seat of the Government in Griqualand
West, and the headquarters of the South
African diamond diggings. " Eleven
years ago not a hut stood where now
some 10000 people, with a trade Of over
$4,000, 900 year, form one of the most
thriving communities on, the African
continent. 1t is now discovered that the
town is builtupon land that promises to
be as productive of diamonds as the
neighboring ttdiggings'" which have
been the, source of, its wealth and the
very origin Of its existence. Kimberley
IS identicalwith the " New Rush ahda'
mond settlement ofI187o; and the thou
sands who focked to heilocalityI to Sc.
cure a 'claimp0 in the valuable reefs,
which have been worked further and
further to, the east of the future town,
where in such a hurry to seek their for.
tune in the diggings that they forgot to
inquire whetherthe sod on which they
pitched their, tents or. erected their log
huts, was not equally diamondiferouS
AS the wooden shanties have given place
to more substantial buildings, ithas been
found that Kimberley oitself has been
built on 3 diamond field, and that the
west end or residential part of the town
is as full of gems as the. actual diggingS
themselves at the eastern or working
end of the town. New claims are being
taken up in all directions, and land
'whichlwas beginning'to acquire consid'
cradle value as building sites has sud
denly assumed Importance as possibly
containing some new "'dStar Of South
African 6u How many houses will be
pulled down in the, search for the dia-
monds upon which they are built II
would be difficult to say. But it will be
interesting to watch the future progress
of atown which owes its existence and
its subsequentpartial destruction andre
moyalto the same cause.-the abundance
of the, diamonds in the midst Of which II
appears to have grown. s.' '
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07
Mumbo Jumbo.

In no part of our globe are there so
! many curious customs, unknown or not
understood by civilized and enlightened
people, as in Africa. There, for in
stance, is great river which comes
down to regions inhabited for thousands
Of years by tie ancient Egyptians, who
built the most wonderful temples and
pyramids, and carved in stone great
statues, which have been the. admiration
of ages, and yet it is only within a few
years that the source of this celebrated
river, Nile. has been known to Ameri-
cans and Europeans. Great lakes, which
were not known to exist, have lately
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07
A Brother Reprimanded.

The President of the Detroit Lime
kiln Club looked up and down the aisles,
got his eye on the man he wanted, and
said :anun UMp sIA noiihuiupa
sBrudder Litchfeld Jones, will you
please walk up heahp'' ...,.,l.,- -
Mr.. Jones came forward at an acute
angle, made several efforts to bow, and
was asked. .Hi7di ri4di 18i lHiil5y o..
son the 10th of March you war took
en- sick?'' b,,s .,9i.,+,,y .,i,,. a-,
"Yod considered yourself dangerously
sick?'i boo iHaIG gl.I aigpe 0-lU3
-Jis1. did, sab. "ouA 91n INV 31H !.
|dosYes, ! 'spect so, for your wife APP
Piled to de club fur relief, an instruct
ed de Treasurer to pass ober three doll
lars far dat week. Ineed not tell vol
dat we allfeel sorry fur you, am dat we
wore long faces at de ideah, of losinl you
from dis lodge. You war; token i'll on
de 10Th, was considered dangerous on
de Doth, am on de 21st your wife was
gibeh 3d. Am k'rectP''yd9mm0o ~
At'Yes, sah.Y OJg, maa tG yifoi ia
swell, den, on de 22d you borrowed
a shotgun an went out to hunt rabbits.
l doan know now much game you
bagged, but L kinder reckon dat speedy
recovery of yours was mos wonderful
thing. p..gru sg.d ,yRd v.dt s..r.,,5 .o
Eyes, sah.T7de sickness went right off
in de night" '''''" ~. ''''f NV ~
i'Brudder Jones'" cohtinhed the
President, after long look at him,
''you played dirt ON dis club. Its no
use to deny it, kase we have all de evil
dence. Las var you jumped into de
ribber and saved the life Of Pickles
Smith. OATS de reas0n3I doah' bounce
You now. You mus return, dat money
an apologize fur your meanness, an if
l eber cotch you slippin' agin, you'll git
out of Paradise Hall SO fast dat shoe.
leather can't obertake youlP' " 81
Brother Jones made a very full apol-
ogy,, restored the three dollars, and the
club adjourned amidst songs Of peace
and expressions of harmony.
.fttF aTNNts u fr HllA fisf N.7s
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07
Talvf, Teresa-A. L. YonIuknh.

Taiv1, Teresa A. Il. Won Jakob. s-'--'----'---
Timothy Titcomb, Josiah Gilbert Holland.
Trusta (anagram), Elizabeth Stuart
" Uncle Will,' Prof. William Wells.
Zadkiel, Lieut.. Richard j. Morrison. H1a
hu9li- 9ir llio---D e71aoTest'S lUonfhZ,,t
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aaf
GENERAL.



