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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-07-19

rs" 900 Locust Posts for sale Henry W
Archer, Bel Air.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-07-19

Mga Two Hundred Stock Sheep for sale by
Thomas Atkinson, at W. l.. Frndal" farm. near
the Almshuusc iu5-Jt
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rHE VENUS DE MEDIcI.

/ could not quite believe that 1 was
not to End the VEINS de Medici; and
still, as l passed from one room to
another, my breath rose and fell a lit
tie, with the half.hope, haif-fear that
she might stand before me. Really I
did not know that / cared so much.
SO much about Venus, Oh any possible
woman of marble. At last, when I
had come from among the Dutchmen,
l believe, and was looking at some
works of Italian artists, chiefly Flor
entines, / caught a glimpse of her
through the door Of the next room. II
L. the best room OF the series, OctagO-
nal In shape, and hung with red dam.
ask, and the light comes down from a
row OF windows passing quite round
beneath an octagOnat dome. The We
nus stands somewhat aside from the
centre OF the room, and is surrounded
by an l. on railing, a pace or two from
her pedestal In front and less behind.
I think she might safely be left to the
reverence her WOmsnhOod would win
without any other protection. She Is
very beautiful, very satisfactory, and
has q frssh and new chat about her
unreaehed by any esst or copy. The
hue OF the marble is just so much mel.
by times as to do foz her all that
Gibson tries, or ought to try, to do for
his statues by color, sOfteniDg her,
warming her almost tmperceptibly,
making her an inmate Of the heart, as
well as q spiritual existence. l felt q
kind Of tenderness for her IAN affection, |
not II she were one woman, but al
WomanhOOd in one. Her modest at
which before l saw her I had
not liked, deemtng thasit might be an
artificial shame, is partly what I'M
makes her IS the heather goddess,
and softens her into woman. There
s q slight degree OF alalm, too, In her
not that she really thinks any
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HYsRIpIzlNa COTTON.

In compliance with your request, /
give results OF experiments in hybTi-
diZing cotton. In the spring of 1870 1
planted, in alternate rows, Sea Island
and Multi-bOlled cotton seed. When
open, I selected the best bolls from
each alternate row, keeping the two
kinds separate. April last I planted
again alternate rows of sea island and
multi.bOlled, with seed obtained as
above described. Last fall no change
either In lint or seed was observed,
the sea island bUlls remaining three
lObed with long fine. staple and the
black smooth seed, and the multi
boiled, maintaining itspeeuliar eharac-
teIistics. This fall the cass is far
otherwise. The black, smooth seed
has nearly disappeared. The sea Is
land stalks have in q great measure
taken the form of the multi-bolled
with short limbs, thicker and larger
bolls-many having four and even
five lObes, with tuftsd seed and ex-
ceedi8gly long and fine silky staple.
The multi-belled does not seem TO
have changed so much. While the
lint on some stalks has been greatly
mpAONCNa TIC AAdBL part "a Tie Gfup
on the multi-bolled rows shows its old
peculiarities. Two years experience
seem to indicate chat the sea island Is
more easily hybridized than the null
ii boiled. propose pushing these in
teresting experiments stin farther.
Three things viii be aimed ct, name
ly; 70 obtain an early, prolific and
fine staple cotton. To forward these
results, l selected in the month Of
September the best bolls from the
most prolific stalks, having long and
dne staple. These Propose planting
ia q separate patch. In another patch,
more of the multi boiled win be mixed
with the already hybridlzed sea Is
land. This Is very fine and silky,
and promises to be prolifc-SowheTH
CudiUdt0r.
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W~AsHKGTeas GOODNESS

To throw your arms around Trumbull
Is TO experience The same sense OF shock
as when Robert Norris slapped George
Washington on the bacl; and called him
sold fellow" TrumbGu Is WOudr0uEly
desirous Of Ood-fellOWship.- O0TTesPOAd-
elce Herald.
1t was not Robert but GOuvsrneur
Morris who Ventured an undue famil-
iarity with the Father Of his Country,
and he was too Well-bred Or had not
the temerity osay sold fellow"
The aneeIOte was related by Alex
snder Hamilton to Judge Jacob Bur-
net, Of this city. Hamilton had at
a private gathering remarked that
Washington was cold and reserved,
even to his personal friends, and al
lowed no one to be familiar with him.
GOuverneur Morris dissenting, Ham
iltOn made the following banter: "If
you VIII, at the next reception even
ing, gently slap him on the shoulder
and say; MY dear general, how hap
py I am to see you look so WELL a
supper and wine shall be provided for
you and a dozen of your iriends.n
Morris accepted the challenge, and
on the evening OF the reception en-
tSEo4 SdEAgI DOHSu3 anu dS ne SHOCK
hands put his LEFT hand on Washing
toms shoulder and said: "My dear
general, I am very happy to see you
look so WELL" Washington Withdrew
his hand and, with anger and indig-
nation in his counteasnee, gazed at
Morris until the latter, sbashed,
sought refuge in the midst Of the as
seHbled company. At the supper
provided Morris said: Il have won
the bet, bat paid dearly for Ii, and
nothing could induce me to repeat It."
-CinoiaHdtt Commercial.
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MISSION DEMOCRATIC.

