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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-07
INDIGESTION,

CORN-The market Is bare. Prices are
high as compared with other markets, and
ought to attract shippers, but not enough
comes in to supply the mills.
OATS Steady and firm with light
supply and an active demand.
MEAL-City meal IS in active request
and orders stand over untitled for want of
stocks.
BUTTER-Stocks are larger, and the
demand has fallen off. Prices are unchang-
cd, but weaker
EGGS-steady and firm at 25c, which
seems to be about ruling prices for fresh re-
ccipts
CHICKENS-Live are overstocked and
dead dull; choice dressed poultry finds
ready sale.
TURKEYS-The market is we'll sup
piled, and the demand only moderate.
Dressed turkeys sell at Sc for undrawn, and
10c for choice.
GAAIE-The weather is favorable, and
prospects are for an active market.
APPLES-P have advanced, and
the demand is increasing.
POTATOES-Very scarce and in active
demand at quotations,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27
VARI ETIES.

An applicant for pair of boots at one
of our shoe-stores was asked what number
he wore, and replied, as soon as he could re-
cover from his surprise why two of
coursew
There is no rule without an exception,
my SON" ooh, isn't there, pa? A man
must always be present when he is being
shaved" my dear, hadn't you better send
this child to bed? He's too clever
-"Boy, may l inquire where Robinson's
boy, respectfully. "Well sir" said the gen.
teman, after waiting while, "where is it ?"
Il have not the least idea," said the urchin.
"A man who was sentenced to be hung,
was visited by his wife who said: "My dear,
would you like the children to see you exc
cuted% "No," replied he. "That's just like
you," said she; 'you never want the children
to have any enjoyment"
-"Where have you been, Casar?" "Oh
sab, I've been down to Mr.. PushpulPs."-
where? There isn't any such name" "Why,
its written up on de door, cap'n. One side
oh de door it says PUSH and de oder it SAYS
Pull Amt dat Pushpull? ?"
1t is nice when wife gives her husband
box of cigars on his birthday but it some
how takes the romance all out of it when she
quietly observes next morning, "You'll have
to give me some money to pay for those CT
gars spent all mine for other things"
you ought to let me pass 6kfree of
charge, considering the benevoleia lure of
my profession" said a physician:t - IL gate
keeper. Not So" was the reply, .sY6u send
too many dead heads through here now
The doctor didn't stop to argue the ques-
ton.
Among the replies to an advertisement
of Il music committee for "a candidate as Or
ganist, music teacher" etc, was the following
one: Gentlemen, noticed your advertise
ment for an organist and music teacher,
either lady or gentleman. Having been both
for several years, | offer my services"
-"Gentlemen," said Il Yankee auctioncer
with true pathos, eff my father and mother
stood where you stand and did not buy this
stewpan-this elegant stewpan'going at $1-I
should feel it my bounden duty as Il son to
tell both of them they were false to their
country and false to themselves"
A poetess says: 81 fling my past behind
me like II robe" That is right Always
wear the past as you do your panier-behind.
And always fling the future before you; and
asks you to "look back into the future" don't
you do il. We make no charge for this adj
vice.
A Danbury young man offended one of
the lady clerks in II fancy goods store at a
party few evenings ago. A day or two Ia
ter he went into the store and inquired if she
had gentlemen's gloves She answered,
Yes" a want to get a pair" he said
"Who are they for?" she asked, looking him
straight in the eyes. "Why-for-me," he
gasped, turning scarlet under the nsinuaton
in her inquiry.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27
Sheep for Men of Small Means.

Perhaps there is no department of hus-
bandry that offers as many inducements to
men of small means as the raising of sheep,
whether the object be TO produce wool or
mutton. a flock ofyoung ewes, if protitably
cared for, will ordinarily double every wear.
If the stock is poor at the start, it may be
brought up to high degree of excellence in
three or four years by the use of choice bucks
Nothing can be derived from cattle and horses
until they are three OF four years old but
sheep begin to pay when they have reached
the second summer from their birth. TO
raise horses mules or cattle, one must have
considerable capital, or he must wait several
years before he has Il sufficient number ofani-
mails to give him any support. Ifone can oh
tain fifty sheep, however, he may in three or
four years have flock that will produce n
good income. To start grain farm requires
still larger capital. Lands must be bought,
fences built, buildings erected, plows, harr0ws
seeders and reapers purchased, and seed oh.
tanned. AT least one first-class team must
also be bought To procure all these things
requires more capital then most young men
possess, TO compete with others in raising
corn and small grain il is now necessary 10
own somewhat costly tools and machinery,
and to have good lands on which to raise the
crops.
ohccp may nc raised on very poor land
that is, on land that is not adapted to rails
ing corn and grain. There are tens ofthotls-
ands of acres of land in this and adjoining
States that are well adapted to raising sheen,
which now is too billy or rocky to pillow To
good advantage. There are large tracts of
this land on which one could pasture sheep
for years without being molestcd. Most spec.
ulators would like to have sheep kept on land
of this sort, as it would be improved by their
presence. They would prevent the growth
of weeds and bushes, and would return to the
soil more than an equivalent for what they
consume.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27

