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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-03
Mr.. Plumb'S Dog.

Mr. Plumb, of Nelson street, having
a strong desire to own a dog, has been
baked in its qualification by the OBJ
stinacy of Mrs. Plumb. Mr. Plumb
wanted dog for the protection of his
property. Mrs. Plumb was Just as de-
sirous as he to keep the property from
the hands of the robbers, and was per
fectly willing to secure that object
through the instrumentality of dog, if
the dog didn't bark so. But the racket
in the night made her nervous, and
through the day it irritated her. A doc
could not, of course, keep off a burglar
without barking, but it was the want of
discrimination in the animal that dis
gusted her. He barked at everybody
coming on the premises. Mr.. Plumb
must have had on trial dog month
for the past year, but none suited. They
,oouId bark. About week ago Mrs
Plumb heard of dog that would answer
the purpose He would allow anyone
to come on the premises, and would not
modest him, but he would not allow any
one to leave until his owner came. He
carried the idea that there was no harm
in receiving visitors providing he did not
let them depart until they were seen by
the proper persons. We never before
heard of a dog of that kind. Neither
had the Plumbs. Mr.. Plumb FASTENED
away to see the owner after hearing the
news from his wife. The dog was JUS
as represented, and he bought him, and
located him in the woodshed, where
he made bed for him. The next day
was Saturday. Mr.. Plumb went down
town about eight o'clock in the morning
Mrs. Plumb was busy with her baking
and her dinner. 1t may be well to men
ton that Mrs. Plumb is a model wife
Her house is as clean and bright as 1
house can be made, and she prides her
self on her cooking. In addition to thu
baking she was preparing an extra tn'
boiled dinner. About ten o'clock, find
ing the oven was little slow, she went
to the woodshed for u basket of ligh
wood Pinch, the dog, was there. l
Mrs. Plumb had not had her bread in tn
oven she would have stopped to hav,
made his acquaintance, but she was il
too much of hurry to bestow NOR,
than a word on him. She filed tn
basket and started for the door The
she particularly noticed Pinch II
stood facing her, with his tail to tn
door, every hair on his back standing
straight up, and the skin about his nee
drawn very unpleasantly forward.
Mercy~ CALCULATED Mrs. Plumb
hastily stepping back. -
The hair on Pinch's back softly Sc
tied down.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-03
Om Dannq falls.
NAMING THE CHICKENS

There were two little chickens Matched out by one
| hen,
ANA the owner of both was our little boy Ben;
SO he set him to work as soon az they came
10 make them house and give them name.
As for making house, Benny knew very well
mat he couldn't do that; but his big brother Phil
Must be handy at tools, for he'd been to COLLEGE
Where the boys are supposed to learn all sorts of
knowledge.
Phil was very good natured, and soon his small
brother
Had nice, cosy home for his chicks and their
mother;
And happier boy in the country Just then
Could not have been found than our dear little
Ben.
But name for his pets it was harder to find
Al least Just as suited exactly his mind
No mother of twins was ever more haunted
WITH trouble to find just the ones that she wanted
There were plenty of names, no doubt about that
But name that would do for a dog or a cat
would not answer for chickens as pretty as
Or else our dear boy was not easy to please
These two little chickens looked just like each
other;
To name them so young would be only a bother
But with one in each hand, said queer little Ben,
want this one rooster and that one hem
Benny knew them apart by a little brown spot
On the head of one that the other had not;
Ihey grew up like magic, each fat, feathered
chick;
One at length was named Peggy and the other
named Dick.
BENNY watched them so closely, not feather
~. could grow
m Vie dress o, those chickens that he did not
And he taught them well they would march at
command,
Fly up on his shoulder, or eat from his hand.
But funny thing happened concerning their
names
Rushing into the house one day Benny exclaims:
= . motherl Phil such bnnder there's been
For Peggy's the rooster and Dick is the henr'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-03
Bogus Coin, and How to Detect 1t.

