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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-09

THE COMING WALKING MATCH.-In view of
the probability of the change of the political
compilations of the Senate and House after
March ith next, the officers and clerks of both
branches of the legislative department con
template arranging Il walking matCh'hat is,
the Senate clerks are to walk over to the
House, and the House clerks over to the Sen
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24

the other, and who shouts the moment lie
catches sight of her.
"Why, girl, where have you been p
| What on earth's the matter 2"
| Bessie leaves unfinished the "But"- begun
speech, and runs laughingly to him, and
taking the hat from his hand, fans him
energetically while she explains "Charley
was the matter, father. You can't think
how aggravating he's been. He wouldn't
go until this gentleman'-with another
pretty blush-"was kind enough to make
him CO."
The old man looked keenly at the young
one. Sand pray where did you come from
and who may you be 2" lis asked, sharply.
81 will tell you where | came from, and
how | happened to meet your daughter, at
some future time. Meanwhile you will
learn from this who I am"-handing q
! card to the old farmer, on which was en-
graved, "Charles Marks, Jun"
"Our old landlady's nephew and heir 2"
"The same, at your service and having
no desire, in spite of my agents arrange
ments to the contrary, to begin my life in
Daisyvile by turning so worthy a tenant"
Tin his heart he added, with so pretty u
daughter') "out of the house he has occu-
pied so many years, l was just proposing
to Miss Gray as you made your appearance
that Charley should be stopped in his mad
career, and once and for all be turned to-
ward his old home"
"Are you quite in earnest, sir p
"Never more so in my life. Whoa, Char
ley, poor old boy" and around went horse
and wagon, and off started the fiery steed
so fast that they could not follow him,
Lion "leaping yard in air" in the exu-
berance of his delight, galloping by his
side,
Hes all right" said the old man, his
face beaming with happiness. "And won't
mother look wonderfully surprised when
she sees him coming up the lane. don't
know how to thank you, Sir"
"Dont thank me. deserve no thanks"
says Charles Marks, holding aside low
hanging tree branch that Bessie may pass
under.
"And the new gardener ," asks Bessie,
looking back at him.
"Will have the rooms over the stable
You know you said they were very com.
fortable.'"
"But your train ?" persists Bessie, with
the first CLEAN Of coquetry that ever spark
led in her blue eyes.
"I'd much rather walk" says Mr.. Marks.
When next the blossoms are on the or
chard trees and the spring flowers are run
ming wild through the grass there is new
mistress at the big house in Daisyville-a
pretty little thing with lovely blue eyes,
bright, golden hair, and II sweet cheerful
voice. Her name is Bessie, and she is the
idol of her husband, and, strange as it may
appear, the beloved of her mother-in-law.
And in the stable, as well, nay, better,
cared for than the handsome ponies and
the splendid chestnut, is an old, white,
odd-looking horse, called Charley, his
days of toll all over, and all his ways ways
of pleasantness, and all his paths paths of
peace.-Hmper'S Weekly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24
Spend Your Money Mt Home,

The following are the most forcible rea-
sons why you should spend your money at
home:
LIST, 1t is your home; you cannot i'm
prove it much by taking it away to spend
or invest.
I'd, There is no way of improving place
so much as by encouraging good merchants,
good schools and good people to settle
among you, and this cannot be done unless
you spend your money at home.
Sd, Spend your money at home, for
there is where you get it. 1t is your du-
ty.
4th, Spend your money at home, because
when it is necessary for you to get credit,
it is of your town merchants you have to
get it, and they must wait for the money.
Therefore, when you have the cash, spend
it at home.
9Th, Spend your money at home. 1t will
make better merchants of your merchants;
they can and will keep better assortments
and sell at lover rates than if the only
business they can do is what is credited
out, while the money goes to other places.
9th, Spend your money at home. Set the
example now. Buy your dry goods, gro
ceries, meats, and everything at home,
and you will see wonderful change in
short time in the business outlook of the
place; therefore, deal with your home
merchants.
18th, Spend your money at home. What
do you gain by going off, Count the cost;
see what you could have done at home by
letting your merchants have the cash.
Strike balance and see if you would not
have been just as well off, besides helping
your merchants.
9Th, Spend your money at home. Your
merchants are your neighbors, your friends;
they stand by you in sickness-are your
associates. Without your trade they can
not keep your business. No stores, then
no one wanting to buy property to settle
on and build up your place.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24
PO Q tic al.
Dropping Corn.
BY MARY Il. c. SLAD

