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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-08-04
FLOUR ! FLOUR
q USE RECEIVED,

A lot of Flour, to sell on commission,
which we are offering very low.
July 23-tx1 j. r. McMASTER co.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14

A famous man was M. Chabert, the fire
king, fire eater and 'poison swallower,
rather less than half a century ago. "By
trade baker at Paris he gained much
notoriety by his fre-resisting qualities
According to the stories told of him he
would rush into a burning house and bring
out the inmates. Once passing q smiths
forge he took out white hot piece of iron
with naked hand placed the end on an
anvil, and had the smith hammer away
The son of Vulcan, too much alarmed, ran
away, fearing that denizen of the neither
regions had made his appearance. For a
time Chabert was inspector of the royal
kitchen at the Tuil' elies but he was prone
to go into the heated oven and give out
the dishes of baked viands with his hands
The king, fearful of the results from such
proclivities, discharged him with small
pension. He went to Vienna, and in the
presence of the imperial family sat in O tar
barrel flaming and smoking until he was
blackened like negro. Coming to Eng
land, he exhibited at White Conduit House,
where he entered huge oven, took in a
leg of mutton, shut the door, sang some
French songs and came out with the NUT
ton baked. On other occasions he bore
the heat of an oven raised to 500 degrees.
Repeatedly he swallowed phosphorus and
prussic acid, or appeared to do so but
when Mr.. Wakley, editor of the Lancet,
proposed to administer the last named
powerful poison as q test Chabert refused
to comply. This and other circumstances
led to the failure of the fire king as pro-
fitable exhibition.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14
Our NeighbOr Mars.
WHAT WILL NOT AGAIN DELIGHT THE AS
TRoNoMERs UNTIL 1902.

WHAT WILL NOT AGAIN DELIGHT THE AS
TRoNoMERs UNTIL 1899.
Mars is now superb object seen through
the telescope; we had on Tuesday evening
a view of the ruddy planet through the
fine instrument of the Roger Williams
Observatory. A fiery ball of glowing red
seemed suddenly to spring into existence
as the planet entered the the field of vision
In size it approached that of the full moon
when high up in the heavens, and such was
the brightness and fierceness of its rays
that we invountarily sought to shade our
eyes from the glare. At first we saw moth
ing but brilliant, flame-colored disk, its
circumference aglow with prismatic hues
caused by chromatic alteration, without
trace of zones of snow or the strange mark
ings that practised eyes discover on the
Marian globe. AS we observed more
carefully, the ice-bound circles came as
plainly into view as the we'll known
features of the man in the moon in our own
luminary, and we enjoyed peep at the
Marian poles, the southern polar cap be-
ing much larger than the northern, for it
is summer in the northern hemisphere, and
the ice zone around the pole has partly
disappeared under the influence of the
SUMS heat. A still more careful scrutiny
revealed the presence of dusky spots on
the beaming disk. These indicate the
land, which is of reddish hue when the
planets atmosphere is clear. The lighter
parts, of greenish hue, mark the contour
of the seas and oceans.
Thus with our own eyes we saw land,
water, and ice on the surface of our Mar
tian neighbor, and had view of its rudy
disk, which, after few weeks have passed,
will not be equalled in size and brilliancy
until 1892. Though Jupiter, with its bril-
liant belts and sparkling moons, is a
grander telescope object, and Saturn, with
its wondrous ring system and numerous
moons, exceeds in beauty every sight in
the celestial picture gallery, yet we obtain
a better view, and on larger scale, of
Mars than of any other object in the
heavens except the moon. 1t is probably
the only planet whose real surface is ever
visible; for Venus, though the most splen-
did Of all planets to the naked eye, is, on
account of its great lustre, unsatisfactory
for telescope observation, and Jupiter and
Saturn are surrounded by cloud envelopes
of immense extent that hide the solid por-
tions from the eyes.-Prooidence Journal
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14
How to Make Good Butter.

