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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-12-28


Observation-Disclosures the gloomy
weather, Christmas was more generally OBJ
served than usual. The Protestant Episco-
pal and Roman Catholic churches were
adorned with evergreens and the services
were well attended. The Holy Communion
was administered in the Episcopal churches.
AT st. Ighatius' church, Hickory, High Mass
was celebrated at 6 o'clock in the morning,
followed by two masses ofthanksgiving. At
o'clock Low Mass was celebrated, which
was followed by another thanksgiving mass,
and 104 o'clock the regular services were
held.
The children, as usual, found exqui-
site delight in giving and receiving presents
and in making noise, while the older folks
found pleasure in witnessing the enjoyment
of their children, in going to church, and in
the family gathering at the dinner table. OF
course there were some who INDUCED too
freely in egg nog and apple toddy, who woke
the next morning with very uncomfortable
feelings, but we believe the number who thus
lOTRUJ luelHStlfCS WIS sllldll
DISTRESSING ACCIDENTAL CHILD BURN
ED.-On Thursday, the 18th inst Asbury
Cromwell and his wife, who live near Black
Horse, Hartford county, went away from
home to work at a neighbours, leaving no one
in their house except their three children, the
youngest an infant. During the absence of
the parents, one of the children, a little boy
six years old, while playing with the fire in
the stove, accidentally set fire to his clothing.
The latter, consisting of little more than a
slip and a shirt, was entirely burnt upon the
chid's body. The little fellow was terribly
injured, his finger ends being burned almost
to a crisp. The Oldest child, aged eight
years, tried to put out the flames, but was
unable to Go it, and the fire went out only
from lack of combustible material on the
child's person. The little boy afterwards
went up stairs and crept into bed, whittier
he was followed by the oldest child, with the
infant When the parents returned all three
children were found huddled in the bed, the
injured boy being by that time unconscious
DR.. j. T. Payne, who has been rendering all
the relief in his power to the little sufferer
at first despaired of his life, bat at last nc.
counts there was slight prospect of the
child's recovery
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-12-28
Nj A r r | r. ID.

*Vei qui CHI entrate lasciate ogni speranza," ~
INFERNO.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
SANTA CLAUs's VISIT.
BrTFANEY WARNER BIcKNKLL.

ON snow-clad hills, still midnight,
The mOonshins lies in beauty bright,
The world is hushed in slumber nov,
For balmy sleep froD every brow
Hath smoOthed away the lines of care,
and stamped repuC. 5-night's blcssing-theTe.
DAVIS busy, bustling crowd is still.
Eepi ieved awhile from cares tnst MI
All hearts wherein the pulse oil lie
Exceeds the throbs Of infant strife;
The mingled vsices of the crowd
Nolonger heard-each head is how'd
In mansion rich and poor abode,
Forgetful Of the heavy lead
P9oT human nature has to bear,
In homespun clad OF silken wear
The sWeeter sleep to toll Is given
han 10 the idle. blessed of heaven,
y ith every luxury wealth can bring.
While laborers toll and blithely sing,
The rich oft yawn in discomfort
And mourn at eve the day misspeni.
But midnight brings 10 all surcease
From dsylighPs careS--to all sweet peace;
Thus resting in the close embrace
OF Sleep-night keeper Ct our race
The world awaits the coming dawn
That ushers in glad Christmas morn.
The spirit 81 the season by
Steals swiftly, while e ich youthful eye
Close sealed rem sins by Natures lSWs,
As Ger each house goes Santa Claus.
A pack of gifts his back bestrides,
As down the chimney quickly glldes
The fur-clad-elf, with pipe and whip;
His twinking eY0s and smiling lip
A promise give of something nice,
IS through the room Ike creeping mice
his footsteps glide he viauuA the te9s
of-ss=-e1Bgs which, st morn viii greet
Ihe eyes Of children in the bed
here hang the stockings overhead,
Win mods, and vinks, and funny shrugs,
HIS Eell-flled pack around he lugs,
tptli chair he finds - mount,
20 that thsir number he may count.
lone, two, three, four-'twas FIVE last yesr,
re stops to wipe away tear
III look Egsiur-thR smallest feet
are missing they have a gone to meet
Inc babe OF Bethlshem, at whose birth
Inc shepherd sang, Geod Will on Esrth.'"
lie glanced around; on bed of straw
The little errsnd boy ne saw,
p, there lies one | did not see,
us likcly he, too. dreams of me;
10 MIN warm clothes I'll give instead
ms toy brought the child that's dead"
Iheh stopping dOvL and putting back
Ihe silver trumpet. from his pack
Ihe other gifts he quickly drew,
And stuffed the stockings number two
ana three, and four; the smallest
nc hiied the last. When all was done
lie chnckled low. snd made pause,
Then vanished dear old SAnsa Claus.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21

