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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-06-02
Items of Interest.

Formerly rain was unknown upon the
northern part of the Red Sea, but since the
building of the SucZ canal showers have fall
en- regularly about once fortnight. The re-
suit has been to start vegetation up, even
upon the Asiatic side in the most wonderful
manner. If things go on as they have be.
gun, the sands of the sthmus will be covered
with forest in another fifty years.
Peanut oil, first made in the South during
the war, is now in large demand. 1t supplies
the place of almond and olive oils for various
uses, and is lower in price, retains its purity
and flavor for long time and is less suscep
tible to the effect light thnn olive OIL The
oil is extracted entirely from the meat of the
nut by pres sure, the refuse being used as cat
tie feed or n fertilizer
The Supreme Court ofTenncssee has set
aside conviction for murder obtained in Il
singular manner The marks ola peculiarly
formed naked foot were found near the corpse
of the murdered man. At the trial pan of
mud was brought into court and the prisoner
was ordered to put his foot into it. Very
naturally he declined to do so and crimnate
himself and the jury accepting his refusal as
q proof of guilt convicted him. This is per-
haps the first instance on record in which q
man has "put his foot into it" by refusing
to do so.
In the centre ola sea marsh on the Teche
river, Louisiana is beautiful and fertile
island of over three hundred acres and on
this island is mass of pure, solid rock salt
estimated at ninety million tons Scientific
men are trying 10 find out how the island
came on the marsh, and how the salt came
| on the island. This island is the property Of
Joe Jefferson, the actor, and it is here he has
| winter residence.
| Mr. j. G. Temple, Of Carthage, Mis- souri,
with his son, on the 1st Of March started &c
walk from that place to attend the Centen-
NAL Exhibition, trundling wheelbarrov
weighing seventy pounds, which he hat
loaded with sixty pounds of ore from th,
mines about Joplin, Jasper county, Mo. Tit
pair arrived at Columbus, Ohio last Friday
after travelling distance of seven hundred
and fifty miles, and went on their journey
which is five hundred miles longer Til
specimens of ore together with the histor,
of their transportation, are to be placed OF
exhibition. About fifteen pounds of the or
have been lost on the journey, chiefly b
wearing away.
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AbUUt Bees.

A lady in Providence relates the follow
ing story: "ller father once brought home
a molasscs hogshead, to be used as wa
ter tank. On washing day her mother
said, Let's throw the suds into it, to soak
the molasscs from the bottom The instant
she had done so, she exclaimed, oh
have drowned hundreds of our neighbours
bees The hogshead was black with bees
that were busily appropriating the sweets
from what they must have considered an
enormous blossom. The good lady made
haste with her skinner to skim the bees
from the top of the water, and spread them
on board in the sunshine; but they
seemed drowned, and nearly dead, and she
was very sorry.
The bees that were around the hogs
head had flown away at the dash of water
but in few minutes they returned, ac-
companied 10y scores of others. They be-
gan curious work. They Immediately
went TO work upon the unfortunate bees,
turning them over and working upon them
constantly with their heads, feet and an
tenn@ The result of their busy labor was,
that one after another gave signs of life,
stretched its limbs and wings, crawled
about, and dried itself in the sun and flew
away. The lady slid there was half pint
at first, and that there remained only about
dozen hopeless cases beyond the humane
efforts of their brothers,
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Grant RESPONSIBLE.

1t is not unlikely that the Senate will de-
eide that it has no jurisdiction in the case of
Belknap.
The broad argument that impeachment
was estopped by the acceptance of the late
Secretary's resignation, has been urged with
effect by his able counsel, though the speech
of Judge lIoar on the other side was able
and impressive. The Republican Senators
seem to he more than ready to accept prin-
cple which will spare their party and the
Administration serious disgrace.
AS a private citizen Belknap can be tried
by criminal procedure. lie has been indict.
ed by Washington Grand Jury, but it is
not safe to assume that the District courts
will do justice when friend of Babcock and
Grant and Boss Shepherd is in the dock.
If BcllSnap escape impeachment, the at
tention of the people will again be directed
to the haste with which Grant accepted the
resignation which shielded an official chief
from the consequences of his crime. The
Presidents declaration that he knew nothing
of the charges against Belknap until after he
had regretfully allowed him to depart, may
have weight with very young children and
the marines.
The vote which dismisses the Secretary
from the bar of the Senate afflxes lastine
stigma on the PresideM.-N. \. Sun.
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VERY IMPORTANT.

