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Daily Republican., 1881-02-16

uYAnTED.-A YOUNG LADY OFEx
w erlepce wishes dressmaking sad
ewinE Y The day or week, with or with NC
maohlne., Apply IA monroe street or ssa
Tatns!l street. tebletA
Daily Republican., 1881-02-16

NUTCE.-RIVER CEMETERY
~ OOMPANY.--Att the regular meelag
0fths Board OF Trustees held at their office,
February I, 1881, IT was resolved to advance
the price OF lots in the Cemetery between the
front and third erss, avenues cents Per
square loot and between the third and fourth
cross avenues 10 cents per square loot, the
change to take eject AprN Ii 1881.
Attest: ID. p HAWKINS, SeO'y,
febs was. tap Office, 4O4 Market St
Daily Republican., 1881-02-16

TNOY RENT.-A TIN SHOP IN NEW
port, DeI., on tha main street; q first.
rae stan Tor NO. man. Apply to or ad-
dress J. A. CRAhSTON,
ebl66t Newport, lei.
Daily Republican., 1881-02-16

The Boil Of the Montihore Mutual Society
TO be held in Webster's Dancing Academy
on WEDNESDAY evening. Feb. 16, 1881
promises to be very select affair. 1t is
gwen In aid of tho Hebrew congregation OF
this cisy. No person will be admitted TO see
the grand march without ticket: ladies
must be aocompa led by gentlemen. Grand
March at y. so o'e'ock. febl4St
Daily Republican., 1881-02-16
HtstSry Of Belts.

The history Of bells is one OF the
most interesting in the record OF inven-
tions. They we're first heard abOut the
year 400, before which date rattIea were
used. In the year 6lO we hear OF bells
in the city OF Sense the army Of Cloth.
aire, King ofFranee having been fright
ened away by the ringing Of them. In
$50 the drst peal of balls was hung In
Eagland, in Croylsnd Abbey. Many
years ago II was estimated that there
were at least q, 265 psals of bells, great
and small, in England. 1t has been
thought that the custom ofringing bells
was peoulisr in England; but. in fact,
the Cathedral of Antwerp, celebrated
for Its magnificent spirs, has peal of
balls ninety In number, on which is
played every half hour the most elsb-
orate music. 1t is an interesting, fact
that the peal Of bells in the tew or OF the
old Royal Exchange was chimise
"There's p 90 good luck about the houseT
when the building was on fire. 1t would
require ninety. one years to ring all
the ohanges-that is l20 sounds to bs
struck everv minute, For the ohapves
Of fourteen bells, 1858 years would be
required, and for twenty four bells.
III, 600, 900, 600 900, ,000.
Daily Republican., 1881-02-16

st the REPUBLICAN, ofiee, on Wednesday
morning, Feb. le:
Z o'clock, 10 o'clock, ID O'Clock
37o 42C 460
Daily Republican., 1881-02-16
ANONLIFIORE'S BALL.

Cor. 7th and Market streets
tebl6t 4t1.1Iw Real Estate As
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
The Oldest City in the World.

Damascus is the Oldest city in the world,
Tyre and Sidon have crumbled on the shore ;
Baalbcc is n ruin; Palmyra is buried in a
desert; Nineveh and Babylon have disap-
peared from the Tigris and Euphrates. Da-
mascus remains what it was before the days
of Abraham-a centre of trade and travel-an
island of verdure in the desert "a presiden-
tial capital" with material and sacred asso-
citations extending through thirty centuries.
1t was near Damascus that Saul of Tarsus
saw the light above the brightness of the
sun; the street which is called Strait in
which it was said che prayed" still runs
through the city. The caravan comes and
goes as it did thousand years ago; there is
still the Shek, the ass, and the wnter.wheel
the merchants Oft the Euphrates and the Med
iterrancm still occupy these with the null
titude of their wares" The city which Mo-
BANNED surveyed from neighboring height
and was afraid 10 enter, because it was
given to man to have but one paradise, and
for his part he was resolved not to have it
in this world" is to-day what Julian called
the "eye of the East" as it was, in the time
of Isaiah, "the head of Syria"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
What is a Thoroughbred?

