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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18

The Philadelphia Star says that John
Steele. well known in New York during the
oil panic for his great extravaganza, is
worth at present about 900 or $6O,OO0,
and, protiting by his past experience, knows
how to keep it. He occasionally visits that
city and puts up at the Girard House His
pendant now is the purchasing of dia-
mouds
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 3.

AN ACT to re-establish the office of SUI
veyor at Eastport, Maine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houset
Representatives of the United States :
America in Congress assembled, That tb
office of surveyor al the port of Eastpof
formerly existing by law. and abolished
the Secretary of the Treasury, be, and
hereby re-established and created, and sha
hereafter exist, subject to the same Law
and restrictions that appertained to %
same before it was abolished; but it sha
hereafter be known as the office of surveW
of Eastport and the district of Passams
quoddy bay.
ApprOypd March 20 1871
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18

An exchange tells us that "a Michigan
woman, the wife of an invalid, and mother
of twenty children, picked cranberries
enough last fall to pay off mortgage on
her farm" And those twenty-six lubberly
children of hers-what the dickens were
they doing all that while !-Louisrille
Courier Journal
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18

Received in the office of Secretary of
State January 3, 1872.
NOTE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE
The foregoing having been presented
to the Governor Of the State Of Louisiana
for his approval, and not having been
returned by him to the house of the General
Assembly in which it originated within the
State of Louisiana, has become law with
out his approval.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18
,prOved, March 80, 1871.

GENERAL NArURE-No. 81
AN ACT relating to the harbor at Buna"
New York.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House " y
Representatives. of the United States u
America in Congress assembled. That tec
Secretary of War be authorized, when ID
his Judgment he thinks it will be for the
interest of the United States, to extend OF
continue the contract for the improvement
of the harbor at Buffalo, made and entered
into upon the twentieth day of January
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
Approved April Is, 1871.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18
STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
Au6ifnr'S Office

