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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-01-15
farmers Column.
speed the PIOsc."
Boiled Corn for Poultry.

The opinion that corn is very noprisL.
ing food for fowls is so universal that mo
further thought is given to the matter II
any one should suggest that corn wculd
be easier of digestion if soaked or boiled
lie would very likely receive the answer
that corn was nothing hard to digest for
birds, which swallow stones and other hard
substances without detriment. A moment's
thought, however, will convince that the
mlllstones and the grist are very different
things, and feeding hard grain, although
not exactly like feeding the millstones with
pepDles, bears certain likeness to it. The
trouble attendant on the preparation Of
looo, IL u is TO be cooked, may indeed
seem very dlsProportionate to the adyan-
.age TO oe derived from such treatment, but
IN reality little time need be spent, as be-
lore going the rounds of the nests little
NOT water may he poured over the grain.
tight cover put on the kettle, and the
whole placed over the stove, where, bvsthe
Time your rounds are completed, the corn
VIII nave become steamed and mellow, and
nave lost none of its good qualities. Re.
member each hen has a certain amount of
animal force to be expended every day in
some direction, and the less she has to give
to digesting her food the more she will
ma nave to be expended in reproducing.
The advantages of the warm food in win
ter when much food goes toward produc.
ing animal heat to withstand the cold are
two-told-irom the direct action of the
warmth and the slower action Of the food
itself, to say nothing ofthe fact that the
contents produced by nourishing food will
result in more eggs, for a hen thoroughly
at home will lay many more eggs than a
discontented one. We have performed
the experiment ourselves, and know that
FEEDING boiled corn does pay, and it is as a
result OF experience that we offer this plan
to our friends.-English Farmer.
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The Mammoth Cave of Mexico,

1t is said that the cave of Cacahuamilpa
is the largest cave in the world. Several
persons, who have visited the Mammoth
Cave ofKentucky and that of Cacahuamil-
pa in Mexico, pronounce the latter the lar
ger.
A volcanic mountain with all extinct
crater covers this cave. 1t is not describ-
ed in guide-books or books of travel. 1t
has, in fact, never been accurately describ-
ed. Mr.. Porter c. Bliss has twice examin-
ed and explored it, the last time in Febru-
airy of the past year. Six hundred per-
sons constituted the last exploring party
they were provided with Bengal lights and
scientific appliances. After reaching lev
ell at fifty feet depth, they proceeded three
and trhee-quarter miles into the interior.
The roof was SO high-a succession of
halls-that rockets often exploded before
striking it. Labyrinthine passages leave
the main hall in every direction. Stalag.
mites and stalactitcs are abundant. Be-
low this cave, at a great depth, are two
other immense caves, from each of which
issues branch Of great river, uniting
here. These two rivers enter some five
miles distant ut the other side ofthe noun
tain, flow parallel, and issue at last toge-
ther.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-01-15
Windlnills i'm Holland.

The continual winds blowing from the
Atlantic furnish the power gratuitously to
whlrl the vanes and turn the water wheel
attached to the wind mill.
There has been little or no improvement
made on this machine in Holland for / 600
years. No other power is so cheap, so sim
pie or reliable. Without its application,
two-thirds of Holland and one. fifth of Bel
GUM would even now, in the MONDAY of
steam power, ofnecessity have to be yield
ed back to the ocean, because the cost of
steam machinery, fuel, repairs and attend
ance could not be supported from the pro-
fits of the land.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
says: "There are $4,000 windmills in Hol-
land and Flemish Belgium, each doing from
six to ten horsepower service, according
to the strength of the wind, and working
twenty-iour hours per day, and every in
the month during the rainy season, and
when the SHOWS and ice are melting and
the streams are high. The annual cost of
the windmills in Holland is 81 1000, 0OO.-
Twenty times that sum would not oper-
ate steam power sufficient to do their work!
for recolect that all the coal consumed in
Holland has to be imported from England
or Belgium.
$50 where you will, you arc never out
of sight of windmills in motion. In the
suburbs oflarge cities, and at certain points
where the water of the bitches and canals
is collected to be thrown over the embank-
ments, they are congregated like armies of
giants, and never cease swinging their long,
huge arms. They are constructed of much
larger dimensions than those seen in the
United States. The usual length of the
extended arms is about eighty feet, but
many of them are more than one hundred
and twenty feet
"But the windmills in Holland are not
exclusively employed in lifting water, but
are used for every purpose of the stationary
steam engine. Iobserved a number of them
at Rotterdam, Antwerp, the Hague, and
at Amsterdam, engaged in running saw
mills, cutting up logs brought from Nor
way, and Others were driving planning mills
and Touring mills, ick-making machines
or beating hemp.
"Those used TO lit water out of bitches
into canals and embarked rivers have wa
ter wheels instead of pumps attached to
them, as they are less liable to get out of
order, and are thought to remove water to
given power"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-01-15

