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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-02-18

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1t permanently improves the soil, and is quick and
active Peruvian Guano. The following certificate,
from well-known farmer of Hartford county, will attest
the value of this fertilizer:
HICKORY, Hartford Co., Nd, Sth mo ist, 1860.
P. ZEIA & SoNs-Repeced Friends Seeing an adver-
tisement where NJ Maynadier offered 1000 lbs. Hewes
Phosphate to be applied by the side of any other phos
phate charge to be made unless it surpassed Bovine
Richardsod accepted the challenge, giving me Zels
Phosphate upon the same terms. / applied them in
equal quantities upon potatoes. zes far surpasses
Hewes at this tme the vines being fully twice the size
will be able to report fullywhen the crop is har-
vested also used Zells by the side of Henand Stable
Manure, with the same results. l would be glad to
have those interested and the experiments
for themselves. consider Zes excellent fer lizer
Yours Respectfully, DARLIGT0N HOPES.
The following gentlemen have also used Zclls Phos
phatr and speak in the highest terms of its merits For
their certificates in regard to its effects, Circnars
Alexander Norris, Charles Grail,
John George Ohio W. Magness,
Lee Magness, r. J. Rogers,
NJ. f. Pue, Jesse Hoskins,
John Favour, Francis Way,
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-02-18

.-y@ Josh Billings says: "You aint
obliged to ask gals nanny ifyou may
go home with her from partee; git the
the gals konsent and sail in; its proper
enuff to ask her to take your arm; but
mind you, you hey no rite to put your arm
round her waste, unlesss you meet bear
on the rode, and then you are bound to
take your arm away jest as soon as the bear
gets safely by"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-02-18

,8 Among the superstitions of the
Seneca Indians is one of singular beauty.
When maiden dies they imprison young
bird until it first begins to try its power Of
song, and then, leading it with caresses,
they loose it over her grave, in the belief
that'it will not fold its wing nor close its
eyes until it has flown to the spirit land,
and delivered its precious burden of affec-
tion to the loved and lost.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13
The Railway EncInno,.

Yes there he stands by the side of his
Ponderous engine Look at him Study
him well About him there is much to
admire. A sober, honest, brave and true
man. Blackened his face may be with
coal dEst, his clothes soiled, and his hands.
that are far from being clean, vet his eve
IS bright and his mind clear. Full well he
knows the responsib ility that rests upon
him. a slight mistake on his part-the
sound of whistle, the tap of bell or the
neglect OF signal, might at times send
hundreds of human being into eternity
without moments warning.
The engineer is the true railway king -
The train IS his kingdom, and he is the
controlling power 1t is his eye and hand
that guides the flying monster through the
verdant fields, over dangerous streams, and
amid mountain ravines, at all hours of the
day and night.
The life of railway engineer is one of
mingled m danger, pleasure and hardship
To-day he may be a stout, robust man,
the pride and ornament of his race, while
tomorrow finds him mangled corpse, an
OBJECT not to be recognized as the manly
object of to-day.
10 no class of men is life fraught with
more danger than to the railway engineer.
CuDJSCb 10 ueaIn from ordinary Sickness,
IN commsn with others of his race, while
to him every hour and minute brings dan
gers peculiar to his calling. Fire, steam,
collisions, defective rails, undermined
bridges, misplaced switches, all are to him
sources of peril. Once seated in the spa
clous drawing-room coaches of the day,
but few OF the passengers waste thought
on him, who, at the head of the train, holds
their lives in his hand
The railway engineer IS the great path
finder Of the age. Like some escaped Cy-
clops from Vulcan's forge, onward and
forward he goes through heat and cold,
darkness and sunshine Dark as the night
may be, with treacherous waters beneath
and bowling winds around, still he,does
not stop, but drives on with his precious
charge.
For one, love fhe railway engineer
not for what he has, but for what hs is
he Is not ashamed to work, to do and to
do and to dare. When duty calls he goes.
OF wealth and honor he dares not dream.
To him the door of promotion is almost
closed. More is due him than the scanty
wages he draws, The time is coming when
all will appreciate the greatness of the
railway engineer, more than now.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13
The Enchanted mountnin.

