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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

CHINESE JUGGLERs.-The Chinese lug
glers and their curious tricks are often a
matter OF great interest to tho stranger.
Unlike the modern prestidigator he has
no apparatus, no tables with drawers, nor
baskets and boxes with false bottoms
therefore his;trieks seem all the more won
t;erful. One trick remember that L was
never tired of seeing, it was so curious, and
and at the same time so beautiful.
The jugglsr is furnished with a square
tile ofWfite porcelain, apparently not diff
terent from any other piece Of white ware.
tie asks you what flower he shall make APP
pear on the surface. Perhaps you say
red rose. He waves brush over the plate
few times, the brush has apparently no
color in ii, end he has no color near
him, and in moment the flower appears
on the tile, with its appropriate leaves, as
ifpainted by most skillful hand. When
you have admired it sufficiently, he passes
his hand once more across the picture, and
1T is gone. You ask to see ter-lily
next, and with few waves of the same
brush lie produces it, without a moments
hesitation, and wipes it away in the same
manner. No'matter what flower you ask
for, so long as it is one with which the
juggler is acquainted, he will paint it for
YOU. The growth, blossoming, and fruit
bearing of seed planted before your eyes
in little mound of earth on the pavement
beneath your window, is another of the in
expEeable tricks of their jugglery; and it
becomes peculiarly difficult of explanation
when the fruit you see grow, and are after.
ward allowed to eat, is not in season, and
therefore not to be procured in the mar
kct.. =.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

Translated from The German ef"Pris in Sunlight and B.,
Gqsiight."
II Morning ils Efaris-HFOsU the
Day Is Begun in the Gay Capt.
tai Ofthe World.

1t is o'clock in the morning. About
this time that part of Paris which makes
it what it is, the head and heart of the city
the boulevards-be to move. 1 do
not say that Paris wakes up at this hour.
"What an uproar there would be in the
world if Paris was once to be silent"
"Quel brut ferait 10 monde,
lie jour on Paris SO tarait
Paris has closed its eyes-Paris opens
them again-that is all. 1t is nine o'clock
| in the morning. We step out of one ofthe
doors of the Grand Hotel What is the
Grand Hotel2 A place in which, especial
ly since the last suoiugation, the kings Of
the earth have dwelt a world in minia-
ture; a hotel with seven hundred chambers,
sixty walters, thirty cooks, and twenty-five
washer women, and an army ofdoorkeepers
grooms, chamber maids and house servants.
"a hotel" do l say9 A town rather
built from the ground upward, and by no
means small town, for it numbers 200
inhabitants. This town has telegraph
bureau, pneumatic railroad, and q post
office. 1t has its own cafe, its own cigar
stores, its own optician, its own BARRIERS
/ saloon, its own tailor's shop, where as ev-
cry inhabitant is informed soon after his
arrival, estate uniforms are embroidered"
1t has its own book store, and in the name
of all that is good, what has itnot? Ithas
its own newspaper-LG Gazette des Etran-
gers-written and printed in the hotel, and
edited by the famous Henri de Pere, who
is renowned as a writer, and more renown-
ed as duelist. But do not be afraid of
this paper 1t is very witty and very
amusing, and is every morning gratuitously
placed yet wet from the press, in each
room of the hotel. The town which con-
tains all these wonders is five stories high.
Each story has three districts or quarters
QUARTER de Scribe, Quarter de Boulevard
and Quarter de rOpera. 1t has fifteen
streets, on the corners of which tin plate
informs you of the name and number, as in
any other city. But what model streets
these are They are nicely covered with
carpets, adorned with mirrors, pleasantly
warmed in winter, comfortably shady in
summer full of amusement by day, and at
night splendidly illuminated as ball sa-
loon. One can imagine that with its tif-
teen streets and 200 inhabitants the place
must be very noisy. The quietness that
prevails is one of its objects of admiration.
No servants bearing trunks loaded as was
the ark of Noak, pass up the stairs with
laundering noise. No walters run to and
fro in haste and confusion. Platforms as
cend from the lowest to the highest story,
and quietly convey baggage and persons
to the desired spot. The electric tele-
graph does the rest. You know that this
! does its work in silence. Halls adorned
like the castles of Princes, open before your
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04
FIVE CENTS WORTH OF ORANGE PEE1.

