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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02
BLAINs'S BURIAL PLACE.
Tho spot Suggestive of Isolation and Desc
lation, as Well as Extreme simplicity.

Tho spot Suggestive of Isolation and Desc
lation, as Well as Extreme Simplicity.
A correspondent who visited the
grave of James &. Blaine writes:
The heaps of brown clay on each
side were partly hidden with flowers,
and piled high alongside the two
mounds which marked the graves of
Walker Blaine md Alice Blaine Cop
pinger were the most exquisite flowers.
That of Walker Blaine was buried in a
profusion of great white Gala lilies and
the modest lily of the valley, which is
just coming to bloom in this latitude
The spot was suggestive of isolation
and desolation, as well as of extreme
simplicity. There was no sweep of
ground to mark the Blaine lot. On the
contrary, it was scarcely fifteen feet
square, and hcdged in on all sides BY
unpretentious gravestones.
There is one noticeable and natural
monument which rears itself immedi-
ately at the head of the open grave. and
which seems to have come there by
some prophetic accident 1t is a huge
elm that had lived perhaps sixty years
and then been shivered by lightning
forty feet above the base. 1t was so
near the grave that the diggers had to
hew away the tendril roots
The view from the graveside is one
of wildncss and beauty. 1t is the one
spot in Washington where the dead
level is broken into a succession of ra-
vines and natural terraces which reach,
at some points, the grandeur of canon
scenery. Lovers lane, which sweeps
around the cemetery, has spot from
which one may look down an abyss of
sheer three hundred feet From the
grave one sees the apex of the Washing
ton monument, and on a clear day the
great dome of the Capitol is prominent
ly outlined against the sky. An inter-
vening ridge cuts off the view of the
white house, but the tall chimnevs of
the state department are Just discern
IDLE. Thus the visitor to Blaine's tomb
will take in at a glance not only his
last resting place but all the various
scenes of his busy life Only the white
house is lacking. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02

Industrious IN circulating encouraging
reports Of the country. He declares that
the triangular duel between Moham-
medans and so-calied Protestants and
Catholics is forever ended and that the
three parties have been comfortably es-
tablished in three separate districts OF
the kingdom.
Capt Lugard comes of fighting fam.
ily His grandfathers served in the British
army. and all of his uncles are in the
queens service. One of them is Sir Ed
ward Lugard, colonel of the East Surry
regiment, and the captains father still
draws a pension as military chaplain.
He served through the Afghan cam
pairn with the Indian contingent, and
was on the staff in Burmah. While on
half pay in 1855 he commanded an ex-
petition to Nyassaland, and did very
good work against the Arab slave
traders. In 1889 he explored the Sabal<i
route for the East Africa company, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02

bishops comments mean that only be
cause OF the intervention of the East
Africa company docs Christianity now
need the help % the sword to spread
the gospel.
In the parliamentary struggle about
the | ganda problem the tories will no
doubt take the side of the church
against the state, if for no other reason
than the purpose of undermining Mr.
Gladstone remarkable influence among
the religious elements of England.
The radicals. headed by Mr.. Labouchere,
have always opposed the East Africa
monopoly and Will insist upon evacu-
alton. even though their action should
embarrass the liberal ministry.
The bitter and Sanguinarv conflict
between the Catholic and Protestant
converts in Uganda has, according to
admissions made by both Sides done a
great deal to injure the Christian cause
in the most populous and prosperous
province of the African continent.
The English contingent. under COM
mand of Capt. F. J. ID. Lugard, adopted
the natives by force. There is, in fact
considerable resemblance between Cor
tez and Lugard, although the latter
does not possess the marvellous Ckplo-
matte and strategic resources of the
former. To promote the interests Of the
East Africa company, Capt. Lugard al
lied himself to the 1900 Protestant ma
tives, who fought their q, 900 Catholic
fellow countrymen with a zeal born of
ignorance and superstition. The Prot
estants did valiant battle under the
British flag. The Catholics used the
red cross on a white foundation tor
their emblem.
The internccinc war was concluded
by the British soldiery. The Catholics
were banished to an island in the Vic
toria Nyanza, called Sesse, and finally
departed to a province known as Bud
du. Mwanga, the king of the natives.
after having been a Protestant. a
heather, a Catholic and, some saw. a
Mohammcdan, has once more Joined
the Church of England, and has, after
many trials, been restored to the sha!1y
throne of the land of his fathers.
While these disturbances were going
on the Arabs of Tippo lib invaded the
country and captured as many of the
struggling Ugandans as they could.
Mohammedan missionaries, who spread
their gospel in much the same way as
did the British soldiers, added to the
terrors of the hour. Civilization" in a
few years destroyed the peace OF pop
ulous nation and made the natives al
jet slaves.
1t Is surprising that in view of the fact
that order Is being restored in meas
ure by the British troops, the govern
ment in London should think of evacr-
ating the territory Won at such a ire
nendouS cost Capt Lugard inmc-
iately, repaired - England when he
heard of the PROPOSE ton he has been
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02


