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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10
Glover Turned Under.

The Rmal Southland says that il Mr.. J.
Gregory, few years ago, moved from Ten
ncssee and bought plantation in Murray
county, Georgia. The land at the time he
purchased it, with good season, would
produce ten bushels of wheat per acre.
In October, Mr.. Gregory sowed broadcast
fifteen acres of white Boughton wheat, one
bushel to the acre, and in February fol-
lowing, he sowed the same ground in red
clover, sowing broadcast in two ways, one
bushel to eight acres. He harvested ten
bushels of wheat per acre, and cut fine
crop of hay the same season. The next
year he moved two crops of good clover
hay, averaging two tons per acre. The
third crop grew up from four to eight in
ches high, land in October he plowed the clio
yer under; blowing deep and subsoiling ];
sowcd one bushel of white Boughton wheat
per acre. The result was an average Of
thirty and ahalf bushelsof choice wheat per
acre. Thus you will see that the only ma
nure used to improve the land and get
thirty and one-half bushels of wheat,
where he could only raise ten, was to pillow
under deep a good crop ofclovcr, and sub
soil.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10
VARIETIES.

john Chinaman's method of warfare
is slow, ifnot sure. The troops who started
from Pekin for their western frontier three
years ago to repress Iakoob Khan, hap
pcning to get out Of provisions en- route,
stopped to supply themselves by planting
grain, and are now awaiting the harvest.
live knowcd dat mule for three yeahs
and don't think dat dc animal would
hurt lam, cause-." This blank
space indicates where the lecture was in
terrupted, and the darkcy forwarded to
the other side of the fcnce-by that same
mule.
Whittier sent this response, recently
to request for his autographs
"Our lives arc albums, written through
With good or i'll, with false or true;
And us the blessed angels turn
The pages of our years,
God grant they read the good with smiles,
And blot the ill with tears -
Il am so lame from the railroad crash
Of last week | can hardly stand" said n
limping, hobbIing chap.
"Well, then, l hope you intend to sue
for damages" said his friend.
damages! No, no; | have had dam
ages enough by them; if sue for anything
it will be for repairs"
-"The password is 'SaXe'-now don't
forget it, Pat" said the Colonel just before
the battle Of Fontenoy, at which SAKE was
marshal.
Sacks! Faith and will not. Wasn't
my father miller 2"
"Who goes there ?" cried the sentinel,
after the Irishman had arrived at his post.
Pat was as wise as an owl, and, in sort
Of whispered yell, replied, Bags, yer hon
or! ~
THAT was an admirable reply of an Irish
butler, whom his master was dismissing
for no exemplary behavior, but with that
good character masters are prone to give
when their plaques are going elsewhere II
have said you are honest, John, with clear
conscience; but fear have stretched a
point in saying you are sober" "Shure,
sir, if you have stretched point that fur,
can't you stretch it Il little further, and
say that am Frequently sober 2"
A new swindle is being played in the
central part of the State of New York. A
well, dressed man stops at farm house
and engages accommodation for drove
of sheep and man who drives them. The
sheep and drivers are to come along the
next day. The pretended agent stops over
night, has the best fare the house affords,
and slips OF the next morning without
paying his bill The sheep and drivers
never appear, Of course.
1t is decided mistake to suppose
that plants are unhealthful in sleeping
apartments or sitting rooms. OF course
if the flowers exhale strong perfume
such as that Of tuberoses, hyacinths and
daphnes-th make the air too odorous
to be desirable at night; but healthy
growing plants absorb the carbonic acid
in the atmosphere, and keep it pure and
agreeable. They are, in fact, the best dis.
infectants that can be employed. An irish
clergyman has discovered that II window
garden of geraniums and caceolarias fur
nishes complete exemption from the plague
offlief.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10

