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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
The Value of Small Things.

We have often spoken of the convenience
and value of small tool house, which should
be found upon the premises of every farmer
in which ON rainy days, or whenever there
may be a day, or part of day, when there is
nothing particular on hand to 90 at, nipple
mcnts and machinery out of repair may he
mended and made ready for use. Or, in the
event of anything happening when in opera
ton, and at times too when the work is hur-
rying, which would cause delay, we can al
ways have at hand the necessary tools to
mend it Immediately and go on with the work
without much delay, and thus accomplish
what there is to do in the specified time We
have often heard farmer say that he fully
expected TO have done certain field or al
lottcd blowing or moving, &c, if il had not
been for that stone, stump or root breaking
some portion of the machinery, to repair
which he had to send two miles off, when il
ought TO have been done by himself on his
own premises in half an hour or So That
very implement had shown weakness the
preceding autumn, but having no little tool
house or workshop of his own and the few
necessary tools, il was put otfaltogether; and
now, in the midst of the season, when others
depended on his finishing this particular piece
of work to go on with getting in the crop,
the very thing happens that he was afraid
several months before would happen, and
which he fully intended should be prepared
for in time for the seasons work. A shop
and tools would have saved all this and as
much money as would have supplied the
tools. Sometimes very small things effect
valuable purposes which have n great deal
to do in carrying on Systematically and at
the right time the indispensable operations
of the farm.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
Bill Arp on the Press.

Your paper is n comfort to me. In every
number find something to put away in mind
and memory-somcthing that did not know
before and which will be of advantage to me
in time to come. If n man can read he can
get good education by taking one good pa
per-he can keep up with the world, and
make himself an entertaining member of So
ciety-he can talk up little on most any
subject. Book learning is very good thing,
but know man who has power of that,
but he never reads the papers, and passes for
II fool in his neighborhood.
Some papers are not much account as to
appearance, but never took one that didn't
pay me, in some way more than paid for it.
One time an old friend started little paper
away down in southwestern Georgia and
sent it to me, and | subscribed just to cncour-
aye him, and so after while it published a
notice that an administrator had an order to
sell several lots of land at public cutlery, and
one of the lots was in my county. So in
quircd about the lot and wrote to my friend
to attend the sale and run it to fifty dollars.
He did so, and bid off the lot for me at
thirty dollars, and sold it in month to the
man it joined for hundred and so made
siXty-eight dollars clear by taking that paper
My father told me that when he was young
man he saw a notice in paper that a school
teacher was wanted away off in n distant
county, and he went down there and got the
situation, and little girl was sent to him,
and after while she grew up mighty sweet
and pretty, and he fell in love with her and
married her Now, if he hadn't took that
paper, what do you reckon would have be-
come of me? Wouldn't be some other fel-
Ter, or maybe not be at all!
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
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VARIETIES.

is young lady speaker at woman's
rights meeting wlnd-lass?
The man who was lost in slumber found
| his way out on a nightmare
Why is necessity like great many law
yers? Because it knows no law
The boy who was kept after school for
bad photography said he was spell-bound.
q eXpend good deal of panes at my
| work" as the glaZer said to the window
SASH
Why does a duck go under the water -?
For divers reasons. Why does it go on land
For sun-dry purposes.
you look good enough to eat" said he,
| looking over her shoulder into the mirror
Food for reflection" she replied, without a
smile.
"A young gentleman advertised for wife,
| through the papers, and received answers
| from eighteen husbands, saying that he could
have theirs.
Country paper; 1t is a pleasant sight to
see potato-bug and an army worm wink at
each other on their way to their respective
| fields of labor.
An editor who thinks he knows all about
| farming says, in speakingabout strawberries,
| that the best way to raise them is with n
spoon.
Tailor, to stout customer-"IIave the
kindness to put your finger on the bit of
tape, sir-iust here; I'll be round in min
ute"
"A St. Louis rich man drew up a will
which was so pathctically worded that it
moved all his relatives to tears. 1t left all his
property to an orphan asylum.
Some one wants to know why so many
natives leave Italy if the sky there is so sun.
ny and beautiful? 1t is because hand or
ganst cannot live on sunny sky.
-" Is this my train ?" asked traveller at
the Kansas Pacific depot of lounger 81
don't know, but guess not, was the doubt
full reply. II see it's got the name of the
railroad company on the side, and expect it
belongs to them. Have you lost train any
| where !"
Are you prepared for death ?" the clergy
! man asked, with trcmor of emotion in his
voice as he took the sick woman's hand in
his own A shade of patient thought crossed
the invalid's face, and by-and-by she said
''she didn't hardly believe she was there was
the little bedroom carpet to be taken up vet,
and the paint up stairs had hardly been touch
ed, and she did want to put up new curtains
i'll the dining room; but she thought if she
didn't die until next Monday, she would be
about as near ready as woman with II big
family and no girl ever expected to be- p.
S.-That woman got wcll.-B"rliagton M~k
Gye.
The following pleasant thing in the way
of definition once occurred in one of thepub-
lie schools of II city in Massachusetts,: "a
member of the committee, Captain ", was
visiting the school, and, the class having read
from WebSters address at Plymouth the CAP
tain asked the class, "Who was Webster ?"-
One boy said, "a statesman" another "an or
ator." But what is Il statesman ?" asked the
captain. GA man who goes round making
speeches." answered boy. THAT is not
quite right" replied the captain 81 go round
sometimes making speeches, but am not
statesman" A bright little fellow spoke up
81 know. 1t is a fellow who goes round max
ing good speeches."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
Favorite Hay Rake.
Will0ughby Grain Drill.
The Planet Jr. Horse Hoe.

