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cious In the conduct of magistrates who
systematically sold their fellow country
men into O most barbarous slavery.
Amongst old circuit stories of unques-
tionable truthfulness thereis singular an
ecdote recorded by the biographies of Chief
Justice Halo, who, whilst fding the West
ern Circuit, tried halfstSrved lad on a
charge of burglary. The prisoner had
been shipwrecked upon the Cornish coast,
and on his way through IN inhospitable
district had endured the pangs of extreme
hunger. In his distress, Tic Vanished wan,
derer broke the window 81 a bakers shop
and stole loaf of bread. Under the cir
cumstances, Hale directed the Jury to acquit
the prisoner; but less n}rciful than the
Judge, the gentlemen Of the box returned
verdict of Guilty verdict which the
Chief Justice stoutly refused to act upon.
After much resistance, thu jurymen were
starved into submission ;Aand the youth
was set at liberty. Several years elapsed ;
and Chief Justice Hale was riding the
Northern Circuit, when he WAS received
with such costly and excessive pomp by the
sheriff of a northern couify, that he expos
tulated with bis entertaissT on the lavish
profhseness of his conduct
my lord,n answered the sheriff with
emotion, "don't blame me for showing my
gratitude to the judge who saved my life
when was an outcast. Had it not been
for you, / should have been hanged in
Cornwall for stealing q loaf instead of liv-
ing to be the richest land of my ma.
tive county" Book about Laaoyers.
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Opening or ~. n. StesUasrs A.esc

The new addition to A. T. Stewards dry
goods store In broadway, corner ofTenth st.,
was thrown open to the public yesterday
morning. Nowhere on the globe can there
be found another such establishment. The
building is about 200x300 feet, and eight
stories high, including, the lowest floor.
In the basement is the oil-cloth department.
The first foor proper is devoted to general
dry goods, embracing the following depart
ments; Furs, fannels, blankets, linens,
white and dress goods, domestics and sheet
ings, ribbons, Innings, calicoes, siIksI
gloves, yelvets, embroideries, Yankee no.
lions, laces, woolens, gentlemen's furnish
Ing goods, and hosiery. From the centre
OF this fioor, extending upward to the top
of the building, is large rotunda, sur
mounted BY glass dome. The scene from
the galleries Of the rotunda is magnificent.
On every side one sees six floors, supported
monogram Of Stewart wreathed with beau
tiful designs in iron and plaster. There
are about 20 finely wrought Chandeliers on
each OF the lower floors. The-gas burners
throughout the entire establishment are
lighted by electricity. The second floor is
devoted to ladies' suits, cloakes, children's
under clothing, boys suits, upholstery, and
skirts Of all descriptions. The millinery
department on this floor is very extensive,
one would judge, from the large num-
Der of young ladies engaged with their
customers. On the third floor one may
find all kinds of carpets known, from the
cheapest to the most costly. The fourth
floor is to be occupied for manufacturing
purposes. Every variety of goods will be
made up here, employing more than 1000
working girls. Each floor is supplied with
two dressing rooms, and four flights ofstairs
run from the roof. At an early hour yester-
day morning visitors and customers began
to flock in by the different entrances, and
the day thousands of people
promenaded up and down the floors and
stairways of this mercantile palace. A
view of the rotunda is worth going miles
to see, and the thoughts that arise in ones
mind, on seeing such an endless display of
riches, call up more than one dream of orr
entail splendor.-N z. Tribune
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Journey ora Looking Glass.