In one Of the northeastern counties OF
Georgia, and less than one hundred miles
from here, Is a natural curiosity, called
from Indian tradition, the enchanted
mountain.
The mountain is not large, and there is
nothing remarkable about it until YOU get
on top, when human tracks, or impress
sions in the sobd rock, which appear to
be human tracks. are seen.
How these almost human tracks came
to be impressed on the rocks of this noun
tain is one of the mysteries of this myster-
ious land of ours. There were a great
many traditions among the Indians in re-
gard to this mountain, but none of them
are satisfactory, and it probably never
will be known who it was that left their
tracks upon the summit of the enchanted
mountain
One of the Indian traditions is curious,
for it shows that they had a vague idea of
NOah's food, before the advent of the
white man. The story has been handed
down among the aboriginals that it was
the landing place Of the great canoe, after
the great deluge, and the tracks We're
made by the people in the canoe as they
stepped out upon the rocks, which had
been made soft by the long inundation
One Of the tracks, and the largest one,
IS II! inches in length and "a in width
Unlike the others, it has six toes. This
must have been Noah's track, and if there
was nothing in the Mosaic account of the
flood concerning Noah's feet, we might
have confirmation of the Indian tradi-
ton. The size of the track would indi-
cate that he wore number eighteens.
There are one hundred and thirty-six
impressions of feet and hands visible on
the face Of the rock. The smallest foot
tracks are four inches in length, and of
perfect shape. Another Indian tradition
IS that great battle was once fought
there, and the large track with SIX toes is
that Of a victorious commander This is
essentially Indian, as their ideas of mental
greatness were circumscnbed by physical
size. To be a great warrior with them
was to be of great size and strength. They
dad not recognize the size and quality of
the BRAN as having anything to do with
it.
But who made these tracks upon the
enchanted mountain? If it was human
feet, then whose feet, and at what age of
the world? If they were chiseled by hu-
man hands, whose hands, and when? ? Alasl
that the learning of the world should
amount to so little, for no man can tell.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13
ttsqellnnso'ps.
GOD SEEN IN HIS WORKS.

While the celebrated Mungo Park was
travelling IN Africa, he was often takn
prisoner, and robbed, and, sometimes.
narrowly escaped with his life.
Gn one occasion, he records, that he was
driven almost to despair by the pitiable
state to which he was reduced alone in
an unknown wilderness, without food.
clothes, or shelter, and too ignorant of the
locality even to attempt his Escape, for
fear OF Plunging into still greater perils.
be was hundreds of miles from the nearest
European settlement, and to crown all, it
was IN the very hight of the rainy season,
the heavens were overcast with blackness,
and torrents of rain beat pitilessly about
the poor travellers unsheltered head.
But Just as he was about to give up all
hope, and, in despair, to stretch himself on
the ground to perish, he spied, at little
distance, a beautiful moss, IN full bloom
The whole plant was but three or four
inches in hight; but the work of an Al
mighty hand was plainly visible in the
formation Of its perfect roots and slender
stems, from which shot forth tiny branch
es, decked with emerald leaves and bright
crimson blossoms, whose elender petals
were gllstenlng with the pearly drops of
the recent shower. As the despairing
IA1NS4CA SdLeu III dulllIlQg wonder, q voice
seemed to whisper, "God is here, even in
tins wilderness and the tiniest flower,
hidden away from the eye of man, is still
HIS care. How much more the creatures
He has formed in His own image and
likeness, and endowed with a spark of i'm
mortality that shall survive the wreck Of
all things material"
Thus admonished, Park reused himself
from his apathy, and resolved to cast him
self upon the care of the loving Father of
all, and so forward with renewed courage.
Unaided, save by the unseen hand he had
invoked, and fed by the roots and berries
the same FatheIly hand had planted in the
wilderness, he Travelled day after day
through that trackless desert, hitherto un-
trodden by civilized man, until at length
he reached a place Of safety.
Did that little floweret bloom in vain in
its wilderness home or was not, rather
every tiny twig and leaf and blossom rife
with a loving lesson of Gods goodness to
the creatures he has formed ? Who would
not trust IN such a Father, such Friend,
who paints the lily, refreshes the dropping
flower withthe pearly dewdrop, feeds the
young ravens when they cry, and gave His
only, well-beloved Son to save as from the
power of evil, and take us to bloom for
ever in the cloudless skies and eternal
sunshine of Heaven.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13