Mr.. Editor Of The AIgis t H,telligencer:
As there is great deal of rivalry everywhere,
in the political field, in the social circle, and
even in the church, therefore you might expect
1t in the business profession This rivalry in
business has reached the climax in the stove
trade.
Ever since the TIMES COOK took the Gold
Medal for quick baking it has been attacked by
Jealous rivals, but since it has taken the lead
of all first.class Cook Stoves in Baltimore and
bids fair to finally supcrcede them. 1t has in
Cured the spite and envy of those who could
not secure the sale of it, so much so that they
take our double tire.shicld cross piece and un-
crew them and show buyers onc.half and say
The TIMES COOK has very light castings. They
also say it will not bake well, draw well, is not
No. / iron, &C., &c.
So the only security for buyers Is 10 come di-
rect to No. 90 ". Gay Street, near Front Street.
and see for themselves if the TIMES COOK
isn't the largest, heaviest, most economical and
best BAKING STOVE ever made. Every one
of the TIMES COOK is guaranteed to bake per-
fectly.
The reason can sell them so cheap is that /
am connected with the "Quakertown Stove
Works." and we make them ourselves, so you
buy from first hands. No two profits at young
Gluck's.
We do say 1t is the heaviest largest and the
best working stove ever offered for sale.
Nearly eight thousand sold.
Call and examine for yourself.
w. J. II. GLUCK,
90 N. GAY STREET,
(bet the Bridge and Front St.,)
Baltimore, Md.
sN-Ask your neighbor about it. au2l-1y
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For The AgiS d. Mtelligencer.
MAY IN BEL AIR,

F0r me It9tS d. InteHtgchcer.
MAY In BEL AIR.
There is a smiling village,
Kissed by lovely May,
Where the golden sunbeam
Dances all the day;
Where the fragrant breeZcs
From the nodding flowers,
Watt with grateful incense,
Airy perfumed showers
Ana The birds loud carols ringing sweet and gay
CHANT the happy praises of bewitchmg May
The hills which grandly tower
'Gainst the sky's pure blue,
Clad in Springs green vestments,
Rises into view;
Sloping softly downward,
Deckcd with daisies sweet,
TO the lovely village,
Nesting at their feet;
Filled with the breathings which airily play,
From the red fresh lips Of beautiful May.
When heruddy morning
Deepens in the skies,
And from crimson cloudlcts
Sunbeams brightly rise;
Diamond jets of crystal
Sparkle on the flowers,
And the grass tips glisten
With the dew drop showers;
Are they soft tears, which thus brightly play,
Dropped from the pure eyes of beautiful May ?
Far into the country,
Where the winding way,
Leads by happy homestcads,
Bright with smiles of May;
There the farmers acres
Premise harvest's reign,
When fair Summer ripens
Tossing fields of grain;
And the orchards are white with the blossoms
which play,
And coqucttc with the breezes of beautiful
May.
Thro' the budding woodland
Where the birds roam free,
And their clear pure voice
Thrills with ecstasy,
What balmy fragrance
Rises from each bower,
Beautiful with foliage,
And dogwoods' snowy flower;
WhIle The gentle breezes softly, lightly play,
sweet with lovely zephyrs of The happy May.
Merre little children
Wander up and down.
Over all the by.ways
Or the Charming town.
Lovely little blossoms
Free from care or strife,
In The happy spring time
or uncertain Life;
Purc and sweetly innocent, let them happily play
In their sunnie childhood, type of lovely May.
In the sacred places
Ofthc buried dead,
dreen the grass is creeping
OYER each sleeper's head;
Some that lie in silence,
Meath the flowers low,
Trod the streets in springime,
:, One short year ago
NOW Their angel footsteps tho the bright streets
stray,
And only memories cluster with ,hc balm Of
May.
Beautiful in spring.timc,
Sweet with fairest flowers,
Smiling fresh with beauty
After sudden showers;
Shining warm and brightly
Meath the sunbeams' crown,
Watched by guardian angels,
Is the smiling town;
While gently it catches the breezes which play,
Bel Air i'll bright beauty, encircled by May.
G. VI. A.
Jamaica, L. l., May %, 1876.
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VOL. XX---NO. %.
For The AgiS d htelliqencer.
Why the Boys Don't Like to be Farmers
BY ONE WHO KNOWS.


