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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18
How Gold is Got.

We propose to tell show they get gold"
in short and familiar way. Gold origi-
mates chiefly in veins. BY the disintegTa-
ton of these veins (from the action of
moisture and air, and that great origin of
growth aui destruction, orygea) -"n their
breaking up the metal becomes discngagei
and scattered, and is thus obtained in va
riuus ways from other sources than the
original veins. 1t is found, principally in
quartz, and talcose and mcaceous slate,
called gold ore. This is the "matrix," or
stone that holds the gold. THIS gold ore
is first crushed very finely, and mixed
with water. 1t is then agitated in water,
Coy various modcs) 50 that the gold may
sink to the bottom, and the stony particles
be carried off. AT the bottom is quicksil-
yer, or nercury-ior which gold has such
an affinity, or love, that they unite the
moment they touch. In this way the
gold is secured in the mercury. The two
united are called the "amalgam."
This anal gam is then put in some po-
rous body, such as buckshin, damask,
ticking-and squeezed until the excess of
quicksilver is forced out, and the result is
ii beautiful, silvery ball, containing the
gold, mixed with mercury. This ball Of
anna gam is then put in ,.'retort'-which
is tightly secured iron vessel "a tea ket-
tie, with the top screwed tightly on, would
represent the retorD having pipe leading
from it, the end of which is placed in cold
water. Fire is now applied to the retort
aud the quicksilver rises Gust like steam)
and passing out Of the pipe is cooled, con
den-ed and saved in the water. When
all the mercury is driven off i'll this way,
the gold is taken out in spongy, dark
brownish mass, aud is called "burnt gold"
This burnt gold is put in crucible, melt.
ed, and run into bar, button or "ingot'
and now you have your gold. This
gold always contains trace of silver, and
generally "A trace of copper; but that is
How they get Gold" in regular mining
Did you know lt--simple as it is-before ?
boston Leader.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18

ANEoDoTE OF AN ELEPHANT An Of
hcer in the Bengal army had favorite
elephant, which was supplied daily in his
presence with certain allowance Of food {;
but being compelled to absent himself on
a journey, the keeper of the beast dimin-
ished the ration of food, aud the animal
daily became thinner and wsAker When
its master returned, the elephant exhibit
ed the greatest signs of pleasure the feed
ing time came, and the keeper laid before
it the former allowance of food. which it
divided into two parts, consuming one i'm
mediately, and leaving the other uutouch-
ed. The officer, knowing the sagacity of
his favoritc, saw Immediately the fraud
that had been committed, and made the
man confess his crime.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18
For The Agis 4. MtelLigencer.
Charity.
"Go to your bosom;
Knock there and ask your heart, what it doth
know


$50 to your bosom;
Knock there and ask your heart, what it doth
know"
Greater than faith, stronger than hope,
more constant than love, is Charity. Her
influence is felt in the domestic circle,
and widening, as it extends itself through
all the ramifcations of society, it fluids its
most perfect and glorious example in the
Blessed Saviour
The voice of Charity is heard on the
bloody field of battle, where the diving
warrior lies in garments "rolled iu blood. "
She asserts herself upon that scene of woe
despite the clamors of revenge, and is
seen profering "the cuo of cold water"
to foe. Charity soothes the little child
IN its innocent troubles, and is the only
voice that will speak to the criminal in
his cell of hope.
Charity Is the Christian antdotc to the
deadly poisons the world administers to
its devotees. When we reflect on the
Great Ezemplifier and Teacher of Chair
ty; when We try to estimate the myriads
redeemed from sin by Charity, we feel
more deeply that without this virtue no
man is christian. Let us, then, seek to
adorn our characters with this robe of ines
timab'e value, feeling assured that it is the
"garmeut required by the King at ellis
wedding supper" NJ.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18
Philosophical Facts.