According to the Scientific Farmer,
"churning cream to make good butter is
not so simple process as some may think.
1t must be churned at the proper time and
at the proper temperature, and the churn
should be stopped as soon as the cream has
broken, but before the butter has gathered
in large balls. In warm weather it is of
great Importance to watch the process
closely, and to notice just when this change
is to take place. At this time add enough
cold water (not icc) TO reduce the temper
ature of the mass TO about fifty six or fifty
eight degrees, and then complete the cburn
ing, which will he as soon us the butter ia
in a granulatcd form, with particles about
the size of peas. Then draw of the but
ter-milk and dash in cold water, repeating
the cold water until the water drawn off
appears clear. Now, take out a layer of
butter into the tray. and sprinkle on finely
sfted SALT at the rate of about an ounce
of salt to the pound (more or less, as con-
sumers may wish) Then take out another
layer of butter and salt as before After
the butter is sailed, set it away tor about
three hours for it "to take salt" and "harden
the grain.' Now work It'll little with a
wooden paddle, and set 1t away again UNI
til the next day, when it will need but
little working before preparing it for
market. By handling in this way you will
get clean bright article, with a perfect or
unbroken grain, which will keep sweet
whether consumed Immediately or packed
down for future marketing. II the butter
is soft and white it is from lack of prop
or cooling before churning, and it may be
hardened by putting in about three times
the usual amount of salt for it, and work.
| ing it little for two or three mornings"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14

A BRAVE CAPTAIN.-A good story of
Prince Paskievitch: During the war of
Warsaw he had ordered a certain Polish
battery to be silenced by his own artillery,
and became perfectly wild with rage on
observing that the artillery fire produced
no appreciable effect. Galloping to the
battery he asked: "What idiot is in
charge here 2" 81 SIR" answered the Off
Ger. "Then down you go to the ranks this
very day." said Paskievitch, you don't be-
gin to know your trade your shells do not
explode" 81 know they DON'T" answered
the captain; "for the best ofall reasons that
they can't explode" "That's lie" said
the prince. ''Is it2 See for yourself
them" replied the officer, cooliy picking up
a shell from the pile and lighting the fuse,
holding it up between himself and the
marshal. The marshal TRANQUILITY crossed
his arms and watched till the fuse
sputtered and went out. "There, sir"
said the artilleryman, triumphantly, as he
threw the shell on the ground. "You were
right, after all" growled the marshal, and
rode away to another point of the line,
but at night the captain received at his
tent the cross of st. vladimir for bravery in
the field.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14

/ might be best for me to keep out of sight.
l was sorry for it as a stranger could be,
but my being there might be considered
supicious. 1 kept hidden up in the gar
ret, in great lumber closet, and heard
poor Choker's affairs talked over and learnt
his habits.
"Some of his clothes were up in the gar
ret and an old wig; and one of the patch
es he had worn over his right eye was
there, too ; and there was an old dressing
glass in the corner. tried on the wig and
the patch, and saw how like old Choker
they made me look, only was not so brown.
Then took some walnuts that lay on the
floor and rubbed the juice into my skin. 1t
increased the resemblance so did whiten-
ing my eyebrows with bit Of chalk. And
sat down and looked at myself, and the
plan tn 1t afterward carried out came into
my ea1. would play old Choker, as I
knew l could.
81 studied his voice and movements well
and, as told you, had once been an actor,
and so I should step into q decent home
and comfortable means without hurting
any one. The night after he was buried
came out of the garnet and went into the
graveyard, and, not to enter into details,
you'll find Cboker's coffin in the vault be-
You'd his grave. Then l went back and
tried the effect Of my disguise on poor old
Peggy Kinder. 1t satisfied me. haven't
led merry life, though knew it would
not be long one.
"But I've been very comfortable, and
shan't die dogs death out of doors, as l
once expected. I've never been afraid
that Choker really would haunt me, though
Pm trifle superstitious, for think he
couldn't find much fault with me, as he
had no relatives, never made a will, and
couldn't take either his bank book or his
house and farm into the other world with
him.
"And now you have had the story, and
you've promised to keep the secret until
the last. You can see now, perhaps, that
Choker and l were good deal alike. Pm
four inches taller than he was, for one
thing, and my nose is higher. But there's
a good deal in make up"
These were almost the last words Cho.
ker's ghost ever spoke, for his end was very
near, and it was not until
"Death had taught him more
Than this melancholy world doth know"
that the doctor let Grabtown know the Sc
quel gifts ghost story.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14

