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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-06-14

A FARM OF 100 ACRES, II miles from Bal
timore, D miles from Marriottsville, Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and l mile from Liberty
turnpike; 80 acres in good timber. Improve
ments are very fine stone dwelling, 36x38
feet, water throug hout the house, cellar under
the entire building, large barn, carriage house,
ice house, dairy, &c, abundance of fruit of va
rous kinds. Will be sold low and on easy
terms.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-06-14

A number of splendid farms in Baltimore,
Hartford and other counties, ranging in price
from $4,000 to $50, 900.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-06-14

A TRACT OF 24l ACRES, one mile west of
Rcisterstown, good meadow land, well watered,
stream passing through it and good spring
on the premises.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-06-14

FARM OF 50 ACRES, "a miles from Balti-
more, on Old York Road A miles from railroad
| Improvements good.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
Double Office.HOlding,

The Presidents executive order, an
nouncing that persons holding Federal
positions who accept Office under the au-
thority of the States and Territories will
be considered to have resigned, is an
other evidence of his sincere interest in
the improvement of the civil service.
The New York World calls it ga sham. -
But 1t Immediately proceeds to show
that it is not. The Tenure-of- Office act,
as it states, is still unrepealed, and under
that law the President can only condi-
tlonally remove. But when he says that
the acceptance of a State Office by Fed
eral officer will be regarded as a resigna-
ton he announces that he will nominate
a successor to the Senate, and the Senate
must assume the responsibility of retain
ing the officer.
1t is not the Presidents fault thai the
law is not repealed. His opposition to
1t Is well known. But as he cannot dis
pense with the laws even to secure bet
ter service, it is ridiculous to call his
resolution to do all that he legally can a
sham. 1t is so only upon the theory
that he has an understanding with the
Senate to resist his order of suspension,
and to continue the officer, which is as
silly as the theory of last year, that he
had agreed with certain Senators to pro-
pose a method of improvement which
they should defeat. The President sus-
pended Consul General Butler, and ias
nominated a successor. But if the SEN
ate should refuse to confirm him, it
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
A Queer Cough Remedy.

The gaseous smoke which arises from
the gas-works during the manufacture
OF gas has medicinal qualities that are
largely appreciated by certain classes OF
people in this city, and, strange as il
may seem, the popularity of the medi-
cine is on the increase. The fumes are
credited with speedy cures of whooping-
cough, including, in several instances,
very obstinate cases. The San Fran
cisco gas-works have finally become a
regular resort for people afflicted with
coughs, for whose comfort and convent
ence the company have erected several
roomy benches. Adults upon whom the
cough has disastrous effect, and little
children, who cough and laugh and laugh
cough again, and only seem ANNOYED
when whooping, may be seen sitting side
by side on those benches inhaling the
fumes. Thus the exhalations that are
not kindly regarded by healthy persons
become blessing to the sick.-Son
francisco Bulletin.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
Romance of Alexis.

1t seems that Fred. Grant broupbt
back from Europe bit of Imperial Cos
sip. We were fattering ourselves that
the Grand Duke was sent to the United
States for the purpose of studying orr
institutions and the characters. manners
and so forth, of the people. 1t was the
hrst time, we were assured, that son of
the Gar had been sent to Republic.
1t turns out, however, according to
Fred, that this is all a delusion. The
Prince Imperial had become enamored
OF lady not OF the blood royal by any
manner of means, and wished to marry
her. This did not meet the approval of
the Imperial family, and SO, to get clear
OF the naesattiance, the young man was
sent abroad. But love laughs at lock-
smiths (when he has latch-key). and
the young girl followed her Imperial
lover as far as London; the two were
united, on the sly, in the holy bonds
This coming to the ears of the imperial
father, resulted in Punishment that
will probably last his life, and the young
gentleman will probably go travelling up .
and down the earth like the Wandering
Jew for long time, to-wit, forever.
When this gets out we suspect the
Young Mems Christian Association will
engage him to lecture, unless he accepts
an offer made him by Teutonic gentle
man in Chicago last summer to 90 into
the lager-beer business. Our German
friend thought the Grand Duke would
be such an attraction that he could afford
to pay him half the profits. Washing
ton Capital.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
A Remarkable Claim.