w. E. Du Bots, Assayer of the United
states MdRrs G$tentraiy "d500hhent them
selves with the cheap and quiet process
of casting from molds, though sometimes
they strike the pieces from dies. The
mold is made from the genuine coin, and
yields tac-simile. They use type
metal, somewhat hard and sonorous by
the addition of copper, and the whole
being slightly silvered over in battery,
and the gate neatly rubbed out on the
edge. Such a piece may pass while
fresh and new They are, however,
rather too white and too thick, or if of
the right thickness too light. There is
something about the genuine coin that
ordinarily puts it above suspicion, par
tiCularly after the new white surface has
given place to the inimitable and per-
been abused by heating or staining, or
by contact with gum-elastic bands,
or disfgured with tin foil, for the
small purpose of provoking bet. In
rare cases it may have flaw at the edge,
or shut in, which destroys the ring. But
generally it speaks we'll for itself as to
color and sorority. The genuineness of
hslf-dollar is something worth looking
after, to any of us, and especially to
store-keepers taking them often through
the day. 1t is, therefore, worth the
trouble to have on the counter one or
two witnesses easy to be had. First-A
balance, which need be no more than a
thin strip of wood eight or ten inches
long, neatly poised. Place good piece
on one end and the suspected one on the
other; and have weight of three grains
at hand. If the difference is more than
that decline taking the piece. Secondly
"A liquid test, composed as follows
Twenty-four grains of nitrate of silver
in crystals; one gramme (say fifteen
grains) of nitric acid, and one ounce OF
water. Any druggist can put this up,
in a small bottle with a pointed glass
stopper, made for lifting drops, taking
care to use pure ingredients. Remove 3
little of the surface of the coin by 3
knife, and then touch the place with {
drop from the stopper. If good, there
will be no action; if bad, it blackens a
once 1t should be observed this is not
the compound we use for examining
gold counterfeits and jewelry. And
further, some people use nitric acit
alone, which will discolor a good coin al
well as a bad one. As for the pieces
struck from dies they are generally suct
poor limitations that the taker almost de
serves TO lose by them. Such a pi' ce
dated 1876, is now before me- gooC
color, feeble and faulty devices, RICH
weight, but quite too thick. II woul'
be caught by the gauge already men
toned. 1t is whitish brass, with silve
plating, more substantial than tn
electro-plating.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-03

