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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-17

A PETER ROWE. AuCrIONEER,
N. sai-sroom corner Sth 81. aud University Place,
will sell on WEDNESDAY. April IL,
At III O'Clock
at The Office OF the West side Storage House.
sD3 ~ lsnn Sc
for account OF whom IT may concern,
a large aud gedernl assortment Of
Household Furniture,
Consisting Of Parlor Suits Mirrors, rosewood Pianos,
OH Paintings. cdstcads bureaus. fables Chairs
plated Ware. Antique Furniture large lot Of Bedding
Mattresses. Brussels aud ingram Carpets, Glass Nmre
Cfockey extension and maruIc Tables Kitchen Uten.
sls Trunks etc, etc
iiy order.
ROBERT TAGGERr Proprietor
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JrOOLE D0NNELLY.. Sole Lessees and Managers.
REsERvED SEATS Din orchestra cirelel 80 CENTS.
Those seatS charged ~ 80
first class theasres may avance
ANOTHER BRILLIANT PRODUCTION.
First time here the splendid Romantic Play In i've acs
ROSE MICHEL
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A =. DINGEE, AUUTIDNEFK.
N. This day. ~ IOi, O'Clock A. NJ,
Metropolitan SalcsroOnIs. itn av.. corner 10Th st..
close Cut cons gumens prior to removal to building.
No 10 East IIth 81. between broadway and 25th ST.,
Parlnr Library aud bedroom iints dine, medium aud
priced Bedteads Bureaus Dressing Cases Washstands
Wardrobes. Sidcboas Hal Stands marble and
fables. BOOK Cases. Book Stands, Desks Lounges,
Chairs hair hnsk and excelsior Mattresses hair aud feather
Bosters Pillows Bedsprings large assortment OF
china anu Glassware several crates OF imported Crockery
silver plated Ware: also second hand Household Goods.
Kitchen and Dining Room Utensils, &c. Housskeopcrs and
,cuie I'm cd Ia nd
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WILLIAM ABBOTT. AucrloSAER, WILL SELL, Oh

the Pearl Brussels. three ply and
Ingram Carpets largo Oiclohs aud Mattings Office
Nm Iron sal
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LEGAL NOTICES.

DURSUANT TO "A DECREE OF TIE HIGH COURT
ii Of ChAncery, made in n cnuse o.
Palm AZ inst Brookes.
creditors OF James Edgar late Shrewsbury the
county Of Saop. mining engineer and who bust
the United States America who died about
month Of September. 1874 before the 29h
aay OF iay 1877, 70 send BY post prepaid to GnoKG:
JOHN BRDSLON, Esq epf ~ Bedford row, lioborn MIDI
descx England the solicitor of the defendant their
Christian and surname addresses and deScr ptons the
Christian and surnames of partner partners the iu
particulars OF the clnms statement OF their accounts
and the the securities at held bv them IN
default thereof they will be percmporily excluded from tho
benefit OF the said decrce creditor holding
the before the Vice Chancellor Sir
James Bacon, his Chambers situated No New square
Lncons Inn Middlesex, England. Wednesday the }Dth
Of May 1877 ut O'Clock in the afternoon being the
appointed for adjudcatng on the claims.
Dated this 27th day OF March. 1877.
q. H. CLARKE. Chief Clerk.
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n, =, NUII. IN Ut TIT: FKESS :,
I'm the choices oil his pictures Mr.. Ctaghon has shows
good taste and judgment among the earlier cols
aud, result, which
purchased by him will be found interesting 10 tho
public. n-Iicfald
Ellis collection OF paintings comprises nearly all Of tho
best known to ART In Europe and America "Com
mercini
MANY eminent masters represented In list ana
IN the majority OF cases b. excellent ~"
Journal.
fhc merits Of the collection such that should DO
well pleased To majority OF Its contents returned.
Every pscc will ampiy rewsrd scuusn -rhiiadelphis
North American.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-17

THE PRIVATE COLLECTION or
l. MIR. JAMES /. CLAGlIORN,
Of Philadelphia.
comprising and valuable specimens by celebrated
masters Of the French German Engs Roma Spanish
and American schools.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-17

4 SOPRANO SIsGEK tPuPIL OF slGNOR AGRA
witt powerful well trained voice. desires
position choir, would accept cngagemc
Address SOPRANO, Herald Uptown office.
(NAKD.-SELECT MUSIC SCHOOL; PRIVATE LES
Osons ony Plano Organ, Violin nuitar, Flute singing
and Ian guages UNIVERSITY BUILDING. rs Wavcrley
place. Lessons day aud evening. Circulars mailed.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09
More Dogs Than He Wanted.