One OF the most remarkable claims
ever presented to Congress was recently
passed by the Senate, and is now before
the House. 1t is for $9O9. O6, being the
value OF negro boy Is or Is years of
age, who was protected and cared for by
Gen. Utley, while Colonel of the Twenty
second Regiment of Wisconsin Volun-
teers. The papers in the case show that.
while Gen. Utley was at Lexington, Ky.
with his regiment, small, half starved
negro boy, with nothing on but ragged
pantaloons and shirt, came to his quar-
tiers IN severe snow storm. This bow
was IN perishing condition, and repre-
sented that he had been in the woods for
long time subsisting on black walnuts.
and sleeping IN hogs nests until the
snow storm drove him in. This was in
the fall of 1862. Gen. Utley ordered the
boy to be taken care of, and thought no
more about it until one William Robert
son called on him and claimed the bow
as his property, and sought to take him
away. Gen. Utley called the claimants
attention to the additional article of war
OF March 13, 1862, and said he must be
governed by that. If the boy would 90
back without force being resorted to. the
officer would have no objections, but the
BOY prayed for protection, saying that
ne had been hired out to a cruel master
till Is years of age, and the hirer had
beaten him and otherwise cruelty treated
him, and he had sought protection of his
owner, Robertson, In vain, until finally
he ran away and came into the camp Of
Gen. Utley, as already stated. The
General refused to give up the boy, and
Robertson left without him. A few DAYS
subsequently suit was brought against
the officer for the value of the bow.
Soon after, Utley was taken prisoner by
the Confederates at Springhill, Tenn,
and heard no more about the boy until
1868, when suit was brought in the Cir
cult Court of Wisconsin to collect a
Judgment rendered the year before. for
S9O0. O6 and costs, amounting to S26. 40
exactly. Gen. Speed defended the suit.
but the officer was forced to pay the
money. The Senate bill is for the pur-
pose OF reimbursing Gen. Utley, and
Will undoubtedly pass the House. The
suit could not have been appealed to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
because the limit in that court is 50. 600
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
Successful Pursuit of Perfumery.

During the late rise in the Yuba river
}. w. Briggs, while passing over low
strip of land on the Grass Brothers
ranch, met with what he called drove
OF polecats. " They had evidently been
driven from their burrows by water. and
when approached by the discoverer.
trotted along before him for quite dis
lance, like drove of pigs. Finally they
all plunged into one hole. Mrs. Briggs
beng aware that the animal is often
hunted by Cinnamon, and that polecats'
gals were rated at S. each by celestial
physicians, heinformed couple of Chi
namen what had occurred, and pointed
out the locality of the burrow to them.
The Cinnamon provided themselves with
shovels and commenced to dig on the
line OF the hole. After excavating a oft
about ten feet in depth and three wide,
they struck upon the nest of polecats.
Notwithstanding tie almost overpower-
ing odor filing the air, one after another
they were dispatched until ten large and
tat polecats lay desd at the feet of the
fortunate and victorious Cinnamon
Maysuiue (Cal) Appeal.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
How They Treat Broken Packages in
the London POstOffice.

