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do not come before you expecting to
present any new ideas, but my heart is in
the work OF temperance. | wish that
might, by Gods help, convince one of ths
evils of drinking, and using that mosj
filthy Of weeds-tobacco. Young lady
here is work that you can do. ], is YOU,
privilege to say Wheeler you will accept
the society Of young men that use tho
weed or drink. Every mothers heari
should be in this work, as trust most of
them are. Fathers should be Interested
TOO, but am sorry to say, there are too
many OF them interested in the wrong di.
/ rection. Itseems strange that there should
DC any need OF urging this cause, wilea
we can see the effects of intemperance all
around US! When we see our neighbors.
with eyes bloodshot, steps faltering, man.
hood gone! Once such were some moth,
IS child.
nAVe we reason to believe that on
children are any stronger than fbeya
Drink is degrading ,debasing thing: il
takes away mn. MS seH-respect mans
honor, or woman'> modesty. II reduces
man to beast fool Zen of the finest
genius, most acute minds and most pro-
found learning, have dwindled 10 idiocy.
under the touch OF this whitening demon.
Some say, 81 believe in temperance, but
not in total abstinance." These moderate
drinkers are doing more harm than the
drunkard. Temberate drinking has made
all the drunkards in our land. 1t is these
moderate drinkers whom our children inn
ilatc. Self-Sutficient men say they can
control their desires, can govern their ap-
Petites; can enjoy the exhilaration of
strong drink and yet be temperate. Look
at the poor inebriate; he once stood lust
where they stand, boasted lust as they
boast, had as fair character, as kind
friends, and as precious a soul as they,
Why did not he control his appetite2 Per.
haps they say he is fool, or his reason is
gone. What took away his reason
what made him fool?
One word in relation to signing a pledge
abstinence. AS it respects yourself il
will be deciding the question once for all .
and will thus supersede the necessity oil
deciding 1t thousand times when the
temptation is offered, and when YOU may
not be in circumstances SO favorable TO
a correct decision. 1t will moreover su-
persede the pain of a perpetual warfare
with appetite. Does any youth say he
will unite in no pledge because he is in
no danger', Others as strong perhaps
as you have fallen irretrievably.
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Never send present hoping for one in
return. Nine times out Of ten you VIII
slip up on your expectations. Freeze to
the present you buy. You are dead sure
Of that Never fail to answer an invita-
ton, either personally or BY letter. If 1t
is an invitation to dinner, by all means
answer it personally. II It is an invitation
TO wedding or donation party, a letter
will do Just as well, and rs about ten times
as cheap.-[ Burlington Hawkeye.
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Mr.. Mackey, the "Bonanaa king" lives
at Virginia City, Ney eight months Of the
year land is in his mines, where the temper
ature is So to 100 degr's, almost every day.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-12

Only one In three persons on earth
ever heard the name of Jesus, according
to the Rev. DR.. Wilson, of the English
missionary conference.
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A gentleman recently about to pay his
doctors bill said "Well, doctor, as my lit.
tie boy gave the measles to all my neigh
bors' children, and as they were ATTENDED
BY you, i think you can afford, at the yer,
least to deduct 10 per cent from tht
amount Of my bill for the increase OF bus
mess we gave you"
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"HOme sweet FIOme.O

A correspondent of the "Detroit Free
Press writing from Tunis, Africa, recent.
ly, is responsible for this bit of news
which will no doubt be read with much
INTEREST,"
In my last I wrote you that the author
Of "IloME SWEET HOME" was buried
here, and to-day we visited his grave. A
simple slab covers it, and on it is this
inscription, surmounted by the American
eagle:
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-12

TO realms bepond the azure dome,
With arms outstretched Gods angels said
Welcome to Heaven, Home Sweet Home
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Col. J. HOWARD PAYNE,
Consul at Tunis from the United States,
This Stone is placed
BY A GRATEFUL COUNTRY.
He died at the American Consulate, 1852,
after long and painful illness.
Around the stone, on each side, is this
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-09

Professor Cooking at his watch.) "As
we have few minutes | should like to have
any one ask questions, if SO disposed" Stu
dent: "What time is it, please"
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How the Census Will be Taken.