"My new house ?" I exclaimed in great
surprise, for that was new idea to me.
Eyes, your new house, make haste"
So we were soon spinning around the
corners after his spirited blacks.
"Of course | like 1t, who could help it d?
it is delightful?' Isaid IN answer to his
query. "But how is it that house was
built in July, and you came back in Sep
tember."
"No darling, I came back in July"
"Ahl that is the secret of the new house.
So you were at home all this time without
ct ting me know 1t tP
81 wished to surprise you, and you
know l did not promise to come back in
side of five years"
"Well, it was surprise, and Aunt Mag
gle, to pay for her little ruse, must be
with us on the twenty-slxth of November.
Emma Carl seems destined to live in
the bissful sphere and enjoy the freedom
Of an old maid. Ella Day married a stran-
ger, and a widower, who is extravagant
and penniless, and will probably soon
spend the small amount which she had
Sue WILDER, the sweet daughter of a poor
mechanic, and my confidential friend. is
left an orphan, without relatives or home.
She will live with us until few months
later, when she will become the bride of a
worthy young man. Tom and I are as
happy as it IS possible for mortals to be.
and, gentle reader, 1 trust we have your
best wishes for the continuation of that
happiness.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13
HORRIBLE CONTEST.
Drinking Duel Between n French
man and a German.

man and n German.
The New York Sil1,doy Dispatch is our
authority for the following: A fatal
drinking match came off in Williamsburgh
few days ago, which has not yet been
made public. 1t appears there was a dis
pute between an old French physician and
the proprietor of one Of the largest brew
cries IN the place, as to which of the two
could drink the most liquor and carry it
off They decided to test the question by
a trial, said test to be a match at drinking
liquors at a convenient saloon, the party
giving up the trial first to be considered a
second-class drinker, and pay for grand
supper. Both parties to this novel and
disgusting contest were large men, the
physician being able to turn the scales at
two hundred and twenty pounds, while
the brewer was perfect mammoth in pro-
portlons-a Gambrinus-weighing fully
two hundred and fifty pounds. A large
crowd Of professional and amateur drink
ers were on hand when the match was
commenced, and the bets were freely ta-
ken IN favor of the brewer, the German
element predominating. The first install
ment OF four bottles of what was labeled
Bourbon Whisky" were disposed of, each
man drinking the same as his opponent
and at the same time. The whisky gave
them renewed vitality, apparently, for
they laughed and talked right merrily, al
belt they began to give evidence of hav-
ing cultivated a crop of fur on their
tongues; still they drank about once every
i've minutes, and drank deep and deeper.
They changed their tipple to claret, as a
tonic, and here the Frenchman seemed to
be more at home. 1t did not suit the Ger
man so well, however, and it was soon
changed to sherry, after three bottles had
been gulDed down by each The sherry
was only palatable while two bottles lasted
one each
Their eyes began to show that peculiar
CLASSY glare seen only in those upon whom
the effects of liquor have gained the as
cendancy, but their strong physique ena-
bled them to keep their seats, and their
hands showed very little shalliness. They
called for brandy, of which they partook
a little more sparingly than of the other
liquors, seemingly aware that while they
had no fear of the previous draughts in
which they had been indulging, there was
death in the bowl that contained this
poison.
The German reached out cautiously to
the bottle to replenish his glass. The
Frenchman endeavOred to follow suit
The effort on the part of the latter was
futile-he could not move his arm; he en-
deavored to reach out his other hand, but
| it fell off the arm of his chair, and hung
Powerless. He Strengthened back in his
chair slowly, his body made a convulsive
movement, his face became horribly dis
| terted, his eyes seemed as if they would
fly out of their sockets, his tongue rolled
out of his mouth, a few gasps, his body
trembled all over like a shaken leaf-He
lOGS dead
While his funeral was ON its way to the
cemetery, the German also died, the coro-
ner signing certificates ascriblng death in
both instances to heart disease.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13
Another Thaddeus or Warsn,z.