Sound travels at the rate Of ,155 feet
per sec)nd in the air 1860 in water,
1000 in cast iron, II 900 in steel, 49,.
900 in glass, and from 4 ,636 to 1900 in
wood.
- Mercury freezes pt SO degrees Fahren.
heit, ard becomes solid mass, malleable
under the hammer.
The greatest height at which visible
clouds ever exist does not exceed ten
miles. '.a. ...
Air is about 816 times lighter than wa
ter.
The pressure of the atmosphere upon
every square foot of earth amounts to
2,l6S lbs. An ordinary sized man, sup
posing his surface to be IA square feet,
sustains the enormous pressure of 0,149
lbs.
Heat rariGes air to such an extent that
it may be made to occupy $500 times the
space it did before. ...
The violence of the expansion of water
when freezing, is sufficient to ceave a
globe of copper of such thickness as to re.
quire force of 5000 pounds to produce
the same effect.
During the conversion of ice into water,
lao degrees of heat are absorbed.
Water when converted into steam, in
creases in bulk 1900 times.
One hundred pounds of water of the
Dead Sea contains As lbs of salt.
Tue mean annual depth of rain that
falls at the equator is SO inches.
Assuming the temperature of the in-
terror of earth increases uniformly as we
descend at the rate of one degree in 46
feet, at tho depth of 60 miles it will
amount to 100000 degrees of Fahrenheit
ID heat sufficient to fuse all known
substances.
The explosive force of closely confined
gunpowder is six and half tons to the
square inch.
Hal-stcnes sometimes fall with velo-
city of liz feet in second.
Thunder can be heard at the distance Of
80 miles.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18
ABsTRACTED GENT.-'Old Bundle bee

ABsTRACTED ENT-'Old Bumblebee'
was the cognomeu of Mr.. ., OF
Newburyport lie gained tue title from
the fact Of his catching bumblvboo, one
day, as he was shingling his baru, and, III
attempting to destroy the insect with his
hatchct, cut off the ends Of his thumb aud
forefnger, letting the insect 60 uuharmed.
Other mishaps happened to the old codger,
ou the same barn. In one Of his abstrac.
tons, he shingled over his spare Ratchet,
and cutting small aperture in the build
ing 10 let little daylight in, this man ac-
tua!y set in wooden pane, as being eco.
ponical and not likely to be broken J.
Uncle T, in one Of his obEsious
freaks, nailed his left arm so firmly be
twixt two boards of fence he was putting
up, that he had to call for help 10 get ex
tricated from his self imprisonment. He
ONCE put button on the gate Instead Of
the post But the rarest freak of all was
When he ran through the streets with hi:
hands about three feet asunder, held be
fore him, begging the passers by not te
disturb him, as be had got the measure oil
doorway with him
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18
BRANDRETH'S PILLS.

THE Weak, the Consumptive, Rheuma-
tic, Costive, Bilious and Delicate, after
some days use will find renewed strength
and life pervade every organ of their
frames.
Every.dose makes the blood purer.-
Tue nerves commence in the arteries and
terminate in the veins. These pills, as a
first effect, act upon the arte'ial blood, i'll
creasing the circulation, by which impuri-
ties are deposited in the veins, and they
throw off such collections INTO the bowels,
which organs, by the energy derived from
Brandreth's Pills, expel them from the
. system. When first used. the Pills may
occasion gripping and even make the pa
tlent feel worse. This is an excellent
sign, and shows the disease will soon lie
cured No great good is often achieved
without some trouble in its attainment,
and this rule applies to the recovery oil
health.
For sale by all respectable dealers in
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18
One Good Turn Deserves Another.

