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DUBUQUE, H., july 16.-This evening Mrs.
Deuo, known as Crazy Kate, jumped from
tho third story Of building, and, strange 10
say, only broke her Jaw. Tho Sheriff was after
bar wish warrant, and intended to take her
to the 1npana Asylum, It was attY-foot tun,p
to rock paYatue1t below.
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rPoTTsvtLrE, Pa, July 15.-Ftre uas diacoy.
cred this evening Jtsuins from tho slopo ut Pre-
vost's co1l!ery, CentraIia. atgl in short ttmo
the breaker, which cost s1b0, ,0tu, wss In flames,
and cntitcty destroyed, The loss cannot be c.
iimatcd, us tho rein Of coal ia burning .lerccly,
which wilt probably antail hoavy damage 'rllreo
hundred and Rfty tnen arc thrown out Of work,
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opfeEat A1R1ttH 70 3Ae 1ft1nHk-
LOUISVILLE, N.Y.. July i5,-Hen. j. II. VIII
son, of IT. Louis, Col. Dluforu Wilsoo, Of
Springfield, ILL.,. aud ". John BOYLE, Of Louis.
willie, haya bceH In consultation here to-day.
Tic afsernovu was spout In Indiana, around
Jcdsssonvillc, inspecting the prouossd Louis-
Vile 4 1t. I.outa AIRLINE, OF which Boyle Is
PEcs!dent: This road, wl'un flushed. viii form
ali Important link IN tho railway sYssrm Of tho
Southwest. 1t y suspected lien. j. II. Wllsou
sicssgns runnlug u line from some lx,Eu& % tho
st., Louis s. southwestern whisn VIII 9ut
oI.ly tap i4!a proposed r9ad for tle East
cru' hut also the Loua.ylllo, New Albany j.
Chicago ltoad. III thls way direct
conneruon tQ tho 4aasharo via tllts city ii the
4iraslIa1 of nalt!rore will very likuly hu
Olio 10 st. sterliilr, Ky, lhis later polat h.
Ing the tcrmlnuy Of ll!u louisville, Cincinnati! &
IL c3ington. 1t ls HOT believed lllat Gen. j, II,
Wilson will rndeaYor to preycnt the Louisville
d Nashville I:uIn taking pt,ssyssion ii thv
sonlheastcrn, which will By sold Aers Saturday,
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NAsnvrLhx, Tcna.. July 1b.-The attorneys
for tl,s holders Of Tennessee bonds bayo ttlsi
bill against the Nashville d. Decatur Railroad.
praying Tor an injunction to restrain tle Louis
y!llo s. :Nsshytlle aud ursut Souttsrn Railroads
from paying Interest on thu stock OF that road,
rs It ia pledged to 60 by lease until The case ID
disposed Ut. 1llu a4its OF tbs Northern holders
VI TA|inexsee b0ndt against thu various Tknnrs-
sss railroads will be heard by Julgv HtrouK a.
tAe request Of Ju1se ssaJne, who MAS to pave
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DENVER,

6pee1a1 lH'5a'eh 70 7"t 7Ffo1s0e-
Rio urande counsel mat1o q 1uo,fou tn vacsto
tha or,,cr NJ .Iuno OK rcc',,-,, ,ho na,""- "" :,
u.s t,,s " ".us' " 'n"o " teq''s"a u'e DenVe1 y
it'o uFanan company TO restore possesson Of
the property to lle Atcllison Company. Judgu
llaleit refused 10 hear the motion, stat,,n tlnt
t,,a D.rv,r u m, Gr,nLa t.or,na,,,, ..n,, ~,
y. o 49,. u.+""p company "''o III
so"ten1pt III coutt' tant II Naa 1eeh oh'y al act
OF calrtesy thAt tl1oY l'ad heen harctofore
heard. 1t was not In condition 10 ask anytutng
OF TIC Court. Judge Hll.ott furtbcr said th,t
,rhntnvo~ .,,I,1,,t ha ~" -,,,,,.a -, s' '.a,
,ss1 ""asa,,. ., ,n1 ~ ..'H !Ga'n ~ 'ue PARTIES
uA"es t!e 'eaao entered 'nto a. boston, Or rs to
the authority Of tho Atchison Company to
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6ptrsa1 I7fsDatch 10 ras 7fsaasna
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, .fuly 15-Th!s evening
Bcntamin ean4tes, a boy II yoars OF aae, drowned
while bathing In tho cai,al. Tile lad WAS sun
Of Solomon Sundlos, Walnut street mcrchal,t,
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4:EEhI&.

