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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-04-27
TOR. DRESSING MEADOWS.

Spring i, the time for top-dressing mead
ows, and of all the stimulants in use, none
rank superior to liquid manure. When
meadows display moss, 1t is II sign that
the soil is poor; II few strokes Of the har-
row will not eradicate it cffectually, but a
liquid manure irrigation will, by stimuat.
ing the growth of the grass, and thus sutfo-
eating the intruder.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-04-27
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1t Hurts the Old Fogy Dealer

II Hurts the Old Fogy Dealers
THEY SQUEAL AT THE LOW PRICES AT
WHICH WE SELL OUR STOVES.
MEssRs. EDITORS Gentlemen-We want
You to proclaim that we are ahead in Low
PRICES.
Our foundry is right in the Coal and Iron re-
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 1l19 lbs. of Bread in Al
minutes from the time of lighting the fire
and only used lbs of wood.
# yom rant tie Best Baker, the Larges Oyeu
The Heaviest Iron, the Best Fitted Store, bWy the
"TIlfES 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 90 n. Gay
St.. just above the Bridge.
~" DO not forget tie number, 90. 1t is be-
tween Front Street and the Bridge.
s9ynThe No. is 96. &c. 96.
w. J. H. GLUCK,
96 n. GAY STREET, Baltimore.
2. S. AS the city of Baltimore is being
flooded with stoves made in our Pcnitentiary
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. 90 N. Gay Street for explanations sc15
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Insurance Run Mad.

Life and accident insurance has now
got down to such q fiue point, all people
ought to get insured. Looking over the
list of last years accident work, as pre-
sented by q prominent insurance comp my,
we find it paid losses of one hundred
dollars, or more. for the following causes:
Fell down stairs. $500; fell on icy board.
1926; thrown by cow, $3.50; tell from a
chair. $500; hit by . baseball. 1910 ;
tubbed his toe, $1l07l; fell on log
800; fell through hole in the floor, $500,
ran against . pump, $2O0; mt knee
against chair; 500; fell through a barn
floor, el2S.57 toe stepped on, $l25; beat
en- BY rouyhs, $ll266; bitten by insect,
sl95; fell over an ottoman, $780, i'lt of
wagon, $120. All these luxuries, it serms,
cost money. By and by We shall expec,
to see insurance carried 90 far thatthe fol
lowing bills will be promptly paid: Missed
the train. $50 went home with the
wrong girl. $500; married the wrong
man, $780, ate late supper, $25; had a
poor poem declined, $40; received cur
tain lecture from wife, $40. lost oighl's
sleep, $40; read ono of Dr.. Holland q
stories, 500; heard Cough lecture. SO;
etc., etc. II is plain that people ought IA
be insured against the above calamltiea,
Especially travellers, who are liable to &C.
|cident, and do not have time to keep
Iposted on the affections, litsrature, lee,
tvurea nHIsls a.yTss.i .'4Al II =
ls~sSgp SsSSfas asSt -. ii
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Burying q Fort.

Quite an original method Of taking a
fort is described in Blackwood's Maga
zine. 10 1896 large Russian army be-
sieged the Turkish fort of Azof, which
"a, situated on a plain, strongly fortified,
and hal small but we'll disciplined gar
rison. No common approach could be
made to it, and the Turkish cannon swept
the level with iron hail. In this case the
skill of the Russians was
baflled. but General Patrick Gordon, ihr
right hand man of Peter the Gr.a at, and
the only one for whose death it is said he
ever shed tear, being determined to take
the place at any cost, proposed to bury il
with earth BY gradual approaches. he
had large army; the soil of the plain
was light AMI deep, and he set 1000 meu
to work with spades, throwing up high
of earth-wall before them
in advance. The men were kept in
gangs, working day and night, til,
earth being thrown from one to snoth.r,
like the steps of stair, the top gang
taking the lowest place every half hou'
i'm succ, sslon. In five weeks the huge
earth wall was carried forward nearly
one mile, until it rose to and above the
highest ramparts, aud the earth began te
roll over them. This caused the Turkish
Governor to hang out the white flag. anC
give up. Had he not done SO. Gen. Cor
don would have buried the fortress.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26