As ordinarily applied by breeders, the word
thoroughbred" simply implies purely bred
or of unmiXed lineage and in this strict sense
none of our domesticated animals can justly
be called thoroughbred, because they all have
more or less composite ancestry. When,
however, a certain strain or race has been
bred within itself, without out-crosses to
other or different strains for many genera
tons until a marked and peculiar type is uni
formly reproduced, that race, or strain, or
breed, is said to be thoroughbred, or purely
bred
The term thoroughbred was first appli ed
only to horses in Great Britain bred especial
ly for racing purposes, and was adopted as
the name of the breeds, and is still used for that
distinctive purpose. Consequently when one
speaks ola thoroughbred horse, all intelligent;
horsemen understand that the race horse is
meant. No horses are recognized as thorough
breds in this country that do not show an
unbroken line of ancestry, on both sides, to
animals recorded in the English Stud.book.
No intelligent horseman will speak of a
thoroughbred Morgan, n thoroughbred trot-
ter, or thoroughbred draft.horse, because, as
before stated, the term, when applied to
horses, belongs only to one particular breed
called Observation-Disclosures Lire Stock
JOurndL.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
Keep Out of Debt.

Under socicty's behest young man must
dress ms well as his fellows, give suppers as
others do, and smoke as good cigars as his
companions. To do this he must borrow
perhaps forge. BY this awful process hun
drcds of thousands of men have been slaugh-
tered for time and eternity. People don't
understand the ethics ofdebt i'll go in debt
knowing | cannot pay for what buy, |
steal. A sneak thief is not so bad as man
who contracts debts intending not to pay
them. Some people move every May day
to escape their creditors Such people ought
to be in the penitentiary instead of church
What did debt do for Bacon, towering above
the intellect of his ageY 1t made him take
brides. What did it do for Sir Walter Scott ?
1t forced him to write until paralysis stayed
his hand. What did debt do for Robert
Burns? 1t sent him to the maddcning cup.
What did debt do for Lord Byron and his
mother? That mother died in fit of rage
on reading the upholstercr's bill at Newstead.
William Pitt, although paid $50, 900 annually
by the government of Great Britain, was
crushed under debt, and Parliament had to
vote 100000 to pay his debts after his death.
Rec T. De Wit 1dlmd1e
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
A Farm AnecdOte.

A farmer asked n boy what he would work
for him for, one year. The farmer was close
at bargain, and the boy knew it. Says the
boy, II will work for you if you will give me
one grain of corn for the first week. two
grains for the second, four for the third, and
doubling each week until the fifty weeks or
year is out" Good" said the farmer. The
boy began work, and took one grain for the
first week, two for the second, four for the
third, eight for the fourth sixteen for the fifth
thirty two for the sixth Hold on" said
the farmer, you are taking too many
Not at all, said the boy, 81 um but carrying
out the contract The farmer began to fig
ure how many grains the boy would take in
fifty-two weeks, and 10 his establishment he
found out he would he entitled to 456, SOB,
251, 4G3 sOs grains. He could never pay him
and agreed to give him fair wages fine would
let him off from the contract.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
Farm Notes.

-lfyour land is poor, you must limit the
area in cultivation to your ability to manure
let it be ever so littlc-and you will be the
gamer by it.
To make grating wax use four parts of
rosin, one of beeswaX, and one oftallow. APP
ply it warm, in liquid state, with small
wooden paddle.
Young fruit trees can be made to grow
and do well in places where old trees have
died, by sowing pint of salt on the earth
where they are to stand.
Ashes are, for many soils, standard fer
tiliZer. Places where Il tree or brush heap
has been burned often show the effects of the
manuring for years.
The chicken house must be kept rs clean
as circumstances will permit. The diseases
of the poultry yard are not confined to any
particular season or climate.
The practice of preserving green fodder
in underground pits will help greatly the
system ofsoiling, in that it will furnish sue
culent food through the winter.
Diversity crops as much as possible, and
do not rely on one staple. This will make
your manure and labor pay profit in some
places when they fail in others.
Spent ten bark has been plowed into
compact clay soil with the best result, asit
rendered the soil mellow and increased its
warmth.
To utilize the feathers of ducks chickens
and turkeys, generally thrown aside as refuse,
trim the plumes from the stump, enclose them
into tight bag rub the whole as ifyou were
washing clothes, and you will secure per-
fectly uniform and light down, excellent for
quilting coverlets and other purposes.
"a place for everything" is good counsel
for farmers. Permit us to give Yankee
device for keeping every thing in its place,
and to know by sight what tool is out ofplace
Hang by nail or otherwise, against the wall
every tool you have. Draw black marking
brush around each one, so that when it is
taken away the figure of the tool attracts the
notice of every one who passes, and tells that
the tool is not in its place. Soon all hands
get the habit of looking and being reminded
to return the borrowed tool to its place
This system commcnds itself to extension.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
Josh Billings "Trump Cards"