General Walker, Superintendent of the
next census, tells Il reporter of the New lIa-
ven Register that the main body of the work
Will he undertaken next fall. There will be
two or three months of preparation, and the
census itself will he taken in months time.
The statistical matter i'll reference to the pop.
ulation of cities and towns he will give the
public in very short time. The last census
be gave in printed form in 1879; this time the
period will be much shorter. He contrasts
this work with previous censuses which were
of little practical value The census taken
in 1850 was not published till 1859 There
was nothing but historical interest to work
done in that way. The country was grow
ing and the population changing SO rapidly
that such censuses were far from the actual
state of the country when published The
new census law, he said, puts extra work up
on the Superintendent. The month the CEN
srls was taken he lllencd to battle when the
general must be at his headquarters Hay
ing taken one census he was better qualified
to take another, for he knew what improve
ments to make. This was one reason why
he could complete the census much more
rapidly than before, When the work was
being done he could be at Washington with
his fingers on the telegraph keys, so that if
there was break here or there it could in
stantly be repaired.
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l4li5ccl lauenus.
4 Spanish Heroine.

4 whole band of robbers was neatly trap
ped in La Carolina, Spain, by the bravery of
Il girl of thirteen, who has become the heroine
of her ncighborhOod. She is the daughter of
Il farmer named Fucras, and is called Cara
mita. The family consists of the husband
and wife and daughter. The farmer sold
some cattle for $500 and had the money in
his house. A band of robbers knew of the
sale and the money, and laid their plans to
rob the house. After the farmer had gone
out with his work people, a couple of stran-
gers approached the house-a man travel
stained supporting woman who seemed UNI
able to walk any further.
The man told the farmers wife that he was
going to Il distant village with his wife, and
she, being ill., had broken down on the way.
lie asked permission for the sick woman to
enter the house and rest while he went to
find Il conveyance to enable them to continue
their Journey. Permission was granted, the
woman taken in, and the man left. The sick
woman partook of some refreshments, and
the mother and daughter went on with their
work Very soon Caramita discovered that
their guest had on pair ofpantaloons under
the gown. She communicated the fact to
her mother, unobserved by the visitor, and
the two managed quickly to slip into another
room, close and lock the door.
The visitor, left alone and knowing that
his character had been discovered, threw off
his disguise and ordered the women to open
the door or die. The door was not opened,
and the robber began to cut through it with
a large knife. At length hehacked a hole big
enough for his body, and he began TO crawl
through il. The woman tainted and fell on
the floor. The brave girl seized her fathers
gun, which was in the room, heavily charged
with bucIl-shot placed the muzzle against the
side of the man, now halfway through the
hole and unable to get either backward or
forward, and pulled the trigger.
There was instantly dead man and n loud
report The other robbcr, lurking in the
ncghborhood, heard the shot, and returned
to the house to find his comrades body plug
ging the hole in the door, and hanging there
Before he could remove the body, which was
held in the opening by the girl, and enter the
room where the mother and daughter were,
the father came in with u force sufficient to
capture the other robber. Then they sent for
some police to take charge of the live robbcr
and the corpse.
On the person of the dead robber the police
found two pistols, Il poniard and "A whistle
The whistle was treasure now, as there
were doubtless more robbers within its call
The police sounded the whistle and concealed
themselves in the house to await results
The shrill call brought four more men into
the house, Were they were Gagged and ironcd,
and all five We're marched to jail in good or
der, and the dead robbcr was buried. Little
black-eyed Carmiia saved her own and her
mothers life and her fathers money, made
six robbers fewer in Spain and herself the
heroine of La Carolina.
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A Novel Jail.

In the primitive days of Missouri, the only
buildings at Mt. Sterling, the county seat of
Gasconade, were a log store and log court
house with one room. During court week ac-
commodations for man and beast We're found
at Aunt Beckies, in whose house of three
rooms n quarter ola mile from the courthouse
sixty or seventy persons would lodge and
board.
Her bill of fare included coffee sweetened
with molasses, biscuit made from coarse, dark
flour and baked until as hard as billiard balls,
bacon, venison and wild turkey. Those whose
teeth could not crack the biscuit were sup
piled with "corn-dodgers"
The penalties imposed for crime were light
except in the case of horse stealing, which, be
ing the greatest of crimes, was punished by
forty lashes on the bare back
On one occasion man was convicted for
some slight offence. The Judge sentenced
him to pay fine of five dollars and imprison-
ment in the county Jail for two hours
The man at once paid the fine, but, as there
was no county Jail, the sheriff was at loss
how to execute the balance of the sentence.
His invention, however, found out method.
Seeing an old crate, in which crockery had
been brought from st. Louis, he placed it in
front of the courthouse. Then making the
culprit get under it, he summoned posse of
lour fat men to sit upon it, and in this style
carried out the sentence.
The bystanders were much amused, and so
quizzed the the poor prisoner that, as soon as
he was released, he fled.
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Natural History of the Eel.

