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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-29

When the great Scion was at Sardis, the
capital of Lydia, he had an interview with
Cr%sus, the Lydian king, who, to astonish
the republican simplicity of the Grecian
philosopher, received him in all the splen.
dor and pomp of Oriental magnificence.-
At this interview Crmsus exhibited to
Scion his great wealth in golden treasures;
but Scion, nothing daunted by this dis
play, took from his garments a piece of
iron ore, which he had found in Egypt,
and handing it to the monarch, said :
"This has intrinsic worth greater than all,
and in time it will command more gold
than the treasure-house of Crmsus could
hold" The vain king threw down the
rusty gift, and retired in disgust; but the
sage, ever true to his simplicity and in
tegrity, returned to Athens to develop the
merits of that rude stone. He made it into
defensive armor by aid of which the Spar
tan soldier afterward rescued his country
from ruin and dishonor.
In our day how great the contrast be-
tween the intrinsic worth of the "iron
stone" and all the other metals Had
Scion lived till now he would have seen
this "iron stone" performing more won
ders than his philosophy ever dreamt of.
He would have seen old Father Time,
with his hour-glass broken, leaning, a
palsied wreck, on his rusty scythe, when
he firstsaw the workings ola patent Amer
lean Ticker" He would have seen the god
Neptune grounded on the mud.hats of
"Wallabout Bay" with his naiads in alarm,
as the paddles and the screws of the float
ing iron palaces outstripped their speed
toward every cline. He would have seen
Vulcan throw up his sledge in disgust as
the twenty-ton hammer of Krupp forged
out the eighty-ton peacemaker at Essen
He would have seen the embarrassment of
Mercury with his feet entangled in the
electric wire and his occupation gone, as
the "Fast Mail" with its iron horse went
steaming over the land. That simple "iron
stone" has become the master mineral and
power in the land, which all the wealth
of the modern Cr9sus cannot control. 1t
has assumed the shape of blessing to all
mankind, more valuable, perhaps, in our
domestic and defensive economy than was
prophesied by the great Scion.
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VARIETIES.

-Overcoats will be worn long this win
ter, especially if we have late spring.
-"You seem to walk more erect than
usual, my friend" "Yes, I've been strait
ened by circumstances"
"A Kentucky woman has married Mr..
Calico. He was doubtless warranted to
wash, but can he cook, and iron, and tend
the baby?
-"See that my graves kept green" ought
to be changed into 'see that my grave amt
robbed" Burglar proof burial vaults are
now in order.
"A Nevada boy of sixteen went into
bears den q Ia Putnam. The bear was in
there, and when the boy came out he was
inside the BEAR Free Press.
Eight masked robbers stopped train
in the West, the other day. AS the train
contained an excursion party of editors
the only loss was a loss of time to the rob-
bers.
Gold keeps coming down, we hear
and really it must have gone down past us
while we were asleep. We must go down
and see what has become oft, and what it
is doing.
AS everything indicates that we are
going to have one Of the coolest winters
ever known on this continent Lydia Thomp-
son went and bought another Bracelet
She says she is going to keep warm if she
has to smother herself--Ha,okeye.
Mother wants you to let her take your
polonaise pattern, and be so kind as to fill
this cup with yeast, and is your clock right,
and what time is it, and little meal in this
pan, and won't you write down your recipe
for rye mullins, and please not let your
turkeys roost on our fence any more, cause
dad says he'll shoot EN-
Your mother is your best earthly
friend. The world may wilfully do you
many wrongs, your mother never; the
world may prosecute you while living, and
when dead plant the ivy and nightshade
of Islander upon your CRASHES grave-but
your mother will love and cherish you
while living, and if she survive you
will weep for you when dead, such tears as
none but mother could weep. Love your
mother!
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Poe tic al.
For The Agis Dc Mte1ligencer.

