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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-09

The propagation oftish as n source of table
luxury is so successfully practiced in many
parts of the world that it is remarkable that
so little effort is being made the farmers of
this country to raise them for their own use.
NO English estate is considered complete with
out its fish pond, and when we take into con-
sidcration the value of the delicious food
as compared with the triiiing cost and labor
OF obtaining it, it must be said tiiat our farm
ers are, to say the least, very saort.sighed
about the matter, if indeed, such neglect to
provide themselves with this source of graft
hcation does not originate from n determine
ton on their part not to enjoy life, but to
make it rather season of endless toll, hard
work and still harder fare This is the more
singular when the propagation of a few fish
can be made so readily available to all those
haying fair supply of running water on
their premises. There are so many streams
upon which ponds could be erected and so
utilizing by supplying them with fish from
neighborlng sources, and at but little expense
and trouble Fish propagate so rapidly I'M
der ordinary protection that few dozen
brought from neighboring stream may he
increased to as many hundreds in a very few
years. Any farmer having facilities and CON
yenience at hand, and will try the experiment
if transplanting few good edible fish will
find their propagation so rapid as to enable
him to always keep his table supplied with
this delicious and healthy food.-Bdho SIM.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-09
Pruning Shrubs and Trees.

Many of the occupants and owners ofcoun-
try residences never devote q moments atten-
ton to the form of shrubs and ornamental
trees which surround their dwellings They
are left to take their chance, and to assume
any shape, without interference. They may
grow crooked, one-sided OF struggling. Even
this is better than the stiff and formal out
lines giving to them by shearing back to n
uniform exterior-making the ground appear
as if sprinkled over with small hay-stacks-
1t requires but little attention to begin early
and to give tree q graceful, natural FORM
If q branch project far beyond its proper
limits it may be shortened back without any
distortion by cutting it off closely TO the small
or branch at fork, leaving no stub. In this
way the natural and graceful form may be
still preserved without being one-sided or
distorted BY shearing, a stiff geomctrc fig
IRE is the result, with hollow interior.
If the work is done in time, and especially
on shrubs, pinching back the tips ofthc shoots
merely with the thumb and finger when the
growth is soft and green, will keep every
part in shape; but early in the spring, as at
present, this operation cannot be performed,
doing the work readily and rapidly An i'll.
shaped shrub may be thus reduced TO Il
more regular and handsome form.
In pruning roses, it is well to wait long
enough to see if all the shoots have survived
the winter, but the work should be done be-
fore the buds swell, or a check will be given
to their growth. Such kinds as produce
flowers on the present years shoots may be
pruned more severely than others OF this
class are the China, Bourbon and Tea roses,
and more especially the Noisettes. June and
Prairie must be treated differently by leaving
the strongest last years growth to bear flow
ers, throwing out the smallest ones. Hybrid
Perpetuals partake of the character of both
and to produce an abundance of early flowers
they should be treated like June roses, hut
for later blooming like Noisettes.
Many persons associate the practice of
pruning trees with free use of the axe on
saw, and frequently render the trees operated
on more defomed then before. This treat
ment isgiven almost exclusively to fruit trees;
ornamentals happily escape by nearly miver-
sal neglect. Some improvement of form may
be impaired to them if they are taken in hand
before they become too large, and while the
smaller exterior branches may be reached
from the ground with Il pruning chiscl or
pruning shears on Il pole. Small flexible
shoots near the outside of the tree may re
quire n tool for holding the shoots in the
acute angle while the saw saving cut of the
sharp blade sewers it.
Persons who undertake pruning, of what
ever character, and who hesitate, or are at
a loss whether to cut off branch or to leave
II uncut, may at once come to decision by
always leaving it when there is any doubt
1t is far better to prune too little than too
much, for as far as fruit trees are concerned,
q great many fine specimens are spoiled or
deformed by uninteligent slashing -C0unhU
Gentleman.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-09
White and Yellow Corn,