In two-thirds ofall the newspapers we
pick up, from every direction this broad
land, come lengthy articles, well written
and readable articles, some of them and
all bearing the same burden of advice
"Boys, don't leave the farm" Good adj
vice, too, we pronounce it, and so it never
ceases to be wonder to the untbink;no
why it is that our young men, surrounded
Dy such reading all their lives, having il
showered upon their ears in prose and
verse from their earliest recollection shonId
turn from it unheeding anL,-leave tI,o
farm. But we think a little closer scrn,;-
ny shows it not to be such n wonder aTtar
ALL For it is not simply because ,ilI;nn,
the soil is so distasteful to them, or thas3
country life is so monotonous. Ne;tber -
~. ~ because they think they can edo better"
.haI Tue majority OF our young men flock
TO the cities. Rather is it because thev
Know 100 well that the farmer is looked
upon with disdain by the denizens of the
Guy. on worthy jewellers therein how
ever mucl you profess to hold the noble
Ealing Oh husDandry in high repute, just
so long as you add that you think its fol-
lowers coarse, uncultnred and green, lust so
long Will our sensitive, hot biooded youth
OF the present day shrink from enpsgino
In IT, And these comments, too, are ST.
''0neu ny tne leading press of the day.
IL was quite recently that we were read
ing an account OF the Centennial OPENING.
when our eyes fell upon column where
was heading, in large letters as follows
Inc kural Visitor" and upon reading il
iound that mot the least interesting si9ht
among the throng was the rural visitor
whose Verdancy made him noticeable,
gun lurthef on we were told of the richly
dressed lady lostling by the side of the
roag" Farmer. The great crowd is OF course
suiilcient excuse for her, or we might ones
ZION IL IL was not rude TO j0stle. But al
though these criticisms are unworthy of
notice, upon the minds of cur bows iLey
make lasting impression. Their imne.
tuous spirits can not brook the tbouobt of
peing regarded as members of such class
ana can we wonder that the hot vonn1'
Diood asserts itself, and that in MANY i'm,
stances they rise, shake off the dust of the
country and resolve to 60 where thew will
soon cease to be stigmatjzed as rnrolis,s
and verdant7 '"'"''s'S
urther we can not follow them, 80 LET
us turn to those who RENAME On tho
larm' These are they who are kent from
SUCH course as the Others by force of cir
euhS'nhces or by persuasion, never we
think by advice, till little later when
time and age have somewhat cooled tbe
i ncIce lever OF LIES current, when thew
~, 10 reason and are brought to see
t,'at asserting thing does not make it so.
mat me farmer may be and often is far
more OF gentleman, more cultivated, and
WIN WIN larger share Of practical knowledge
thaa Is possessed by his city brother.
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VARIETIES.