A few years before his death, the Empe-
ror Nicholas of Russia sent looking glass
OF rare size and beauty, with an embassy to
the Emperor Of China The looking glass
had to be carried all the way from St. Pc
tersburg to Pekin by human hands. Des-
pite the immense distance which had to be
performed in this manner, the looking glass
safely reached China; but, in the meantime,
dlfhcultles had broken out between Russia
and China, and the 1.-THE Son of Heaven
neither admitted the Embassy, nor did he
accept the present. A courier was dis
patched to st. Petersburg, and asked the
Emperor what was to be done with the
looking glass. The Emperor replied that
1T should be carried back by the same route
and in the same manner When he gave
this order, the Grand Duke Michael hap
pened to be present, and offered to lay
wager with the Emperor to the effect that
the the looking glass you'd be broken ON tho
way back to st. Petersburg. The Empe-
ror accepted the wager, and the bearers
OF the looking glass received stringent or
ders to be as careful as possible. If they
should break it on the road, they should
be severely punished; but if they should
bring it back safely, they should receive a
handsome reward. They carried it back
with the most incredible care, forty men
bearing it by turns, and safely reached St.
1saac's Place in st. Petersburg with it,
where the Emperor stood with his brother
at the window of his palace, and laughed
at having won the bet.
But on the staircase of the palace one of
the carriers slipped his foot, fell down,
dragging several of his companions after
him, and the precious looking glass was
broken into thousand pieces. The Grand
Duke, therefore, won his bet.
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Deacon W was staid and honest
deacon Of an interior town in New York.
who had a vein of dry caustic humor in his
composition. The deacon had,a boy of q
dozen summers, who was inclined to be a
little ugly when not under the parental eye.
In school, especially, John was source Of
constant annoyance to the teacher. One
day the teacher punished him for some mis-.
demeanor, and John went home to enter
his complaint, and told his father that the
teacher had whipped him. ~ .'ia. q
what" exclaimed the deacon, eleyating
his eyebrows, sheen whipped ~
"Y-a-a-s," sobbed the boy. t.
And did you let woman whip We ~
shouted the deacon.
"Y-a-a-s. / couldn't help it."
Nov, John, you little rascal, you go to
school tomorrow, and If Miss under
takes to whip you, don't let her if you can
help it. Don't take stick to strike with.
but ye may strike, bite and kick as much
as you have mind to ~ y sra 8,ls Y, -
The next day the boy went to school,
and, emboldened by the permission given
by his father, was soon brought before the
tribunal of violated rules. The teacher I'M
dertook to correct him, and he did as his
father had told him. The result was that
John got most unmerciful thrashing, and
was thoroughly subdued. When he went
home he went to bis father crying:
swell, dad, got an orful licking to.
day."
"Whatp' said the old deacon, shave you
let that old woman whip We again 2"
"Y-a.a-s," whispered John. II kicked
her, and struck her, and fit all l could, but
she lammad mo orfi,t1v i''
"Aha" chuckled the humorous old dea-
con; "you 'tarnal fool, /, knew she would;
and she'll give you trouncing every time
she undertakes it, and would advise you
to behave in future" H... a :
John began to have some perception of
his fathers motive, and ever after was q
better and wiser boy. t7.1.
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Lost oa the Esrasrss.