FALL MANAGEMENT OF SnEEp.--The
fall and early winter is an importan, sea.
son OF the year as to the management of
sheep, and it is important that they are
sheltered from cold storms and fed durino
the time with good hay. Every sheer
breeder should have some good hay handy
Tor this purpose. l think that grain fed
TO sheep while they are out on grass is of
double the benefit to them that the same
quantity is when they are confined to Inv
Roots Of all kinds, pumpkins and apples.
are valuable for feeding sheep when they are
frst confined to hay. 1t is a mistaken no.
ton that sheep will not eat hay when thew
nave chance to cat grass. 1t is essential
mat they be accustomed to eating bpy
before they are entirely deprived Of grass.
Every sheep breeder should see that his
sheep are in good flesh before winter. Il
does not cost over one half as much to re-
cruit sheep in the fall as it does in the
winter. Ii we expect to raise good ouan.
tity and quality Of wool on our sheep, we
must have them in good condition ali the
time. 10 grow wool upon a poor sheen
Is like growing corn or wheat upon poor
soil. We cannot raise good lambs from
sheep that are in poor tlesh.-Rurul Ne,c
Yorker.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-01-15
VARIETIES.

Why is your shadow like false friends?
Because it follows you only in sunshine.
$50 far, so good" as the boy said
when he finished the first pot ofhis mothers
jam.
--"IIe fell dead and expired in two
minutes, says aGeorgia paper of the death
of "a negro.
"A noted wag in q Western college one
morning read theme of unusual merit
The president being suspicious, asked
pointedly if it was original "Why, YES,
sir" was the reply, sit had original over
it in the paper took 1t from"
"A lad who borrowed dictionary to
read, returned it after he got through, with
the remark ut was VERY nice reading,
but it somehow changed the subject VERY
often" 1t was his sister that thought the
first ice cream she tasted was Il little
touched with the frost.
Infinite toll would not enable Won ia
sweep away mist. but by ascending a lit
tie you may overlook it altogether. SO it is
with our moral improvement; we wrestle
iiercely with vicious habit, which would
have no hold upon us if we assembled into q
higher moral atmosphere.-Arthur Helps.
1t is easy enough to tell whether you
have been cheated IN bushel of wheat
Some one has just found out that q bushel
contains just $4,000 grains of wheat. Here.
after when buy bushel all you will have
to do will be TO count the grains and il
the count isn't full you can rely upon it that
you're swindled man.
1t was at aparty that some young la.
dies were discussing the relative benefits
of the sparrows and the worms when one
of the fair ones appealed to young Fizzle
top, who had just joined them, and had
not caught the drift of tue conversation
(which do you think the worse, worms Oh
sparowsT What did the stupid brute
do but innocently answer, II never had the
sparrows."
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WINTER BUTTER.-.Col. Waring. the
great Rhode Island dairy man, writing of
the dairy farm of. Boies & Son. of mi.
nois, says:
"Mr. Boies is very strongly of tue on;n.
ion that it is impossible to get the fullest
profit from butter dairy, or from any other.
without having the COWS come in in the
Autumn. He then carries them through
the height OF milking on high Winter feed:
and finds that when they are five or s;x
months gone, and would naturally BEGIN
to fall off in their yield, the flush of the
May and June pastures gives fillip to
their production, and carries them up bret.
ty nearly to their full yield again. Nv the
time the Summer drouth pinches the pas.
ture. they are ready to be dried off for their
next calving. This, in connection with the
fact that the Winter market is best for but.
ter makes his course seem .iudicious. and
worthy the attention ofothers. Cows com
ing in in the Spring give more during du.
ring May and June than Autumn calyers
do at any time, but when they begin TO feel
the effect of their next pregnancy, there is
only Winter feed to he given them. and
this Goes not sustain their productiveness
fgrass would do.
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on the subject-if there be such-especially
when they would have no legal redress for The
destruction of their dog.
In event OF any such, or similar law being
passed, we would suggest that the proceeds he
appropriated to the Improvement Of the public
roads. If such law should prove to be unpop.
nlar then we may as well abondon all hope for
the protection Of sheep in this direction, and,
to some extent, the protection of ourselves and
our animals, from hydrophobia. W.S.F.
LA TRAPPE, January 6, 1875.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-01-15