TRAPPING BEARs-A gentleman was
once making inquiries in Russia about the
method of catching bears in that country.
He was told that to entrap them pit was
dug several feet deep, and after covering
it over with turf, leaves &C., some food
was placed on top. The bear, if tempted
by the bait, easily fell into the snare ; but
he added:
"If four or five happen to get together,
they all get out again"
"How is that 2" asked the gentleman.
"They form sort OF a ladder by stepping
on each others shoulders and thus make
their escape"
"But how does the last one get ont 2"
"Ah, these bears, though not possessing
mind and soul such as God has given US
can yet feel gratitude, and they won't for
get the one who has been the chief means
of procuring their liberty. Scampering
off, they bring the branch of a tree which
they let down to their poor brother, enab-
ling him speedily to join them in the free
dom in which they rejoice"
Sensible bears, we should say, arc great
deal better than some people we hear
about who never help anybody but them
selves.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14
Poe tic al.
Halfway D0ings.

|
''Belubbed fellow travellers, in holding forth to
day
1 doesn't quote no special verse, for what 1 has
| Dc sermon will be berry shot, and dis here am
de tex
Dat halfway doings' amt no count, for dis
worl' or dc neX'
Dis WORT, dat we's alibin in, is like cotton
row,
Whar cherry culled gentleman hab got his line
TO no;
An cherry time lazy niger stops to take nap,
De grass keeps on growing, for to smuddcr up
his crap.
When Moses led the Jews acrost dc water of dc
sea,
Dcy had to keep agoing, jis as fas as fas could
be;
Do you S pose dat dey could cher hab succeeded
in der wish
An reached de promised Land at las'-if dcy had
stopped TO fish?
My frcns, dar was n garden once, whar Adam
libbed wild Eve,
Wild no one round to bodder dem, no n0bors for
to thieve,
An cherry day was Christmas, and dey got dar
rations free,
And cherry ting belong TO dem, accept one apple
tree.
You all know bout dc story, how de snake
A stump-tal rusty moccasin, a-crawln on de
groun';
How Eve and Adam ate de fruit and went and
hid dcir face
Till dc angel oberseer he come and drove 'em
off dc place.
Now sposo dat man and 'oomau hadn't tempted
for to shlrk,
But had gone about DER gardening and tended
to DER work,
Dey wouldn't have been loatin whar dey had no
And de Debbincbber'd got chance to tell 'em
what TO do.
No half way doings, bredrin, it'll ncbber do, l
say
Go at your task and finish it and denis de time
to play
For chen if de crop is good, dc rain III Spite de
Unless you keep pickin in de garden of your
souls.
Keep a-plowing and a-hoeing and scraping OBJ
de rows
And when dc ginning's obcr, you can pay up
what you owes;
But if you quit aworking, cherry time de sun is
hot,
De Sheriff's gwine to Lobby upon eberyting you's
What eber tits you's drlbin at, be shore and
dribe it frou,
And don't let muffin stop you, but do what
you's gwine to do,
For when you sees niger foolin, den as shore
as you is born,
You's gwine to see him coming out de small end
of de horn.
| thanks you for de tention you has glib dis af-
ternoon-
Sister Williams will oblige us, by a-raisin of de
tune
l see dat Brodder Johnson's bout to pass around
de hat,
And don't let's hab no halfway doins,' when it
comes to dat.n
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14
VARIETIES.