For The Agis Dc Intelligencer
LINES
To and fro,
Grooming low,
The fall winds rush DER The bilowy seas,
The dead leaves whirl from the writhing trees
And sweep the ground
With rustling sound,
While worthless rhythm floats DER the leas
To and fro,
Dripping slow,
The heavy rain drops scatter down,
Till the very heart of the dreary town
Seems to YEARLY beat
Meath their wee, wet feet,
And the far horizons lowering frown.
The tender flowers
OF summer hours
Lie crushed to the earth, meath the storms wild
tread,
Their bright leaves faded, fragrance fed,
And the winds sad moan,
In mournful tone,
Seems sobbing dirge for the beautiful dead.
Dim twilight
And sad-eyed night,
Follow each other swift and fast,
Till the light dies out, and the day is past,
And DER the sky
The clouds scud by,
Till the struggling stars are overcast
TO and fro,
Gliding slow,
The ghosts of the Past, from unquiet tombs,
Go fitting about thro the lonesome rooms,
And like knell,
The echo bell
From the realms of Memory solemnly booms.
To and fro,
Breathing low,
We hear sweet words in familiar tone,
From the lips of loved ones buried loUe-
In q narrow bed
With the slumbering dead,
They speak to us from the weird unknown.
Whispering low,
They thrill us so,
And we seem to feel, with shuddering fear,
That spirit presence is lowering near;
Lingering sweet,
Their angel feet
Leaves no echo upon the ear.
Pointing before,
They beckon us DER;
Dear white hands we have often pressed,
Sweet pale lips we have oft caressed,
With wistful eyes,
Raised to the skies,
They float to their Home with the holy blest.
While to and fro
The sad winds blow,
And the rain beats down; but We softly rise
And close out the night with its weeping skies;
From the silent room
We Danish the gloom,
AS the dancing gas light cleaning flies.
To and fro
Grooming low,
The fall winds rush DER the billowy seas,
The dead leaves whirl from the writing trees
Aud sweep the ground,
With a rustling sound,
While wordless rhythm floats DER the leas.
c. NJ. A.
jamaica, L. L., November 18th, 1878.
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farlters' Column.
speed the PIOsp.o
Land Owners.

The Real Estate Bulletin has some hints
on young farmers making an effort to run
their own land. 1t says: "As men advance
from youth towards middle age, they learn
many important lessons from that in
defatigable and unerring teacher-experi-
ence. One is, that by their own unaided
labor they can obtain little beyond bare
support for themselves And SO it occurs
to reflective and sagacious minds to make
an effort to secure the cooperation of some
one, or something else, to make some one,
or something, to work with or for Them
This is done in various ways. Perhaps the
most certainly profitable assistance man
can obtain is old Dame Nature herself
A man who holds a good title to well
| chosen piece of land has secured the seryi-
ces OF faithful worker, whose labors cease
not while he rests, and who will work in
cessantly when sickness or accident render
him unable to work himself
at is not such hard thing to become
land owner, even for persons of very limited
means, you are willing to begin in very
small way. A very small sum will pur-
chase an acre of land, and after that is
purchased, it will seem to you, who never
owned foot of land before, quite terri
tory. Ifyou plant and till it yourself the
products OF the soil will, in a short time,
pay back and double the amount paid for
it. Or, if your immediate needs require
you at your clerks's desk, or your work.
shop, the rent of your land is coming in to
aid you in your efforts to force living out
of your small earnings. Meanwhile, your
land is yearly increasing in value, and is
safe amid all the fluctuations attendant
upon other investments. In few months
by economy and few acts of self-denial,
you will be able to buy little more, and
so on, from time to time. until you become
an extensive land owner"
1t is, however, well to remember, that
nothing we can do is an unmixed good,
and unless some good judgment is exer-
cised, the ownership of land may be drag
instead of an assistance in ones advance
ment. 1t sometimes happens that it be-
comes necessary to sell ones land in order
to go to some other place, or for some other
reason, and it also sometimes happens that
jn1t ut the time you want to sell that man
does not come uiCn9 who wants to buy
In such cases, very great losses ere expert
enced. The owner finds to his sorrow that
his property has not been increasing in
value to him ut any rate. 1t is generally
oeSC when laiulei uusS lani, not tO tnlnk
much about its increasing in value; when he
buys horse and gives, perhaps couple of
hundred dollars for it, he looks to what he
can make off the horse, and to the possibii-
ty that some day he may have to sell it for
the price of its hide, or not even that. This
is the way farmer should buy his land. If
he can clear enough from it in few years
to pay for it, so that even though he gave
it away he will be the better off for hay
ing owned it he may 70 on and buy
Then if he makes besides on the increas.
ing value, all the better.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-29

