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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-03
THE WEEKLY SUN.
1875. NEW YORK. 1876.

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tythrd election Of President OF the United States
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M i s. @ elan g us.
ALWAYS CHIDING.

THE QUAKER's REBUKE-A SKETCH FOR
PARENTS.
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GetReady for Spring.

The time for preparing for the Spring cam.
paign il at hand Next to having good teams is
having good harness for them to work in. Good,
snug-titting collars are wanted for the horses
Don't buy cheap collars. Those rightly made OF
the best material, are far the cheapest in tho
long run. Indeed cheap things are nearly al
WAYS dear. Strong harness, made of the best
leather, they will not break, and an extra bar-
ness or two, in case of break is good thing to
have on hand.
The plOws and barrOws of the best pattern
should now be provided. If the share or conf
tiers or teeth need sharpening, is the time to
have the work done, so there need be no delay
when the fine weather comes. If old trees OF
brush or trash need removing from the heias
that are to be plOwed, now Is the time 20 90 tne
work. if an abundant supply of hre-wood Is pro-
yidnd for all the Spring aud Summer, and cut
mn To tho Droper length for the stove, and piled
snuply under shelter now is the time 10 90 the
work Tired men from the plew and harvest
field are i'm no huInOr to cut wood. Ihls Is the
season TO do that work, SO that 1t shall not IN
terfere with the work OF the summer, OF sour
the temper of the good wife, who has to fret and
ILL to ,y.t frewood to cook their yictuals.
The garden seeds and field seeds should be OBJ
tanned SO as to be on hand when needed, so that
not a day need be lost when the time comes for
their use Everything should be in repair. An
extra coat of paint on the wagons, plows, &c,
will do them good, and make them last the long
err A plan must be laid for the coming cam
paiCn. The farmer should determine how many
acres to be put into grain and grasses. He should
determine to what purpose each field should be
devoted If he has not the best breeding stock,
now is the time to make inquiries or visits for
the purpose of securing it. 1t is the best stock
that pays best, as it is the best fields, the best
culture, the best machinery, that gives the most
profit in the long run.
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Unheniihr Hsnf I'm Raam..

The purchase of thermometer will make pay
ing returns in health. The great tendency in
Winter is to keep rooms too warm. The foun-
tation of pneumonia, plurisy and pulmonary
consumption is frequently laid in over-heated,
ill-yentilated apartments. The inmates become
accustomed to breathing hot, close air; the sys-
TEN is toned down and relaxed; and a slight ex-
posure to cold and wet results in serious Illness.
''SOme years SINCE" says medical writer,
Eve called Winter evening on q friend,
whom found in a coy stting-rOOm with a
large fire, low ceiling, and the heat ranging
about the eighties. She was suffering with
severe cold but could give account of how
she took it. A month later she was Frustrated
with pneumonia, and she and Ler sister died
within a month of each other, and were buried
in the same grave. The intelligent use of n ther-
nometer would doubtless have saved both of
those valuable lives"
The mercury in the tube should never be per-
mitted to stand above seventy degrees. If that
temperature is not sufficient to give warmth, it
is an indication that the person does not take
sufficient exercise, and the cure for it is more
miles and more flannel. In the coolest weather,
whe II the ground is like stone under the feet
when there is no drip from the caves aud when
the SNOW lies on the roofs, rooms should be yen-
tiated. Pure air should be admitted through
the open doors and windows so that the oxygen
consumed by the flame and respiration may be
replaced, and the effects and poisonous matter
thrown off by the body thoroughly driven away.
As one of our best writers on household science
remarks, ventilation is a question of money.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, puts forth a set of rules for the treat
meut of balky horses:
1. Pat the horse upon the neck; examine the
harness carefully, first side and then
the other speaking encouragihgly while doing
so; then jump Into the wagon mud give the ord
90; generally he will obey.
2 A teamster in Maine says he can start the
worst balky horse by taking him out of the shafts
and making him go round in a circle till he is
giddy. If the first dance of this sort does not
cure him, second will
3. To cure a LalIy horse, simply place your
hand over the horses nose and shut off his wind
until he wants to go.
f. The brain of q horse seems to entertain
but one idea at a time; therefore confirmed whip
ping only confirms his stubborn resolve. 1t you
can, by any means, give him new subject to
think of, yOn will generally have no trouble in
starting him. simple remedy is to take q
couple of turns of stout Irvine around the fore
leg, just below the knee, tight enough for the
horse to feel, and tie in a bow knot At the first
check he will generally go dancing of, and after
going a short distance yOu can get ont and re-
move the string, to prevent injury to the tendon
in your further drive
5. Take the tail of the horse between the
hind legs, and tie it by cord to the seddle
girth.
6. Tie string around the horses ear, close to
his head.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04
A Hard Bed 20 Fill.