in Russian possession. Once before this
has happened; but Russia was then
fighting allied Europe; and the disasters
in the Crimea compelled the eventual re-
linquishment of the advantages gained
in Asia Minor. But the former reduc-
tion of Kars will long be remembered in
the east as a notable event in the history
of that struggle. 1t was only a few days
ago that Disraeli dismissed all hopes of
speedy mediation or interference by Eng
land. He announced that the policy of
neutrality would be maintained 50 long
as British interests we're not assailed.
The time has not set come when it can
De truly said that those jealously guarded
interests are menaced. But the fall of
Kars must nearly affect the object of
Great Britain's solicitude. 50 far as the
conclusion of the war is c ncerned, the
event may, in this intent, be more i'm
portant than now appears.--Ncw York
Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
From Washington.

The president will not make any of his
appointments of cadets at large to the
military academy until next spring.
The president will hereafter decline TO
consider applications for appointment of
civilians to places in the army, leaving
that matter entirely to the secretary of
war. In the meantime Adjutant Gen
eral Townsend is endeavoring to have
stop put to the practice of appointing
civilians to the army.
Advices have been received at the war
department which lead to the belief that
some of the Indians now committing dep
relations around the Black Hills were of
the number recently in Washington
with Spotted Tail and Red Cloud About
5000 are scattered along the route this
side OF the new agency, where the winter
provisions are stored. They refuse to
go on to the agency and no money is
appropriated to bring the provisions to
them. At the war department it is
thought general Sioux war will be
waged during the winter, and that it
will require very large military force
to meet the Indians.
The taxes paid by national banks vary
greatly in different cities. The controller
of the currency's report states that the
aggregate national and state taxes on
bank capital is 8 per cent. in Boston, and
5.4 per cent. in New York, Sc per cent
in Albany, 2.S per cent. in Philadelphia
10 per cent. in Pittsburg, Is per cent.
in New Orleans, 10 per cent. in Louis
vile, 4.6 per cent. in Cincinnati, So pei
cent. in Chicago and 8. 8 per cent. in St
Louis. 1t will surprise many TO find
that the lowest rate of tax is in New Or
leans. The difference between the rate,
there and at Albany is AS per cent.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
ESTABLISHED 1859.

mi ission and also a centennial commits
sioner. He is reported to be man Of
sense and more than ordinary tact
The official canvass shows that the
vote of Colorado on the woman-suttrage
question was: For, 6,6l2; against, I4,U03;
majority against, z, al. u
The Red Cross society has been dis
solved, but the rival organization Is IN a
fIeurishing condition and has sent a
pretty good sum for the relief of the
Russian and Turkish wounded.
Judge E.lison, of an English county
court, declared recently that there Is more
perjury committed by women than by
man. He added: They don't seem to
care what they swear " This judge may
have special spite against the sex.
TIE Anti Horse thief Association has
361 lodges and s 900 members in MissOu-
ri, Iowa and Illinois. 1t does not en-
courage IyDching, although that course
is permitted in pieces where the officers
of the law caunot be relied on to prose
cute thieves.
In San Francisco a paper was found
posted on house intimating that those
EMPLOYING Chinese would be shot down
without further warning. The authoS
said he was a good shot. snd meant b1sl-.
ness, and concluded the note as follows:
Z" / have had no food for two days nor my
family. This is the last nOtice-look
sharp"
FEW people are aware of the damage
done by wild geese on the wheat fields in
California. They come in myriads, ana
pull up the young wheat by the roots,
and eat it, roots and all. 1t is stated in
the San Francisco Bulletin that, on one
rancho alone, 5000 geese have been
killed this season, and in the county OF
COlusa alone, last season, the damage
done by the web-footed fowls was esti-
mated at $500, 600. A whole family was
lately poisoned by eating geese which
had been eating corn soaked in strych-
nine. The California varieties of geese
are the Canada, snow and Laughing
geese. Quails, also, have become SO
plentiful, in many places on the Pacific
coast, that they are poisoned by thou
sands, As they destroy the grape crop.
But a greater nuisance are - ground
squirrels, which are nearly as bad As the
grasshoppers this side of The Divide %
Great country this-fOr plaguey nui-
sances.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
Industrial Notes.