AT II recent meeting of the American
Institute Farmers Club, in New York, ono
of the members asked for information in
relation to the culture of Hungarian grass.
Mr.. S. e. Todd said that the soil should
be prepared the same as for any other grass,
or, as for milet, it is essential that the
ground should be rich. 1t is not, in his
opinion, desirable crop to cultivate. If
the grass was allowed to mature it became
a powerful diuretic. He never knew a
farmer who would raise crop yet more
than two years in succession. 1t was coarse,
and would not compare avorably with
timothy or orchard grass. Some slrcwd
Yankees had made great deal of money
selling seed, and it was due mainly to that
fact that there had been so much
said about it in the agricultural literature
OF the day. Oats were more profitable To
cultivate. When the grass dies out it be.
comes very harsh. About three or four
tons could be raised to the acre it was
the custom generally TO Gu: it once per
year.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10
Pc 9 tic al.
For The A5giS d. Latelligencer
ROCK SPRING CHURCH.

NSSN or NHNA SHoNSHs
ACKNOWLEDGMENT from times decay,
This temple still remains
A beacon light, to point the way
Where peace forever rcigns.
Recused-rcdeemed, this ancient pile
In future will be seen
Restored in purely Gothic style,
Amidst its robes of green.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, this hallowcd shrine.
Will stand through coming years.
A guiding star in life's decline,
Mecca in this vale of tears.
Rescued-redeemed those honored walls
Will echo back the sound
OF weeping childrcn's wailing calls,
Beside their parents mound.
Rescued-rcdeemed this landmark old,
Surrounded by the dead,
Will gather many to its fold,
And many to their earthly bed
Rescued-redeemed, this trysting place,
Where clustering memories cling,
OF boyhood's SPORTS the eager chase,
And shouts which made the welliin ring.
Rcscued-redeemed from sill to verge,
In strength and beauty's form,
The bowling winds may croak and surge,
Its gable peak will cleave the storm.
observation-disclosures this sacred fame,
lis silent vigils still will keep,
While the sombre owl, whose weird refrain
Pcrvades the gloom with startling shrek.
Rescued-rcdeemed, these walls of gray
Will meet the morning sun,
Around those peaks its beams will play,
When you and our race have run.
Rescucd-redeemed this verdant spot
Your fathers gave in trust;
Each blade of grass-forgct it not
Springs from your kindred's dust.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT this burial ground
Transmitted by your sires,
Protect each tomb, each verdant mound
As vestals guard their sacred fires.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT spirit calls
The spirit of your parson-dead
Who lies entombed near by those walls,
Where oft he meekly bowed his head
Rescued-redeemed your offerings bring,
And freely place them there;
AS freely as your cleft rock spring
Gives you its waters clear.
Rescued-redcemed this church will stand,
And link the future with the past,
Unless destroyed by fashions hand;
Fashionable fierce iconoclast. IvURos.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10

Nor So MAD.-When the Earl of Brad
ford was brought before Lord Chancellor
Loughborough to be examined upon ap-
plication for a statute of lunacy against
him, the Chancellor asked him: "How
many legs has sheep ?" "Does you lord
ship mean" answered Lord Bradford, "a
live or dead Sheep" as it not the same
thing 2" said the Chancellor. "No, my
lord" said Lord Bradford. "'rherc is
much difference living sheep may have
four legs, dead sheep has only two
There are but two legs of mutton the two
fore legs are shoulders"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10

WILD HAY.-The wild hay of Swilzer.
land is made from the grass growing on
strips of soil to be found on the Alps at a
height Of from five thousand to six thou.
sand feet, in places so difficult Of access
that even the goatherd and his venturcsome
flock forbear to visit them. This hay is
so valuable from its excellent quality and
delicious aroma that regular hay harvest
is yearly undertaken on these inaccessible
places, in spite of the danger to life and
limb involved in the attempt. The hay
makers are shod with iron, and secure
themselves with ropes to some sure hold
when in especially dangerous places, but
fatal accidents occur every year.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10

AN ACCOMMODATING Town AS an in
nocent-looking old man was going up
Washington street yesterday a drayman
nodded at him and asked: Nv dray,
Mister 2" "No-o, guess not" replied the
old man, Pm too fur from home, and cam
pay freight on it. Much obliged, though.
Vicksburg is a powerful nice town. A
fellow back there asked me if | didn't
want coach, another inquired if I want
ed hack, and now you offer me dray.
| wish | lived here"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10