KING CHARLES THE SIMPLE, AND HIS
Fool good fellows influence was so
great, that Charles, King of France, once
remarked to him, he thought they had bet
ter change places. AS Joan did not look
well pleased at the proposal, Charles ask
ed him if he were not coutent at the idea
of being King.
ooh, content enough" was the reply,
"but l should be exceedingly ashamed at
having such fool"
1t was this fool once tried his masters
nerve by rushing into his room and ex-
claiming:
ooh, sire, such news -four thousand
men have risen in the city,"
what p cried the startled king; "with
what intention have they risen ~
"Well," said Joan, placing HE finger
upon his nose, probably with the inten.
tion of lying down at bed time"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-01-15

Why POTATOES Run Our.-Some one
asks why it is that potatoes so soon run
out. There are two grand reasons. There
are but few potatoes in hill that are Git
for seed Some are overgrown, coarse,
rank and will not transmit the original
quality. Others are undergrown and not
fully developed seed A potato of medi-
UNI size, perfect in all its parts, with
change OF ground, will produce its like qd
infnitun. One other reason--cutting po-
tatoes between stem and seed end contin.
ually is wrong. 1t requires the stem and
seed end to make perfect seed. IF cut.
cut lengthwise. Single ,yts will run out any
potato. There is no other seed that will
bear mutiation like the potato; the only
wonder is that it does not run out com.
pletely.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-01-15

A WISE EXcUsE.-On one occasion at a
dinner at the Bishop ofChester's, Hannah
More urged DR.. Johnson to take little
wine. He replied, II can't drink little,
child, and, therefore, never touch it. Alb
stinence is as easy to me as temperance
would be difficult" Many have the same
infirmity, but are destitute of the same
courage, and therefore are ruined.
Young folks grow most when in love
1t increases their signs wonderfully.
"A man has been arrested for taking
things as they come.
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THE PRIMA DONNA

And even applause was hushed
When from her lips of love,
That voice Of wondrou. music gushed
Now soft as murmuring dove
Now calm in proud disdain-
Now wild with joyous power
Indignant now-as pleasure, pain,
Or anger ruled the hour.
High In the listeners soul,
In time, each passion swelIs;
We weep, We smile, meath her control,
As meath fairy's spells"
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-10-19
Belmont County.