A Polish Count, named Christianus Ber-
nardOfski, is now working as iourneyman
in harness shop in Galesburg, III He
was born in Warsaw in 1888. In 1868 he
was involved in one of the Polish rebel
lions, but escaped to this country, while
his estates were confscated and his mother
died The Galesburg Republican says of
him:
''In his weary wanderings through this
country he once obtained the position of
professor of languages in a college in Min
nesota, but was forced to abandon it be-
cause he could not obtain sufficient salary.
He resigned the empty dignity and set in
with harness maker in a neighboring
town to learn the business, but could not
obtain enough to get the necessities of
life. After many wanderings he finally
arrived in Galesburg some two years since,
and for the past six or seven months has
found employment in the harness shop of
Mr.. Isaac Merrill. Last winter he receiv-
ed intelligence that free pardon had been
extended to him by the Car Alexander
1t had, however, become so utterly value
less that he refused to accept this es-
tates had been confiscated and his friends
and relatives are either dead or banished.
Thus bereft of hope, the scion of an an
cient and noble family works in an hum
BILE capacity for his daily bread"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13
Happy Marriages-HOw fh2y Happen
and How they do not Happen.

Marriages are happy when they take
place from pure love, between two persons
who are already thoroughly acquainted
with each other, and who are quite con-
tent with each other as they then are.
First, love must be the motive. Mar
.rIages Of convenience, as they are called,
almost always turn out to be ANYTHING but
convenient, and on the contrary, exceed
ingly inconvenient.
If people marry for money, even if the
money be obtained-Which is by no means
always the case-the husband or wife who
is taken with it is, of course and necessa-
rlly, regarded merely as an incumbrance,
to be endured for the sake of the more
highly priced pecunlary acquisition. Then,
If 1t chance that the coveted money be not
received, or that it be subsequently lost,
the situation Is sill more deplorable, for
the lncumbrance alone remains, without
the compensation calculated upon tor its
endurance, and becomes all the more un-
endurable
If people marry for what is called posi-
ton, they marry for something which can
not be obtained in that way. A sound IT,
tie to position can only be got by merit;
never by matrimony.
Secondly, happy marriages can only take
place between people who are well ac-
qualnted, and who are satisfied with each
other as they are.
Young persons who are so blinded by
love that their Judgment is rendered tor
pid, who are unable to perceive each 9TH
ers faults, and who marry, in real form,
an imaginary character, are soon and sadly
unaeeeIyed by the experience of married
life; aud such matches are most misera-
ble
So of those who marry, not because they
are satisfied with each other as they now
are, but who are quite confident of their
ability to change the character of the per-
son they wed. Such hopes prove delusive.
Do not be deceived by the idea that you
can remould a character already cast, in
consequence of assuming the matrimonial
relation. The probability is, that the OBJ
jectionable or disagreeable qualities which
you already perceive will increase, and
not diminish, after marriage while the
possibility of discovering new ones always
exists.
These suggestions may be needed with
advantage by the endless procession con-
tinually moving toward the gates Of mat
rimonV.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13

RALPH KELLER tells US in the Atlantic
for July, how much of Europe he saw for
$l8l currency He walked from Toledo,
Ohio, to New York at a cost of S., and
paid S33 for passage to London, visited
Paris, Strasburg, Heidelburg, when, hav-
ing $50 in gold, he matriculated, boarded
for IA cents per diem, found what the stu
dents did not do-study; what they did
carouse and vagabondise. At Christmas
he was penniless until evening, when he
received $25 from home for correspon-
dence. This sustained him unspecifed
months longer, during which he received
another remittance of $50. He then quit
the University, visited various cities, and
met G. A. Townsend in Paris, by whom
he was inspired, when he had but So, to
write for the London magazines. He re-
ceived an unspecifed fortune in reply,
while debating whether poison was easier
than drowning, and visited Italy. At
Florence he dined sumptuously, including
wine, for five cents, and wintered there
He tried the London magazines unsucces-
fully, when his funds gave out again, rea-
ched Leghorn with less than dime, and
got home by the generosity of an Ameri-
can ship master. Here he found the cash
for an article he had sent to another Eng
lish magazine, and so returned to Toledo
after two years in Europe.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13
NEWS ITEMS.

