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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-07-15

A VICKsBURGH correspondent of the
the Cincinnati Commercial says that
when Hancock was in command at New
Orleans he invited Gen. Beauregard, the
first commander-in-chief of the rebel
army, to dine with him. In reply Beau
regard sent message te the effect that
he had objection to Hancock personally
but that "those flags" (meaning the
colorS of the United States,) were pecu-
Iiarly offensive. Hancock removed the
flags, and then then the unreconstructed
rebel General condescended to honor the
commander of the Fifth Military Dis
trict with his company at dinner. Beau
regard showed his modesty in one thing
he did not require the Confederate
flag to be displayed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-07-15

The Republicans and Independents in
Alabama are arranging for strong fight
over the legislative elections, which
take place in August,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-07-15

THE true issue of the election is,
Shall the government be taken from the
Republican party and placed in the Con-
federate Democratic party? This is the
square and the whole issue of the COM
ing election. The Confederate Demo
cratic party does not pretend that it has
changed its nature or aims, or that it is
for love of the Union cause that it has
set up General of the standing army
as its ostensible standard bearer, or that
it is for any other purpose than to help
the Confederate Democratic party get
control of the nation. No one supposes
that General Hancock, if elected by the
Democratic party, would be other than
a Democratic party President to carry
out the party's policy, beginning with
the expulsion of all Union men from
the national offices to fill them with
Confederate Democrats. Even if it were
practicable for any man elected by the
Democratic party to be other than par
ty President, General Hancock's sub
serviency to Andrew Johnson's policy
against the reconstruction acts of Con-
gress proves that he could not. The
plain and sole issue, therefore. is wheth-
er the government shall be taken away
from the party whose patriotism pre-
served the nation, and shall be given to
the party which tried to break up the
nation by reasonable war. That party
itself will not pretend that there is any
other issue of the election, nor that its
platform contains any tangible princi-
pie or policy upon which it can ask such
a trust. On the contrary, the platform
has cast off all former platforms, and is
swept eff all issues other than success
GCIncinnati Cazetta
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-07-15
Hanc0ck's Brains.

If Jere Black should fall down and
strike his head against the ground, Ham
cocks brains would experience aconcus-
sion.- rSt. Louis Globe Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-07-15
Garfield.
How Garfield will Withdraw.

The kind of mush and milk the Bour-
bon press is feeding itself on nowadays
is that Garfield will withdraw" Let
them go on thinking thatl The way he
will withdraw" will be like the crab
which, as the Irishman would put it
@goes ahead by going back" Garfield
will 90 back till he sits plump in the
Presidents chair indianapolis News
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-07-15
ONLY A FARE.

Baltimore, June s, 1880.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20
The Old.FashiOned Girl.

She flourished thirty or forty years ago.
She was little girl until she was fifteen
She used to help her mother wash the dishes
and keep the kitchen tidy, and she had an
ambition to make pies so nicely that papa
could not tell the difference between them and
"'"mmo'e, and sha oo,,Id f.3- e,.ildla cakes Mt
ten years of age and darn her own stockings
before she was twelve, to say nothing of knit
ting them herself
She never said 81 can't and 81 don't want
to" to her mother when asked to leave her
play, or run up stairs or down on an GRAND,
because she had not been brought up in that
way. Obedience was cardinal virtue in the
old-tashioned girl.
She rose in the morning when she was
called, and went out into the garden and saw
the dew on the grass, and if she lived in the
country she fed the chickens and hunted ND
the eggs for breakfast.
We do not suppose she had her hair in
curl-papers, or crimping- pins, or had it
banged" over her forehead, and her hounces
were no trouble to her.
She learned to sew by making patch work,
and we dare say she could do an 'over-and-
over" scam as well as nine-tenths of the grown
up women do nowadays.
The old-fashioned little girl did not grow
into young lady and talk about her beaux
before she was in her teens, and was not fam
cying hero in every plow-boy she met
She learned the solid accomplishments as
she grew up. She was taught the arts of
cooking and housekeeping. When she got
a husband she knew how to cook him din
ner.
She did not think she knew as much as her
mother, and that her judgment was as good
as her grandmothcrs.
And if there be an old-fashoned little girl
in the world to-day, may heaven bless her,
and keep her, and raise up Others like her.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20