The St. Clairsvilie Gszette gives the
following majorities on the county tick
ct: ~
Democrats-Cady, ,Senator,4S; Stamp,
Auditor, 46l, Kelly, Treasurer, l04l
Polts, Commissioner, l47; Parkinson,
Inirmary Director, 665. a s..
RepubLicans-Bundy, Representative,
13: Cleayer, Representative, 70; Carroll
Probate Judge, 1883; Kennon, Prosecu.
ting Attorney, 275; Carter, Surveyor, g.
In the case of Bundy, who is elected
over Pyle by Is majority, there is 8
chance for; contest. There were some
25 Prohibition votes cast in the county,
and on those tickets Mr.. Bundy's name
was not legally printed, there being nc
blank space left between his and Mr.
Ceaver's names, as the law requires
Whether Mr.. Pyle proposes to contest,
we are, not yet advised.
The total vote in the county is 9,157,
being. the largest that has ever been cast
in Belmont at any election. Allen re-
ceives 4.5SS votes, Hayes 4,5l3 and
Odell (Prohibitionist) rs. ar.s.s
The following are the majorities by
townships for Governor: ase,l92
% Democratic toaonships-Mead 95, Pult
ney So. Richland LAT, Smith l27. Som
erset 81. Union 50, Wayne A. Wheeling
So, Yosk 81, Bellaire, lst ward, 25; ID
ward, A. g8 eig.
Republican townships-Colerain 44
Flushing l03, Goshen 5, Kirkwood 81
Pease, Bridgeport precinct, 103, Mar
tins Ferry precinct t.5, Warren 5S, Wash
ington 80, Bellaire, 1st ward, 139. e4
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A Prisoner OF war,

A few days ago young man Of Ac
worth, W. j Smith. while out roaming
through the forests and swamps around
the town, captured small sized turtle
Upon examination he found that the
turtle had no doubt been prisoner oI
war in the hand of some Federal sol
diers during the late civil contest. The
turtle is small, but bore upon its lower
shield, underneath, the marks, I'D Kirk,
Is. Ill. Vol. )" also Ut. B Love-" The
IT. B." is plain, hut the balance is OBJ
scured. There is also q large letter
"H," which is very plain. 1t is evident
that these letters we're branded upon the
turtle with a fire. brand On his bach
in plain letters are Jun. 4, and u, S.
1t has now been eleven years since tht
poor. turtle escaped with his life by be
ing branded, and he is now placed or
exhibition in the Young Mems Library
as the last prisoner OF the war.-Atlan
la Herald, Sept. %
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-10-19
TIE OHIO ELECTION. es
Hayes Majority viii be Less Than
@ g., 5000. ..-tt

COLUMBUS, Oct IA There is still in
tense excitement here over the election
news. The Democrats do not expect to
dissipate Hayes msjority entirely, but
claim that it will be very small The
Republicans figure very close but still
rely on several thousand, msiority.
MIDNIGHT Republican head
quarters closed up without the full re,
turns, but careful calculations on all
counties except Wood and Carroll, give
Hayes 1884 majority. The Democratic
Committee say Hayes majority will be
$500 The Republicans have II ma
jori,y in the House. The Senate is yet
in doubt, but the Democrats concede it
to the Republicans by l. majority We
have no figures on the State officers 9th.
er than Governor, and the official re-
tnrns must determine who is elected.
HAYES MAJORITY NOW PLACED AT 4,753.
COLUMBUS, Oct. 15.-Returns have
been received from all the counties 10
the State, which are considered to be as
correct as can be obtained until the off
cial returns are received by the Secreta-
ry of State. These show Hayes ma.
jority to be 4,753 Tue official returns
may vary this count by 400 either way.
The Republicans haveea majority OF II
in the House. and 8 majority, and posi-
bly, 4, in the Senate ALL the balance of
the Republican State ticketi7is probably
elected, but the official returns must de-
eide their respective majorities. The in
terest in the election remained at fever
heat until the retorns from Wood Coun.
| ty settled the political complexion Of the
Senate. }eRtqg .iiag7 !
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The yyila Negro Of Ob,on.