An old Subscriber wants to know the diff.
ference i! any, in nutriment between white
and yellow corn for man or beast. There is
no specific difference, so far as color is CON
cerned Yellow corn is better food for stock
because the grain is less finty and easier To
mastcate, and consequently to digest. II is
often noticed in the spring that horses will
leave white corn, while taking yellow corn
freely. Yellow corn is richer, perhaps, in the
essential oils, such as fusl oil, &c The idea,
however, that yellow cornmeal smore nuiri.
tious than White proceeds from the fact that
yellow corn is usually grown on richer and
more southern soils white corn more cNcm
sivcly nj the North. Northern corn is flinty
and has larger proportion of the carbon.
making products, starch, &c. Southern corn
is richer in the nitrogen yielding products
Hence the difference is primarily in soil and
climates, and not in color. Al the North vel.
low corn meal is preferred because yellow
corn is raised al the South, but here IN Mory.
land, where we grind our own corn we prefer
bread of white corn meal, because, while il is
equally nutritious, il is esteemed more palata-
bic, hcing less rank in taste If ground alike
yellow meal is probably ms digcsihlra white;
but yellow corn hcing softer, it makes finer
meal with the same set of hurrs than white
corn, and consequently givcs heavier bread
in baking.-Sun.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-09

-Becswax and salt will make hat-iroDs as
clean and smooth as glass Tie lump of
wax in rag, and keep it for that purpose
when the irons are hot rub them with the
wax-rag,. then scour with paper or cloth
sprinkled with salt
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-09

MtLIEIN As \ GrRE FOR CONSUMPTION -
correspondent writes as follows about the
flowers ola well known plant have dis
covered a remedy for consumption. 1t has
cured number of cases after they had com
menccd bleeding at the lungs and the hectic
flush was already on the cheek. After try
ing this remedy to my own satisfaction
have thought philanthropy required that
should let il he known 10 the world. II is
common mullen STEPPED strongly and sweet
ened with sugar and drink freely II is much
more beneficial if allowed TO become cool he
fore using. A bottle of the tea should bt.
carried in the pocket and used whenever
there is desire TO drink. Young or old
plants are good dried in the shade and kept
in clean bags. The medicine must be con
tinued from three to six months, according To
the nature ofthe disease Ii strengthens and
builds up the system, and takes Inflammation
away from the lungs. 1t is the wish of the
writer that every periodical in the United
States should publish this recipe for the bene-
fit ofthc human family
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-09
VOL. XXIV---NO. Is.
Farmrrs' Column.
Speed the PIOac.''

I'VE would be pleased to have, every week, for
this column, articles of practical nature from
the armers of the county,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-09
2netica1.
THE AMEN OF THE ROCKS.

THE AMEN OF THE ROCKS.
Though blind with age, forth Beda went with zeal
Tho tidings of salvation to proclaim
Through town and hamlet, guided by boy,
me pious father wandered full of love,
Ana preached to dying men the word of life.
The boy once guided him into vale
o erstrewn with rocks and empty heaps of stone.
ana there IN wantonness, not malice, said
MOST rev fend father, many men are here,
And wait to hear the word of gospel truth"
inc blind old man arose with joyful haste,
Ghose MN text, explained it and applied,
Exhorted, warned, rebuked and comforted
so loving the tears rolled down his cheeks
And gently hid themselves in his gray beard
When in conclusion then. as il is fit
he prayed the prayer the Saviour taught and said;
Thine is the kingdom, thine the pow'r and thine
The glory unto all eternity"
mere DtirSt from out the vale mighty shout;
Amen. most reverend father, and Amen !"
The boy was frightened; kneeling down, with
lie TO the holy saint confessed the SIM
son" said the father, "hast thou never read,
when men are silent rocks and stones will cry?
" Mock ncvermore. q son, the Word of God,
a two-edged sword IL is,-quick and sharp,
And powerful. And If the heart of man
should turn to stone, defying truth and love,
The rock with human heart will throb aloud"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-09