FIVE CENTS WORTH OF ORANGE Peel
A man from the country invested five cents
in the purchase of, an orange and prepara.
tory to getting himself outside of it threw
the peel on the sidewalk. Soon after a
young woman came along, slipped upon
the peel and fell, breaking her leg. The
woman was to- have been married the next
day, but wasn't. The man who was to
marry her had come from st. Paul, Mimi,
and was obliged to return, on account of
business, to await the recovery of the girl
On his way back he unfortunately took a
train on the Erie railroad, which ran off
the track; and his shoulder blade was bro
ken, forcing him to stop, at Dunkirk for re-
pairs The Travellers Insurance Company.
IN which he was insured, had to paw two
hundred and fifty dollars in weekly install
ments before he, recovered. On getting
back to st. Paul he found that his forced
absence had upset a business arrangement
which he had expected to complete, at a
pecunHry loss to him of $4,000. Mean
time the injured girl suffered a relapse,
winch go enfeebled her health that her
marriage was delayed which had bad
ehect upon the young man, and he finally
broke the engagement and married a
widow in Minnesota with four small chill
dren. This so worked upon the mind of
the girl that she is now in the insane hos
pital in Middletown. Her father outraged
by the conduct of the young man, brought
suit for breach of promise, and has Just
recovered $4,000. The anxiety and ex-
pense of the whole affair thus far has been
enormous, as anybody can see. Similar
cases are likely to occur so long as people
will persist in throwing orange peel around
Courant.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04
I M p 0 RTANT NOTICE
TO FARMERS!
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
'lHIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
Il scriber has obtained from the Register o.
Wills of Hartford county, Nd Letters of Admin
i;tration on the personal estate of
JOHN CAMPBELL,
late of Hartford county, decd. All persons hav-
ing claims against said deceased are hereby no
tilted to exhibit the same, with the legal vouch-
ers thereof, on or before the
29hday Of April, 1870,
or they may. otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate
All persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment
Given under my hand and seal this 10Th day
of April, 1869.
HENRY TENLY,
ap30 Administrator G, 7 A.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the
i subscriber has obtained from the Regis.
ter of Wills of Hartford county, Md, Letters
OF Administration on the personal estate of
LLOYD STEPHENSON. Cord,
late of Hartford county, decd. All persons
having claims against said deceased are here
by notified to exhibit the same, with the
legal vouchers thereof on or before the
18th day of May, 1870,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand and seal, this 18th
day of May, 1869.
ALBERT DAVIS,
my21 Administrator.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

-old Billy W., hard case, was dy.
ing. He asked for bread. The doctor APP
preached the bedside, and in a solemn
tone remarked: MY dear fellow, man
cannot live by bread alone" mo-" said
the old fellow, slightly reviving, she's
bleeged to have few vegetables" The
subject was dropped.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

HS Why, you'd better knock the door
down. What do you want 2" "Och, my
darlings don't let me wake any of your
family; I'm just usin' your knocker to
wake the people next door. I'm locked
out, and they've niver a knocker." Rap
rap rap
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04
TATHCRING.

"a THOMAS ARMSTRONG, for three years lutte
MI at Vim. !Ierman.s, Bel Air, having locate him
NJ self for the purpose of conducting the Tailoring
-A- hness, over the store of Bo,tdin Bro, iespect
u, ini"rns Ills friends, and the public generally, that
he is prepared to cut make and repair clothing oil
all descriptions, with ncatness and despatch and on
moderate terms,
HS- Lees Cuaiscu and made in the mnsI ashIena-
hls style dvv II. wa
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

~ Black-eyed ladies are said to be
most apt to be passionate and jealous
Blue eyed-soulful, truthful, affectionate,
and confding. Observation-Disclosures,
literary, resolute, and cold hearted
Hazel-eyed-quick-eyed, quick-tempered,
tickle.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04
The Effect Of Charcoal on Fg0aO.
Prc

