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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-11-17
A Story About Eggs.

A traveller in Sicily paid his bill at an
inn, and found out, after he had gone some
distance on the road, that lie had not been
charged for couple of hard boiled eggs.
He was very honest man but he had
pressing business. So, instead of going
back to pay then and there, he waited till
he came his rounds again. This was not
till ten years after. No wonder, therefore,
when he asked the innkeeper: Do you
know me ?" the man said, "Not 1, indeed"
Well" replied the traveller, "ten years
ago / ate two hard-b boiled eggs in your
house without paying for them. You
didn't put them down in the bill and l
was in a desperate hurry, and couldn't come
back when l found it out. But things
have prospered with me since then; and l
reckon that if l give you fifty pieces
Twelve shilling) that will fairly represent
what the price of eggs has gained in my
hands," But the landlord was fraud, so
he said, FIFTY pieces, indeed; 1 must
trouble you for deal more than that. Its
just the want of those eggs that has him
dered me from making my fortune."-
" How so9" "Why they would have
turned to hens and the hens would have
given me chickens-a whole poultry yard
full. Well, with the poultry yard 1 should
have bought some sheep, and by now
should be quite big flock master" But
the traveller could not see things that way,
so the innkeeper put him into the Court,
and the judge pronounced against him.
He appealed, but there didn't seem much
chance of his being any better of, when
a briefless barrister, much out-at elbows,
touched him on the shoulder and said,
" Leave it to me, and I'll get you rigbted."
" Why, I've had the best lawyers in Paler-
no." replied the traveller; show can you
expect to do what they failed in 2" "Try
me-" said the other, and lie was so urgent
that the traveller said YES" just to get
rid Of him. The case was called, and the
innkeeper's counsel had made a grand
speech, when there was noise outside,
and in rushed Mr.. Briefess, tlinging his
arms widely about, and looking like one
who had seen ghost. Help !" cried he,
IS help in the name Of all the saints
What shall we do? All the big fish of
Arenella are marching up to Palermo to
eat us up, bones and all" "Why, you mad
man." cried one Of the Judges, "wlo ever
saw fish walking on dry land 2" And |
who, your Excellency," replied Briefess,
ever heard of hard-boied eggs turning
into chickens" So the innkeeker lost
even his fifty pieces and had to pay costs
into the bargain.--AUthe Year R0und
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VARIETIES.

How to Tell" Doctor, how is a man
to tell mushroom from toadstool p
By eating it. If you live, it is mush.
room if you die, it is a toadstool."
There is man in Newark so close
that when he attends church lie occupies
the pew farthest from the pulpit, to save
the interest on his money while the collec
tors are passing the plate for contributions
"Pompey what am dat what goes
when the wagon goes, stops when the wag.
on stops, and it am no use to de wagon
| and de wagon can't go without it 2" :"
glib it up Glenn" "Why, de noise oh
course"
81 suppose" said quack, while feel
ing patients pulse, that you consider
me humbug." "How odd it is" re-
sponded the patient, +" that you can so &C.
curately tell mans thoughts by feeling
his pulse" Ss-'rr sS1s51 EEaaIi
Singular Fact" It's proof of the
singular operation of the human mind,'
says mental philosopher, that when two
men accidentally exchange hats, the one
who gets the worst tile is always the first
to discover the mistake"
"A Lofty Buainess-A young man
wants to know what business he had bet
ter go into that will enable him to occu-
Ply a high position in society. Let him
try the roofing business. In that trade
smart man will soon get to the top of the
ladder.
SO Tender and So True.-Edwin-
And now, darling, before we part, how are
we to keep our marriage profound secret.
Angelina (promptly)-Nothing easier, Ed
win dear. You have only to behave to me
as you have always done, and nobody will
suspect it.--Funny Folks.
In replying to toast to his health on
recent occasion, Lord Shaftesbury told
good story of the man who said when
his lordship was presented with a donkey
by the costermongers in Golden lane =
" Somehow or other, shall never again
see. donkey without thinking of your
lordship."
"A Boston woman had prepared to
elope, but when her husband, hearing of
her intention, came forward with his check
book and offered her money for her ex-
penses, while his face was illuminated with
uhDouhN'Cu Joyi ohC llc mat
ter and concluded not to go. 1t took all
the romance away.
"A fruit-seller the other day observed
an old man pinching cocoanut and hand
ling it as if he had hold of an apple, and
he stepped to the door and asked
"Would you like to buy nut 2"
"Waal, thought some Of it," replied
the old man " but I guess III want till
they get little softer-it's coming on the
sickly season, and Teller ought to be care
full"
The most singularly named man in
New York is Walter r. 7. Jones, the mid
die initials standing for Restored Twice.
His parents first had a son called Walter,
who died. Another boy was born to
them, and christened after the first, with
an addition, of Walter Restored. He died,
and third male child was born, and re-
ceived the name he now bears, Walter Re-
stored Twice Jones.
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Setting Flower Cuttings.