Connection between the Michigan Central and
tho Chicago IL Luke Huron Railway has been
severed ut Charlutlu. The "Y" between tho
two roads was removed by tl.e Michigan Cea-
ttaf last week.
Tho regular weekly pool meeting Of tho Gen.
cEal Ftelght Agents ht tue ruaIs leadiny east
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SAVED FROM TIIE GALLOWS,
BALTIMORE Nd, July ih-John lleats, con.
ytcted OF tho murder Of Louis Schmidt In Sep
tcsnber last, has had h!a sentence to death com.
muted to imprisonment fos life.
, 1879-07-16

Mr.. Nssby Details In His Own Way tho 1zxps-
rt0ncG OF Mr.. Peter pcxedtY. atorrk~cnnr
at nav|erlllss Showing, Why He Ii Greon.
lAoter.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12
Words of Wisdom,

One who is injured ought not to return
injury, as the multitude think, for on no ac-
count can it be right to do injustice. There
fore it is not right to return an injury, or to do
evil to any man, however we may have suffer-
ed from him.-SOcrates.
"A great part of the life of philosopher
must necessarily be devoted not so much to
the acquisition of new knowledge as to I'M
learn the errors to which he has been taught
to give an implicit assent before the dawn of
reason and reflection.-DugaM Steacart.
We speak of the snow as an image of
death. 1t may be this, but it hides the ever
lasting life under its robes-the life to be re-
yealed in due time, when all cold shadows
shall melt away before the ascending sun, and
shall be not uncothed, but clothed upon, and
mortality shall be swallowed up of life
Robert CoNyor
Why is it that great many good people
will persist in believing that the days in which
they live are the worst days that ever were?
Is it silly and morbid vanity of experience
that makes them think so? Is it the same
trait of human nature as that which leads peo-
pie to boast of their hurts and their ailments;
that incitcs reformed nebratcs to outGo one
another in picturing the degradations into
which they had fallen? Is it a spirit akin to
that of the small boy who, when a juvenile
epidemic was raging in his school district,
was chopfallen enough until it had reached
his home, and then came to school in triumph,
crying out, "My little brothers got the mea-
sizes W-iSund,ty 1ftclnOon
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12
Ont, of Sorts.

DR.. John Todd says some people are al
ways "out of sorts" The weather is always
just what they do not want. met one of
these men q while ago, farmer, who raised
all manner of crops. 1t was wet day and |
said, "Alr. W, this rain will he fine for
your grass crop"
Eyes, perhaps; but it is bad for the corn,
and will keep it back. | don't believe we
shall have half crop.
A few days after this, when the sun was
shining hot, | said, "finc sun for your corn,
sir"
yes pretty fair; but i'sawful for the rye
Rye wants cold weather"
Again on cold morning met my neigh
Dor, and said, this must be capital for your
rye, Mr.. N"
Eyes but it is the very worst weather for
the corn, and grass. They need heat to bring
them forward"
The world is full of such complainers.-
They keep society in fermcnt. Every one
that comes in contact with them is made I'M
happy. Their faces are long, their spirit is
sour, their words are doleful. With such
people everything is "out ofsorts." Whether
the weather is hot or cold, dry or wet,
whether the sun shines or is obscured by
clouds, under all circumstances, there is the
same gloomy cutlery. If the weather is good
for the wheat it is bad for the rye if it is
good for the corn it Is bad for the wheat
Thus they drag through their list complain
ing, and nothing that God can do for them
nor the whole realm of his providence, rem
dcrs them ut all comfortable.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12

