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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-20

CINCINNATI, Feb. 10.-At Ripley the town is
about cleared OF drinking places land the ladies have
been la6oring for some days In the suburbs with
little At Hillsboro no decision was reached TO-
day In the Dunn case the arguments not being con-
cuded at the adjournment OF the Court tonight Public
interest In the case is undated and the Courtroom was
crowded all day. AT Mount Vernon there Is no
abatement In the religious excitement and very large
meetings were held this morning and evening. During
the day nearly 200 ladies' were out but saloon Keepers
surrendered There is on the increase and several
liquordealors have made propositions 10 the women's
Advisory Committee TO under certain eondi
lions IL ia thought that tomorrow will show some.
thing accomplished there At London tho Little House
on Wheee" was completed to-day and placed In posi-
toD, banking four saloons. To will DO observed
~ Re v2.ters W tho cause tboTo IA
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25
Practical Notes.

An eminent physician, who devotes his
whole attention to diseases of the throat
and lungs, says that about three fourths of
all throat diseases would get we'll by wear
ing very loose collars and no neckties. He
said that often singers would come to him
for throat disease and loss of voice, and he
would tear open their cravats, and cure
them with no other treatment whatever.
"The pressure of the collar on the arteries
of the neck is very bad for the health" said
he. He also added: "If you have dis
ease of the throat, let nature do the curing
and the physician just as little as posi-
ble."
Mr.. Lowry, the chief propagation at the
Floriste de Paris, has given to the Revue
Hortic0le his method of destroying cock
reaches, which are found very destructive
and annoying both in greenhouses and
dwellings. This plan is to take package
ofmatches and dissolve the phosphorus on
them in a quart of water and make paste
with this water by mixing it with pound
of flour and six or seven ounces of sugar.
Place this mixture where the cockroaches
will most readily find it, and it will de-
stroy them effectually.
Suel Foster tells the Western Farm jour-
nal that he is now, after much observation
and experience, fully satisfied that orchards
should be plowed every year, the less grass
the better. Plow in late fall and early
spring." Ofhis own orchard he says: II
know of none, nor have seen or heard of
one in this county that is this year so pro-
ductive. have kept it under the pillow all
the time, usually with crop of potatoes or
corn, no manure"
A farmer informs the Euntucky Home
Journal that he always turns his sheep on
his standing corn after it is in full ear.
They destroy many weeds that would
otherwise reseed the ground, clean up the
fence rows, and get much good food that
at this season Of the year comes we'll to
hand. He adds that you can continue to
let them in the field, and so long as they
find anything else to feed upon they will
not modest the corn.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25
How to Fatten Cattle.

The price of cattle fattened for the mar
ket depends upon the symmetry of the ami
mails, as well as the fat STYLE" as ship.
pers term it. | want here to state that
good blood is important, but not absolute
ly necessary to make what is termed good
seller. In order to fatten a steer that he
may bring the highest market prices, he
should be kept in growing condition from
a calf, and in no case allowed to 60 hungry.
1t is that starving the first and second win
tiers which willis and shrvels up steer and
causes him to be sold at q reducei ~.
No amount of feeding will make ~
tirst-class seller, no difference what h1se
or or blood. An animal well fed care
not what the blood Texas or not-from IL
calf until the spring he is three years old,
will be smooth, with bones well covered,
and will sell at profit, while q half starry
ed animal becomes crooked in the back,
bones projecting and shriveled up, takes
the best part of the summer to get in con-
dition to live, and will not be in condition
for market until he is four years old and
then will bring price which is unsatis-
factory to the producer and to every one
that handles him. This is no theory, but
fact deduced from close observation, as !
have tested the plan for several years. 1t
will and does pay to feed corn to calves
and to yearlings. They start out on grass
in the spring strong and vigorous. You
are then able to market your cattle the
spring they are three years old, weighing
1,440 pounds, which is heavy enough toE
bring the first price. The best steer / sold.
in 1872 was common native. He had 81 L
he could eat from calf and was neve%
hungry, and was worth more per pound
than any shipped in 1872. He was three
years old and weighed 1,29O pounds.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25
VARIETIES.