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Auditors Office, I
New Orleans, January Is, 1872.
20 the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
In accordance with the requirements of
the second section Of act No. ~, of 1871,
have the honor to inclOse herewith de-
tailed statement accompanied with vouch
ers) showing what disposition l have made
of the contingent fund appropriated by the
said act for the benefit of my office.
JAMES GRAHAM, Auditor.
Er. Smith, of Caddo, called up the follow
ing resolutions, lying over under the rules,
and moved a suspension of the rules to
adopt them, which was lost:
1t appears by the books of the Warrant
Clerk Of this House that, during the last
thirty days of the last session, there were
eighty persons borne upon the rolls and paid
as Enrolling Clerks, which was extravagant
and unwarrantable, now, therefore, be it
ResOlred, That the number of Enrolling
Clerks be and is hereby limited to ten; and
be it further
Resotred, That P. B. Hathaway be and is
hereby elected Chief Enrolling Clerk in
place of the present incumbent, and that ).
l.. Matthew be and is hereby elected assist
ant Chief Enrolling Clerk of this House.
The resolution still lies over under the
rules.
Upon motion of Mr.. Garstkamp, of Jetfer
son, the following resolution and amend
ments. living on the table subject to call,
were taken up.
Resoiced, That the Speaker of the House
of Representatives appoint a special com
,nittee. to consist of five members to whom
shall be referred all outstanding unaudited
warrants and vouchers of the last session;
that the said committee be required to ex-
anime the same, and make correct registry
of them, and report the same to the House
as soon as possible; that the Warrant Clerk
he and is hereby directed to pay none OF the
outstanding warrants or vouchers OF the
last session until the whole list of genuine
warrants and vouchers be reported to tn"
House for its action; and it shall be the duty
of the committee to instruct the chairman OF
said committee to indorse across the face OF
each voucher or warrant decided to be gen
tiine by the committee bis signature, show
ing that they are genuine; and 1t shall be
the duty of the committee to frame detl-
cheney bill, covering the aggregate amount
of said warrants and vouchers, ana deslg-
nate how they shall be paid, and submit 1t
20 the House for its action as soon as the
registry is complete.
Amendment:
Provided, that this resolution shall in |
<lude no warrants issued to members or |
clerks for services rendered after the ad- ]
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18
Fifteenth Days PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Wednesday, January IL, 1877.
The House met at twelve o'clock, pur-
suant to adjournment.
Speaker Brewster in the chair.
The roll was called and the following
members answered to their names:
Speaker Brewster, and Messrs. Abel, Bar
-ett, Barrow, BelOt. Bentley, Bickham
Blunt, Bowen, Buckingham, Carr, Cochrane
Crawford, Darinsburg, Davidson, Davis,
Dcmas, DeslOnde, Faulkner, Floyd, Fon-
teIieu, Gardner, Garstkamp, P. Harper
Hampstead, Huston, Kinsella, La Saliniere,
Mahoney, Marie, Marvin, Matthews, Nc
Carly, Moore, Morphy, Morris, Murray,
Ong, Oplatek, Overton, Pond, Riley. Ring
gold, Sartain, Smith, Souer, Stamps, TounOir,
Verrett, Washington (Assumption), Wash
ington (COncordia), WOrrall, YOrke-53.
Quorum present.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Upon mt ton of Mr.. Davidson, of Living
ston, the reading of the minutes was dis
pensed with and the journal approved.
The following communications were re-
eeived from the State Auditor and read, and
upon motion of Mr.. Carr, of De Soto, were
ordered to be printed in the journal.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Auditors Office, :
New Orleans, January |, 1872. }
70 the Honorable the Speaker of the House of
Representatives
SIR-According to the provisions of sec
ton ll3S of the Revised Statutes of the
State of Louisiana, have the honor to re-
port to you the following named persons
who have become defaulters to the State
during the year 1871, under said section:
Thomas H. jerks. tax collector, parish
OF East Feliciana, 81, %.
i. w. Bullitt, tax collector, parish of
Grant, 1880 SS.
Jefferson Salter, tax collector, parish of
Sabine, 1921 II.
j. X. Woodbridge tax collector, parish Of
Franklin, $6592 36.
Very respectfully,
JAMES GRAHAM, Auditor.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18

SECOND SES SION
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18
OFFICIAL AL

OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18

Sixth-To fix and collect on each and
every lot not exceeding five dollars for a
superficial arpent; provided, that they be
and are hereby authorized and empowered
to exempt from said taxation the owners of
land situated in the limits of the second
district, as long as they shall judge it to be
the interests of said corporation to exempt
them OF said tax, and provided that, as
compensation for this exemption of taxa
ton, the said owners of the second district
OF said town be held to make the necessary
repairs on the streets, roads, sidewalks, and
bitches and bridges in said second district,
and that the said council shall have the
power to exempt from taxation all buildings
and improvements erected on the town lots
OF the first district, thus paying the said tax
lot
SEC. II. Be it further enacted. etc. That
all taxes assessed under this act shall CON
stitute lien and privilege on the property
thus assessed, and if on immmovable prop
erty. to follow such property into whatso-
ever hand they may pass as a mortgage
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, etc, That
whenever the owner of property, in front
of which a sidewalk, banquette or other
walks shall have been ordered to be made,
filled up and repaired shall fail to do so
within the time required by the ordinance
of the council of selectmen, the mayor shall
order it to be done at the expense of the
proprietor of said property, and the said
corporation shall have special lien and
privilege on said property to secure the pay.
ment so due, which privilege shall entitle
the corporation to be paid in preference
over other mortgage or claim upon said
property; and, in ease such owner shall be
unknown, said corporation shall have the
right proceed in rem against said property
III the same manner as ifpointed out in article
and section of the Code OF Practice. The cor
poration to be entitled to eight per cent
interest upon amount paid for such work
from time it is advanced till paid.
SEC 49, Be it further enacted, etc. That
whenever it shall in the opinion of the
council be necessary or desirable for the
public convenience or health to lay out,
form and open any street, public places,
quay, sidewalks, or to extend, inclose,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10
Saving Wood without a Saw