About twenty-five years ago, a rich jew
died in New Orleans. The city mourned
Judah Touro. He had chccrcd hundreds by
his secret bencficencc, and among merchants
had been honorcd as "the Israclite without
guile"
He was an eccentric man. Money flowed
into his Golfers, and yet he did not love it for
itself, nor for the luXuries it placed at his
command. He lived in plain way and did
Il large business with but a single clerk
He had but one purpose,-and it was his
single passion,-to do good to men. TO car
ry it out he toilcd and denied himself
lie gave away, secretly, thousands of dol
lars during his life. At his death half of his
ious institutions. The other half was given
to the friend who saved his life at the battle
of New Orleans.
An anccdotc illustrates his eccentric bcnev-
olcncc.
y poor widow, with several children, had
not a cent. She was without food or decent
clothes. Her rent was overdue, and the land
lord threatened to turn her into the street.
In her misery she thought of the rich jew
He was known rs benevolent man; he
might take pity on her She went to him,
and began telling her ptiful story.
Long before she had concluded, Mr.. Touro
had filled up check. Giving it to her, he
begged her to go and draw it at once She
presented it at the bank, and the teller, see
ing her badly-dressed, refused to pay it,
Thinking that Mr.. Touro had insultcd her,
she hastened back and handing him the check,
remarked that it i'll became Il rich man to
mock n poor widow.
"Nly dear madam" said the astonshcd Is
raeite, at is all can give you to-day it is,
know, small sum, but it is all | can spare
now"
"But the bank officer refused 10 give any
thing fori replied the woman.
"Oh yes see it; he requires proofof your
identity. Here" turning to the clerk, "go
down to the bank with this lady, and tell
them TO pay the check
| As the check was for fifteen hundred dol
dars, the teller had properly refused to pay
| it To u woman whom he did not know and
who was SO torlorn-looking.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20
King Solomon and the Blacksmith.

The blacksmith has sometimes been called
the king of mechanics, and this isthc way lie
is said to have earned the distinction.
The story goes, that during the building of
Solomon's Temple, that wise ruler decided TO
treat the artisans employed on his famous cd
iiicc to banquet While the men were en-
JOKING the good things his bounty had pro-
vidcd King Solomon moved about from table
to table, cndeavorng to become better ac-
quaintcd with his workmcn. To one he
said:
"My friend, what is your trade?'
"A carpenter"
"And who makes your tools?'
"The blacksmith" said the carpenter.
To another Solomon said:
"What is your trade" and the reply was ::
"a mason"
"And who makes your tools?"
"The blacksmith" replied the mason.
A third stated that he was stone cutter
and that the blacksmith also made his tools.
The fourth man whom King Solomon adj
dressed was the blacksmith himself. He was
II powerful man, with barred arms, on which
the muscles stood out in bold relief, and,
seemingly, almost as hard as the metal he
worked
"And what is your trade, my good man ?"
said the King
Blacksmith" laconicaly replied the man
of the anvil and sledge.
"And who makes your toolsY'
snake 'em myself" said the blacksmith
Whcreupon King Solomon Immediately
proclaimed him the King of Mechanics, be-
cause he could not only make his own tools,
but all other artisans were forced to go to
him to have their tools made.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20

PORTUGUESE Suops.-In Portugal shops
are lighted from the door, and have no win
dows. The signs for different trades are hung
out of these doorways. At one door for in
stance, you see dozen strips of printed cot
tons tied to Il small stick, and fluttering like
the ribbons on recruiting sergeant's hat
This tells you that linen draper stands ready
inside with tape and cottons Farther on II
small bundle of fagots, n bunch of onions, q
few roots of garlic, and two or three candles
dangle from another stick and denote gro
Ger. A shoemaker's sign is a bunch of leath-
er shreds and hatter's is a painted hat. A
butcher ties up bundle of empty sausage
skins, or a rude drawing of an OK having his
horn sawed off, the saw as large as the man
who uses it. Over milkman's door hangs
crooked red COW. : green Dough which re-
sembles branch of arbutus, indicates wine
shop, and by the addition of a sprig of box,
you learn that spirits are sold there In other
shops you see n small board suspended from
little stick, with words signifying good
wine and spirits" coarsely painted on it
The names Of the shopkeepers are not over
their doors, as with us.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20
Pnetical.
LENT.