heard him well spoken of, but never expect
ed you, Sallie, q Baptist, to be married by
any one but minister of your own church
but | suppose you gave in to Mr.. Popkins,
and it shows a downright good disposition"
Miss Sallie gave up in despair and looked
| fiXedly out of the window, while Mr.. Pop
kins' lips moved occasionally as though he
were asking for water, but the unconscious
cause of this turmoil sat serene and happy,
indulging inan occasional chucklc and know
| ing glance at Mr.. Popkins, but at this mo-
ton, and wishing his two victims much hap
| piness he left them to their thoughts.
The human heart is strange affair, to say
the least of it, Had any one advised Mr..
Popkins to marry Sallie, he would have re-
jected the idea Immediately, and she herself
would have taken it as an insult but the to-
tally unexpected manner in which the mat
ter had been brought up made altogether
different affair it, He stole a glance at
Miss Sallie. Her face was turned away, and
she was apparently studying nature. She
was pretty; Mr. Popkins couldn't deny that
What if-if-and his heart gave a tremend-
| Gus bound. What fool he had been all this
time! We must try, at any rate, and risk re-
pulse So without any more hesitation, for
our hero was brave, he took Uncle Ben's seat
and said quickly;
Miss Sallie"
The face turned the eighteenth part of an
inch toward him. Not much encouragement
certainly but little
Miss Salle,' he repeated, "Ivc been fool
and brute"
Oh, wise Mr. Popkins! he had started on
the direct route TO n woman's heart Either
from contrariness or n sense of Justice they
always take the opposite side. Miss Sallie
made up her mind from this moment that he
was II gentleman and Solomon, and she
turned her face completely round for him to
admire.
"Do you think" he continued, 'that we
can settle this lawsuit in the sensible manner
suggested by Uncle Ben? l do love you,
Miss Sallie, and by George, l believe loved
you all the time and never knew it till to-
day"
Miss Sallie was completely vanquished, but
the answer, although whispered, was heard
above the noise of the wheels and the crack
ing of the drivers whip.
The suit of Popkins VS.. Hopkins was dis
missed that day. The Baptist minister got
fee, and the people are firmly convinced that
Mr., and Mrs. Popkins are the very best
hands in the world to keep a secret.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27
Bone Dust or Phosphate after Lime.

To the Editor Of The IEgiS:
have field upon which last year applied
forty bushels of shell lime to the acre and
planted it in corn. / desire to put the land
again in corn this spring, applying 800 lbs. of
bone dust or that amount of phosphate to the
acre. Will the application of lime last year
interfere with the action of the bone dust or
phosphate on the coming crops of corn?
SUBSCRIBER.
The above question from a subscriber was
referred to Prof s. B. Hedges, of York, Pa,
who sends the following reply
Lime is of itselfnot fertilizer, but is use
full in converting vegetable matter into plant
food and the more of this matter in the form
OF stalks, roots and rootlets the soil con-
tains, the more lime can be applied
The lime that does not enter into combi-
nation with other matter TO form plant-food,
acted upon by water and carbonic acid passes
back into the rock formation and loses its
elasticity. This undoubtedly takes place in
side OF a year. have never found particle
OF uncomDined lime in the soil after it had
been applied year.
Phosphate of Lime is only tamediately valua-
BILE as it is soluble. Caustic lime will convert
soluble phosphate into reverted phosphate;
hence lime and phosphate should never he
applied at one and the same time. Valua-
BILE phosphate consists of or exists as bi-phos.
phate of lime. Lime in contact with this CON
yerts it into tri-calcic or tribasic phosphate of
lime the same as bone in the animal system,
and is but slowly soluble and not of immed-
ate use. / would have no hesitancy in apply
ing 800 lbs. of bone dust or 800 lbs of phos-
plate per acre. The action of bone dust is
somewhat similar to phosphate oflime The
latter acts more readily than ground bone, and
fartl 1,a Al
Bone is but slowly soluble and on that ac-
countm lasting, eventually adding TO the
fertility of the soil. Butt would doubt the
propriety of following corn with corn, as it
becomes great drain upon the soluble silica
of the soil and must result in the crops of
oats and wheat which should follow in a few
years being devoid ofstraw -stiffening material
and lodged crops must follow.
Your correspondent has nothing to fear
from the combination of the lime and phos-
plate or lime and bone dust.
8 r. HEJGEs
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27

