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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-03

BY 0r6cr of the stockholders at their adjourned
meeting. 1uy 1; 1879, and served by me July 2,
1879. ON IL. G. Parsons, vice president. -
lsiEnedI .tWlLLlAM r. MUEFORn, !.
jy3 ''''.'-.- - : - Secretary.
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THE BLUES AND THEIR FRIENDS.
FSCtHpNEEr AT OLD POINT.

The Il. l.. !. RLUES viii leave the city ny
steamer ARIE.l. for fortress MONROE T. e.
DAY July Slh. aud return MONDAY. July Ian.
They will rncaInp on The western sac OF HE f"rtf
within 100 yard, OF HE iirgc!a Hotel. Cohiora-
he tents. armycos. and hcdn. have been pro-.
vidrd. and arrangements made FOR Gnoh Servants
attendance and care 1T baggage. Members anu
friends accUmnir yin" ihcm will iak" Their meals III
The Hy.cia lloIrl Tie crnct f0oting N "thrF
gnests. There is Il clear understanding on ms
point. ., ~
TO per- nnS who wish to 20 in camp with tie com
nluy fncluding motel board an ichciS tn AID Ia ON
Dld rolurl the t,rnS will he to
start Tuesday. SIh, and return Mcrday. 40
Starr Thursday. 10Th. and return l4lh zee. W
rcGi,l tIon Will hr mad" 10 cItS Of i've or more.
aud 10 ii!n,e who with have their quarter III TIE
hOic' ticket, VIII be sold at greatly below IrSitr
rates. 70 persons already having steamer tickets
81 will be deducted from above rates.
For economy. comfort. and pleasure. this trip
offers unrivali.d advantages.
For tickc's and further inlormrti"n amply TO Cap
tain WISE or members OF inc company.
Tickets can he procur III 81. Charles Hotel.
IL lSSJv3.J&T
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PIS-SIe'S.
4 LL-DAY PICNIC
AT THE WEST-END PARK,
BY THE WEsT-END BENEFICIAL AND
SOCIAL SOCIETY,
FRIDAY, JULY 4, Isl

FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1879.
Dancing commences at 10 O'Clock A. 81
ADMISSION: Gentlemen, 60c indies. free.
The Society guarantee to all that may attend
pleasant time. and that strict order win be enforced
No postpsnement on account or weather.
ir o9.Sf
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FOURTH OF JULY.
CRhSEY ISLAND,

BASKET PICNIC TO CRANEY ISLAND. FOR
THE BENEFIT OF CHRIST CHURCH
RECTORI.
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sGMHEIc RESORTS.

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Tor the rcc,ptlon Of 81, itOrs. Inrro.r,. ,. "'fr
, nre,i MADE IN me accommodations "n-riM.
We nope 20 please cur patrons IN ever. -. A.
The route Is from Norfolk or Old I'pi,.. l.y
y: +. Banks To ChcrrSstone ever, MD&f.V, ,,,1,a''
|~NFSUAT, End FRIDAY MDRSINi. ''' " ~
TERMS: Per Gay, ~; per wccs.S;..,.-.
s35. yer mo-
For Information, address SI',GY : r,,,
e2S-1m rat,, nv.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-02-07
For The AEgis Dc Mtelligencer.
A School Boy Oh Washington VS.. NapO
leon.