in 1890 he organized and carried through
the Uganda expedition. This" SAYS
SO conservative an authority as London
! Black and White, lis a fine fighters and
6organizer's record, and shows of what
good stuff Capt. Lugard is made
The opponents OF the captain will
have hard work to convince those who
have come under his influence that
Uganda is not worth keeping. If Eng
land intends to maintain its ascendency
in African affairs it must secure con-
trol of the road to the Albert-Nyanza
and the other great lakes OF the dark
continent And, logically, in order to
do this it cannot do without the terri
tory of King Mwanga.
Capt. Lugards pleas are ably sec
ondcd by Mika Sematimba, n native
of Uganda, who is now visiting the
English capital. Mika is Protestant,
one of the rising young men of the
country and a stanch friend of Eng
land He predicts all sorts of disaster
in case parliament should conclude to
leave his people to the mercy of the
Mohammedan frccbooters.
The capital and metropolis of Uganda.
in which all readers of this paper must
be more or less interested, is called
Usavara. Henry NJ. Stanley, during
one of his hazardous journeys through
Africa, visited the city and the ''capi-
tai" of which he gives the following
graphic description:
within three hours march from
Usavara we saw the capital crowning
the summit of a smooth, rounded bill
a large cluster of tall, conical GRASS
hutS, in the center of which rose a spa
cious, lofty, barn-like structure The
large building, we were told. was the
palace; the hill, Rubaga; the cluster of
huts the imperial capital! From each
side of the tail cane fence inclosing the
grass huts on Rubaga hill radiated ver--
broad avenues, imperial enough il
width. Arriving at the base of the hin,
and crossing by corduroy road over
broad, Shiny ooze, we came up to one
of these avenues, the ground of which
was reddish clay strongly mixed with
the dctrituS of hematitc. 1t gave a
clear breadth of 100 feet of prepared
ground, and led by gradual ascent to
the circular road which made the cir
emit OF the hill outside the palace in
closure. Once on the dome-Eke height,
we saw that we had arrived by the
back avenue, for the best view of this
capital of magnificent distances was
that which was obtained by looking
from the burzah of the palace and car
rying the eye over the broad front high.
way, on each side of which, as far as
could be defined from the shadows Of
the burzah, the Wakingu (chiefs Of
Cganda) had their respective courts and
houses, uncovered in gardens of ba-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02

A girl in Turis, after she is betrotheG.
IS cooped mp in a small room, with
shackle> of gold and silver upon her
ankles and wrists If she is to be mar
ried to man who has discharged, dis
patched or lost former wife, the
shackleS which the former bride wore
are pat upon the new brides limbs and
she is fed till they are filled up 10 the
proper thickness. The food used for
this custom, worthy of barbarians, is a
seed called drough, which is Of an ex-
traordinary fattening quality. With
this seed and their national dish, Gus
cusSo. the bride is forcibly fed. and
many @ctually die under the spoon -
Eastern Age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02
THE UGANDA QUESTION.
1t Mey Lead to the Downfall OF
the GladstOnians.
Labouchere and His Colleagues Demand
the Evacuation of the Province-His-
tory of tho East Africa Company
Sectarian Wars in Africa.