WASHING WooLLENs.-Prof Artus, who
has devoted himself to the discovery of the
reason why woollen clothing when washed
with soap and water will insist upon shrink
ing and becoming thick, and acquiring
that peculiar odor and feeling which so an.
Ioys housekeepers, says these evil effects
are due to the decomposition Of soap by
the acids present in the perspiration and
other waste of the skin which the clothing
absorbs The fat of the sheep is then pre-
cipitatcd upon the wool. These effects
may be prevented by stepping the articles
in u warm solution of washing soda for
several hours then adding some warm wa
ter and a few drops of ammonia. The wool
lens are then to be washed out, and rinsed
in luke.warm water.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10
The Haunted Surgeon.

A young surgeon, having tried in vain
to get into practice, at last fell upon the
following eXpedient to set the ball to roll
ing. He sprang upon his horse once day
and rode at full speed through the town.
After an absence of an hour he would re-
turn and carry with him some of his in
struments, thinking if he could impress his
neighbors that he had practice they would
begin to place confidence in his ability.
A wag, who more than suspected the de-
ccit which he was practiciug, determined
to know the truth. He accordingly kept
his horse in readiness and the next time
the doctor gallopcd past his door sprang
on his steed and placed himself on the
young gcntleman's trail.
The Doctor saw the man following at his
heels, but did not, at first, evince any I'M
easiness. AT length, however. he thought
it advisable to turn down narrow lane
The pursuer followed on like on evil
genius, but the doctor not discouraged, as
another road lay short distance ahead OF
him, down which he turned. The Other
kept close at his heels, and the doctor grew
impatient to return home. There was nc
house 10y the way at which he could af
ford any pretext for stopping. In the
meantime his saddle bags were with him
and he was otherwise equipped for bust
ness, so that he could not return, in the
face of his neighbor, without exposing tho
secrets of the trade in the most palpablt
manner. Every bound of his steed carried
him further from his home, and the shade:
of night began to fall on hill and dale
Still the sound of horses hoofs were thun
| larino in his ears and he yos 1rivnn T.,
his wits end but just as he reached tht
angle of the wood he heard q low moan
A man lay PROSTATE near the fence of ;
meadow, and blood gushed from fearful
wound in his arm. He had cut an artery
with his scythe, and was in danger of i'm
mediate dissolution. The young docto
sprang from his horse and staunched tn,
wound. Bandages were applied, and hi
life was saved. The pursuer had alst
thrown himself from his horse, and as til,
surgeon tied up the last bandugc, he look
ed up in his face and said:
"How lucky, neighbor, that ! was abb,
to arrive in time !"
The wondering spectator was silent will
awe; and, after assisting the wounded
man home, he told such miraculous tai,
to the wondering town folks as secured t.
the young surgeon reputation not only
for skill, but also for supernatural preset
ence. Thus did the merest accident con
tlibute more to his advance than years o
studious toll could have done; and til,
impertinent curiosity of a waggish neigh
Dor opened for him path of business
which the most influential patronage Nigh
never have been able to provide torhim.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10
THE WEEKLY SUN.
1875. NEW YORK. 1876,
1876.