practical florist gives the following
directions for setting cuttings: A healthy
plant should be selected, and ng-look-
ing woody pieces cut off; these, with II
blossom on the end, rarely fail. Trim off
the large leaves, and put them in water
for few hours or day. Cuttings of ivy
(tradescantia) wandering jew, canary bird
flower (tropGolum peregrinum) and oleauder,
should be started in water and kept in
water, in tie shade, until little root ap-
pears. Each cutting should have a good
sized pot, Or several cuttings can be put
in a wooden box. The best soil for
amateurs to use is half good earth and
half white sand, we'll Mixed water we'll
and keep in shade, but not in the light
until the cuttings have taken, then give
full sun. Transplanting geraniums re-
quires skill. An amateur should use pots
and keep the geraniums in them, sinking
the pots in summer, and if the earth is not
rich they can be watered with fertilizers
in the winter. A tive-inch pot will do for
a geranium for a wear.
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VOL. XX..:NO. 46.
Keen on Ale Farm.

IN these dull TIM o when scores of young
men are out OF emf 10y nent, and others are
crowding in from GAler places, seeking
Tor so-called "genteel" situations, it is well
to give wide publicity to such facts as are
set forth in the following extract from the
New York Journal Of Commerce
One OF the great problems of our day,
too little discussed by those who have the
ear of the public through the press or at
the forum, is to furnish the young men of
this generation with remuneratiye employ.
ment. The professions are all over crowd.
ed. The shopkeepers are by far too nu-
merous. Agencies of all classes are so null
tlplled that the occupants tread on each
others heels, and are bore and nuisance
10 the general public. Clerks out of en-
ployment and willing to serve for pittance
are to be reckoned by the tens oftbousands
Bookkeepers with hungry eyes are reading
the advertising lists in the vain hope of an
opening for their application. Collectors,
messengers, doorkeepers, boxkeepers, watch
men, conductors, and the great variety of
Others, already expert, seeking employment
IN kindred callings, are waiting anxiously
Tor some one to engage them. Every
possible form of service that can be reck-
oned In the list of genteel occupations is
anXlously sought for by multitudes who
have no other provision for their daily
needs. The men who have been trying to
live by their wits must 60 to work at the
bench or in the field; of these the soil
offers the most accessible and at first the
most remunerative employment The mass
OF the unemployed must seek their susten-
ance from the bosom Of mother earth.-
Land is cheap, and there is wide area
that awaits the tiller. The back may ache,
and the skin blister in the sun, but the
bread can be made with no fear of failure,
If the laborer will be faithful to his call
ing. 1T needs less wisdom and forethought
than patient industry, and the man with
common mind may eat his harvest in
Deace.
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Early Rising of Birds.