The Uganda question which is at
present agitating the people and poll
ticians of Great Britain is of particular
Importance, as it may cut short the pre-
carious existence of the Gladstone min
istry. The problem to be solved by the
ministry and parliament is whether
the country shall be evacuated or re-
tanned
Before entering into discussion of the
political troubles, it may be well to
give short history of Uganda. Some
years ago the British East Africa COM
pany, a private corporation, secured
from the sultan of Zanzibar, in various
cessions, about a million square miles
of territory for a term of fifty years,
and for an annual payment of $50, 900.
The company'S capital was $1,000, 900,
Of which 81, 100000 was offered to the
public. The customs revenue in 1855 was
e36, 000 in 1889 it had increased to G56-
900. The company undertook extern
sive improvements in Mombasa, the
chief town of the British district and
in this, the construction of telegraph
lines, the maintenance of an armed
force, and similar expenditures, the
capital has vanished and the receipts
have not come satisfactorily to hand.
The evacuation of the country was sug.
Cested by Mr.. Gladstone. when the
East Africa company applied for gov
eminent assistance short time ago.
His views at once aroused the OPPOSE
ton of the religious societies of Lon
don. whose officials claim that evacua-
ton would leave the missionaries, as
we'll as their native converts, at the
mercy of the savages and the still more
dreaded Arab slave hunters controlled
by I1amed Ben Muhammed, known to
the world as Tippo lib.
A statement made by Bishop Smyth-
les, of the Universities Mission to Afri-
ca, sheds a most peculiar light upon the
whole transaction. The dignitary de-
clarcs that his missionaries were happi-
ly settled in Uganda before the advent
of the East Africa company and the ex-
tension of the British protectorate over
the country, but that the intrusion of
these had changed the condition of
things. Strifcs have been raised and
difficulties created that did not exist
before, so that where once the mission
airy was comparatively safe nothing
can now insure safety but a British
army. Summed up in a few words, the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02

A certain learned judge, when at
tempting to be clear, is at times rather
perplexing. My good woman" he is
reported to have said to a witness you
must give an answer, in the fewest pos
sible words of which you are capable,
to the plain and simple question
whether, when you were crossing the
street with the baby on your arm, and
the omnibus was coming down on the
right side and the cab on the left side,
and the brougham was trying to pass
the omnibus, you saw the plaintiff be-
tween the brougham and the cab or
between the omnibus and the cab, or
whether and when you saw him at all.
and whether or not near the brougham,
cab, or omnibus. or either. or any two
and which of them respectively-or how
it was?'-Chicago Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02

mana and fig. Like the Enclosure roun1
the palace courts and quarters, each
avenue was fenced with tall 'matete'
(water cane neatly set very close to-
gether in uniform rows, The by-strects
leading from one avenue to another
were narrow and crooked"
Friends of true civilization hope that
Uganda may be saved from the utter
destruction which would follow a sud-
den evacuation of the kingdom. al
though the natives have but little
cause to be grateful to the English IN
vaderS. G.. W. WEpPIERT.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02

Special laws for bakers have been in
existence since early times In parts
of Asia, whenever famine threatened,
It has been customary for the rulers to
proclaim fixed price called a narkh,
or mark, las it IS pronounced in India
On this account dishonest bakers were
nailed to their doorposts by their ears
in some parts of Asia, while the more
polite French have contented them
selves for six hundred years and at the
resent time with mailing their pricea
their shops National Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02
PUNGeNT PARAGRAPHS.
It is seldom that A man ever oct,