The Scientific American records
the change of one of the '.impossi
bilities of the past into a reality
Geo. Robinson, NJ. D., of New York
has invented a mode of saving OF
cutting wood without saw or axe, by
electricity. The galvanic current
when passed over platinum wire in
sufficient quantity heats the wire to
a white heat. This wire thus heat
ed does the work of saw or axe,
without any appreciable expenditure
of muscular force. By arranging
the wires with handles or other
means, by which it may be guided,
any kind of lumber whether in
trees, logs or planks may be cut as
desired. The battery need be only
of the simplest kind, as 4antity
not intensity of current Is required.
A child by this means may fell the
largest tree in the forest, divide it
into logs, or cut it into boards, with
out saw or axe. Only think of it.
The idea of cutting down a huge
pine tree with wire! Some wise
acre stands up and declares: 81
don't believe it. 1t can't be done,' y
but such should remember that they
talked Just so when the telegraph
was projected. 1t is only another
proof that the impossibilities of TO-
day are the scientific facts of to-
morrow.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10
Trust Children

Never accuse a child. of fault un-
less you are certain he committed it.
Children should not beareated with
suspicion. We should not act to
ward them in this matter as we feel
we ought to act with others, only
With greater tenderness-not less, as
il, usually done. We should always
pbt the hest construction possible
upon their conduct; that is, unless
you are sure the child is telling a
lie, and can prove it, do not show
the slightest hesitation in believing
what he says. Far better that you
should be deceived than run the
risk of showing a truthful child
that you do not trust him. Your
simple trust may make 9 lying child
truthful. Your doubt of his truth
fulness may make truthful child
n liar.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10
Fireside Department.
zoo VINO is old9

A wise man will never rust out.
As long as he can move or breathe
he will be doing something for him
self, for his neighbors, or for posteri
ty. Almost to the last hour Of his
/ life, Washington was at work; SC
were Howard, Young and Newton
The vigor of their lives never de-
cayed. Norust marred their spirits
1T is a foolish ideasto suppose thai
: we must lie down and die. because
we are old. Who is old? Not the
man. of energy; not the day laborel
in science arr, or benevolence; bur
he only who suffers his energies to
waste away, and the springs of life
to become motionless; on whose
hands the hours drag heavily, and
to whom all things wear the garb o.
gloom. "Is he old?" There are
scores of grayheaded men we should
prefer, in any important enterprise
to young men who fear and tremblt
at approaching shadows, and turr
pale at a harsh word or a frown, as
at lion in their path.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10
A Bee Sting.

The sting of bee is naturally
more violent than that of a wasp
and with some persons is attended
with fatal effects Two deaths from
such n cause have recently occurred.
The sting of the bee is barbed at
the end like a fishhook, and conse-
quently rs always left in the wound
that of wasp is pointed so that il
can sting more than once, but bee
cannot. When person is stung by
a bee, let the sting be instantly
pulled out, for the longer it remains
in the flesh the deeper it will pierce,
and the more poisonous it will be-
come. The sting is hollow, and the
poison flows through it, which is
the cause of.the pain and infamma-
tion. The extracting of the sting
requires a steady hand, for if il
breaks In the wound the pain will
continue for a long time. When
the sting is extricated; suck the
puncture, and thus prevent inflam
nation.
Spirits of hartshorn, if applied to
the affected part, will more fully
complete the cure. The poison is
acid, and the alkali will neutralize
it. If the hartshorn is not at hand,
saleratus can be wet and laid upon
the place; and soft soap will often
ease the acute pain. On some peo-
pie the sting of bees and wasps has
little effect, but it greatly depends
upon the state of the blood whether
it will prove injurious, and these
simple remedies if applied at once,
will soon effect a cure.-Country
GentZen1nn.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10
Does the Farmer Think
Enough?

