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Leading n Calf.

He was a small but muscular boy,
and the calf was probably two months
old, with q development of unadulter-
ated cussedness that would do credit to
a Georgia Kuklux Khan Captain. There
was a rope between them, and, as they
went down South Third street, bets
were about even as to whether the boy
was leading the calf or the calf leading
the boy. The calf made dash for the
Central Express office. The boy pulled
him back and he made a dash for the
boy, who ran around wagon and fell
over watermelon pile, the proprietor
whereof swore copiously.
Come back here, you Internal clod-
buster, and pay for this melon.'
"Say, m hister! whoa-give me my
-thunderation on you-hat, won t
yerp"
And the calf kicked up his heels and
b-a-a-d, and tried to run into store, but
the boy sat down on the line with all his
strength, and suddenly sat down in the
mud as the calf altered his mind and
turned around to look at him. They went
quietly ten steps, till dog barked,
when it took four circles around the
boy in as many seconds, tying his legs
up in the line, bringing him down in
the mud again and dragging him
around until he looked like an old hat
that had been run over by the ice cart
for two seasons.
A philanthropic fat man by the name
of Wilson, lawyer, went to the boy s
assistance, but the calf kicked him on
the shin and butted him in the con-
denser, so that he sat down on the curb
stone and tried to die easy. Then the
boy and calf untangled themselves and
started down the street like mail train
behind time, until the calf, soaring at
something, stopped suddenly, and the
boy fell over it and lost the rope. The
calf at once took to his heels, every boy
in the street running after and grab
bling at the rope, until il got tangled in
the bridge, when his conductor caught
HIM by the ear and tail, and lively
fight took place all across the bridge
and out ofsight, while everybody along
the street proceeded to tell how easy it
is to lead calf if you only go their
! way about it.-EaSt0n Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-27
Stories Of Animal SagacitY.

Col Rice, now of Gen. Miles Fifth
United States Infantry, was in company
on Tuesday last with a gentleman of
our acquaintance, and the conversation
naturally turned on Indian warfare and
frontier experiences, the day being the
anniversary of the Custer massacre.
Col. Rice, who has seen service in In
dian campaigns, related a striking an
ecdote concerning the sagacity of
horse which lost his rider in the fatal
fight. Some months after the battle
steamer having on board a portion of
the Fifth Infantry was pursuing her
voyage near the mouth of the Powder
River, on the Yellowstone, The men on
the lookout, one of whom was the ia
nous scout Buffalo Bill, who was scour-
ing the surrounding country for indi-
cations of hostile Indians, saw in the
distance an object moving slowly
toward the boat. They anXiously
scruiinized il as il continued TO APP
proach. surprising that u might be the
advance II a body uf hostiles. Their
suspicious were not lesscned when they
/ discovered Be- to De- a horse. which might
ho chat "a "a sia1Hi watching their move
mruis ur signaling fhe advance II the
enamE E faFa Mhan fhe animal came
. tl tHe haut fl fhf Hfer however. ID
aF. arl f and alone.
aai aHai d Weighed
rferi sIgn II
ra aaa uhea 4,
afI % aas found
trnfh aFairt.'
w If ras faiud was
HUr ma hee.iine
fae iusir SIGHT The
fHss aaru aT heard ui
Hr DISTANCE, and rucug-
wH .n "a civilization. and
m "a fs lrae liie o. she wilder
s amlrterd Do opportunity
Il HfuralaE ta its accusomed duties.
tr tmdrri incidcri showing the
Hnnrth ai thr second insure implanted
NI tHman cumpanionslip ia the do
muslIr animals was related by Col.
N.re. Upon one IT the steamers used
Iu iht campaign against the Sioux was
10 small dog belonging 10 Gen. Miles,
which one day fell overheard and was
given up for lost. Six months after
ward as the same steamer was return
ing the singular sight was witnessed
of a small dog and swolf trotting along
+ the shore in friendly cUmpanionship.
The dog was recognized as that lost
overheard. The steamer was stopped
and the dog taken on board de-
/ lighted 10 meet with his old friends,
while the wolf on the approach of the
vessel ran back into the brush. The
intelligent animal had anticipated the
return of the boat and patiently waited
| his restoration to his master.-BOStcn
! Tr03eZyer
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were attired in hats and coats of marvel
GUS workmanship-heirlooms which
had been treasured up for genera
tions-long blue coats with tails
sweeping the ground; black beaver
hats with nap an inch in length,
never made for the heads they then
adorned. One had his set on the very
crown, no persuasion would induce it
to go on further; another rested on the
tip OF the wearer's nose, and his COM
panions led him blindfolded in the fes-
tive throng. In church the couples
stood in front of the altar while the
wedding hymn was sung; rings were
exchanged, and the clergyman made Il
long speech about their reciprocal du-
ties. While we were at our early din
ner the happy pair marched in to re-
ceive their congratulations; Adam
brandishing huge tankard of ale, Eve
carrying some cake of her own making.
We were expected to partake of both
refreshments. The baron, wishing him
joy, drank Adams health and handed
back the tankard, but he strobe up to
the table, and flourishing it high in the
tAAA NAAthNNhS blt w SOlltll
trinken!' With great difficulty he was
made TO understand that the English
ladies drank nothing but water-a most
amusing weakness in his estimation.
All that day and all the next the village
was mad with excitement, dressing up
and going from house to house, dane
ing, drinking and shouting. AS they
did not belong to the house they were
received on the steps, with all the
idlers Of the place forming back
ground. They were not so grand as
Adam, and brought their refreshment
In black bottle, which the baron,
after making speech, put to his lips,
thinking il was beer. and found, to his
CONSERVATION, that it was strong
schnapps. He could not affront the
merry-makers, so he had to gulp it
down as best he could, trying hard not
to look rueful as he did.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-27
The s. What.Is.It."