According to the reports ofshad fishermen,
the chief enemy of the shad is the eel, which
not only follows that fish up the streams and
devours the spawn, but often attacks the
shad after they are caught in the nets. En-
tering the shad at the gill openings, the cells
suck out the spawn and entrails, and leave
the fish perfectly clean. The finest and fat
test shad are the ones selected. 1t is a curious
the eel, SO many of its life habits should be in
dispute. An animated discussion has been
going on in Germany quite recently with re-
gard to the natural history of this fish, and in
late number of II scientific journal the fol-
lowing points are set down as pretty well
substantiated: Though fresh water fish,
which passes the greater part of its life in
rivers, the eel spawns in the sea. That it is
viviparous is extremely probable The eel
found in the upper waters of rivers is almost
always female. At the age of four years it
goes down to the sea to spawn and never re-
turns to fresh water The spawning process
is somehow dangerous to the eel, thousands
being found dead near the mouths of rivers
with their ovares empty. The descent ofthe
fish 10 the sea does not appear to take place
at any definite period, but is probably de-
pendent on the season for spawning. The
male is always much smaller than the female,
and never exceeds half yard in length
The males never ascend to the head waters
Of rivers, but keep continually in the sea or
in the lower reaches of the river Nothing
is definitely known about the spawning sea-
son, though it is probable that the eggs are
deposited in the sea not far from the mouths
of rivers.-,Scienhfc AMERICAN
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-09

ONE DROP OF INK-"I don't see why you
won't let me play with Will Hunt" pouted
Walter Kirk. Il know he does not always
mind his mother and smokes cigars, and
once in while swears Just little; but have
been brought up better than that. He
won't hurt me, and | should think you would
trust me- Perhaps | can do him some
good"
"Walter," said his mother, "take this glass
ofpure cold water, and put just one drop of
ink into it,"
'Oh, mother, who would think one drop
would blacken glass sop
eyes, it has changed the color ofthe whole,
has it not? 1t is shame to do that. Just
put one drop of clear water in, and restore its
purity" said Mrs. Kirk
"Why, mother you are laughing at me-
One drop or dozen or fifty won't do that"
mo, my son; and therefore | cannot allow
one drop of Will Hunts evil nature to mingle
with your careful training many drops of
which will make no impression on him.
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Women Who Save.

A student of the curious would find it inter-
esting to note the places in which women
hide their money.
Mrs Hansen put fifty dollars in the oven
of her stove, one night, to keep it safe Next
morning, after breakfast, the national debt
had been diminished exactly that much.
One excellent and frugal dame used to tuck
her little savings away under a corner of the
carpet The tiny roll of greenbacks grew
| tatter and fatter in the course offs year or
| two; when, the day after it counted up to two
hundred and fifty dollars, the house took fire,
burned to the ground, and again the national
debt was diminished by a little roll of
woman's pin-money. There was that other
careful lady, too who used sometimes to hide
her diamond ring between two teacups in the
kitchen cupboard sometimes behind GER
tain brick in the cellar, and again under the
lining of an old hat She had divers other
places of safety for her jewels also-the only
trouble being that she had so many hiding
places that she occasionally forgot where
she had last put her precious things, and
about every three months would fancy she
had been robbed; and the house would be
turned inside-out, and all therein made very
uncomfortable, until the missing gems would
he found carefully tucked away in the folds
Of the bottom towel of the pile in the left
hand corner of the lower-drawer in the
clothcs-press at the cast end of the dining
room. This periodical excitement about Mrs
Gillicuddy's diamond rings was the only
event which broke the monotony ofan other
wise rather dull life in a suburban residence
Shakespeare knew the soul of the sex when
he made the merry wives of Windsor hide
fdStdt in a basket of linen. Their idea is to
hide things in places where people would not
be apt TO look for them. 1t is unusual, per
haps, for Il woman to have much money. to
take care of; therefore she puts it away in an
unusual place An cstimable lady used to
hide her gold watch and pocket-book under
the inverted wash hand basin in the kitchen
every night. A few days ago n New York
woman put her eight hundred dollar diamond
ring in the folds of lace curtain. She put
it there because that was place where
thieves would not be apt to look fort. A SER
want who was busting the room shook the
curtain, and away went the diamond ring out
Of the window and now its owner mourns
for it as one without hope. A most worthy
lady not long since died at her home, not
thousand miles from Cincinnati and after her
death the family found a large sum of money
hidden away in an ancient bandboX full of
old hats and bonnets. 1t was her savings for
several years, and nobody knew she had it
till after she was dead. Whenever a woman
dies who, like John Gilpins wife, had a fru-
gal mind, her anxious and atiectonate heirs
will do wisely to look for her savings in all
places in which money would not at all be
likely to he hidden.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-09