I'll never change my mind, Kitty" said
the old man drawing her toward him.
In few minutes man and wife went out of
the office, and the Squire, with gratified
smile, pocketed the best fee he had received
for mouth.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-09

He Cor HIS ANswER.-In New Hampshire
is Il wcll-known eccentric individual self-con-
stituted curer of all illS--a sort of panacea
"body and soul, head, heart and science
doctor" who with all his eccentricites, has
fund of actual wit that is hard to beat.
Not long ago the doctor was called upon
the witness stand, The opposing counsel
who is said sometimes to wet his whistle with
Ticker pizen," knowing the doctors pecu-
liarities, ventured in cross-examining him, to
show him up Il bit.
"What is your busness?" pompously in
quired the counsel.
my business is to do what little good can
to my fellow-men," modestly replied the doc
tor.
But that doesn't answer my question, ~
grutfly answered the counsel "How do YOU
spend your time?"
why, squire, it takes about all my time to
do what | said" replied the doctor
but | want something more definite
stoutly demanded thccounsel allow do YOU
| go about your business ?'
"That depends upon circumstances, accord.
| ing to the nature Of the case" explained the
doctor. For instance if were going to
| begin on you, the first thing should do
would be TO advise you TO sign temperance
| pledgc?"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-09
VARIETIES.

I'LL make you prove that said man
to another, who had accused him of theft
Don't" said witty bystander, "for you'll
feel worse after it than you do now"
In an Indiana church the best looking
young ladies are selected to pass the contri-
button boxes, and there isn't young man in
the congregation that dare drop in a button.
"A country negro recently sent reply to
an invitation, in which he regretted that cir
cumstances repugnant to the requicscence
would prevent his acceptance of the inyitc"
Rather a cold snap, remarked the fox,
as he put his foot into the steel trap. We
shall have an open spring, was all that the
trapper vouchsatcd as he approached the an
ilnai.
A little boy from New York went into
the country visiting. lie had IL bowl of bread
and milk He tasted it, and then hestated a
moment, when his mother asked him if he
didn't like it, to which he replied, smackng
his lips: Eyes, ma; was wishing our milk
man would keep u cow"
If men who belong to churches would
not be so particular about carrying their UNI
brellas into the pews with them, but would
leave them out in the vcsiibule, they would
show more faith in those who attended the
same church. As ii is, there is little cncour-
agement TO II poor man TO Try and accumulate
an umbrella.
"A reader writes to the Boston Tlun@,fDt .
(Which is the correct form of addressing a
letter TO II minister's wife, Is il proper to
| write Rev. Mrs. George Nj, or Mrs. Rev.
| George NJ, or simply Mrs George M--?''
You shouldn't address n letter 10 n minister's
wife at all You shonld address il to the min
| lister himself, and tell him 10 read il to her
A certain lady held grndgc against the
town of Danbury, and awaited herself OF
| every opportunity to show it. One day she
| was talking TO Barnes, the driver of the stage
| that brought her there Do You belong Ia
Danhnry" she inquired. " No ma'am, !" he
swcctly replied; "Dmbury belongs to me-
| "Well, you are n poorer cllss than | thought
| you We're, if you own this place." was her
| spiteful reioinder.
-"Well, will take il though it is rather
dear Pay You half cash, and owe Won the
rest That do ?" II will" In course OF
time, the creditor, thinking the bill has run
about long enough, calls upon the purchaser
| "My dear boy" says the purchaser, you aim
| living up 10 your contract. If were to pay
you the rest, wouldn't owe il to YOU, and
the understanding was that | should owe il
To you"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05
TRIPLE S ii L E L
TIE NLVS THIS MORNING.