There is no SAVIOR of Yankee baggage
smashing in this account of the tendel
man Ter in which accidentally broker
parcels are treated In the London post
office, and this was at Christmas, too
when there was a great rush of mai
matter. Tley are borne away to side
table, which is called "the hospital
and IN this postoffice inirmary two clever
surgeons dexterously stitch up theil
wounds, set all their broken limbs in
splints, and in fine cure such of them as
are at all durable, in a marvelously shoat
space OF time. Some of the patients
seem past cure. Alas for the pretty box
OF bonbons that has burst open, and the
contents OF which are brought piecemea]
INTO hospital, where the surgeon receives
them with a shake of the head. In
extremls seem this doll, whose integu-
ments have been torn off, whose nose
has been stove in, and one whose neither
limbs arrive some time after the frame
to which it belongs. A bit of string
thinkers up box containing lump Of
plum cake half cased in sugar, but there
Is 40 cure for this packet of Taddy's
snuff, addressed in a woman's hand
writing to a woman, and the contents,
pervad1ng the atmosphere generally, set
everybody sneezing. Decidedly ssopen
Tor inspection" is the doll in this parcel /;
the head sticks up out of the paper, and
something or other has given madam a
black eye. A box of real roses, sent
from France to Scarborough, has got
broken, and some of the leaves fall on
the surgeons table as the delicious odor
scents the air. With tender fingers he
handles the beautiful bouquet, and let
us hope the fair one whose bosom it will
adorn tomorrow night will scarcely be
cognlzant of the mishap. Trussed fowl
IN this package has not been seriously
injured, nor has the snipe in this other.
but the surgeon shifts disgust at it's high
condition as he makes it fit for the road
again. After all it is not so bad as the
dead puppy which passed through his
hands the other night. There is a
smashed scent bottle, whose contents
have been mainly absorbed by chignon
addressed to married lady. A woody
dog, that banks snappishly when he is
handled, is half out Of his paper kennel.
A box of misletoe has seriously suffered,
but the doctor Gehulfe is dexterouslv to
the front, and cherry lips may vet be
kissed under it tomorrow night WHY
didn't the gentleman who sent the bean
tiful bouquet to the lady in Surrey in
close it in better box, and WHY. oh !,
why was not the dish of larks forwarded
IN something more substantial than
fragile case of paper, so as to avert the
amalgamation into which they had en-
tered with the contents of Master Jacks
paint box?
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
Lead Pencils.

In the manufacture of lead pencils the
Florida red cedar is mostly used in this
country and Europe; some "iben" wood
as the Germans call it, or English vew
Is USED In Germany white pine is oeca-
slonally used Tor a common grade of a
carpenter pencil. The lead of the
pencils is the well known graphite or
plumbagos the best of this is the natural.
louno IN pure state in masses large
enough to cut into strips. Of this there
IS Dut one mine now up to the standard.
wnlch is IN the Aslatic Siberia, and pen
CHS made from this graphite are all one
grade. The Cumberland mines in En-
gland were the first discovered, but are
now almost exhausted. What was form
erly refuse IN cutting the graphite is now
ground, cleaned and refined, and then
mixed with a fine clay.
In mixing the clay and graphite. great
care IS taken IN selecting and cleaning
the clay and getting the proper proper,
!lons the mixture, with water, after be-
ing well kneaded, is placed in a large re-
celver and strongly compressed and
forced out through a small groove at the
bottom, Id the shape of thread. the
thickness and style required, either
square, octagon, or round. This thread.
or lead wire, IS cut into bars of the
proper length done by little girls) and
then Strengthened, dried at moderate
heat, and packed into air-tight crucibIes
and placed In the furnaces the grade Of
Lead depends upon the amount of heat
1t Is exposed to, the amount of CLAW used
IN the mixing, and the quantity of the
plumbago. The coloring of the lead il
by various pigments.
The wood, after being thorouoblv sao-
soned, is cut into thin strips and dr;ad
again; then cut into strips pencil
lengtn. These strips are grooved by
machinery, then carried on belt to the
gltnng-room, where the lead is glued in
the groove, and then the other half of
the pencil glued on After being dried
under pressure, they are sent to the
turnlng-room and rounded, SQUARED. or
made octagon, by a very ingenious little
machine which passes through three sets
OF cutters, and drops them ready for
polishing. or coloring. The former is
done on lathes by boys, and the latter
by a machine which holds the brush and
turns the pencils fed to it through q
hopper. After pencil is polished. it is
cut the exact length by a circular saw.
ana tne end IS cut smooth by drop
h l1I the pencil resting on an iron bed.
Inc stamping is done by hollow die.
which is heated the gold or silver foil
Is then laid on the pencil, which rests in
an IRON bed, and the die is then pressed
on 1t by a screw lever. The pencils are
n-ready to go to the packing-room.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20