"A Detroit hotel-keeper writes his bill
of fare, thus saving the cost of printing
1t announces "Coffee, soupe, rosie befe,
fried ham, boyled and bal<t potatys, fried
coul puddin and Minis pie"
"A Minnesota editor says that man
came into his office to advertise for q lost
dog, and such was the wonderful power OF
advertising, the dog walked into the office
while he was writing the advertisement.
"A father, in consoling his daughter
who had lost her husband, said II don't
wonder you grieve for him, my dear, you
will never find his equal" II don't know
as l cam" replied the widow, "but I'll do
my best" The father felt comforted.
Fashionable Milliner-"You'll have
the flower on the left side of the bonnet,
of course, madam 2" Fashionable lady
| "Well-er-no. The fact is, there's pillar
on the left side of my pew in church, so
that only the right side of my head is seen
by the congregation. Of course, l could
change my pew"
Young lady to a beau, of whose COM
pany she was getting tired-"I hope you
are not nervous, because that clock has a
queer effect on people. All my gentlemen
acquaintance start when it strikes ten,
and it's just going to strike, so if you are
nervous perhaps you had better go home
before it begins" He went.
"A physician was called to visit lady
in Chelsea, Massachusetts. After contin-
ulng his calls for some weeks she expressed
her fears that it would be announcement for
him to come so far on her account. "Oh,
madam" replied the doctor, innocently, 81
have another patient in the neighborhood
and thus | can kill two birds with one
stone"
There's some mind in this boy of
yours" said the new pastor, stopping at
the roadside and stroking the curly pate
of youngster whose father, one of the
parishioners, was ploughing in the adjoin-
ing field. "And so there be, too," replied
the rustic, greatly tickled Sand so there
be, sir; you'd just ought to see how he can
mind sheep !"
Mature is sanative, refining, elevating.
How cunningly she hides every wrinkle of
her uncomfortable antiquity under roses
and violets and morning dew Every
inch of the mountains is SCARED by unima-
ginable commissions, yet the new day is
purple with the bloom of youth and love.
And so, we may add, is the nose of the
man who gets up at five o'clock in the
morning and walks do wn street for a cock
tail before breakfast.
He invited her to lunch, and she, be.
ing a beautiful young lady, went. She
read the bill of fare behind her sweet little
fan, and whispered in zephyry accents,
"Woodcock on toast" At this announce
ment it flashed upon his mind that his as
sets were but seventy-five cents. Some
thing must be done. "Cornelia, do you
know what woodcock ISL" he asked. "No,
Mr.. Spinks," she answered, "Well, then,
my DEAR" said he, sit is as big as hall
but. ooh goodness graciousr ' exclaimed
the charming Cornelia, "then bring me
some pork and beans" Spinks winked ex.
utantly at the waiter, and the waiter wink
ed knowingly at him.-Hartford Globe.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14

STRANGE Academia SECRET WELL
KEPT.
The only true ghost story know is the
story of Choker's ghost. That is posi-
tive fact well attested. All the neighbors
know what happened. All the neighbors
saw how it began, and as it is the story of
Choker's ghost, it could not have begun
until Choker died.
Old Choker had been so called for good
many years-before he was actually old, l
should suppose but he was a very queer
fellow, man without relatives or friends,
and who seemed to want none.
He was mysterious man, too.
He had wooden leg, and no one knew
how lie came by it.
He had black patch over onc eye, and
no one could tell why he wore it.
He had a rusty brown wig, and there
| was no man intimate enough to know
whether he adopted it because he was bald
or because he was gray.
He had deposit in the bank, and no
one knew how lie earned the money.
He came a stranger to Grabtown, and
| bought house and a little farm there, Civ
ing his name as Guy Choker.
That was all that any one knew about
him, except that he had the best crops to be
seen for miles around.
He never went to church, and never
chatted to a neighbor. No one knew any
thing against him; as they knew nothing
they suspected great deal and when ut
last he was found dead one morning, all
the bottled up curiosity popped out as
champagne does when it is uncorked.
Everybody went to see him where he
lay.
Everybody attended the inquest, and
everybody went to the funeral.
1t was decided that he died of apo.
plexy.
| There was no relative to see him, but
there would probably be plenty left to pay
| for his funeral, so there was no difficulty
about that.
The clergyman said doubtful sort of
| good word for him, and as he was dead, no
one contradcted it. 5.
| And Peggy Kinder, who said she wasn't
afraid of anything was put into the house
to take care of it.
She knew old Choker very well, having
done washing for him for five years.
That night the weather being chilly
spring weather, she made up good fire in
the kitchen and slept on an old lounge
there. Once in the night she woke up
and thought she heard the clump, clump
clump of a wooden leg overhead, but
though she felt chill run up her back
bone at the thought, she made up hel
mind that it was all nonsense, and went to
sleep again.
At six she was up and had put more
coal on the fire, and was filling the kettle
when positively-no fancy about it this
tlme-she did hear that clump, cluml
again across the room up stairs, half q
dozen times, then down the stairs.
The sound Of Choker's wooden leg and
nothing else, and as she turned about
shaking and trembling, she saw Chokel
himself at the door in his big-fowereo
dressing gown, with the black patch owe
his eye, and the brown wig on.
Then as Choker nodded cheerfully, ant
said, Breakfast ready yet9" she grew be
wildered
"I've been having horrid dream, sir,
she said, getting away from the figure
though, as she spoke, land it's natural o
life. / dreamed you were dead, sir, but j
was so natural that you skeer me-"
"Do l ?" said old Choker. "Wby, bles
me, we must all die"
eyes sir" said Peggy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14
A Lake that Never Freezes nor Gives up its
Dead.