REMEDY FOR Fly IN WHARF.-The follow
ing remedy for lIcssian fly in wheat is sug-
gested by Mr.. Frank G. Ruflin in the last
number ofthc .iNnuAulW J0arnM:
Sow upon the wheat one or two bushels of
slaked lime per acre. Do it in preference, at
acalm evening, when Il dew is likely TO fall
but do it.
Let the sowcr grease his nostrils and hands
well, and SOW with the wind so as to keep
the lime out ofhis eyes.
Let him watch his wheat in the spring and
repeat the application if he has the slightest
reason to suspect the temperance of the fly.
1t is safest TO repeat it anyhow.
| know this remedy is efficient, both by the
testimony of others and by my own cxpe-
rience. On the worst piece of fly.slrucll
wheat | ever had, | tried it and made UPWARDS
of sixteen bushels to the acre.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27

Ten years ago was of the opinion that
bran was poor thing to feed cows, but | al
ways like TO make experiments, and so |
bought some bran and mixed it with ground
oats and corn, and and my wife watched
pretty close for the result. 1t did not take
long for us to find out that the cows gave
more milk and butter and the butter had n
finer color | omitted the bran one week,
and my cows gave four quarts of milk less.
fed bran again, and in three DAYS they gave
four quarts more milk, and since that time
will tell you how mix my feed To six
bushels of shelled corn | add three bushels
of oats and have il ground together, and with
every three hundred pounds of such feed
mix one hundred pounds of bran. In the
morning at seven O'clock take one bushrl
cut corntodder and one bushel oat chat: on
this put thirteen pounds of the mixed feed
and seven quarts of water; at eight o'clock
give them eight pounds of clover hay; NJ
eleven O'Clock pump them pure fresh water
from well fory-two feet deep. If II is n
warm day give each COW one bundle Of
cornfodder, out in the yard; if it is cold or
cloudy do not leave them ont longer than
they drink; then put them in the stable
and give the cornfoddcr in their racks
also give each COW halfa pint of meal and
half an ounce of salt; this give them every
time put them in the stable At five o'clock
in the evening give them the same quantity
OF cut fodder, chat and mixed feed, ms | do
in the morning at seven O'clock. At six
o'clock ] give them eight pounds of meadow
hay. | also clean them with the curry comb
and brush twice week, sometimes oftencr.
And also clean the stable on Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday. keep only four cows, and
ut the present time milk only three of them;
one Df them lropnpl hpr rnlf mn offh ann
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a splendid class of passengers"

ferhaps you tried.the Baptist?" guessed
once more
"Ah, ah" said the brakeman, "she's daisy,
isn't she? River road; beautiful curves !;
sweep around anything to keep close to the
river, but it's all steel rail and rock balasts,
single track all the way and not side track
from the round house to the terminus. Takes
heaps of water to run it though; double
tanks at every station and there isn't an engine
in the shops that can pull a pound or run
mile with less than two gauges. But it runs
through lovely country; and these river
roads always do; river on one side and hills
on the other, and it's steady climb up the
grade all the way till the run ends where the
fountain-head of the river begins. Yes, sir,
I'll take the river road every time for lovely
trip, sure connections and good time, and no
prairie dust blowing in at the windows. And
yesterday, when the conductor came around
for the tickets with little basket punch, |
didn't ask him to pass me, but paid my fare
like little man-twenty-five cents for an
hours run and little concert by the passen-
gers throwed in. l tell you, pilgrim, you
take the river road when you want"
But just here the long whistle from the en-
CINE announced q station and the brakeman
hurried to the door, shouting:
"Zionsvile! This train makes no stops be-
tween here and indianapolis Burlington
Hd1rkeye.
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gnrtical.
NEIGIIBOR JONES.