The junior editor OF the Gallatin lis noted for
his modesty. When sehOolboys, he aud the writer
were inseparable companions, perhaps because
we both stood in such holy awe of the gals"
4 pair of miscbieyons black eyes would STAN
peIle ms quicker than a big dog One day
''Bob" was sent to neighbOr Shaw's TO inquire for
some straw for filling beds, and, of course, the
writer went with him. Mr.. Shaw WAS the father
of six hateful girls that wonld rather laugh at a
fellow than not, and when we arrived they were
all seated at diuner. lodged behind the corner,
while Bob edged carefully in at the door, and,
with scared look, stammered:
"Mr. Straw, can you let me have enough Shaw
to fill my bedi"
aWell, R" said the old gentleman, glanc-
ing around the circle Of astonished faces, Il snip
pose 50. There are six, besides the old woman.
But I'd rather you'd leave her, if the girls will
be enough Take them all, and God bless you"
Perfect shrieks of laughter went up from those
mean things, and R took to his heels, follow
ed By the writer and cries from the old man to
come back, and he'd throw in the 'old woman,
too."-EOrt HGyRe Ind Sentinel.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

The February number of the KRickerbocker
gets off the following for the benefit of courts,
lawyers, witnesses, &c:
"A correspondent in Ottawa County, Michigan,
from W HON we are always glad To hear, gives us
the following Scene in the Mayors Court at Grand
Rapids" Mayor Church presiding. Witness
called up to be sworn by the Clerk.
Clerk. avon do solemnly swear -"
Mayor, (rifh digRity) "StOp! The witness
will hold up his right hand"
Clerk. 1.-The man has no right hand, your
Honor"
Mayor, (rih some dsperity). "Let him hold mp
his letf hand then"
Clerk. "He has had the misfortune to lose his
left hand also, as Your Honor will perceive"
Mayor, (sdrGgely) "Tell him to hold up his
right leg, then; a man cannot be sworn in this
court rithoHt holding up something! Silence, gcn-
tlemen! Our dignity must be preserved" wit
ness sworn on one ler)
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

There are many curious accounts about vegeta-
bic life. We can, for example, graft the apricot
on the plum, and the peach on the apricot and
the almond ON the peach, and thus We may pro-
duce a tree with plum roots aud almond leaves
The wood, however, Of the stem will consist OF
four distinct varieties, though formed from one
continuous layer. Below the almond wood
and bark we shall have perfect peach wood
and bark, then perfect apricot and bark, and at
the bottom perfect plum wood and bark. In
this curious instance we see the intimate cores
pOndence between the bark and the leaf, for il
we should remove the amond branches we might
cause the several sorts of wood to develop buds
aud leafy twigs each of its own kind. Each sec
ton of the compound stem has its seat of life in
the cambum layer, and the cambium of each re-
produces cells of its own species out of COM
mon nutrient fluid.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

knowledg of the cause of difference Of sexes
in the animal kingdom is a means of breeding
which ever may be preferred.
For several years have been in possession of
fhis knowledge, and being Frenchman, had
intended to communicate it to the Academy of
Sciences at Paris; but illness has prevented my
return 70 France. Fearing that my secret may
perish with me, in the case of Segato, have
decided to publish it for the benefit of all civil
lied people.
Experience has shown that the theory hereto
fore prevailing in regard to sexes is false, and
that this which submit is the only true one.
1t is the male who engenders the substance
destined already to be of the masculine or the
feminine sex, before the female receives it. The
right apparatus engenders the male, the left the
female. By operating partial castEation, there
fore the male, it is easy for stock breeders to
procure offsprngs of either
At La Hottie, near Fort Liberty, in Hayti, this
process has been in operation for several years,
and for twelve years that have watched the re-
suit it has never failed.-A. DE FERRANDI, in
Scieaffc ImeTiodH.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

The ENGLISH WALNUT.-SOme twenty-five
years ago we planted in our stable yard, now a
part of the garden, an English walnut free, at
the request of valued friend, who died two
years after. He said in dozen years it would
begin to- bear fruit, and thereafter afford suffi-
cient for family; that his father had many years
before planted three such trees in spots of ground
that were useless for cultivation, aud they yield
ed large supply. We followed his advice and
planted this tree, which has for several years
given us a fair supply Offruit, but the present
season We have gathered over one bushel, it new
sr before having yielded more than peck
There are now a number of these trees in this
neighborhood coming into bearing, showing that
they do very we'll here; but this is about the fur
thest point north that they will stand the sever
ity Of our Winters. Some eight feet of the top of
the tree upon our premises was killed in the Sc
we're Winter six or seven years ago.
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for the farmer.
= r.uRnrlnna nraurh, nad Il. Cau.e..