A gentleman going along Nelson street
at twelve O'clock Saturday night over
heard the following con versat,on between
man on the outside and what was evi
deutly woman. Judging from the voice
on the inside of door. TIE MN, VINO
was leaning against the door in an evi
dent state Of intoxication, was the first tt
speak:
'Lemme in, I say, Anna"
~ ou shsn't get in here, tell you,
came the voice from the other side Of th'
door.
20, lemme ip," he whined.
II won't do IT." said the voice. "Yol
ARE drunk. aud you come here drunk every
night; aud won't stand it any longer"
There Was . moments pause; and thel
he slowly said:
"AnDs, I've heard from louisiana"
"What is it?"
"Lemme in. an I'll tell you,'' he said
James Henry Morrison, are you ~
lingl" came tho voice In an impressiv
tone.
''Hope ter die. [" he replied. ees~
Thereupon the observer saw the doc
Iopen and J. H. Morrison disappear inside
What wss the result is no. known.
T. q =. -
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Church Matters.

\ New York City has 479 churches I
IS,403 saloons. A little over III dram
shops to one church.
The New York Advocate says the worl
of revising the Methodist hymn bool
may be finished by May 22d: -#-~
The Church Of England IN An.,r,,;,
now has fourteen Maori ministers IN tn,
Diocese of Auckland. The progress o1
the native church is reported to be yer,
encouraging:
Mr.. Moody's sermons have been trans
lated into the Spanish. Swedish, ard
Armenian languages. A Swede is read.
ing them to.his countrymen in Mr.. Moo.
dy's church in Chicago. An Armenian
|edition has been published in CONSTANT
|nople
A number of Church of England cler-
gymen have formed u church league for
the separation of Church and State ''as
the only practicable means (be the tenn
por"l consequences what they may OF
preserving the sacred deposit Of faith and
worship"
The Jesuits are increasing in number.
According to their own count they have
increased 159 in twelve months, aud 4.9j4
in thirty years, and now number 9,549
Of their number, 1902 are in France
l. 1865 in England, 1, ,4G6 iu Italy, and 727
in North America.
Twenty of Mr. Sankey's "songs and
solos' have been translated into Chinese
and set to Chinese music. The musical
faculty there is about extinct, but Rev.
Jonathan Lees, of the London Mission in
Teinstin, writes that these songs have
been introduced into his church and are
used with considerable appreciation.
Some stupendous figures are furnished
by the census of the British Empire. Its
total population, 234 and 4 millions, ie
very nearly double that of the Romsn
Empire in is palmiest days; the territory
Y and 34 millions square miles. is slmos'
five times as great. About a sixth of
Queen Victoria's subjects are Christians.
IL per cent Mohammedans. AZ per cent.
Hindoos, and fourth heather Of various
sects. The titled property owners OF
Great Britain are numbered at 16S, ,OC0.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
An Old Curse.

Drunkenness and its attendant evils are
BY no means confined to our own cay aud
age, or to the use OF distilled liquors.
Says D., Eadie: ''Ephes,s was COM
mercial town and busy seaport, and its
wealth led to excessive luxury, and Bac-
chus was the rival of Diana. The women
of Ephesus and the priestesses of Bac-
chus danced around Mark AutOny's cha
riot on his entrance into the city.
Drunkenness was indeed an epidemic,
Alexander the Great, who died a, sacrifice
to Bacchus, and not to Mars, offered .
prize to him who could drink the most
wine, and thirty of the rivals died in the
act of competition. Plato boasts of the
immense quantity of liquor which Socra-
tes could swill uninlured; and the phil
osopher Xenocrates got a golden crown
from Dlonysus for swallowing at Que
drsught q gallon. Cato often lost his
senses over bis choice Fslernian wine."
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Courier Queries.

| HAIR roNIC.-'.How can my hais b
improved and made - stay in?''
The following is recommended: into
quart of boiling water put an ounce o
pulverized borax and half an ounce O.
lcamphor in crumbs. When cool it i.
ready for use. Dampen the hair with thi.
""'.*;-- S-~,..ntlv and brush It wall
Keep 1t closely corkcd. " sshlng aa,iS
with strong sage-tea is also highly spoken
of.
DEArr.-"Who wrote, an, what are,
the lines commcncipg-'I matters no,
the hour We die p"
You allude, probably, to Dean Mllman's s
verse
"It little matters at what hour of the day
The righteous fall asleep. Death canno,
To him untimely who has learned to die.
The less of this briet life, the more of
Heaven;
The shorter time, the longer immor,
tality.''
1NDIANs.-"How many Christian Indi-
ans are there"
A late statement of Bishop Whipple.
or Hare, gives $4,000 Christian Indians to
the 297. 900 Indians in the United States.
Beyond that we have no data ut present,
though Canada, Mexico, South America,
ETC., have many converted red-men.
CARPET CLEANISG-"How can carpets
l. ~, Il Ill
coiors %
Carpets should be swept with a good
stiff broom, after being sprinkled with
damp bran. 10 clesn them, rub with a
mixture of three gills of ox-gall to pail
of water, using a soft brush. Wash of
The resulting lather with cold water, and
rub dry with cloth. 10 restore or re-
vive the colors, rub with weak solution
of alum or SOda
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
9-oPl1ento OF Eastern Montana the Encourageme1
Men and Women.