An editor in Reading advertised the
other day that he would take good
dog in payment of one years subscription
for his paper. The next day forty-three
dogs were sent to the office. The day after
ward, when the news had spread out into
the country, four hundred farmers had sent
two dogs apiece by express, with eight
baskets full of puppies, all marked G. o.
d. In the meantime, the offer found its
way into neighboring States, and before
the end of week there were 5000 dogs tied
up with ropes in the editors front and back
yards The assortment included all kinds,
from the bloodhounds down to poodles.-
A few hundred broke loose and swarmed
on the stairways and in the entries, and
stood outside the sanctum and howled, and
had fights, and shifted under the cracks of
the door as if they were hungry for some
editor And the editor climbed out the
window, up the water-spout and out on
the comb of the roof and wept. There
was no issue of the paper for six days, and
the only way the friends of the eminent
journalist could feed him was by sending
lunch up to him in balloons. At last some
body bought barrel of arsenic and three
tons of beef and poisoned the dogs; and
the editor came down only to find on his
desk bill from the mayor for $4,000, be-
ing the municipal tax on dogs at one dollar
per head. He is not offering the same in
ducements to subscribers now, and doesn't
want dog.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09
The Lazy Man.

A lazy man is always good natured.
He never flies into passion. He might
crawl into one, if that were possible, but
the idea of flying into one is preposter-
Gus.
Who ever heard ola lazy man breaking
into bank where crow-bar had to be
used, or drilling into safe Not but that
he might covet his neighbours goods con-
tanned therein, but the horror of handling
crowbar and drills would always deter
him from actually committing burglary.
He never runs away with his neghbors
wife, simply on account fthe horror he has
of running. If he is every known to run,
it is to run to seed.
He rarely lies about his neighbors, for it
would be too much eXertion but he lies
about a bar-room all day.
He is Of inestmable service to a billiard
saloon, keeping the chairs warm and watch
ing the game, for few would care to play
where there are no spectators. This fact
that he does this without pay, day in and
day out, shows the unselishness of his ma
ture.
The lazy man never gets up revolu.
tions, instructions, or other popular excite
ments, and don't make a nuisance of him
self by training around the country making
incendary speeches to promote public dis.
content
In his own neighborhood he is never a
busybody in other peoples affairs, for the
very idea of being busybody at anything
| would drive him out of head
Lazy men don't disturb the quiet OF
peaceful neighbors by putting up factories,
furnaces and other abominations-F Fat
| Contributor.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09
Pc O tica
The Duty That's Nearest.

Seek not for your duty in matters beyond you
Don't question your conscience for what vol
| should do
| Remem ber that always an answer is ready
| An answer that's easy and simple, and true.
For surely this answer is always the clearest
| The duty TO do is the one that is nearest.
! Don't think you must search through the world
for u duty,
You will always be able to find one at hand,
Do that, and the next you will find in due sea-
son,
No better performance can conscience demand,
SO you will gain the approval that's dearest,
BY always performing the duty that's near
est.
Ambition may whisper that duties are trivial
That lie in the scope of your daily home life
Then what you should do is to conquer some
kingdom;
But remember--yourself you must conquer
through strife.
You win find you can best answer honor's
demand
By doing the duty that's nearest at hand.
Little things are the best preparation for
greater,
You can't do the last till you have done the
first,
And of all the mistakes you may chance to fall
into
You will find that this error is one of The worst
In trying to do what your pride may command,
Neglectingthe duty that's nearest at hand.
If you first do the things that are closest
around you,
The way will be cleared TO go farther along,
Scorn nothing that comes in the shape of
duty,
And be sure in so doing you'll never go wrong.
Scorn nothing, not even trife the merest,
If only it comes as the duty that's nearest
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09
DeadwOOd City, in the Black Hills.

