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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14
CObleigh's Mother Takes Tramp in Hand.

Tramps calling at the Cobleigh mansion
have received something to eat if there
was anything to give them. Mrs. Cob
leigh's mother is visiting her son-in- law
When she discovered that tramps called
and were fed, she protested against the ex-
travagance.
why" said she, with plying laugh,
81 should no more think of feeding tramps
for nothing than of feeding an army for
nothing. The good-for nothing, lazy
things, they can work just us well as you
can work. They'd never get anything out
of me without doing something for it, l
can tell you"
ooh, that's well enough in theory" OBJ
served the soft hearted Cobleigh, "but it is
too troublesome to reduce to practice. 1t
is only bite we can give 'em, anyway,n
"That's the way with all men," retorted
his wife's mother, somewhat impatiently.
anything to save trouble is their motto,
it matters not what is the cost. But |
don't believe in that way. l believe that
every penny counts, and if you get little
something in the way ofwork out of these
vagabonds it is so much gain for yourself,
besides discouraging idleness and vaga-
bondism. Now, I'll take the ne xt tramp
in hand, and you'll see the effect.
Mrs. Cobleigh's mother was as good as
her word. The next tramp who came
along was great hulk of fellow, in quest
of victuals. The old lady had found out
IN the meantime that the front walk need
ed cleaning, and she told him if he would
work there an hour she would give him
something to eat. He assented, and she
armed him with hoe.
She was very much pleased with the
success OF her plan, and said to her daugh-
ter, in an exulting tone
"1here what did tell your
At the end Of a half hour she went to
the front to see that he was not fooling
away the time, and found that he was not.
In fact he had made the very best use of
his time, and was nowhere in sight. The
old lady fastened to the walk and looked
anxlousy up and down the street, but the
tramp was not to be seen. Then she re-
membered the hoe was new one.
Every few minutes she would 90 to the
door, and cast an anxious glance to the
walk, but the object of her longing did not
darken its surface.
Such terribly discouraged old lady has
not been seen in Danbury in some time,
nor one so prone to rubbing her head in
silent meditation.
Mr. Cobleigh has got another hoe, which
he has chained to post in the cellar-a
precautlon scarcely necessary.-Danbury
NeUS.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

MAKE THE HORSES WoRK.-Horses were
designed rs beasts of burden to relieve
mankind from fatiguing drudgery. 1t does
not hurt them to work hard, if they are
treated kindly. 1t is not the hard drawing
and ponderous loads that wear out horses
and make them poor, balky and worthless;
but it is the hard driving, the worry by
rough and inhuman drivers, that uses up
more horseflesh, tat and muscle, than all
the labor Il team performs. Consider the
ponderous loads that many teams are re-
quired to cart every day, and several times
a day, and yet they appear to grow fatter
and stronger every year. They are treated
kindly On the other hand, horses that do
not perform half the labor, soon grow poor
and give out, and the next we hear of them
they die with the harness on. Hard work
does not kill them but the worrying fret
ting and abuse did the job. Horses will
do all the moving and reaping on large
farm, thresh the grain, pitch the hay, turn
the grindstone, saw the wood, and perform
almost all the heavy labor that farmers
have been accustomed to do, and grow fat,
if they are net worried and jerked and
kicked about as if they were living foot
ball.-N Y. Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

THE SAFE SDE.-When the occupant OF
u business place on Michigan avenue was
asked why he didn't hang out flag in
memory of Washington, he replied:
"What do know about George Wash
ington ?"
"Why, you have read about him, haven't
you9"
81 suppose have, but you don't suppose
l swallow all l read, do you9 ?"
"But everybody knows that Washington
was Create and good man." protested the
first.
81 don't know about that. I've heard a
great deal against him since l came to
Detroit, and I'm not going to run the risk
of offending some of my best customers
by waving flags around. I'm just starting
in here, and don't want to make any bad
moves"
"But, sir, but"
"Please 60 on" interrupted the business
man. "If people hear you jawing around
my place, they'll think I'm politician and
keep clear of me. I'm neutral in politics
and you can't force me into the Washington
clique-no sir."-Detrot Free Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

AN old Scotch lady had an evening
party, where young man was present who
was about to leave for an appointment in
China. AS he was exceedingly eAtrava-
CANT in his conversation about himself, the
old lady said, when he was leaving, "Take
guild care o. yoursel, my man, when ye're
AVA; for, mind ye, they eat puppies in
Cinema |"
-"Beggars can't be choosers," says an
old adage. We take notice that beggaI
got into the hallway, the other day, and
chose from the hat rack forthwith three
hats, one umbrella, and our best sealskir
overcoat. This knocks the sawdust out o.
that adage.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

AN MPoL1TE MAN.-Among the civil
engineers employed at the time the Union
Pacific Railroad route was being surveyed
was one by the name of Black, a gruff,
sharp. spoken man, who was easily irritated.
One day, as an old colored man was watch
ing the proceedings with apparently in,
tense interest, he unintentiopally stepped in
front of the instrument through which
Black was looking. Black yelled to him,
with an oath, to get out of the way, a
movement which he Immediately executed
Turning to one of the men, he asked:
"Boss, who be that old soaker ~
Upon his replying, "That's Black, the
civil engineer" he CALCULATED
"Cibil cibil engineer Boss, l got a
old pig down home, an if he wasn't more
chill than dat Teller, I'd 60 home and cut
his throat"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14
PO Q tic al.
Trust.

