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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05
VARIETIES.

Hood called the slamming of door
by person in passion "a wooden oath"
"A student at veterinary college being
asked, "If u broken winded horse was
brought to you to cure, what would you
advise 2" promptly replied. ITO sell him
as soon as possible"
"A member of Congress lately rose in
his place. and solemnly declared, "Mr.
Speaker, l cannot sit still here and keep
silence without rising and saying a few
words"
1t occurred to a Danbury scholar,
while writing a composition, last week, to
make the remarkable statement that san
OK does not taste as good as an oyster, but
it can run faster"
"A pastor of a Congregationalist church
was once asked if he was an independent
minister. He replied, Ear from it, l am
the minister of an independent congrega-
ton"
--"Murder is a very serious thing, sir,''
said an Arkansas Judge to convicted
prisoner ait is next thing to stealing a
horse or mule, sir; and I shall send you to
State prison for six years, sir"
you've destroyed my peace of mind"
said Responding lover to truant laos. at
can't do you much harm, John, for twas
an amazing small piece you had, any wayr'
was the quick reply.
"A young beau, at his sisters evening
party, began to sing, "Why am l so weak
and weary 2" when little brother brought
the performance to q sudden close by yell
ing out, "Aunt Mary says it's because you
come so late, and drunk most every night!'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05
Gentle Words to Horses.

The ridiculously loud tone of voice in
which orders are generally given to horses
when the driver desires them to start or
stop, has often been a subject of surprise
to me- Ii horses were next thing to deaf,
there would be an excuse for the shoutings
and ceilings so generally INDUCED in, but
they are not, and therefore need not be
spoken to so loudly and harshly The car
of horse is very sensitive, and, save in
exceptional cases, it is possible to control
his motions by command given in mod
crate tone of voice, just as readily, and in
deed, think. more readily, than where
this rough, rude manner is used.
A horse is teachable animal, and ia
always affected by kind treatment The
fact of the matter is that if kind words and
gentle treatment throughout were given
these noble animals, instead of oaths, curses
and blows, we should find their dociity
greatly increased. Just imagine, if YOU
will, a gee or whoa uttered in tone
sufficiently loud to be heard at half miles
distance, and this command given to an
animal within five or ten feet of the party
giving it. Wherein consists the necessity
for it Why not resort to more rational,
and certainly more pleasing means2 Why
not speak Ill Il moderate tone This is all
that is required. The horse, if not deaf,
can hear it, and will as readily obey as
if given in laundering tones.
One of the best teams | have ever seen
was controlled by the driver without the
indulgence of any of this unmusical yell
ing. The driver rarely ever spoke above
his ordinary tone of voice, and yet his
horses laid into their work with as much
willingness, and apparently greater earnest
ness than if they had been driven to it by
fearful shoutings and blows Let me APP
peal to the common sense of your readers
in this particular direction. The horse is
an intelligent animal. None of the brute
creation more readily appreciate kind words
and kind treatment. Such facts should be
considered always by those who have the
care of these animals.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05

What is there more mysterious than a
blush. that a single word, or look, or
thought should send that inimitable carna-
ton over the cheek, like the soft tints of
the summer sunset Strange it is, also,
that the face only, and that the human face,
is capable Of blushing that the hand or
foot does not turn red with modesty or
shame any more than does the glove or sock
that covers them. The blush of modesty
that tinted woman's face when she awoke in
Eden's sunny land still fingers with her fair
daughters. They caught it from the rose
for all the roses were first white; but
when Eve plucked one, the bud, seeing
her own fair tace-more than the flowers
blushed, and cast its reflex on her velvet
cheek. The face is the tablet of the soul,
whereupon it writes its actions. There
may be traced all the intellectual pheno-
mena with confidence amounting to a
moral certainty. If innocence and purity
look outward from within, none the less do
vice, intemperance and debauchery make
their indelible impression upon it. Lido
cy, rage, cowardice and passion leave their
traces, deeper even than the virtues of mod.
esty, truth, chastity and hope Even beau
ty grows more beautiful from the pure
thoughts that arise within it.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05
How Long and How Much.