| have never known SekOnd wife but
what waZ boss ov the situashun.
After II man gifts to be thirty eight years
old he kant form any new habits much the
best he kan do is to steer hz old ones.
Emmy man who kan swap horses or kctcl
fish, and and not lie about it IL az piuz NJ
men ever get to be in this world
The sassyest man ever met il hen peck
ed husband when he izaway from home.
An enthusiast is an individual who believes
about four times NJ much az he kan prove
and he kan prove four times az much az an,
body believes.
The dog that will follow any body aim
wuth cuss.
Thoze people who are treing to get tt
heaven on their kreed will find out Mt las
that they didn't have thru ticket.
Too long courtships are not always judi
cious The partys often tire out skoreing
fore the trot begins.
One quart ov cheap whisky, (thc checpel
the betterD iudiciously applied, will do more
business for the devil than the smartest dca
con he has got.
don't rekolect doing emmy thing that
was just n little ashamed ov but what some
body remembered it, and was sure, once il
awhile, to put me in mind ov it.
Young men learn to wait if you under
will lose your time, and confuse the hen, be
sides
Nature seldom makes phoOl; she simpl,
furnishes the raw materials and lets the feel
low finish the job to suit himself.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17

Touch HooFs OF HoRsEs.--All the Arabian
horses, so largely used as cavalry in the Brit
ISL army in India, are said 10 possess such
tough hoofs that they very rarely require
shoeing In full grown horse the hoof be-
comes AS hard as flint, and he can make the
most severe marches without injury TO his
feet
In ancient times historians inform us that
horses went unshod, and to be able to do so
particular attention had to be given to breed
from none except those having the toughest
Of hoofs Mr.. Story, the American sculptor
at Rome, in one of his publications, speaks of
the Italian horses still retaining this extra
toughness of hoof, derived, doubtless, from
the old Roman blood.
Brittle and tender feet in horses, it is con
tended, come from the following neglect in
breeding First, hereditary predsposition !;
second, imperfect nutrition; third alteration
of moisture and dryness; fourth, disease of
the foot; and iflh, faulty shooting. Horse
breeders would do well to consider all these
points attentively, and beware not only of
them but all other defects of body and limb,
external and internal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
What "Wife" Means.

Says Ruskin what do you think the
beautiful word wife" comes from? 1t is the
great word in which the English and Latin
languages conquered the French and Greek
hope the French will some day get word
for it instead of femme But what do you
think it comes from? The great value OF
the Saxon words is that they mean some
thing. Wife means 'weaverp You must
either be house wives or house moths, remem.
hes that. In the deep sense, you must either
weave mems fortunes and embroider them, OF
feed upon and bring them to decay. Where.
ever true wife comes, home is always
around her The stars may be over her head
the glow worm in the nights cold grass may
he the fire Mt her feet, hut home is''where she
is, and for noble woman it stretches far
around her better than houses ceiled with
cedar or painted with vermillion-shedding
its quiet light for those who else are home
less. This, believe, is the woman's true place
and power"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
Pruning Tomatoes.

Many persons find much profit in pinching
back the branches of the tomatoes and 1t is
good practice when judiciously done. 1t
may be overdone however, and injury result.
In the first place it is no use to attempt it af-
ter the flowers have fallen. The idea is to
force the nourishment into the fruit at the
earliest start for it is Mt that time that the
future fate of the fruit is cast. A few leaves
beyond the fruit is an advantage. 1t is only
the growth that is to be checked. And then
much damage is done by taking off the leaves
as well as the fruit The tomato-plant needs
all the leaves it can get. 1t is only the
branches that are TO be checked in their
growth. No one who has not tried it can
have any idea of how valuable the leaves are
to the tomato-plant. One may for expert
ment take off most of the leaves of plant,
and he will find the flavor insipid, and every
way poor Ofcourse it is the peculiar acid
ity of the tomato that give it so much value
to all of us; but the acid from tomato that
has rpened on an insufficient amount OF foil
age, is dsagrceable to most tastes. The same
principle has been found to work in manag-
ing grapcvines. The man who judiciously
pinches back the branches does well but he
who strips off the foliage to "let in the sun
and the air" generally finds that he has made
n bad mess of it,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
VARIETIES.

