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, 1881-07-08
SOLD LIKE hot CAKES.
Auctioning Of Two Blocks Of
the Reform-School Prop
erty.
The Sum Received $l53, 46o, and
Three Lots Left.
The Prices far Beyond tho Appraias'
ment-Names OF Purchasers.

The Prices far Beyond tho Appraiae'
ment-Names Of Purchasers.
Tho nuotlon salo Of a portion of the old
Reform School property, which occurred
yestertiay, furnishes anothcr striking III,
stnnce. X ono wuro nectlcu, Of tho decided
boom III Chicago real estate. Tho lots dis
posed Of by Cook County formed n part Of
tic resuhlIvlsloM OF the Reform School PROP
crty, which covered tho south Twenty-Five
acrcs Of tile northwest fractional II Of Sec. ,,
Township IS north, llanEe IA, ense 1T tho
third prfncipnl meridian. Tho land Hes b.
tveelt Clinton nva!l,te niid forty-tlrti atrcgt.
n1tl extends west frotll tile trllcts VI tile ll-
:oliuo. It Il cr0sscti 6y iIyIo l'nrk av-
parkway Of DEexel' bou!eyar, and
ssSe Sas @ Mo sso s.
torliHy covered eighty. four lots. In liocks and
/, boiling tho wcsturn hnlr of tho ros,tlty!A!o,,
and uf those NIL hut threo lots wtro sold In d
cduplo OF hours ut prices
AWAY nsYoNp THE VALUATION
put upou theu, by tho County Hoard.
The sao WYE 4eltl .lnon the grounds EE i, el.mp
were: W. ' "se.iourth cash ";low'!, bsaneo il ono
f%s 4s psF tSo
Go.nty Trcosnrars @ u'',ce ~ noo, to.av. cou4
nIssiouvr P,lrinEton was oT,powsred by tho
nout!i To- net az hucti0nccr, nnd tho 1loarf, ot,
and a6JoirncI to meet on tho grounds. Iyya
1oooF wSr9 Tsn The e.s Sxse p
order. IL WIS v0tcd that whom nu adjournmont
S{onisy noxt, alid comu,issloner FulinEton
i's ssa sae as II ns aat Esse' % ba Hesas snSs
tho tlo memnors Of ~ l'onra c,l there
WorS prcsslt p,I cX;G3nss.2nors y IL: C!ouE,
" spailor County; Att2rn9}y, IS, wil!o.t, c@anty:
Trcnsurer Joh'son: Wnrt!Sn % Mi!ls q t nc County
Moiinnat MMofn@ hT o xto' ~ nsr as ,od n ha;n@s M y
Ni9,llsoi, i,l @; Q. Thqygr, 0eorgy Wcls5. X y Hale,
othnrs. sa4 44''''' - ''"e''A' 'oA't - '''N
THE PROPERTY WAS oppnnEp IN SINGLE
" LOTS.
re successful bidder having tho option q taG. X.
e e4tsp t. fer eorsr Ss S
ise feot front ann ynrted from 1So to ~ feSs r.
III! ss;H 's sSs sssS # IL s
# 4;'$ TT; s /; Ss i ss $' :i III
ESS and s. aebsns sa II ~ sass SS' Ioss s'
Not u. aIjolnng McDoaall's purchase on the
north, cuno mext. T. atartod ~ *ll0. rnn up ly
L fa!s sa: T. f. ~. si nna Thomas Nelson took It aud
nmatsir aMgt!onesr q tho County I'qard, and
isys, Ge at saes1aa see ~ ssf
oo, t. aen s wsss xnS
, Ut ih9sv ~ E!!rss; aT sa w ~ also So so.
THIS closai ont tho lots on tho west sLdo ot the
moat 4 ~ t Ill., onost n so or NM MI ~ ~
~ to ~ nset @ ~ npo m III s'oy W"on" 9 s.,rrn ths
, 1881-07-08