LENT.
Welcome, deare feast of Lent; who loves not thee,
He loves not Temperance, or Authorize,
But is composed of passion.
The Scriptures hid us fast the Church says, now
Give TO thy Mother what thou wOuldSt allow
To evry Corporation.
The humble soul, composed of Love and Fear,
Begins at home, and laws the burden there,
When doctrines disagree:
He Sayes, in things which use hath justly got,
l am scandal to the Church, and not
The Church is so to me.
True Christians should he glad of an occasion
To use their temperance, seeking no evasion
When good is scasonable;
Unless Authortie, which should increase
The obligation in us, make II Jesse,
And Power itself disable.
Besides the cleannesse of sweet abstinence,
Quick thoughts and motions at a small expense,
A face not fearing light:
Whereas in fullncss there are sluttish fumes
SOwre eXhaations, and dishonest rhcumcs,
Revenging the delight.
Then those same pendant profits, which the spring
And Easter intimate, enlarge the thing.
And goodnesse of the deed.
Neither ought other mems abuse Of Lent
Spoil the good use; lest by that argument
We forfeit all our creed
It's true, we cannot reach Christ's fortrth day;
Yet to go part of that religious way
Is better than to rest
We cannot reach our Saviour's puritie;
Yet are we bid, 4" BE Holy ev'n rs He"
In both let's do our best.
Who goeth in the way which Christ hath gone,
Is much more sure to meet with II i'm, than one
That travelleth the by-ways.
Perhaps my God though he be fare before;
May turn and take me by the hand and more,
May strengthen my decayes.
Yet, Lord, instruct us to improve our fast
By starving SHINE and taking such repast
As may our faults control;
That ey'ry man may revell at his doorc,
Not in his parlour; banqueting the poore,
and dniuiiE those his soul
- GtOIge H3btJf,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20
VARIETIES.

-"Give the devil his due, Pat, and where
would you be-" "Alone, your Honor"
Why is an industrious woman like q
clock? Because her hands are necessarily at
work.
-Dobbs thinks that instead of giving
credit where credit is due, the cash had bet
ter be paid.
"A Yankee doctor has recently got up a
remedy for hard times. 1t consists of ten
hours labor well worked in.
I'D just like to see you," said blind
man to policeman who told him he would
lock him up if he didn't move ON.
-Gentleman-"I say, waiter I've Just
cracked this egg look at it," Waiter
Don't look very nice at that end, must
say try the other"
What is more deserving of human SYM
pathy than young man with but fifteen
cents in his pocket, a girl on each arm, and
seven ice-cream signs in sight?
"A man passing through gateway in the
dark ran against post. 81 wish that post
was in the lower regionsp ' was his angry re-
mark. Better wish it was somewhere else"
said bystander. you might run against it
again"
-Ebenezer Stone and his wife Flora, out
in Illinois, were divorced not long ago, but
afterward they came to an understanding
ing, were remarked, and are now happy to-
gether as far as we know. 1t was q case of
Eb and Flo, it would seem at any rate they
are tied now.
q wish l had your head" said a lady
one day to q gentleman who had solved for
her Enotty point. "And / wish I had your
heart" was the reply. "Well," said She
'since your head and my heart can agree,
do not see why they should not go into part
nership." And they did.
Grammar-Invalid-- had a wretched
night, Mrs. Wobbles"
Nurse-"Dear, dear me, sir, | thought you
slep' most comfortable"
Invalid with groan)-"Oh, Mrs. Wob-
bles, do use the adverb"
Nurse-"Yes, sir; I'll see about it directly,
sir, but-(puzzled)-Ir RELY don't think there's
one in the 'ouse, sir !-Punch
Tallcyrrand was Away always ready with Q re
ply, and woe betide the man who had Offend
ed him. His words were apt TO be like burrs
in wool-very hard to get rid Of He once
wrote to a lord who had bored him this mes
sage Dear Lord Blank-Will you oblge
nc with Jour company Wednesday night, at
o'clock. | have invited number of ex-
ceedingly clever people, and do not like to be
the only fool among them"
"A very rich old man had married young
wife and died suddenly, on which the widow
raved like maniac and exclaimed to the doc
tor who stood by the bedside ofthc deceased
"Oh, I'll not believe that my dear partner is
dead; he could not die and leave me No
no he's alive-Fm sure hes alive-Tm sure
he's alive! Tell me, DOCTOR don't you think
NV HlIoIn,,, ~ ;nJ hn
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20
FARMERS Column.
"Speed the PfOtC."
Strawberry Culture.