a tinker was travelling iu country
town, and having traversed many miles
without finding anything to do, he stopped
weary and. hungry at a tavern. Here he
got into conversation with glazier, to
whom he related his troubles. The latter
sympathized with him deeply, and telling
him be should have a job before long, ad-
vised him to 20 into his dinner and cat
heartily. The tinker took his advice, alto
his ill and when he returned to the bar.
room he was overjoyed to hear that the
landlord required his services to mend
let of pans and kettles, which had sud.
denly "sprung leak" The tinker at
once fell to work, accomplished the task,
and received liberal sum therefor, and
started on his way rejoicing. Upon reach
ing the outside of the house he found the
giazer, who said, ...
"Well, you SEQ l told the truth.
procured you a job of work, and how do
you think l accomplished it?"
Il am sure | cannot tell" replied the
tinker. .., ...,.......
81 will tell you" rejoiued the glazier.
"4ou told me you were weary, hungry aud
penniless. knew the landlord was we'll
OFT and doing good business, 50 watched
the opportunity and started leak in ev-
cry tin utcusil l could get hold Of"
The tinker, with many thanks aad q
heart full of gratitude, resumed his jour-
ney, but he had not proceeded many yards
before ne reached the village church, when
brilliant idea struck him. The glazier
had befriendcd him--he would befriend
the glazier. The church, he thought,
could afford to bear slight loss in good
cause, so taking position where be could
not be seen, he riddled every window in
the edidce with stones, and then, highly
elated with his exploit, he retraced his
steps to notify the glazier he would speed.
l'y have very important job. He met
the glazier at the door of the tavern.
Sir" said he, Il am happy to inform
you that fortune has enabled mo to return
the kindness l received from you an hour
since"
GLOW SOP" asked the glazier, pleas.
antly. -. t...
81 have broken every pane of glass in
the church, answered the tinker, "and
you of course will be employed to put
them in again"
The GLACIERS jaw fell, aud his face as.
sumed blank expression, as he said iu
tremulous tone, "You don't mean that,
do your"
Certainly replied the tinker; "therc
isn't whole pane of glass III the build
lug. Ono good turn deserves another,
you know"
Eyes," answered the elazier, in tone
of utter despair; "but you Internal scoun-
drel, you have ruined me, for I keep, tho
church windows In repair by the year"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18

But to fine issues.
The sympathy between the sister arts,
music, painting, and poetry, is close and
cordial. Moutesqueu says of music that
it is the on y one of the arts which does
not corrupt the mind. Goethe calls it
"The true element whence all poetry
flows, and into which all returns" Shell.
y's definition is beautiful
''Music is the silver key of the fountain of tears
Where the spirit drinks till the brain is wild
Sottest grave of IA thousand fears
Where their mothers care like drowsy child
Is laid asleep in flowers"
And if more reverend authority is de-
sired let us hear Bishop Beveridge:
at calls in my spiri $, composes my
thoughts, delights my ears, recreates my
mind, aud so not only fits me for after bust
ness, but fills by heart at the present with
pure and useful thoughts; 81 that when
the music sounds the sweetest in my ears,
truth commonl y flows the clearest into my
mind, and heuce it is that find my soul
is become more harmonious by being &C.
customed so much to harmony"
Says the celebrated divine, Cecil,
(though, in this instance, his opinion was
doubtless governed by personal partiality):
Admiration ami feeling are very distinct
from each other. Some music and oratory
euchant and astonsh, but they speak not
10 the heart. | have been overw heImud
by Handel's music; the Dettingen Te
Deum is perhaps the greatest co.n position
in the World, yet | never in my life heard
Handel, but | could not tnuk Of some
thing else at the same time. There is a
kind of music that will not allow of this.
DIR Morgan has SO touched the organ at
ST. Johns that have beea turning back
ward and forward over The Pray book for
the first lesson III Isaiah there. The mu-
stefan or the orator fall short of the full
power OF their science, if TIE nearer is left
IN possessi Of himself"
The Flower Of Chvalry, Sir Philip Sid
ney, thus writes to his beloved brother:
"N"w, sweet brother, take delight to
keep and increase your music; You will
not believe what a waut Gud of it in my
melancholy tines
Horace Walpnle, Earl of Oxford, than
whom none have been more conversant
with the various phases of life, fashionable
aud political, recommends the study of
music in the following terms, ami the
opinion of such man outweighs thou
sand times the frippery ideas Of Chester
field: "You will stare at strange notion
OF mine, If it appears even mad one, do
Dot wonder. Had | children, my utmost
endeavors should be to breed them musi
c'aus. Considering have no ear, nor even
thought of music, the preference seems
odd; aud yet it is embraced on frequent
reflection. In short, madame, as my aim
would be to make them happy, think it
the most probable method. 1t is re-
source which will last them their lives, un
less they grow deaf; it depends on them
selves, not on others; always amuses and
soothes, ifnot consoles and Of Ill fash ion
able pleasures is the cheapest. 1t is ca.
pablo OF fame without being prest,ridden;
aud uni Ike other mortal passions, is sure
OF b ing sratied even iu Heaven"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18
Qoetital.