Fopr1GN-Thc London cable dispatch to IHE
TRIBIN states that the Conservative Peers ere ds-
satisfied with Lord Rcdesdale, who was thelr leader
in tine House of Lords during the recent proceed
ipCs: Nh Callan NJ. T., acted III dls0rdery
manner in the House of Commons; the
Afghan scare has abated. = The Grand Duke
Nlcholas's resignation commander OF the nus
sian Imperial Guards was due to corruption
- Gen raj Roberts sends details OF me Geleat
of Ayoob Khan. = There is some con-
fusion over the Presidential election IN
Mexico - Aleko pacha denies that a
certain Bu,eaIian society is revolutionary.
- he weather has been favorable for the Eng
lsh harvest for month pasr. -= Mr.. Gladstone
was heartily welcomed by The House of Commons
Yesterday. upon his return. == Canadian Indians
are suffering severely from smallpox. == DIS
match from Constautiuople says the Powers have
accented the boundary of tie Dulcigno district
suggested 10y Turkey.
poMEsIIc-General Garfield delivered speech
TO some commercial travellers al Mentor Ohlo yes
terday -=- fire at Salamanca DESTROYED prop
erty worth S1j7 900. GO Ex-President Grant
persists in his refusal to accept be presidency OF the
San Pedro Mining Company. 60 The weeks re-
ceipts on the State canals amounted to SI0,4iI
more than the same week last year. 60 I"o
stages Of passengers on their way to tie
Mammoth Cave were robbed Of Sl,2OO
by hlglwaymen. --- HOC among tue
coal miners of ONO is feared.
CITY AND Observation-Disclosures, Narheid
Spinaway, Luke Blackburn and Bertha were the
winners at the Coney Island Jockey Club
races Yesterday. 60 The contests OF the
third fan meeting OF the American Athletic
Club took place. 80 Three regular games OF the
lawn-tennis tournament and an exhibition game
wer. PLAYED. 60 Emmett, the actor, was released
from custody. Go Brooklyn dentist hanged
himself in Prospect Park. == Cold value OF the
l,pal;euder silver dollar 4122 grains, IS 9G cents.
Stock opened weak, and declined; afterward
recovered and advanced closing generally bu0yant.
Tnr WrATnER-IMBUNE local observations IN
dicate warm and partly cloudy or fair weather.
Thermometer yesterday: Highest. 9O'; lowest
71o; average. 7o340.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05

sor,oho,v ont of the rut in which he BIDS IL
flow and goes TO enrich other ground.
One of the most singular instances or tn'S
inevitable law is the Request of Edwin FOR
rest Forrest was an actor, and nothing eise'
Except his sisters, he suffered none Oh Ills nj"
TO approach him. He quarrelIed with iiiS WIZ ,
was lever recognized in society; hVeu i'no
n hermit in his great mansion III 'no
outskirts of Philadelphia, surrounded py
dramatic books and relics OF the stage
He left his property, fifty enough, 10 S"ppoi'
superannuated players, men ana women VIM
like himself. had suffered from the lsoia'ion
which, unjustly perhaps, belongs to Dis pro-
fession. and unlike himself had not reaped Il
substantial success enough to console them III
their old age. Now, the theatrical profession
are souabbliue with the trustees OF thls
Actors Home" repudiatc 1T as worse imam
an almshousc, declare that the trustees
oobble M the profits of the enormous estate
left to support it, and that the nan -uo@e'
supcrannuated players who lag supcf'uou'
within its walls are treated worse than seilS
in Russia-dcpriyed of proper food, decent
clothes and even Of tobacco
Whether these charges are true or NOT uoeS
not concern TIE TRIBUNE. Their Justice' l.
is true, matters much to the poor players anu
much more to the trustees whose characters
are so assailed. But If Edwin Forrest
could near them, and know that half dozen
cousins. of whom he never heard, threatened
to swoop down on his hard-earned savings
how would his burly body Use from the grave
and hurl anathemas hight ana left. Moral
Scatter your money if possible while YOU are
alive, for you can hold no sure grip on 1t aitel
you are deaa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05
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THE LOSS OF TIE VERA Cruz.