One of our most prominent lawyers
went home the other day to dinner and
found that his little boy had had
his head clipped, in accordance with
the prevailing style. Affecting not
to notice it, he began to speak of
the wonderful curiosity on exhibition
in Washington City, in the shape of
living creature with form something
like that of human being. It's head
is round as a pumpkin, its ears stuck
out like clam shells ON cocoanut, its
nose projected like figure four from
what seemed to be his face, it walked
upright, and its head was covered with
q growth of bristles, about one
sixteenth of an inch in length,
and for want OF better name, the
creature had been called the What
ls-It." And. placing his hand on the
boys head, the father said: why,
here it is now. Here's the very thing
I've been talking about"
The boy replied, as he buttered
piece of biscuit They've got blame
sight worse looking thing right here in
Peoria"
"What kind of thing is it?" said
the lawyer.
at is the father of the "' What-Is-
It, " retorted the lad.
The subject was dropped.
Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-27
Hints About Water.

No water that has stood in open YES
sells during the night should be used for
drinking or cooking. BY exposure to
the air it has lost its "aeration," and
has absorbed many of the dust germs
floating in the apartment. If convent
ence requires water to be kept in the
vessel for several hours before use it
should be covered, unless the vessels
are tight. Wherever practical, all dis
tributing reservoirs should be covered.
Filtering always adds to the purity of
water. Drinking-water should not be
taken from Rivers or lakes on low
level. Surface water, or water in lakes,
pools or rivers which receive the sur
face wash, should not be taken at a
meal. Do not drink between meals
unless to quench thirst, as excess OF
water weakens the gastric juice and
overworks tho kidneys. Excessive po-
tations, whether of water or other fluid,
relax the stomach, impair its secre-
tions, and paralyze its movements. BY
drinking little at time the injury is
avoided
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-27
A Peasant Marriage in Hesse.

A wedding makes great stir in a
HesSian village, and one Sunday two
weddings were solemnized together.
One bride was the old mason's daugh-
ter, who married weaver from Bur-
schlar, the other bridegroom was our
old cowman, Adam, poor. miserable
looking object, deaf, short-sighted and
looking half idiotic. He was the one
who slept in the cow-house, and he
used to be seen about the yard in the
smallest amount of clothing compatible
with German notions of decency-his
legs bare from the knee, or incased in
cold weather in footless stockings reach
ing but half way up. 1t was wonder
that such an Adam could ever find an
Eve to look at him! Yet we were told
he was a decent creature, when not in
his cups, and was supposed to have
saved some money; so an evil-looking
widow captured him, and he came on
the Saturday to invite us to his we'd
ding. We stood at the window while
the bells rang, for the bridal procession
as it crossed the farmyard to the church
door was most comical sight. First
went the mason's party; but that was Il
quiet wedding and need not detain us
long. The cOwman was the hero of the
day. A band of music preceded him
and his bride, and nearly all the village
followed them, the young women with
flowers in their hair, the elder ones
wearing the queer little peaked cap of
black satin with long bows hanging
down behind-the holiday couture of
the Hessian peasantry. But the men
were the most wonderful objects. They
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-27