How long do you think it took to write
the Bible? Fifteen hundred years. From
Moses, who wrote Genesis, to st. John, who
wrote Revelation, it was that long, long
time.
How many people helped to write it ?
More than thirty. There were Matthew,
Mark, Luke, John, Paul and Peter. There
were Moses and Ezra, and David and Dan
iel, and Samuel. Some were shepherds,
some farmers, SEINE fishermen, some tent
makers, some kings, some judges, some
princes; some were learned, some unlearn-
ed; and yet they all agree in what they
write. How could that be2 Because God
did all the thinking in the Bible. The
thoughts in the Bible are all Gods thoughts.
Those 30 men only did the writing. They
wrote only what God told them. How
many different sections Or books are there
in the Bible9 Sixty-six, all bound togeth-
er, making one beautiful whole. 1t is a
blessed book. Prize it above all the books
in the wide world. Make it the man OF
your counsel and the guide of your life
Your life can never be failure if you fol-
low its instructions.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05

The complete ineflicacy of the various
popular panaceas for bots in horses may be
better understood when we come to know
something of the nature of those persistent
parasites. They are not worms, but larvae
of fly, and are possessed of remarkable
powers ofendurance under adversely. The
most insinuating substances are but as milk
and honey to them, and in an instance re-
corded colony of them attached to the
stomach of dead horse were in no way in
convenienced by an hours exposure to
bath Of spirits of turpentine. But when
whale oil was poured upon them they let
go their hold and died almost instantly.
Now, whale oil being thus indicated as an
effective dose, and being aperient in its
action upon the horse, would seem to be
the remedy that should be chosen before
any other. At least it might be we'll to have
some experiment made and the results care
fully noticed and made note of-Practical
Farmer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05
Singular Surnames.

singular Surnames," is quaint collec-
ton of all "odd" names, illustrated by the
rich humor of Mr.. Ingraham, and also of
some names which by reason of their fi.-
miliarity, are no longer todd" but which
will sometimes get into singular juxtaposi-
ton with each other, and with incongru-
GUS circumstances. Thus "Call g. Settle"
was the name of firm which professcd to
give long credits to their customers "Neal
q Pray" was the title of house in Now
England, of which both members were
ANYTHING but religiously inclined. "Robb
d Steep was another firm in which both
members were noted for their honorable
haracter-quite as much so as "Wright &
Justice" who were their neighbors. "U.
Ketchum s. I. Cheathamn is well-known
old incongruity but the marriage of Ben
jamin Bird, aged sixty, to Julia Chat,
aged twenty, showing that ian old bird''
may be Caught by chaff' is not so famil-
lar; nor is the marriage of George Virtue
to Susan Vice. These collections of famil-
lar names are todd" enough and so it
was when we find in newspaper Para
graph that John Makepiecc has been ar
rested for instigating riot, or when par
son Playfair is charged with cheating at
cards
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05

A GOOD IDEA.-Here is a suggestion
that is worthy of some attention: "Why
should not farmer put his name upon his
gate or the entrance of his premises and let
the travelling public know who lives there?
This arrangement would be decidedly con-
venient, especially when the dwelling is re-
mote from the public road as it is partlcu-
larly annoying to find that you have driv-
en- half mile off the road and opened two
or three gates to see Mr.. Smith, and when
you get to the house you find you have dis
turbed Mr.. Jones unnecessarily, and Smith
lives mile beyond you on the same road.
1t may be said that it is easy to enquire the
road, so it is you can find any one to in
quire from. But people in the country
generally find something more profitable
with which to occupy themselves than
standing on the public road to direct be-
wildered travellers, and it has always been
our experience, that just the time We want
cd to enquire, was just the time there was
no one in sight. Any painter may put
your name on a slip of tin for few cents
which may be tackled on the gate"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05
Hardware.

For Building and other purposes. TOOLS OF all
kinds; PL0W CASTINGS; Bar Iron of all kinds,
Horse Shoe iron and Nail Rods; Axle Greese !;
Warranted Axes Carriage Bolts; BURDENS
Horse Shoes. Butcher Knives, Sausage Cutters
and Suffers, in fact everything that can be
found in q well furnished Hardware Store, all OF
which will be sold, wholesale and retail, at the
lowest rates. iyl9-1y
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05
farMyets' Column.
" Speed the PiOtU.o
Growing Gala Lilies.