A correspondent of the Revue Horti-
cole, says that not long ago he made o bar
gain for rosebush Of magnificent growth
and full of buds. He waited for them to
blow, and expected roses worthy of such a
noble plant and of the praises bestowed
upon it by the vender, but when it bleomv
ed all his hopes were blasted: The flow
ers were of a faded hue, and he discovered
that he had only middling multifora
stale colored enough. He therefore re-
solved to sacrifice it to some experiments
which he had in view. His attention had
been directed to the effects of charcoal. as
statedrinesome English publications. He
then covered the earth in the pot in which
the rosebush was about half an inch deep
with pulverized charcoal. Some days after
he was astonished to see the roses which
bloomed, of as fine lively rose-color as he
could wish. He determined to repeat the
experiment, and therefore when the rose
bush had done Towering he took off the
charcoal and put fresh earth about the
roots, and waited for the next spring in,-
patiently to see the result the experiment
When it bloomed the roses were at first
pale and discolored but by applying the
the charcoal as before they soon assumed
their rosy red color. He then tried. the
powdered charcoal in large quantities up
on petunias, and found that both the
white and violet colored flowers were
equally sensitive to its action. 1t always
gave great vigor to the red OF violet colors
of the flowers, and the white petunias be-
came veinetl with red or violet tints the
violets became covered with irregular spots
of a blush or almost black tint Many
persons who admired them thought they
were choice new varieties from the seed.
Yellow flowers. appear to be insensible to
the influence of charcoal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

.8@ "What do you mean by 'humbug-
ging,' madam ?" asked a homely lawyer of
an old lady whom he was cross examining.
81 don't know as can exactly say, sir; but
if lady was to say to you that you're a
handsome man, that would be what I'd call
humbugginga'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

~ Mark Twain says Horace Greedy
once tried to make living as writing
master, and failed. His copy was, "Virtue
is its own reward" and the scholars got it
"Washing with soap is wholly absurd
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

eyThe following inscription is actual
ly to be found in an ancient cemetery in
Rockville, Eastern Massachusetts,: SIN men,
DRY of Jane Bent, who kicked up her heels
and away she went"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

s Mother, this book tells about the
angry waves of the ocean. Now what
makes the ocean get angry9" Because it
has been crossed so often, my son."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

e The Arabs allow man to divorce
himself from a wife who does not make
good bread.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

GB" The widow of Mr.. Colt, of pistol
fame, has an income of $500, 900 year.
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Grain and Fertilizer Warehoui
Hanway g. Wiles,

ABERDEEN STATION, p. W. 8 8R. r.
T'HE subscribers have opened, at Aberdeen hton,
i on the p, w. d X. r., conmodious warehouse,
where they will keep constantly hand and for sale
all the approved Fertilizers, embracing
BONE, GUANo, PHOSPHATE,
LINE aud PLATTER, also,
FLOUR, MEAL and MILL FEED.
8- The highest Cash prices will lie paid for GRAIN,
CALVES Hay and Country Produce generally.
All articles sold by us will be delivered ut any point
the railroad, at manufacturers prices. call s0
cited, and satisfaction guaranteed in every case.
IGANWAY NILES.
my2l1y% Aberdeen, Hartford Co., Nd.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-06-04

JOSH BILLINGS INsUREs His iI9E 1
kun to the conclusion lately that ~ W.T.;
unsartin that the only wa for me to stand u
fair chance with, other folks was to get my
lite insured, and called on the agent of the
Garden Angel Life Insurance Company,
and answered the following questions
which was put to me over the top ov
specks by q slick, fat, old Teller, with lit
tie round, gray head, and az pretty belly
az emmy man owned: .,...I,f ~
QUESTIONS. -
l.. Are you male or female? If so, state
how long you have been So.
2. Are you subject to- fits, and if so, do
you have more than one at time9
| 3. What is your precise filing weight 2
a, Did you ever have any ancestors, and
if so; how much. .....
3. What is your legal opinion of the con-
stitutionality of the 10 commandments
6. Do you ever have emmy nitemare9
Z. Are you.married, and live single, or
are you q bachelors II
8. Do you, believe in q future statef IF
you do, state it.
o. What is your private sentiments about
rush ov rats to the head-can it be sue
cesfully9 T..
10. Havyou ever committed suicide, and
If so, how docs it seem to affect you9
IL. Did you ever have emmy meezles, if
so how many2
After answering the above questions like
a man, on the confrmative, the sleek, little,
old Teller, with the gold specks ON, sed I
was insured for life, and probably would
remain So fora term ov years. thanked
him and smiled one ov my most pensive
smiles.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22
Mysterious Death and Strange
Burial.

Yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Schin-
dler, of this city, and friend of his,
had occasion to pass along the
Reading road, two or three miles
beyond the city limits. On their
return, when within a mile and a
half of the corporation, their at
tention was arrested by the appear
ance in a lake by the roadside, of
something half.hidden under the
water. They stopped to examine
it more closely. 1t was not the
proper form for log or bit of
timber nor did it bear resemblance
to anything human. Here was
mystery, and here was curiosity,
excited to the top of of its bent.
1t might be something; it might be
nothing worth the pains: but what
ever it was, these two men made up
their minds to ascertain at once.
So into the muddy pond they went,
sinking deep into the mud at every
step. Drawing near, it looked like
a. sack. This was stronger still.
What motive would lead any one to
put sack, a full one, in such a
place. Visions of discovered
cache of stolen treasure doubtless
fitted through their minds. 1t
might be murdered victim secreted
in this lonely place, but the spot
was not one likely to be chosen for
such an office. They reached it at
last, drew it ashore, opened the
sack, and found it contained bowl
ders and something more. Taking
the stones out they discovered a
human head. Impatient to know
all, one man, with his knife, ripped
the sack open from top to bottom,
and revealed to their startled eyes
the naked body of a large man,
fearfully gashed. His forehead was
gashed and the skin lay back in
loose flaps. On the top of the head
was a mark of the knife. From the
chin to the. middle of the abdomen
the merciless instrument had been
!, drawn, each side of whose course
were gaping wounds made by the
same. The two men in their con-
sternation scarcely knew what to
make of their discovery. After a
moments hesitation one of them
went to the Coroner, and late in the
afternoon an inquest was held.
The jury gave as their verdict, that
it was the body of man to the
Jury unknown, who came to his
death by cause to them unknown,
but which, from the nature of the
wounds upon it, appeared to have
been subjected to a post mortem
examination The body was that
of man six feet in height, with
red hair and very much emaeiased.
How it came to that place, who
deposited it there, from what mo-
tive, are subjects of conjecture.
No one was present to tell the
victims name. The last one who
had the body in care bad denied it
F decent burial.-Ctn. Gazette.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22
Covering Corn.

A correspondent of the German
town Telegraph says: "From ac-
tual experiments with grains taken
from the same ear and the same
part of the ear, I have arrived at
the following result: Corn planted
one inch deep came up in eight
days; that planted one and a half
inches deep required nine and a
half days; that two inches deep,
ten days; two and three-quarters
inches deep, eleven and a quarter
days; three inches deep, twelve
days; three and quarter inches
deep, thirteen days. four inches
deep, fourteen and a half days;
five and half inches deep, eighteen
days; six inches deep, twenty-one
days. The last lot came up and
grew until about three inches high,
when it remained stationary for a
long time, and finally died.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22

other officers of the ship by his
side. It was the finest sight, said
our informant, that we ever beheld.
to see the pale, proud, sorrowful
face of that noble boy-his head
erect, his beautiful eyes bright
through the tears that had fed, tho
mate told him he had but two min
utes to live, and advised him to
speak the truth and save his life;
but he replied, with the utmost
simplicity and sincerity, by asking
the mate if he might pray.
The mate said nothing, but
nodded his head, and turned as pale
as a ghost, and shook with trem-
bling like a reed with the wind.
And there, all eyes turned upon
him, this brave and noble fellow,
this poor waif whom society owned
not, and whose own stepfather
could not care for him-there he
knelt with clasped hands. and eyes
upraised to heaven, while he repeat
ed audlbly the Lords Prayer, and
prayed the Gear Lofu Jesus W Idhc
him to heaven.
Our informant adds that there
then occurred scene as Of Pentc-
cost. Sobs broke from strong,
hard hearts, -as the mate sprang
Onward to the boy and clasped him
I, his bosom, and kissed him and
blessed him, and told him how
sincerely he now believed his story.
and how glad he was that he had
been brave enough to face death
and be willing to sacrifice his life
for the truth of his own word.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22
ThankfuIneSS.