FT1IlE MONDAY MEETING IN LOWER
i Furwoll Hall to-day Will continue 10 pray fus
tho c0mp'oto rest1ut!9n y, health Of President u!-
tsl1. The Kev. nr. Little. past9r vt tsso Naw EN'
teo. Al aro inv!ted tu By present. II: It DAVE
ChnEuLAn VI tic O0xOtl0nAl COmmtto0. Z. II. Z. A..
, 1881-07-08

Werecolnmel.d EIlrcdKe Kesewlna-macllines.
, 1881-07-08
IfNNOUNCElL.EN1,S,

l. Association holds regular meeting At tho Shcr.
man ll0Asu Eluh.r09lu tu-niHht 1t O'Clock slarH
, 1881-07-08

At Ohemattz, In saxony, Prot: Cyrta1, = cclo~
b. bruuxht frvu, his faluilY butcher chop suIsly
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"A school master asked one of his boys
on sharp, frosty morning, what was Latin
for "cold." The boy thought little
"What ?" said the teacher, cannot you tell ?
eyes, yes" replied the bow lit at my
fingers ends"
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The late Emperor Nicholas happened one
day to be engaged in inspecting State peni-
tertiary in one of theprovincial seats of gov
eminent, and took it into his head to question
some of the conyicts respecting the nature of
the offences for which they were suffering
punishment: "What are you here for?" he
asked of one.
II am innocent, Imperial Majesty" replied
the prisoner, falling on his knees "a victim
of false witness A church was robbed-a
beadle knocked on the head-the peasants
caught hold of me, and knew nothing about
itw
Similar replies were given by other priso-
ners. The Emperor, obviously bored by
these successive protestations of guiltless-
ness, cast glance along the line of prisoners
until his eye fell upon n ragged, wretched
looking gypsy, whom he beckoned forward
with the words: "Of course, you, too, are
here on false charger"
mot bit of it, your Majesty T. replied the
Tsgan; ait is all fair and square as far as |
am concerned stole apony from trades
man."
"Stolc pony, did your" said the Gar,
with laugh; and then addressed, the COVER
nor of the prison with wcll-assumcd stern
ness:
"Turn that good ior-nothing rascal instant
| ly out of doors. / cannot allow him to re-
main minute longer in such honorable and
vrtuous company, lest he pervert MI these
| good, innocent people"
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Good Night.

Some unknown pen writes thus beautifully
sentiment that will do all good TO read
thoughtfully:
How tenderly and swcetly falls the gentle
good night into loving hearts, as members
of family separate and retire for the night
What myriads of hasty words and thought
less acts, engcndered in the hurry and bust
ness of the day, are forever blotted out by its
benign influence. Small token, indeed, but
it is the little courtesies that make up the
sum of a happy home. 1t is only the little
courtesies that can so beautifully round off
the square corners in the homes of laboring
men and women. The simple Il thank you,
for favor received, will fill with happiness
the heart ofthe giver. True wealth is not es-
timated by dollars and cents, but by the graf
itude and affection of the heart. If a home
be happy, it is of heaven the truest symbol
If a home be happy, whether the owner
possess patch ofground or thousand acres,
they who live there are indeed wealthy be.
You'd mathematical calculations Then how
much more lovingly are the sable folds of
night gathered around the happy home
How much more confidngly do its members
repose their weary bodies in the care of di-
vine goodness, smoothing their over taxed
minds to the living realities of beautiful
dreamland.
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How Long Man May Live.