TO remove stains from characterized
rich.
Long earrings are coming into vogue
again, and there are plenty of ears to
match.
If railroad train that is run into by
another is telescoped, a man who is run
into by wild OK must be stereoscoped.
"A histrionic individual, who had heard
a good deal about the theatre of war;
suggested that the back seats must be very
desirable.
"A stingy man, who pretended to be
very fond of his horse but kept him nearly
starved, said to friend, "You don't know
how much we all think of that horse. I
shall have him stuffed. SO as to preserve
him when he dies" You'd better stuff
him now," retorted the friend, $50 as to
preserve him living"
"A small boy called at the Detroit po/
lice station, and desired to steal something
so that he might be sent to the reform
school. The accommodating sergeant laid
down his pocket-book and went up stairs.
The boy took the property and left, but
nus PiObabiJ iouhu AnOiC COISeU1aI place
than Il reform school,
"A man, praising porter, said it was so
excellent beverage that though taken in
great quantities, it always made him fat.
81 have seen the time," said another.
''when it made you lean." "Whon9
should like to KNOW" inquired the eulo.
gist. why, no longer ago than last night
against a scaU.
"A man not thousand miles from
Germantown, having made an assignment
some years since, was called upon by a
creditor, to whom he exhibited his books,
and with whom he proposed to settle at
fifty cents on the dollar. The man replied
"How can you pay fifty cents ON a dollar
Your assets will not pay over forty cents"
swell, never mind that, said the unfortu-
nate assignor; "ifmy assets will not nav
the fifty cents, l willmake up the deiicien-
cy ont Of my o,cn rociet." What became
of the creaHor after that, deponent saith
not but there are great many indiyidu-
ais who make assignments just as able to
make up deficiencies.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25

they prayed to the Holy Jesus, the chill
dren's Friend, to give strength to their
dear mother to save them from their terri
BILE enemy. The lady had but a few mo-
ments to wait The savage beast attract.
ed by the loud barking of the dogs, and
eager to taste the beef which he scented,
came bounding into the yard, and made a
furious dash at the kitchen door, which
made it tremble, but it was strongly bar
red and withstood his attack. Failing in
this he next bounded to the top of the
house, and tried in vain to tear up the
clapboards of the roof, which were secur-
ed 10y notched logs, cabin fashion. Spring
ing again to the ground, he next made a
dash at the kitchen window, where he was
more successful. He first tore off the shut
ter, and then with yell like some demon,
he made dash and knocked the sash in.
to the middle of the room. The way was
now open through which he could crawl
inside, which he instantly attempted. His
fore-paws were on the window-sill, and
his ugly head was thrust inside. His
glaring eyes shining like two balls of fire.
With terrible roar he opened his mouth,
showing his long, sharp teeth.
Our heroine now stepped forward to re-
ceive her unbidden visitor, and raising her
amusket with steady, hand, she placed
the muzzie Oh, the gun within few inches
of his open mouth, anrt>ffea, its contents
down his throat. The panther of course
fell back on the ground, and after two or
three wild bounds, tumbled over and in a
few minutes was dead.
The full moon was shining brightly, and
the lady, looking from the open window,
could plainly see that her assailant was
dead. She now let out the anxious dogs,
who soon had great time worrying the
dead beast. The children now gathered
around their dear parent, and all united
in giving thanks to their Great Master for
their deliverancc from the fangs Of the
American lion.
But where was Mark He had disap-
peared, and none of the family could tell
where he was. Judy was still under the
bed, screeching like wild cat but Mark
could not be seen. Mrs Clark called him
and told him that the danger was over.
Hearing a noise in the meat cask, she look
ed and saw poor Mark scramEling "outen
der hogshead," a halffrozen and and half
saltcd negro. He was in a terrible pickle,
and shook as if he had the tertian aeue.
1t appeared that when the panther made
his dash at the door, Mark bounded across
the room and jumped into the tub of brine,
where he smarted and froze
Next morning when Mr.. Clark returned,
not knowing what had happened, his low
ing wife ran to meet him, and told him
that she had Christmas present fop him,
and taking him around the house, she
showed him the dead panther. Of course
he was both astonished and delighted.
The panther was a male of the largest size.
Mr.. Clark stuffed and preserved the skin
and sent it to tie Museum in Philadel-
phia. This is said to have been the last
panther that was ever killed in what is
now Hartford county.
DUBLIN, Dec 10th, 1874.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25
A Medical Monkey.