Mr.. Sassoon, anlIndian millionaire,
has put his stables on the top of his
house in Belgrave Square, London. The
horses are carried up by an elevator.
Lady Campbell, who is visiting in
Washington, is thought to be more like
an American in dress, style, and man
ners than any other noble Englishwoman
who has visited US. p .liilO I'd
Senator Sherman was recently re-
minded that he had been for six or eight
hours out of office, on March 3, for the
first time in twenty-six years. He re-
signed as Secretary of the Treasury in
the afternoon of that day, and the term
of Senator Thurman, whom he succeed
ed in the Senate, did not expire until
midnight. ~ a'e 'h
March IS was the centenary of the
discovery of the planet Uranus by Her
schel,a at Bath, while engaged in the tel
escopic comparison of a large number
of stars. The name given by Herschel
to his new planetswas Georgium Sidus,
in honor of the reigning King, George
III. But this name gave no satisfaction
TO astronomers, and, after a variety of
suggestions, that of Uranus, at the pro-
posal of Bode, was adopted. Z 'g
Vi "A man built a house worth $4,000
at Andover, Mass, without spending a
ld0llar.----He bought all the material on
six-months' credit, and at the end of
that time refused to pay. All the stuff
was fast in the house, which he sold to
his wife. The labor was obtained on the
same plan, and even the widow who
boarded the workmen was swindled.
The man lives placidly in his fine resi-
dence, but is not greatly loved by his
neighbors. 81
h. MIR. Valentine Roth, of Washington,
sued the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Company for $4,000 damages for the
loss of the services, etc., of his daugh-
Ter, Francis Roth, eight years of age,
who was killed by an engine of the COM
pany while playing upon the track. She
was deaf, and did not hear the train
coming. The Court (Judge MacAr-
tbur) ruled that there was contributing
negligence on the part of the parents,
and the jury awarded verdict for the
defendant. ..-...------......--..
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
Household N

Keep tea in a close chest or canister.
Keep coffee by itself, as its odor affects
other articles.
Bread and cake should be kept in a
tin box or stone jar.
Canberries will keep all winter in o
frkin of water in a cellar.
Oil-cloth is ruined by the application
OF I've soap, as the I've eats the cloth.
Cranberries, with their malic and
citric acids, are good food for those
living in malarious places.
To select nutmegs, pick them with a
pin. If they are good, the oil will in
stantly spread around the puncture.
When you drive q nail into a wall,
clothes press or closet, to hang things on,
drive it through a spool up to the head.
A broom should never be permitted
to stand on its brush, as it makes it one
sided and ill-shapen. Hang it up by q
loop in the handle.
Turn up the big toe as hard as you
can for q cramp in the leg, and rub the
skin, where the cramp is, briskly. This
toe remedy is the best possible for q
cramp.
To clean brass kettles, after washing
clean, take a teacup of vinegar and o
tablespoonful of fine salt wash every
spot on the inside of the kettle with it;
then rinse of in pure water.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
Rocking Stones.
AND unhewn sphere OF living adamant,
Which, poised by magic, rests its central

ana unhewn sphere oil living adamant,
Which, poised by magic, rests its central
weight
On yonder pointed rock; nrm as it seems,
Such is it's strange and v%irtuous property,
1t moves obsequious TO the g%entlest touch
ofhim whoae heart is pure; but to a traitor
though o'e1 Il giants proves nervedh bis arm,
1t stands as fixed as Snowdon.
These beliefs, like many others con.
nected with so.called cromlechs and
other remains, are, however, exploded,
and it is now very generally agreed that
rocking-stones are not works of art, but
the result of natural causes.
There "a be no doubt that in most
cases the "rocking" property of these
masses o fstone is entirely due to wealth
Cring; disintegration having been eff.
fected through countless ayes by the
action of wind and rain, and sometimes
by sand blown by the wind upon the
masses of jutting rock of which they are
composed. In some instances, too, there
is little doubt the superintendent mass
has fallen or rolled from the rocks and
heights above, and become accid antally
poised on its present led; and in Others
again they may have been deposited in
their position by glaciers or icebergs.
IN all cases, however. we shall be safe
in attributing, in one way or other, thei1
formation to natural agency. At one Of
the meetings of the British association,
this theory was clearly demonstra ed by
MIR. Grove, who stated that by artificial
attrition he had himself made several
miniature rocking-stones; land thus he
showed how by the action of the atmos.
phere on their corners, many large
masses Of rock, which have a tendency
to disintegrate into cubical or tabular
blocks might gradually become rounded
into the rude spheroidal shape generally
presented by the logan" Chambers
journal.