The New.E aEianA Drought aud its Causes.
Just now it looks as if the drought which will
render the Winter of 1874 memorable One in
New England annals, is over, but il is not too
late to consider its lesson. For six months the
people af the Eastern States have been complain
ing of want of rain. Hardly mill IN New Eng
gland but has been obliged to shorten its work
lug hours, or perhaps sInt down altogether
Hardly a city whose water supply has not been
a source of anxiety for weeks, threatening to
fail utterly If relief did not come from the clouds
Hardly a farmer whose cattle have not been
saved from suffering by an extra amonnt OF LABOR
and expense in providing them Win iheif oaiy
drink. Water has been an article Oh commerce
in many of our towns, and the situation was
growing worse das by day. There nave oeen
severe lronghts in Winters before, Dnt not oiteh
one of such length, extent, and ar-reaehihg ihhu
epces And we can blame only ourselves anu
spr .ncestors far IT, In old times drought was
a direct result of limited raih-fall but there mas
lot been so much less than nsnal lnls year Ss "
cause all this trouble. In the last century new
England pretty wen covered v Iln - 81, ~
tbe rain that fell soaked into the ground, ran
slowly down the valleys, and finally reached the
ocean Now the land is stripped OF trees; tue
hills and mountain regions even, where the riv-
ers are have been barred TO the screening rays oi
the sun. and nearly two-thrtis of all the rain
that falls evapOTates before il reaches the sea
hoard This has dried up the streams into
brooks those into mere rivulets, with dusty bot
toms for months. This has ruined many of our
trout brooks. This tOo by causing the sudden
departure of the snUw in Spring, causes many
destructive freshets In the thick Maine woods
the gradual melting of the snow lasts weeks
aud keeps the rivers at high pitch, while the
streams whose head-waters flow from country
stripped of trees, rise and fall wish the sudden
ness of mountain brooks after a shower. This
reckless improvidence, due to cupidity and care
Iessness which has made much of our terrific
~ hideous expanse of ragged, rocky, worthless
fields, is the cause of our droughts. IMPROVE
dence must be to blame, not NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Herald.
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Msefnl aud Curious.
CAyARIEs.
How to Manage, Besh in Breeaiaz and Other
Tioes.
CANA IE ..

Tisse..
How dear TO us our little Canaries are All day
long they sing and chatter, keeping us company
by their sweet songs. But for them to he lively
and well they must have the best care, so Will
give my way of "CultivatinS the Canary
Good large cages with the wires close together,
much the best to raise birds in. If you have
but one singer, these fancy cages are nice, but
for real service prefer the large ones.
NESTING.
Early in February or March they will begin to
pick the paper into pieces that covers the bot
tom of the cage, aud carry strings around in their
mouths. Then you may give them nest Fas-
ten a little basket or gOurd in one corner of the
cage for a nest. Before putting the nest in, line
it by placing a bit of cotton the bottom of the
gourd; then line with piece of canton flannel
other nice, soft cloth; fasten the lining
reatly aud secure. Give the birds some bits of
torn paper aud dry grass to build nest of. They
will often build nice nest and then tear it out (;
hence line them to keep the eggs from getting
LrDken. Keep the cage hanging in one place,
fur if you move the cage from place to place the
bird will leave her nest too often, and the eggs
will get chilled and not hatch. The eggs will
hatch in two weeks.
IL any eggs are left, remove them; be careful
not to hurt the little birds; you can get them our
best by taking teaspoon and gently slide the
egg or eggs out, one at a time. The little ones
will need the hest of care. Give the old ones
plenty of food; give them the half of hard boil
ed egg each mornng, and mt noon; also cabbage
leaves Lettuce beet leaves. hemp and canary
seed The cage must be kept clean, and fresh
food given them twice a day. In two weeks the
littl. ones will begin to feather; when they are
three weeks Old they will get out of the nest
quite frequently. Do not take the nest ont too
soon MS they love TO rpost i'm it, If the old birds
want another nest, give them n new nast and
Is,ye the old one in until the youup birds ouit
roasting in il. 'Tis hest to mt the birds in an
other cay. until their cave il cleaned with warm
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

WHEN you wish to know what the weather is
to be, 60 ont and select the smallest cloud you
can see. Keep yOur eye upon it, and if it
decreases and disappears it shows the state Of
the air which will be- sure to be followed by fine
weather; but if it increases in size, take your
great coat with you if You are going from home,
for falling weather is not far off. The reason is
this: When the air is becoming charged with
electricity yOu will see every cloud attracting
smaller ones toward it, until it gathers into a
shower; and, on the contrary, when the fluid is
passing off or difusing itself, then a large cloud
will be seen breaking to pieces and dissolying-
Scientific and Mining Journal
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ghs fun Of the Ching.
ZERO IN THE SUN.