Why is n widower like house in state
of dilapidation Because he should be re-
paired.
-"You look rs though you were beside
yourself" said wag to a fop standing by a
donkey.
Why is mans coat larger when he pulls
it out of n carpet.bag? Because he finds it
in creases.
-"What blessings children are" as the
parish clerk said, when he took the fees for
christening them.
-Georgc-Iour article on "The Cat" is
prrr-poscly omitted No doubt it would
afford much a-mews mcnt to the reader; but
we must paws somewhere in making up this
weeks issue, and we do so at the cats tail.
- Y0nker's Gdzette
Quite Beneficial: Morse, who invented
the telegraph, and Bell, the inventor of telc-
phone, both had deafmute wives Little COM
ment is necessary, but just see what a man
can accomplish when everything is quiet
LO1reN NdSS) Citizen.
-"And did your late husband die in the
hope of blessed immortality, sister Wig
gins ?" inquired the new minister who was
making his first call on fair widow of his
| congregation. "Bless you no" was the
mourntul response; "he died in Chicago"
Mrs. w. Pritchard wife of well known
turfman, hanged herself in San Francisco a
few days ago "because her husband was
short Of money" If women are going to
commit suicide for little thing like that, it
will not be long before ninety-nine per cent.
of the editors in this country are widowers.
-NOr7iStoloR HeraM
-Coleridge and the Wag-Coleridge was
very awkward and ungainly man physically,
but intellectually he was match for the best.
When trudging along a country road he was
met by n wag, who thought to have some
sport 81 say, man," he cried out "dd you
meet "A tailor on your way?" Coleridge look
that little further on | should see his goose"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17

A CANNON TO SHOOT Ten MILES The
making of the patterns for the Lyman Hasll-
ell accelerating or multicharge gum at the
Scott foundry of the Reading Iron Works,
was begun this morning. The gun will be
tweniyfv feet long and have n bore six
inches in diameter Along the bore four
pockets will be located, in each OF which a
charge of powder will he placed, with the
view of accelerating the speed of the gun and
during its progress through the bore. Experts
who have seen the drawings and have given
the subject of the manufacture of heavy ord
nance study have expressed the opinion
that the gun will throw a distance of ten to
twelve miles, whereas five miles is good
range for the best cannon. The charge of
powder will be 130pounds, and the weight of
shot $50 pounds. 1t is calculated that shot
from the gun will penetrate through two feet
of solid wrought iron.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
Bro. Gardeners Lime.kiln Club,

81 was rcadin' newspaper paragraph de
odder day to de eflek dat de keepin' of so
many dogs aroun' 'em would allus keep dc
Guild race poo" said the old man as the
meeting came to order "Let us analiZe dat
statement bit 1t am estimated dat de
Guild people of dis kentry own an eben
2000,C00 dogs. To feed desc dogs regulars
at least 100000 pounds of crumbs scraps,
tater skins, apple cores, ole bones an SIGH,
worth about two cents poun'. In odder
words, it costs about fifteen cents per week
to feed big dog, which am tied up an can't
forage on de nayburs Now, what am de
companionship of n big yaller dog wuth to a
family? Would ten times fifteen cents per
week offset dat? When de cold wind howls
an night shuts down, isn't it with two
dollar bill to see de chilen gathered clus
aroun' de stoye-to h'ar dc teakettle sing
to watch de fiah snap, an to know dat de
dog am takin sweet nap under dc bed p
Who created de dog? Why, de Lawd, of
course. What fur? Why, to be a compan-
ion to man an purtcct his pusson an pro-
perty. Would it look berry well to see
poo Guild man git up an sniff at de handi-
work of de Creator? Shall we refuse to ac-
cept de gifts created fur us? If de Lawd
didn't know what He war bout when He
made an anamile an called it dog den adj
vice from newspapers am all right have
estimated dat de 100000 dogs spoken Of
prevent 1000 burgaries each year. Dey
am de cause of G,0O0,000 chickens not bein'
stole; likewise half n million cords of wood :;
likewise, ober 2000 600 axes an saws. | doan
believe in dog worship, but do believe dat
it am our dooty to take de gifts of our Crea-
tor an make de best possible use of dem. |
keep n Scotch terrier to bite Scotch burg
lars nm Irish setter To sot down IN Irichmnn
an has one or two odders who pay dar way
by KILN rats an bitn' tramps. Mex to dc
glorious sight of seein"a 200 pound man
wheeln' II ten-pound baby along de streets
am dat of seem Guild man pacin his way
down town arter Goldfish, wild five dogs fol-
lerin cus at his heels in single ile"-Detr0t
Free Press
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
For tie Agis and MtcRigencer
When to Plant Radishes.