The Roman Empire claimed her Caesars,
her Pompey ana Others as among the no
blest and greatest commanders that ever
lived. The Carthagenian claimed her Has
drubal and Hannibal and so on. The
French Republic at the present day claims
her Napoleon. Who do we the United
States of America claim Every one with
accord eXclaims, the immortal Washington;
and why should we not make such an ex-
clamation9 What great nations have Ce-
sar, Hannibal or Napoleon left as monu-
ment to their memory? Where is the 70.
man Empire to-day, and where the Car.
thagenian; and moreover what is the
French Republic to-day in comparison
with what it was in the days of Napoleoni
What has Washington left behind as a
ark of generalship? He has left the
United States free and independent coun.
try; to-day the greatest nation upon the
earth. Why, then, can we not extol the
lofty Washington From the death Of
Napoleon, France continued to descend
until she was no longer the conqueror Of
so many countries, but miserable con.
quered nation. Is it so with the United
States? 1t is we'll known fact, when Ma.
poeon was Emperor of France, he was not
alone a great man in the Republic. There
were numerous others from whom he could
receive advice. Not so with Washington
He alone had to form and execute his
plans. When France had become the con.
eueIor of so large Il part of Europe, she
was the richest nation, both in men and
wealth, upon the globe. What prevented
her then from conquering inferior nations
inferior in every respect!
Washington with Il handful of men, mer
undrilled and inexperienced, wrested the
United States from the jaws of country
which was crushing her with oppression
During the Revolutionary War, the idea
of a soldier was an affair rarely ever hearc
of. The soldiers under our noble Wash
| ington knew too we'll their commander anC
general for anything such as that. Certain
were they that under him liberty was only
a question of time.
Washington was not banished, despiseC
by his enemies, forgotten by his friends
| but he was ever respected by his enimies
which were few, and ever loved by hi
friends, who were very numerous.
Isaac Potts, ut whose house Washington
was quaiterng during the gloomy white
passed in Valley Forge, one day calculated
after having seen the General on his knees
which was frequent occurrence, that un
der such leader freedom was certain; an(
he was not deceived. No one never sale
such thing of Napoleon, for no one wa
certain at what time victory would b,
counterbalanced by a most overwhelming
defeat.
Washington was u conscientious man
relying not upon his himself, but upon on,
whose word is law. At the last day Wash
| ington will be seen amid the saints il
glory, enjoying the fruits Of a noble life
Where will we find Napoleon an
afraid, on the contrary, he will he founC
where hope it will not be our lot to b,
found, when we all be called to give al
account either for well or mispent life
| j. ROGERS G.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-02-07

WHAT Is CASTLE SoAP.--A subscriber
wishes to know how this differs from other
soap. The hard soaps made in this coun-
try are almost exclusively from animal
fats; in the south of Earope, where the
olive grows abundantly, the poorer kinds
of olive oil are used for soap-making. e..
Common soaps are soda and animal fat,
CASTLE soap is soda and vegetable oil. Tn
making CASTLE soap, great care is taken
to avoid an excess ofalkali (tne soda). only
Just enough being used to neutraize the
oil. On this account the soap is much
milder, and may be used on wounds and
other surfaces where common soap would
irritate and give pain. The notified up
pearance of CASTLE soap is due to small
quantity of solution of copperas (sulphate
of from which is stirred into it before it
hardens; this leaves blush oxide of iron
in the soap, which, when exposed to the
air. becomes changed to the red-oxide.--
White CASTLE soap is also sold, which is
| the same as the other, without the coloring
Though called CASTLE, it is by no means
exclusively made in Spain, the largest
share coming from the south of France
and indeed it is generally known in Europe
90 Marseilles soap.--American Ag1icaltarist
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DANGER DIMMED BY DARKNEss.-Ow-
ing to the darkness that fills our deep min
ing shafts our miners are less conscious of
the dangers of their trade than they would
otherwise be- A miner standing on bit
of plank thrown across shaft 1000 or
/ 500 feet in depth sees little of the pit
yawning beneath his feet. The darkness
rises up until it almost seems to form a
floor under his plank, giving place on
which his eyes may rest and prevent any
unsteadiness of the head. Place the same
shaft on the earth, and let it tower 1900
feet into the air and broad light ofday, and
the miner standing on his single plank at
an elevation three times as great as the
talest church spire would be unable to
move-would be paralyzed. Looking
down through the awful depth below, he
would clutch the nearest timbers, afraid
to make move in any direction. Make
for him doors on each side of this shaft,
representing the openings at the stations,
and he would not be likely to leap from
door to door across the yawning shaft, as
he does underneath the ground, where the
dark rises up and makes seeming floor
between the doors. 1t is undoubtedly the
darkness that benumbs the senses of the
miner to the danger to which he is expos
ed when passing to and fro across shafts
and wines, or when climbing the interior
of their compartments, trusting to the
scanty hold for hands and feet afforded by
the narrow lodges of the timhers project
lug from the walls Virginia (Neo.) Enter
DriSe,
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"What possessed me-" l said to myself
wrnging my hands in despair, "silly, wick
ed little thing that am, to break my owl
heart and wound him so deeply? He love
me dearly, and he never, never, never would
have flirted had not set him the example,
and heaved deep sigh, which was i'm
mediately echoed behind me, and turning
1 saw Nelly laying the table for dinner
with most woe-begone expression on hel
round, rosy face and as turned toward
her, two frightened imploring gray eyes
met mine. For moment forgot my own
trouble.
"Why, Nellie, what is the matter with
you 2" 1 asked.
"Oh dear oh dear how can tell you
And out of the house must go as soon as
you know. And I love your ma, and al
most love your pa, and | adore all the rest
of you. Oh! oh ! oh !'-bursting into
sobs and tears.
"Take down your apron this minute
said l, firmly, land tell me what you have
been doing this time"
"Well, miss" said Nellie, giving great
gulp, and coming and standing before
me, "you know, miss, last evening went
to the village, and it was elegant moon
light night, miss and, oh miss"-twin-
ing and untwning her fingers nervously-
II can't bear to go out into cold and
heartless world. What shall l do2 what
shall do"
go on,n said l.
and l opened my paper The Weekly
Roarer A0iS, you know, where they're print
ing The Vow of the Glass Fiend; or the
Glittering, Cleaning Girandole" And,
oh miss, what shall do"
"Go on" said I.
"And | opened the paper in the store
out of the enchanted cave, and | came out
into the road a-reading it. Oh, miss, it's
most awful interesting !" And Nellie,
completely carried away by her subject
unclasped her hands, and continued in as
bass voice as she could assume, "The
dragon belched forth streams of fire."
And then suddenly changing to high,
shrill tone, "Rudolpher sprang between her
and the monster-r-r. Saved, saved, saved
she cried" cried Nellie, at the top of her
voice, entirely lost to every thing but the
"most awful interesting" story.
Good heavens! Nell" said l, you'll
have ma tumbing down stairs thinking
it's tramps. Forget the GLASS Fiend, or
whatever it is, for few moments, and fin
ish your own story"
The frightened look came back into
Nell's face. "Well, MISS" she said, slow
ly, 81 got my papes, and oh miss"
go on p said |, stamping my foot. |
had made up mind never to stamp my
foot again, but the girl was so provoking.
"And. miss''-with desperate calmness-
II forgot to post yoetr letter."
flung my arms around her and gave her
hug and a kiss, promised her whole
years subscription to the village circulat.
ing library, and left her with round eyes
and mouth wide open in wonder, while l
flew to the door to answer the ring Of
Barbara Darling," said he.
"Anthony Ditto" said |.
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VARIETIES.

