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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-29
Making Glass Ewes.

l.. IL is asserted that there are in this city
at least seven thousand people who veal
false eyes. There arc two or three places
here where false eyes are made and 10.
serted. One house informs the public
that "persons deprived of an eye can have
this deformity removed by The insertion Of
an artificial one, which looks like the nat
ural organ. Nopain when inserted Pa.
tients at distance, having broken eye,
can have another made without calling
personally" ....... ..s..
The manufacture of these eyes is done
entirely by hand. ,...,
a.. A man sits down behind a jet of gas
fame, which is pointed and directed as he
wishes by blow-pipe. .,.. .....
The pupil of the eye is mado with q
drop of black glass imbedded in the centre
of the iris. The blood-vessels seen in the
white of the eye are easily put in with
red glass, while the optic is glowing with
heat like a ball of gold. The whole eye
can be made inside of an hour, aud is at
once ready to put in. The reader should
know that it simply thin glass she'll,
which is intended to cover the stump of
the blind eye. After being dipped IN
water the shell is slipped in place, being
held by the eyelids. The secret of i'm
parting motion to itdepends upon working
the glass eye so that it shall fit the stump |;
if it is too large, it will not move if it
fits nicely, it moves in every particular
like the natural eye, and is quite impossi
BILE, in many cases, to tell one from the
other. TIE operation is not the leusi
painful, and those who have worn them
a number of years feel better with them
in than when they are out. A glass ey o
should be taken out every night and put
in in the morning, In three or .our
years the false eyes bee ME 50 worn that
ne" one has to be obtained. Some la.
dies, who live at distance fr, IN the man:
ufacsory, keep box Of glass eyes on hand
in case of accident, for, besides wearing
out, they will break under certain certain
circumstances, as wnen .s'..r
"Hates last lightning quiyers from his eyes"
American Artizan. ..... ....
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-29

WESTERN ANEcDoTEs.-A. D. Rich
ardsou, in his new work on the West, tells
the following anecdote The ---th
X nsas ID:autry acquired. rare reputation
for plundoring during the great rebellion.
A number of Kansas regiments marching
through Missouri, revenged themselves
upon their cid enemies |; but this had uu-
approachable genius for plumber, which
the camp stories used to illustrate With
genuine American exaggeration. One Of
them ran thus In an Arkansas cam paipn,
a general officer found the entire ---th
grouped around saw.m mill, and weeping
like Niobes. ... .. ~. ..l''.'.'
"Why, boys" he asked, "what's the
matter ?"
"Matter enoughp' sobbed one enter
prising volunteer. "Thus far we have
never left anything behind US !; but we
can't possibly steal this saw-mill r y +.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-29

THE TOWER OF BABEr..-A writer in
Btach~ood's Magazine thus describes the
Tower of Babel, as it appears to travellers
at the present day .'a''
"After travel of nine miles we we're
at the foot of Bier N mrod. Our horses
feet were tranIpling upon the remains of
bricks, which sh wed here and there
through tho dust and rubbish of ages
Before our eyes uprose great mound Of
earth, barren and bare. Tbis was Bier
Nimrod, the ruins of the Tower of Bibel,
by which the first builders of the earth had
vainly hoped to scale high heaven. Here,
also, it was that acknowledgements built !;
for brick bearing his name have been
found in the ruins At the top Of the
ground great mass Of brick work pierces
the accumulated soil. With your fingers
YIN touched the very bricks, large, square.
shaped and massive that were thoroughly
burned the very mortsr-the slime now
as bar as granite-bandled more than
four thousand years ago by earth's impi.
GUS people, t d. fa..' r'- IN
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-29

A GOLDEN THoUGHT.-I never found
pride in noble nature, nor humanity in
an unworthy mind. Of all the trees, I
observed that God has chosen the vine
low plant that creeps al.ug the wall of
all the beasts the patient lamb of all
fowls the patient dove. When God
appeared to Moses, it was not in the lofty
cedar, not in the spreading balm, but in
bush-as if He would by those selections,
check the couceitcd arrogance of man
Nothing produces love like humility,
nothing bate, like pride. . .t 10y
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-29
A Wonderful Flower.