"A ten-years-old schoolboy in Hol-
yoke, Mass, lately refused to do his
writing lesson because he couldn't lift
his arm to the desk, and examination
proved that his collar bone was broken.
Further questioning showed that the
accident happened two days before;
meanwhile he performed all his duties
and attended school without complaint,
fearing his parents.
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be tuned every two months during the
first year, and at least three times a
year afterward. Always have it tuned
after a s0iree if the room has been very
hot.-Jour7laI de MuSique.
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the presence of the Texas steer in the
city, to make the following speech:
"Phwat l want to know, yer Honor, is,
are the payple of the Fourteenth Ward
to be trod upon by oxen of a Sunday
morning?"
The Scientific american notes the
fact that of 260 hangings in this
country the past five years, 70 per
cent. have occurred west of the Ale
ghanies. The st. Louis Journal COM
ments: eve have always undertood
westward the star of hempire takes its
way"
C there anything that will make
grain come up quick?n asked a gentle
man farmer of an old farmer. "Well,
no, | don't know of nothin' that'll do
it," was the genial old fellows reply,
"unless it's crows" Then the geEtle-
man farmer wanted to know where he
could get some.
Brown tried to quarrel with his
mother-in-law the other evening. He
married the eldest of seven girls. Said
she: Brown, my boy. I'm not going 30
ruin my reputation by quarreling with
you. Wait till all the girls are mar
ried. AT present, rs a mother-in-laW.
I'm only an amateur"
"A magazine writer saws there b. o.
language of the hair. Don't aHuhi 81 En-
the least Al any rate ", hat, h
Oh toleraoiN wen aatA'.i
where Single auburn htf "
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relates inal h'I f'i'
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@ aaH Huuk
HH rateua "a riit post
oh.r f a.a"I .a. tHuHg clerk o.
HirA W Hrf better. De- looked
a- Haek Hra BHE.Y as Western cy-
/ clone. Hnt remarked as She departed
/ that he didu sce why women couldn't
stick their own stamps on His next
] 'NTtftti'i N"N Atn' "NiilANs f'iit W "a.
/ young, beautiful and siylishly dressed,
and when She asked the clerk for "A
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IN THE FUTURE.


IN THE FUTURE.
What is yonder in the future:
Lift that mystic veil away,
Let the morning sunlight golden
Fall on shadows grim and gray,
OF the doubts and fears we borrow,
OF the death chill and the sorrow.
Tell us. is there not glory
In the onward-gliding years:
See we not, beyond the parting,
As we gaze through falling tears,
Fondest hopes and rosy vision!
Is there not some field elysian
Which the glowing sunlight cheers:
Though we may not lift that curtain
Falling DER our future lives,
Yet we know the years are bringing
Rich rewards for him who strives.
And when, one day, drops of sorrow
Fall to earth upon the morrow,
We shall see plant that strives.
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Strange Dream Of Il Woman.

The Coroner's jury at Middletown,
Pa, in the case of Policeman John
Williamson, who shot himself to avoid
arrest for arson, was found in a dying
condition in a rye field twelve hours
afterward, have rendered a verdict of
suicide" His wife testified to dream
ing II strange dream on the night of
her husbands suicide. She dreamed
some one told her that her little child
was dead, and that she found him near
ly dead in the field. She was awakened
by Il sound as of the breaking of Il
fence-rail, and found in the clubhouse II
pool of blood, which led to the discov-
cry of her husband dying in a field just
as she had dreamed having found the
child. Another witness testified to
hearing some one in the field singing
1.-The Sweet By and By" which was
just after Williamson had shot himself.
Tnn Hnncfn,, TIoJo1rua11 cove fbora 10
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HAPPY is the man who can lie all
day under q shade tree looking for
work.
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THE Houston Telegram says there is
paper at Brownsville, Tex, printed
one half in Spanish and the other in
Josh Billings.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-02
INCENDIARISM.
Tenant Arrested by his Landlord on
Charges OF Destroying Proper
tY by Incendiarism.