A. rail tracks shorten in the cold,
By Natures great metallic Law
So shrinks the man Of iron mould,
When these rude winds their weapons draW-
Those eager airs" Of icy breath,
Whose myriad Poniards, piercing. chilling.
Seem dealing back a vengeful death
For cuts Of that proverbial shilling.
The fuel vendors thank their stars,
That Lehigh higher yet must goi
And babies cuddle close TO Mars,
Because the Mercury is low;
And su8tzy, at the twilight hour,
Once lii by flames Of finder Venus.
Nv flame bewails, with visage sour,
The GOODNESS that has come between US.
I'd hy IN her I'd break the ice,
By axing like an honest man;
But breaking ice Is not so nice,
When il means Fanny, be my Fam
When ghosts Of frozen smiles benumb
The ioving lips that shiver bluelyi
And when the cool reply may e0me.
Ask pa! and pa Is Mr.. Cooley.
I'll don my double worsted hose;
Ill pile the crate with embefs bright;
I'll read my Burns and toast my toes,
And sing the songs the Skalds indits;
Or HE me to some fur-rin shore
Fire Island, or land of geysers,
Or HottsntOts or hellebOre-
To check my chattering fncisors;
Drink ginger-tea as pudding thick,
Compounded in a red hot can,
Stirred with fire-wood teddy stick,
And ladled with a warming pan
Unless some friendly foe, instead.
viii hold me over Etna's crater,
Heap GOALS Of fire upon my head.
And drop me Ike hot pertater.
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Weeping over the Tomb of Clay.

When Aft. Burnett was in the bright Licking
ton of Kentucky the other day, in passing along
one of the back streets he observed a white haired
old man standing with head uncovered on pair
of hay scales. The man was mutteriug some
thing to himself, and occasionally he would wipe
away a tear. Alf was curious TO know what
allied the old man. So he said, whats the mat
ter, unce"
Hush" said the old man, with an atlmonitory
wave of the hand, thread lily. This is er grave
of er greatest statesman in er [hic whole worl!
81 took it to be hay-scales," said ALT. "But
whose grave is It'll
rs the grave of old [hic1 Henry Clay. Alas!
he's gone, gomez
Ale left him leaning across the wooden box
that contains the weighing apparatus, weeping
bitterly, as he supposed, over the tomb of Clay.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

How TO CURE A SORE THRoAT.-"One who has
tried it," communicates the following item about
curing sore throat: Let each one of your readers
oil and cents worth of chloride of potash
Whenever any soreness in the throat, put the
potash in tumbler of water, aud with il gargle
the throat thoroughly; then rub the neck thor
oughly with the camphorated oil at night before
going to bed, and also pin around the throat n
small strip of wooden flannel. This is a simple
cheap and sure remedy.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

PCNGENT REToRT.-Said purse proud man
just getting into his carriage, with his wife and
daughter, Haunting in velvet and furs to poor
laborer, who was shoveling coal into his vault:
Joe, If you had not drank rum, you might
now have been riding in my carriage-for moth
ing else could have prevented a man of your tai
ents and education from making money"
True enOughw was the reply of the poor man,
"and if you had not sold rum, and induced me
and others to become drunkards, you might have
been my driver, for um-selling was the only bus
mess by which you ever made dollar in your
life"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

A CORRESPONDENT of the Vermont Chronicle
tells capital story albeit in the nature of rath-
er hard hit upon recent lecture of Bishop Gil
bert Haven. 1t was one of the day when printed
long S, which looked so much like f's as to both
er people, were in vogue, and an illterate preach
er made the mistake of misleading Matt. xxi: 5,
as if it represented Jesus as riding "upOn the
Sodl of an ass" and founded upon it powerful
argument for the divinity of Christ, on the
ground that none but a divine being conld ride
upon the soul of an animal
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

SAN.-Julius, when you missed your dog, how
did you find where he went tot
JuIius!-Why, yon see, Sam, was walking at
de north end toder day, and saw a large string
OBJ sassingers hangin outside de door OBJ de butch
ers shop, walked by two or three times, and de
fourth time / whistled, -lor, gosh omighty,
Sam, de way dem sassengers curled up was a eau
tion to dis child. didn't want to hurt de mans
feelings, but knew what had become oh de dog.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-03-04

THIS is the way colored preacher at Rich
mond harangued his hearers for mutual conyen-
fence. "De fore part oh de church will please sit
down 50 de hind part Oh de church can see de
fore part for de hind part can't see de fore part
If de fore part persits in stanin before de hind
part to de inter conclusion OBJ de hind part by de
fore part"