Not long since, says a writer in the Her.
tlcuturiSt, l was at o friends and in going
through her conservatory was much struck
with the luXuriant growth of Gala. The
leaves were borne on stems three feet or
more in length, and such leaves / never
dreamed that Gala leaves could grow so
large before. They were of the richest
green, too, and everything about the plant
indicated that it was in the most perfect
health. 1t had one bud, ON the stalk three
feet long, which was as large as any Gala
buds had ever been when they had attain
ed full growth and were ready to unfold, I
and this bud was hardly half matured, thur
giving promise of becoming an immegk
flower if nothing happened TO prevent -
developing.
asked the secret of such magnificent
success in calla-growing, and my friend
told me in what it consisted. In June she
takes her callas out of doors, and turns the
pots containing them over on their sides
under tree, or in some shady place, 1and
there she left them through the hot ssnIn-
mer months, giving them no attentfond
whatever.
Ofcourse the old leaves die and drop off
and the earth in the pots bakes into the
consistency of bricks. One would think
such harsh treatment would be the death
OF the flower, but on the contrary the Gala
likes it. In September she brings the pots
in and begins to give the plants water. A
short time suffices to start them into growth
AS soon as the leaves appear she makes the
water quite warm. The result is that her
callas are superior to any ever saw before.
She boasts of having larger flowers than
anyone else, and, judging from the size of
the half matured bud saw, she has foun-
dation for saying so. She tells me that
her callas are never without flowers during
the winter, often as many as four OF five at
once. She never removes the new ones
which form about the old plant, but as they
grow shifts the plants into large pots
1t is an easy plan to try, and l am sure
it is successful one l ought to have
said before, that my friends conservatory
is heated from stove in the sitting room,
therefore this treatment will apply where
only few house plants are kept and steam
heating is not used.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05
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Mysteries of the Shawl Trade.

A Paris letter says Before leaving this
subject must relate curious discovery
made on this occasion. M. Guyetaut took
me to see one of his first artists, who works
at home. In the front room of modest
apartment was the intelligent artist work
ing at his lathe, and in the back room was
his wife working upon an Indian shawl
A fine cashmere, worth 1000 francs, or,
perhaps, $1,000 in New York, was cut in.
to strings or figures, and on glancing at it
l could not help crying: "Ah! how in the
world did this fine shawl get so badly,
damaged Was it eaten by the rats 2" NJ.
Guyetaut laughed and said: sob, ouvri-
ere, Monsieur, it is not damaged at all
am rearranging it." Probably my lady
readers will be as much surprised as | was,
to find that these costly shawls are pur-
posely cut in pieces and then sewn togeth-
CT again. The philosophy of it is this =:
some years the fashion is for white figures
running about in scrolls as in cashmeres,
and sometimes for black. Hence shawls
with white ground figures are cut when
black sell best, and the black cuttings
sewn IN. Sometimes, when lot of shawls
nave peen Tor many years on hand, the dis
position of the figures are changed in Or
oer TO suit the prevailing taste. Now the
WORK was done SO we'll that could not
distinguish the seams, but it seems to me
that, II We're to buy shawl worth a
thousand dollars, should greatly prefer
TO nave 1T as it came from the Indian loom
was told that hundreds of these rear
ranged shawls are annually sold to Ameri-
can ladies at very large prices, and if those
VINO have them find that they come in
pieces they will understand the reason
They have only to send the shawls to some
racommodeuse, like the person of whom
write, and the work will be elegantly done
again. This industrious artist and his no
less industrious wife earn a very handsome
living from their common labor.
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05
Poe tica
IN EXILE.