Trust.
Searching for strawberries ready to eat,
Finding them fragrant and large and sweet,
What do you think found at my feet,
Deep in the green hillside?
Four brown sparrows, the cunning things,
Fcathered on back and breast and wings,
Proud with the dignity plumage brings,
Opening their four mouths wide.
STOPPING lower to watch my prize,
Watching their mouths with eager eyes,
Dropping my berries with glad surprise,
plaintiye sound heard
And looking up at the mournful call,
| spied on a branch, near the old stone WALL
The poor little mother bird.
With grief and terror her heart was wrung,
And while to the slender bough she swung,
She felt that the lives of her birdlings hung
On still more slender thread.
"Ah, BIRDIE" said, "if you only knew
That my heart was tender and warm and true =
But the thought that l loved her birdlings too
Never entered her small brown head.
And so through this world Of ours we go,
Bearing our burdens of needless woe,
Many heart beating heavy and slow
Under its load of care;
But oh! if we only, only knew
That God was tender and warm and true,
And that He loved us through and through,
Our hearts would be lighter than air.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

SKELETON LEAvEs.-Handle very care
fully, and have patience. July and August
are the best months to gather leaves for this
purpose, though later will some times do.
Get perfect ones, place them in glass jars
filled with water add 10 or 10 drops of
muriatic acid for every pint of water
Keep the jar covered and in the sun. If
the water evaporates, add more with acid;
it must be kept full. 1t will do no harm
if the leaves are crowded little. Look
after them often, and when the fibre seems
loosened take out the leaf, place it on
piece of glass. If the leaf is frail, thin
one, use tiny soft brush to remove the
pulp; if the leaf is thick and strong rub
the pulp off between the thumb and finger;
work carefully. Delicate thin leaves re-
quire much less time than thick ones in
acid water. -Four months is the usual time;
often longer. After removing the pulp
place the skeleton in cold water; add about
one drachm of chloride of lime and five
drops of acetic acid for every pint of water.
Let them remain in this until they are
fine white; then press them in large
book; heep heavy weights on top.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

How TO USE FERTlLIzERs.-Manyc chem
ical fertilizers are highly concentrated and
should not be brought in close contact with
the seed We are using several tons of
these fertilizers the present season, and APP
ply them in the following way: About
two thirds is sown broadcast on the har-
rowed soil and one stroke of the harrow is
then given to mix soil and fertilizer togeth-
or. The seed is then drilled or planted,
and the other third is then scattered evenly
upon the surface. In this way very
thorough mixture is secured.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

A MODEL BARN.-An intelligent farmer
writes: have plan which utilities all the
room with stabling the most convenient
and economical of feed, time and labor
With farm of TIA acres, l had an old
style barn, 40x50, with barn floor in the
centre, stabling for thirteen head of cattle
in each end of this barn, which takes Ia
feet or one of the new additions. The barn
now stands 40x7S. Fourteen feet off for
barn floor leaves two rows of stabling, each
so feet long, which stables, Tin stancheons)
II head of cattle each, or 81 in all. The
hay NOW is in the centre of the barn, the
stabling on each side, the cattle facing the
NOW, which is IA feet wide by so long,
same length as the stabling. The other
addition is back stable 14x40; can he
used for sheep, or partitioned off to suit
your convenience. Above the stabling the
barn is all free for storing hay or grain.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

To improve your fowls and increase
their size, don't keep over five hens to one
rooster When your hens begin to set,
place in the nest the first laid eggs of the
season. The first eggs are always the best
for Matching. They produce the finest
and most uniform chicks, and are trucr to
their breed, show all the finer points and
develop sooner, where the breeding birds
are chosen with an eye to the nearest pos
sible perfection.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

"A lawyer about to finish bill of
costs, was requested by his client, a baker,
to make it as light as possible. "Ah wsaid
the lawyer, "you might properly enough
say that to the foreman of your establish
ment but that is not the way make my
bread,n
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

They raise vegetable tallow in Aus
tralia. There is where the gardener can
laugh and "grow fat."-Cincinnati Sat
urdGy Might,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