-Four implements IN One.
This implement can he used ms a Pillow, n Guilt
VatOr, Il Wheel Hoe and Corn COverer 1t is
constructed in the most thorough manner, of the
best materials and finished in elegant style. The
very thing needed for cultivating corn, tomatoes
tobacco, sugar bpetS, &c
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
Cooperative Mail and Passenger
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

Are now running Three Daily Lines of STAGES
BETWEEN BEL AIR ~ EDGEwOoD.
Coaches arrive and depart MS follows:
Leave Bel Air (Clayman's lloteD daily, except
Sunday, ut $50 A. NJ, $40 A. NJ, and =. NJ.
Leave Edgewood Station daily, except Sunday,
at 500 A. NJ, 800 y. NJ, and G.l0 =. NJ.
Also running a Stage Line between Bel Air
and Pyesville, upon the following schedule:
Leave Bel Air daily except Sunday at 1880 \. NJ.
Arrive ut Pylesvillc, " at l.:W p. NJ.
Leave Pylesville, " at I30 p NJ
Arrive at Bel Air, at 43OP NJ.
The Pylesville Stage Line makes close conncc-
ton with Four-Horse Stage Line at Bel Air
at 1890 A. NJ. and 5 p. M which enables passengers
to go to and from Baltimore or Havro dc Grace
without any delays the same day.
Freight and Express delivered at all points on
line at most reasonable price. All goods should
be marked in care of Coach Line.
Single ticket Bel Air to Baltimore, 81 15 Round
trip, $3.50, good for three days all trains with
which the Stages connect. Round-Trip Tickets
good until used, $2.25. Good to be used from
either Baltimore or Bel Air.
For additional information write or apply to
THOMAS j. SULLIVAN, Supt.,
Bel Air, Md.
Respectfully, A. Il. BOONE,
feb7 General Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25

--Sunilowers are recommended in the
at suitablc distancein the garden, and sticking
the beans around them, when three or four
inches high They are said to keep out of
the way of the climbers, affording excellent
support, and pay well for the fertility they
take from the soil by bearing good seed for
poultry, leaves for forage; and stalks for fuel
OF the two latter advantages the writer says !;
Take those leaves off near the stalk; they
will not retard the growth, and COWS will
leave hay for them. l fed them to mine for
four seasons. Some of the leaves are as large
as parasol. The flowers may be cut off and
hung up, the stalks be allowed TO stand until
the time to clear up the land, then be chopped
with the brush for fuel"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
Bolster Springs for Farm WAGONS

Puliam's Patent, Adapted to any kind of
farm wagon and can be attached by any onc.-
They are made of the best oil-tcmpcrud steel and
warranted. They largely save wear and tear, can
not possibly be broken, and make farm wagon
as comfortable as spring wagon for one or TWEEN
ty persons. They are especially adapted to haul
ing heavy loads Of fruit and vegetables.
Prices and further information in regard to all
Of the above superior implements will he cheer
fully furnished upon application IN person on by
letter to
W, sm;tAsoa Forwood, Agent,
Grangcrs' Hotel, Bel Air, Md. my.I
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
GIVE THEM Now.