would be only candor like that of the
Wortd which would describe his action
as sham. "Mr. Grant" says the
lVorld-with spirit akin to that of the
Old British Tories who called Gen.
Washington MIR. Washington ." still
mas the handouts on, and the dirty poll
tlclans he now turns upon, after favoring
and assisting them SO long, may DEFY
him."
Inns remark suggests one observation.
The President is constantly held person.
ally responsible, and often by those who
are not unfriendly to him, for every in
efficient and corrupt officer in the service.
and for all the conduct of office-holding
politicians. This is the sheerest inius-
tlce. Nothing is more evident than that.
under the system which has so long pre-
vailed, and with the acquiescence of the
country, the President can know very
little OF the character or of the qualifica-
tons OF the great multitude of office
holders, while the holding politi-
clans are disciplined and organized
body which, as the World says, may in
a sense defy the President. They natur-
ally wish to sustain an Administration
under which they are in place, and whose
friends In the Senate have declined to
repeal the Tenure-of- Office law. If they
are accused of coercing convention or
OF controlling Legislature, they are in
stantly declared to be the agents of the
President, and the fact that every one
who takes part in it is not removed is
instantly cited as evidence of the Presi
dents completely.
The President, however, has never de-
ciared, nor do we suppose he thinks, that
those who hold Office should abdicate
either proper interest or activity in
politics. indeed, his executive order of
last year, upon this very subject, shows
that he is not of that opinion. But his
present action is the plainest possible
1ntimation, and, together with that to
which we have referred, is the completest
declaration, and there is an improper
and excessive interest and activity in
politics which he condemns and will not
countenance. There is very Just and
proper 1mpatience among self-respecting
citizens with the presence, and what NAV
be called the admonitory supervision, of
national ofice-holders in conventions
and similar assemblies and nothing was
more agreeable at the Philadelphia Con-
yentlon that renominated the President
than their conspicuous absence. The
present executive order is suggestion
to those gentlemen to continue to be
modest. There must, indeed, be parties
and organizations, and consequent sur
render of Indifferent and minor prefer
ences. But there must be reason in all
OF these things. And the President is
plainly of that opinion. -Harper's
Weekly.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
What is a Chrome?

The american Agriculturlist gives
an interesting account of the manner
ID winch chromos are produced, and as
THIS style OF picture is very popular lust
now, we transfer the account to our col
umns, feeling sure that it will interest
the reader. The stone used is peculiar
limestone, capable of receiving polish.
and yet absorbent of water. To paint
autograph, the stone is first polished.
and then whatever design is required is
drawn upon it with a pencil made for
the purpose and which contains some
greasy matter. Let us suppose that the
ARTIST draws picture, or, what is sim
pier, prints out the words American
Agrlculturlst. The stone is then wetted
and the water sinks into the pores eyery-
where except the place where the greasy
INK formed the words. Ink, or paint il
then applied to the whole stone with a
roller Just as it is to types. This ink
does not adhere to the stone where If is
wet, but to the words drawn with the
greasy pencil the ink will stick. Thena
sheet OF paper is laid over the stone. and
the whole passed under a press when
the paper is lifted off it will be found to
have taken up the ink left adherinp TO
the words upon the stone. This process
can be repeated over and over Indefinite
ly by mixing the stone and keeping it
wet There must be as many stones as
there are colors and tints in the picture
to be copied. One stone must have all
the red parts drawn On it, another all
the blue, another all the brown parts of
the picture, and so on. Sometimes one
color IS printed over another to get the
proper. shade, so that, to reproduce the
picture, the chrome has to be printed q
color and bit at time, on from ten to
twenty or more stones, every touch of
the painter being faithfully copied.
When the chrome picture has received
sixteen or eighteen paintings on so many
different stones, SO that it is shadowed
every way like the original, it is finally
pressed upon a clean stone, which has
been cut IN grooves like the threads of
canvas, and it now has all the appear
ance OF being real painting on canvas.
The reader will see that it is an immense
work to prepare the different stones at
first, SO that each shall have some of the
picture in just the right place and color.
1t takes three to six months to prepare
a set OF stones for one picture, even if
but one copy was to be printed. But
after the stones are once prepared. con-
les can be transferred to other stones in
few minutes, and after that thew can
60 on and print as many thousand, or
tens of thousands, as are desired
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
Spiders.