For many years learned Frcnchman,
NJ. bureau de Ia Male, took special notice
of the times at which various birds left
their nests and began their songs, or betook
themselves to the duties of the day. For
thirty years this gentleman was in the
habit, during good part of the Spring
and Summer, of going to bed at Z O'clock
in the evening, in order that he might rise
again at midnight and be ready to watch
the very earliest movements amongst his
feathered friends. BY uniformly treating
the birds who built in his garden and
grounds with kindness, giving them food
and protecting them from harm, NJ. de la
Male had made the birds into real friends,
and he could move about quietly among
the trees and shrubs without exciting any
alarm on the part of those who would
otherwise have been quick to notice his
approach and fly beyond his reach.
The most common birds whose habits
were noted by the gentleman in question,
appear to have turned out" in the morn
ings of May and June at the following
hours:
The greenfinch from one to hulf.past
one.
The linnet from two to three.
The quail from half-past two to three.
The blackbird from half-past three to
four.
The red-hcaded linnet from three 10 half
past three.
The sparrow from five to half-past five.
The tomtit from five to halfpast five.
1t will be seen that the greenfinch was
the earliest and the sparrow one of the
latest risers among the birds Observed
Who would have thought that the sparrow
would be the most mischievous and the
most lazy Of birds l am afraid other
thieves are lazy as well.
OF course the rule which M. dc la Male
laid down, as above mentioned was sub.
ject to exceptions. Sometimes the birds
rose even earlier, and the reason is thus
suggested in an interesting extract from
the naturalist's statement: Son the
fourth of June the red-headed lnnet and
the blackbird commenced their song al
| half past two in the morning. Struck with
the anomaly went to inspect their nests
and found their broods. thought at frs,
that it was manifestation of parental
Joy; but soon became convinced of my
error. The necessity of laboring more
hours to feed the increasing family had
fastened their rising by an hour and O
half; and could see by the moonlight, the
parents constantly occupied in seeking or
the grass and flower beds the insects which
were to serve as nourishment for their off
spring"
Sometimes the birds are deceived in the
hour. Thus linnet awoke at half-pa
10, and began to sing on tree close to {
window at which the naturalist had PLACED
his lamp. 1t had mistaken the light o
the lamp for that of the sun but very soor
perceived his error, and, confused ant
ashamed, went to sleep again.
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Management of Horses.

Feed literally, work steadily, and clean
thoroughly, is my motto in the manage
ment of horses. My great trouble is to
have him rubbed dry and clean before
leaving him for the night. Where horses
are worked six days in the week, thorough
grooming is absolutely essential to their
health. The more highly they are fed the
more important it is to clean them. Most
men use the currycomb too much, and the
whisk and brush too little. do not my
self insist upon it, but believe it would
pay always to take the whole harness from
the horses when put in the stable at noon,
and rub them dry, washing the shoulders
with cold water, afterwards thoroughly dry
ing with cloth. question if one farmer
in hundred duly appreciates how much
he loses from having poor horses, and in
not keeping them in vigorous health, and
in condition to do maximum days
work.-Amer. Agriculturist.
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Small Hogs Preferred.

Kallace's Monthly says: Hogs that will
weigh 500 paunds are sold at a less price
per pound than those of 900 or 800 pounds.
The market in England has long favored
light weights. London is chiefly supplied
with pigs of less than 200 pounds weight.
And this tendency of the market to pigs
we'll fattened but of small weight, is
Just what the farmer should encourage, for
it is exactly in tie line Of his interest 1t
costs more to make the second hundred
pounds of pig than the first, and still
more to make the third hundred pounds,
and so every pound added becomes more
expensive.
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Heather Bloom.

When autumn breezes crisply blow,
And autumn suns re mellow,
When maple leaves begin to glow,
And all the woodland spaces show
Their pomp of red and yellow,
drop my knitting on my knees,
l fold my hands together,
And far beyond the maple-trees,
And far across the rolling seas,
| smell the moorland heather.
The purple heather, blown about
BY warm winds off the border
All me! what memories blossom out,
What ordered thoughts arc put to rout
IL tremulous disorder
By just color in the mir,
An atmospheric glamor-
That, spite of wrinkles and gray hair
Has thrilled old heart beats unaware
With new and noisy clamor,
First love is sweet 1t came to me
In breezy autumn weather;
Across the moor the wind swept free,
Warm shone the sun where | and he
Sat knee deep in the heather.
waving fragrant sea, it spread
All round in purple splendor
White clouds went sailing overhead,
lark was soaring, when he said
81 Lore you," low and tender. e''"-'
wondered, dumb with glad SURPRISE
Could have heard him clearly +?
He saw the blissful color rise,
He drew me, kissing lips and eyes
'Yo~ know II lore yow dearlym
And earth and sky seemed echong
Those words of sweetest meaning;
The blackjack trilled them on the wing
The very blossoms seemed to ring,
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The Kitchen Clock.