MANY saloons there? Saloons all over
the place and whiskey four bits drink
They put two barrels upon end, nail
board across for bar and deal it out. A
miner who wants to treat pours some gold
dust on the barrel head and says, Set 'em
up. They never weigh the dust. Some
times man won't put down enough dust,
but they never say word, and if he's
little tight and pours out ten or fifteen
dollars worth they never mention it. They
have three faro banks running all the
while. They don't use checks for the boys;
when they won a pile of checks they threw
'em all over the place, and some were too
played out. Now man puts little gold
dust in dollar greenback and it goes for
two dollars. Ten dollars worth of dust
in ten dollar greenback goes for twenty
dollars, and so on. They never weigh dust
at all, but guess the amount" Have you
daily paper?' "Yes, sometimes it's
daily, and then when the compositors get
drunk it don't come out for several days.
If man wants gun wadding he goes and
pays four bits for a paper. Whenever they
start new city government they print a
lot of ordinances; then there's grand
rush for the paper. Sometimes it comes
out twice week and sometimes twice q
day." "Much shooting ~ "Oh, yes; the
boys are all on the shoot. Every man car
ries about fourteen pounds of firearms
hitched to his belt, and they never pass
any words. The follow that gets his gun
out first is the best man, and they lug off
the other fellows body. Our graveyard is
big institution, and growing one
sometimes, however, the place is right
quiet. I've known times when man
wasn't killed for twenty -four hours. Then
again, perhaps, they'd lay out five or six a
day. When man gets too handy with
his shootin' irons, and kills five or six, they
think he isn't safe, and pop him over to
rid the place of him. They don't kill him
for what lie has done, but for what he's
liable to do. l suppose that the average
deaths amount to about 100 month; but
the Indians kill some."- Virginia Enter
prise.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09
VARIETIES.

dear me-" said lady, ~ have such {
cold What do you do, doctor, when yor
have cold ?" "What do do 2" said thu
doctor. "Why, madame, sometimes
cough and sometimes sneeze."
-"My DEAR" said a gentleman to hil
wife, g. our new club is going to have al
the home comforts" Indeed r' sneered
the wife, and pray when is our home tc
have all the club comforts ?"
A young gentleman of Kilkenny,
meeting handsome milkmaid near the
parade, said, "What will you take for your
selfand your milk, my dear ?" The girl in
stantly replied, yourself and gold ring,
sir !"
IL make it point, madam, to study
my own mind, said gentleman to lady
who had showed some surprise at an opin-
ion he had expressed. Indeed" she replied,
Il didn't suppose you understood the use
of the microscope"
q wish l were you for about two
hours" she said, with great tenderness
And why, my dear ?" he asked, with con-
siderable interest. " Because" she said
toying atfectionately with his watch chain
because, then would buy my wife new
set of furs"
Spanish robbers are powerfully po-
lite. An Englishman was once accosted
on lonely road by q ruflian. "Sir, you
have my coat on; may | trouble you for
it" The Englishman drew pistol and
told the fellow he was mistaken. "Sir,"
said the robber, 81 perceive that | am.
Will you do me the honor to communicate
your name, that l may remember it in my
prayers3"
"A famous baker was bully writing
letter at the desk in his office, when we'll
dressed stranger entered. "Take chair,
sir, please" says the banker, -" will finish
my letter in moment" "Do you know
who | am, sir 2" cries the stranger, draw.
ing himself up, II am Lord, Minister
Plenipotentiary To-" etc. "Oh are
you, indeed 2" was the bankers reply.
Then, pray take two chairs"
Mother Rabbit told me that she heard
Harper's wife say that John Harrison's
wife told her that Granny Bates heard the
widow Bushnell say that Captain Webb's
wife thought Colonel Holmuns wife be
lieved that old Mrs. Lamb reckoned that
Samuel Dorman's wife had told Spauld
ings wife that that she heard John Ovis's
wife say that her mother told her old Miss
jerks heard aunt Fanny Cook say that it
was matter of fact. Now, who can doubt
il?
"A nice young man, little worldly
minded, walked to church once with very
pious young lady. Arrived at the church
door, wordlyminded young man declined
entering. Whereupon, the pious young
lady seized his hat, and placing it under
her cloak, sailed into church, leaving the
worldly-minded young man standing at
the door minus his hat The last heard of
the worldly-minded young man, he was
vending his way down the church aisle as
demurely as if nothing had Happened
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09
A Study Of Words.