Two men were travelling in Kansas
last summer, and when about fifteen
miles from Lindsey, on the Solomon
River, the grasshoppers appeared over
them in such swarms as to make it as
dark as twilight. Suddenly they began
settling doWn'in swarms right where the
two men were riding along on horseback.
The jerky birds came down by countless
millions, and all traces of vegetation dis
appeared as if by magic. They covered
the ground several inches deep, and sud-
Denly seemed determined to settle on
the men and -harses--0nc of them, a
man named Dan Kavanagh, was thrown
to the ground by the frantic plunging of
his horse, and the grasshoppers, appar-
emily attracted by a green calico shirt
which he wore, swarmed upon him, and,
in less time than it takes 10 tell it, had
eaten every shred of clothing from him,
and, horrible to relate, began devouring
him alive His companion, a young Ger
man named Fred Keiser, had black
snake whip, with which he managed to
fight them off and tried to save poor Dan
The horse reared, fell and rolled over
with him, but he managed to regain his
seat, and it was not until Kayanagh had
been skinned alive, and all of the mus
Giles and flesh eaten from his breast and
ribs, that Keiser gave up and galloped
away. About seven miles from the
scene he found ranch and was cared
for. He was so bitten that his hands,
arms and head swelled to twice their
natural size, and he lay in the greatest
agony and delirium for week When
he recovered his horse was dead, and
the ranchmen went with him to the scene
of the disaster. They found nothing
but the skeleton of his companion, the
bones picked clean and almost buried in
the mass of grasshoppers, which still
covered the ground to the depth of
foot. His horses skeleton lay near him,
the voracious insects having eaten flesh,
hide and hair. AS the ranchmen own
nearly whole township in that vicinity,
which they are about to sell to an En-
glsh colony, they swore Keiser to secre-
cy in regard to the affair, gave him a
horse and entire new outfit, and let him
60 on his way rejoicing .- Cheyenne
! (Wy.) Leader.
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&C Pretty doggy" observed Mrs Plumb,
| in conCiliatory voice.
Pinch made no reply, but stood there
! looking at the lady.
| Nice doggy" added Mrs. Plumb, en-
deavoring to diffuse a smile over very
white face, and taking step forward at
the same time.
| In an instant every recumbent hair on
the dogs back lifted itself, two rows of
teeth glistened forth, and most depress-
ing growl escaped therefrom
The unhappy woman gave cry of
alarm, dropped her basket and scrambled
with all haste to the top of box. There,
having drawn her limbs in under her for
better protection, she sat and trembled
and looked.
The sagacious dog made no attempt to
retard this movement; on the contrary,
he appeared to be highly in favor of it,
and when it was over he squatted down
at the door and, fixing his eyes upon her,
licked his chops IN painfully suggestive
way.
Poor Mrs. Plumb! Her bread was in
the oven, her dinner on the stove, and
there she sat, an object of attention to an
intelligent and faithful dog, and a prey
to the most poignant emotions. Several
times she offered him sop in the shape
of pleasing title. He made no mani
festation of disapproval to this course,
but when she sought to follow it up with
her body the hairs on his back sprang to-
their feet, the wrinkles flowed up his.
9eck, his teeth appeared, and the growl
lGeP and ominous, followed
u was no use. There she was, and
had she been under ton of iron she
could scarcely have been more pris-
oner. She thought of her bread and the
dinner until the tears coursed down her
pale cheeks in unbroken streams. Once
in while subdued sob would break
from her bosom. Her face grew whittier
and whittier as the moments rolled by, and
the despairing ache in her heart grew
more intense. But there was no relief.
The cold was benumbing her body, while
the pain was rending her soul. Her re-
Elections finally grew so bitter and agon-
izing that she hid her face in her apron
and sobbed outright. And there she sat
and cried, and there he sat and watched,
true and faithful to the last. And there
Mr., Plumb found them two hours and a
quarter later when he came home to din
ner, and after nervous search for his
wife. Mrs. Plumb had to be lifted bod
lily from the box and carried into the
house, her long position in the cold hav-
ing rendered her limbs almost powerless.
She never had been SO glad to see her
husband since the time when Sunday
nights were a speciality with the twain,
but she could not look pleased, she
could not utter a word. The pain in her
heart was too great. There was no need
of flying to the oven to see the bread nor
to lift the lids of the pots to observe the
dinner. Everything in the way of bak-
ing and cooking was manifest to the
most casual observer on entering the
kitchen. 1t was the event of Mrs.
Plumb's life. Her brown hair has be-
come snowy white, and her face looks
ten years older.
Pinch is working in a brickyard for
his board. -DGnburY Nelos.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-03
STRENGTH FOR TODAY.

strength for to-day is all that we need.
As there never will be a tomorrow:
For tomorrow will prove but another to-day,
With its measure Of JOY and sorrow.
Then why forecast the trials of life
With such sad and grave persistence.
And watch and wait for crowd of ills
That AZ yet have no existence?
strength for to-day what a precious boon
For the earnest souls who labor.
For the willing hands that minister
To the needy friend or neighbOr.
Strength for to-day-that the weary hearts
In the battle for right may quail not.
And the eyes bedimmed with bitter tears
In their search for light may fail not.
Strength for to-day-on the down-hill track.
For the travellers near the valley,
That up, far up, the other side
Ere long they may safely rally.
Strength for to-day-that our precious youth
May happily shuu temptation,
And build. from the rise to the set of the sun,
ON strong and sure foundation.
Strength for to-day in house and home.
To practice forbearunCe sweetly;
To scatter kind words and loving deeds.
Still trusting in God completely.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-03

1t was "John Phoenix" who invented
the phrase: Invincible in peace, in
visible in war" His real name is Capt.
George IL. Derby, and being stationed at
San Francisco, where he was invited to
apublic dinner given by the State militia,
ald on this occasion being called on for
IA toast, he fired the above phrase as "A
blank cartridge at the heads of his hosts.
And it hit. ..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-03

Mrs. PARrGNGToN remarks that few
persons nowadays suffer from sugges-
tiOns of the brain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-03

The Petersburg (Va) Mder says
gentleman of that city, while walking
over the battle-ground of the Crater,
picked up two mimic balls hattened and
imbedded in each other. One was a
Federal and the other Confederate ball.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-08
WRENCH NEWSPAPERS.