Mining industries in Colorado are
gaining at a rate of 80 per cent. annually.
According to a writer in the Kansas
Farmer, the culture of the silk-worm can
be made very profitable in Kansas.
Machinery is being made in New Or
leans 10 be used in manufacturing hats
from the fiber of palmetto leaves at
Orange park, Fla.
1t is estimated that 5000, 600 cans Of
tomatoes, corn, etc, grown and packed
IN Hartford county, Maryland, will be
shipped this season.
Six hundred men are employed in the
granite quarries of Hurricane Island
Maine, preparing stone for the st. Louis
postOfice and custom house.
England has become so fond of Ameri-
can apples that it is estimated that she
can certainly take an average of from
12,000 to $4,000 barrels per week for the
whole market-yesr of nine months.
The decrease in the sales of high-priced
gloves is due to the fact that American
manufacturers have brought their gloves
to the excellence of foreign makes, at
prices low enough to place them within
the reach of all.
Captain Joseph and his band ae now
nicely and snugly quartered at Fort
LeavenwOrth, with nothing to do but eat
their hog and hominy and smoke their
pipes in peace.
The enterprise of shipping fresh beef
from Boston to Europe, which at one
time promised so well that refrigerator
rooms were put into several Cunarders,
bas failed, because the beef did not arrive
IN good order. Except for that, regular
hrrg fF1oeg uf fn1r =
Mr.. NJ. L. Bamberger, a wholesale wine
dealer of Berlin, has lately published the
component parts of the various brands
of German, French and Spanish wines on
sale in Germany. All were analyzed and
found to contain deleterious matter.
But few were made from grapes, and two
were found entirely destitute of any
natural product.
An Englishman in India has invented
solar battery consisting of two hundred
small mirrors, so arranged that they
focused the suns upon a small copper
boiler, and generated steam in it in
twenty minutes. He contends that he
could by the same means generate heat
enough to drive the largest spinning
mill in Bombay.
The competition between the American
manufacturers of gold watch cases has
been 50 sharp that these articles are sold
for the bare value OF the gold and the
cost of manufacture. The only profit is
in the spring that throws the taceeof the
watch open. This is weighed with the
case, and the maker gets Its value IN
gold.
A new wrinkle in adjusting watches:
All the works except the mainspriDg are
placed upon a circular frame, supported
at the center, and by means of geared
rim round the inside of the case this
is turned entirely around once in two
hours. This arrangement gives the
works a circular motion round common
center, independent of their own proper
movement, and secures balance of all
the parts by constantly changing their
RELATE ye rOsitiOns
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21

sslA present, and there could be no re-
iaxatien of their watchiulness. For
torty.eight hours Madeline never entered
her fathers house, nor did she pause to
eator sleep, but remained at her post on
tue hastion, or paced from the fort to the
bioek-house TO see that her people were
At their duty, and behaving with proper
spirit.
For week the froauois kept the fort
N constant alarm, but at last relief was
sent, and lieutenant with forty men
arrived in the night. He came silently,
tearing that the fort had surrendered.
9aeof the soldiers, hearing a slight noise,
.tsicd, "Qui viveP' Madeline, worn
Rith fatigue, was doing, with her head
reasng on table and her gun lying
scrtss ;ier arms. The sentinel reused
barfgith the report that he'had heard a
b one from the river, and the girl sprang
the bastion. "Who are you ?" she
EskS<'sly called. The glad response
.ssSsSTW We are Frenc6men 1t Is La
Aonnerle,~ho comes to bring you help"
the gate was o1ened. Madeline station
ed sentinel at ne spot, and went down
to the river to qeet her deliyerers
" Monsieur; ! surrqder my arms to
you, " was her greeting the lieutenant.
On his entrance he inspected the fort.
and found everything in I,rfect order
and sentinel ON each bastio, at ia
THE to relieve them, Monsieur, coolly
said the young girl; eve have not been
off our bastions for a week"
And thus ends the story of Madeline O.
Vercberes. One of the brothers who
assisted her in the defense OF Vercheres
was killed at the attack of Haverhill in
1708, sixteen years later. A pension for
life was bestowed upon the heroine Of
Vereheres, thrOugh&the interposition of
Madame de Ponchartrain, wife of the
French Minister. Many years after the
occurrance of the incidents here de-
scribed, they were written down from
the recital of the chief actor, by the
order Of the Marquis de Beauharnais,
governor Of Canada Chicago Tribune.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
Note. of General Interest.