Tales of suffering and death upon the ocean
are. unfortunately, no new thing IN the history
If the race. Nearly thirty centuries ago the
nerils of them that go down to the sea Ill
"ships" passed into proverb that Is as
mucb in our mouths to-day as 1t
was when navigation was an unknown
ART and ships crept timidly along the shores
Of inland seas. seldom daring to venture out
into the great oceans. The progress OF navl-
cation. like the improvement In the methods
of war. has only enlarged the circle of danger.
Thousands 90 to sea now where one went
before. The new era of steam has greatly
increased this peril to human life by
odd;nc greatly to the number of persons
oxrosed TO il, and when the account OF man
kind with the nineteenth century Is MADE up,
this fact must go down on the debit side
along with the new stock OF diseases and the
new varieties of crime which we owe to modern
progress. The best resources or science
are numb in the presence OF such a
temnest as that which swallowed up
the Vera Cruz. In one respect at
least the story of its destruction Is more terri
bile than that of any recent marine disaster.
If WAS long struggle with death, and In
that grim fight those are happiest who are
beaten quickly, The passengers of the Vile
On Hayre. who were hurled into eternity by a
snddep collision with another vessel, the hum
drods Of souls on board Of the British training
| shin Eurydice, which was suddenly capszed and
engulfed in the English Channel, the passen-
gers of the Princess Alice, were soon out OF
| their misery. Many other instances will occur
| IN every one, for the list of shipwrecks every
wear is sadly long. But the passengers of the
Vera Cruz were compelled to watch for twelve
| long hours the battle of their ship with one
| If the worst hurricanes of recent years, and
| then such of them as were washed half
alive to the shore, thirty miles away, were
twenty-four hours in the boiling water.
To appreciate the terrors of the storm, it must
no remembered that the old sailors who passed
| through It declare that it was never equalled
in their experience, and also that the owners
boast of the Vera Cruz, which was beaten
TO pieces by its fury, as having been
"tbe strongest wooden vessel In the
"world." The accounts given by the survivors
are more tragical than we are accustomed to
hear. All attempts to use the Iife-boats were
worse than useless. When they had once
been filled the waves would crush them
against the sides of the vessel either sweep
ing away the passengers, or, as our
dispatches say, "dashing their lives out u
against the ship. The passengers finally re-
fused to try the life-boats. Every effort that
was made to keep the steamer before
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05
THE FORREST LEGACY.

A dead man ought never to try to have his
own way. A living man can spend his saw
ings as he chooses, but there seems to be an
inexorable difficulty in the way of the man
who is screwed up in his coffin, when he tries
to keep control over the money which he has
left behind him. No matter how benevolent
or praiseworthy are his posthumous intentions,
the difficulty is always there, the money slips
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05

the wind failed until drag was
put out. When the sea rose SO
high that the ship was fairly SUP
merged, and the fires were quencneu'
the end had been reached. This left the snip
as much at the mercy of the waves as CHIP.
tt was then only a question of time VINE"
the sea should swallow its prey, ana '"c
horrors of that waiting must have pee"
beyond description. The accounts OF '"o
foundering of the ship give vivid g'in,pso
of the force of the tempest. The veSsei "
said to have been crushed fore and att "ho"
it broke in two.
II lessons the shadows of this picture some
what to remember that the number OF 'h"So
lost was small compared with that IN many
marine disasters of late years, and tha' '"'
proportion of those saved to the numpet y"
the ship was, considering the distance iio"
land and the violence Of the storm uhcN,
nectedly large. The reports show that apo"'
fen lives have been spared out of the seventy
odd. II is also to be remembered that 'he,o
can be nothing of the criticism and demurrer
alton which often follow such loss
Of life. II is known that the vesse'
was one of great strength. The accounts
show that the captain and officers u'u III,
duty bravely to the last. 1t wouid ho. Ut,
inst to infer that because other ships survived
the storm there WIS something ia'"
ing in the construction or the mahns0
meut of the Vera Cruz. Ii Is Gear
that the gale reached an extraordinary heiE"'
at the pont where she went down, ana the
coast for fifty miles is dotted with wrecks
The loss Of the Inflated ship was one OF those
inexplicable and dreadful events winch go 10
make up tie mystery of life and the here