secretary Robeson will practice law /,
Washington.
Bamboo is the favorite wood for ladie,
umbrella sticks.
Ladies with gray hair wear the Pomps
ldour coiffure. and young ladies their hal
IN the 0recisn style.
President Hayes says: 81 propoee I,
Do what Is right in my best judgment, ant
don't expect to please everybody"
Secretary Evarts is the father of tweuty
children. Postmaster General Key OF
thirteen. SET retary Thomoson's youn nees
is daughter aged 20.
Alexander H. Stephens saws that tht
new President is shaping his policy JUS,
right. and likens him to General GEORGE
Washington.
Men, said Bacon, s'till q matter be
done, wonder that it can be done: and. as
soon as it ie done, wonder again tha. i,
was no sooner done.''
Men s collars are gong to be worn low
this season, and dlsurdresses will no longer
have any difficulty in deciding into which
end Of shirt to put the starch.
Moliere was asked the reason why, in
certain countries. the king may assume
the crown at fourteen years of age, and
canDot marry before eighteen? 1T is
answered Moliere. "bccause it is more
difficult to lule wife than kingdom. )"
The following bon mot is attributed to
the Prince Of Wales: On being asked
what he thought of Lord -, who always
appears in the height of fashion, however
|extravagant that fashion may be, His
Royal Highness is reported to have said
ITO my mind he dresses, not wisely, bu,
too SWELL"
Everybody praises AIRS. Hayes unless it
be the very fashionable ladies'. who think
she ought no: to dress so plainly. The
truth is, they feel little ashamed of their
gorgeous attire when they see the first
lady III the land" receiving them in an in
expensive silk, without any jew elry, and
with hair innocent of puffs, bangs or
frizzcs.
Gen. Deven's offer to purchase the free
dom of Thomas Sims, the remanded
fugitive slave. was not availcd of, the
negotiations failing by the occurrence OF
the war, through which he was liberated.
The price demanded by hls "'owner" wus
$500, and Gen. Devens bad telegraphcd
% Mrs. Childs that 1.-THE sum was subject
to her order whenever she should cali for
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Art and Science.

= DR.. r. D. Hitchcock says of Palestine
that Of 900 towns mentioned IN the Bibl.
$50 have been discovered, and the sites O
the rest pretty we'll determined.
W. c. Prime, of New York, owns col
dating back to Alexander the Great, sai'
to be the enly one of the Kind IN III
Eor!d. He has refused $50, 900. it is said
A new mineral, as yet imperfectly
described. has been found at the Clar,
mine in the Black Forest, and hence
termed clarite. Its constituents are cop
per, antimony, arsenic, and sulphur, OF
the same as for tetrahedrlte, from which
it differs, however, in crystalline form.
1t has been uggested that the Palestine
explorers should visit Mount Nebo i,
search of valuable treasures of the Temple
which, according to the book of Macca-
bees, Jer, miah was instructed to deposit
there; they included the Tabernacle, and
the Sacred Ark with the Tables of Stone
on winch the Ten Commandments were
written.
The Colorado desert has long been
noted for Its dearth of water, but the
engineers of the Southern Pacific railroad
have succeeded IN obtaining steady flow
Iof pure fresh water from an ar.esian vel
which was sunk eighteen miles from
Indian Wells. The wel had only reached
a depth of ninety feet when water was
reached. the force being sufficient tC
bring it to the surface in quantity sufti
cient TO supply all the engines and work
men, and 1t is flowing steadily ever since
NJ. Paraf, French scientist, thinks be
has discovered q means of avoiding the
necessity for rain. Knowing that the all
lis full of moisture, and that the chloride
of calcium would attract and condense it,
For cultural purposes, he applied thi:
chloride on sand-hills and rcad-beds, or
grass, on all sorts of soils, successfully
and has ascertained that it may be applied
in such proportions as will produce the
irrigation Of land more cheapIy and cffici
emily than by means of canals or othel
methods of securing artificial irrigation
One of N. Paraf's applications will pro
duce and retain abundant moisture fol
,hrsS dass, ~~l,o~ tn. e~-~. ~-~---. 81
water introduced by the present metho6
will evaporate in an hour.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Bayarian SuperstitiOn.