The work goes bravely on In France.
The Republican,, OF Brest, has been
prosecuted eight times within d month,
three writs being served upon Its man
ager June 15. He got off with 1000
francs fine and two months In jail. The
Rappel, Of Charente, has been proceed
ed against for eriticising the Marshal,
and Its editor fined 5000 francs and Inn
prisoned for month. A paragraph In
the Journal de Montdidier attacked the
Due dc Broglie; 1t cost the writer 1900
francs and a months imprisonment,
and the editor 1900 francs. For an at
tack on MacMahon, the publisher Of
the Marseilles Egalite paid 5000 francs
and was locked up for two months.
Four clubs have been closed up at Bor-
deaux, and at Troyes the newsdealers
have been officially interdicted from
selling the Peuple, the Petit National,
the Petite Republique, the Petit Pari-
sien, the Marsellaise, the Republique
Franchise, the Rappel, the Steele and
the Dixneuvieme Steele, and advised
to keep the Petit Moniteur, the Petite
Presse, the Petit Journal and the Petit
CORPORAL.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-08
AN OLD FASHIONED CURRENCY.
Tar and Tobacco ~ Currency In the ola
Days Of virginia and North Carolina.

|
Tar and Tobacco ~ n Currency in the Oh
Days Of virginia and North Carolina.
In the work lately published by Rev
DR.. Slaughter, OF Virginia, about men
and customs In the old days Of the Com.
monwealth, IL Is stated that In colonial
times many acts OF Assembly were
passed regulating the culture OF to-
bacco, and one office Of the early church
vestries was to appoint respectable free
holders to count tobacco planta In
each parish. The salaries OF ministers
and civil officers were paid In tobacco,
and ft, or notes representing II in
warehouses, were the currency OF the
country. DR.. Slaughter states that
parishes were known as "Orinoco"
and 'Sweet- scented" parishes, ac-
cording to the kind OF tobacco
grown In them. A sweet.scented parish
was worth much more than an Orinoco
parish. 1t ID quantity remarked that b
minister's tobacco was worth much less
than other like bulk Of tobacco. be.
cause 1t was 80 mixed. Thus 1t seems
that the clergy have not always had the
first fruits" OF their parishioners In
modern times. Whenever the flock
could fleece tho shepherd they had rare
ly failed in that performance. Another
fact stated by Dr. Slaughter may not be
generally known That towards the
North Carolina line, where little or no
tobacco was then grown, the minister
was paid Ia tar, pitch and pork. The
pine tree and It's fruits were then sub
jects Of legislation. Tar was once In
great demand for tarring the roofs OF
public and private buildings.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-08
CANCELLATION OF BOND.
UNITED States or AMERICA. !

UNITED STATES or AMERICA.
State Of Louisiana. !
Executive Department
Whereas. application has been made 10 ne for
the cancellation Of bond drawn by GEORGE.
3. JOHNSON. and by him subscribed, on the
thirtieth day OF December. 1876 as principal, for
the sum Of len thousand dollars. with Wright
II. Fish. Honore Pothier, Joseph AIphonse
Walker. John A. Watkins and Patrick Keenan,.
MS securities. conditioned for the faithful per-
formance Of tho duties OF said George H. John
son. rs Auditor Of Public Accounts OF the State
Of Louisiana.
Now. therefore. !, Francis T. Nichols. Gov
ernor Of the State of Louisiana. have thought
public notice TO all persons To whom these
presents shall concern and who are therein In
tereBted. to show cause. In writing. at the Office
OF the Secretary OF STATE. at the city Of New Or
leans, within ninety days from and after the,
last publication ofthfs notice, why the said bond
securities above named discharged from any
further liability.
In testimony whereof, I have here
49, unfo set my hand and caused the
)I, q lBeal OF the State OF Louisiana TO be
- D. affixed. at the city Of New Orleans.
~-~~ this twenty-eighth day Of May. In the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seyen. and OF
the one hundred and first year Of the
Independence OF the United states OF
America.
FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor OF the State Of louisiana
BY the Governor:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Assistant Secretary OF State.
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CoI.OIss.
some Rules as to Their Use In RoDrns.