Truckee is thriving railroad town, and
the starting point for Lake Tahoe-called
the "Gem of the Sierras." Half of the
lake is in Nevada, the other half in Cali
fornia. 1t is twenty-eight miles long and
from twelve to sixteen miles wide, and has
been sounded to depth of sixteen hun
dred feet. Its waters are beautiful
ultramarine, and it may be called the pur-
est water in the world, containing by
analysis only four per cent. of impurities
1t is so light and mobile as to be easily
dashed into foam or Gained to mirror-like
surface. In the early morning it is like o
bookings glass, with surrounding objects
reflected in it with surprising accuracy
Several steamers of small tonnage are used
in navigating it. Its altitude is about
sixty-three hundred feet it is always cool
and pleasant in the hottest weather. The
lake never freezes, and never gives up its
dead. No person that has been drowned
has been known to rise to the surface
Woods las soon as it is saturated, sinks to the
bottom. The water is as clear as crystal,
and huge rocks fifty feet down are plainly
discerpible. In fact, it is marvel, and
the very contrast of our own Salt Lake;
for this is so dense and sluggish as to offer
great resistance TO the human body and
everything else that will float.-Sah Lake
Herald.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14
ShOeing Horses.

For whatever purpose the horse is used,
the shoe should not be too light because
it is then liable to be bent, and becomes an
insufficient covering to the foot. The web
of the shoe should be broad, and continued
through the whole shoe to the heels, to give
increased covering and protection to the
sole of the foot The outside of the shoe
should exactly fit the crust of the hoof,
thereby giving the entire hoof an equal
bearing on all its parts from the toe to the
heel. The usual practice is to have por-
ton of the shoe projecting outward, along
both the outer and inner quarters of the
hoof; and when this form of a shoe is con-
nccted with narrowing of the web at the
heel the effect is to place the heel upon the
inside line of the web, thereby producing
an unequal bearing upon the ground sur
face of the foot. The setting off of the
shoe at the heels is a great inconvenience
to the horse when his foot sinks in the
ground, and it is in this way that most of
the shoes are pulled off and lost in the
ground or trodden off with the other feet.
1t is evident when the shoe fits the feet of
the horse exactly that when the foot is
pulled up through the ground, after sink
ing, the shoe must follow the foot without
detriment or difficulty.
The shoe should be made sufficiently
long TO fully support the entire structure
of the heel. The shoe should be of equal
thickness throughout, and should be care
fully adapted to the foot; this we cannot
urge too strongly. If the shoe does not
sit perfectly level all round, and if it ex-
tends so far outside the hoof that the nails
are prevented from entering the crust at
the exact spot and in the very direction
which they should, there will be constant
straining on the nails, which is injurious
to the hoot. The shoe ought to be made
wide across the foot at the point where the
two front nails are situated. The greatest
mistake frequently lies here.-National Lioe
Stock Journal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14
WHAT TINE TIE BIRDS BEGIN TO Sir

WHAT TIME THE BIRDS BEGIN TO SING.
"A French ornithologist has taken the
trouble to find out at what hour during
the summer the commonest small birds
wake up and begin to sing. The result of
his inquiry shows that the earliest riser of
all is the greenfinch, who tunes up about
half-past one A. NJ, some hours before the
more robust and melodious species Of fin
ches are ready for work. The second to
put in an appearance is the blackcap, who
is to be heard at halfpast two or there
abouts; and half an hour later the quail
makes his first attempt at musical per-
Torrance. 1t is nearly four o'clock, and
the sun is we'll above the horizon, before
the first real songster appears in the person
OF the blackbird, who precedes the thrush
about half an hour, and the chirp of the
robin is about the same length of time be-
fore that of the wren. Finally, the house
sparrow and the tomtit occupy the last
place on the list.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-14
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