Relationships are rather far-fctched
sometimes both in Ireland and Scotland.
DO you know Tom Duffy, Pat?" know
him is it? Shure he's relation of mine.
lie once wanted to marry my sister Kate.
AN Irish drummer, who now and then
INDUCED in a noggin of right good poteen,
was accosted by the reviewing general
"What makes your nose so rcdY"Plase yer
honor" replied Pat, 81 always blush when
L sreke to general officer"
minnie has been to see me to day."
said little five year old, "and she behaved
like little lady"
II hope you did, too" said her mother.
Eyes, indeed, l did; turned somer-
saults for her on the bed"
"A bad spell.-"Thomas, spell weather"
said school-master to one of his pupils.
"W-i-e-a-t.h-io-u-r, weather" "Wel,
Thomas, you may sit down." said the teach
er. II think this is the worst spell of wealth
er we have had since Christmas"
-"I'm Philadelphia Alderman" said
a stout, pompous little man, as he APP
preached the turnstie on the opening day.
"Oh, that's no matter" answered the gate
keeper, "that don't exclude you. Pay
your fifty cents, and you can go in just the
same as the rest"
-"Your Honor" said prisoner to
judge, "my lawyer is not here, and request
delay of eight days" But" said the
Judge, "you were caught in the act of theft
what can any lawyer say for you2' "That
is just what should like to hear" said
the prisoner, and the Court laughed, but
sentenced him to year.
Last week millionaire committed
suicide in Belgium another was sued in
New Jersey for divorce and alimony for
having another wife, and one had lain
dead in Troy for ten days, his burial being
deferred because he was believed to have
been murdered for his money. In view of
these facts the Graphic urges, "Don't be-
come millionaire p But how is a news
paper man to help becoming one of those
things2
"A farmer who owned little scraggy,
cantankerous bull that could not be kept
inside of any lot that was ever fenced in
Connecticut, one day, just after the rail
road between Hartford and Springfield
was made, broke out Of his pasture, and
made for the railroad. His owner saw the
tip end OF his tail disappear over the fence,
and 'put" for him the b, st he could. Just
as he reached the railroad along came
train at full speed, and there stood his bull
on the track, with head bent down, and
ready for fight with the locomotive
The old man swung his hat and shout
cd at the top Of his voice: "Go it, you lit
tie cuss | admire your pluck, but despse
your iudgment.u
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-06-02

AN IDEA For TRANSFERS. great deal
of labor and hard Juggling may be saved if
every wagon and truck is provided with
100 feet stout rope and single pulley. A
snatch block is the best, arranged with
strong hook, and the usual construction
Tor slipping the blight of the rope, under
the strap to the sheave, instead of waiting
to reeve the line through one end. Ifa
wagon gets stuck in heavy mud or snow,
the driver has only to fasten his block to
the tongue, reeve the rope through it and
attach one end to tree or post, and let
his team pull on the other. Their work
is, of course, just halved or rather they
bring just twice as much power to bear in
dragging the wagon clear. There are
plenty of other applications of this simple
device which will readily suggest them
selves. With couple of skids for an in.
clined plane, heavy logs could be easily
drawn on sleigh by the unhitched team.
Another case where it is likely to be useful,
when loaded sleighs attempt to cross a
wooden bridge. Although the horses draw
the load very easily over the snow, they
are often unable to start it over the gene
rally denuded flooring of the wooden
bridge, and hence would be materially
aided by the tackle hitched on as we have
described.--Scientifc american.
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SALT FOR CABBAGE.-A New JERSEY
gardener considers salt necessary to the
development Of cabbage, especially far from
the coast. He finds them more crisp, of
better flavor, and to keep better when salt
is used than without. He uses it as iol-
lows: "a few days after setting out the
plants, and when they are damp, either uf-
ter or before a rain or when the dew is on,
l take small dish of fine salt, walking
among the rows, and sprinklng pinch of
salt on each plant when the leaves begin
to grow. l repeat the sailing, and when
the centre of the leaves begin to form the
head, l apply salt again, scattering it over
the leaves; after this l look them over &C.
casionally, and if find plants that do not
head well and appear diseased, sprinkl c
the salt over freely.
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The Germantown Telegraph says There
is no mode that we ever tried so effectual
in transplanting tomato, cabbage, canta-
loupe, or any other tender plants from the
the hot-bed or from one place to another,
as to prepare vessel filled with manure
water and rich soil, about the consistency
Of thin mush, with which the roots of the
plants should be well-ccated and set ir.<s
hole made with sharp round piece
wood or dibble. After being rather iirmlN
planted, moisten again with manure W alter.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-22