Nym Crinkle, In the New York
World gOssips thus about Nilsson, her
origin and opinions:
You must remember Nilsson's ORR
gin; how many generations Of her
people tOiied unknown to luxury be-
fore the yigor and virtue Of the stock
took vocal form and opened the way
into the worlds what traditions Of
hunger and penury and thankless Ia
Dor must have come down to her,
and must peep like ghosts Of memory
Into her mind when she Wears n r Q
zad robes Of a.Leonora,7 or Eiorineo
hnSrS OF N~totsteen DO y21 &oae
at the pathOs born In her faceS She
Didn't / tell you she belonged to the
from? Some Of as can remember
when the Marquee De CauX ran about
barefoot In New York. Rubini was a
j0urneyman tailor. Waehtel drove q
cab in Hamburg. He told me so him
self; and many a tenor he took to the
opera-hOuse before he got into 1t him
self. The fact is that these artists all
fancy, when they come 10 America,
that their hnmbie origin gives them
q patent Of natural nobility with our
people. IL takes them some time TO
find out that we democrats are rather
ashamed Of It. Nilsson admire5 the
material prosperity of the country.
They say she clspped her hands with
delight when they told her the won
derful history Of Chicago; and when
that city disappeared in a night, like
the dream thai It was, the tears came
into her eyes. Everywhere In the
west she saw the poorer classes happy
and becoming prosperous. She says
she sang better for il. Some Of her
letters in Europe glow with a RGfUe
enthusiasm that Is charming. She
never saw such Warm-hearted people.
She never saw people make money so
fast. She never saw such a grand
sight as a prairie. She fell in love
with Peoria, and when they gave her
the Illinois wine to drink she ordered
it for her hotel in New York, and
bought a arm and vineyard in Peoria.
She said there was more musical cul-
ture In the middle classes Of cur So
ciety than smOng the same classes
anywhere In Europe. About her fei-
low artists she was cautious, T~eserviDg
her opinions, xpressing only a very
decided admiration Of Miss Kellogg's
abilities. She avoids society, having
an actress aversion to the assumption
OF snowy apparel when OF the stage.
There are two or three families up
town where she visits en- (dRiUe, and
there she rOmps and sings and aban-
dOns herself TO the freedom Of private
life with genuine relief.
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WHOSE HAIR WAS IT

A novel trial Is reported to have
taken place in London. Alsdy went
to a ball, snd when preparing to rs
turn to her home IN the evening, be-
fore going to her carriage took on her
couture and tied ii up in q handker-
chief to keep it fresh for q party she
was to attend the following night,
and that she might the more con-
yenieutly put warmer wraps on her
head, the evening being cold. When
she reached her dwelling the couture
was not in the carriage. She dispatch
ed q messenger Tor it, butt it could not
be found. Some days after she met
an an acquaintance, whose hair was
the same color as her 0wn-rather a
peculiar hue-aBd was satisfied she
wore her couture. She taxed her
with 1t. OF course IL was indignantly
denied. So certain was the lady that
it was her hair the other had taken
from the ball and was wearing she
sued her for 1t. When the trial came
on the defendant struck the prOseeu.
tor dumb and convinced the court by
letting down her tresseS and showing
they we're her own, thereby procuring
a judgment in her favor. Subsequent
ly she quSrreIed with her hair dresser,
when it came ut that the hair she had
SO dexterously exhibited as having
grown on her head had grown on
some other head, but but had been
artfdly and srtisticaIly arranged for
the pulling down process by the hair
dresser.
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AUTHOsEss IN BLACK CROOK