- rHra i. 4
There IS strange specimen of hu-
manity living in, Obion county, Tennest
see. Of his strange eccentrieities some
hunters, who returned here yesterday
from few DAYS sport around Reelfoot
Lake, tell the following story:
The negro is called the "Wild Negro
Of Obion,p from the fact that he lives
in a nude state, through winter and
summer, in a mud hole, and has dwelt
there for five years past He calls him
self Edmund, and has no recollection of
ever having been called by any other
name, though born within fifteen miles
of the spot at which he seems to have
permanently located himself. 2. ho.eia
He processes to have the "blood fe-
YER" which he esteems durable through
no other means thaH&by standing in a
hole, about four feet Square, filled with
mud and water to the depth of his
knees. He keeps fire always burning
in such position as to permit the wind
to blow the smoke of it upon his per-
son. During cold weather he heats the
water by throwing hot ashes into it,
The strong lye thus produced has caus
ed the splitting open Of the calves of
his legs and made the skin very scaty
from the ankle to the knee One-half
Of each foot has been frozen off, in con-
sequence of which he now finds some
difficulty in getting about, hobbling in
stead or walking Before he was pos.
sessei of The strange belief that he had
been stricken with the A'bloodi fevern he
must have been verylarge, heavy man.
Though he has passed. through the four
seasons FIVE times without q change
from the clothing which nature gave
him, yet he is still muscular, though
raw-boned and awkward, standing six
feett4without his socks. Edmund has
subsisted on very ordinary diet, con-
sisting of dry corn and pumpkins -
When driven out of his favorite spot OF
earth by freshet he hobbies to aH old
barn not far distant, and impatiently
awaits the going down of the tide. when
he returns to stand in the mud and
slush as before. The. weather has SO
ltoughened his skin that it appears as
hard and as thick as medium quality oI
leather. 1t would seem. from the story
OF our veracious sportsman, that the
negro is crazy, and having mistaken the
symptoms for that of "blood fever has
gone through course of treatment
likely in the end to put him in a corner
lot Of six feet two Should not the
poor, miserable wretch receive the atten
ton of some philanthropic, sympathetic
people, and be rescued from his ineyita
BILE doom? sg Il,
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The DWarfs or Africa.

There. have ever been traditions of
strangely formed tribes of human beings
dwelling in Central Africa. That un
known region has been peopled by fan
Ecy ard fable with tailed men, hideous
hybrids, s,4Ahalf.human and half bestial,
dwarfs and giants. Travellers who have
plunged into it have had their stories of
discovery met with cool incredulity. II
was years before Dl Chaillu could con
vince people thatsthe gorilla was not a
myth When the animals existence
was definitely established, it was thought
by many to account for the stories of
men with tails. A truer explanation has
been given by the explorations Of Doc
tor Schwcinfuerth, the German Living
stone. THIS intrepid traveller spent the
three years from 1868 to 1871 in the
heart of Africa. One OF the tribes he
reached was the Bongo. All its male
members wear an animals tail fastened
by a string tied round the middle Of the
body. This explains the fable of the
tailed men rs full as man on horse
back explains the myth Of the Centsurs
The most curious Of Doctor Schwein-
fuerth's minor discoveries was vet to
come. Throughout his long journey
be had heard Of pygmies that lived near
the equator. They were never over
three feet tall, said his Nubian servants,
and they wore boards that reached to
their knees. They were skilled elephant
hunters, creeping under the animals and
killing them with stabs from below
They were in great demand as cour,
butfoons. The explorer put little faith in
these stories, thinking that seeing was
better than hearing. Finally he saw =
At the court of q cannibal king, Who ate
baby daily, he found several pygmies
They were very shy, and kept out of his
way for several days. AT length his
servants caught one. 81 looked up, sur
prised at the shouting" says the travel
er, land there, sure enough, was the
strange little creature, perched on Mo.
hammed's right shoulder, nervously
hugging his head, end casing glances
of alarm in every direction" The wet
man was soon paciiied. He was chic
of quite a large settlement near by
Doctor Schweinfuerth afterward meas
ured number of these dwarfs Thi
tallest full-grown men were not over
feet ten inches. They said that grea
tribes of their fellows, lived just nortt
of the equator. They are amiablei af
fectionate, and quite intelligent. Doc
tor Schweinfuerth considered them to bt
closely allied to the Bushmen of Soutl
Africa He bought one of them
Neswno, for dog, but kept him, only
eighteen months. At that time he dice
y OF overeating-surely very civilized
. way of shuffiing off the mortal coil, ant
did not the first gentleman in Europe
to whom Sir Walter Scott played funky
die from the self-same cause2 Neswno
fate is less to be regretted, inasmuch Al
two of his kindred are now en- route 70
Italy, They are to be placed in charg
OF the chronological Society at atForence