DR.. T. N. Otis, in a work called the
"Isthmus OF Panama and its Connrctions,'
gives the following description of won
derful and singularly beautiful flower,
found on the line of the Panama railroad,
in the vicinity of Lion Hill station
"Along this section is found that rare
variety Of the Orchid family, the Perste-
pa EIata, known as the Espiritu Santo."
Its blossom, of aabaster wilderness, ap-
proaches the tulip in form, and gives forth
powerful perfu ne not unlike that of the
magnolia ; but it is neither for its beauty
of shape, its purity of color, nor fragrance,
that it is chiefly esteemed. Resting with
in the cup Of the flower, so marvelously
formed that no human skill, be it ever so
cunning, could excel the resemblance, lies
the prone image Of dove. Its exquisite
ly moulded pinions hang lifeless from its
sides. The head bends gently forward =
The tiny bill, tipped with delicate car
mine, almost touches it's snow-white
breast, while the expression of the entire
image (and it requires no stretch of the
Imagination to see the expression) seems
the very incarnation of meekness and
ethereal innocence No one who has seen
it, can wonder that the early Spanish
Catholics, ever on the alert for some phe-
nomenon upon which to fasten the idea of
a miraculous origin, should have bowed
down before this mstcbless fuwer, and
named it Flor Ell de Espiritu Santo, or
the flower of the Holy Ghost, nor that
the still more superstitious Indian should
have accepted the,imposiug title, and ever
have ga2ed upon it with awe and devotion.
al reverence, ascribing peculiar sanctity
even to the ground upon which it bios
SONS, and to the very air which it ladens
with its delicious fragrance.
"If is found most frequently in low
and narshy grounds, spriuging from de,
cayed logs, and crevices in the rocks
Some of the most vigorous plants attain a
height Of six or seven feet the leaf stalks
are jointed, and throw out broad lanceolate
leaves by pairs the flower stalks spring
from the bulb, aud are wholly destitute OF
leaves, often bearing cluster of dozen
or fifteen flowers. IL is an annual, bloom.
ing 10 July, August and September, and
has in several instances been cultivated III
the conserve tories of foreign lands. To
former tines, bulbs of the plant could
rarely be obtained, aud then only with
much labor and difficulty but since their
localities have become familiar to the iess
reverential Anglo Saxon, great numbers
have been gathered and distributed
throughout different parts Of the world !;
though their habits aud necessities have
been so little appreciated that efforts to
bring them to flower usually prove incl
feciual if, however, they are procured in
May or June, after the flower stalk has
started, when sufficient appropriate uutri-
meut resides 10 the bulb to develop the
perfect flowers, thy eau be safely trans
ported, and will flower under the ordinary
treatment adapted to the bulbous plants Of
colder climates. The bulbs, dried or
growing, may be procured either at Aspin
wall or Panama, at from to five dollars per
dozen" -Lynch Ne,os.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-29
~ Mr. Nude. the antboorr ofsom,e, = =

O. Mr. Nude, the author ofsome pop
ular works on " The SeaSons,' was ORR
ginally teacher 10 Dundee. He hap.
pened be one Of a tea party at the house
of Rev. DR.. NJ. The doctor was repnted
for the suavity of bis manners, and his
especial politeness towards the fair sex.
Handing dish of honey to one of the
ladies, he said, in his wonted manner:
ado take little hon,y, Miss, tits SO
sweet-so like yoursclf'' "a .. p
Mr.. Nude could not restain bis native
tendency to humor, so handing the butter.
dish to his hest, be exclaimed: ..
"Do take little butter, Doctor, IT'S
soft--so like yourself"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-29