A PRAYER.
. Father in Heaven-gently bend,
To list the cry Thy children send
Up to Thy throne.
The language of each voiceless sigh.
The lifting of each fearful eye,
To Thee are known.
0 Thou, upon whose kingly brow
Resteth the crown Of glory now,
Saviour divine.
The rugged road we fainting tread,
On its most cruel crags is red
With blood of Thine.
oh aid us in this darkened hour,
Above lis angry tempests lower;
SHARES are beneath.
Bleeding and sick, with inward smart
Oppressed with douhtsand breads, the heart
Could pray for death. ..
To lift our load of guilt, was laid
On Thee weight of woe in dread
Gelhsemane.
o, Saviour, man-our brother, priest,
To whom shall mourners turn for rest, ..
If not TO Thee?
All blind and helpless would we come,
To seek in Thee, peace, comfort, home;
Our only plea, ...
Thou dds! the form of mortal wear,
Thou didSt the griefS of mortals bear
On Calvary.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18

How He DID IT.-A commttte called
on tlourishing tradesman to solicit sub
scription for the support Of a clergyman
Giant do it, gentleman was the re-
ply 81 gave five dollars to the Rev. Mr..
P, yesterday"
After some persuasion, however, they
succeeded in getting him to put down "a
like amount for the Rev. Mr.. R, and
departed with thanks; but a minute after
wards he was overheard giving the follow.
ing directions to an assistant -
"Draw off FIVE dollars worth of liquor
and fill with water Take it out of the
row CT casks next to those that you wa
tered yesterday fH the Rev. Mr.. P"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18

WHAT is LIRE y-Darkness and form =.
less vacancy FIR a beginning, Or something
beyond all beginning; then next a din,
lotos of human ,nsciousness, finding itself
al at upon the bosom of waters without a
,n,re; then few sunny smiles aud many
tears; little love aod infinite strife !;
whisporings from Paradise, and fierce
mockcrles from the anarchy of chaos dust
and ashes, and once more darkness cir
cling round ms if from the beginning, and
IN this way rounding and making an isl
and of our fantastic eSistence.-De Qa3a-
cey's Miscellaneous Papers.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18
Don't Squeeze.

While we are growing very sensible, in
deed, i'll the matter of dress, as far as
boots, Balmoral skirts, warm stockings,
and high necks, we are degenerating in
some other matters quite as important
The corset Is now necessary part of a
wonan's wardrobe, and, alas !. when a
woman does begin to wear corsets, she will
wear them too small, and will tug at the
laces until her breath becomes short, and
she feels it necessary to refrain from any
thing like comfortable meal. We say
nothing against well shaped corset worn
loose, but there lies the difficulty. A
loose corset Injuries the appearance of the
figure instead of: improving it, and people
wear corsets that they may have small
waists.
All we can say is, don't squeeze what
ever you do; you may have small waists,
but You are exposing yourself to dozen
mIstortuncs which are as bad as large
waist. First, you'll surely have >dyspep.
STA, and grow yellow, and cross, and I'M
happy; secondly, your hands will grow
red thirdly, your nose; tourthly, you
will be unable to walk mile at once !;
filthy, dinner will be a misery; sixthly,
your shoulder blades will increase in size
and altitude; seventhly, your eyes will
grow weak eighthly, you will break down
at thirty or Whereabouts, and be sickly
old woman from that time forth.
If these truths do not brighten women
FROM tight corsets, perhaps the informa-
ton that gentlemen generally do not adj
Hire what dressmakers call a ''pretty fig
ure" so much as natural one, may have
some influence
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Glp The late Rev. Rowland Hill ur