BY MARY H. c. sLADE
Little Katie went with the gray old squire
c'Who was he!" Child he was your grand sire
To the furrowed field, in the dewy morn.
"Now sing" said he, "as you drop the corn,
One for the black bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut worm, and two to grow"
Crow and black bird came flutiering round,
The cut worm wrigglcd beneath the ground,
AS five smooth kernels, every time
Little Katie dropped with the sing-song rhyme,
zone for the black bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut worm, and two to grow"
The old squire covered the grain with soil.
Nov see" he said "they will have their spoil
That's sure; but still we shall get our share, .
If you always count, as you dlop, with care,
"One for the blaok-bird, one fsr the crow,
One Tor the cut-worm, aud two to grow"
When kernels sprout and green blades grow.
The crow and black bird and cut worm know,
And woe for the corn field in harvest days,
Unless little Katie in planting says,
"One for the black bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut worm, and two to grow"
Thus do we plant with our older hands,
In wider fields and DER broader lands
Since good seed sown by the land or sea,
In the air or earth foe may be
"One for the black bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut worm, and two to grow"
The "two to grow!" That is all | ask
AS the seed times bring me my planting task.
know who leads to His furrowed field;
As He wills plant; ut His will shall yield.
Zone for the black bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut worm, and two to grow"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24

This phrase was originally "Hear him."
and was used to remind listeners of the
duty of paying attention to the speaker,
but it has gradually become cry express
sivc of approval, or, when used ironically,
of the reverse. Sheridan, the famous wit,
orator md dramatist, was member of the
House of Commons. Once, when max ing
a speech there, he was annoyed by mem
Der behind him frequently calling out
Clear, hear" without any regard to the
propriety of the question. Sheridan laid
trap for him, and began to describe
political opponent in very uncomplimen-
tary language, ending his vituperation
with the question, "Where shall we find
more knavish fool or Il more foolish knave
than this?" At which the interrupter
called out Justify; Hear hear" Sheridan
turned round and thanked him for the in
formation, sitting down amid the laugh
ter of the house.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24

to the starting point the horses were hitched to
the capstans, aud soon the rope attached to each
OF the wings was taken up, and the seine began to
show Its ends At this moment the rope with the
cork buoys as it lay upon the surface ofthe water
looked like gigantic sea-serpent, with its head
and tail fastened to the float. When the ends of
the seine reached the float, 'quarter" ropes were
sent out and fastened, and while these were
wound around the capstans the men took up he
slack of the seine carefully, and piled it on the
deck. The seine members stood by, and whenever
a rent was discovered 1t was repaired on the in
slant. AS the coil of the floating rope grew
smaller, the piles Of seine at each of the deck
grew larger and after an hours pulling all ofthe
netting had been drawn in, except the pouch
that remained just outside the "apron'' of the
iloat. Some OF the men waded out into the wa.
Ter, got hold of the lower rope of the seine and
pulled ii up the inclined plane, while Others kept
the upper rope above the water. Now is the
moment of excitement. Whatever fish have been
caught are in the little pouch of the net that is
still under water. The next instant the net is
lllted ON the deck, and the fish are tumbling
about on the planks in crazy way that shows
their utter helplessness when taken out of their
element. No one can fully appreciate the force
OF tue common expression usedto describe an
unsuccessful undertaking, to wit, "a water.haulr
until he has seen seine, after long hours ofpa.
tient and somewhat perilous labor, brought
ashore with few small fish sticking in its
meshes. The result is SO disproportionatc to the
enort, and SO disappointing to the expectation,
mat the phrase, "water-haul,h becomes one of
the most expressive in the language.
The present fishing season has been very I'M
profitable. The shad may have gone up stream
earlier in the spring, or possibly they may not
have returned to their fayorite spawning ground.
Fishing operations have nearly ceased for the
season.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24

An ingenious wife tells her oppressed
sister how to "come it'' over the tyrant
man. "When / want nice snug day all
to myself" she says; ~ tell George dear
mother is coming, and then see nothing
Of him until one in the morning." Try it.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24

The entire alphabet is found in these
four lines
God gives The grazing OK his meat,
He quickly hears the sleeps low cry;
But man, who tastes His finest wheat,
Should joy to lift His praises high.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24

MONEY IN SWEET CoRN.-An Ohio far
mer grows over 500 acres of this crop an
nually. The drying house employs over
fifty persons. The fresh ears are steamed
five minutes to "sct the milk :" the grain
is then cut off rapidly with cutters having
concave faces; then spread on perforated
zinc tables, and heat applied four or five
hours from long furnaces, stirring constant
ly; then packed in barrels, three bushels
each, for shipment. Great care is requilel
to have the corn Of the right age, and to
have it dried enough to keep well. -Four
bushels of corn on the cob make one bush
el dried, The Wholesale price of which is
$50 to $22 per barrel.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24