The best way to grow the strawberry is in
hills Plant as soon as possible and put the
vines in rows three feet apart, and one foot
apart in the rows If planting is too long de-
layed, the roots start growing, and receive a
check in removal, which seriously injuries the
first crop ofberries.
Strawberries prefer light, rich, but sandy
loan which does not pack or get hard, but Is
easily kept moist and mellow. The alluvium
soil near our streams fulfils these conditions
The red mountain soils have also, when prop
erly fortified, proved capable of producing
large crops ofhighly favored berries. Straw
berries may be grown anywhere, but neither
light sand nor stiff clay are satisfactory. The
ground must have the surface made soft and
mellow, but, if there is q stiff subsoil or hard
pan soil, avoid bringing it to the top, as the
strawberry is to large extent a surface
feeder
When strawberry plants come from the
nursery, the dead leaves and runners, if any,
should be trimmed off, and also the tips of
the roots, if they appear bruised or broken
Take n pail of water and stir up some rich soil
in it, making paste. Dip the roots of each
plant in this, which constitutes the operation
called pudding" very useful and i'm.
portant procedure to both the nurseryman
and horticultural. After the plants have
been well puddled, keep wet cloth over
them until planting, which ought to be done
the same day, When setting out press the
earth closely about each separate plants with
the hands, so as to hold the roots firmly
Rake and mellow the soil when it is trodden
down, and the work is done. After each
rain bring out the faithful rake, and again
mellow the surface and destroy the small
weeds. 1t is bad policy to stir the ground
deeply as it Injuries the strawberry roots
Bone dust, wood ashes and scrapings of the
are the best possible manure to
apply.
Through the summer remember that the
first want of the strawberry is water, and
so, for that matter, is the second and third
An abundant mulch on the surface assists to
retain the moisture. After watering the soil
must be stirred. Sub-iIiigation is tic best
way to apply water. Asregards varieties, the
most popular one at present is, among those
grown for market, the Monarch of the West
Captain Jack is a fine and prolific berry,
Cumberland Triumph is of high flavor.
Forest Rose and Crcsccn: Seeding have done
well when tested. Jucunda suits heavy soils.
Chas. Downing is noble berry, and black
Defiance stands the summer heats we'll
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20
Particular Notice.

THE undersigned, agent for Il. j. Baker COS
Il Fertilizers and Chemicals, offers to the far
mers of Hartford
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20

INTENDING HARNESs--Whcn n harness
breaks il always is just at that time and place
when the break is of the greatest inconveni-
ence. There are two ways of meeting this
matter list, by keeping the harness in good
repairs, that no weak spot may exist when
the trying time comes; and second, TO be pre-
pared for break, should it come. by CARRYING
a coil of strong copper wire either in the
pocket or in some place in the vehicle, and n
knife for doing the necessary cutting and
punching of holes. A good teamstcr should
be an expert in meeting all 'break downs
by being able to overcome them.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20
An Unlucky Tramp.

