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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02
VARIETIES.

"A man in Michigan was bitten by Il rat
tlcsnake II years ago. and is still taking whis-
ky to cure the bite.
Next to a scalskin sacque, nothing will
please a woman Of 30 so much as to be mis-
taken for her niece of 49,
-"Well, how is the spring trade ?" said a
gentleman to friend the other day. "Dry
goods never brisker," was the reply, My
wife shops all day, and every chair in the house
is covered with bundles and | think of send
ing my pocket-book out of town for change
| of air-its so thin"
Tailor to Customer-"I don't understand
your style of doing things. Your salary is
| big enough to enable you to pay your bill"
| Customer-"Well, who said it wasn't ~
Tailor-"You do not keep your word" Gus
tomer-"Certainly do. told you I'd pay
you out of my savings" Tailor-"WellH p
Customer-"Well | have not saved any
thing"
"A young lady was sitting with gallant
| captain in charmingly decorated recess. On
her knee was diminutive niece, placed there
| p0,tr les cORreRdnceS. In an adjoining room,
with the door open, were the rest of the COM
pany. Says the little niece, in jealous and
very audible voice, "Auntie kiss me too"
| leave you to imagine what had just happened
| lou SHOULD say tWlcc, Etnel, uear; TWO Is
| not grammar" was the immediate rejoindcr
Clever girl, that.
Daniel Webster once went to Monticello
| to visit Jefferson, and afterwards in dcscrib
| ing the great Virginian to his friend Harvey,
| he said that Jefferson was tall, gaunt, light
haired, ight-compleXioned man, and not q
person of impressive aspect. Mr.. Webster
said that very much of the early prejudice
| which he had imbibed with his political opin-
| ions in youth, when he considered Jefferson II
great hereto, was dispcllcd when lac came in
| to personal contact with the aged statesman,
and saw him in his home. Ietiersons great
| simplicity impressed him. Mr.. Webster be-
| lieyed him to be u sincere man, very true to
his convictions, and was convinced that much
of the abuse heaped upon him by the oppo-
site party, which had accused him of being a
dcmagoguc and an anarchist, was unjust
| MIR. Webster said once, in speaking of ,Ieiler-
son, that he had more deeply impressed his
| opinions and theories, rs well as his practical
| IDEAS GfgoVernmcnt, upon the legislation and
dCstinics Of the country, than any man that
had lived
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02

A gentleman of great experience in the
commercial world cashed Il check at n London
bank for II 100, taking the whole in f100
notes. He was only a few yards from the
bank when II person resembling a clerk,
barehcaded and with pen behind his ear,
touched him on the shoulder, saying: Beg
your pardon, sir; allow me to take the num-
Der of these notes again? | won't keep you
minute" The gentleman, taken off his
guard, handed the notes over to the supposed
clerk, whom he followed into the bank. AT
ter giving the former time to reach the top
end and return, he met the gentleman at the
door, saying, "Please walk this way; that
gentleman will attend to you in n minute"
pointing to Il clerk who was deeply engaged.
Five minutes had elapsed before the gentleman
could draw the clerks attention to his case
and he was thunderstruck to find that this of
ficer knewnothing aboutit The other clerks
were Intercepted, and they were equally in
the dark. OF course, no time was lost in 60
ing to the Bank of England but too late; the
clever rogue had been before them, and obtain
cd gold for the notcs.-C Chambers Jdurnal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02
Courage.

This is an element in n PERSONS nature
that eXerts powerful sway over his life and
happiness. Some individuals at the least
obstacle give up, and sit down in desponden-
cy-fold their hands in despair; while others,
apparently in the same circumstances, seem
to rejoice in overcoming difficulties, and pass
ahead with renewed determination and
strength. This difference is natural in
great degree. One sees courage or cowardce
developed in children at very early age Per-
haps education has to do with it, in some
measure, but still it seems as if it were a part
OF nature; one child will be frightened at IL
shadow, while another never sees anything
to alarm it, and is as fearless in the dark as in
the sunshine.
Courage saves one many sad days and
gloomy hours A courageous heart never is
borrowing trouble-looking for trials that
may not come. "As long as person keeps
his courage up there is hope" said physi-
clan, speaking of one of his patients who was
lowering between life and death. 81 never
give up sick person who thinks he is going
to get well and there is not much use to try
to save one who has no courage to live or
try to get we'll"
There was great deal of wisdom in the
remark; but sometimes il requires more cour-
age to live than it takes to die.
Many person has fought with trials,
cares and tribulations, and came off con-
queror at last, who would gladly have sunk
into the grave in preference to facing the
world and keeping on bold front. To make
the best of trials and Affections, and keep the
skeleton of sorrow hid from mortal sight, is
far better than to clasp the grief to the breast
and lie down in despair. Always remember
that unto every life some rain must fall"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02