I'm thinking, wife, of Neighbor Jones, the man
with the stalwart arm
lie lives in peace and plenty on forty acre farm
When men are all around us with hearts and hands
a-sore,
Who own two hundred acres, and still are wanting
more.
He has pretty little farm. pretty little house;
He has loving wife Within as quiet as mouse ;
HIS children play around the door, their fathers
heart to charm,
Looking just as neat and tidy as the tidy little
farm.
No weeds are in the cornfeld, no thistles in the
The horses show good keeping by their fine and
glossy coats:
The cows within the meadow, resting meath the
beechen shade,
Learn all their gentle manner from a gentle milk
ing maid
Within the fields on Saturday, he leaves no Graded
grain
To be gathered on the morrow, for fear of coming
RAIN
He lives in joy and gladness, and happy are his
days;
He keeps the Sabbath holy; his children learn the
ways.
He never had IA lawsuit to take him to the town.
For the very simple reason there are no fences
down.
The barroom in the village for him has not q
I can always find my neighbor on his forty-acre
His acres are few that he plows them very deep:
MS ms own hands that turns the sod, it's his own
hands that reap;
He has place for everything, and everything in
its place;
The sunshine smiles upon his fields, contentment
on his face.
May we not learn lesson, wife, from prudent
neighbOr Jones,
And not sigh for what we haven't got-give vent
to signs and groans?
The rich aren't always happy, nor free from lifes
alarms,
But hlest are those vino live content though small
may be their farms.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27

WASHINGTON As \ NoTER.-Washingto
voted AT all the Fairfax elections until the
close OF his life, uniformly supporting the
Federal candidates. Although living some
distance from the courthouse at the Alexan
dria market, he generally voted early. The
polls were reached by flight ofstcps outside,
which in 1900 had become old and shaly.-
When the General reached the steps, he
placed one foot upon them, and shook the
crazy ascent as tito try its strength. Instant
ly twenty brawny arms, one above the other,
grasped the stairway, and dozen mems
shoulders braced it Nor did u man move I'M
til the venerable chief deposited his vote and
returned. 81 saw his last bow" said one of
them halfa century aflerward; at was more
than kingly. Walidm r. Cyne, in Ha,pers
Mdgazine for February.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27

AN AGGRAvATING TEUToN -O'Reilly lin
the heat ola political discussion)- fact
is, .sorr, all you Germans are prigs--regular
prigs.
Herr Muler-Ja wohl All we Chermans
are bricks-regular bricks
O'Reilly-I said 'prigs," sorr-not "bricks.'
Herr Muller-l hat ears, my vrient. You
said bricks" ofcourse-not "prigs"
OReilly-Prigs, sorr! Pig-headed, cold
hearted prigs"
Herr Muller-Ja wohl! Big-headcd, gold
hearted bricks
O'Reilly-Ah, get out wild yc! Ye're past
praying for.
Herr Mulcr-Zcn Wy do you go on braying,
my vrient?
Exit O'Rcilly, foaming at the mouth
Herr Muller chuckles for the rest of the day. I
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27

MEASURING HAY-To find the number of
tons in long or square stacks, the following is
the rule Multiply the length in yards by the
width in yards, and that by half the altitude in
yards, and divide the product by fifteen. To
find the number of tons in circular stacks;
Multiply the square Of the circumference in
yards by four times the altitude in yards, and
divideby 100. The quotient will he the num-
Der ofcnbc yards in the stacks. Then divide
by Is to get the number of tons.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27
How an Owls Head ReyOlyes.

A contributor to the american Naturalist
who had read the funny story about an owls
wringing its own neck by looking at man
who was walking around him, tested the mat
ter by experiment. He obtained fine speci-
men and placed him on top of a post. at
was not difficult" says the writer, "to secure
his attention, for he never diverted his gaze
from me while | was in his presence. he
gan walking rapidly around the post, Il few
feet from it, keeping my eye fixed ON him all
the while His body remained motionless
but his head turned exactly with my move.
ments. When | was half way round his
head was exactly behind. Thrce-quarters OF
circle were completed, and still the same
twist of the neck and the same stare followed
me. One circle, and no change On went
twice round, and still that watchful stare and
steady turn of the head On | went, three
times round, and | began really to wonder
why his head did not drop of, when all al
once ! discovered what | failed to notice be
fore. When reached half way round from
the front, which was as far as he could turn
his head to follow my movements with com
fort, he whisked il back through the whole
circle so instantancously and brought it fac
ing me again with such precision, that | fail
ed TO detect the movement, although | was
looking intently all the time. | repeated the
experiment many times aflcrward on The
same bird, and had always to watch careful
ly to detect the movement of the rcadiust
ment of his gaze"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27