Regulate the kitchen-cloc by your lus-
bands watch This is the golden rule for
preserving the even temper of household.
There is something that you feel is con-
scientious duty to contend for, but don't
contend Nth your husband about tile time.
AS he is the one who has Cuisines engage
ments to meet" and to whom often, in its
literal sense, "time is money" it is clearly
his duty to be the chronometer. Then, if
his watch is wrong, and he is five minutes
late for the train, or if lie has to wait half
an hour for dinner, you can trlumphantly
compare the two time pieces and the storm
will at once be stayed; you will be in state
of serene selfcomplacency your husband
finding he has made so great mistake,
will be corresponlingly submissive and
gentle and your valuable cook, who had
half IL mind to give warming" seeing
that she is not to be scoidcd will serve up
the dinner in her very best manner, and
sunshine will beam on every countenance.
So we repeat our golden rule. Regu-
late the kitchen clock by your husbands
watch!
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I have seen salt fed to hogs for fifty years
and in the last twenty years have fed many
heavy hogs, ranging from 300 to GOO
pounds net. fed them all literally with
salt; have never lost one, nor has one been
sick an hour. These hogs have been fat
tened in a close pen, and their principal
food was corn meal made into dough- This
dough have sailed at least once day
Sometimes my hogs would fail TO clean out
their trough in that case, would put IL
handful of salt into my bucket, with some
water, pour it into their trough, and they
would lick it up with much relish. In adj
dition to salt, feed Goals from the stove.
l make it regular custom to feed Goals,
and it is astonishing what quantity hog
will eat, and how healthy and robust it
will make him. Let the hogs have plenty
of salt and charcoal,an we shall hear less of
the chocra.-F L. Salem, Al0.
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LINCOLN WoRsTED IN HORSE TRADE
When Abraham Lincoln was lawyer in
Illinois he and the judge once got to ban
tering one another about trading horses,
and it was agreed that the next morning
at nine o'clock they should make trade,
the horses to be unseen up to that hour,
and no backing out, under forfeiture Of
$25. At the hour appointed, the judge
came up, leading the sorriest-looking spec
linen of horse ever seen in those parts
In a few minutes Mr.. Lincoln was seen ap-
preaching with wooden saw-horse upon
his shoulders. Great were the shouts and
the laughter of the crowd, and both were
greatly increased when Mr.. Lincoln, on
surveying the judges animal, set down his
saw-horse and exclaimed, "Well, judge,
this is the first time ever got the worst OF
it in a horse trade. ~ Chicago Tribune.
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SOLVING A Madame Suzanne
LAGER, good actress, but extremely stout,
was one night enacting part in melo-
drama with Taillade, the original Pierre OF
"The Two Orphans" and thus had at one
moment to carry her fainting off the stage.
He tried with all his might to lift the fat
heroine; but although she helped her lit
tie comrade by standing on tiptoe in the
usual manner he was unable to move her
an inch. At this juncturc a boy in the
gallery cried out: "Take what you can
and come back for the rest"
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A tame blackbrd, which was in the habit
OF returning every evening to its cage left
hanging in the court was forgotten one
evening, and the cage was not taken in
doors At midnight, when NJ. de la Males
lamp was lighted, the blackbird woke up
and began to sing the airs he had been
taught. Immediately the wild blackbirds
in the garden and shrubbery answered the
songs and from midnight until morning
both wild and tame birds sang away as if
in emulation.-NeWark Daily Adgertiser
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MUMMIEs CONVERTED INTO PAINT
Few persons are aware that veritable Egyp-
tain mummics are ground up into paints.
But in this country and in Europe num-
mics are used for this purpose-thea asphalt
tum with which they are impregnated be-
ing of a quality superior to that which can
elsewhere be obtained, and producing a