One hundred years ago not pound ofcoal,
not u cubic foot of Illuminating gas had been
burned in this country. No iron stoves were
used and no continuance for economizing heat
were employed until DR.. Franklin invented
the iron-lramed fireplace, which still bears
his name. All the cooking and warming in
town and country were done by the aid of
fire, kndled in the brick oven or on the hearth.
Pine knots or tallow candles furnished the
light for the long winter nights, and sanded
floors supplied the place of rugs and carpets.
The water used for household purposes was
drawn from deep wells by the creaking sweep.
No form ofpump was usedin this country, so
far rs we can learn, until after the commence
mcnt of the present century. There were no
friction matches in those early days, by the
aid of which, fire could he easily kndled and
if the fire went out upon the hearth" over
night, and the timber was SO damp that the
sparks would not catch, the alternative was
presented of wandering through the snow Il
mile or so 10 borrow Il brand of Il neighbor.
Only one room in any house was warm; I'M
less some of the family We're i'll; in all the rest
the temperature was AT zero many nights in
the winter. The men and women of Il hun
dred years ago undressed and went to their
beds in II temperature colder than that of our
modern barn and wood-shcds, and they never
complained.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02
Farm Notes.
The squash is native of America.

The squash is native OF America.
"A correspondent asks how to improve
our dairy interests The answer is simple
and plain. Get better cows and take better
care of them.
"A top-dressing oflime and gypsum spread
over pastures and meadows in the spring of
the year will impart new vigor to grass and
add greatly to its yield for the season if not
longer.
"A superior grating wax may be made by
| mixing one pint of linseed oil, six pounds of
rosin and one pound bees-wax. The oil will
admit a much greater proportion of rosin than
where tallow is used.
Dairy farmers should have the best i'm
plements, and keep them scrupulously clean,
well-scalded, and often exposed to the sweet
ening influences of the sun. The milk pail
and pans should be of the best quality of tin.
A reliable thermometer is a necessity TO every
good dairyman.
The farmer wants fat, well formed, vigor
GUS seeds to sow, as well rs animals to breed.
Too large number have only desire to
know if seed will germinate-that is all they
think is necessary But the fact is, poor, lean
seeds of grains and vegetables are just as liza
BILE to yield low grade of produce as misera-
Bile, scrawny animals are to produce young of
an enteebled, siclkly constitution. In saving
Seeds of whatever kind, always select the very
best and keep them where they will preserve
their full vitality.
"A writer on the treatment of lawns sug-
gcsts the use of oil of vitriol touched to the
heart of the plantain. He says it will kill
more surely than digging it out. And lift
will eXterminate the weed to an inconsidera-
BILE extent, it is certainly better than digging
it out, which we have tried with discourag
ing success We have dug over lawn till
nearly every vestige of green was gone, de-
termined to get rid of the pantain at all haz-
yards, but it invariably got the best of the
grass in returning, and seemed rather to thrive
better for the cultivation it had received by
our eXterminating process
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02
A Picture of a Mexican Market at the
Dawn of Day,