90 Inc ne TOT nooge Nortnsoest, OF November
90, 1elis thls story' 80
InIee trapPers from illinois passed
tnrougn mere about 9 month ago, on their
way west 10 pegm the winter campaign
against the mink and otter. They We're
Trapping IN buena vista county and
s seIi country. On monday, the
n Iotn, TWO OF Them started rom the Maple
nlxer 70 80 across tne prairie TO storm
l-aAe. our readers Will al remember the
&c snow storm that came on SO sudden
Z ourlhS tnat Gay. Inc VINO blew q ter
lp.e gaze rom the northwest The snow
came orlying down IN bllnding fury, maxi
ing II fearful day for the traveller on the
Igr ua. a'ise..,eo pIalries; Inc TWO trappers
P Pasneu ON enrougn the pilndmg storm an
shs,,a anu m.en llgne came, no friendly
t te, ~ was ; IN sigh0 Inc storm had con-
unuea 70 increase. The night was dark,
Inc ar nlled with the driving snow, the
, aIau as.erly hloaen nom sight. 1t was
~ ~. p.ospecs before tnem-to contin-
bonra e 81 nS ' lsal wa5 'nrougn me long
f;nd;no : -, ~, ,os. Tailo Witnoat nope Of
the snSw - .Ia sLel.ers Of lying down IN
for morn;no A0 ''sA y ireezing, 70 WaIt)
IA e. s1..n, ~. -,
.ss Sm a. around LOT time they
LARGE snow y dr;ft S mh;c H'g = noie IN the
partial shelter from m tha e, mouiu =. anoro =
until morn;nn Wh .ne ialy =, inc STORM
thew crawIad o,t ae a gEayngns appeared
badly fto1en nv &C au j, aouu1 ~ themselves
Ter ins;sted ,,non eso;r,, s nc onalies BUT
wh;ia a. otI Spon onig On towarus the lake,
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APPROACHING AND RECEDIEG STAIRS
Among the stars, some are moving directly
towards the earth and others are travelling
directly away from us; but their distance
is so great that thousands of years must
elapse before we can detect any change in
their position by the telescope The deter
mination of this fact has long been aues-
ton among astronomers, but now it has
been accomplished by means OF the spec
troscope; and we make it known as most
important astronomical discovery. Mr..
Higgins, +. r. s., whose speetroscopic in
designations of stars and nebulse are well
known, is able to determine with his in
strument whether star approaches OF re-
cedes. In the former case, the waves of
light which come to us from the star APP
pear somewhat shortened; in the other case
they appear heightened. As familiar
illustration, when boat is rowed against
the wind, the ripples seem shorter to per
son sitting in the boat, and longer when in
the contrary direction. So with the waves
of light; by the difference in the refrangi-
bility of the light from the stars, Mr.. Hug
gins is enabled determine whether the star
is going or coming; and he has made
known two interesting facts. One is, that
the motion (if any of the nebulm, whether
from or towards the earth, is too slow to
be detected by the spectroscope; and that
Sirius, one of the brightest stars, is APP
preaching our solar system at the rate of
nearly thirty miles second. Henceforth,
we shall have new series of star observa-
tions made by method which is admira-
BILE for its ingenuity and which can hardly
fail to interest even the unscientific reader.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-01-01

JOSH BrLLrEes ON Mosquitoes We
are told that there want cny thing made in
vain; this is sum SO, but have thought
the time spent in manufacturing musketoze
must have been wasted if the musketoze
want. How they were put together new
er could tell, and there is one commershall
popularity about the muskeeter trade,
and that is the supply always exceeds the
demand, and yet the prodaksion is not di-
minished j kant understand this no how.
They are born of poor but industrious pa
Kinks, and are brought up with great care
under the auspices of some of our first
families. They have some impudence, and
don't hesitate to stick their best friends
with a bad bill. They have also consum-
NIT kurrage. have known a single mus
kecter to tite man and his wife all night
long and draw the first blood. 1t is very
easy to kill musketoze when you kan.
But in striking them you are very apt to hit
the place where they recently waz They
are cheerful little critters, singing as they
toll. lssss NJ - {l g.e t.-',ss>,.,.. H \. ..s'
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Cling Close to the Rock.

A long train of cars, fourteen or fifteen,
was recently passing over the Allegheny
Mountains on their way eastward. They
were crowded with passengers. AS the
iron horse snorted and rushed on, they be-
gan to descend, and needed no power of
gravitation to send them down with ter
rife swiftness. just as the passengers be-
gan to realize their situation, they came to
OF rock lying on each side. Suddenly the
steam whistle screamed as if in agony,
Put on brakes, put on brakes" but with
no apparent Stacking of the cars Every
window flew omen, and every head that
could be was thrust out to see what the
danger was, and every one rose up in their
places, fearing immediate destruction
What was the troublea Just as the engine
began to turn the curve the engineer saw
little girl and her baby brother playing
on the track. In moment the cars would
be upon them. The shrek of the whistle
startled the little girl, and every one look
ing,over could see them. Close to the
trs.<&, i'm the upright rock, was little
niche, out Of which piece of rock had
been blasted. In an instant the baby was
thrust into this niche, and as the cars came
laundering by, the passengers, holding
their breaths, heard the clear voice of the
little sister, on the other side Of the cars,
ring out, "Cling close to the rock!n And
the little creature Struggled in and put his
head as close to the corner of the rock as
possible, while the heavy cars whirled
past him. And many were the moist eyes
that gazed~ and a silent Thanksgiving
went mn In Heaven r-e s,rG ~
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E'eSOcipcdes.