All previous narratives ofintelligent pro-
ceedings on the part of animals are thrown
into the shade by the following account of
medical monkey, described by the Orien-
tai correspondent of London journal:
He one day saw monkey holding a
snake by the throat and rubbing its head
in the dirt; but as the ground was moist
and damp the snake was not readily killed
by this mode of punishment. Every now
and then the monkey would look most
knowingly in the face of the reptile to see if
it was dead; and in the course of one of
these investigations the monkey received
severe bite. This angered him, and he
speedily dispatched the snake, but its
coils had hardly relaxed before the mon
key reeled and fell PROSTATE, and apparent
ly in all the agonies of death by poison
BY this time an aged-looking money ar
rived on the scene, and after examining
the bodies of the snake and its victim, he
Immediately started for some neighboring
bushes, where he collected some leaves of
the plant known as the red cherchita.-
These he rapidly and skillfully fashioned
into sort of pill, which he administered
to his snake-bitten companion, who speed
lily revived and walked off with his physi-
clan. The story is declared to come from
trustworthy sources.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25
Growth of Trees.

Much interest has been revived in regard
to the question whether the trunk of tired
elongate after being once formed. CarefS
science has long since decided, by e1Ss'Rs4is
that satisfies every one familiar
experiments. that there is no ST.,
ton. The fact, however, that N
ches will rise several inches,
or two, in number of year, A
ly believed by people-all esS4fh
scarcely err-has led to reinvt.p;a e &
1t is now found that tree If fdna 81. =.
elevated, though not stretched. TreeS
rocks, by the additions of woody matt *
main roots, will be lifted by just SO 81
growth as takes place on the under s, ~
and DR.. Lapham, of Milwaukee,
that in many cases trees are gradr}.. e
ed by frost, so that in time they /may be a,
much as foot higher then theT were when
the first tiers of branches were form.
ed.
This is an excellent ILLUSTRATION of how
the people may often be Fight in regard TO
popular observation and yet science not be
necessarily wrong. In this case both
science" and the "people" had to learn
from each other.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25
Origin of Great Men,

st. Andrew, apostle, was the son of fish
erman; st. John was also the son of a fish,
erman; Pope Sextus V. was the son Of a
swineherder-he was also one; Aristotle,
of doctor; Boccacio, of a merchant; Co.
lumbus, of woolcomber; John Basth, of a
fisherman; Diderot, of a cutler; Cook, of
a servant; Hampden Of a carpenter; Tai
ma, of dentist; Gesner, of bookseller;
Salvador Rosa, of surveyor; Euripides,
OF fruit woman; Virgil, of a baker {;
Horace, of denizen; Voltaire, of tax
collector; Lamothe, of u halter; Fletcher,
of chandler; Massillon Of turner; Ia
merlane, of q shepherd; Quinault, of ba-
ker; Rollin, of cutler; Moliere, of an
upholsterer; Rosseau, of a matchmaker; Sir
Samuel Bowditch, of silversmith; Ben
johnson, of mason; Shakespeare, of
butcher; Sir Lawrence, of custom house
officer; Collins, of halter; Gray, of no.
tary; Beattie, of laborer; Sir Edward
Sugden, Of a barber; Thomas Moore, of
swordmaker; Rembrandt, Of miller Ben
jamin Franklin, of chandler; Cardinal
Woolsey, of butcher; Napoleon, of
farmer; Lincoln, of a backwoodsman.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25
OeEic al.
From the Baltimore Weekly Sun.
THE SAvIOUR'S TRIUMPH.
ny W, r, ADELI..