For the benefit of those who are fond OF
the above esculent, the following rules, if OBJ
served, in planting radishcs, may be of SER
vice.
Prepare the ground in the usual manner
and plant the seed during either of the first
three days after new moon, and be con.
WINGED that "there is time to plant" The
writer tested this rule fifty years ago, and
last summer the results were as remarkable
as ever. The early scarlet grew last season
as much as fifteen inches long and two and
a-half inches in diameter. This is not theo.
retical, but PRACTICAL,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
(S. LoniS Chronicle.)

Advice is cheap,-dreadfully cheap But
we must be true To our instincts of humanity
and tell our suffering friends to use st. ia
cobs Oil, and surprise their rheumatism and
themselves also at the result. j. ID. l.. Har-
vey, ESQ, of Chicago, says: would be re-
creant to my duty to those afflicted, did not
raise my voice in its praise.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
I TtoH (N W Morning Telegram nm Wing, !
Ruhhtuo Tho N;duiyhs oil

In the Philadelphia Times of recent date
we notice an item referring TO the miraculous
ly quick cure of a prominent druggist ofthat
city, Mr.. ]. M. Higgins, Germantown Road
and Morris street, who had an awful attack
of rheumatism of the knee. He applied st
Jacobs Oil at night and the next morning
was well and in his store at usual
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17

IT'S moment, for once, that the heart must con-
fess,
That still there are joys in life worth the living
For the holy sensations of woman's caress,
Can heal every wound, in world, unforgving
RepoScd in the arms of her sheltering love,
No storms, from without, discomfort the breast,
That knows its CONSIDER will, faithfully, prove
A haven of refuge, where sorrow may rest
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17

Come to thee, dearest AYE, ever again
To nestle on rOse-buds of love on thy breast
Whrrr heavenly blessings nc'er kindle in vain
The sacred emotions that there are contest;
Emotions that prompt me, with exquisite zeal,
To look upon thee as the Star of my soul;
Whose radiance of love will, forever, reveal
Ny here, and hereafter, are in thy controul.
ALTON
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17

Sowing clover with wheat in the spring
to be turned under in the fall will pay
One bushel of clover seed is enough to SOW
eight acres.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17

When, lip unto lip, seems united forever,
And, kiss upon kiss, with galvanic sensation,
Breathe volumes to lovers who glow with fever,
Which only is conquered by fair compensation ;
For, down in her eyes, as you gaze on your treas
IRE,
sight,
As, thrilled with emotions of exquisite pleasure,
In silence you tremblc, with throbs of delight
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17

Snow mclts away upon drained land:
sooner than ON those undrained,, Lence the
drained soils are ready for blowing much
sooner.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
VOL. XXV----NO. "a.
Farn1crs' Column.
speed the PIOsc."

I'VE would be pleased to have every week, for
this column, articles of a practical nature from
the farmers of the county
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17

How vain to describe il 4! no language can speak
How the blood of the heart boils seemingly
over,
When the love of your soul thus bids you to seek
The blissful rewards she accorls to her lover:
Can it tell of the thrill that tinEles each vein,
And sets ut defiance all laws of controul,-
As clasped to your bosom, her chances, again,
Come burning to yours, from the depths of her
soulp
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-17
POPPIFTN
SiliCated Phosphate Co.,
Office 1873 w. Baltimore St.,
Under Amoica Fa,mer, Baltimore.

BoOTHBY HILL, hartford Co., Nd,
,,. January 81, 1881.
Gentlemen: Ihave used your Scated Phosphate
I0r me last four years upon my Egyptian Sweet
Corn, Trophy Tomatoes, Lima Beans and potn-
toss and can truly say have never found any
other Phosphate to equal it.
1t produces the largest crops, makes firmer fruit
and of u better flavor, than any other kind
On account of its fine mechanical condition alb
sence OF moisture and odor 1t is easily distributed
and pleasant to handle.
used twenty-five tons upon my Sweet Corn
the past season, and never had larger or finer
yield. Yours, truly,