In this age of improvement and inven-
ton, the question is asked-"Whatn next 9''
1t would seem as if the next thing, 1.-THE
time for ballooning having not yet arrived
is to be 'velocipeding, new word being
coined for the occasion.
At a recent Indiana State Fair, one was
exhibited, invented by Frenchman living
in Indianapolis. 1t was made with three
wheels, each about five feet in diameter,
and connected with n skeleton frame,
weighing altogether about 1876 lbs. 1t is
thought lighter ones, weighing so or 70
lbs. could be made, readily working at 10 to
10 miles per hour.
This particular machine at the Fair was
made to go at race-horse speed, and was
offered to be put in competition with the
fastest horse on the ground, which was de-
clined. The track, of course, was smooth
and the question would seem to be,
whether velocipcdes can be constructed for
uneven roads. and to run up and down hill,
with less expenditure of strength than in
walking, and with greater speed.
This kind of locomotion affords strong
in favor of good roads; and if
the invention becomes popular, these will
follow as a necessity. If person can go
10 or 10 miles per hour on Yelocipede, on
good roads, good roads will be made.
Velocipeding seems to have recently
started afresh in France, and machines of
the kind used there have been imported in.
tothe United States; but American ingenu-
ity will soon improve on them, simplifying,
cheapening, and making them lighter and
stronger.
1t is reported that in Paris their use has
greatly cut down the receipts of .omnibusses,
and that nine young gentlemen recently
made trip on them from Lyons to Paris,
in eleven hours.--Practical Farmer.
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s-"Do let me have your photograph
said dashing belle to gentleman who
had been annoying her with his attentions.
The gentleman was delighted, and in a
short time the. lady received picture.
She gave it to the servant with the cues
ton, Would you know the original If he
should call ~ The servant replied in the
affirmative. swell, whenever he comes.
tell him am engaged. q -. -
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The TEETH OF THE HoRsE.-A horse
has forty teeth-twenty- -four double teeth,
or grinders, four tushes, or single file teeth,
and twelve front teeth, called gatherers. As
general thing, mares have no tushes. Be-
tween two and three years old the colt sheds
his four middle teeth--two above and two
below. After three years old two other
teeth are changed, one on each side Of
those formerly shed; he now has eight
colts colt teeth, and eight horses teeth; when
At FIVE years old the horse sheds his remain
ing colts teeth, four in number, when his
tushes appear. At six years Of age his
tushes are up, appearing white, small and
sharp, while small circle ofyoung teeth
is observable The mouth is now complete.
AT eight years Of age the teeth have fillsd
up, the horse is aged, and his mouth is
said to be full.
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W-Up among the White mountains,
where it is said they grind sleeps noses,
before sending them out to the pasture in
the morning, a Reverend Doctor, from Bos,
ton, found man ON the shady side of fifty
hoeing his living out Of the barren hills.
Introducing himself he soon succeeded in
exciting the old mans curiosity, whose first
question was: tsW'ere dye hail from2r
Answering that he was from Boston, the
man of the hoe replied: ~NT wouldn't
think ye'd like to live away off there "
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gnetifal.