DG- The other night at hotel conviv.
a ly disposed gentleman, retiring late,
walked independently and somewhat noisi-
ly up the stairs and along the corridor to
his room. "Why, what noise you
make" said bis wife, who heard with
some anxiety the the heavy tread of bis
boots, +" how heavily you walk. My
dear,' was the gruff response, /" if you
can get barrel Of whiskey up stairs with
any less noise, should like to see you
do it," f...
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NOVEL CARRIAaE-HoRsEs INSIDE
An ingenious idea has been carried out
successfully in Cincinnati, by the con.
structou ola one-wheeled carriage pro-
PEELED by horses being inside. 1t consists
of large wooden wheel, fourteen feet in
diameter and six feet broad, with foot
boards for the horses to hold From the
axle are suspended seats for the passen.
gers, which axle extends on both a;des be-
yond the wheel, it being necessary to keep
them balanced. Iron stays from the ex
tremities of the axle are carried over the
top rather in front, which support the seat
for the person who drives the ve.,cle,
which is done with the greatest ease, aud
il can turn in as much shorter space than
q coach. A suc' es.ful trial was made re-.
Gently with one, carrying tMenty-four pas,
sengers, and two horses, previously train.
ed, as they are entirely .uufettered by har.
ness. A distance of five miles was per-
formed, in twentyeight minutes. The
work Of the horses is easy, as they travel
on an endless plank road.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-29
= .aAtToug b. Story.

- H%Westefn paper tells the following
tough story. If true, it is the most re.
-markable on record =
Gan accident of remarkable nature
occurred 10 the woods of ueig hbonug
county, last week, iu which a man was
thrown eighty feet in the air. BE was
standing on balance tree lying across a
large log, to see another tree conc down,
when the tree in its falling course struck
the other end of the tree on which be was
standing, and the tremen dous weight Of it
coming on the spring lever, threw him
like shot into the air. "..i
"The remarkable part of the story re.
mains to be told. When at the highes,
elevation, the man caught hold Of q limit
in the top of tree, about fifteen feet from
the trunk, and remained suspended by
the arms until the. person who had felled
the tree travelled a distance of five miles
and returned with help and ladder, be-
fore he could be released from bis peril.
Gus position. He was found in the same
position as when left, evidently in the best
spirits, for he was whistling Yankee Doc.
die, and making a strong fight with his
feet against delegation of wasps that
were endeavoring 10 build nest in the
seat of his pants. He said, upon reach.
ing the ground, that he had had healthy
time with the "varmin,s," and attributed
his powers of endurance wholly to the hot.
ly contested canvass he had with the
"critters," by their persistent "fre in the
rear and the tremendous excitement in.
cident thereto.
off the man ever gets into Office, he
will be provided for for the rest of bis
natural life. He will know how to hang
on to IT,"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-29

NATIVE ALABAsTER.-Large quaint.
ties Of pure white aiabaster, of the finest
quality, are being taken from the MAN.
mouth Cave, and manufactured into orna-
ments of various kinds, sush as neck laces,
brestpins, earring, crosses, charms, etc.
This substance is susceptible of the high
est polish, and the ornam ents into which
it is converted are greatly admired for
their brilliaucy and beauty.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-29

A LOVER REASON. -"Why do you
keep yourself SO distant p said fair one
to her basbfnl lover. "Because, said
he, /" distance lends enchant ment to the
view.
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$3.50 PER ANNUM.
SARAH JANE WALKER,
by her next friend, In the Circuit
ALEXANDER NJ. FCLFoRD, ! Court for Hartford
vs. County, as a court
Toernu y W,,upo oc Eon;tr
JOSEPH r. WALKER.