A study of the pedigree of many words
which are in daily use would prove more
fascinating than any other kind of menta
recreation. Trench, in his little work on
the "Study of Words" has done much to
cultivate the taste for this kind of investi.
cation; but he made only beginning
The field is ineXhaustible. In this article
we propose to give short list, to which
we will add from time to time:
jet" derives its name from the Gag
ates, river at Lycia, where was found
the black stone which the French call
gagate, or iaet, which we abbreviate into
| jet.
Pamphyla, a Greek lady, who COM
piled history of the world in 35 little
books, has given her name to the 'pamph-
| let"
| Punch and Judy" are the relics of an
ancient mystery play in which the actors
were Pontius PLATE and Judas Iscariot.
| Dollar" is from the German thaler
which is derived from Thai, the valley
| OF Joachim, in Bohemia, where the sill
yer works were situated that made this
coin.
"Bigot" is from Visigoth, in which the
fierce and intolerant Arianism of the Visi-
goth conqueror of Spain has been handed
down to infamy.
"Humbug' is from Hamburg; "a piece
OF Hamburg news" was in GERMANY a
proverbial expression for false political ru-
mors.
"Bxhort" and "yeast" are from the same
root, which signifies something boiling or
overlooking.
"Gas" and gust" have the same parent
age.
Blue Jeans Williams probably does not
know that the fabric from which he gets
his name was originally made by Moors at
Jean, in Spain.
"Gauzes' derives its name from GAIA
where it was first made.
Damask silk was first made at Damas-
Gus.
The word "Panic" has curious origin
According to Herodotus the god Pan was
supposed to have assisted the Greeks at
the battle of Marathon, 400 B. G., striking
such terror into the Persian hosts that
they fled to their ships in perfect dismay
From that time the Greek term pantheon
was used to describe unreasonable or sud-
den and overpowering fear
"Tabby cat' is all unconscious that her
name is derived from Ataba famous street
in Bagdad, inhabited by the manufactures
of slken stuffs, called Atabi, our taffety,
the wavy markings of the watered silk re-
scmbling pussy's coat.
"Old Scratch" is the demon Skratt who
still survives in the surperstitions of North
ern Europs.
sold Nick" is none other than Nikr the
dangerous water demon of the Scandiana-
Wan legend.
In the phrase deuce take it" the deity
Tlw still continues to be invoked. In his
book "De Ciyitate Del" Augustine speaks
of 'quosdam dHmones dusi0s CALI nucu-
pant"
The Lemon takes its name from the city
of Lima.
Loadstone is a corrupted translation Of
Ldytas tpis, the stone of Lydia.
The money reminds us that the coinage
of the Qomans was struck at the temple of
Juno Moneita, the goodies Of counsel.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09

CELEBRATED AUTHoRs.-Steele wrote
excellently on temperance-when sober.
Sallust, who detained so eloquently
against the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the age, was
himself debauchee. Johnson's essay on
poiteness is admirable, but he was him
self perfect boor. The gloomy verses of
Young give one the blues, but he was a
brisk lively man. "The Comforts of HUI
man Life" by B. Heron, was written in
prison, under the most distressing circum-
stances. "The Miseries of Human Life"
by Beresford, were, on the contrary, COM
posed in drawingroom, where the au-
thor was surrounded with every luxury.
All the friends Of Sterne knew him to be
a selfish man; yet, as a writer, he excelled
in pathos and charity, at one time beating
his wife, at another wasting his sympa-
thies over dead monkey. So Seneca
wrote in praise of poverty on a table form
ed of solid gold with millions let out at
| usury.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09
VOL. XXI---NO. 10.
farmers' Column.
Speed the PlOsC."
A Profitable Dairy.

Mr.. Thomas J. Belts, of Woodbine, Car
roll county, Nd, gives through the West
minister Adoocate, an account of the results
from his dairy for the year 1876, from
which we take the following:
OF the COWS kept six were thoroughbred
Jerseys, two half, and one three
bred and four natives.
Counting two heifers of two years old
and under, as one COW, the average mum.
Der OF COWS kept was 81, the amount of
butter made was 1886 tbs., giving an aver.
age per COW of 2034 ibs Counting all as
full COWS the average was 11s COWS, aver
age number of pounds per COW 251 21.29
lbs. The counting of two heifers as one
cow is the practice followed in all the dali
ries in the country. The butter was sold
to one party, at forty-one cents per ID.
In the best dairy regions in New York
the average per COW is only 1870 TBS. In
making upthe time the cows were in the
the dairy estimate was not for the time thew
We're IN milk only, but includes all the time
whether milking or not. The account stands
thus:
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09