As he performs his daily task
and pursues his routine through
the successive seasons of seed time
and harvest, in his mind, that Or
gan which places him so distinctly
above all other orders of creation,
performing its duty. OF course, to
be a successful farmer he must plan
and arrange his operations, 'fignre
out his financial engagements and
in other ways employ his mind.
But in this, is it doing all it may
and can? Is he improving his ev-
cry talent? Is he thoughtful, and
watchful of cause and effect? He
knows that seed germinate.. Does
he know how or why? He knows
that his soil looses or gains in
productiveness. Does he compre-
hend the reason? Not in general
sense but the minutia? He knows
that he suffers from wet. Does he
reason whether these extremes can
be guarded against or overcome.
His stock thrives or declines. Can
he not ascertain the reason in either
case? Hfit uil.iHtIi Z 4ii'i
Wefind him too prone to accept
matters as they are. He don't like
to think. 1t is too laborious.
He can't find time to experiment.
He can't afford to risk anything to
learn. Consequently, we find the
business of farming, the least scien-
tiflc though the most ancient. AL
most all is conjecture; too little is
demonstrable fact The mind has
not in centuries. past been perform
ing its part. Only the animal
faculties of man have found en-
ployment.
While we hope that the nineteenth
century shows. progress in this
respect we cannot question that the
era of Improvement is scarce dawn
ing for agriculture. To labor with
the hand is necessary aud desirable,
but let the hand be directed by the
head we shall discover more real
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10
Farm and Household,
Uses of Rye.

The Ne,o Eaglaad Homestead
says rye will grow and often yield
largely on a soil containing not
more than one and a quarter pei
cent. oforganic matter. 1t affords
q fine winter pasture for stock. 1t
should be sown in the fall, as soon
as the suns heat has so moderated as
not to kill the young plants. After
rye has advanced in age and growth
sufficiently to stool out, it is moi
damaged by the tramping of rea
sonable amount of stock. Grazing
it to q reasonable extent in winter
and early spring, it is said to in.
crease rather than diminish the
yield. If it is not desired by the
farmer to reap and thrash out his
whole crop of rye, hogs and cattle
are greatly benefited if turned in
upon it.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10
The Government Of Children

We do not say anything very origi-
nal when we say that the chief OBJ
ject in the government of children
should beto teach a child to govern
himsef we know that most people
think differently or rather they be-
lieve differently. One cannot dig
nifty their mental processes with the
name Of thinking. Most people be-
lieye. or at least feel, that the bust
ness they have in hand in the gov
eminent of children is to conform
the schild's will te.their own. What
is falsely called family government
is ihD1nost families selfish strug-
gle between the wilfulness of the
parent and the wilfulness of the
child-astruggle between the strong
and the weakTin which the weak
goes down.
sBut havea I not "a right to be
obeyed?' asks some indignant par
ent who has read thus far. We an
swer that yourvery question betrays
the selfshness of your demand.
You are thinking of your right, and
not of the child's good. Half your
failure lies just there. And if you
insist on a categorical answer to
in regard to your right, we answer
with more indignation than you ask
edit, that you have now right to
exact obedience unless you exact
obedience for the child's good in
stead of for your pleasure. Mark,
we do not say that the child except
in fragrant cases, has a right to re-
fuse obedience. The child has no
right to Judge of,yonr motives or of
your wisdom. But you have no
general right to exercise your au-
thority for the mere sake of being
obeyed. For let us repeat. The
chief object of = family govern
ment should be to teach child to
no without your authority.
Mr.. Beecher has said, in his
quaint way, that there is just as
much family government now as,
there was formerly, but that more
of itislin the hands of the children,
which is matter not to be regret
ted. The shoot must one day be
severed from the stem; the sooner
it gets roots enough to live by it's
self the better. Ifyou have child
capable of governing himself at
fifteen, rejoice. Throw the rains
upon his neck, and let him GO his
gait. Selfgovernment is only learn
ed by exercise. But if you will a
child in, and c:rcumvent him always
by the restraints of your own will,
how shall he ever learn to stand
alone?
We have seen pine-tree that
grew tall and slender in dense for
est, bolstered on every hand by its
fellows, 50 that !it did not need to
acquire hardness Of the fibre. And
then when a road was cut through
the.forest, we have seen that self
same slender supple, upright tree
left standing without support upon
one side. And at the first wind it
bent itself down across the road,
making itself into a bow from
sheer lack of strength to stand up.
And we have seen young men check
ed and governed like infants-nev-
er allowed to stand upon:their own.
responsibility; We have often seen
these weakly-upright young men,
when left with supporter authority, |
fall from lack of moral stamina. |
They had never learned to stand |
alone. Government in the family
should be administered like brandy |
in the family 1t is to be reserved |
for cases of necessity.-Hearth and
Home. 'a-
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10
Patience and Candle-Dip ping

