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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-06-25

1t was great many years ago that the
story was first told of Miss Hannah Ann
Sterry, an uncommonly mature virgin who
had never been prosecuted with masculine
attentions because of the vigorous manner
in which she Stunned the face of man. 1t
was related that Mr.. Theophilus Wimble-
bee, an advanced bachelor of the mildest
possible department, occupying single
quarters in the neighborhood of Hannah
AIMS apartments, called on the spinster
one afternoon to borrow match. Hannah
Ann was not easily fooled. Folding her
arms on her level breast, she backed The
ophilus Wimblebce into corner, and thus
addressed the invader: Match Oh yes |!
A great match tits you want You don't
want no match, and you know you don't.
You've come over to me cause I'm all
alone-to hug and kiss me-that's what
you've come for; but you never shall do
it in the world unless you're stronger'n
am'-and then she added in softened
tone, "and the Lord knows you are" A
friend of Hannah AIMS reading letter
from public man the other day in which
the writer said, "to recapitulate, am not
nor have | ever been, candidate for re-
nominations; would not accept nomna-
ton ifitwere rendered, unless tshould come
under such circumstances as to make it an
imperative duty, circumstances not likely
to arise"-laid down the paper with u
sigh and remarked, Sab, how much that
reminds me of poor dear Hannah Ann
Tribune.
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Pc 6 I'll g al.

For The Asgis &c Atelligcncer.
TEIE PEN-
The tongue has ruled in our day
And swayed the minds of men;
mat time has fled and passed away,
Men now are governed by the pen.
The mighty pen with aid of press,
. Now yields the magic power
10 lead nation to success,
'or make tyrant cringe and COVER.
No clarion notes attend its course;
No trumpet tongue we heaT
Before its silent, matchless force
Great nations rise, or disappear.
The bloody sword once ruled the earth.
And still contends for power;
The potent pen gave freedom birth,
Mans brightest gem-the nations DOVER
me mighty pen, with press combined,
NOW nolds the sword and tongue at bay:
1t guides and moulds the human mind,
AS the potter monlds the yielding clay.
Beneath the guide of wisdom's hand,
Unbounded is its might
The sword is sheathed by its command
The tongue yields up its ancient right
The pen when guided by the great,
lhe truly great, and master mind,
Is mlghtier far to rule State,
Than trenchant sword and tonnue combined
Inc masses now are reading men,
~, And men of judgment, too;
lhey know the reasons, why and when
what course they should ornot pursue.
The people once were moved by sound
~, But substance now they want;
Ihey want plain words where truth is found,
Not sophistry or gilt edged cant.
Edgewood, Nd IyrRos
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farmers' Column.
Speed the F'I0sC."
Curing Hens ofthc Propensity TO Sit.
BY AGRICOLA. .