The SAFE SIDE. When the occupant
of business place on Michigan avenue
was yesterday asked why he didn't hang
out flag in memory of Washington, he
replied
"What do know about George Wash
ington ?"
"Why, you have read of him, haven't
you3"
81 suppose l have, but you don't sup
pose l swallow all read, do you?'
"But everybody knows that Washing
ton was a great and good man. protested
the first.
Il don't know about that. I've heard
good deal against him since came to
Detroit, and I'm not going to run the risk
of offending some of my best customers by
waving any flags around. I'm just start
ing in here, and don't want to make any
bad moves"
"But, sir, but"
"Please go on" interrupted the business
man. IF people hear you jawing around
my place they'll think Pm politician
and keep clear of me. I'm neutral in pol
itics, and you can't force me into the
Washington ring-no, sir."-Det,Vit Free
Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09

For shrubs and roses the soil should be
made rich with well-rotted compost with
one-sixth part sand, and they should be
well mulched and cut back.
Servant: " | suppose ma'am, shall
not have to wait on the table r. Lady
"Oh, no Iwant housemaid." Servant
" / suppose ma'am, shall not have to
make the beds ?" Lady (surprised, but
composedly): Certainly not" Servant
(thinking the place will suiD "And /
suppose, ma'am, shall not be expected to
answer the door2'' Lady; "Of course
not. The fact is, want servant to look
at; but ] don't think you will suit -
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09

THE WINTER IN ENGLAND.-The pres-
ent winter is remarkable in England fol
unusual symptoms OF early vegetation; and
this is still more the case in France, where
in some districts the season appears, 10y all
reports, to be several weeks in advance
One of the French papers has taken the
trouble to refer to the records of past cen
turtles for examples of like abnormal win
tiers, and gives the following instances OF
premature springs: In the winter of 1888
the fruit trees in France were in bloom in
December, and the vine in February. In
the winter of 1888 volets picked in the
meadows on the banks of the Rhine were
sold in the streets of Cologne. Cornhow
ers were seen in February, and the vine
was in blossom upon the hillsides of the
Moselle in the month of April. In 1879
the trees were covered with leaves in Jan.
uary, and the young birds were hatched in
February. In 1921 there was general
towering of shrubs and plants in Februa-
ry. In 1868 there was neither snow nor
frost. In 1882 the heat was extraordinary
in December. There were thunder storms
as in August, and every thing was in bios
som in January. In 1927 the temperature
was singular mild green peas were in
flower in December, and the rye was gath
cred in before the goth of June. The vine
harvest was one of the most remarkable of
the present century. The winter of 1875
is the last which can be placed on the list
of "spring winters"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09

Il never can keep anything" cried
Emma, almost stamping with vexation.-
Somebody always takes my things and
loses them" She had mislaid some of her
sewing implements.
There is one thing" remarked mamma,
that think you might keep, if you would
try"
II should like to keep even one thing"
answered Emma.
"Well, then, my DEAR" resumed nam
ma, keep your temper; if you will only
do that, perhaps you will find it easy to
keep other things. dare say, if you had
employed your time in searching for the
missing articles, you might have found
them before this time; bat you have not
even looked for them. You have only got
into passion-a bad way of spending
time-and you have accused somebody,
and uniustly too, of taking your things and
losing them. Keep your temper, dear. When
you have missed any article, keep your
temper and search for it. You had better
keep your temper, if you lose all the little
property you possess. So my DEAR / re-
peat keep your temper"
Emma subdued her i'll humor, searched
for the articles she had lost, and found
them in her workbag.
"Why, mamma, here they are might
have been sewing all this time if had
kept my temper"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-09

TRANSIENT ADvERTIsEMENTs.-0ne Square, two inser-
tions $100. Each subsequent insertion, 20 cents Lon
acknowledgements in the same proportion. space
equal to six lines makes a square.
aS- Yearly advertisements al special rates.
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Slavery Missis ses the milk's more
than 'arf water, an she'll ave to deal some
where's else if faint better" Milkman
swell, my dear, you must tell your misses
that I'm very sorry; but them COWS OF
mine will eat damp grass, and can't per-
went 'em this weather !"