A great number of the peasants un'
entertain the superst'tious
notion that fire kiadled by Lightning is not
to be extinguished. When such an acci
dent happens they are discouraged, and
do anything to check the progress of thu
flames. A funeral must meyer pass
through titled field. not even in winter,
though it might considerably shorten the
way. The peasant is fully persuaded
that field through which funeral has
passed becomes barren. Except on cx'
traordinary occasions, 10 funerals are
allowed on Mondays and Fridays. A
peasant who is in search of a wife, never
goes, except on a Thursday or Sunday
into the house where he expec's to max
his choice. The bride and br;deg' oou
are not to give their bare hand to any
body on the day of their marriage, *
cept to { ach oth,r at the altar other wise
they are threatened with poverty during
the whole course of their union. Ii
also very bad sign if, when the brid
returns from church, she tinde anybod.
on the threshold of her door. When
young girl finds leaf trefoll DIVIDED int
four Instead of three parts it is sigl
that she will be married within a year
at all events she carefully preserves thi
leaf till her wedding-day. On Christina
eve the countrymen are accustomed t
drive out a great deal in sledges; the
think that this will cause their hemp 10 b
more abundant and higher. They do nc
tail to visit the aleh0use and drink heartil
the same evening, being convinced th'
this is the way to make them look We
till the following Christmas. They new
destroy crickets by fire, being persuade
that those which escape will destroy tie
linen and Clothes When \ peasant 10,
his way in the woods after sunset
avoids calling any person to show iim tt
way, being convinced that in any case II
evil spirit of the forest w'ul US: hi
to plunge still deeper into It's rec .sses.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Other Places.

Compulsory education is the law of
Ohio, dating from March IS, 1877.
The big trce,' as it is called. which
grew in Cslaveras county, CAL, contain
ed half million feet of inch lumber, and
was recently felled by five men working
twenty-five and half days, making 1924
days labor.
A Young Mems Christian Association
has be, formed in Lucknow, India. 1t
is intended to include native East Indians.
liz. "Chris:ia ian Advocate" a fOrtnightly
religious paper, is another indication of
progress.
Hon. S. Wells Williams, Secretary of
Legation in China, made the statemen,
al Utica during the Week of prayer, that
all the nations of the earth ale nov open
for missionary effort. Corea was the last
to throw down the barriers.
The poor buffal has found . friend al
last; the Manitoba council has passed an
ordinance protecting him. The resul'
will be that the Manitobans will cross the
lime and kill buffalo in our territories,
where nobody cares for them except as
targets.
The poplar forests in the region Of
country north of Lewiston, Me-, have
been cut down for timber for the manu-
facture of paper. These forests have
been considered Is almost worthless. {
great deal of the wood or lumber hard'y
paying for the cutting and hauling, bu
now it brings high price. r..
Minneapolis ground ard shipped. dur
ing 1876, million barrels of -four, ant
cut 200 million feet of lumber. Kansa
City shows an increase of 30 per cent. il
her bank cleariDgs, marketed 6.OOO,WV
bushels of corn and / 100000 of wheat
about 10000 head of cattle, 15O, 600 hogs
and 5000 sheep. there being large In
crease in all tl.ese respects.
Virginia City. New, has Catholi
church with a splre surmountcd by
cross. reaching to the height of one hun
dred and seventy feet. Water is CARRIE
by an iron pipe through the steeple to tn
summit OF the cross, at which point, b
an arrangement Of jets, It is thrown up
ward. in a beautiful fountain, about twef
ty.fiye feet into the air. 1t is Intended fo
use in case of fire breaking out in tn
spire ar roof.
Henry Meiggs. the celebrated railroa
builder, wants the Peruvian goyernmel
to dig tunnel 10 feet below that now e.
istu,g ir the old silver mines OF Cerro q
Paseo. which had yielded the Rovernmer
from 1880 to 1910 over $475, 900! Wol
on the mines was abandoned some yea'
400 for want of funds, and. ss the VEN
increased in richness with the depth. M
Meiggs thinks the new tannel would pa
, for itself. besides making II possible
finish railroad from Oroys to Cerro q
Paseo. n.
In Southern India children are marie
At wears of age. Native fathers considt
IL a disgrace to hsye single girls In II
family. and endeavor TO get them marie
I'M childhood. but when married they q
not always 20 to their husbands home
IThe marriages are generally arranged .
old women, who 20 from family u famil
to find suitable matches. Willows y
treated very badly by tho natives; t1e
lsre made as miserable % possible a
) American lady doctor hss : larss placuu'
,|enong. the nativa wqmsp. h lnoa .sIas,: !
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Bride and Groom.