'o Oouhiy, no d Coul
The object of this suit is TO procure a
decree divorcing the Complainant from
the Defendant, pinculo mairinaonu
The bill states that the Complainant
and Defendant were married on or about
the twentieth day of December, in the
year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and
that Immediately after the solemnization
of the marriage, he, the defendant, ADAM
doned the Complainant, without ever hav-
ing lived with her, as her husband, and
o that he has been ever since uDinterruptedly
absent that from the time of marriage,
until the present time he has failed 10
contribute in any manner to her sup
port, although she has demeaned her
self in all things as becomes chaste aud
virtuous wife; that he left the Complain
ant, without any just cause or provoca.
ton, and that the separation between the
Complainant and Defendant is final, and
beyond all reasonable expectation OF re-
cancellation.
r The bill then prays for tn: passage of
a decree divorcing the Complainant from
The Defendant, a Uinculo mafrimonii. and
for subpoena against the said Defendant,
commanding him to appear in this Court,
and show cause, if any he has, why de-
cree should not pass as prayed. The
bill then further prays for an order of
publication, against the said defendant,
making known to him The substance
and object of the bill, and warning him
to appear in this Court in person, or by a
solicitor, on some certain day, to answer
the premises and show cause,. if any he
has, why decrel ought not to pass as
prayed and in default of such appearance
ard answer, that the averments of this
bill, shall be taken as pro afesso against
him. a.a..n -
1t is, thereupon, this 18th day of No
vember, 1867, adjudged and ordered, that
the Complainant, by causing copy of
this order to be inserted in some newspa :
per printed and published in Hartford
county, once week in each Of four sue
.cessiue weeks, three months before the
18th day Of March next, give notice to
the said Defendant of the object and sub
stance of this bill, and warn him to ap-
pear in person or by some solicitor there
of, on or before the said 18th day Oh
March next, and show cause, il any he
has, why a decree ought not to pass as
prayed, and in default thereof, said bill
shall be taken pro confessed against him
VIM. II DALLAM, Clerk.
: 0True copy, Test, " s0Q&2
yvr51reyr WIN. II. DALLAM, Clerk
y nov 22-4t ~t q. hA&&.A = t.+.--2aa:A
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~ A little girl on the cars was asked
what motive was taking her to the city.
II believe they call it locomotive" said
the little innocent.
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Within this grave do lie,
Back to back, my wife and I,
When the last trump the air shall fill,
lfshe gets up, III Just lie STILL"
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Doetital

THE OTHER WORLD.
1t lies around US like cloud,
A world we canIot see
Yet the sweet closing of an eye
May bring US there to be.
Its gentle breezes fan our cheek
Amid onr worldly care,
Its gentle voices whisper love,
And mingle with our prayers.
Sweet hearts around us throb and beat,
Sweet helping hands are stirred,
And palpitates the veil between
With breathings almost heard.
The silence, awful, sweet and calm,
They have no power to break
For mortal words are not for them
To utter or partake.
So thin, so soft, so sweet they glide,
So near to press they seem,
They lull us gently to our rest,
They meltinto dream.
Amid the hush of day they bring,
IT'S easy now to see
How lovely and how sweet psss
The hour of death may be.
To close the eye, and close the ear,
Wrapped in trance Of bliss,
And gently drawn in loving arms
Toswoon to that from this
Scarce knowing If we wake or sleep,
Scarce asking where we are,
To feel all evil sink away,
All sorrow and all care.
Sweet souls around US watch US still,
Press nearer to our side ;
Into our thoughts, into our prayers,
With gentle helping glide.
Let death between US be as naught,
A dried and vanished stream;
Your joy he the reality, ,..
Our suffering life the dream.
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w. On the tombstone over the graves
Of o husband and wife, are the following
lines:
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py- Grandpa, where do the people got
their fashions from?
From Philadelphia" ,-.
"Well, where do the Philadelphia peo-
pie get them p
"From England.
cab, and where do the English get
them from ?"
"From France ?"
"But where do the French get them
from p '-'''
"Why, right straight from the devil
now stop your noise"
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O. The Chincha Islands do not exceed

O. The Chincha Islands do not exceed
in extent two and half square miles, yet
for years pust they have supplied guano
to an average of four hundred ships per
annum, with freightage of not less than
100000 00 the value Of such cargoes ia
Europe bring upwards Of $50 Quo, 900 in
gold. They are, moreover, mure densely
populated than any others of like extent,
having upa ards Of 2 00D residents, about
600 of whom are Chinese laborers in the
employ of the government contractor for
the loading of the shipping.
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LOST.

ON Friday afternoon, near the drug store of R.
" I. Martin, GOLD PEN. with ebony hold
er.. The finder wall be suitably rewarded by
leaving II at this Office. noI5.3t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-11
FROM ST. LOUIS.
ST. I,orIs. DC