GIVE THEM NOW.
If you have gentle words and looks, my friends,
To spare for me-if you have tears to shed
That have sufered-keep them not, pray,
Until hear not, see not, being dead.
If you have flow'rs to give-fair lily buds
White roses, daisies meadow stars that he
Mine own dear namesakes)-let them smile and
make
The air, while yet breathe it, sweet for me.
Forloving looks, thought fraught with tenderness,
And kindly tears, though they fall thick and fast
And words of praise, alasl can naught avail
To lift the shadows from life that's past
And rarest blossoms, what can they suffice,
Offered to one who can no longer gaze
Upon their beauty? Flow'rs in collins laid
Impart no sweetness to departed days.
Hd1pei'S IIcekiy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25

PURE CHARITY-A poor Irish woman
went to venerable priest in Boston, last week,
says the Pilot, and asked him to forward to
Ireland her help for the famine sufferers
How much can you spare ?" asked the priest
~ have hundred dollars saved" she said
land | can spare that" The priest reasoned
with her, saying that her gift was too great
for her means; but she was firm TO her pur-
pose. 1t would do her good to know that
She had helped she could rest happier think
ing of the poor families she had saved from
hunger and DEATH The priest received her
your name," he asked, that may have il
publishcd?" My name?" said the brave
soul, counting over her money, don't mind
that, sir. Just send them the hclp-and God
will know my name"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
Value of CObs.

According to a single analysis reported in
Prof Johnson's "IIow Crops Grow" the ash
of corn cobs contains forty-seven per cent.
four and one.half per cent phosphoric acid,
which would indicate that cobs are very
valuable as n fertilizer, but the amount of ash
in corn is exceedingly small, being only about
one half of one per cent? or eleven pounds in
IL ton This would give about five pounds of
potash, worth not far from halfa dollar. The
best use we have ever known co5s to be put to
as fertilizer was as bedding for calves The
cobs were placed several inches in thickness
over the floor of the pen in which calves were
kent loose thrDurh thp summer Tho tro
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
Advance Chilled Plows.

The extraordinary sales of these celebrated
Flows in Hartford county this season, attest their
superiority over all others. They are built strong
pillow will, and to stand all any man can in reason
expect They are designed on the General Pur-
pose" plan, and can be adjusted to work well in
all lands and in all conditions of soil.
Sold by w. SMIrHSON FORWOOD, Bel Air,
And by II. G. MILLER, Darlington
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
VOL. XXIV----NO. rs.
3sarmers' Column.
Speed The EIOsc.

I'VE would be pleased to have, every week, for
this column articles Of a practical nature from
the armers of the county1
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25
pnrtiral.
THE PUZZLED CENSUS-TAKER.

"Got any boys?" the marshal said
To a lady from over the Rhine;
And the lady shook her ilaXeu head
And civilly answered, Nine
Got any girls 2" the marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine:
And again the lady shook her head
And civilly answered, Mine =.
But some are dead ?" the marshal said
TO the lady from over the Rhine;
And again the lady shook her head
And civilly answered, Nine
Husband, of course?' the marshal said
TO the lady from over the Rhine:
And again she shook her tlaycn head
And civilly answered, Nine
1.-THE ID you havcw the marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again she shook her iiaXcn head
And civilly answered, Nine
NOW what do you mean by shaking your hcaC
And always answering 'Nine?"
" Ich kann klein English - ciyilly said
The lady from over the Rhine.
IOhH 4. Sdre.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-25

Jerusalem A1tichokes are growing in
favor; they are relished by nearly all domes-
tic animals They may be left in the ground
all winter, and when dug in early spring are
crisp and fresh and an acceptable change in
the feed. The round, short variety called
Brazilian" is best. The seed is cut the same
as potatoes, burrows made three feet apart, and
the pieces dropped about IL Or Is inches apart
in the furrow and covered with few inches
of earth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-23
Budget Of News Via Havana.