The sea at the crag's base brightens,
And shivers in waves of gold;
And overhead, in its vastness,
The fathomless blue is rolled.
There comes no wind from the water,
There shines no sail ON the main,
And not cloudlet to shadow
The earth with its feecy grain.
OIL give in return for this glory,
So passionate, warm, and still,
The mist of Highland valley
The breeze from Scottish hill.
Day after day glides slowly,
Ever and ever the same;
Seas of intensest splendor,
Airs which smite hot as flame.
Birds of imperial plumage,
Palms straight as columns of fire,
Flutter and glitter around me;
But not SO my souls desire.
long for the song Of the laverock,
THE cataract's leap and flash,
vac sweep of the red deer's antlers,
The CLEAN of the mountain ash.
Only when nights quiescent,
And peopled with alien stars,
Old faces come to the easement,
And peer through the vine-leayed bars.
No words! But guess their fancies-
Their dreamings are also mine
OF the land of the cloud and heather
The region of Aud Lang Syne.
Again we are treading the mountains,
Below us broadens the firth,
And pillows of light keep rolling
Down leagues Of empurpled heath.
Speed swift through the glowing tropics
Stout ship, which shall bear me home;
pass, as a God sent arrow,
Through tempest, darkness and foam.
Bear up through the silent girdle
That circles the flying earth
Till there shall blaze on thy compass
The lode.star over the north,
That the winds of the hills may greet us
That our footsteps again may be
In the land of our hearts traditions,
And close to the stored sea.
Chambers Journal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05

RAsPING HORSES FEET Rasping
horses hoof until it will spring under your
finger, is far too dangerous a plan for ma
king things look WELL This rasping takes
the strong surface off the hoof and nature
trying to make up for the evil done by in
judicious hands, forms hard glossy sur
face to protect the foot. This glossy sur
face takes the place of the previous tough
horn, and at tho next shoeing the hoof
will probably split a little at the nails, and
not unfrequently the nail punches piece
out before it.-C0r. Canada Farmer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05

HOG AND CHICKEN CuoLERA.-When l
lived in the south part of Illinois kept
large number of hogs, and wintered about
fifty hens. The neighbors lost q great
number of their hogs and fowls by the
cholera. l lost five hens, but never lost
hog by it, or any of my fowls, after giving
them sulphur. mixed about half BUSH
ell of meal with two pounds of sulphur and
let the fowls eat what they wanted; for
hogs put in charcoal, ground fine. 1
have used it for over twenty years and have
not lost one.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05
To advertise is to remind your fe

To advertise is to remind your fellow
citizens Of your existence, fact that they
are not under any special obligation to re-
member, from the mere fact of having seen
your sign-board. Undressing and dull
people are too apt to fall into obscurity.--
If a man can make business he can un-
make it. He will be pretty sure to do it
if he fails to use the strongest aid in his
reach-the local newspaper. Hide your
self in your shop and your business will
hide with you.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-16
EARLEEE NEWS.

ARlrvnp.-Dec. Z, Schooner 6. ". An.
drews, Watts master, from Now York
with guano.
Schr. A. r. Amss, Achorn master, from
Woods Hole Mass, guano to I. P. Branch
q Co.
Dec. 9, British barque Autocrat, Hib.
bert master, 6s days from Rotterdam in
ballast to Campbell, Wyllie q Co.
Br. Blk. Susan II. Dudman, Durkes
master, from Savannah in ballast to T. P.
Branch & Co.
Dec. Q, Steamship vicksburg, from
Fernandina, Fla.
Dec. IL, British Steamship Chilian,
Bremmer master, from Galveston, Texas,
bound to Liverpool, put in for coal to r.
p. Rumble.
Schr. Charles Moore, Russell MASTER
from Wilmington, Del. with guano to I
P. Branch & Co., and railroad agent.
Dec. IL, Steamship Mediator, Martin
master, from New York.
SAnKD.-Dec. z, Br barqus Hidalgo,
Roberts master, for Bristol Eng, 420 tons
phosphates from Coosaw Mining Co.!
Dec. 8, Br. Blk. Blonde, Court master,
for London, Eng, 397 tons phosphate
rock from Coosaw Mining Co.
Br. Blk. Whitehaven Lass, Knight master,
for Scotland 400 tons phosphate rock
from Oak Point Mines.
Dec. 0, Steamship Vieksburg, Rudolph
master for New York.
Dec. II, schr. G.. W. Andrew, Watts
master, for Fernandina.
British barque Aurora, Churchill mas
ter, for London, Eng, 8 75 tons phosphate
rock from Oak Point Mines
Spanish barque Dona Juans, Barsaic
master, for Ipswich, Eng, 400 tons phos.
phsse rock from Oak Point Mines.
Schooner Mabel +. Staples, Cole master,
for Mstsnsas with 1000 cypress cross
tics valued at $3.50, from Asuldin, Ow.
ems d Co.
Dec. 10, Steamship Mediator, for Fern,
sndina.
schr. @. w. Andrews, Watts master
for Fernandina.
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Meetin9 Of the Town Council.