The best remedy for the sting of bee,
wasp or hornet, is liquid ammonia, and moth
ing will equal its dilution in water.in allay-
ing the irritation caused by mosquitoes.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-27
VOL. XXIV----NO. 8.
Farmers' Column.
"Speed the EstOC.o

I'VE would be pleased TO have, every week, for
this column, articles of practical nature from
the farmers of the county1
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-07-06
LEGAL NOTICES.


VIRGINYA.--INv AcATIoN.-Int tn Clerks
v nOfaoe of the circuit court of Highland,
county June 22nd $780,
, Alexander B. LightneF, Sheriff of Augusta.
county and as suoh administrator d. b. n. 9. t..
a. of Thomas ]. Niche, decd Petitioner.
John W. hedges. surviving Executor of AL.
cinda G. Campbell, decd, Austin w. Campbel II .
Isabella Moore, widow of Moses Moore, decd.
Arson Q. Wade and Adella, his wife, Susan
Hickman, and Emma s. Hickman Charles
Aepler and Matilda Hepler, his wife, benjamin
b. campbell, Samuel 3. Campbell John Camp
6eil. A. Hanson Campbell, and William NJ.
Upon petition filed in the ent sf
John w. Hedges, surviving Ext cutor of Alcin-
da G. C2Saphell, decd, against Thomas Camp
helpS Heirs and ais, depending in the circuit
court of Highland county.
The object of this proceeding is to enforce the
the 8th of December, 1856, between the Execu-
tors of Alcinda G. Campbell, deco, and Thomas
]. Niche, decd, for payment of fees to said
Niche for services in the litigation with James
B.CampbelPs ExecutOrs-ten per centum in the
circuit court and five per centum in the Court of
Appeals upon the amounts recovered for said
Alcinda's estate. to have the Attorneys lien and
equitable assignment recognized as against the
against the Defendants as holders of or debtors
to the fund.
1t appearing by affidavit filed that Defend
ants. John w. Hedges. surviving Executor of
widow Of Moses Moore, decd, and Thomas T..
Campbell. are not residents of this Stale, 1t hs
ordered that they do appear here within onr
month after due publication of this order, ar :
do what Is necessary to protect their intesS .ts
' J. G. MATTHEW, C,r =,
je29-4t ner'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-07-06
Conservative Democratic Convention Of
the Seventh Congressional District.

A Convention of delegates to nomi-
nate Conservative Democratic candi-
date for Congress from the 18th District,
is hereby called to meet in the City OF
Staunton at the hour of o'clock P. M,
on Thursday, the 18th day of August.
1880.
There are to be appointed to the Con-
vention one delegate and one alternate
for every 100 votes or fraction thereof
over so, on the basis of the Tilden vote
of 1876, according to which the counties
of this District will be entitled to the
following number of delegates and alter
mates: Albemarle 20, Augusta "a, Bath
6,lFluvanna 10, Gooch land 8, Greene Z,
Highland Z, Page Is, Rockingham "a,
Shenandoah q, and the City of Staun-
ton s. ft
The County Superintendent are re.
spectfully requested to fix the usual time
and places for the county or township
meetings, which are to appoint the dele
gates, and upon their failure to do SO,
county meetings can be had at their re-
spective courts. All voters who intenC
to support the Cincinnati nominees arr
earnestly invited to participate.
M1CAJAH WOODS,
A. KOINER, f'
w. D. PEACHY,
Dist. Com. of 9TH Cong. Dist.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-07-06

THE ANCESTORS OF THE DEMOCRAT-
&c NOMINEE FOR VICE-PREs IDENT.-
From a sketch of the life of VIM. II.
English, the democratic candidate for
Vice-President, published in the Indi-
annapolis Sentinel, we notice that his
grandparents on his.mother's side were
from Winchester. Virginia. His mater
nal grandfather was named Eagan, who
during the revolutionary war, was a
Lieutenant in the 4th Virginia Regi-
ment. In 1855 he married in Winches-
ter, Virginia, and removed to the wes-
tern country.