The market, which begins with the dawn
of the day. is thronged with Indians and
country women, busted at this hour in ar
ranging and displaying their different COM
modities to advantage; fruits of a score OF
different kinds, wild birds in cages, fireflies
for the decoration of the hair, several tor
toises, armadilloes and a considerable variety
of water fowl. The show of fish, for beauty
and variety, is such as can scarcely be con-
ceived, presenting more Respondent hues and
variety of form, when fresh from the water,
than birds and insects. Hundreds of various
species, glowing in all the colors of the prism
and surprising the most brilliant tints of the
| humming bird, cover the stones of the market
place
The meat market, however, is the reverse
| side of the picture; the f1esh being cut into
strips and sold by the measure presents a
very repulsive appearance. 1t is thus expos
| ed to the air and dried without salt. Poultry,
which seems plentiful and cheap, occupies
| another division of the market, and the cook
| ed meats a third. The Indian women, clean
and neatly dressed, by means of small fires of
| charcoal burning in earthenware dishes, pre-
pare in considerable quantities, and in a va
| riety of ways, meat, fish, poultry and vegeta-
| bic finding their customers for the most part
| among the poorer classes. Their cooking is
generally highly seasoned with chill, the IA
vorite condiment of the natives.
The market women also produce in beau
| tiflul way great variety of liquors of every
color and flavor A large vase of red earth
| enwarc, resembling the Etruscan, is filled
with water and nearly buried in wet sand
| A variety of flowers, principally peoples, are
| then stuck in, among which stand the glasses
| containing the snowy colorcd beverages,
which, with chocolate, pulque and kind of
wine made from the sap of the acrocomia
palm and served out for trife. Bread is
prepared of variety of forms and materials
and Of good quality, while the scarcer kinds
| of meat, brought from a distance are enclosed
| in coarse paste pies half-baked to preserve
them.
Considerable quantities of the coarse, red
| earthenwarc of the country are exposed in
the markets; in the manufacture of this ware
the Mexican pottcrs excel. The forms and
| designs are generally very elegant, and of eX-
ceeding lightness for their size The whole
| of their cooking utensils are formed of this
ware, metal vessels being almost unknown in
| their kitchen; so cheap is it that dollar jul
dciously laid out will often furnish all the
requisites of the kitchen. One is surprised at
the facility and ease with which as good
dinner is provided by the use of a few simple
earthen vessels as by the elaborate and eX-
pensive apparatus in vogue in our kitchens ;
CRATES ranges, stoves, ovens and their con-
comitants of kettles, pots and stcWpans being
unknown even by name.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02

A HINT TO TEACnERs--A Massachusetts
teacher writes TO the NatiORM J0u1NdI Of Ed
ucdti0R describing an experiment in the scool-
room which seems to be successful. Instead
of facing his pupils he has his desk behind
them, and thus overlooks them to great adj
vantage. The naughty little ones, not know
ing when his eye is on them, dare not whis-
per and play. "Thcy have" he says, $50
frequently come to grief in attempting to cal
culate chances, that they have concluded to
make virtue ofnecessity, and give up play
in the school-room as Improbable, costing
more than it comes to-" Another decided adj
vantage of this system is that it completely
isolates classes reciting from the rest of the
school the recitation benches being in front
of the teachers desk, between him and the
school, and the backs of the pupils toward
each other, communication by look or sign is
out of the question. The only special rule
made is that pupils shall not look around.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02

A LOVING Riding in n railroad
car:
lIusband-"You are quite comfortable,
dear"
Wfe-"Ycs, love-
Husband-"Thc cushions are easy and soft,
ducky?"
Wife-Ycs, darling"
Husband-"You don't feel any jolts, pet p
Wife-"No, sweetest"
Husband-"And there is no draught onmy
lamb, is there, angel ?"
Wife-"No my ownest own"
Husband-"Then change seats with mer
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02

TIE EDIToR.-Josh Billings says: "Ifany-
body has hard work to please most people, it
is the editor. If he omts anything, he is lazy.
If he speaks of things as they are, people get
angry. Ifhe CLOSES over or smoothes down
the rough points he is bribed. If he calls
things by their proper names, he is declared
unfit for his position. If he does not furnish
his readers with jokes he is a mullet. Ifhe
does, he is a rattle-head, lacking stability. If
he INDUCES in personalities, he is a BLACKBOARD.
If he does not, his paper is dull and insipid"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02

So LoNG AGo.-A table of wages and the
cost Of living, with the price of staple articles
of commerce. going back as far as the year
1900, has been published lately. 1t shows
that wages during the thirteenth century were
about fifty cents a week. In the next cen
fury they advanced some fifteen cents, and
continued to advance slowly until, in the last
century, they had reached $1.S7. The average
for farm labor in the same countries at present
is $3.50 per week.
Wheat in the thirteenth century averaged
seventy-one cents, or eight and a-half days
labor, a bushel. Now wheat is worth, whole
sale, in Europe, about 81 .4G a bushel, or two
and a-half days labor. In six centuries meat
has nearly trebled in price; but wages have in
creased more than sevenfold.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02