Bsg> The late Rev Rowland Hill un
1erstood human nature well His chapel
having ben infested by pckpockets, he
took occasion to remind the congregation
that there was an all seeing Providence,
to whom all hearts are open, and from
whom no secrets are hid "but lest" he
added, "there may be any present who are
insensiblc to such reflections, | beg leave
to state that there are also Bowstreet of
6cers on the look out"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18

PAIN AND PATIENCE.-A Mr.. Paine
was the teacher of a singing school, aud a
Miss Patience one of the pupils. In the
course of the evening the teacher gave out
the tune set to the words,
Come gentle patience, smile on pain
The pupils were SO excited by laughter
that it was found impossible to sing tho
line. Soon the teacher gave out another
i'll which were the following lines:
''Oh, give me tears for others woes,
And patience for my own"
The disabilities of the school were so af.
fected that all singing was deferred until
another occasion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18

YOU'VE AMERICA A lady teaching
her little daughter, four years old, pointed
to something in the book, and asked,
"What is that, my dcar?' "Why, dons
you know p inquired the child, eyes,"
said mother; shut wish to find out IL
you know" "Well," responded the littls
miss, II do know" "Tcll me then, if
y2u please" said the lady, "Why no."
insisted the little ope, with an arch look,
"You know whatit is, and know what it
is, and there is no need Of saying any.
thing more about it.--Vcp Bedford Mcs-
curV.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18
ges- This is the style 10 which the fair

ggt- This is the style in which the fair
ones in some parts Of Yorkshire convey
the hint to backward SWANS. "Why
don't you get married 70 said a young lady
the other day to bachelor friend, who
was down there on u visit "l've been
trying for the last ten years to find some
one who would be silly enough to have
me-" was the reply. "Then you haven't
been down our way," was the insinuatins
reiOinder.
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g. Il have always been astonishcd,"
said Mrs Smith, Sat the anxiety of young
Indies for beaux, but | never pitied fa-
male more than when Miss Mountflathers
left my school. Seeing her gazing to-
wards the sky, asked her what she was
looking for p
aThat beau" ste said, Which is told Of
in Genesis, as being set in the cloud, /
wish he'd come down."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18

el" An Irish baronet some time since
hit upon a clever idea for selfprotectiou.
Being threatened with death for claiming
some rents, he called his teuauts together
and read out his will, leaving mis- entire
property to Scotchman. lie understood
bis cJuntrymen, and is alive yet.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18

Tame are the Wanted jnys of Time,
when contrasted with the heaven. bestowed
pleasures of the spirit; earth yields no
fitting food for the better nature; it draws
its sustenance from an immortal source
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18

@s. A philosopher writes to a tailor,
who had failed to get ready his wedding.
suit, alt was no serious Disappointment,
only should have been married if I'hal
received tue GOODS That man will never
be seriously disappointed.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-18

sSs- "They're always giving thing diff.
ferent designations from what they used
to have" said Mrs. Darlington to Ike
"lu my OPTION what they call the new
ralsia, is ca,anlount to old rh. umatjs
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I}listtlIane0us.
MUSICAL ECHOES.
Ely AUGUSTA BRowN-GARRETTE.

"Spirits are not finely touched,
But to fine issues.
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No subscription taken for less than year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-06-16
0NOw much % you ask for your

"AOw much % you ask for your
horse" inquired ArmeN
"a eanuo, sell the horse alone" she
repliel, "but l viii sell the dog and
horse at a fair price for both, Give me
ono HUNDRED dollars for .hO dog and one
dollar for the horse, and we can trade on
those teims;" and the cute widow CON
scicntiously paid to the parents the enc
dollar she received for the horc, and kept
herself tho Que hundard dollars she re-
ceived for tho do; Was Shc far from
right?
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A Cure WIDow,--It 10 related that 4
nan on his dsuth.bed called his wife 10
him and said,--"l leave my horse to my
parents, sell him and hand the money
you get for him over to them, But my
dog l leave to you; dispose of it as you
think best"
Tho wife promised to oboy, So 10
due time AFTER tho death Of hOr lord she
started out to fud . m,rkc, IoE her cDi.
mails