paddy" said joker, "why DOM
you get your ears cropped they are entire
ly too long for man." "And yours" re-
piled Pat, fought to be heightened; they
are too short for an ass"
"A little boy, weeping most piteously
was interrupted by some unusual occur.
renee. He hushed his cries for moment
the thought was broken. Ma" said he, re,
Stunning his sniffle, "what was I crying
about, just now ?"
"A poor Irishman, seeing crowd OF
people approaching, asked what was the
matter. He was answered, "a man going
tie be buried" "Oh," replied he. "I'll stop
to see that, for we carry them to be buried
in our country"
=" I'm II ruta-baga, and here's where |
plant myself" said tramp, as he entered a
farm house near Freeport, ILL.,, and seated
himself at the table. ave alters bile ours,'
said the farmers wife, and soused him with
o dish-panful of boiling water.
The proprietor of a building site in
Wisconsin advertises his land for sale in
this wise: "The town of Poggis and the
surrounding country is the most beautiful
which nature ever made. The scenery is
celestial; also two wagons and yoke of
steers"
The force of emphasis, in giving mean
ing to a sentence, is well illustrated by the
brief colloquy which we overheard the
other day, between two persons: "Do you
imagine me q scoundrel, sir ?" demanded
one, Indignantly. mo, do not imagine
you to be one"
sympathetic old lady giving money
to solemnlooking tramp; SIS it your in
ability to procure work, my good man, that
causes your detected air r. s. !. t. (pre-
pairing to light OUT: "No, MON it is my
liability to git suthn' to do that keeps me
all the time pensive and cast down."
Professor Person, in dispute, so ex-
asperated his opponent by the dryness of
his sarcasm, that the latter at length ex-
claimed, "Mr. Person, I beg leave to tell
you, sir, my opinion of you is perfectly
contemplate one" Person replied, 81
neevr knew an opinion ofyours, sir, which
was not contemplate"
He was rather bashful young man,
and was overhead. and-ears in love. He
could defer the momentous question no
longer, so he stammered: martha! /
do you-you must have--are you aware
that the Good Book says-er-that it is not
g-g-good that man should be alone 2"-
"Then hadn't you better run home to your
mother2" Martha coolly suggested. And
lie ran.
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- -. .
A Lucky Ticket,