THERE never was more abiect con-
fession of weakness, fear and trembling
than that made by the Republican par
ty in the nomination of Hayes. The
Republican party is for reform; Bristow
is the great American reformer yet the
Republicans did not dare to nominate
Bristow, The Republican party is the
party of loyalty; Blaine is blatant in his
loyalty yet the Republicans did not
dare to nominate Blaine, The Repub-
lican party is the party of eternal hate;
Morton is the embodiment of the bloody
shirt; yet the Republican party did not
dare to nominate Morton. The Rcpub.
lean party passed the resumption act
Conlling is the pet of Wall street yet
the Republicans did not dare to nomi-
nate Conkling So with the entire lat
oil their statesmen : they did not dare
to nominate any manwho has illustrated
IN his public conduct the teachings of
Radicalism The best they could do.
all they could downs to select one
whom nobody knew and one, therefore
against whom no one could urge any.
thing. A pitiful condition this, for the
party That at one time was powerful
enough to seriously discuss third term
for its President.
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VIZ ARE fearful that the present

VIZ ARE fearful that the present Leg
stature, like the two Legislatures that
have preceded il under the existing adj.
minstration, is likely to prove n failure.
The intelligence from Austin is not
very consoling, After two months have
been irittcd away with the courts still
disorgani1cd, crime rampant in many
portions of the State, with no provision
in regard to the Penitentiary, and all
important legislation deferred from day
to day. we are now told that it is evi-
dent that an extra session must be
called to consummate the work that has
scarcely commenced Marshall Her.
aid.
The HERALD is no apologist for the
Fifteenth Legislature or any one that
has preceded it, but il is unable to con-
eur in any wholesale or mthoughted
structures upon these bodies. No body
of men holding diverse opinions upon
political economy, or upon the best
modes of enforcing the many new pro.
visions of the constitution can be ex-
pected to arrive at satisfactory conclu-
sons in day, 1t is not only proper,
but cminently necessary that there
should be discussion, in order that
crude and hasty legislation should be
avoided and wise, wholesome laws On.
acted II ~ quite an easy task for
journalist to dash OIL " few hasty re-
Ilectionsand NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. upon
a legislative assembly, when if he were
asked to specify accurately and in de.
tail the cause of his supposed grievance,
i would be found to have no real
in fact Personal experience
has taught us that concessions and com
promises are impcrotively demanded
when ninety or one hundred and thirty |
men have right TO advocate or oppose
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N
tIrH sends us " letter masking two
lengthy columns oil sol'd hohWFeH con
GLIDING II wI'h the following modest
request
ana III conc'nS'oh as l dG not 'A'
no,,,n " u WI, a",t W., PnImt" Y ""'
nrobie Journalists thrnnghout Nh, ,,,,n.
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the case, his physicians should scarcely
have allowed him, on the very evening
OF the attack, to BIT up 10 his chair ana
converse, and three days aiterward to
90 out driving in this hot weather, The
case is certainly u mysterious one, ana
must excite the curiosity Of the medi'
cal fraternity The presence among
the physicians of DR., Cundurango Bliss
suggests many thoughts, as also doe.
Surgcon.Gonernl Barnes disclaimer Oh
having had any connection WIN inc
case except nt the very outset OF ~
Was the sun that struck Mr. Blame INC
o,b that ghone NJ Cincinnati rather thah
that which sent its rays to the church
door nj Washington Any way, the
Bldne opporlune attack was an extra
ordinary one, and scientifically lncOln-
prehcnsiblr in its subsequent develop
mcnts. II New York Sun,
When the editor Of the Sun read the
Washington dispatches framed by
BIaino and sent across the Atlantic to
be- transmitted back to the inycstigat
ing committee, when he comprehended
the depth OF Wickery and fraud to
which Blaine descended, he will be but
fortified in his conclusions that BlNine's
sickness was sham, gotten up to staye
OFT DEMONSTRATION into these very tGle-
grams until after the Cincinnati Con
ycntion had spoken, TUE HERALD long
ago arrived ut such conclusion, and
the acute New York SIM is following
upon the same track,
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measures. It's not presumable that all
mems thoughts and opinions upon great
political or legal questions run IN the
same groove, or can be welded together
in one complete and rounded whole ut
A moments notice The Fifteenth Leg
islaturc is doing, in our judgment fair
and conscientious work, and endeayors
as best it may to harmonic the diverse
and necessarily conflicting interests Of
this great State If in their judgment,
arrived at after careful, honest and
thorough examination Of the law, they
are required to hold II session in lslL
let them hold it and trust to the lntelll-
gent sentiment Of n generous people to
support them in their ut best, some
what thanklcss labor.