The "Blaek Crook" was revived at
NiblO's theaier, New York, on Mon
day evening. Miss Kate Stanley
succeeds Pauline Markham in the
leading character of ''Stalacta." The
history of Miss Stanley is said to be
very romantic. She was born in South
Carolina, and during the war went to
England, a young girl. The ealami-
ties which followed in the train Ofthe
wal made shipwreek OF her parents
fortunes, aud the daughter boldly
went on the stage to support them and
herself. At the end OF two years she
had become one of the mos popular
actresses in London, her exquisite
voice supplementing her rare beauty
with great effect. So remarkable Wsre
her vocal powers that Madame War
dot Garcia, one Of the best singing
teachers in the world, volunteered 10
prepare her for grand opera, and for
some time Miss Stanley was a of
her favoTite pupils. But the prospect
OF a return to America was too attrac-
tive, In person she is an exquisitely
prOpOrtiOned blonde, with masses Of
golden hair, dark eyes, a stately but
not ponderOus carriage like that, OF
Markham, and charming intonstion
of voice. She is u very beautiful girl,
and will create a marked impression,
not only by her physical Charms, but
by the intellectual power which she
possesses, largely in excess Of the ma
jOFity OF her sisterhOod. In fact Miss
Stanley is highly cultivated young
lady. She is a pianist OF rare excel
lence, and can write as good a maya
zine article as any man IN the cOun.
try. She Is ct present engaged upon
a novel, to be published In London by
the well-knoWn house of Bentley. In
manners and habits Miss Stanley is
no less admirable than in these other
particulars,
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sAssAFRAs OIL.

The manufacture of -sassafras oil,
which a lew years ago was only used
TO a very limited extent, has recently
greatly increased. New uses have
been found for il, and the demand has
Increased to such an extent that the
business OF distilling has become quite
profitable. The sassafras root from
which this oil Is made Is found in the
southern States, nut the largest guam
tity is collected in Virginia. The
manufacture of this oil has been con-
Quoted on an extensive scale for the
last few years at Richmond, Virginia,
by q firm Of colOred persons. This
vas the first establishment of the kind
in the State, and since 1t has proved
successful similar establishments have
started at different points all along
the railroads. The sassafraS root Is
collected mostly by the cOlOTed people
who sell it to the factories at the rate
OF thirty cents per hundred pounds,
and lt Is stated that in some instances
the collectors will make as much as
from two to three dollars q day. The
root is first cut up fine by a chOpping
machine, and then placed In 6 large
tub. The tub is then closed and hot
steam is forced through the whole
mass. When this process has been
continued for g sufficient length OF
time, the oil Is distilled in the Ordi-
nary manner. At the factory In
Richmond the machinery uses up
forty thousand pounds Of the root s
week, or ten thousand pounds z day,
the still only working four days inthe
week. The Oil manufactured amounts
to about two per cent. Of the root used,
10000 pounds Of root producing about
eight hundred pounds of unreetiHed
oil. This quantity is further reduced
by reetiication and cleansing
from sediment and impurities. a
gallon OF fine oil weighs ten pounds,
and about forty gallons are produced
every week. From Richmond the
oil is sent all over the country, being
used for many different purposes, bat
chiefly for favoring tobacco, and for
scentihg toilet soaps. Large quanti-
ties are also used in the manufacture
OF confectionery.
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H GERMAN EMPIRE.