"A better idea of form and locality than any
other method, consequently they retained it
altogether.
| Mr.. Lavender believed that il was GOOD
method, but he could not find time to teach
the geography assigned together with map
drawing. Prof Jackson would have great
deal oft. 1t cultivates very rapidly the idea
| of form.
| Miss Hendon found her pupils acquired
more geographical knowledge by its use than
| any other, because it more readily impresses
upon their minds the locations of impor-
| lance.
]. B. Scarborough thought there was as
much difference between the two systems
teaching with drawing and without it-as
there is between theory and practice If it
was more generally practiced there would be
u more thorough knowledge of geography
Mr.. Harlan urged teachers to make it sub
servient to the knowledge fgeography-not
n drawing exercise, and have all pupils per-
fectly familiar, if possible, with the form of
the six grand divisions and the State of
Maryland.
Miss Oflley gave class exercise in Grammar,
following the system used by Reed 81 Kellogg
She does not supply the pupils with a text
book, has one only for herself and writes
the definitions after giving examples on the
board, requiring pupils to copy them.
John ID. Worthington then continued the
exercise and analysed a number of sentences
presented by several members.
A lively discussion ensued, which was ar
rested only for want of time.
Rev. DR.. Nelson said he was glad that the
teachers of Hartford county had thrown away
old-fogyism and were following common
sense methods. He believed the teachers of
Harfordwere not surpassedin teaching powers
by any in the State.
Mr.. Harlan then thanked the Institute for
the earnest manner in which they discussed
the questions, and said he would labor with
them to advance the cause this year.
Mr.. A. f. Galbreath moved that the Presi-
dent ofthe institute be authorized to tender q
recommendation to Prof. Griest, the accom-
plished musical artist,appreciative ofthe value
his services, which was unanimously adopt
ed.
On motion of Miss A. M. e. Mitchell, the
thanks of the Institute were rendered to Pre-
sident Harlan for the efficient manner in which
he had presided. The Institute then adjourn
ed.
1t is the opinion of all that this was the
most interesting and enjoyable Institute we
have ever held, and the teachers will go to
their respective fields of labor with pur-
pose and encouragement which must win sue
cess
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12
VARIETIES.

--Charles-"What did that spring suit cost
you, ALP Alfred-"Can't say, dear boy
haven't been sued for it yet"
What is the difference between load OF
unsaleabe apples and a huckleberry stain on
the crumb cloth? One is a drug on the mar
ket, and the other is mark on the drugget
PUT out your tongue little further" said
doctor to fair invalid "A little further
If you please" "Why, DOCTOR do you think
woman's tongue has no end ?" said the gen.
tic sufferer
"A farmer, having lost one of his sheep,
said to neighbor: you know that big
wether | had out in that lot. Well, | found
him dead this morning, and now what want
to know is whether the weather killed
the Wether or not"
"A gypsy woman promised to show to
two young ladies their husbands faces i'm a
pail of water. They looked, and exclaimed,
why, we only see our fhces." "Well," said
the gypsy, chose faces will be your husbands
when your are married"
-"That land ought to be used for a ceme-
terry" remarked II gentleman as the train
glided by field in which sand and stone are
the principal productions. Excellent idea, "
returned his friend; nothing but the dead
could ever be raised there"
A contemporary has been asked "can a
man belong to brass band and be Christ
ian?" 1t replies: 1--WE see no impediment
in the way But if he is n member of brass
band, and is given to practcing on cornet
or trombone at home, it is very difficult thing
for the man living next door to be Chris
tian"
The good man slammeth the gate and
bangcth the door, and maketh noise, for his
heart is without guile, and ne fcareth not the
grievous words of his wife ,bvt the naughty
man shutteth the gate softly, and stealeth up
stairs in his stocking feet, and stumbleth over
the rocking chair, and the last condition of
that man is worse than the first.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12
2nctical.
For The Egis Dc Mtehigeacer.
LIFE'S PATHWAY.