They are wonderful in structure as
they are curions in their habits and gen.
eral economy. Most of them have siy
eyes on each side of the head. in two
rows at the point of small nipple-like
papllla. One set are telescope, while
the other six are microscopic. Next,
spiders are right-handed, working more
adroitly with the right claw than the
left In extending the cords of web.
The or1tices through which the shy
fluid is forced out at will that INSTANTLY
hardens into an elastic thread, vary II
number in different families of spiders
In some of them quite a number OF
threads unite in the spinning process tc
make strong line. Those minute open
lngs are termini of ducts from the bags
in which web material is secreted. con.
trolled by sphincter muscles acting in
obedience to the will.
All their movements in weaving and
arranging fiy-trap indicate calculation
and are therefore step quite beyond
blind instinct. An examination of q
broken cord-mending it and seeking the
best point for an attachment to keep the
web tense in all directions, certainly ex.
hibits thought. Their manner of ap-
preaching entangled game, securing
each limb of the prisoner artistically.
binding them so no resistance can be
offered that would be injurious to them
selves before savagely eating into their
vltals, is marvellous proof of the ele-
ments of mind, far superior to most of
the quadrupeds, and yet spiders are
without brain
Nothing is more surprising in the nat
ural history of this very common, but
poorly understood, insect, than the
ferocity of the female toward the male.
which she pounces upon when the fer
tlllzatlon of the eggs has been secured.
and rarely fails of killing him instanter.
and then feasts deliberately on the
mangled carcass.
Without spiders, which subserve the
same important purpose on land that
sharks do In the ocean, vegetation could
hardly survive the unrestrained depreda-
tons OF millions of vegetable-eating in
sects. By the silent warfare of spiders
upon them their too great multiplication
is regulated SO that a balance of power
Is maintained in nature, essential to the
preservation of order without the extinc-
ton of any.
Spiders, therefore, humble as they are
IN the scale or being, are just as import
ant to the comfort of man as many
higher orders that seem to have a more
prominent claim to distinction.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
OYerWOrked.

Cooking, securing and working be-
comes chronic with many housekeepers :;
domestic concerns occupy their minds to
the complete exclusion of all other sub-
jects. Each day brings to them it's real
and trumped-up cares the former being
sufficient to tax both mind and BODY.
without the addition of unnecessary du-
ties. Trot, trot, go the feet of the pa
tlent, or impatient woman, who fancies
the world must instantly become chaos.
II Just SO many pies are not on hand,
and the usual number of shakings given
to the dust-cloth. She must keep going
from cellar to garnet, no matter # she
walks on blisters. "Who will do it if T
don't, says she, when demonstrated
with by husband, who wishes that he
might occasionally see a smiling face
and hear cheerful voice, even if a few
specks of dust rest here sand there. and
there are no pies in the larder. His
rather gruff response, let the work go. y
meets with impatient accusations that
he never did appreciate his WIFE" etc.
the scene generally ending with tears on
her part and frowns on his. Yet there
are two sides to every story. When men
complain that their wives do more work
than is necessary, and beg them to let
1t go, would they not likewise complain
II things were not served up in order and
neatness Would they be willing to go
to the pantry and "take bites' instead
OF sitting down to partake of the savory
dishes set before them at dinner? Would
they like to eat hasty pudding instead of
bread, because so much time and strength
are required in kneading? When they
wanted a clean knife, spoon or plate.
would they quietly go and wash i, be-
cause the wife let "tle work go torest?"
All, but making beds,s kneading bread,
washing dishes and getting dinner are
the simplest and most necessary duties.
A woman can attend to these without
being always drudging, respond the dis
comfited grumblers. Yes, yes, but to
ind out how many steps are required to
perform those dutiesproperly, you should
try them yourselves for few weeks.
Then, you would learn to be patient
when she is weary, and prone to look on
the dark side of life.