BROAD TIRES To WHEELs.--It should be
evident that broad wheel, that will not
sink into the ground, is of much easier
draft than a narrow one that cuts in two or
three inches. The difference in draft of
narrow and broad wheel upon the hard
est, smoothest road is inappreciable, and
it is matter of doubt if it is in favor of
the one or the other. Theoretically, there
may be difference to small extent, in
favor of the narrow tire, but ms our roads
are far from being hard or smooth, the diff
ference of draft will be decidedly in favor
of the broad tire. A load of manure can
be drawn crossplowed ground in broad
tired wagon, by n team that could not
move it in one with narrow tires, and the
softer the ground, the more apparent will
be the difference in favor of the broad
wheels. 1t is to be hoped that the manu-
facturers of wagons will make the expert
ment of offering wheels with broad tires
VIC believe they would soon become very
POPULAR american Agriculturist.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24

MY FLOUR AND MEAL, which has
-1Nl- taken first premiums at three annual
fairs of the Hartford County Agricultural
Society, may be had at A. II. Greenfield's
store, Bel Air, or will be delivered to order.
The Highest Market Prices in cash for Grain.
Country custom attended to promptly.
au24-1y JOSIAH M. HERMAN
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24

"A Florida negro mistook mule for
ghost and poked it with stick The YER
dict recited that he came to his death By
using too short a stick in probing the I'M
movable for evidence of future exist
ence,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-24

ale was koiud master, he was. He
thought of me afore he died, and in his
will he said: Il leave to my son William
both them sheep wot was lost last week, if
they gets found, and in case they doesn't,
| leave 'em TO my faithful servant Joseph
l hope they won't get found"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02
Moral Of Stopping Your Paper

The following from an exchange is so
pertinent that we reproduce it in our
columns: A certain man got mad ut the
editor and stopped his paper. The next
week he sold all his corn at four cents
below the market prices; then his prop
erty was sold for taxes because he only
heard of the convention three days after
it had adjourned; he lost ten dollars by
betting on Molly Mccarthy ten days af-
ter Ten Brock had won the race; he
was arrested and fined eight dollars for
going hunting on Sunday, and he paid
three hundred dollars for lot of forged
notes that had been advertised two
weeks, and the public cautioned not to
negotiate them. He then paid great
big Ilishman, with leg like derrick,
to kick him all the way to the newspa-
per Office, where he paid four years sub
scription in advance, and made the edi-
tor sign and swear to written agree
ment to knock him down and rob him if
ever he ordered his paper stopped again.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02
TAINTED to EquNli@e Things.

A dilapidated individual stood gazing
at a huge pile of watermelons in front OF
q Woodward Avenue grocery until his
mouth watered and he made bold to re-
mark to q man who was selecting one
for dinner:
81 wish / had five cents to get small
melon; haven't tasted melon for over
two years"
The gentleman promptly handed over
a nickel and went on with his selection.
About the time he had his melon picked
out he saw the vagrant coming out of a
saloon near by, and he called out:
Il thought you wanted that money to
buy a melon?'
$50 did" was the very courteous an
swer. / told you hadn't tasted a melon
for over two years, and after rejecting
a little found / hadn't tasted whisky
for over three. Therefore, / gave whisky
a show to catch up with melon and start
of square. Nothing mean aboutm SIR.
goodbye. Detroit Free Press.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02

A WRITER describes the boy exhorter,
Thomas Harrison, now conducting re-
markable revival meeting in the Foun-
dry Methodist Church, Washington, as
a youth of remarkably nervous organ
ization. A chained tiger would not be
more FESTIVE. He is never still. Even
his advent into the room is heralded in
advance by the swapping, cracking
sound made by the clapping of his
hands from his excessive nervousness.
He dresses in tight-fitting black coat,
long in the skirts, and white tie shows
above the closely-buttoned garment.
He uses simple language, and has none
of the style or manner OF the trained
speaker. His energy is tremendous,
and his power over an audience some
thing wonderful. His magnetism en-
thuses his audience, and causes them to
act as wildly as savage tribes under the
influence of their magicians.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02

OF II sort OF leaden purple-gray. But af-
ter very careful observation through n
long, narrow tube, in order that no con-
fiicting rays of light might disturb the
vision, am convinced that, even in the
deepest water, the local color is some
tint of green. In the Bahamas, and
among coral islands in general, where
the bottom is white sand aud the water
OF little depth it is found to be of the
most brilliant exquisite green, ranging
from emerald to the highest tints OF
malachite. 1t is impossible to overstate
the vividness of the colors in those wat
ers, and almost as impossible to try to
reproduce them on canvas; for, to one
who has never seen them, the artist so
daring rs to reproduce those colors
would be considered stark mad. The
red is scarcely less vivid in the West
India waters, being the complementary
color OF green, and, wherever q rock
near the surface or cloud shadow OBJ
scures the green tint, red is Immediate
ly produced, and even the cloudless sky
at midday is Also soft rose-color. BY
this means the sponge-ishermen and
wreckers are able to navigate their sloops
about through the most intricate reefs,
which are indicated by purple patches
as clearly as on chart. The Bermudas
present similar colors, but with less
vividness.--4ppleton's Journal
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02
The mississippi Spiders 44heatl,