New YORK, August 1.-Charles Montanye
on the complaint of G. Clarke, of Springfield,
Otsego county, was lodged in jail in default
OF twenty five thousand dollars bail in suit
brought by Clarke for forty-six thousand dol
lars damages for property burned by Mon
tanye, tenant OF the Mutual society, of
which Montanye is alleged to have been a
member between December 5, 1873. and
September l, 1879. Clarke is said to be the
largest land owner in this State, owning be-
tween forty and fifty thousand acres in the
counties of Green, Duchess, Oneida, Otsego
aud Montgomery. Clarke's affidavit sets
forth that he became possessed OF the lands
through grant by the colonial council to
William Cory and others. Corry's associ
ates transferred an undivided moiety to
George Clarke, the ancestor of the present
owner. During the anti-rent excitement,
from 1916 to 1850, suit was brought on petit
ton of the tenants by the State against
Clarke to vacate his letters patent, upon the
ground of original fraud in obtaining
of grant. This suit was decided In Clarke's
favor In every court. Clarke's father had let
out land on farms of about two hundred
acres each upon leases of two lives IN being,
but not less than thirty-three years, at an ar
nual rental of twelve and one-half cents per
acre. These leases began to expire in large
numbers about 1870, and new leases were
offered the tenants at increased rates of from
ten cents to one dollar and fifty cents and
two dollars an acre. This increase met with
great opposition, and the Montgomery ten
ants society was formed. Fires have con-
stantly occurred up to the present time, and
property worth thousands of dollars has
been destroyed, and it is believed the society
still exists, although its movements are con-
Quoted with the greatest secrecy. Atfidavits
of detectives recite conversations had with
the people of Charleston Four Corners, and
state that on several occasions Montauye ad
mitted to them that the sole object of the
mutual society was the destruction of Clarke's
property. To bind its members the society
had oaths with penalty of death for their
violation.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-02
THE INDIANS
Have the Snake River Country at their
Mercy-TwO White Men Kille6-Cat-
tie being Run OR-VOIunteers to
the Rescue.

SAN Francisco, August IA Bots City
dispatch says the stage from Bots to Silver
City was attacked by Indians near Mondays
Ferry, Snake river, and the driver shot
through the body, but brought the stage to
the ferry. The guard Of FIVE soldiers at the
ferry and the employees of the station were
exchanging fire with the Indians when the
stage lett. A body of volunteers have LETT
here for Snake river, and a small detach-
ment of troops from Fort Boise are en- route
for Mondays Ferry. band of hostiles
supposed to be Bannocks, are returning 10
the scene of the original outbreak, Camas
prairie. 1t is expected the Bruneau valley
will be again raided.
A Silver City dispatch says: Two scouts Ct
party of six have just reached here from
the vicinity of Three Forks, Sucker creek
They met party of hostiles, and killed a
Piute chief, Big George, and Pretty Johnny.
They report Jeff Carter and Seven u Smith
undoubtedly killed. Volunteers leave here
tonight for the vicinity of Brunean Scouts
have been sent in various directions during
the past twenty-four hours. As yet no body
of Indians more than forty in number, have
been discovered at any point.
THE SNAKE RIVER COUNTRY AT THE MERCY
OF TIE SAVAGES.
SAN Francisco, August IA Silver CITY
dispatch says: 1.-The Indians are raidine all
through the Snake river country The driver
of the Boise stag. who was wounded yester-
day, is dead. Mr.. Chesman is reported killed.
Heavy firing is heard in the direction of Camp
Lyon No. 2. The country Is being robbed If
stock by the Indians"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-02
MURDER MOST FOUL.
A Policeman Murdered while in Bed
Beside his Vife-MysteriOus Cir
cumstances Connected with
the Deed.