An unpleasant term to apply, the heated
Much of the hair worn by ladies is cui
from the heads of coAvicts.
Cornell University is to have chair OF
Chinese and japanese
The prodigal son confessed his sins to
his father IN husky tone of voice.
Chinese pirates chloroform their pris-
oners before knocking them on the head.
The Celestial" negro in Tennessee finds
ms heaven IN sixteen dollars a month and
Panama, now that its best buildings are
partment.
Cincinnati is the fourth manufacturing
city IN the United States, only New York,
Philadelphia and Boston excelling it.
Rocky Point, the popular resort on the
N.arragansett for excursionists and lovers
OF CLANS, is now open to the public.
Fiftty-one JOsephite Morm6ns have
abandoned the fraternity at Ogden
land.
There are queer thieves in New York
Some of them recently stole lot of Cuban
bondsl They'll be after Confederate bonds
next
Guinness Dublin Stout has not only
contributed $5OO,OOO te restore st. Pat,
nck's Cathedral, but now gives $3.50, O,OOC
Tor winter garden to the town.
The Pittsburg Post promises that the
democracy Of that district shall send tc
Congress a Democrat "who favors protec.
ton, and will be able to assert on the flooi
of the House"
Swift proposed to put tax on female
beauty, and leave every lady to rate hel
own charms. He said the tax would be
cheerfully paid, and would be very pro.
ductive.
1t will take considerable Chicago warn
to darn the hole worn in their new "white
stockings" recently. 1t is said some.
where from twenty to thirty skeins will
be required.
The New York Herald has an article
about "How our population increases. "
That IS entirely gratuitous work on the
part OF the Herald, since most adult peo.
pie understand the nature of the subject
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13
NUMBER 5.
speech of Wade HaInPtOn--ssTheSvo
Has Never Established n TrufI, -

-. % % ""ue aInpton--sSThe Sword
mas Never Established Truth,
The ceremonies of unwilling the statua
recently erected by the SURVIVING mer,-
bers of the Washington Light Infantry
of Charleston, to their dead comrades VIZ
fell in the civil war, took place on the ODD
ultlmo, IN the presence of an immense
crowd. General Hampton was the orato,
OF the occasion, and made speech. Among
other things he said:
>. Let us then, my friends and comrades
CHING with unrelaxing grasp and unshaken
commence to the faith that is in us. LET
AoI the angry threats of oppression, or the
syren voice OF temptation drive or allure
us TO torsake 1t. Above all be not misled
Dy mat unmeanlng jargon which tells Won
t thaI your cause was submitted the arbi-
GIatnelC c S1 arms, and that the sword has
IecIoed that cause against you. The sword
mas never, nor, will it ever, decide A princinla
or establish a truth. It can as n has
often done, overthrow a lust cause and
make might take the place of RIGHT bnf
1t can never reverse the immutable laws
OF God-make what is evil appear right in
his sight. A noble cause. upheld 6eroi-
caily py honor, courage and patriotism
may ole along with its supporters. A
great-truth never died; but eternal as the
Sodhead, from which it springs. it lives
forever, amid all the changes of dvnasties
the wreck OF empire, and the death of ma
tlons. 1t Is, too, as false in fact as in Iooyic
10 assert that the sword can or does decide
Justly between right and wrong With
the sword the Goths and Vandals drenched
the lar telds of Italy with the best blood
Oh her sons. 1t gave nearly half the world
10 Mohammed. 1t allowed the Turks to
trampie out the civilization of Greece Tts
Keen edge has dlsmembered Poland. 1t
mas IelG hungary bleeding at the feet of
Ihe 9PPressor. 1t has turned over Spain
anu ortugal TO the tender mercies of the
Saracen and on this continent and in our
day directed by unscrupuIous no1yer
against the throats of PROSTATE States
reeklng with parricidal blood. IT enforce,
the the laws which it alone has made
de!I me not, then, that the sword can right
IuIly turn the scales of Justice. It is the
exponent OF tyranny, not the arbitrator of
truth-the badge of the tyrant and the
e6ecutloner, not the symbol of Justice II
Is rs not at all inconsistent with these views
IhaC we, as conquered people, should oh
serve scrupulously the terms dictated bv
the sword and accepted bv us. We can
90 this and should do it, in perfect GOOD
ialth but we should claim and exercise
the Ged-given right of freedom of opinion
we acknowledge that the cause for which
these men died is lost, but we should be
ialse TO that cause were we to admit that
they We're, because of failure, necessarily
wrong We believe that they were right.
ana We therefore, honor and respect their
memory If they were right time will
YYilndleate VI the action and recos their fame,
1t was grievous fault
ana grlevously have they answered it.