1t is quite natural for a hen to sit as it
is to eat or lay eggs. Hence, after hen
has produced an indefinite number of eggs,
sometimes few and sometimes MANY. she
Will cease to lay, and her system will as
sumo q proper preparation to pass the
period of incubation without impairing
her health. When hen is in q "laying
habit" 1t would be ruinous to her health
to remain inactive on the nest for twenty
one successive days-the period of incuba-
ton. Some hens are so slightly inclined
to lncubate, that the propensity may be
cured simply by driving them few times
from the nest, while others, even when
they have produced only half sitting of
eggs, will stick to their nests with pugna
clous desperation. Fit is not desirable
that hen be permitted to incubate, she
must be treated philosophically and I'M
derstandingly. When the desire to incu-
bate comes on, the laying habit disappears.
My own practice is to put such hens as
are inclined to lncubate in large cage in
the henneiy, where they can see other
fowls outside Of their prison, and give
them generous supply of soft food and
water. After one or two days they re re.
leased, when they will commence in medi-
ately to "iecd up' and bring the system
again to an egg. producing habit
4 great many sensible people, who DO
not understand the correct way to manage
hens at this natural period, take them into
dark apartment and shut them up in a
barrel, or turn corn basket over one. -
Others order q lien to be ducked nine times
in water to cure the propensity to sit
Others still hold hens head in IL pail Of
water while one is counting fifty. Others
Will tie piece Of red flannel to u hen. Nu-
merous other stupid remedies are adopted,
all OF which are unphilosophical and iner-
fectual. But when secured in u cage as
suggested hen will soon commence lay
ing another sitting Of eggs. When have
valuable hen or turkey, whose eggs are
desired for rearing stock of that particu.
lar breed, she is kept laying. AS soon as
she has produced brood of eggs and de-
sires to sit, she is put in the cage fora day
or two, and her eggs are placed beneath
some other towel. BY this system of man.
agement turkey will often lay three or
four sittings Of eggs in one season.
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this mass of water has time to fall back
another impulse shootsa fresh column sew
enty feet high; then impulse followed
impulse with vast energy and with such
rapidity as to resemble continuous ex-
plosion-the steam rushcs out and up with
a roar like dozen locomotives, the column
Of water five feet in diameter shoots from
the crater i'll Q constant stream with in
conceivable velocity, rises straight as
needle, and apparently substantial as
marble monument to the dizzy height Of
$50 feet, and there it stands.
FINDING that the wind is driving the
steam and spray in the opposite direction,
step with me to within twenty feet of the
crater and look upwards, into and along
that amazing shaft of water. 1t is white
as foam-WEiter than the steam which uc-
companies it. Occasionally jet darts
from the summit of the column like tall
spire, thirty feet beyond the general mass.
AS the central column is ever rising,
the water which has gone before, and spent
its force, necessarily rolls outward on every
side in'the form of Il colossal fountain, then
falls to the earth with tremendous con.
cussions, and flows off in dozen torrents
to join the Fire Hole river
occasionally great masses Of falling
water are met by portions of the ascend
ing column-when both are dashed into
splinters of foam and spray.
"Ihe rushing steam rises like pillar of
cloud to a height of 1000 feet. Some
times it envelopes and obscures the column
OF water, but usually it is blown aside by
the breeze.
"On sunny days (and few days are not
sunny there) rainbows Of great brilliancy
and ever-varying arches play about the
crest of the COMMUNICATING the finishing
touch to that which seems to ne the grand
dest phenomenon in nature.
after seven minutes of this magnificent
display, the column gradually shortens and
subsidcs-with occasional spasms Of reac-
tion-until at the end Of ten minutes the
water has disappeared, and only steam
continues to rush and roar from the era
ter"
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To CLEAN A GUN BARREL. Wrap clean
tow round the cleaning rod. Take
bucket OF warm water (soapsuds, if pro-
curable), and run the rod up and down the
barrel briskly, till the water is quite black;
change the water till it runs quite clear
through the nipple pour boiling hot wa.
ter (clean) down the barrel, and rub dry
with fresh, clean tow. Run little sweet
oil on tow down the barrel, if for use. If
to put away, use strong mercurial oint-
ment
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Wonderland.

Among other distinguished visitors to
the National Park, last year, was General
A. b. Nettleton, Of Pennsylvania. The
General recently lectured to large audi
ence in Philadelphia, making his tour and
the sights he had seen the subject of his
discourse. The following passage from
the lecture, as reported in the Philadelphia
Telegraph, graphically describes one of the
thousand wonders of the Park:
"Probably the most satisfactory ocyser
in the entire group is that known as OM
Faithtul-so called from the frequency and
perfect regularity of its action. Once in
sixty-threc minutes, with the promptness
and precision ola tailor's bill, Old Faith
ful wakes the echoes with his roaring, and
lifts towards the clouds his grand white
plume of waters.
"Comfortably settled in camp, you look
at your watch, remark that Old Faithful
will go Off in ten minutes, and then walk
over to see how it is done. You ascend the
terraced mound, approach the crater, and
look down the well--keeping braced and
ready for II sudden retreat in case of dan
ger. The surface of the water is out of
sight-down probably 200 feet-and you
see only the beautiful, incrusted walls.
The size of the shaft or tube is about 8 feet
by 81. You hear the subterranean waters
as they boil and gurgle and plunge beneath
you, and, not caring to he too inquisitive,
you retire to the safe distance of fifty feet
to watch events.
"Five minutes before the appointed time,
steam begins to issue from the crater
constantly increasing in volume and force.
The water rapidly rises to the top of the
crater, continues in state of violent agi-
tation, and soon splashes over the rim. A
moment more and the water leaps fifteen
or twenty feet into the air, falling back
Immediately. The earth shakes with the
struggle of the forces that are seeking vent.
With great impulse column of water
the full size Of the orifice is thrown to
height of fifty feet, and the spectators shout
with excitement and admiration Before
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VARIETIES,