If one should give me dish of
sand and tell me there were parti-
cles of iron in it, might look for
them with my eyes, and search for
them with my clumsy fingers, and
be unable to detect them, but let
me take magnet and sweep
through it, and it would draw to it
self the most invisible particles, by
the mere power of attraction. The
unthankful heart, like my finger in
the sand, discovers no mercies !;
but let the thankful heart sweep
through the day, and, as the magnet
finds the iron, so it will find, in
every hour, some heavenly bles-
sings, only the iron in Gods sand
is gold.-O. W. Holmes. .-..- r
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22
Affecting Scene.

The New York Sun gives the fol-
lowing account of a recent occur
renee of a very affecting character,
which took. place on an English
steamer:
A little ragged boy, aged nine
years, was discovered on the fourth
day of the outward voyage from
Liverpool to New York, and car
ried before the first mate, whose
duty it was to deal with such cases.
When questioned as to the Object of
his being slowed away, and who
brought him on board, the boy, who
had a beautiful, sunny face, and
eyes that looked like the very
mirrors of truth, replied that his
stepfather did it, because he could
not afford to keep him, nor to pay
his passage out to Halifax, where
he had an aunt who was well off
and to whose house he was going
The mate did not believe the story
in spite of the winning face and
truthful accents of the boy. He
had seen to much of stow-aways to
be easily deceived by them, he
said; and it was his firm conviction
that the boy had been brought OF
board and provided with food by
the sailors. The little fellow was
very roughly handled in conse
quence. Day by day he was ques
toned, but always with the same
result. He did not know q sailor
on board, and his father alone hat
secreted him and given him-the foot
which he ate.
At last the mate, wearied by thu
boys persistence in the same story
and perhaps little anxious tt
inculpate the sailors, seized hin
one day by the collar and dragging
him to the fore, told him that unles.
he confessed the truth in ten min
utes from that time he would hang
him on the yard arm. He ther
| made him sit down under it on thu
deck. All around him were thu
passengers and sailors of the mid
'lay watch, and in front of hin
stood the inexorable mate, with hi:
chronometer in his hand, and the
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22

On wednesday morning James
Maher was found lying by the side
of the railroad, dead.
1t appears that the evening be.
fore he had come from a funeral
and complained to his wife of be-
ing unwell, and thought ne would
procure a substitute to take his
place as watchman on the rail
road; but being persuaded by his
wife to go, he went out and was not
seen again alive. He had evidently
received a severe blow on the left
side of the head and neck. and was
found on the south side of the rail
road. His lantern was also found
standing near the rail on the ties
Lucgrus Journal.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22

.oi1oI HGm1sk s5r6aooH
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22

AT religious meeting among the
blacks colored preacher requested
that some brother would pray.
A half witted fellow commenced
string of words without meaning.
At this the pastor raised his head
and inquired. "Who dat praying? ?
Dat you brudder Nose? You let
else pray dats better
with de Lord
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22
From Peters Musical Monthly, for April.
I'M STILL A FRIEND TO YOU.

SET TO MUSIC BY THE AUTHOR, WILL 8. HAYS
Ahi years have come and gone, dear Tom,
The past seems like dream,
Since you and l together met, ,l
Down by the winding stream;
When hand in hand we promised, Tom,
To each we would be true;
Old Time has made no change in him,
I'm still friend to you.
How often have wept dear Tom,
When thinking DER the joys,
The happy scenes of long ago,
When you and were boys;
But now I'm told you're very poor,
And your days In life are few,
1t gives me joy to meet you, Tom
I'm still friend to you.
Old friendship cften withers, Tom,
Whene'er man grows poor,
The rich and proud forget "old friends"
And know them then no more
But keep that honest heart of yours,
Well make old friendship new;
Icare not what the world may say,
I'm still friend to you.
CHORUS.
I'm still a friend to you, dear Tom.
AIasl there are but few
Have ever been as true and kind
AS have been to you.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22

A Vermont editor says in his pa
per that he will stake all kinds of
vegetables in pay for subscriptions,
except beans"