ANECDoTE OF Ben. BuTLER-Ben. Butler
was called ON by person who wanted to have
Il talk with him.
mir. Butler" said he, zone of my neigh
boris cows jumped my garden gate last night,
and completely destroyed my flower beds
The gate was of the height required by law,
and was closed. Now wis to know wheth-
cr can obtain damages?"
Most assmedly," replied the widows
friend,
"Wcll, Mr.. Butler, how much ?"
"Oh, about ten dollars"
"Mr. Butler triumphantly, "the cow is
yours"
"Ah p said Mr.. Butler thoughtfully; and
he looked unutterabe things out This bad
eye. Then he turned to his desk, scratched
off Il few lines on a piece ofpaper and handed
it to his visitor. 1t was in the form of an ac-
ccount, and read as follows:
''B +. Butler to Mr.. -, dr.: To damages
caused by COW, $40; by legal advice, CT, $l5;
balance due me- S..
"Mr -" said Mr.. Butler, softly, ''you
needn't hurry about the payment"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02

-"Good morning, Mr. Brown, you're first
at last; you used to be behind before, but
notice you have been getting early of late"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-02

Its q poor rule that won't work both
ways" is supposed to have originated with
the schoolboy who took the ruler away from
the teacher and knocked him down with it.,
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pnetical.
The WaternllilI.

Listen TO the watcrmill through the live long day
How the blinking of its wheel wears the hours
away,
Langudy the autumn wind stirs the greenwood
From the fields the reapers sing, binding up the
sheaves;
And a proverb haunts my mind as spell is cast
The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
Autumn winds receive no more leaves that once
are shed.
And the sickle cannot reap corn once gathered;
And the ruffied stream flows on, tranquil, deepan
still,
Never gliding bacl, again to the water mill.
Truly speaks the provcrb old, with meaning
vast
The mill cannot grind with the water that is
past.
Take the lesson to myself loving heart and true
Golden years are tlccing by; youth is passing too;
Learn to make the most Of life lose no happy
Time viii never bring thee back chances swept
away,
Leave no tender word unsaid, love while loveshall
last
The mill cannot Grind with the water that is past.
Work whilcyet the daylight shnesmc of strength
and viii,
Never does the strcamlet glide useless by the
mill:
Wait not till to-momow's sun beams upon Thy
way,
All that thou canst call thine own lies in thy
to-day.
Power, intellect and health, may not always
The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
Oh! the wasted hours of life that have drifted
oh! the good that might have been, lost without Il
sigh.
Love that We might once have saved by single
word,
Thoughts conceived, but never pcnncd, pcrishing
unhcard,
Take the provcrb to thine heart take and hold it
fast
The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-25

You Democrats are revolutionists,' cX-
claim the rotten, hypocritical Chambers OF
the Republican side OF Congress, 'because
you seek to cocrcc the Prcsidcntw Demo-
Gratis propose to do nothing of the kind,
They propose to make ample provision for
army and navy and other departments of
the government, and leave the Presi-
dent entirely free to veto the appropriations
or not, precisely as he chooses. 1t is quite
likely that, putting the success of the Re.
publican party through the villany of
scoundrelly marshals and supervisors, above
all considerations of the public good, the
President will interposc his veto. IF he
does, upon him and his party rest the con.
sequences. But the Republican party never
coerced the President Oh, no, Such IN
selfish magnanimous patriots would
scorn TO do so-unless partv
advantage suggested it, Every boy
IN the country who has reached
ms sixteenth year, recalls the time quite
readily when these same Republicans who
are now bowling about an invasion of the
PRESIDENTS prerogatives, were DECLARING
with equal iervor that the President bud no
r'gh's that congress was bound to respect
NO Republican of today who is an honest
intelligent man. can contemplate the Ten.
ure'oi'ofiice law, enacted by Republican
congress with no other view than TO coerco
resident Johnson--ro honest, iu,elliyen,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-25