The establishment OF the German
Empire, dates from the 18th OF Janu-
airy, 1871, and it is consequently the
youngest OF the great powers on
earth.
The German empire is a eonfedera-
ton OF twenty-five States. 1t COM
prises four kingdoms Prussia, Bava-
ris, Saxony and Wurtemburg,) six
grand-duchies, five duchies, seven
municipalities and three republics.
The latter, which are usually called
the free cities, are Lubbock, Bremen
and Hamburg. Besides these, Afasce
and Lorraine, the neWly-Rcquired ter
r~itOrie5, are dependencies OF the Ger
man empire, and are administered by
a governor. 1t was formerly believed
that republics only were able to form
a compact federal government, but
the successful organization Of the Ger
man empire Teiutes this argument.
The German empire is inhabited
by forty millions OF people. With the
exception of about 800, 600 Of Poles in
Eastern Prussia, 100000 Danes in
Northern ~SchlesWig, and about 200
900 French in Alsace and Lorraine,
the population consists entirely OF
Germans. By far the largest State Is
Prussia, which has a population OF
"A, 000. GEO; next comes Bavaria. with
$500, 600, SaXOny with 2,400, 600, and
Wurtemberg with l,S00, 600. The ag-
gregate population of the other twenty
States is about 8, 900, 600. The popula7
ton of Alsace and Lorraine, according
20 the French census Of 1868, is nearly
1900, coo.
The German empire has 1918 geo.
graphical square miles, itsarea is con
ssquently considerably smaller than
thstof European Russia, which has
100, 2S5 square miies,- and it Is also
smaller than the Austrian empire
which embraces 10, $50 square miles,
and it is only a little larger than
France cess square miles), but con.
siderably larger than Great Britain
and Ireland (5732 square miles), and
Italy with Rome (5776 square miles).
With regard TO population, European
Russia, with nearly 70, O0O,1 100 OF peo-
ole, exceeds the German empire, but
the latter outranks all the other Eu
Topean States with regard to the num-
Der of Inhabitants,
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body Is looking at her, vet the idea
has fitted through her mind, and
startled sher a little. Her face Is 80
beautiful and intellectual that It Is not
dazzled out OF sight by her form. Me
thinks that was q triumph for the
sculptor to achieve. 1 may as well
stop here. It is Of no use to throw
heaps Of words upon her, for they all
fall away, and leave her standing in
chaste and naked grace, as untouched
as when I began.
She has suffered terribly by the mis-
haps of her long existence In the a
BILE. Each Of her legs has been broken
into two or three fFagmentsi her arms
have been har body has been
broken quite mcron8 As the WMhAs heE
has been snapped on at the neck.
Furthermore, there have been grew
GUS wounds and losses Of substance In
various tender parts Of her person.
But on accounto of the skill with which
the statue has been restored, and also
because the idea Is perfect and indis-
tructible, all these injuries do not In
the least impair the effect, even when
you see where the discovered frag-
ments have been reunited. She Is
Just as whole as when she left the
hands of the sculptor. / am
glad to have seen this Venus, and 10
have found her so tender and so
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JEWISH EsrIsATE OF sHYLOck