Most people know that light colors
make rooms look larger than dark ones,
though ID Ia probable that few can en-.
tirely realize the wonderful difference
between them until they have seen
walls painted dark or the reverse. A
light picture by the same law makes q
room look larger, and q picture darker
than the wall 1t ID hung Upon will re-
duce the size OF the room, unless the
lightness OF the frame Is suffl-
Gent to compensate for the difference.
Perhaps the present decided taste
for light pictures Is partly due to this.
A rule In the arrangement OF interiors
may be dedueed from these observa-
lions, which is, that when room 10
smaller than we should like 1t to be we
ought to hang very light pictures in 1t,
and when II IL uncomfortably
large we should reduce #
with dark ones. But there are
other things to be considered. Pictures
which represent narrow interiors do not
enlarge rooms much, because they con.
vey u feeling OF confinement; but land
scapes with vast distances enlarge
rooms Immensely. In engravings and
Watercolors the margin has IN import
ant effect
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-08
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SIXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAL.
t5H OF ORLEANS
MRS. EDWARD JUMONvILLE vs.. ffEH
husband-Ao 93yG.

| HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ON THE TWEEN
i ty-eighth day of May, 1877, judgment was
rendered In this court In The following entitled
suit. In tho words and figures following, 10 wit
No: o556~Mrs. Edward JumoDvie w. Her II as
band.
In this case, this day submitted 10 the court
upon the written consent Of PARTIES, tho court
considering the law and evidence to DO In favor
OF the plaintiff. IL is ordered, hdiudged aud de-
creed that there be- judgment In favor OF said
plhintiH. Mrs. Ludovine Marie Folse. nnd
against said defendant, Edward Jumonvtlle,
her husband. decreeiug separation OF proper
y and dissplviBg tho community Of acaiiests
and gains heretofore existing between snid
plaintiff md said defendant. II ID further
ordered. adjudged and deereed TINT said plain
TIL be- recognized hs the owner Of the following
movable property, and valued Us 70 lows. /. One
plano. valued ~ three hundred dollars; o. One
bed, one arrnpir, one toilet. ono washstnnd, one
rack. one table. six chairs, two rocking chairs
one sewing machine. one clock. sundry orna-
ments, etc, the whole valued ut three hundred
dollars. and that plaintiff do have the manage
mont md control OF tho Same.
1t is further ordered that defendant pay costs
OF suit.
Judgment rendered May ~. 1877.
Judgment signed June 2, 1877.
N. II. HIGHTOH. Judge
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal Of the said court. NJ
the city OF New Orleans, on this second day Of
June. in the year OF our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy .aeyep.
II. MEI5TEH. Deputy Clerk.
iey 10 jyg*
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$1,000 REWARD.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
Executive Department.
Whereas, 1t appears from the process verbal of
inquest and the verdict OF the Coroner's jury. In
the matter Of the investigation Into the cause of
the death of the late DON sEvERIN0 DE LA
BARRERA, Consul Of his Majesty, the King OF
Spain, which occurred in the city Of New Or
leans, on the tgenty-fourth day OF March. A. u.
1877, said inquest having been held In said city
before DIR. Henri de Rance. Coroner Of the
Second Third and Fifth Districts Of the parish
OF Orleans. that the death OF said Seyerino
de la Barrera was accustomed by his taking I'M
knowingly poison, placed Intentionally and
felonlously In bottle Of medicine, from which
he, on that day, took the usual dose. by one or
more persons unknown to the jury OF inquest,
and who are at large; and
Whereas, TO all appearances. a heinoug
crime. punishable under the laws Of this State
has been committed, and for the good OF society
its perpetrators should be drought to justice.
Now. therefore. T. FRANCIS Il. NICHOLS,
Governor Of tho State OF Louisiana, have
thought proper TO issue this my proclamation.
calling upon the good people OF this state t9
give their ala and assistance in arreStine hno
bringing 70 justice the perpetrator Or perpetaa-
tors OF said crime, and by virtue Of the autnorII
y e ms Vested re sy he Of aT osG E
DOLLARS for the arrest and con s la oi 1he
perpetrator or perpetrators Of said CRIME.
with the seal Of the State of Louisiana. at the
city OF New Orleans, this twenty @ Fla, nay %
June. in the year OF our Lore one shone w .he
eight hundred and seventy ana Of Inc
one hundred and first year oil the independence
OF the United States Of America ~
~ ' FRANCIS r. NICHOLAS. -
Governor OF the State OF Louisiana. n
By the Governor:
soretary Of State. lot