porubicon can contemplate this law and
tbor consider the present attitude of his
norty without feeling in his cheeks the
tincle of the flush Of shame. This law
denied to the President the right to dis
miss his own advisers, when they became
obnoxious and antagonistic, unless the
Senate consented to the removal.
For fragrant and outrageous excuses and
assumptions Of authority and breaches OF
faith, Edwin NJ. Stanton was removed by
Johnson from the war portfolio. Grant
was made Secretary Of Wan ad interim;
but classifying his own word Of honor, and
bascly betraying the Presidents confidence,
he surrendered the office 10 STATIONS pos
session again. The Republican Senate re-
fused, of course, to concur in STATIONS re-
moval; and thus forced upon the President
as a member Of his cabinet a man with
whom he was at enmity, and not even on
speaking terms. The President was thus
compelled to recognize u man whom he
held as traitor and spy in his
camp, as one of his "confdcntml adj
visers" - and with knowledge Of
this most damnable act of coercion
in the memory Of every adult person of the
country, the actors in the inQuitous transac-
ton turn upon Democrats and warn them
mot to attempt to coerce the President 1t
is not possible that the majority Of the peo-
pie of this country, who hold in their keep
ing the fate of the Republic, will con-
tinue to follow such rotten and shameless
leaders, It is not possible that the people
will close their eyes upon such glazing in
consistency, rottcncss and hypocrisy as
mark with the ineffaceable stamp OF dis,
grace, the present attitude Of the Rcpub,i-
can party upon the questions of the hour
Better things are hoped for. There is viz.
tue left in the masses, and to work out the
end desired that virtue need but assert it.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-25
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF THE FIRST
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.

Acting nnder resolution adopted OF
the Sd day of April, 1879, by the Demo
cratic Judicial Committee OF the first cir
cult, at meeting held in Cairo, do here
by call a delegate Convention Of the Dem
ocrats Of said circuit, to be held in Cairo
Illinois, on Tuesday the sixth day of May
1879, at ten o'clock, a. m, for the purpos,
of nominating three candidates for the of
flee of Circuit Judge, to be voted for at tho
ens''i-S Ir"o oloo,ion.
Under the bases of repraoo.ration
adopted by the Committee of one delegate
for each two hundred votes and one dele
gate for each fraction of two hundred vote
over one hundred cast for the Tldcn and
Hendricks electors, the counties COMPOSING
the circuit will each he entitled in thd
convention to the following number Of
delegates, viz:
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-25
POLITICAL PETARDS.


hcoNuH Constitution: The Republican
Snm.h 20 g,,.i" !" ,E,7 - W:Tl( '-'t
W.. So, - - -l',',,,t, CIV
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sui,s' ~ - "'Ns't'e'S''i7 ."e "e-.VeS y!
."NIHS ''e'n ava! ron ""ei' co!AloF"o.'
2., AoleS' ''N'. "''eF bringing '"en
No, vi ms ''''nl - s'"'Nc,
Council Bluffs Globe: When in Con
GreNs hayes voted 10 lmpeach Andrew
Johnson Tor "hat he thought 20 De cor
recall This fact and Shane HI. own condIc,
9crorjinolv5 Lct him do his drty and not
srarye the bubble service nor ,utf.r un;nst
uncoDstitutional and narii.an measures ~
remain mon tbo s,s,un book. If tbo conn.
try.
p ~, ,,,,
nos'oh 1tr."'u '" "et t''t ic,o'"'Ioh
P'opoSlHT uiP " '"I I'"''''Seo ~ WEI
I =, w .''u,nt 'i""', '"'';e up III tue
! cAI'y' wanna MUS Oh lu'S"ay' way On
t u De'ilocrauc S'oe' moved 10 refer II 70
''le cohini'tec on wee ana lihlAoFallty,
ana YET the Improperly o. the reference IS
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-25
TIE assurance, the brazen impudonce Of

The assurance, the brazen impudcnce of
the Republican minority in Congress actual.
y astound honest men Of both parties.
During the fifteen years of Republican as
cendancy in Colgresslegisat;on wasa,tached
10 appropriation bills three hundred and
Lightweight times and yet, upon the in.
slant that Democrats attempt to initiate
that example, the shameless representatives
OF that no less shameless party, arise IN
their places and dcnomce the act as revo.
lutionary' The mere statement of the fact
should DISCUS, honest men the country
over