By W. r. ABEII
!. - the ages-comparison sublime!
| ESx seng the worn path of Time
| Untff< s8sts on the humble shed
| That frss.s ar to the Saviour's head;
| And then, res the altered line,
| Resplendent noNss M Of Art divine
| The impressive DOM sss.ngels seem TO
Where frescoes rare with = human
spell ><Ss < ssss>
Have power, when wild disftWes<s s. d ~ D,
through the brain,
To call one back unto his God again.
The temples, with their fairy tapering spires
The affairs columns, sanctuary fires,
And painting fine and decorations fair,
And tapestries, the work of many year
And music, too on which the soul may rise,
And meet its God in prayer beyond the skies
And Natures gifts in richest fruit and flower,
And all that can be done by human power
Have sprung to life, and each succeeding age,
Makes known His trumphs through its gilded
page.
That man seeks no atonement for the former
Art has been tempted from her regal throne,
And straight descending from her brilliant zone
Stretched forth her hand with taste and cunning
armed
And gave her gft-the beautiful and charmed.
And Science, struggling with some mighty plan,
To shape it for the smaller mind of man,
Whose weghty thoughts mark well her massive
brow
AS it'd been furrowed by pigmy pillow,
Is coaxed in turn to lend her soul and fire,
In praising God with works that men admire
And Genius, generous to thought
Has kindly offered all the works she's wrought,
And smilingly has helped the weary brain
Of those who previously have tried in vain
To give their mite of noble thought and skill
In praising Him, who on rough Calvay's hill
Gave up His life without one word of blame
To those who brought Him to the direst shame.
Devotion, too, with warm and gentle BREATH
Has reused mans senses from their sudden
death
Has wooed and won them to the Holy Cause
Ofholding God above all human laws.
Has filled His temples, chapels, shrines,
With hearts where gentle love entwines
Her tender influence and more tender sway,
A special goddess of the Christmas day
All has been given to His holy praise;
Religions all without distinction raise
Aloft their voices in fervent prayer,
That this His natal day may bear
The gladstone tidings of news more welcome
still
OF Peace on Earth-to man good will
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25
From the Territorial EntA
How to Conduct q (OurtS
ont be too sudden about i

Don't be too sudden about it.
girl has said "no" when she mean
| simply because her lover didn't cht a
right time and pop the question Cd
Take dark night for it. HAN
blinds closed, the curtains down, any
lamp turned on. Sit near enough to L, = ~
that you can hook your little finger
hers. Wait until conversation begging
flag, and then quietly remark; ~
Susie, want to ask you something ys
She will idget around little, reply
YES" and after pause you can add:
"Susie, my actions must have shown
that is, you must have mean you must
be aware that-that-"
Pause here for while, but keep your
little finger firmly locked. She may cough
and try taturn the subject off by asking
you how you liked the circus, but she only
does it to encourage you. After about ten
minutes you can continue:
II was thinking, as came up the path
tonight, that before went away would
ask you-that is, would breach the SUBJ
ject nearest MY mean / would know
my"
Stop again and give her hand gentle
squeeze. She may give yaiaiIli to get it
away or she may not. In either case It ADJ
gurs well for you. Wait about five min
utes and go on:
"The past year has been very happy
one to me, but hope that future years will
still be happier. However, that depends
entirely on you. | am here tonight to
know-that is, to ask you-I mean 1 am
here tonight to hear from your own lips
the one sweet"
Wait again. 1t isn't best to be too rash
about such things. Give her plenty of time
to recover her compusure, and then put
your hand on your heart and continue:
eyes, thought as was coming through
the gate tonight how happy l had been,
and said to myself that if l only knew
you would consent to be my--that is, I said
if l only knew-ifI was only certain that
my heart had not deceived me, and you
were ready to share"
Hold on-there's no hurry about it. Give
the wind a chance to sob and moan around
the gables. This will make her lonesome
and call up all the love in her heart. When
she begins to cough and grow restless, you
can 60 on:
Before / met you, this world was a
desert to me. / didn't take any pleasure
In going blackberrylng and stealing rare
ripe peaches, and it didn't matter whether
the sun shone or not. But what change
in one short year 1t is for you to say
whether my future shall be prairie of
happiness, or summer tallow Of Canada
thistles. Speak, dearest Susie, and say
and say that-that-"
Give her five minutes more by the clock,
and then add:
THAT you will be--that is, you will
mean that YOU will-be mine u
She will have sigh, look up at the clock
and over the stove, and then as she slides
her head over your vest pocket, she will
whisper
"You are Just right will"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25

THE DIFFERENCE.-There never was
woman yet SO ugly but had a precious jew
ell somewhere, either of grace. amiability
or that rarer gift, tact, which she could
bring to bear upon disagreeable situation,
and restore what feelings of politeness
were fast giving way to laughter and ridi-
cule. But let a man feel that he "looks
like COMPOUNDED IDIOT" as he would ex-
press it, and he becomes utterly lost in an
agony of embarrassment, and so over
whelmed by the situation. one feels that
it would be a simple act of charity to hand
him pistol and beg him to put an end to
his su1ferings then and there
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25