It is seldom that a man ever gets to
be wise enough to know what to dc
with a large fortune rams Horn.
-Shingiss-"Don't you think Boom
field acts the hog?" Van Braam-''He
doesn't need to t"-Brandon Banner.
-Heiress-''lf | should marry an
English lord, would you be anything,
papa?' Papa-"Yes; bankrupt. "-Bos-
ton Gazette
-Dullpatc-'I find it very hard work
to collect my thoughts" Maud-"Papa
says it's always difficult to recover
small amounts. Inter Ocean.
Enough to XIII. Music is very
often tonic" Eyes, but if you'd hear
my niece playing certain scales all day,
you'd conclude that music was all die
tonicn'
He paintjng)-"If you were !, Mss
Maude, I wonder how you'd treat this
subjects" She (posing)-"Oysters."-
Kate Fields Washington
He may BE- a foreigner" said
Maud, but he can't be very distin-
guished.n why not?" Il could pro-
nounee his name the first time I tried
it '-Washington Star.
-llaterby-"Didy you hear the news?
Got a baby at our house. They say it
is the very image OF me- Synnek-"T
wouldn't mind. He may outgrow it "
Boston Transcript
-Perdita-"Did he kiss YOU when you
accepted him?" Penelope-''No, /
wouldn't let him" Perdita-''Why
not?" Penelope-"WelL mamma told
me that we ought to act differently to-
ward each other after the engagement. "
Truth.
-She--"Indced, Mr. Maulstick, yours
were the only pictures l looked at in the
exhibition" Maulstick-"Ah, you fat
ter ---' She-"No: the others, you
know, were SO surrounded by the
crowd. Brooklyn Life.
y see by the papers that your
friend Longwate is meeting with great
success as a writer Of wholesome advice
to young men," Eyes, and I'm glad of
it. The poor fellow has failed in every
thing else he ever tried Detroit Trib-
une.
Little Brother-"MrJ Johnson. won t
you go and stand before the Window
Mr. Certainly, my little man;
but why?' Little Brother-''O, ma says
she can see through you, and l want to
see if | can. Jewish Messenger
There are 5000 words in the En-
glish language that have no rhyme to
them, said Poetaster rs that alp
inquired friend. 81 had imagined
from reading your verses that there
press.
Mrs. Mcbride Before we were
married, you often wished there was
some brave deed you could do for me to
show Your love" Mr.. McBride-''Ges,
dear, and | would do it now" Mrs.
McBride-''Then. love, go down into
the kitchen and discharge Bridget
Harper's Bazar
How do you do, Mary? Where are
you living now?" asked lady, upon
meeting in the street the former serv-
ant'of one OF her friends, please,
mum, replied the girl, blushing. Il
don't live anywhere now. I'm married
to James as was the coachman, you
know N y. Herald
A Smart Boarder. -IIunllcr-"Did
Shor, pay up his board?" Spatts-''No;
he owes for four weeks" Hunker-
How is it he is getting the tenderest
part of the steak and all OF Mrs. Smalrs
smiles this morning." Spatts-"When
he came down stairs this morning he
told her he had never seen her looking
SO young Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02
Worse Yet.

"John, you are not listening to word
am saying
why, my dear, am all ears"
Il know you are, and that makes It
al :he more provoking Jury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02

Miss Walton-Is marriage a failure in
your town, Cir. Outwest?
Mr.. Outwest--G'm sorry to say it is
Miss Nationality?
Mr.. OutweSt-Lack Of omeu.-Lifa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-02

Helen. itdon't look well, YOU wear
ing such expensive bonnets and your
husband in debt" Helen-''There
dear, thought of that myself, and
only to-day ordered four new ones that
arc real plain Inter Ocean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-05
IN JUDGE MrLLER's COURT.
Cases q Assault, Larceny and Violations Of
the Policy Law.

the Policy Law.
In Judge Miller's court today a number Of
cases involving charges Of assaults, larcenies
and other offenses were heard and disposed Of
Arthur Brooks. colored. was one of the pris-
oners to appear, and he was charged with hay-
ing violated the policy law. He was ARE ted in
a raid made by the officers OF the fifth precinct
Yesterday afternoon. When tie prisoner ap-
peared he thought the court might not recog-
nize HIM. and he plead guilty. hoping TO get a
hight sentence. but before disposlng of the case
the judge recognized HIM an old offender
and imposed a sentence Of SIX months in Jail
Thomas Butter was convicted of n charge OF
asssu;ing Mary Stroshers. aud he will spend
two months in jail.
JOIN Brown could not paw fine OF $40 for
Ill treating Emma heys, and so he went down
for n monih.
When Edward Coates was called for an al
legged violation Of the POLICY law, has counsel
demanded jury trial. and The case went over.
Amelia Davis. 8 colored woman who struck
Henry Matthews on the head with stick. went
down for sixty days because she could not pay
SIS fine.
John Lanahan threatened Mary l.anahan. q
member Of his family. but he dIdn mean IT,
and the judge let him 60 on has own recoc-
nlzance. sam Jones got himself into difficulty
when be took the law in his own hands. He
WAS assessed S25 for i'll treating Rebecca Jones,
but being short OF funds he was sent down to
the District boarding house for a month.
According to the Judgment OF the court
Virginia Mitchell stole : > from Myer Niesbaum,
for which she viii suffer imprisonment for
sixty DAYS.
Frederick Renwick and Mark Aborn engaged
in a fight Yesterday. IL was Marks fault that
the trouble occurred and he got the worst Of the
affair. Not only he badly bruised, but hs
was also fined g. 81 more than the fine i'm
Pr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-05
Death Of Artist James Henry Beard.