Did you erride a mule? don't mean
a civilized creature accustomed to good So
ciety, but a wild steed of the plains,
brought up on grass and rattlesnakes q
Mules are pretty much alike the world
over
| rode one the other day, and I'm going
to try to tell you about it. You see fell
in love with girl-deep rs forty foot
well-I mean my love, not the girl-she
isn't deep bit--,and as my luck would
have it, another fellow fell about the same
distance at the same time.
He's not n bad looking chap, and wears
store-clothcs on week days. He parts his
hair in the middle, and oils it up with berg
amot and cinnamon. He has his name print
ed on pieces of pasteboard and drops them
around promiscuously for fear people might
forget he was about. had to acknowledge
the fact that between this fellow and my
self, in the affections of the divine Aramin-
ia, it was nip and tuck, with the dog little
ahead
put on my best clothes one day and
walked over to the gals house to have the
little thing settled without further debate.
My rival was there, and seemed to have en-
his best clothes. That didn't amount to
much, for knew that at ten o'clock, six
hours after my arrival, he'd have to wend
his winding way home, for the old lady he
boarded with didn't allow irregular hours.
But | w0s soon relieved Of all anxiety. -
We had diversion that broke up the sit
ting.
Araminta is possessed of little brother
I hate a girls brothers! If they are lit
tie they play tricks on you, and if they are
big they borrow your money, and insult
you with inpunity, knowing that you are
in love with the sister and wont resent an
insult.
While we were talking in u small way,
and looking volumes of love at the girl
and wrath at each other, we heard fearful
yell in the garden patch, and running out,
found little brother on the ground in ac-
tive commissions. He had been trying to
cat his way through the melon patch. 1t
was disgusting failure, for he could not
have bursted open and gone into the con-
contents of more than ten or twelve.
AS it was, it looked as if there was going
to be a death in the family, and Araminta
screamed scream and yelled at us to run
for doctor.
We both took in the situation at glance
the man that got the doctor first would
get Araminta for life. My rival went over
the fence like deer. and seized the only
horse in the stable. He bridled and sad
died the animal in double-quick time,
while found nothing left me but mule.
| seized blind bride, and rushing at the
animal, felt something whiz over my head
that | am sure was pair of heels. They
narrowly escaped my skull, but carried off
my hat Nothing daunted, seized the
creature by the ear, put on the bride, and
led him from the stable He went out
willingly, so much 50, indeed, that had
some difficulty in keeping up, and had not
the creature stopped on the outside to give
vent in prolonged bray, could not have
mounted. AS twas, before he got through
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-29

A FRUIT TREE SwlNDLE.-A fruit tree
agent, who represents himself as being con-
nected with an extensive nursery at Gene
va, N. Y, has been purchasing large
number of grape vines, Of some ordinary
quality, from an extensive nursery in this
county, for about 18 cents each. These
vines he sells to tine unsuspecting all over
the country at So each, representing them
to be a very superior quality of grape,
which are to be had from his nursery alone.
The same thing has been done with fruit
of various kinds, and the swindle has no
doubt been an extensive one. We have no
sympathy with people who allow them
selves to be taken in by fellows who pro-
fess TO represent foreign nurseries, &c. If
you want anything in the way of fruit trees
the best plan is to purchase from reliable
home nursery, where you are sure of getting
what you pay for 7o'csonto'cn Union.
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A SHREwD WIFE.-An amusing story

A SHREwD WIFE-An amusing story
comes from the Ardennes, where, according
to the tale, an agriculturist recently died,
leaving wife, horse and dog. A few
moments before his death, he called his
wife to him, and babe her to sell the horse,
and give the proceeds of the sale to his
relative, and to sell the dog and keep the
money thus gained for herself. Soon after
his death the wife went to the market with
the horse and dog, and exhibited them,
with the announcement that the price of
the dog was 500 francs, and that of the
horse francs. The passers.by stopped,
and stared, and judged the woman mad,
more especially as she informed all would
be purchasers that to buy the horse it was
necessary to buy the dog first. At last a
curious passer-by concluded the bargain
after which the skillml woman handed
over 8 francs to the family Of her deceased
husband, and retained 500 francs for her.
self thus contriving at the same time to
carry out the letter. if not the spirit of the
wishes OF her husband, and to secure the
largest sum for herself.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-29