Dan Davis, of Virginia City, paid
visit to Promontory, on the Central Pacific
Railroad, and was charmed with the man
ners and customs-almost patriarchal in
their frank simplicity-of the people. He
stopped at the principal hotel of the town.
1t was nice place, and the landlord was
very agreeable and friendly sort of man.
Says Dan: "When dinner was ready, the
landlord came out into the street in front
ofthe hotel with double barreled shot
gun. Raising the gun above his head, he
fired off one barrel. ! said to him, what
do you do that for 2 Said he, TO call my
boarders to dinner l said, why don't
you fire off both barrels" 'Oh = said he,
Il keep the other to collect within"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25

WARTS ON HORSES LEGs.-Wm. Ho,<S
". S., in the C0untry Gentleman saw Tie,
best method 90 remove an ordin6rv .he
is, if small, to-tie thin strong cop.%sart
to the base, first running a daring eks,
through the very bottom, then ti1sSs 20.
the needle. This is to prevent the 81 hire
from slipping, or working to the toy is it
would be very likely to do without this
precaution. You may anoint it yskh any
of the strong acids you please, but Perhaps
the best to cause exfolation (sloughing),
is butyr of anthony. Touch the whole
surface of the wart several times during the
day. If the warts are very small, excise
them with sharp knife, then cauterize
them with hot iron.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25

Il n sitvc n, .
any means, In the spring.
S. Give tho lambs little millfed in
time of weaving
o. Never frighten sheep, if possible to
avoid it.
10. Sow rye for weak ones in cold wea-
ther, you can.
II. Separate all weak, or thin, or sick,
from those strong, in the fall, and give them
special care.
12. Ifany sheep is hurt, catch it at once
and wash the wounds and if it is fly time,
apply spirits of turpentine daily, and al
ways wash with something healing. If
limb is broken, bind it up with splinters
tightly, loosening as the limb swells
10. Keep a number ofgood bells on the
sheep.
IA. Do mot let the sheep spoil wool with
chaff or burs.
IS. Cut tag-locks in early spring.
10. For scours, give pulverized alum
in wheat bran; prevent by taking great
care in changing dry for green feed.
II. 1fone is lame, examine the foot,
clean out between the hoois, pare the hoots
if unsound, and apply tobacco with blue
vitriol, boiled in little water.
Is. Shear at once any sheep commencing
to shed its wool, unless the weather is too
severe, and save carefully the pelt of any
sheep that dies
10. Have at least one good Work by
you for reference. This will be money in
your pocket.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25
Notice toTrespassers.

0]OO OO 4 Z OJ EJCvohoOL 81
\ LII PERSONS are hereby cautioned
IL NOT TO TRESPASS with dog, gun,
trap, or in any other manner upon the lands
of the subscriber, as the law against trespass
ing will be strictly enforced in all cases.
oct 3 A. l.. FULFORD
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-25

A SIMPLE PLAN OF VENTILATIoN.-Th
following simple method for ventilatinp
ordinary sleeping and dwelling rooms IS
recommended by Mr.. Hinton in his "Phy.
siology for Practical Use." A piece of
wood, three inches high and exactly as
long as the Sreadth of the window, is to be
prepared. Let the sash be now raised. the
slip of wood placed on the sill, and tbSs
sash drawn closely upos1 If the slip h
been well fitted, the b. a.
consequence of
sash at its low
lower sash
upper e ~
pe1d 81. a, .
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-01
ASSESSMENT NOTICE,

' Mining COMPANY. Location OF Morris,
Enrei a. Eureka county. Nevada. Location
OF principal place of business. 'an francisco.
california; Notice is hereby given, that at a
meeting q the loard Of Trustees OF said colin
Iany, held on the nineteeE:h iathl day of Az
gust, lS'l, an assessment No. > of ten cents
Per share was levied on the capital stock of
sand company, payable Immediately in | nited
states gold coin. to the Secretary at the Office
OF the comrany,. rooms Nos. 3 and T.. Sher-
mars Euilding, No: t1i Montgomery street,
snii Francisco, California.
Any stock uron which said assessment
shall remain unpaid on the sixth 9th day OF
t~ctober, 1874, shall be deemed delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction: and un-
les Pad before, will ba sold on Saturday.
y ahirty.sirst OBJ day Of October.
1874. at | o'clock p. NJ, at the auction room
OF Maurice bore X TO-, No. 3a5 Pine street,
San francisco. California, to pay the delin-
4ueht assessment together with the costs Of
advertising anu expenses of sale.
+. X. BUNKER. Secretary.
ohice-Nos. 3 and 1 Sl.rman's Building,
No at' Montgomery street. San Francisco,
|aii.orlia. aug2-td