A SHREwD PIGEoN.-Having occasion to
wait for my pony to be harnessed at an inn
few years since, saysa writer, my attention was
directed by gentleman "a resident of the
neighborhooD with whom / was acquainted,
to the strange conduct ola pigeon. A number
of them were feeding on few oats that had
accidentally been let fall while fixing the
nose-bag on horse standing at bait Having
finished all the grain at hand, large one
arose, tapped its wings furiously, flew direct
y at the horses eyes, causing that animal to
toss his head, and in doing so, of course,
shake out more corn. l saw this several
times repeated; in fact, whenever the supply
had been exhausted. l leave it to your
readers to consider the train of thoughts that
must have passed through that pigeons brain
before it adopted the clever method above
narrated, of stealing the horses provender.
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portical.
The Blind Men and the Elephant.

The Blind Men and the Elephant
BY JOHN q. SAKE.
II was six men of Indostan,
TO learning much inclined,
Who went to see the elephant,
Though all of them were blindJ
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The first approached the Elephant,
And, happening TO fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began TO hawl:
God bless me! But the Elephant
Is very like wall
The second. feeling of the tusk,
Cried: "Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
70 me tits mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like spear"
The third approached the animal,
And, happening to take
The squrming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spako:
al Sec" quoth he, the Elephant
Is very like II snalSc!"
The fourth reached ont his eager hand
And felt about the knee.
"What most this wondrous beast is like,
Is mighty plain" quoth he.
""Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like II tree!
The fifth, who CHANGED to touch the ear,
Said: "Ecn the blindcSt man
Can tell what this resembles most
Deny the fact who can,
That marvel of an Elephant
Is very like fan y
The sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to gIope,
Than, Selling ON the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
81 see" quoth he, ''thc Elephant
Is very like rope
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion,
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each were partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-09

AT dinner party in Paris, forty odd years
ago, We're present number of the younger
officers of the army. The conversation hay
ing turned upon bravery, the venerable Gen.
EXcelnians, who had so distinguished himself
at Austerltz and in the disastrous Russian
campaign, and had commanded cavalry
corps Waterloo, startled the younger officers
by declaring that all men are towards in the
dark, and told this anecdote to sustain his 20
siton: A youthful lieutenant in the Emper-
or's service, burning for distinction, and hay
ing no opportunity to gain it at the time,
chose to construe the remarks ofan older and
officer into an afiront, and challenged him.
The latter, waving all difference of rank, ac-
cepted; the strange terms being that they
should meet with pistols at night in a dark
room, the seconds retiring with the candles
after placing the weapons i'll their adversares
hands, giving the word from outside and en-
tering after each report. The principals were
put in opposite corners, the younger having
won the first fire As soon as his pistol had
heard, the seconds rushed in, and found the
older officer upright, with bullet-hole so near
his head that his escape seemed well-nigh mi
raclous. 1t was now his turn. The candles
were again removed, and the next discharge
brought the seconds once more into the room.
The young officer lay PROSTATE. They thought
he had been MORALLY hurt, and, hurrying to
his side, found to their amazement that he
had not been touched He was overwhelmed
with confusion, and his seconds began abusing
him for his poltroonery in lying down to
avoid his antagonists ball. which would GER
tainly have killed him had he stoodup. They
were interrupted by the older officer with the
words: mot so fast, my friends Don't
censure the youngman Where do you think
was at the first tire?" On my hands and
knees in the corner; but was quicker than
he. His agility, not his courage, is to be call
ed in question By my faith gentlemen, we are
all towards in the dark" 1t was afterward
whispered through the company the anecdote
was strictly true, and that the narrator of it
was no other that Excelmans himself, who
had shown prodigies of valor at Eylau, Fried
land and Borodino.
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