I'm hungry and ragged and half sick and
dead-broke" muttered a tramp as he sat down
for sun-bath on awharfat Detroit, "but it's
just my luck. Last fall got into Detroit
just two hours too late to sell my vote No
body to blame. Found big wallet on the
street in December and four police came up
before | could hide it. Luck again. Got
knocked down by n street car, but there was
no opening for suit and damages because |
was drunk. Just the way. Last fall nails
were way down. | knew thcre'd be rise
but didn't buy and hold for the advance
Lost $4,000 out and out. Alus that way
with me, Glass went up % per cent, but /
hadn't Il pane on hand excepting the pain in
my back Never knew it to fail Now lum-
ber's gone up, and | don't even own n fence
picket to realize ON. Just me again Fell
into the river tother day, but instead of pull
ing me out and giving me n hot whiskcy
they pulled me out and told me to leave town
or I'd get the bounce. That's me again -
Now I've got settled down here for bit of n
rest and snooZe but I'll be routed out in
less than fifteen minutes, and know it. It'll
be just my behanged luckw He settled
down, slid his hat over his face and was Just
beginning to feel sleepy when a hundred
pounds of coal ratified down on him. al
knew i'll knew itm shouted the tramp as
he sprang up and rubbed the dust off his
head Il said so all the time, and just wish
the burned old hogshcad had come down
along with the coal and iammed me through
the wharf"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20

CURRY THE Cows-No animal the farm
will show signs of neglect so soon as a cow
The coat gets rough and dirty, and the bones
stand out with irregular and peculiar prom
inence. On the other hand, as matter of
course, good care gives the opposite appear
ance, and the creature is neat, clean and
plump. There is much in good supply of
wholesome food, but il, without occasional
rubbing and currying, will not make the COW
look and feel comfortable 1t pays to curry
the cows.-4mericaa 4gfcuitsp4a
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20

SOWING CLOVER SEED.-Just after light
snow is favorite time with many Il which
to sow clover seed-as the seed can be distri
5uted very evenly, and it falls into good
moist place as the snow melts. If Red Clover
is sowed alone, about 90 pounds per acre
should be used.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20

A correspondent of the Baltimore SIN gives
more encouraging account of the success of
the beet sugar industry in California than that
heretofore received. He SAYS:
Beet sugar has at last succeeded under
American management. ForS years past, I'M
der German management, VIC have reluctantly
chronicled failures to make it pay, and con-
sequently discouraged Maryland from like
enterprises. From actual inspection we now
report the realization of the new sugar mill
at Alverado, under one American working
manager one American and one Hungarian
sugar makers, and with improved machinery.
Eleven hundred tons of beets were bought of
farmers at 81 a ton, delivered. Pureartesian
water, pure lime and bone charcoal was sup
piled, and rigid inspection given to the bects,
OF which 90 tons raw are used daily. These
yield s per cent of pure refined sugar, equal
to cane, say 35 barrels day. The beets
contain, by analysis, II per cent. The sugar
at ~ II cents mound the cost IS nstimotaA
Z cents pound i'll full hereafter g. cents is
the estimate At this rate the seasons profit
would be $1,000 on capital of $150,00O for
work and business conductiOn, If slicing
and drying out 81 per cent. of the water Of
vegetation before milling fulfills expectations,
the same mill would make three times the
sugar, with little if any more total cost for
working n third of the tonnage now This last
is conjecture. Besides, every farmer can by
simple apparatus make crude sugar for sale,
instead OF selling his bccts, thus trebling his
gains. We renew our counsel, that no one
risk his capital i'll experiments sure to fail til
a competent commission be sent here to verify
our figures, and TO learn how to make like
realizatons. There is wide difference bctwixt
seeing it done and learning the practice
WHEAT-GRowING MAXRIs--Somebody
has been at the trouble of condensinga great
deal of information about wheat growing, rs
follows, into very small compass, and some
body else has set it atloat without giving cred
it to the author:
l. The best soil for wheat is rich clay
loan.
.. Wheat likes good, deep soft bed
J. Clover turned under makes Just such
bed.
H. The best seed is heavy, oily, plump and
clean.
5. About two inches is the best depth for
sowing The seed
6. The drill puts in the seed better and
cheaper than broadcasting.
Z. From the middle of September to the
last ofOctober is the best time for sowing.
3. Drilled, one bushel of seed per acre; if
sown broadcast, two bushels.
3. One heavy rolling after sowing does
much good.
10. For flour, cut when the grain begins
to harden for seed, not until it has harden
ed