A correspondent of the Church Union
thus pictures the bride and groom of a
century ago. To begin with the lady.
Her locks were strained upward over an
immense cushion that sat like an incubus
on her head. and pIastcrcd over with po
matum, and then sprinklfd over with q
snow of white powder. The height of
this tower was somewhat over foot; one
single white rosebud lay on top. Ike an
eagle on lisystack. Over her neck and
shoulders was folded lace handkerchief
fastened in front with bosom plr con-
tanning her grandfather's minia' ure set in
virgin gold. Her airy form Was braced
up in = satin dress, the sleeves as tight a.
the natural skin of the arm, with waist
formed by bodice worn outside. from
whence the skirt flowed off, distsnde'I Al
the top with an ample hoop. Shoes Of
white kid, with peaked toes and heels Of
two or three inches elevation, enclosed
her feet and ghttercd with spangles, -
her little pedal members peepcd curiousiJ
out.
Now for the swain. His hair wal
sleeked back and beautifully befloured
" bile his cue projected like the handle o.
a skillet. His coat was sky-blue silk
lined with yellow; his long vest Of white
satin embroidered with gold lace; hi
breeches of the came material, and tied 1.
the knee with pink ribbon. White sill
stockings, and pumps with laces and tie
of the same hue, completed the habili
ments of his neither limbs. Lace ruflIe
clustered around his wrists, and por'en
tous friil, worked in correspondence, an
bearing the miniature of his beloved. fin
: ,shed his truly gcnteei appearance.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Poetry.
Inc Ship-BOy's Letter.

...
here a letter from Robin, father.
A letter from over the sea.
Was sure that the spark 10 the vic
last night
Meant there was one for me:--
AND laughed TO see the postman's fac
Look IN as the night grew dark,
For you said 1t was so woman.like
10 put my trust In spark.
Dear Father and Mother and GRANNY
w,lte on the treech of 4 gun,
And l think as sit at the port-hole.
And look at the setting sun,
Fathers smoking his pipe beside you,
While you h"lystone the porch,
Or are getting clean rigging ready
For Tomorrow cruise to church.
'You mustn't be hard on the writing,
For, What with ropes and with tar,
My fingers won't CROOK as they ough
to,
And spelling is harder far;
And every minute lurch comes,
And spoils the look of my rs
And l blot 'em instead of dot 'em,
And | can't SET the words of size.
"And, Granny, the yarns you spin al
day
Won't be half so long as mine,
When, meeting you all on shore again
My arms around your necKs I'll twine
You maybe won't swallow flying fish,
But III bring you one or two,
And some Maltese lace for topsail gear,
And fan for-you know who!
"Then, good bye to each dear face q,
home, ....
Till press 1t with my lips,
While you pray 1T nights for ships al
sea-
And God speed all sea ships.
smile as rock in my hammock,
Though storm msy shrek and scream
For feel, when we pray for each other
We're sure to meet again"
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President Grants favorite time for ex
ercise and recreation was tie morning;
between the hours OF eight and nine, he
might be seen, almost any day. st the
..circle" on Pennsylvania Avepce. walk
ing very briskly aud smoking the inevita'
BILE cigar. Mr.. Hay e. prefers the evening
hours, when he usually takes long ride
with some member of his Cabinet or with
Senator Morton, and Is never seen smok'
ing. Mira Grant WAS fond of walking and
shopping; Mrs. Hayes. when she goes out,
always takes her.earTisge, her health moi
permitting pedss,riau exercise, -, -. =
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Chances.

Vanderbilt said that it required more
talent to take care of money than 1t did to
earn it. If a man lose bis money in
stocks. people will say he was fool to in.
vest in Wall street. If he invest in dry
goods, the shrinkages and rents will eat
his fortune up. If he take railroad shares
and the market goes off from l20 to so. his
prospects are not brliliant.t 1t he put
money in . savings bank on Saturday
night be may not bs able to draw it out
on Monday morning. If he deposit it in
% bank the cashier may be missing. If he
put it With banker whose credit gose
arounG the globe. he may wish hs had sua
his ohsnces on the atrtek -. l