In a very discriminating criticism
on the character OF Shyloekas a repre-.
sentative Of the Hebrew nation, the
Jewish Messenger has the following:
1.-THE character Of ShylOck Is TO Us Ole
Of the most interesting drawn by
Shakespeare. 1t is dual representing
both a race and q class. AS an i'm
bodiment of the Jewish people Shy
lock stands forth in his love Of relig-
ion, family, and neighbors, but impo-
tent to demonstrate against injustice
or to resent it. As the incarnation Of
unbending pride, he shows as the
melancholy end of a high spirit, goad-
ed to madness by sights, injustices,
and repression. AS a Jew merely,
without the pride, he might have
lived happily, thriven well, and died
beloved. AS a proud man merely he
might have commanded armies and
led senates. AS the two combined,
as a proud Jew, all the good and use.
ful qualities that he possessed but
could not use, because of the prejudice
against his religion. Rightly eOnsid-
ed, ShylOek is a mastery yindieation
Of the Jew. Shakespeare viewed him
from q higher standpoint than the dull
level of common observation. He
knew that a Jew was neither more
nor less than a man, and he made
ShylOek one, with prejudices, per-
haps, but with senses, affections, pas
sions.' Nor did ne make him a bad
man in any respect. He found that
the vulgar believed every human feel
ing In q Jew swallowed by avarice.
10 rafrsnH Il 49, nNnnHfnn ~ 1an1N
equal greed in the Christian. He saW
that the Jew was esteemed strangely
cruel. He portrayed him with almost
wOmanly tenderness. BE knew that
the Hebrew was deemed aveFse to
everything Gentle. He pointed out
that he sought the love Of his Chris
tian neighbOr, and was blameless If
he obtained it.nOt. But this was not
enough to inspire respect for chsrac-
ter in the days Of good Queen Bess.
Many thousands of Christians, pos.
sessing all these qualities, ssand doing
their duty In an humble way, were
deemed of no more value than so
many dogs. Humility, the cardinal
virtue of Christianity, was precisely
that which was most in contempt,
and pride was thought truer voucher
of humanity than The more amiable
but duller qualities. It is with this
garb of the cavalier that the great
dramatist invests the poor Jew, and
shows to prince and lord a spirit fierce
and sensitive as their own. But there
Is q difference; they are tnsulted, and
the blood of the offender stains their
swords, while gentle danes smile sp-
prevail. The poor Jew is spit upon,
and dare not raise a finger. The lord
ng's wrath is short madness, and
ends with legalized murder on the
spot; the Jew'sis protracted frenzy,
which is not shown OutWardly. 1t
eats into the soul, consuming love and
charity and reasons, altogether. The
Christian knight becomes 8 gallant
gentleman the same spirit dwelling
IN q Jew ish U5uTsr makes him q mad
man,
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cy over all her former colonies in
South America. While he incurred
the disfavor Of the royal court, his
violent denunciatiOn of the govern
ment on this question made him quite
popular among the hOt-headed Span
ish politicians. And when he was re-
moved from his command In the navy
he was Immediately chosen a member
Of the c%ortes, where he continued his
attack on the cabinet.
she has published q pamphlet en-
titled THE Future Greatness OF Spain
which, in q Of its chapters, treated
of the relations of Spain to the United
States. Admiral Polo commended In
1t that the Monroe doctrine was an in
UnItsd ssaSas, and that BDafn had
more reason than any other European
country to disregard and defy It. The
author also tried to prove, from docu-
ments relating to the wal against the
rebellion, that the aggressive strength
Of the United States was far inferior to
that of Spain; that the American
navy was unable to cope with the
Spanish feet, and that a wal between
the two countries would be certain to
end in favor of Spain, the more so as
Spanish privateers could not only
greatly iBjure, but totally destroy the
foreign trade OF the United States.
After the overthrow Of Queen Isabel
La in September, 1868, Admiral Polo
was ~reinstated in his former position,
and became the most faithful adherent
OF Admiral Topets, under whom he at
one time held the position Of assistant
secretary of the navy. Having taken
an active part in the iutrigues which
led to the election of King Amadeus
he was rewarded with a promotion,
and placed in command of the Span
ish feet 10 the Mediterranean. He
has ever since been a fsvorite at the
court Of the new monarch. AS re-
CARDS the Cuban question, Admiral
Polo has always voted in the cOrtes
in favor Of the most rigorous measures
Tor the suppression of the rebellion.
The new ambassador is said to be a
perfect FIRE. eater, and to entertain the
most exaggerated ideas Of the power
and greatness Of Spain"
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We THANK the Boston Courier for
this timely paragraph: Memphis
has lone suffered rom the lack of pub
lie edi6ces for the accommodation Of
its postofiee, customhouse and United
States courts, and has about given up
the hope Of getting an appropriation
for their erection, while Chicago finds
no difficulty in getting four millions
Of dollars for her public buildings.
This fact is significant Of the sectional
prejudice which still operates to the
injury of the South in a hundred ways.
The government could strengthen it
self and promote the prosperity OF an
unfortunate class, il it would occs-
sionaIly spend q little where it exaets
so much.D
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low GEAERAL PGLg H&g KILLED

An ex-Confederate, writing for the
Westminster Review, gives the fol-
lowing account of the death Of the
bishop general:
The death Of this distinguished man.
occurred while our army lay in front
of KenesaW. Johnston, with g groupe
Of officers, among whom was Polk,
was making q reconnaissance OF the
enemy's lines from the summit of the
Pike Mountains, a lofty, solitary
mount, which jutted out from the.
range, and formed the apex Of an
acute angle, on which our line was
arranged. The situation was e very
hazardous one, being commanded, or
rather reached, by guns from any
portion of the enemy's lines.
The unusual assemblage in such q
conspicueas place soon attracted the
vigilsnt enemy. 4 battery in front
immed ateiy tTed- enc shot, which we
aiterWard louad cut was but the pre-
Jude 10 Il . the most ieastul she'll
ings I ever witnessed. The group was
standing between young Beauregard's
battery and the eth companyo Of Wash
ington artillery, Johnston being on
the works looking through a field
glass. The first shot could not have
missed him two fest, but the only at
tention he paid to 1t was to turn his
glasses to the battery that fred it.
Polk had, in the meantime, separated
from the group and was walking
thoughtfally away, with his left side
enemy, his head down, and his
hands cla5ped behind him.
The second shell fred at the crowd
him In the arm, ard passed
the body, tearing out his
neart, and then crushing his right
arm above the elbow. He dropped on
one knee, wavered, then fell on one
1 had hardly turned my
back, when I heard the murmur OF
run throughthe Hire, 'sGen. Polk
is killed" Johnston said not 8 word,
but ran to him and lifted him In his
arms. HRrdee uttered 4 cry, and also
rushed forward. He YVES past ali hu-
man help. The membess Of his staff
tenderIy lifted and bore him nom the
Geld.