"A man i'll Iowa obtained q divorce
from his wife last fall and then hired her
for cook. Since that time she has had
more new dresses and pin money than she
ever possessed as Mrs..
An eminent and witty prelate was
once asked if lie did not think such one
followed his conscience. "Yes," said his
lordship; 81 think he follows it as a man
docs horse in a gig-he drives it first"
"A boy recently found pocketbook,
and returned it to its owner, who gave him
a five cent piece. The boy looked at the
coin an instant, and then handing it re-
luctantly back, audibly sighed, as he said !:
II can't change it."
"A man who found it difficult 10 keep
his footing on walking home from con-
vivial party, explained that he just lad
his shoes mcnded, and the solcs were slip
perry. YES" said a friend, "you had 'em
fixed by a sherry cobbler."
AN ancient head stone in the old
burying ground at West Lynn, Mass, bears
the following inscription "God took the
good too good to stay; and left the bad,
too bad to take away" The surviving re-
latives were highly flattored, to say the
least.
In an omnibus recently boy made a
sudden grab among the straw, caught
something, and then inquired "Who's
lost nickel9" -Four men held out their
hands to him, and four more wanted to,
but felt ashamed. There was a painful
pause, and then the boy unclasped his hand
and exhibited button.
-Four doctors tackled Johnnie Smith,
They bllstcred and they blcd him,
With squills and anti-bllious pills
And ipecac they fed him.
They stirred him up with calomel
And tried to move his liver
But all In vain-his little soul
Was waited DER the river
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Colonel Higginson told an amusing
story of the late religious festival, at a
Philadelphia who remarked to Boston
ian, that Boston would be beautiful city
if it was laid out differently--like Phila-
delphia, for instance. "Well," replied the
Boston man, "if Boston ever becomes as
dead as Philadelphia, we will try to lay it
out like that city,"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-11-18
A. p. WELD.

A TToRNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office
"A over Burhyte Bros. store, Diver Falls, Wiscon-
sin. 1873
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ness in our midst, exceeding by far,
that of any other place in the st. Oroix
Valley. They have made their inn
press upon this village, and upon the
surrounding country.
Need we go fartherl We might with
much propriety. But with a single
word of comment we close this some
what lengthy article.
Our finale, our moral, our conclusion,
is this: A very few men--good or bad
give character to place, no matter
whether it be large or small. A very
few men-perhaps one-and not often
more than two or three-give charac-
ter to each department of its business,
and these men make their impress up
on every body around them, and they
really give tone to all the pursuits of
the community in which they reside.
In this respect we take pride in our
business men-in the men we have
mentioned, as well as many others,
and we humbly trust that the JOURNAL
has done its share of the work in lay
ing broad and deep the foundations of
a prosperous village.
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CtIrroS. Nov. 1s.

Emmett Hone is.about to move into
the Smith house in the "IIoller."
There was q successful surprise
party at Ira Peasley's, on the evening
of the 18TH
II. 9. Marshall Is appointed by the
Board of Supervisors, Town Treasurer,
rice Lewis Hardy, removed from town.
Neighbor Cone Is just back from his
first official visit to Ellsworth. We
understand that the valuation Of this
town is down at the old figure, 1925
per acre.
The district schools Of the town are
now in full blast. Jimmie Gordon is
teaching in the Pierce Valley district;
Albion Burr in the Burroughs district;
Sidney Farnsworth In the Bailey dis.
tiict: and II. $. Baker in the Hollow.
Mr.. Baker will resign At the commence.
ment Of his official torn.
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N. Z BURNS,

IRONS wagons, buggies and sleighs, and does re-
pairing at his shop on Maple street. A special
Ivy made Of ironing buggies and light work. 1873
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TEE River falls JOURNAL.
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,