BIBLE TERMs.-Readers of the Bible
will be interested in the following eXplana.
ton of expressions frequently met with in
the Holy Scriptures. They are believed to
be entirely correct: A days journey was
33 and is miles. A Sabbath days journey
was about one English mile. Ezekie's reed
was II feet, nearly. A cubit is % inches,
nearly. A fingers breadth is equal to one
inch. A shekel of silver was so cents. A
shekel of gold was $500. A talent of gold
was 1913 300 A piece of silver ora penny,
was 10 cents. A iarthing was cents. A
garah was cents. A mite was II cents.
A homer contained 70 gallons and pints
An ephah, or bath, contained 7gallons and
4 pints. bin was one gallon, 2 pints. A
frkin was pints. An omer was 6 pints
A cab was three pints. log was one hall
pint.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

TRANSIENT Recommendations Square, two inser
tons, $100 Each subsequent insertion, 20 cents Lo
acknowledgements in the same proportion. spac
equal to six lines makes n square.
81 Yearly advertisements at special rates.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

OUT DONE by A BoY.-A lad in Boston,
rather small for his years, works in an Office
as errand boy for four gentlemen who do
business there. One day the gentlemen
were chatting with him about being SO
small, and said to him
"You will never amount to much, you
never can do mnch business, you are too
small"
The little fellow looked at them.
"Well," said he, las small as am, can
do something which none of you men can
do"
"Ah, what is that ?" said they.
~ don't know as ought to tell you," he
replied. But they were anxious to know
and urged him to tell what he could do
that none of them were able to do.
"Ican keep,f. N s,Oearing !" said the little
fellow. There were some bushes on four
manly faces, and there seemed to be very
little anxiety for further information on the
point.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14
VARIETIES.

1t has been discovered that there is
something peculiar about flour. When
wheat goes up ten cents a bushel, flour
gets the news in half minute by tele-
graph. But when wheat goes down flour
gets the news by mail, and mighty slow
mail at that.
Professor describing an ancient Greek
theatre) land it had no roof" Junior
(sure he has caught the professor in mis-
take)-"What did they do, sir, when it
rained9" Professor taking off his eye
glasses, and pausing momenD-"They
got wet, SIR"
"A large, terocious dog, finding his
way into Il shop filled with customers, Gre
ated great alarm, when raw-ooking shop
man remarked that if they would give him
what he wanted it was most likely the dog
would leave. What could dog want in
a Diapers shop9 Why, he wanted muz-
zlin', of course.
allow did you come to know her 9''
asked mother of her little girl, as she saw
her bidding good-by to poorly dressed
child at the church door. "Why you see
mamma, she came into our Sunday school
alone, and I made place for her on my
seat, and l smiled, and she smiled, and
| then we were acquainted"
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-16
THE QUESTION OF PROFITS.

.#.
"What is the profit and what the risk" are
the first considerations in every business
transaction. Messra. Lawrence & Co., bank.
ers 81 Exchange Place, N. Y. City, make
large profits monthly for their customers, by
the new combination system of operating
in etocks at the N. Y. stock exchange. By
this system they mass together various sums
from thousands of customers and with the
aggregate become giants in. the street, plac-
ing their patrons on an equality with the
kings of finance, whether the amount invest.
ed be great or small. SIS pays $75, or 5
per cent, on the stock during 80 days.
US pays $455, or 6 per cent; 5000 pays
$4,000, or 10 per cent, and so on, according
to the market. Messrs Lawrence & Co.'s
circular copyrighted and sent free contains
Two unerring rules for success in stock op.
erations," and explains everything. The
Brooklyn Journal, April 18th. saws
'Messrs. Lawrence 4 Co. have many facili-
ties by which their customers secure ad.
vantages nottotherwise obtainable. Our ed.
itor made Z net profit Of SOL 5 on an in
vestment Of $40 in their continuation" The
standing and responsibility Of Msssrs. Law.
Fence &Cosia unquestioned, and they fur
,ish best Of references. Highest market
orice paid for all kinds of stocks and bonds
new government loan supplied.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-16
PERSONAL

l., w. Bell, Of Vermillion, was in town
last night.
Rev. A. l.. Riggs is in town Is u witness
before the grand jury.
Vim. Fielder has been employed - inter
prefer for the grand jury. He is one Of the
very best.
Capt. Earle, Capt. Ttdd:and Capt. Beusen
have had their say before the grand jury and
are now ready to 60 home.
Capt. Dougherty will 60 to Warrington
as soon as he finishes up work here in con.
nection with the grand jury session.
VIM. Miner returned last night from q
two days hunt in the Nebraska turkey pas
lures. He came very near causing the death
of q number Of wild turkeys, but failing in
that loaded his wagon with grouse, quails,
prairie chickens and wild geese and came
homa.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-16
Old papers for sale at this office.
EASE ArrAlNABLE By THE RHEUMATIC