NEW YORK, August Henry Smith,
policeman of Jersey City, with his wife, re-
tired last night at eleven o'clock, and at four
O'Clock this morning Mrs. Smith aWoke to
find her husband dead, with his skull crushed.
He had been murdered In his sleep, and 1T
appears that the assassins first chloroformed
the husband and wife, as the deed was per-
petrated without Mrs. Smith knowing any
thing about it. Smiths body was perforated
with stabs, wounds apparently made by
carving-knife and the bed was sodden with
gore. The head of the dead man was twisted
around on his neck, an effort having evidently
been made to sever it from his body. There
were also marks of heavy blow across the
forehead, which had crushed in the frontal
bones of the skull, and had evidently been
made with a heavy bludgeon, probably a po-
liceman's club. 1t seems that Smith and
his brother had both been divorced, and one
of the brothers married the divorced wife of
the other Harry Smith, the victim of the
tragedy, had married, or at least was living
with, young woman recently well known
about town as Jennie Powers. There was no
evidence of forcibla entrance or egress from
the house. The doors were all locked and the
windows secure. The weapons used IN the
murder were such as would come first to
hand in the house-a carving knife and a
policemsn's club, but neither were found.
The murdered man Is a brother of Alder
man JOuu II. OI Jersey OiIy.
Mrs. Smith says she was awakened at sixteen
minutes after three in the morning by her
husband throwing his hand over her face,
and she discovered a handkerchief on her face
which had peculiar favor. She removed
the handkerchief, and, turning to her hus-
band, noticed that both the pillows covered
his head and body. These she removed. and
saw a pool of blood under him, which had
also saturated her own clothing. This, she
says, was the FIRST intimation she had Of the
commission Of crime. The handkerchief,
which Mrs. Smith says covered her
face, is missing Chief Nathan or
dered her to be placed under arrest,
and close watch is kept over her.
Officer Smith was one of four brothers, one
of whom is a member of the board of alder
meno of Jersey City, and one conductor Of the
Central railroad, of New Jersey. All bear
irreproachable characters, and the murdered
man was not known to have had an enemy.
But one clue has as yet been obtained from
the transaction that occurred. On the night
before the murder, about ten o'clock, as Oft
Ger Smith was entering mis- house by the rear
door, he discovered man in the cellar. He
ordered him away, and the man left without
trouble. Who Ls vas, or what called him to
the place, is not known. Some are Of the
opinion that family troubles we're the cause OF
the deed
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-02
THE SOUTH CAROLINA
Democracy in state Convention ADOPT
a Platform and RenOminate All
the Present State Officers.

COLUMBUS, August 1.-The State Demo
cratic convention met too day, General John
D. Kennedy presiding. The platform adopt
ed reaffirms the platform of 1876, is in har-
,nony with the pledges and performances Of
Governor Hampton, and guarantee of full
protection to all classes in the administration
of justice. Accompanying the platform is Il
series of resolutions adopted, urging unity of
purpose and action among the Democrats,
denouncing fusion with the Republicans,
and deprecating the presence of Independent
candidates; also strongly recommending the
fostering of emigration, inviting the people
from every quarter Of the globe to make their
homes in South Carolina; directing attention
to the revenue troubles IN the upper counties,
urging congress to amend the law and quiet
the irritation, and requesting President
Hayes to grant an amnesty to the illicit dis
Gllers IN the upper. counties. Governor
Hampton and the entire State officers were
Endorsed and renominated amid great ap-
plause. Hampton and others made speeches.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-02

precautionary measures as are now in fore
then prevailed with US. Memphis never was
In as good condition in a sanitary point of
view as now. Her streets and alleys never
were a. clean. nor was there ever as strict
attention paid TO the enforcement of sanitary
regulations on private premises. There is
nothing in the condition of the atmos-
phere, or of our city. to invite the
dread disease, and we think we are safe In
assuming that we are safe from a visitation.
In the strict enforcement of the quarantine
ordinance there Is a large measure of safety.
Heretofore 1t has been very loosely managed,
while the gate was guarded whole sections of
the fence were!eft down, and,thus wide gaps
were made through which distemper might
stalk in upon us unresisted. This is no longer
so. All the approaches to the city, by rail
as well as river, are quarantiued, and
freights, by express or otherwise, are prohib-
tied entrance. In the enforcement of this
necessary safeguard the board of health
meets with the hearty cooperation Of steam
boat and railroad men. No one offers any
opposition to it. All are agreed that it Is es-
sential to the life Of the city, and all are as
sisting to enforce it ugidIy as possible.
Added to this, the board of health has plenty
Of money placed within its reach to continue
IFS sanitary work in the city, and the efficient
cooperation OF committee of merchants to
help whenever help is needed. Their is,
therefore, no grounds for alarm on the part
o: the people. The yellow-fever is not in
digencus to our latitude, and unless imported
there is no reason to fear 1t, and it cannot be
imported so long as the present quarantine
laws are enforced, and the board of health
are as active and vigilant as they have been
in the past two weeks.