neottn8 Oh tuo Town COunCIis
The town Council at their last meet
ing passed an ordinance that was much
needed in justice to the tax payers of our
town.
It provides Or the election of town
treasurer, who shall perform all the duties
Of the town tax collector which office is
abolished, and also be the custodian ofths
town moneys.
The funds are to paid out on the order
Of the Committee on Finance. The books
are to be opened for the inspection Of all
tax payers, and any one can be able to
ascertain how the funds hold out. The
Treasurer 10 elected for one year and
gives bonds for three thousand dollars.
The only change We could suggest
would be, that the order on the treasurer
should bs oountersigned by the Intend
ant, both 40 measure of security and q
recognition of the superior officer Of the
town.
G. w. Roberts was unanimously elected
treasurer and from his experience of two
years IS tax collector is we'll qualified to
fulfill the duties devolved upon him.
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Time.

We zee that late issues Of the shinplas-
ters issued by the Planters Loan and Saw
ings Bank of Augusta, have had inserted
on their face "one day after sight" Il
the bank weakening that they reserve
three days graeei It is about time to
stop the circulation If this stuff; the mer.
chants have been obliged to receive it as
the Port Royal Railroad has had nc
other currency, and the hands were
obliged to take it for wages.
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We congratulate the County Csmmis-
sioners and the travelling public upon
the completion efa hne bridge over Salt
Water Creek.
This structure has been erected by
Aessrs. W. B. Davis d Son Of St. Helena
isiand, at . cost Of es7s, and is in strik-
ing contrast TO the miserable slfair which
was put up tn the year 1871, at an outlay
OF s7lo. In this connection we desire to
call the attention Of all whom It may con.
Germ to the fact that tho second crossing
OF the rail road over the Shell road is at
present insufficiently provided with
planks to enable vehicles to cross the
track. A county bridge just beyond also
requires immediate attention.
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Under Whist is known as ths@windsor
Report made at the last session of the
Congress of the United States several
rail road surveys were ordered and a
corps Of engineers are now on their way
from some point on the Tennessee river
to Clayton, Ga, thence to Anderson C. H.
.. G., and most probably to Augusta, Ca,
which would be the most direct line To
r'ach the harbor Of Port Royal. The
rail road from Tocoa to Elberton, Ga. il
now in process of construction under
the energetic direction Of Dr. Doyle, hav-
ing for its objective point some already
established communication with the dsrp
water ri Port Royal.
Every enterprise is tending towards
our harbrr, and its national importance
is b"gining TO lc rc:rgriIcd through the
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-16

TCnkKrs.-The holidays are approaching
and many Of our citizens are laying by :.
stock Of poultry. The trouble 10 with
too many that they do not lot the owners
know when they secure their Christmas
supply. We have heard of quite num-
ber OF turkeys being fastened upon with.
out the owners knowledge, one man hav-
ing oeen relieved Of six, and Others to q
smaller extent.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-16
Rail Road Accommodations.

The present managers Of the Port Roy
81 Railroad are SO utterly regardless Of
the convenience of those who would
patronize the road, that passengers fer
Charleston anywhere in the neighborhood
Of Allendale drive twenty-eight miles
and take the cars at Blackville for
Charleston, rather than be subjected to
the annoying and prolonged delay at
Yemassee.
Aud those offering to ship cotton on the
line are SO frequently disappointed that
their crops are now hauled to the Ssvan-
nah river and 60 transported to market.