For The Egis Dc LteRigeacer
LIFE'S PATHWAY.
There a pathway reaching far from sight,
Through the vista of Time it goes,
The end is obscured by shadows of night,
Where Deaths turbid river flows;
And many feet press it's may curves
That widely diyerEe before,
And separately spread, though each but serves
To lead to the same dark shore:
Where the weird tide means, and its gloomy crest
Dashes the land in wild unrest,
And frail barque waits, whose shadowy guide,
Carries the blcst to the other side.
grey haired pllgrlms treading now,
Near to the rivers seething tide;
Deep burrows lie on his aged brow,
The light in his eyes has dimmed and died;
The way he has come looks oh ! SO drear
Not howeret sprnging in beauty there,
Not n sunbeam lightens with happy cheer
The dark spotted phases of sorrowful care
tut bravely he turns ms his glance afar
Der the rivers width, where tiny star
Shines to him beacon fair,
For Heaven, and Rest lie over there.
A fair young Maiden's footsteps press,
A pathway gay with cherished flowers,
over whose form in fond caress
Linger the sunboams golden showers;
From her dimpling lips a joyous song
~, Floats on the balm-filled Summer air,
The silver tones echo sweet along,
And never yet has the blight of care,
Shaded that path with trouble sad,
Or touched that life so bright and glad;
But flowers wither and 'sunbeams fade,
And the futures wrapped in gloomy shade.
Here is path, begun as bright,
But darker and denserthe shadows grew,
Till they ended into as deep night
AS ever darken'd a skies pure blue
sad-eyed woman treads alone
And never q sunbeam DER her waves,
But the angels list to her weary moan,
As she chances back DER the past's sad graves.
Her loved ones gone. her life light fed
She longs to rest with the quiet dead
She is nearing the goal, and hope bends DER
With visions bright of the better shore.
Hush here is another trembling near,
Very near to the brink of the river wide,
The pale, grim boatman waits to hear
His summons soft from the farther side
From early youth his path has grown
-, Rougher and harder, till now alas!
To drown the wall of troubles tone,
He quatfs from Lethe's fateful glass;
We may not judge, there is One above,
Who scans our sins, with an eye of love,
Sad and Way-wOrn we do not know
What weary lengths a heart can GO
And the Angel who yet in mercy waits,
May opc for him the pearly gates.
How many paths lie bright to-day,
Their future vista with sunshine spread,
And happy hearts, and footsteps gay,
Over the beautiful labyrnths tread;
We cannot know what trials may lie
between the present and dim to come,
How many sorr0wful cares Turk nigh,
Ter we hear the call to our Fathers Home;
But when our footsteps trembling tread
The rivers brink and Life has fed;
our journey ended no more to roam,
We may find calm rest in heavenly home.
G. NJ. A.
Jamaica, L. L., August 27th 1879
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12
To be a Successful Farmer.

Many years of experience and observation
have taught me that two things are absolute
ly necessary to profitable farming; the first
settled policy, and the second thorough pull
verization and manuring. What is meantby
n settled policy is that farmer should ascer-
tain the crops best suited to his land as well
as to the demands of the market; and having
decided on these, to stick to them through
thick and thin, whatever the fluctuations in
price. He will findit to hit oftener than miss,
which is not the case with those who jump
about from one thing to another, with no set
tied rule to go by. No man should ever en-
gage in special business of any kindmerely
because some other individual hasmade money
by it. Itrequires long experience to grow and
market successfully any special crop, such as
broom corn, tobacco, etc, and we had better
increase our experience with such productsas
we know than to fly to new ones, about the
handling or cultivation of which we know
but little or nothing. 1t is in the better cul-
ture and manuring, in farming, that the great
est improvements are made. The most effec-
tual way to lessen the cost of production is to
increase the yield per acre. There are hun
dreds of farmers who for years have been cul-
tivating forty acres of corn for two hundred
barrels, and twenty acres of wheat for two
hundred bushels, and yet find it hard workto
get along. To all such we should say, put
half the land in clover and give such cultiva-
ton and fertilization to the other half as will
enable you to raise as much grain on the
thirty acres as you are now doing on the whole
sixty. And although this could not be ex-
pectcd to be accomplished in single year,
yet there is no question that time would soon
bring it about. If you think the sixty acres
are too much for you to undertake at once,
try it on few acres, and we will answer for
it that after you have harvested thirty bushels
of wheat or sevcnty-tive bushels of corn to
the acre on these, you will be so Disguised
with your old practice of growing the third
of it that you will be very willing to increase
| the area of your heavier producing lands.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12
MY Darling's Blind.