ST. Louis, Oct. 10.
To day has been the GAIA day OF the week
at the Fair. Outside OF the ratail trade bu-
siuess was very generally suspended The
Merchants Exchange was closed and nearly
all classes of citizens gave themselves up to
enjoyment. Not less than G0.0oU p ope Wis
tied the fair grounds during the day. and there
WAS no time during the exhibition in the ring
that there were less than 10000 persons in
the amphitheatre.
Among the premiums awarded we're the
following.
Corn shelters, Sanger { Co., Joliet, H.,
and P. A. Chepmong, Highland, Ill.
Horse power, Sanger l. Co., Joliet.
Head blocks, Dunford l. Davis, Alton.
In the awards for sheep, the premiums BY
Canada gentleman, previously reported,
we're given to J. II. Pickerell, Horriston,
Illinois.
In the ring to>day, mares for all work, diff
ferent ages, b. l.. Dorsey, Madison county,
H., and John 8. Beatty, Jersey county, Ill.
took premiums. F
For roadster stations, over FIVE years old,
H. C. Bull Bunker Hill, ILL.,. received the
Sd prize. Stations three years old, B. s.
Dorsey, Madison county, ILL.,, took = prize.
The coatest Of speed for the grand special
prize, the FIRST horse $1,000, the second 500,
the third $500, brought out many of the fast
| est trotters in the West. The contest wal
ssxfnsttine, around the arena Of the amphi-
theatre, and was witnessed by more then
q, GOO spectators. The FIRST prize was won
| by bay Dixie, the second by Sir Walter, th4
| third BY Rols Gold Dust.
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THE PRESS ON THE RESULT.

New York, Oct. 10.
The Tribune says: Ohio,, on Tuesday,
gave more votes and larger proportion Of
her Republican strength for manhood suf.
frage than any other State has ever given
more By many thousands than she would
have given till now. Tho vital principle Of
genuine democracy will march on through
seeming defeats to inevitable and conclusive
triumph. Through whatever trials Of its
eonstancy or consistency, the great party
will move right on to the arduous but inevi
table achievement Of equal rights for all
The World says The news we publish
from Ohio fills the measure of our hopes.
The elections are indicative OF unanimous
veto upon the policy Of the party in power.
The Times says: The elections indicate
no increased confidence in the Democralc
party, but simply reaction against the ex-
treme measures of the Republican party, and
convey an admonilion which ought 10 be
sau,ary to political leaders. 8fs
The Herald says: The recent elections
do not denote Democratic victories. bat that
the Republican element of the country has
stepped aside TO rebuke its leaders.
The Jouraot Of Commerce says; If the
returns from Chic can be relied upon, the
reaction against negro suffrage is even more
determined than was expected. II will be
very difficult for any faction to secure favor
| for years to come while endorsing this meas
ure.
The Commercial Adrcrtiser says: The
muddle between Congress asd the President,
occasioned by the military reconstruction
act, under which they expect to bring those
States back under negro supremacy, and this
is precisely the question on which, after full
argument, Ohio has rendered verdict which
! ends Chief Justice Chase aspiration for the
Presidency, and terminates Ben Made,
Senatorial career.
The Post has nothing editorially on the
subject Of the elections.
The Express says The elections NEAR
the restoration of the Democratic party t.
power, and declare against the whole Con
| gressional reconstruction system of the Radi
Gals and Ill their paper money management
! There never was SO meaning an election q
that in Ohio.
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FROM NEW YORK.
Nrv YoRK. Oct. !

New YoRK, Oct. 10.
Considerable excitement was caused IN the
stock market this morning BY the announce
fnent that counterfeit 7-30s Of the issue Of
June, 1868, had been discovered. The dis
covery was made in Washington by the chief
clerk OF the Treasury Department and Mr..
Clark, Government Printer. arrived here this
morning with detectives, 70 investigata tho
matter. Thus far he has discovered $780,
600 worth, and has identified number Of
banks and banking houses that either now
hold, or recently have passed them. The is-
sues are oil dated between the 2lst of Sep
tember and the 4th Of October Of this year.
Many Of them ara Of whi&ar paper than the
genuine, with the borders ruled wider, and
the star seal slightly larger, with large rays.
The pounterfeits. have como almost entirely
from Pittsburg, Cleveland, Springfield, and :
few other Western cities, and il Amoants Of
but 81, ,OOo to S., 600 at time. ltis said the
notes are ~ bess coaaterfeiss sSsr ISSUED Of
Goyernment securities, and the conjecture
runs hat the vh4le u frop qpe u tvo nj
/ No. Aotiass. Nis anosed III - house
|Aegs - ~ b million. stssss. ssssss