A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, TERMS, sl.5o
JOURNAL and ADVANCE one year to one address
", CASH m ADVANCE.
Local Edition-JoURsAL 4 ADVANCE, published
Every Friday, sI.0o, CASH IN ADVANCE.
u-For all transient subscribers, twenty five cents
must be paid In addition to the subscription price
above named.
A. MORSE & SON, Proprietors.
seB PRINTING
OF every description executed on short notice. neat
and at reasonable prices.-oFFIcE on Main Street.
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\ vEis Of excellent ironeore eight
feet thick has recently been discovered
at ReedstOwn, Vernon County.
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N. A. THELANDER,

CONTRACTOR BUILDER Shop on Maple St.
~ on Brooklyn Side. River Falls 1879
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

g. SMITH,
A TToRNEy At Law.
N River Fall, Wisconsin.
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MRS. W. II. WINCHESTER.
DFALER IN Millinery and Ladies Furnishing
~ goods. Main Street, River Falls 1898
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-22

hugely. Ring chiefs, like CATTELL and
HANscoM and others, inside and outside
the service, who know how 20 manipulate
contracts and TO procure awards, have
shared i'm the spols.
In fact, the department is run by Ring,
and the Secretary himself is virtually at
the head of it. No fair bidder has chance
TO get any contract with money in it,"
The bids are prepared TO fall into certain
hands and TO exclude honest competitions
They uniformly go one way, though con-
venient tools are used to keep up false
appearances by change OF names.
Squadrons of Ave, six, seven, and eight
ships are kept abroad, and especially in
Europe, without the least pretence of
utility They are practically pleasure
yachts. Their supplies are jobbed by collu-
sion, and governed by the rule OF addition,
division, and silence. Every complaint or
exposure of these frauds is pigeon-holed,
suppressed, or disregnrded, and the man
who makes II, whether public officer or n
private citizen, Is pursued with vindictive
enmity aud illuminated for his pains.
At home, the navy yards ut Portsmouth,
Bro ,yn, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Peusa-
cola. I'D Mare Island are converted into
political asyluns, and swarm with multi
tudcs of purchased partisans on the eve OF
every recurring election. Rotten hulks
which have been on the stocks for
many years, until they are worm eaten
and wholly worthless, are used as dcccp-
tons to cover this iniquity. Several of
these old hullls, which will never leave
port, and IL launched will be mt best used
~ receiving ships or coal bnrgcs. have cost
more than three-quartcrs of million of
dollars each already, while others no less
expensive are only 1T for firewood and
not worth the charge for breaking up.
This shameful waste and robbery must
be stopped, and the ten millions which are
squandered and stolen every year saved to
the Treasury. Between the army and
navy II is practicable without impairng
the efficiency of either, to reduce the ex-
penditures ut the very least thirty millions
annually. The people will require this re-
duction, and whoever stands in the way of
It may expect to 90 down without much
| hope of rising again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-22
Let there be no Hesitation.

The KINasLEY-MC LAUGnfiN Ring in
Brooklyn have nominated Mr. ROWE rs
their candidate for Mayor and the indie
peudents and Republicans have nominated
Mr.. ScnRoEpEH; while Mr.. BACKuoUsE,
who had been put up by the independent
taxpayers, refuses to run, not being will
ing TO contribute to the success of the
Ring by dividing the opposition forces.
Under these circumstances, there can no
longer be any hesitation on the part of
those who wish to rescue Brooklyn from
the plunderers who so long have had her
people by the throat.
All citizens of Brooklyn who desire that
The system of public fraud and robbery
should continue will go to the polls and
vote for ROWE, and all who desire that
this system should be stopped Will go to
the polls and vote for SCHROEDER. There
n no alternative, no third course. One or
the other of these men must be the next
Mayor OF Brooklyn. The election of the
enc means jobbery, plumber, and increased
taxation; the election OF the other means
honesty and economy in the government
Of the city.
Men Of Brooklyn, which Of the two will
you havel The choice rests with you, but
the consequences of your decision will not
be confined TO you alone. As you deter
mine one way or the other the cause of
good government in the country at large
will be set back or advanced, and the bur
dens of taxation upon your children will
be rendered more crushing or more en-
durablp
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The New Circnit Jndge.