Yes, although they may despair Of relief, it is
a%ttainable by rheumatic sufferers. for there is q
remedy which carries off, by means OF increased
activity Of the kidneys-important channels for
blood purifcation--the acrid element to which
pathOlogists the most eminent attribute the
painful symptoms--a theory completely borne
out by urinary analysis. The name of this grand
depurent is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. a prep.
aration likewise celebrated as Il remedy Tor con-
stipation, which causes contamination of the
blood with the bile-and a certain means of re-
lief in dyspepsia. fever and ague, and nervous
ailments. 1t is. perhaps, the finest tonic extant,
and is highly recommended as a medicinal stint
ulant by distinguished PHYSICIANS and analysts.
who pronounce it to be emincntly pure and very
beneficial. The press also endorses it.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-16
School DISTRICT BOOK. Ann BLANKS

FOR THE USE OF SCHOOL plsrRcr Off
ERs.
Prepared and approved by w. L. CATION,
Superintendent Of Public Instruction. na-
kota. including
T~REAsuRER's BooK.-With blank forms
for warrants paid school house fund con.
tingent fund, and teachers fund.
CLERKS BooK-With blank forms for
Proceedings Of District Board. Warrants ls-
sued and Record of Teachers Reports also
Deeds of School Property.
Orders on District Treasurer
T~eeasurers Bonds.
Teachers Contract.
Notice to County Clerk Of Rate Of Tax
Voted.
Notice of Special School Meeting.
Notice Of Annual School Meeting.
Sufficient to last an ordinary district ten
years. Price per get, $500.
Sent by mail or express. Address
Bowen & K1NGsBURY,
> , Yankton. D. T.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-16
CHE Daily grfss aud aakotaiau
YANKToN DAKOTA
Saturday Evening, Nov. is, 1873
o N DAKOTA
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Universalist services at IL a. m. and !
y. m.
Unity church, Rev. w. II. Thorne pastor,
usual services at the court house tomorrow,
Sunday at II a. m. and ! p. m.
Methodist church-Qrarterly meeting
Rev. T. M. Wil1iam,, Presiding Elder, Of
Sioux City district, officiating. Love feast
at $50 a. m. Preaching at II followed by
the sacrament of The Lords Supper.
Sabbath school at $50 p. N. Preach ing at
$50 p. N.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-16
A RAILROAD PROJECT.

There was a large attendance at last nights
meeting Of the Yankton chamber of COM
merce and the business which called its
members together proved to be a plan for
the construction of an additional line of rail-
road to our city from the east. 1t is known
to everybody in southern Dakota that the
Milwaukee, Chicago & st. Paul railroad
company is extending its road westward
from its terminus at Algona and is seeking
an objective point upon the Missouri river.
Yankton has been given to understand that
the new road would come to it. with proper
encouragement, and it was for the purpose
of extending the necessary aid that the
chamber Of commerce took up the subject
and gave it consideration. At last nights
meeting there was but one opinion and that
was decidedly in favor Of any proposition
which would lead to the accomplishment Of
the object in view.
President McVay presided over the meet
ing and Gov. Edmunds gave an outline Of
the project under consideration, which was
the organization Of a company for the con-
struction of a railroad to meet the incoming
road from Algona, to secure the right of
way and afford all reasonable encourage
ment to the officers of the Milwaukee, Chi
cago & St. Paul company in their efforts ia
extend their line to the leading commercial
city Of Dakota and establish a connection
with its extensive Missouri river traffic.
The project was ably discussed by
Gov. Edmunds, Gen. Beadle, DR.. Bur-
leigh, Capt. Brooks aud others, and
out of the deliberations Of the meeting was
evolved a scheme which promises good re-
suits. 1t was decided to organize a company
to be known as the Yankton & Milwaukee
railroad company, which shall cooperate
with the Milwaukee, Chicago & St. Paul
company in the completion of its line from
the eastern boundary of Dakota to the city
Of Yankton. A committee of three was
appointed to draft articles of incorporation,
and present them for the consideration Of
the next meeting. which will be held Mon.
day evening at Stones hail.
1t is now probable that the road under
discussion will enter Dakota at or near Can.
ton, on the Big Sioux, in Lincoln county.
The air line distance between that point and
Yankton is about fifty miles, the entire dis
lance through a we'll eettled, we'll developed
and productive agricultural region. In its
benefits to the farmer the road would be of
incalculable advantage. 1t would increase
the price of wheat, and an increased recon-
pense for labor would be the direct and i'm.
mediate gain.
To the Monday nights meeting at Stones
hall the public is invited, and a thorough
discussion Of t~he-project is expected.