NJ JOHN q. SAKE.
Good bye, old year can but,say,
Sadly I see thee passing away. 4
Passing away with the hopes and fears,
The bliss and pain, the smiles and tears
That como to us all, in all the years.
Good bye old year! little indeed
Thy friendly voice We were wont TO heed,
Telling us, warn ing us every day.
Transient mortalsI work and pray,
You, like me, are pas sing awayi
Good bye, old year Whatever may be
The sins and stains thou hast CHANGED to sec
Consider, year to purge the same,
And wash away the sin and shame,
Whilst thou were passing, Christmas camo.
Good bye, old year! with words of grace
Leave us to him who takes thy place;
And say, Old Year, unto the New,
kindly, carefully carry them through,
For much, weon; they have yet to do p
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sW-There appeared in Paris. in the six

There appeared in Paris, in the six
tenth century, one Mecab Alder. called
himself the wandering Jew and claiming
to have lived 1900 years and to have visit
ted all parts of the earth. He was familiar
with every important event and date since
the birth ofChrist, and was not confused
by the most intricate oss-questioning,
but answered readily. No one could adj
dress him in any language that he was t.
norant Of He was visited by all the liter
att of the city, who believed him to be an
impostor, but went away bewildered and
astonished. Hesuddcnly disappeared from
Paris. g orA !. - 800. -
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eW 1t being limited to barrister, who
was wearying the court with long and
dull argument, that he ought to bring Il
to a close, he angrily replied, Il will speak
as long as ! please n sYou have spoken
longer than you please Already said his
-.
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An Irish footman, who got situation at
the west end of London, on entering a
room where there was vase with golden
fish, exclaimed, "Well, this is the first time
Lever saw red herring aliyesn
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sy-A boarding house keeper in Spring
field, is in the habit, when her boarders
neglect to pay up promptly, of placing an
extra fork by their plate, as a silent init
nation to fork OVER
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w What is the difference between u
cat and document. One has claws ut the
end of its paws and the other has pauses
at the end Of its clauses.
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The CURE or CoRNs. One tcaspoo.<
Of tar one of coarse brown sugar, al
Of saltpetre. The whole 70 be sse-9
gcther. Spread it ON kid 4
Of the corns, and in two ID
drawn out. al y
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-01-01

eY An Oregon journal is progressing
Itnotices births under the head Of Come 4:
marriages it styles Fixed to stay;u and
deaths itreports under the head Of ! Gomez
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~ Waves that do not drown tho
waves ofladics' handkerchiefs.
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~ A farmer W
Bile, Botetourt COW,
drought and Pc
was SO short
he could m,
rake it WI
The New York herald., 1869-09-06
the LIEOe BkRANz EXCUaS.Oa.

The members OF the German LiederkranZ had an
excursion Yesterday which was much more agree
able than similar pastmes heretofore. The reason
for this is quite plain. The 1900 people present were
not confined to one single barge, but two
barges were engaged and both OF them received the
people, who swayed to and fro Neither Of them
was in any way crowded. on the decks Of
both OF the barees there was music, and to the
strains of four orcnestras the young folks stripped
the light fantastic toe." Passing the views of the
city and Of Hoboken, enjoying the sight OF Wash
ington Heights and looking at and being awed by
the appearance Of the Palisades, with tie other
amusemeutS on board, was more than sufficient
But the excitement attained It's height When py
the time that Hastings was reached, boat III the
whistle. The attention OF the whole party
board Of the two barges was directed to the black
nondescrlpt in the IL was ut last aScertained
that the black boat was the ). MOTIFS, having on
board the ''EintrachtN from Newark, and also the
employees of the lrm Of Schak Brothers. When this
boats, ana by the time that ali three OF them landed
it was quickly seen that tue NeWarkerS ana the
'Liederkranz' were on very intimate terms.
Having arrived Oh The grounds OF Dudey'S Grove,
Mr.. William Stelnway, In very feeling speech, ad-
dressed the guests, and to this reception Mr. Her.
mann Schaik responded quite tellcitously.
Music ana singing were the order oil the day. ana
when evening came about and the time was reached
OF Cnmese lanterns were III up and IL must be con-
feSsed that the fleet OF boats, as II came down tile
Hudson with Its lights ana 1ags ana lanterns and
fireworks presented an appearance seldom seen
around this city. Mr. IheodOre Guensel, the deco
ratOr oi the boats and the master OF iuminal hon,
lleyne were The principals, deserve especial menio
Tor the completeness OF ali the arrangements.