The country population of California
is only equal to the population of San
Francisco.
The population of France on the last
day of last year was sc, ,995, $40; Paris,
2,410,S49.
There are now 2,265 letter carriers en-
ployed in the free delivery service of the
United States.
Tie Canadian journals are exceedingly
well satisfied with the award of the fish
cries commisson.
The famous Madame Bonaparte, of
Baltimore, is now over ninety years of
age, and in very feeble health.
Europe has purchased 81, 500, 600 worth
OF our American fruit within the past
twelve months, principally d{ied fruit.
"Two hundred and forty button kid
gloves are the latest novelty on hand.
the wearer has to get into them feet first.
Twenty-nine women were advertised
in recent issue of Chicago paper as
about to preach and conduct religious
services on the following Sunday.
The Mexican Minister Zamacona. was
member of the Mexican claims COM
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
Love Out Toward the Setting
Sun.

Washita (Ksnsas) Herald; They
were leaning on the balustrade of the
bridge, looking into the water. He had
A hand like palmleaf fan, an ear like a
pickle dish, and no collar. She had 3 foot
ike center-table and no teeth. They
were cooing. He coood FIRST, and in q tone
"A gentle and musical as Kansas zephyr,
he said: Nancy, jist as soon as l sell
nv purtaters Pm goiS.' to claim you fur
better or fur wus." Then she cooed, and
with the customary ,shrewdness that
women are wont to display in emergencies,
she oueried in a soft, sweet monotone.
" Buck, what air taters fetchin' In the
stores now?'' And thus did they coo
till it got too cool.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
Sea Dust.

People laughed at the man who said
the fish he had hooked " kicked up such
a dust in the water" Perhaps they viii
laugh at the heading Of this article but
there will still be sea dust nevertheless.
We have heard Of water sPouts, OF show
ers of fish. of salt rain, and many other
curiositiss which present themselves in
the atmosphere, bdt to assert that there
is such thing as sea dust is to transcend b.
all reasonable bounds The evidence,
however. in favor Of its existence is ex-
ceedingly powerful-indisputable, IN TACT
and this is the story told by an eye
witness: They say that in certain parts
of the world-uotably about the Cape de
Verde Islands there are constantly met at
sea several hundred miles away from
land. thick, yellowish red fegs, not unlike
London fogs in November. These fogs
obscure the atmosphere, and are very inJu-
ridus TO navigation, but they have not the
baleful odor of their London prototypes,
nor do they effect the breathing IN the
same way. While sailing through them
it is found that the ship, sails and rigging
are covered with fine impalpable pow
der. which falls as dry IA rain, and covers
the surface on which it falls sometimes TO
the depth of two inches. In color, 1t Is
bricL dust hue, sometimes of light yell
low and IL feels between the teeth like
fine grit. such as might be blown into othe
month on a windy day in March. NO
nlace is free from its presence, its tinenesS
giving it power TO penetrate everywhere
The sea. while the dust is falling, looks -
though it had been pePPercd, and Is aus
colored for some distance down. some
tirnes the dust comes in shower, ana
passes off again. The fogs ARE nothing
but vast quantities of the dust suspended
in the air. 1t is not only in the vicinity
of the cape de Verde that this Wonderiu'
ust ia seen. In the Mediterranean, on
, the northern parts of Africa, in the mid
. die of the Atlantic, it has been reported
n ;s invariably the same in kind and APP
|, pearance. and examination under micro
scones has proved the identity OF the Cape
de Verde sea dust with the Medltei-
!. ranean sea dust. All this is very renlarA,
! rble; dust falling in clouds, no ianu
. within some hundreds OF miles no'Dine
y visibls which could possibly account 'of
% the curious phenomenon. sand spOuV'
- there are in sandy deserts ana snO~e.' ''
. Of sand taken originally from sPCs
whereon the carrier wind mas '.'s s.ar, ~
to mark; but here there is no desert ~, ''V'a ,ha
ss which the sand can be swept; ana ~" sas
OF wind, so far from being bOis'e.ous q IN, M
of ps.ed to play wbirIwind prankH' = ~, ,.'
Mt and steady, blowingShiPS ai0"s :"
an five knots an hour.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
southern News.