The President has offered the appoint
ment of Circuit Judge of the United States
for the Second Circuit, which comprises
the States of New York, Vermont, and
Connecticut, TO ALEXANDER 8. JOHNSON of
Utica, one of the Judges of the old Court
of Appeals in this State, afterward n
Commissioner Of Appeals and still later n
Judge Of the present Court of Appeals, by
the appointment of GOV. DIX, TO fll the
vacancy caused by the death of the late
RUFUS w. PECKHAM. He went out of Of
fee at the beginning of the present year.
A special despatch to the World of yes
terday from Washington states that the
bar of this city had very generally petit
toned for the promotion of Judge BLATCH-
FORD to the vacant office of Circuit Judge.
This recommendation was highly credit
able to the bar, and every lawyer who
signed 1t not only thereby signifed his
esteem for an able, libertY-loving Judge,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-22
Corruption in the Navy.

OF all thu public departments the navy
during the proiligate rule OF Grantism
has been the most grossly mismanaged,
and has become in proportion to the ag-
Eregate OF expenditures the most dis
gracefully corrupt. Once the pride
Of the country, 1t has sunk down
m general estimation at home, and is
. byword and scandal abroad. This
b not the fault OF many gallant and hon
orable officers who still reflect credit on
their profession, and who have in vain
striven to redeem the navy from the low
condition into which II has fallen
The blame and the responsibility rest
with the head of the department, who, to
notorious unfitness for the place, has SUI
peradded glaring venality, jobbery, and
loose example, which have utterly demon
Allied the service. Merit is no longer re-
warded or recognized. The honors are
bartered for sycophancy and submission to
degrading demands and favortism is the
only stepping stone TO distinction, pur-
chased at the loss of self-respect and
manly independence.
In a material sense, the navy is in n far
worse state than IL was fifteen years ago,
before the civil war, and that, too, in the
face of expenditures which are double
what they were in the days of its physical
strength and moral power. In fact the
decline in both respects is in the inverse
ratio of the outlay. Every additional dol
lar OF cost seems TO have been followed by
. corresponding depreciation in the quail
ties which make navy formidable.
And while this decline has been going on,
tho official register has swollen with a long
catalogue of admiras, rear-admirals, and
commodores, ranks heretofore unknown
90 the servicea and modelled after the Euro
pean standard, with large salaries and al
iowances, who increase IN number every
year by the retiring process which con-
bgns them TO inactivity at sixty-two. but
with great pensions for the rest Of their
lives.
The cost OF this aristocratic system ia not
emily felt in the pay of these officers and
the vast following OF juniors who are
ready TO step into their shoes, but it oper-
ntes indirectly on much larger scale by
the maintenance OF expensive squadrons
IN foreign waters, without the semblance
OF an actual necessity or the promise Of
any positive good. The admirals must
have fitting commands, and the commo-
dores must not be reduced to the level of
an inferior rank, although PERRY, DECA-
fUR, LAWRENCE and others. who won the
best laurels Of the navy, never aspred to
be more than captains, and knew well
how to assert their rights with the highest
ranks in other navies without compromis-
ing true dignity.
A comparison OF the six years immed-
Ately preceding the war, when the navy
was comparatively strong, with the six
years under GRANT, when it is VIGOROUSLY
feeble, reveals the effects OF the corrupt
Ing system which SECoR robson has per
footed into an instrument of fraud, prodi-
gality, and plumber. The figures are
taken from the last Treasury report;
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We are glad TO be informed that JENNIE JUNE
hrs CRoLY) did not was reported, mako the foolish
remark at the Nomou Congress that men are united
for tho higuu duties of journalism We 10 not hear
from Mrs swAY1f ia regard to her reported remark
that she had repeatedly written column tor the MI
b9He IN half an hour. All the elements Of probability
are IN ms latter story and We therefore believe II I'M
phciy. one thing we will assert without fear OF con-
tradicuon No man, except the lovely young editor Is
httedto edit the talltower organ Of JAY GOULD and
the procession of ladies he leads through the lbyrnhs
OF that nvsterlous home OF Thought serve him more
satisfactorily than any body OF men, though OF twice
tAe nalnuers, could possibly do.