At the Woodbine Saloon of Mr.. D..
G. Kearns, one of the barkeepers yester-
day happened to notice under u chair a
small chicken snake, with its head firm
ly held by q spiders web. He found
that the snake had been caught in the
web of small ordinary red spider, not
much larger in body than a grain of
corn. After watching the actions of the
spider awhile, he found that it was gradu-
ally drawing the snake up from the floor
to the seat of the chair. The snake was
about eight inches long, and ut late
hour last evening, despite its desperate
struggles to free itself from the meshes
of the spider, it had been drawn up I'M
til about two inches only Of its tail re-
manned on the foor.-Ndtchez Demo-
cTdt.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02

A FEMALE infant, born in New York
town, has her head set on wrong side
before-her face where the back of her
head ought to be. Such IA girl, when
she grows up, will possess some adyan-
tages over the ordinary woman. When
she goes to church her neck will be
saved many twist, as she will not be
obliged to turn her head to see who
comes in. But unless she walks sort o
backwards she will he apt to collide
with lamp posts, store boxes, and things.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02

The women of the country should
have the following extract from Mem
phis paper printed in letters of gold
and hung up in every home: parents
have deserted children and children
parents, husbands their wives, but not
one wife her husband" This tribute to
woman's devotion is found in a column
descriptive of the plague horrors in
Memphis. And yet women, in the times
of profound peace and in seasons of
health, have been known to leave their
husbands and go off with negro min
strels and book peddlers.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02

A CLERGYMAN in Melbourne has found
an effective means of swelling the con-
tributions of his people. For some time
there had been an increase of three-pen-
nv pieces, to the exclusion of six-penies
and shillings. He put a stop to the de-
cline at once, and instead of paying the
weekly collection of three-pennies into
the local bank, he quietly placed them
to one side every week until some G9O
of small coin had been Withdrawn from
circulation. Sixpences and shillIngs
then took their place on the plate, as the
result of the good mans corner IN
thrce-pennies.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02
Clarifying Sorghum, Juice.

As the season for the manufacturing
of sorghum sirup is at hand, I have
thought that a plan of clarifying the
juice, which came across in o trip to
Arkansas two years ago, might interest
some of your readers. A friend and
myself stopped at Il house near Valley
Falls, Kansas, for dinner. When din
ner was served there was ON the table
what I took for strained honey, but, on
further inspection, found to be sorghum
strip. 1t looked more like honey than
strip, and tasted better than any sor-
ghum we had ever met with. We natu-
rally inquired something about the man.
ufacture, and we're told by the young
man that he had been experimenting
with sorghum for some years; had tried
filtering through charcoal and gravel,
and had tried tiltering through earth,
but did not succeed we'll with either.
He next tried mixing clay with the
juice, and found it was just what he was
after. His plan was as follows: He
had tank, or box, about eight feet
long, three feet wide, and about two
feet deep, with partition in the mid
die, running lengthwise of the box
which division made two boxes OF tanks.
He had this tank set near his elevator,
with one end slightly elevated. AS he
pressed the cane, he filled one of these
boxes, or divisions, in the tank. When
it was full, he had Il pail full of yellow
clay-not top soil-mixed with water in
mortar. He turned this clay into the
tank containing the sorghum juice; then
stirred all up together, which, of course,
made the juice very muddy. He then
let it settle, which, he said, took very
short time. The clay, in settling, car
ricd down all impurities to the bottom,
and left the juice almost as clear as
water. In the end of the tank next to
the evaporation he had number of small
holes bored one above another, and a
plug in each. When he wanted juice to
run into the evaporation, he pulled out
the upper plug, until the Juice ceased to
run; then the next plug was pulled out,
and so all the way down. The reason
for adopting this way of getting the juice
out was that it did not disturb the clay
in the bottom of the tank. While he
was using the juice out of one box, the
other was filling up from the press. He
said, in order to succeed well, the tank
should be large enough to hold half
days grinding. I asked him if it was
not great deal of trouble to make syrup
on this plan. He said no; that he had
hardly any skimming TO do, as all the
gum and starch was carried down by the
clay Correspondent OF CO'mdn's Ru
raj HOrid.