HAVANA, March 23.-The follow
ing intelligence has been received, via
st. Thomas: In San Domingo peace
has been restored, and business is
brisk. In Hayti a bill was passed i'm
posing duty of ten per cent on Mex
lean silver. This measure alone was
considered sufficient to cause revolu-
ton. Cindad, Bolivar, and Venezuela
have surrendered, and President Guz
man Blanco again has pacific control
Of the whole country. Business is
stagnant, and there is great scarcity oil
money.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-23

THE Courier-Journal is instant in
season and out of season all the year
round for Tilden and finds daily COM
fort in newly discovered evidence
k9hat the sage of Gramercy park is the
,coming man. Whole columns are
devoted to the subject in nearly every
issue. Watterson sticks to his IA
vorite closer than brother. He is
terribly in earnest. In the morning
he soweth the seed and at eve with
holdeth not his hand. One can hardly
read a copy of the paper without ex-
claiming as Felix of old when Paul
had exhorted before him. Il am al
most persuaded" Jonathan never
stuck closer to David nor David to
Jonathan. Stonewall Jackson's sol
diers did not show greater fidelity to
their leader than this great southern
journal to Samuel j. Tilden, and it
must lie admitted that these con
tnued blows are having their effect
upon the southern mind. Watterson
has lately been reinforced by Hon.
Gus. A. Henry, the Eagle orator Of
Tennessee, who has written strong
letter, in which he takes high ground
for Tilden and expresses the opinion
that he should and will be nominated,
elected and seated. There are indi-
cations that the Tilden boom is gain
ing in force, ifnOt in breadth, and it
is by no means certain that he will not
be able to name the nominee at Gin
A'innati. However, we do not as yet
now of southern state, except Ken
tucky, that will go into that conyen-
ton anything like solid for Tilden,
Tennessee isunmistakably for Bayard
though the delegation to be chosen al
Nashville on the Sth of June viii
probably be uninstructod, and go free
10 exercise its own judgment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-23
River Telegrans.


EVANSVILLE, March 23.-Port list
Up: Arkansas Belle, 1913 PM; Sill
yer Cloud, 1915 am. Weather clear,
with warm wind.
LOUISVILLE, March 23.-River fall
ing, with II feet 0 inches in the canal
and 8 feet 8 inches in the chute on the
falls. Weather windy. Clifton, St,
Louis to Huntingdon Cherokee,
Pittsburg to st. Louis; James D
Parker, Memphis; Sam Miller and
tow, Pittsburg to Pittsburg; Belle
McGowan and tow, Pittsburg to Pitts
burg.
CAIRO, March 23.-Arived. Pan
ther, New Orleans, / am; Pittsburg,
Huntington, TO- Departed: Sher-
lock, New Orleans, 8 pm; Shreve
port, st. Louis, 10 pm; Bixby, St.
Louis, II pm; Thomas Means, St.
Louis, 6 am. Clear and pleasant.
ST. LOUIS, March 23.-Arrived:
Stannard, New 0rleans;Sto. Genevieve,
Memphis; Rhodes, Pittsburg. De-
parted: None. River falling steadily.
Clear and pleasant.
CINCINNATI, March 23.-Riyer %
feet 10 inches and falling. Clear and
windy; no arrivals or departures.
PITTsBURG, March 23,-River G
feet 8 inches and falling. Clear and
pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-23
SOUTHERN MERCHANTS ON THEIR
TRAVELS.

Over four hundred of the southern
merchants who attended the great
Cincinnati reception, went on to Chi
cago. Their coming was not heralded,
but when their presence became known
the merchants and other public spir-
tied citizens hastened to the hotels,
and did all in heir power to give as
surance ola hearty welcome. Many
of these merchants had never been to
Chicago, and the splendor of the city
was something Of a revelation to them.
The papers are making quite merry of
the fact that the merchants saw fit to
leave Cincinnati behind them and go
west in search of real live city.
They assert that the majority have big
bank accounts, and that they are
\ ordering goods in bills varying from
! $500 to $4,000. There is, however,
mo doubt that Cincinnati will realize
, the full benefit of the Great Southern
railroad, and will capture the bulk of
the southern trade that will flow over
that line. The heart of the southern
country will be brought into close
business relations with the prin-
cipal cities Of the west, and
a comfy of interest will spring
up and be recognized which will
lead to closer relationship in a, social
and business way, and promote good
feeling, and the general welfare. If
the people of the north and the south
could have held a grand camp meeting
and been brought face to face in 1860,
there would have been no war. But
since then new generation has
grown up and come upon the
stage of life, and such meet
ings as those at Cincinnati 20
far toward obliterating any bad
feeling or unpleasant memories that
may have remained. Cincinnati, by
spending twenty million dollars to
build a joint railroad down into the
center Of the late Southern Confeder-
acy, has done more to establish amica.
BILE relations and to perfect a good
understanding than all the news
paper articles, all the acts Of
congress, and all the speeches oi
statesmen in the last five
years. Itbceame to the interest o.
Cincinnati to build this splendid road
across the rivers and through the
mountains of Tennessee and Ken.
tucky. When the work was done she
aid to the southern people. "Giye III
your haad. Come up and take some
thing to drink and to eat" The!
went up two thousand strong and haC
royal time, There was a genuin,
union of those who wore the blue ant
the gray. 1t was a great day for Gin
cinnati, and for the south and tn,
west, and an era in history iron
which great events will be dated
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-23
Tenncssee Horses at louisville.