The extra session of the Tennessee
legislature can draw pay for only twenty
days. but can remain in session as long
as it pleases.
Smalls, the convicted South Carolina
state of deep humiliation" The kind
ness of Smalls to the family of his for
mer owner, the Mckee family, of Beau
fort, seems to have made a profound i'm
preston in his favor.
The Vicksburg Herald says the farm
ers of Bolivar, Washington, Sharkey and
Issaquena counties are taxed for levee
purposes as no people ever were taxed
before. The tax is levied on cotton
and cotton-seed until the burden Is q
practical prohibition of the production
of that state, and not over half the
money collected is honestly used.
Memphis Appeal: Judge George G.
Benham is saving all the cetton on his
plantation this season. Already, in ad-
dition to the regular colored field hands,
he has on Longwood plantation sixty-fiye
white men picking cotton every day. 1t
is wonderful with what facility these
men gather the feecy crop; men who
had never before seen a cotton field.
They begin, as his weights show, with
about sixty or seventy pounds per day,
and within a week they go up over two
hundred pounds day, and so make good
wages with light labor. The Judge pro-
nounces his experiment a complete sue
cess. and saws the men are contented and
well pleased.
Atlanta Constitution Gen. Matthew
@. Butler, South Carolina's new senator,
Is the son of ex-congressman William
Butler, and nephew of Gen. Pierce NJ.
Butler, who fell at Cherubusco. He is
also a nephew of ex-senator A p, But
Ter. On his mothers side he is nephew
of Commodore c.. II. Perry He. was
70 ssse sssss l sissatare AZ IsoUa'STe
only civil Office he had held up to his
admission to seat in the United States,
senate. He rose during the war from
the captaincy of cavalry company to
the rank of major general. His ability
as a lawyer and his eloquence as a
speaker are sure to win for him high
rank in the national councils.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
How to Cook Christmas Turkey.

Young housekeepers may find the fol-
lowing hints useful in preparing for the
Christmas roast :,
The turkey should be well siDged and
freed from pin-feathers," and thor
oughIy drawn by opening one side just
below the breast-bOne. Be sure to take
everything out that is inside, not forget
ting the parts lying between the ribs and
the soul" Wipe dry, after washing
well in cold water Then dip the tur-
key two seconds into boiling water, and
Immediately two seconds into ice-water.
This will give it a very plump appear
ance. Cut the neck off close to the
body, leave the skin longer, draw it over
the neck, and tie; also tie the legs close
to the side, having cut off the first joint.
Fasten the wings to the sides with fine
skewers, having cut of the pinions.
Put the gizzard, liver, heart and neck to
boil in q quart of water; allow two and
quarter hours to roast turkey weigh
ing ten pounds. If the specimen happen
/ W Do Ou6 VI many oOillHVApJ bOll IL OBG
hour or so before roasting. Basic with
salt and water once, then cover with
Jumps of butter, and afterward baste
with the drippings.
THE DREssING.-Take three pints OF
bread crumbs for medium-sized turkey;
chop finely, with one-quarter pound OF
salt pork, a good lump of butter, salt
pepper-sauce and savory or majorum
and break in two or three eggs to make
it of the right consistency. Fill both
the breast and body, and sew up
Riched mashed potatoes also make :
good stufing.
THE GRAv1.-Having boiled the git.
lets in quart of water till tender, strair
the broth thus obtained into a dripping
pan, having removed the turkey. TAKE
the liver and mash it very fine with th'
back of spoon and return to the gravy
Then chop very fine the heart and giz
zard, and add to the gravy, and thicker
with Drowned -four; stir and season
well; boil FIVE minutes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21
Significance of the Fail of Kars

Kars is so well known throughout the
east that its surrender into Russian
hands will be regarded in England with
certain degree of trepidstion Those
eastern interests of Great Britain, which
every Englishmsn is 50 ready to go to
war to defend, are certainly threatened
now. Persians, Circassians, and the
wild tribes of Asia will be thrilled by the
intelligence that Armenia is practically
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21

"A little Ottawa miss was taken to
church for the first time, after being duly
impressed with the necessity that she
should keep " as still as a mouse" She
behaved herself well until the preacher
became warmed up to his work, and then,
thinking he was going too far, she raised
her finger, and looking straight at him,
cried: See here, don't you make SO
much noise. "
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21

According to scientific journal, is
per cent. of the inmates of lunatic asy
lums are musicians and singers. 1t neg
lects to tell the percentage of musical
lunatics outside of asylums, playing
accordeons, fddles, pianos, brass horns,
and hand-organs.