The peculiar temperament of the native
troops is British India, and the most effica-
cious method of dealing with them, are
strikingly illustrated by Il story told of a
veteran English officer who is still living.
Shortly after he had assumed the command
of the til Native Bengal Infantry, COM
plant was brought to him one evening of
a theft which had been committed in the
barracks, to the perpetrator OF which there
was not the slightest clue. The mex morn
ing, on parade, the Colonel passed along the
line, giving to each man, in turn, thin
strip of bamboo, and when all were SUD-
piled, said, with solemn emphasis. NV
men, there is thief among us, and Brah
ma has revealed me how | am to detect
him. Come forward, one by one, and give
me your bamboo chips and the guilty
man, let him do what he may he will have
the longest piece" The soldiers, not lit
tie startled at this mysterious threat, obey-
ed without word but before the first
dozen had filed past, the Colonel suddenly
seized one of them by the throat and
shouted, you are the man !" The Hin
doc fell on his knees, and whined out
confession Of the theft, while his terrified
comrades salaamed to the ground before
the dreaded "Sahib, " to whom Brahma had
given such terrible power. When they had
dispersed, the Senior Major, who had been
looking on in silent amazement, came up
and said, "Col. c., wish you'd teach
me that trick" "It's very simple one my
dear fellow" answered the Colonel with a
smile. You see those bits of bamboo were
all exactly the same length, to begin with
but the thief fearing to get the longest
piece, bit off the end of his, just as ex-
pected he would, and-th is the way
knew him."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-29

HAVE YOUNG WOMEN OF FASHION ANY
TIME TO BE GOOD ?-This was question
which the Bishop of Manchester asked in
the course of recent sermon, and by
the way ofilustration he read letter from
young lady in which an account was
given Of her daily work: "We breakfast
about ten," she wrote. Breakfast occu-
pies the best part of an hour, during which
we read our letters and pick up the latest
news in the papers. After that we have
to go and answer our letters, and my
mother expects me to write her notes of in
vitation, or to reply to such. Then l have
to go into the conservatory and feed the
canaries and parrots, and cut off the dead
leaves and faded flowers from the plants.
Then it is time to dress for lunch and at
two o'clock we lunch. At three, my
mother likes me to go with her when she
makes her calls, and we come home to a
five o'clock tea, when some friends drop
in. After that we get ready to take our
drive in the park and then we go home to
dinner, and after dinner we 90 to the the
atre or the opera, and then when we get
home am so dreadlully tired that don't
know what to do" Sure enough, poor
thing! How could she find time to be
good
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Walker Boots! Walker Boots !

In AM NOW PREPARED to serve my customers with
n all k inds Of Roots and SHOES, including the cele-
brated Walker Boots, of which have always kept
complete assortment.
Testimonial from Residents of Balti-
more COuntyi
We, the undersigned having tested the quality of the
walker Boots as sold by Samuel s. Ely, No. S2 N. Gay
street, hereby recommend them to friends as pos
Signed, SAMUEL. B0SLEY, 10th District,
JOHN /. ANDERSON. 9th District
ELISHA CHRISTOPHER 12lh District,
SHELTON PRICE, 9th District
JOHN H. SCARFF, 9th District,
j. NJ. McCOMAs, Jr., 10th District
aud many others. l claim that the leather of which
the genuine Walker Boots made is water
proof; it will softer; it will wear I.nger it will
wear squarer the bottom it is the best fitting; the
heel will be less likely run over" they hand
pegged; every pair sadde-seamed and cannot rip
Mr.. Walker offers ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS RE-
WARD to any one who will frd one of his Boots in
which there is counter, inner SOLE slip sole, piece
OF heeling that is not cut from good thick piece of
sole leather.
BOOTS, SHOES and CATERS. Give call and ex-
anime my stock and prices. 1 intend to keep up the
reputation have gained by always giving fair return
for money invested
Best quality Walker Boots $500 Remember, one
price all for beat quality, $4.00.
NOTICE! NOTICE!! NOTICE!!!
Owing to the superiority of the Rest Walker Boots
over all Others, some inscriptions dealers selling
second quality and inferior goods for Best Walker Boots
l warn all my friends and the public that the hest
quality Walker Boots are stamped on the sole BEST
QUALITY WALKER BOOT y: and can be found at
1872 North Gay street.
There are two Elys in the same square. TO get in
the right place remember the number 49,.
Ladies' and Children's Shoes aud fine, all
prices
o19 SAMUEL s. ELY.
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TRANSIENT ADvERTIsEMENTs.-0ne Square, two nser
lions $1.00. Each subsequent insertion, 25 cents Lo
geradvertisements in the same proportion. spac
equal to six lines makes square.
AS- Yearly advertisements at special rates
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-29

