The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-12-04
'EGIS & 1NTELLIGENCER,
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BEL AIR, MD.r DECEMBER A, 1868.


.y,uTHE EMPREss As SHE Is.--The Milan Pun
COLO contains d veryscurious article on tho
Emperor and Empress of the French. The
aswritcr asserts that Napoleon the Third at one
q time seriously thought Of bringing about 0
separation between hiinselfahd the Empress
the jealousy of the latter being 80 great that
she kept fifteen Or twenty sspiss who con-
stantly dogged the footsteps of her Imperial
husband. 0nce, says the writer of the article.
she actually surprised the Emperor in ten.
der tte-d-tete with q certain belle of ,unques-
tionablc reputation, when scene beggaring
description took place. The Empress over.
whe'med the mistress with singing invec-
tiyes, wheroupon the latter turned upon
Eugenic and abused her roundly. Meanwhile
the Emperor, dumbfounded with iisnay.
+ did not venture to interfere in the quarrel OF
the two Infatuated women. The same wri-
ter says that nothing can bemore erroneous
than the opinion generally entertained ofthe
character of the Empress. He asserts that
there is notsa particle Of sweetness i'm her
temper Sheis utterly heartless, exceedingly
malicious, vindictivc, and even cruel. All
her hopes are based on her husbands death,
when she will become gRegente of France
The first thing, he says, she would do in
that event, would be to drive Prince Ma
poleon, Pcrsigny, and q host of other promi-
neIt Bonapartists out Of the country. M ~
PRoFrTs OF STEAMSHIP LINEs.-The Bre-
men line went into operation inthe year, 1857,
and yielded to the stockholders for that year
= q dividend. of 5 per cent, No,diyidend was
declared for 1853, 1854 or 1860. In, 1861
stockholders reccived dividend Of 2 percent;
in 1862, 2 per cent; in 1868, 2 per cent; in
1884, 10 per cent; in 1865, 10 per cent; in
ltf On nor aapt IL, 1897. nan <,<., ~,
in eleven years. 76 per cent; averaging per
wear Gil per cent.us 8s,5 = e SO
During the years 1858 and 1859 no profits
were made tho Company actually lost of its
capital nearly 30 per cent; (shares were then
downto,28 per cent; > which were recovered
by financial operation in 1860, and, thus
relieved, started, free of debt, afresh in 1861.
Va Had the Company remained burdcned with
the above loss, it would have taken all the
profits of theyears 1851, 1859, 1868, 1S64and
1866, to recover the paid up capital, and
shareholders would have received in all as
dividend for eleven years 40 per cent; or an
average OF q III per cent. per annum. ~.
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The DURoMErER.-The above is the name
of an instrument invented by French engi-
ncer, having for its object the determination
Of the hardness of metals by drilling.t The
drill used is held to its work by uniform
weight. The time 1t takes, at q given speed,
to effect q given amount of penetration ia the
measure Of the relative hardness Of the met
oils to be tested. Or the number of reyolu-
tions the drill makes is measure. The num-
Der ofrevolutions Of the drill is indicated by
a selfregistering apparatus. The instrument
is considered SO reliable that it is said con-
dition of many recent French contracts for
railroadiron is that it shallbe ola given hard
ness, to be shown by the application of the
'o'on''Ts es.. Il Z9
FIREARMs.-It is stated that ninety-five
out of every hundred instances of the burst
Ing of double-barreled gun can be traced
to defects in the left barrel. The reason is
simply that the right is most frequently used
andirelOaded; perhaps ten times to the left
one being discharged once. Every time the
right barrel is discharged the gunpowder
in the left Is pulverized more or less by the
shock, and the settling Of the grains leaves a
space between the charge and the wadding.
Hence when the left barrel is discharged it
frequently explod These. accidents, it is
asserted, cans be avoided by sending The
ramrod home with one or two smart blows
into the non discharged barrel, every time
the other is reloaded.Eh} iAAH HI li4t
"A KING IN PAREIAAiENT,-- Tho ex-king OF
Hanover q grandson of George III, of Great
Britain, intends, it is stated, to take his seat
in the English House of Lords, under his title
of Duke OF Cumberland. A curious question
has been raised whether the royal marriage
act, which provided that, without the con-
sent of the crown, no descendant of George
ii. should. contract matrinony, affects the
family relations Of this throneIess king. Eight
soyereigns were present at the marriage lin
1643) of the ex-king of Hanover, and it would
be remarkable is after all the parade of the
occasion, the ceremony was invalid, and il
the supposed hereditary Prince Ernest Au-
gustus has no title to bis rank or his posses
ions in England,sfii boss lS q rriaa.,7 gstsiadi
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TIE POWER oE ENGLISH LABoRERss--Sta-
tistcs COMPILED from authentic sources rela-
tive to the moneyed power of the laboring
population of Great Britain show that there
are 1910 co-opcrative societies, carrying on
the business Of grocers, provision sellers, &C.,
with an aggregate capital Of $40, 000, 900, and
of these about two-t thirds have been apecuni-
ary success The "buildfng and freehold land
societies represent q capital of $40. 100000.
about $50,000,000 of which are invested in
dwellings for members The cooperative
nevolent societies, building associations and
savings banks all combined represent capi-
tai lofnearly $600,00o,000. i-ga0A ~@ 'TaA
MoRMoaIsM IN GREAT BRITAIN.-The
English papers have Of late repeatedly refer
red to the great number and rapid increase
of Mormons in that country In London,
Liverpool and other large cities the Nor
mons have congregations, or branches, num-
boring hundreds and even thousands of per-
sons. But in Wales this delusion flourishes
more than in any part Of the kingdom. = Con-
tributions to q very considerable amount are
taken up from time to time to carry on home
work and to aid emigration, and ship-loads
of Mormon emigrants are frequently sailing
from English ports for the land Of promise
INTERnsrrEa REVENUE DEcIsfoN.
commissioner of internal revenue has the
question propounded to him: Where an i'd
minis'rator wishes to sssign mortgage not
due, to the guardian Of decedent's heirs, in Or
der to settle bis trust finally, issite necessary
TO stamp the assignment? No consideration,
of course, passing lrom the guardian TO the
To this the foIlowing response has been