LOUISVILLE, March 23.-The stable
of Dyer Bros. has arrived from Nash
vile and taken up their quarters at
the Jockey club track. Bramble,
Charlie Gorham, Jericho, Rhoda
Manthus and Quito are most thought
of; in fact, Bramble is rated at small
odds Of two to one in the books.
Nearly all the horses are now here,
and the grounda are quite animated,
large crowds being drawn daily to
witness the flyers take exercise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-23
Very Romantic.
Special to Courier-Journal.l ]

special 10 COurler-Journal,l
ATLANTA, GA, March 20.-New-
man presents the public with thrill
ling runaway match of romantic
character, in which an indignant
father robs the groom, Garrick Bale,
Of his thirteen-year-o bride, and
brings her back home Mr.. Bird,
father of the bride, fearing personal
injury at the hands of Bale, had him
arrested on a peace warrant. Pend
ing investigation of the case, the girl
was given her choice whether she
wished to go with her father or hus
band. With some reluctance she
chose to so with her father, and left
her husband, behind, a man who,
although married, had no wife to show
for it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-23
THE WATER FLOOD.
Damage Over in Criftenden
County.

A large strip OF country in Critten
den county, Ark, near Bradley's
landing and below Island No. 40 is
inundated, the water depth being
from one to three feet on number of
plantations, and several have no dry
spot as place Of refuge for stock.
One man has lost a dozen or so Of his
cattle, worth, perhaps, two hundred
dollars or more, all dying Of exhaus-
ton, starvation and swollen limbs
from standing in the water. Others
have also suffered severe losses, and
dozen or more of persons are going
about in skiffs 10 skin dead stock,
then selling the hides. A resident of
the vicinity came over yesterday and
states that as he passed through the
overflow in a skiff be heard the bel
lowing of starving and dying ca tie
aloug his entire route, and several
hundred cattle have already been
destroyed, with prospects of more to.
be lost. He had chopped large tree
down, trimmed up the lap, laid rails
and boards upon the branches, and
his stock were glad to climb up and
huddle there as soon as the platform
was completed. AS became by Hope
field he noticed COW lying on a bed
Of straw spread over the front gallery
of cottage. A number of his neigh
bors had taken their horses into their
houses, and other swamp residents of
the poorer classes, up about Island 40,
are absolutely suffering, being unable
to get anywhere except in small BOATS.
On several places the waters are deeper
than ever before known, and the in
crease of depth is attributed to the in
fuence of the Devils Elbow cut eff.
Up to noon yesterday, and for the pre-
vious twenty-four hours, the water at
Bradleys had risen half an inch. 1t
may relieve the minds of
the sufferers to a small ex.
tent, to announce that the water at
Cairo has been at a stand for day or
two past, after reaching AZ feet inches
on the gauge, and little more than 3
feet above the highest level reached
last month. Here the water stands
precisely Is inches below extreme
high water mark, and during the asst
two days it has swollen about an inch.
The rise cannot continue more than a
day or two longer. While on the sub
lject, it may be we'll to state that ne
water from the Mississippi has this
season passed down the st. Francis,
which stream is usually rendered very
muddy by Mississippi river water long
before it reaches its present level. At
Wittsburg the St. Francis has fallen
s inches or more, and there are plenty
of dry knolls all along the banks,
which were never before dry at the
pres ant stage Of the great Mississippi
The people over that way do not un-
derstand it exactly, but some attri.
butte it to embankments built for the
railway leading from New Madrid to
Maiden, while others say the Devils
Elbow cutoff has had good effect.
River men from above report all the
low places this side Of Tiptonvillc,
along the main river, as under water.