Patty was ,one day watching he
mother iIdip lcandles. 1t seemed
dull work to the child at first, th,
candles grew so slowly.
Patience, DEAR" SAID Mrs. Ly-
man, smiling-and she kept on dip
ping.
When Patty came the second
lime, she exclaimed with delight
1 "Why Mamma Lyman, true's You
i've, l can begin to see them growr
"You are right, ''said her mother
People don't work and wait. ali
for nothing, daughter
"Yankee Doodle came to town.
sang Patty, dancing the time to the
tune, as if she did not hear her
mothers words.
But she did hear them, and was
putting them away in her memory
along with thousand other things
which had been said to her, and
whichsshe had not seemed TO hear
at the time.
i wish Mrs. Lyman could have
known this, for she sometimes
thought it was of no use to talk to
Patty. Iwish she could have known
that years afterwards. the dancing
child would be cofnforted in many
a trouble by those CHEEKY words.
"People don't work and wait for
nothing, daughter" For you see
it all came back to Patty, when she
was a woman. She saw a picture
of her good mother dipping candles,
with a steady, sober look on her
face, and that picture always did
her good,fSopAie Aay. moor
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10
Facts for Farmers.

A series Of experiments, institu
ted to test the average loss in
weight by drying, shows losses one
fifth, and wheat one fourteenth by
the process. From this statement
is made that, farmers will make by
selling unshelled corn in the fall at
seventy-five, cents than tie following
summer at one dollar bushel, and
that wheat at 81 30 in December. is
equal to $1 80 for the same wheat
in June following. This estimate
is made on the basis of interest at
Z per cent; and takes no account of
of loss from vermin. These facts
are worthy of consideration.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10
IRON CLAD PAINT!
Halls Pat, HuSkilg Gloves,

The very hest thing ever invented for Husk-
ing Corn. They give universal satisfaction.
A man can husk flom one-third to one half
faster with them. They absolutely prevent
sore or cold hands. The HAlF-GLOVES COW
er the parts of the hands which usually become
sore. Price Sl.21. The IT LII GLOV ES are
male ofbest tanned calf and buck skin. Price
s. 50. Both STYLES have claws attached. and
are maie in three sizes. large, medium and
small, for both right handed and left handed
persons. Sent prepaid on receipt of price
For sale by dealers geherally. Address HALL
IUSklNG GLOVE Co, l45 south Clintoe St,
chicago, Ill. --f ... ... -a,.-.t o..
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-10-10

Forty acres paid for and titled is
better and far more remunerative
thanfour hundred under q heavy
mortgage and only halfcultivated.
experience and observation will
show that the successful owners oil
large tracts of lands have usually
begun by small purchases for each,
and by gradual additions Us they
acquired wealth by industry aaiid;
economy.