A lady entered car on the Oakland road
one day the past week leading little girl,
perhaps four years old. The mother sat
down and lifted the little one to the seat be-
side her. The child was nibbling at q bit of
cake of sugar, now and then turning her face,
full of childish love, up to her mother, and
murmuring some almost unintclligible words
of affection.
Opposite to mother and child sat another
younger lady, who often smellcd n fresh rose
which she held The innocent little one be-
fore her attracted her attention, and the nat
ural kindness of the sympathetic woman
heart prompted her to at once offer the fra
grant flower to the little budding lily oppo-
site. So she leaned bit forward and spoke;
"Baby want the posey"
But the child seemed not to hear. Per-
haps it was the noise of the moving car that
prevented. Then she spoke little louder
and held the flower forward temptingly:
Baby may have the posey."
The mother heard, for she looked toward
the other lady and smilcd-and o, such n
look of heartfelt gratitude, of mothcrly love,
yet heavily saddened with such an expressive
tinge of sorrow as is seldom seen. And still
the lady of the rose pressed upon the little
one acceptance of the flower.
Baby take the rose" holding it almost to
the child's hands. And now ii seemed she
was heard, for the blue eyes turned full upon
her wouldbc patron, and then in moment
she strangely drew back and turned her eyes
appealingly toward her mothers face. The
lady with the flower showed her bewildcr-
ment in her look, while u panied expression
fitted across the face of the mother, who
leaned forward and whispered word:
"My darling is blindp'
Then the whole sunless, darkened life of the
fair little being-fair as the flower which had
been offered to her-came up before the mind.
All beauty shut out from her forever! For
her no foliage strewn, nower-studded scene to
follow the bleakncss of winter. No looking
with awe into the mysterious depths of the
night sky, sparkling with gittering, twink
ling star gems, for over those blue eyes the
Creator, in the mystery of his designs, had
hung the impenetnble veil. No cXpectant
gaze toward the mothers face for the gcntlest
smile that ever soothes childish trouble on
ly the blind passage of the little hand over
and over those features for one moments
sight of which that growing little one will of
her the birds will sing, but the loneliness of
form and feather are not. For her, while the
babbling stream makes mysterious music its
dimpled waves and winding reaches and YER
dant banks do not exist.
How bitterly vivid all this, as the lady
opened the little hand and shut within it the
thornless stem of the rose now bearing n tear
on its petals.
And there were other swimming eyes in
the car
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12
A PhiIOsOphic Fiend.

81 should like to sell you gimlet," said a
care-worn looking man, as he walked into an
office the other day.
1--WE have no use for one" replied the
cashier.
"But you should always look into the misty
future" went on the fiend demurcly, next
winter you will want to make holes in your
boot heels, so you can get your skates on"
81 use club skates-no straps required"
"You may want to screw some boards to-
gether some time. The old fashioned meth
cd of driving the screws in with hammer is
pernicious, as it deteriorates the tenacity of
the fangs of the screw, as it were"
Nothing to-day sir"
"This gimlet also acts as cork-screw."
81 don't want it,"
at also may be used as tack hammer, n
cigar holder, and toothbrush"
II don't want it,"
at has an eraser, pen, an inkstand, Ia
BILE for computing compound interest, and Il
lunch box attachment"
81 can't help it; don't want it,"
II know you DON'T you are one of those
mean men that won't buy a gimlet unless it
has restaurant and u trip through Europe
and an Italian opera company attached
You're the kind of a man who would live
near an electric light to save a gas bill"
And the pedler walked out with his mental
plumage on thepcrpendicular
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12

PoMPEY's ANswER-Pompcy hired him
self as n laborer to farmer who was fond of
laying out the work so that there was always
something pressing when Sunday arrived
When haytime was in season, he would
sometimes cut down n lot of grass on Satur-
day that would require turning over in the
morning. One Sunday at daybrcak, he called
his new servant.
"Now, Pompey, get up"
"Don't want to get up Sunday morning,
massa"
"But you must get up and get your break
fast p
Don't want no breakfast, Sunday morn
ing, massa; rather lay bed than eat break
fast, massa.
"But get up and help shake the hay"
Don't work on Sundays, massa. Didn't
hire out to work on Sundays"
"Oh but this is a work of great necessity
Don't see dat at all, massa; don't see dat /;
it's no work of necessity"
"Well, but would you not pull your OK out
of the pit on the Sabbath day?
"Oh, yes, massa oh, yes but not i'll showed
him in ON Saturday night"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12

HINTS FOR HORSE TRAINERs.-Never try
to beat colt into doing thing, for if ner-
vous he may turn out n vicious horse, and if
stupid he may become stubborn. Remember
that by patience and gentleness he can be got
to do anything that will not hurt him.
When the horse shows signs of shying at an
object, do not beat him, but lead him up to it,
allowing him to stand and look as he comes
closer, and after he examines it n few times he
will not fear anything of the kind again. In
passing by hedges with colt, throw in stones
and stop him until he takes no notice of the
noise.
Beforeputting on any articles of harness let
your colt smell it, and then rub against his
head neck and body.
Always start a horse with the voice, never
with the cut of the whip. In starting turn
little to one side; in stopping when going up
hill do the same.-NogTfst0scn Herald.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-12

"A great mind is like an elephant in the
ancient line of battle-the best ally if you can
keep him in theranks fronting the right way;
but ifhe turns about he is the deadliest foe
and trends his muster underneath his feet