An Italian gentleman with nice little
income had nice little servant girl, who
said to him one morning: ooh, if you
please won't you give me franc to buy a
lottery ticket with 2 dreamed last night
Al. 144 was going to draw the capital prize,
and want to buy that number"
He gave the girl three francs, and next
day, on happening to look at the report of
the drawing, saw that No. Al IA had drawn
the capital prize of 510652 95 lire, or, to
speak more accurately, 100000.
Returning quietly to the house, he con-
cealed his emotion, and said to the servant
girl, "Susan, have long observed with APP
probation your piety, beauty, modesty, skill
in the art of cookery, and other good quail
tiles, calculated to adorn the highest sta
ton. Be mine. Let me lead you to the
hymeneal altar. No delay. Just as you
are"
"Are you sincere asked the blushing
maiden.
~ am. swear by yonder silver moon
that tips with beauty all the"
"Then will CO."
"Hasten, Susan, put on your bonnet and
shawl, and let us go around the block to the
friar's cell, where we shall be made one."
In few minutes the bride elect returned
clad in a red dress, red shawl, with a
black velvet bonnet trimmed with sunflow-
ers. In few minutes more the ceremony
had been performed, and the twain were
one. They returned to the house, where
the husband carelessly took upa paper and
said with we'll counterleted start of sur
prise:
Darling, everything is bright for us up
on our wedding day. You remember the
ticket in the lottery that you dreamed
about and gave you the money to buy q
Where is it my ownest?"
90, didn't buy it. spent the money
for this duck of bonnet"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-02-07

SPEED OF TRoTTERs.-The following il
the record of famous horses, giving the
rate of progression
In 1910, the best record, made by Dutch
man, was 2.2S.
In 1850. the best record, made by Lady
Suffolk, was 1926.
In 1860, the best record, made by Flora
Temple, was 2.194.
In 1870, the best record, made by Dex.
ter, was 2.17t.
In 1876, the best record, made by Coll
smith Maid, was 2.14.
In 1878, on August Sd, the best record,
by Rarus, was 2.134.
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CHARCOAL FOR TURKEYs.-An old tur-

CHARCOAL FOR TURKEYs.-An old tur-
key raiser gives the following expert
ment:
Four turkeys were fed on meal, boiled
potatoes and oats. Four others of the
same brood were also at the same time
confined in another pen, and fed dali
ly on the same article, but with one pint
of very finely pulverized charcoal mixed
with their food-mixed meal and boiled
potatoes. They had also plentiful sup
ply of charcoal in their pen. The eight
were killed on the same day, and there
was difference of one and half pounds
each, in favor of the fowls which had been
supplied with charcoal, they being much
the fattest, and the meat being greatly
superior in point of tenderness and flavor.
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Poe tic al.


Uncle Jonas.
"Uncle JONAS what makes your head 30 white
And your shoulders stoop 80 low?
Just look at your hands, how they SILVER an,
shake,
And your steps are so feeble and SLOW"
"Ah young Mas'r Tom, was active once,
AS nimble as you an Jim;
Nobody then ever called me slow
was sound in wind an limb
Old mas'r called me his very best hand,
was strong an light of heart;
had been born an raised on his land,
Sho-l never thought we could part"
"Many happy year we passed,
But when we were growing old,
Our troubles began, for my massa got broke,
An his people all had TO be sold.
The traders Their my children took,
Ole massa meant no harm,
My wife, che mourned awhile an died,
And was sold with the farm"
"But Uncle Jonas, the black folks are free
The Yankees have set them free
No one can buy or sell you now,
Any more than Jim or me-"
eyes, chile, dey say de good times have come
And all de black folks are free,
And each man who can work can win home
For himself aud his family.
But am ole an feeble grown''-
Andthe old man heavrd sigh
"Wifr an children have none
An ole Jonas ia free hut to die ~
Ora Langhorne in the Southern Workman.
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Plants seem to alternate with each
other on the same soil. Burn down for
est of pines in Sweden, and one of birch
takes its place for while. The pines at
ter time again spring up. and alternate
ly supersede the birch. These changes
take place naturally. On the shores of the
Rhine are seen ancient forests of oak, from
two to four centuries old, gradually giving
place at present to q natural growth of
beech and Others where the pine is sue.
ceeding to both. In the Palatinate, the
ancient oak woods are followed by natur-
al pines and in the Jura, the Tyrol, and
Bohemia, the pine alternates with the
beech
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-02-07
Walker Bootsl Walker Boots