peculiar brownish tint when made into
paint which is priced by distinguished
artists both of this and of other countries.
The ancient Egyptions, when they put away
their dead, wrapped in clothes saturated
with asphaltum, builded, as it were, better
than they knew, and could never have
realized tie fact that ages after they had
been laid in the tombs and pyramids along
the Nile their dust would be used in paint
ing pictures in world then undiscovered,
and by artists whose language was to them
unknown. That portion of one of the
Pharaohs, ssor a Potiphar, or even of the
historic Mrs. Potiphar, may even now be
on the canvass of Vernet, IL Millais, or
a Church, who may question
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Boy WITH A GENIUS FOR MATHE-
MATIcs.-The Troy (Ala.) Enquirer says :
"A negro boy, eleven years of age, who
gives his home as Columbus, Ga, and
lives on the plantation of Major L. Hollis,
in this county, possesses a most remarka-
BILE mathematical mind and is quite a
prodigy. He does not know the letters of
the alphabet, and but three of the ten fig
ures, yet could multiply ono mixed num-
Der by another, add three or four common
fractions, and four or five numbers of units,
tens and hundreds, given so as to be most
difficult to be summed up, and multiplied
one number by another with equal rapid
ty to one working with pencil, and with
great accuracy, having made but one mis-
take in about dozen problems we gave
him.
His head was well developed generally
for a child of his age, but no no inordi-
nate development of any OF the faculties
said to be very largely developed on the
Uranium of mathematicians. He has at
tended school only one month, and has
never received any instructions in mathe-
mates.
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II hurts the Via FOSy Dealers
THEY SQUEAL AT THE. LOW PRICES AT
WHICH WE SELL OUR STOVES.
MEssRs. EDIToRs conference.-the want
PRICES.
Our foundry is right in the Coal and Iron re-
gions of Pennsylvania; therefore we can make
Stoves cheaper than any other foundry and we
will sell them at RETAIL at WHOLESALE
PRICES.
We are ahead in QUALITY. We use none
but the best No, l Iron and employ the best
mechanics we can procure.
We are Ahead in our "TIMES COOK" for
quick baking. 1t took the Gold Medal over all
competitors, baking liz lbs. of Bread in Al
minutes from the time of lighting the fire
and only used lbs. of wood.
II you rant The Best Baker, tie Laiyes Oyen,
tic lieo0ieSt Iron, the Best FITTED Store, buy tie
" TIMES COOK.
We guarantee every one. If it does not bake,
cook, draw or give satisfaction you may re-
turn it and we will refund the money.
The only place TO buy them is at 9G N. Gay
St., just above the Bridge.
~" DO not forget the nun,6er 9G. 1t is be-
tween Front Street and the Bridge.
s=1g"The No. is 90. 90. 9G.
w. j. II. GLUCK,
9G n. GAY STREET, Baltimore.
p S. As the city of Baltimore is being
flooded with stoves made in our Penitentiary
by Convict Labor, we would particularly warn
and caution our friends to be very careful
where they deal, and where they buy to ask
who makes the stoves. In fact come direct to
No. 9G n. Gay Street for explanations. sc15
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1872 ELY7$ 1872
Great Cheap Boot and hoe House
No. 1872 North Gay Street, Baltimore.
Prices Reduced!
Buy your Boots aud save money We are de
termined to give our customers the advantage ofa
STILL FURTHER REDUCTION

in ices. We have in stock
Ladies' Lasting Button at s prices.
Ladies' Lasting Lace at all prices
Ladies' Kid Button at all prices
Ladies' Pebble Button at all prices.
Ladies' Kid Fox Button at all prices
Ladies' Kid Fox Lace at all prices.
Gents Fine Boots at all prices.
Gents Coarse Boots at all prices.
Gents Nail Boots at all prices:
Misses Fine and Coarse Shoes of all kinds. Boys
and Youths Boots and Shoes. In fact have every
thing to be found in well assorted Boot and Shoe
House
ALLOW PRICES.
Everything warranted as represented or the money
returned, at Ely Great Cheap Boot and Shoe House,
lS2 N. Gay street Remember the number 1872 Think
of 1872. Visit 1872 and You will purchase what you
want in the Boot Shoe line.
Mems Heavy Boots 81 Shoes a Speciality.
Samuel S. Ely,
oct22 IS2 N. Gay ST.