--"What piece of work is man How
noble in reason How infinite in facul-
ties In form and moving, how express
and admirablel In action how like an
angel In apprehension how like
a god !" And yet somehow or other, he
never looks that when he is backed up to
peanut-stand, taking in tail-pocket
cargo of peanuts Haaokeye.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-29
The Price of Wheat and Corn for the Past
Twenty-three Years.

The secretary of the Baltimore corn and
flour exchange has carefully compiled the
following table, showing the highest and
lowest prices obtained for wheat and corn
in each year from 1866 to 1877. The table
il n interestino one
, 1878-06-28
PRESIDENTIAL CASE IN A NUTSHELL,

"What do you think of this new move
In behalf OF Tilden? ?" asked Shrewd
national politician the other day. .'rhink
of 1t ?' said he "why think that every
move made is Il nail In the Democratic
coffin. 1t will lose them the next House.
sure! II Is the greatest of uuders. They
must be mad, sir. The whole case is in
nutshell. The Democrats believe that
'filden was elected President-no possible
investigation can increase that belief The
Republicans believe that Hayes was
elected-certainly no One-sidcd or partisan
investigation can detract from that belief.
Hence no investigation such AS is pro-
posed can change any persons opinion Oh
the subject. All such investigations are
therefore useless-wOrse than useless.
Hayes is in. TiIten is out To change
their relations, since nobody can be- con-
vnced, force Is the only remaining factor.
Then you you have what? Why. Louis
lana over again-without All overawng
power to shape things to ali ultimate adj
justnent and prevent the shedding of
bloOd--civil war between two powerful
political parties, having their Captain
the the one here; the other in Boston, per-
haps. Now, against the possibility OF
such condition OF affairs. both capital
and labor without regard to political ai-
tinities will surely protest. The mere
agitation of the subject will have ten
dency to unsettle vatues. to scare away in
yestments, to raise the prices of bread,
meat aud other necessaries of life. And
the inevitable consequence will be such an
uphcavel Of those who start these harmful
and agitating investigations that the next
house will be largely Republican. That
will be the result OF the business unless
the nation shares in the Iunacy which at
tects Democracy, which do not believe" "
, 1878-06-28
ANOTHER OUTLET FOR EASTERN
WASHINGTON.

We clip from the Portland ''Stand-
ard:'
We learn that Dave Thompson and a
number Of moneyed men of this city have
sent a proposition to the people Of Eastern
Oregon and Washington Territory to build
pnd equip portages at the Cascades and
Dulles together with wllarves and ware
houses, everywhere to be put in order and
aud completed Tor boats to connect above
and below, and they also agree to secure
the right Of way ioi the roads oven these
portages and the people. in return are re-
quired to take stock in the road. portages.
etc., to the amount of 81 0,000. The BRO
position further guards against the sale OF
the same so as to avoid its falling into the
hands OF the 0, ). N. Company or anv
monopoly. The intention is that the nor
tages shall be free and equal to all boats.
and all freight sha! be carried over them
at equal rates without any discrimination
A meeting of those interested was held NJ
Wal'a WaIla on the 10th inst, and Mr.,
Thompson was sent for in order to make
more Definite some points in his proposi.
ton, and committee was appointed tC
confer with and TO proceed as soon as de.
tlite arrangements are made to solicit
subscriptions. An exchange, in speaking
Of this proposition, says: I'VE trust tho
people will take hold OF this matter in
earnest, as it depends OH the action of the
people now when we are to be released
from the grasp of the grinding monopoly
that has been sucking our life blood. We
need not expect any assistance from the
government: we must put our shoulder tC
the wheel ii we expect relief.