III AM NOW PREPARED to serve my customers with
l. all kinds Of Boots and Shoes including the cele.
brated Walker Boots, of which have always kept a
complete assortment.
Testimonial from Residents of BaIti-
more County;
We, the undersigned having tested the qu1lity of the
Walker Boots sold by Samuel s. Ely, No. 1872 N Gay
street, hereby recommend them to friends pos
sessing all the qualities he claims for them.
Signed, SAMUEL B0SLEY 10th District,
JOHN l. ANDERSON 9th District,
ELISHA CHRISTOPHER, 12lh District,
SKELETON PRICE, 9th District,
JOHN II. sCARFF, 9th District,
j. NJ. MoC0MAS, Jr., 10th District.
and many Others l claim that the leather of which
the genuine Walker Boots made is nearer water
proof it will softer 1t will l.nger will
sqnarer the bottom it is the best fitting; the
heel will be less likely to 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 fpd of his Boots in
which there counter, inner SOLE slip sole, piece
of heeling that is not cut from good thick piece of
sole leather.
BOOTS, SHOES and CATERS Give me call and ex-
anime my stock and prices. intend to keep up the
reputation have gained by always giving fair return
for money invested
Best quality Walker Boots $500. Remember, one
price t all for best quality, $4.00.
NOTICE NOTICEII NOTICE
Owing to the superiority of the Best Walker Boots
over all Others, some INSCRIPTIONS dealers selling
second quality and inferior goods for Best Walker Boots
warn all my friends aud the public that the best
quality Walker Boots are stamped on the sole BEST
QUALITY WALKER BOOT * and can be found at
1872 North Gay street.
There are two Elys in the same square. 70 get in
the right place remem err the number 1872
Ladies' aud Childreu's Shoes, aud fno, all
prices
o19 SAMUEL s ELY.
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"A little miss of eight summers living
on the hill, was sent to e store on Main
street, Saturday, to purchase some lace.
After closing it up the clerk said well,
there is one and half yards of lace at 10
cents gard how much does it come to-"
To which the miss pertly replied: "Well,
Pm not going to tell; have to study
arithmetic all the rest of the week, and
Pm not going to bother my head with it
Saturdays.n --Hartord Times
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-"Mary, I don't approve of your enter
tanning your sweetheart in the Kitchen
said the lady to her servant. "Well, ma am,
it's very kind of you to mention it; but he 6
from The country, you see, ma'am, and I'm
afraid he's too shy and orkward in his
manners, ma'am, for you to like him to
come up into the parlor," replied Mary.
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Docs kin al 900 600 worth Of shee

Dogs kill 100000 worth of sheep
annually, it is estimated, in the United
States. Noticing that the CANNES invari-
ably attack the necks of sheep in order to
sever the arteries and drink the blood, q
South Carolina inventor has contrived Q
collar with sharp, projecting points which
effectually protects the sheep from his
enemy. By means of suitable crook the
sheep may be readily caught by the collar.
thus avoiding the tearing Of the skin and
injury TO the sheep, which frequently results
when sheep are caught by the woe1- 1882
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When you have bored the bulls eye, set
down and keep still folks will think then
yu kan hit it emmy time yu hare mind to.
Billings
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THE Great Daupbin county farmer NJ.

The Great Daupbin county farmer. near
Mddletown, on his 1s40 acre farm has
over three hundred head of stock cattle,
which he is fattening for the next spring
market. York county has it's numerous
good fee1ers, and large feeders, but We
know ofno one who has 80 large number
of fattening CATTLE York (Pa.) True Dfano-
crat.
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THE EGIS & INTELLIGENCER,
IsruBLIsHED EVERY YRIDAYBY
F. w. B A x E r.
Terms-S so a Year, in Advance
Otherwise $500 will be charged.

TRANSIENT ADvERTIsEMENTs.-0ne Square, twoinser
lions $780, Each subsequent insertion rs cents Lo
geradvertisements in the same proportion. A spac
equal to six lines makes square.
~ Yearly advertisements at special rates.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-14


There is no business or CALI
ing, or profession, that requires
more watehfulness and good
Sound Judgment than farming.
Many farmers do not watch
or make the most OF their OPP
lsporrunaities. There are others
that do, ana they are enabled
no pay their debts, educate their
families, Aaye The ordinary COM
forts Of life and lay up some
thing 4or6la age. aoTbc farmer
like every other business man,
must watch all the details Of his
business. Fariners, watch your
labor. Do not take too much
land liz hand to eulti8atc-if
you DO you wilF get behind.
Do notify to plant ard work
all your land, Bnt plant only a
part and work ii thoroughly.
do not keep mean stock or too
much Of it. Get a good breed
of cows; do not keep too many
and take care of them; give
them good food and they viii
repay you. Watch over your
tools and keep good ones.
Worn OUT plows aAd broken
hoes scratch the surface offhe
soil and. will accomplish but
litIle. Good tools require less
work, give better cultivation
and produces lbettcr crops II