James Henry Beard, the artist. died at Flush
ing, L. l., yeNerday. Years ago he was one OF
the foremost figures in the world of American
art. OF late he has lived q retired life, paint
ing but little and living in his past He was
born in Buffalo in 1914 On his fathers side he
is descended from 4 James Beard Of Scotland
and on his mothers side fro.h Sir Lochlain
MacleAn Of Scotland. When he was . child his
parents moved to Ohio. He eventually settled
in Cincinnati, where for many years he devoted
himself to portrait painting. Among his sitters
in those days were Henry Clay, John Quincy
Adams and Presidents Taylor and Harrison. In
1876 he went 70 New York and exhibited his Scar
olina Emigrants" at the National Academy. He
was one Of the originators of the Century Club
and became one Of its charter members. In
1913 be was made an honorary member Of the
New York Academy Of Design, but he did not
settle permanently IN New York until 1870.
Two years after that he was elected academi-
clan.
In later years Mr. Beard turned his atten ton
chiefly to animal painting In 1876 Mr.. Beard
sent TO the centennial exhibition ''Ths Attorney
and His Clients," which vas commended By
the judges, ''Ous All Night" and there's Many
. Slip" &c. Mr.. Beard had four sons, all Of
whom inherited some Of their fathers skill
Frank Beard, the third son. was . special artist
for Harper b Brothers during the civil war
He devoted himself principally TO character
sketches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-05
BANCROFT's BOOKS SOLD.
The Lenox Library of New York SECURES q
Valuable Collection.

valuable COLLECTION.
When the historian George Bancroft died his
will ordered that the manuscripts relating to
America and the rare books he had collected
should be offered to Congress at a price. They
were offered for SIS, 900. The Senate passed a
bill. the committee on the library reported in
its favor, but the House of Representatives de-
INJURED. The manuscripts and volumes have
just been bought by the Len,x library for
$4,000
Bancroft. in his long career. amassed an as
tonishing number of documents, letters and
historical memoranda. which. after his DEATH
were cataloguei by J. f. Sabin and found TO
contain no less than 20. 600 manuscripts. IA 900
volumes and 5000 pamphlets. Not only are
there Thousands OF autograph letters. docu-
ments ard papers of the period Of the revciu-
ton, but many volumes of copies of documents
in foreign archives Bancroft had facilities in
gaining access to French archives. for instance.
such as do not exist at present Guizot. Lam
artine. De Tocqueville and Dumont. keeper of
the archives in Paris. heiped him to many
pieces Of this sort. In the original manu-
scripts the largest single collection he OBJ
tanned was that including the papers of Samuel
Adams, that earliest of the patriots of the
name. His letters to correspondents and FAM
lily, preserved in rough drafts. give the most
vivid picture OF the PERIOD they have been
boarded by George Bancroft since he obtained
them in the early quarter of the century, and
will prove most interesting material to print.
OF course the Adams materials include vast
number of letters to him written by the eroes
Of the Washington Franklin, Put
nam and others.
The books alone are very valuable and the
Lenox library of New York at first offered to
buy certain volumes, 81. coo being offered for q
single volume. The time limit of three wears is
aim 1t elapsed for which Bancroft's will pro-
vided, and as Congress was dila.ory the Lenox
library stepped in with higher figure and OBJ
tanned the prize.
Added to the extraordinary early Americana
in the way Of printed books owned by this
library, the Bancroft collection places the
Lenox quite at the head OF libraries on this side
of the water in the specially of American his
tory. Negotiations have been carried on with
the executors OF George Bancroft by Mr. wilber-
force Eames, assistant librarian in charge, and
the decisive order was given for the trustees of
the Lenox by Mr.. John S. Kennedy. At one
stroke the city of New York is enriched with
collection which will force any one who wishes
to study American history from the original
sources to take up his abode there.