Eighteen hundred and seventy.six is the Centennial
year. 1t is also the year in which an Opposition
House OF Representatives the first since the war; will
be in power in Washington and the year of the twen-
tythird election Of President of the United states-
All Of these events be of great Interest and
Importance, especially the two latter and all of them
aud verythng connected with them will be fully and
freshly reported and expo lnded in TIE sun.
The Opposition House of Representatives taking up
the line of inquiry opened years ago by THE SUM- will
sterny sud diligently investigate the corruptions and
msdeeds of GRANTS administration; and will IL is TO
be hoped, lay the foundation for new and better pe
rod in national history OF all this TuE SuN will
contain complete and accurate accounts furnishing its
readers with early and trustworthy information upon
| these alb sorbng topics.
preparations for it, will be memorable as deciding upon
GRAMS aspirations for third term of power and plum
der and still more as deciding who shall be the cand
date OF the party oil Reform, and electng that can
didate Concerning all these Subjects those who read
The Sun will have the constant means of being thor
| Oughly well informed.
The WEEKLY SUN, which has attained n circulaton of
over eighty thousand copies, already has its readers
every State and Territory aud trust that the year
1915 Will see their numbers doubled. 1t will continue
to De thorough newspaper All the general news of
the day will be found in it, condensed when unimpor.
tant at full length when of moment and always we
trust treated in clear, interesting and instructive
| manner.
It's aim to make the WEEKLY SUN the best fami.
ly newspaper in the world, and shall continue to
give In Its columns large amount oil miscellaneous
reading, such as stories tales poems, scientific INTEL J.
gence and agricultural information, for which we arc
ROT aoie 10 make room IN our daily edition. The agri
cultural department especially one of its prominen
features The fashions are also regularly reported in
Ats columns; and so are tho markets Of every kind.
The WEEKLY Sun, eight pages with fifty-six broad
columns 10 only S.20 year. postage prepaid As thi,
price barely repays the cost Of the paper no discount
can be made from this rate to clubs agents, postmas
tiers, or any one.
lbe DAILY Sun, large four page newspaper of TWEEN
tJ-eigt columns gives all The news for two cents
copy Subscription postage prepaid, 90 cents a montl
or $3.50 year. Sunday edition EXTRA 81 10 per year
We have no travelling agents. Address
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10

Some papers are publishing, as Gu
rious item, statement to the effect that IA
horse in Iowa pulled the plug out of the
bung hole ola barrel for the purpose of
shaking his thirst. We do not see any
thing extraordinary in the circumstance
Now, if the horse had pulled the barrel out
of the bung hole, and s!aked its thirst with
the plug or, if the barrel had pulled the
bung-hole out of the plug, and slaked its
thirst with the horse; or, il the plug had
pulled the horse out Of the barrel, and
slaked its thirst with the bung-hole, or, if
the bung hole had pulled the thirst out OF
the horse, and Stacked its plug with the
barrel; or, il the barrel had pulled the
horse out Of the bung hole, and plugged
its thirst with slake-it might DC worth
while to make some fuss over it.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10

To CURE A HORSE OF PAVING. Hitch
a trace chain around the ankle or fetlock
of the foot most used, and let the other end
of the chain lie loose on the floor of the
STALL and all will be right.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10
Eighteen Hundred Years after Death.

A correspondent of App'eton's Journal
writing Of excavations of Pompeii, says:
Among the most interesting of the OBJ
jects found recently are two skeletons, one
OF somewhat elderly man, the other of a
woman. They were found in the Via Sta
bia, among the ashes of the last eruption,
evidently overtaken in their flight and
buried among the cinders. According to
the usual method employed to preserve the
| external appearance Of objects, liquid plas-
ter was poured into the cavity, which,
serving as mold, a fac smile of the forms
was obtained, and thus perfectly preserved,
the statue-likc bodies were placed in glass
in the Pompeii Museum.
Whlle approaching all the horror of
such death, and the suffering endured,
as shown by the position Of the limbs, one
cannot but imagine what would have been
the establishment of that man and woman
had some prophet informed them that
eighteen hundred years after death their
forms. and even as much of their garments
as were not consumed in the eruption,
would be placed in n museum for inspec-
ton by multitude of sight seers, some
from lands the existence of which they
never dreamed Of The poor woman is w.
ing on her face, and even the form of her
hair, put up behind, is seen. One arm
shields her forehead, and she is supported
by the other. Her stony limbs are well
formed, and traces Of garment are seen
passing in folds around her.
The man, although placed on his back
in the exhibition, when found was turned
on his side. One arm rests on his hip;
the other uplifted. The face is somewhat
distorted, but massive and smoothly sha-
ven. Even the form of the fastening of the
sandals around the ankle, and of the long
button higher up on the leg to hold them
clearly are seen. The limbs are partly
drawn up.
The skeleton Of a tolerably large dog,
also recently found, is in the Museum OF
Pompeii, his whole form preserved in plas-
ter, in the same manner rs those Just men
toned. He is lying on his back, writing
In suffering, biting his hind leg. The
rings in his collar are plainly SEEN
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-12-10
First Impressions in Balloon.

Prof. Wise in recent lecture saws: The
impressions of first ascension were very
striking. 1t is like the earth falling away
from balloon. There is no vertigo but
the earth sinks, becomes flattencd in APP
pearance and finally concavc. The posi-
ton of the balloon seemed to be between
two concavities. The prismatic effects
produced by refraction are very beautiful;
fairy scenes present themselves, and the
mind becomes aroused to the glorious
privileges it enjoys. To look down through
the broken clouds was to witness sight
surprising in beauty the magic caves de-
scribed in the arabian Nights Entertain
ments." The profound, solemn, and awful
stiffness which prevailed above the clouds
was also remarkable. Even while moving
at the rate Of a mile per minute, the aero
naut seemed so utterly becalmed that a
suspended cobweb moving with the bal
loon would not be agtated. In speaking
of echo and ozone in the clouds, Prof.
Wise said the reverberations of sound
among clouds were tremendous; and in
explaining the echo which exists among
them, he told story of a conversation he
had with himself, instead of person upon
the earth, as he at first supposed
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-12
NEW ORLEANS.
The Conservative Proposition to
the Congressional Com.
mittee.
Its Liberal Terms CurtIy Re-
jected.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1.-THE follow
ing Is the Conservative proposition Of ad
Justment submitted TO the Congressiona
COMMITTEES:
1. The election of 1872, now before Con
gress, IS not to be included in the adjust
ment.
2. The election Of Treasurer and mem
Pers Of the General Assembly in 1874 L
be submitted to MeSsrs. HOar, Wheeler
Frye and Marshall, it being distinctly un
derstOOd that those returned by the Return
ing Board and the Conservative COMMITTEES
are to be accepted as legally elected.
3. The House Of Representatives to be
organized de HOUO on the basis Of the COM
mittee's award.
4. The House Of Representatives. when
organized, to send to w. p. KELLOGG, acting
Governor, and to the Senate as Constituted
BY the award Of the committee, a message
informing that body that the House is or
ganized ard ready to proceed to business.
D. The Conservative members to sign an
agreement that, while not approving or
recognizing the legality Of the government
known as the kellogg Government, we
agree not to disturb the Executive because
Of his past political acts, so long as he is
sustained by the President.
8. The members Of the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes returned by arbitration are not
to be changed except BY death, resignation
or expulsion for just cause.
.. The Senators returned by the arbitra-
tion to be seated.
This proposition was adopted by a vote
d % 70 5, and a committee was appointed
to hand it to Mr.. Wheeler. The commit
tee left on the morning Of the 9th for No
bile with the proposition in their pockets,
and that night the following reply was re-
ceived:
Mobile, Feb. 9, 1ST5.-To Hon. John
Young, st. James Hotel: Conservative
not accepted.
W. A. WHEELER.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-12
Chicago.


The New EpIseOPaIian Bishop.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1l-BishOp-elect De
KOuen arrived in this city from Racine this
evening, but he declines to state what are
his intentions in regard to his acceptance
Of the position to which he has been elected.
AgentsIOf the Railroad MOnOpoIies in
COunetI-NeW Freight Tariff
Al meeting Of general freight agents of
Eastern lines here to-day rates were adopted
for transportation Of freight Of the fourth
class as follows: From Chicago TO New
YORK, 40 cts; 70 Boston. =; to PHILADELPHIA
and Baltimore %. The agreement to this
schedule Of rates is signed by representa-
tiyes Of the Baltimore and Ohio road, Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern, Pids burz
and Fort Wayne, Michigan Central and
Pitts0urg, Cincinnati and St. L0uis. The
rates viii be strictly adhered to by all
trains running over these roads. It is sub
stantially the schedule Of the Baltimore
and Ohio road. The Grand Trunk did not
participate in the meeting, nor has it sign
ed the agreement. The new rates 20 into
operation Immediately.
Western freight agents also held a meet
ing to-day, and fixed arbitrary rates from
points on the Mississippi river to points on
the Missouri II 7er.