1t was Professor Hufeland's opinion that
the limit of possible human life might be set
at 200 years. This on the general principle
that the life of creature is eight times the
years of its period of growth. That which is
quickly formed quickly perishes, and the ear
lier complete development is reached the
sooner bodily decay ensues More women
reach old age than men, but more men attain
remarkable longevity than women. Some
animals grow to be very old. Horned ami
mails live shorter lives than those without
horns, fierce longer than timid, and amphibi-
Gus longer than those which inhabit the air
The voracious pike exists, it is said TO an
age of $50 years. the turtle is good for a hun
dred years or more, and among birds the gold
en- eagle is known to have lived nearly 300
years, while the sly and sombrc crow reaches
the venerable age of a century. Passing up
in the scale of life to man, and skipping the
patriarchs, we find many recorded instances
of longevity among the classic Greeks and
Romans. Pliny notes that in the reign of
the Emperor Nespasan, in the year IS, there
were 124 men living in the limited area be-
tween the Apprentices and the Pc of 100
years and upward, three of whom were 140
and four over 1876. Ccero's wife lived to the
age of 1903, aud the Roman actress Luceia
played in public rs late rs her 1l2th year.
Coming down to more recent times the
most notable authentic instances of great age
is that of Henry Jenkins, of Yorkshire, Eng
land, who died in 1870, 1G9 years old. He
was fisherman, and at the age of 100 easily
swan across rapid rivers. Another historic
caseis that of Thomas Parr, of Shropshire, n
daylaborer, who lived to the age of 1872 years
When more than 100 he married his second
wife, and till 1870 he could swing the scythe
and WELD the fail with the best of his fellow
]aborcrs. In his l52d year Parr went up to
London to exhibit himself to the king. 1t
proved an unlucky visit, for violating the alb,
stemous habit of century and n half, the
old man icasted so freely on the royal victuals
that he soon died merely of a plethora. On
examination, his internal organs proved 10
be in excellent condition, and there was nc
reason why he should not have lived much
longer save for this unfortunate taste of roy
al hospitality. Professor Hufclands roll OF
centcnarians includes many more rcmarka.
| bic cases, among them that of Mittlcstedt, q
Prussian soldier, who served sixty seven
years under both Fredericks, fighting many
battles and enduring much hard campaign
ing, and who after all this married successive
ly three wives, the last when he was no
only two years before his DEATH
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14liscellanrnus.
Ensilage.
A PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS CONCLUSION

| A PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS CONCLUSIONS.
In the Western States where land is worth
from $50 to $50 per acre, and corn can be
raised profitably at 20 cents per bushel,
think the present plan of allowing the corn
to mature, and feeding the ears to hogs and
the stalks and leaves to cattle, will pay better
| than ensilaging the corn when in tasse But
| in Eastern Pennsylvania where good land
| brings 500 to 5000 per acre, according to
distance from great markets, and where the
| soil system is practiced in order to keep one
COW to each acre of arabic land, and where
| good butter brings from 40 to so cents per
pound in winter, and 2j to 30 cents in sum
mer, it seems to me thai ensiage is the most
economical COW food. | have the "ensilagc
| fever" this spring; last spring l had an at
tack of the root fever, but am cured of that
planted an acre with sugar beets, but only
about a pound Of seed came up. | suppose
| | had at the rate of ten tons of beets to the
| acre | fed the two tons | raised in five days,
giving thirty pounds to a feed, and decreased
the regular ration Of cut cornfodder from two
heaped basketfuls to one per day, and fed as
| usual eight quarts of bran and two quarts of
cottonsecd per day My cows did not in
crease any in their flow ofmilk by the change
| of food, and | am convinced that can raise
one basketful of sowed corn cheaper and on
Il
less lana IMAM ! can slNly pounds OF oeets.-
am also convinced mat IL would be better
to keep the corn IN green state than to dry
IT,
| Ohe huhuieu IONS nave peeI kept green IN
a slo TINS winter by Enos barnard, one OF
my nelghDors' lie Is now leeding IL TO ~ OF
MS lou milch cows, ana lhe man VINO ieeds
ana TENDS TO the cows, says they ike ensilage
better than any 1lher 1000, ana are thriving
wen upon IL. Mr' barnard informed his put
ter buyer Wheh lie commenced inc 1eeulng
OF elsiiaSe. ana requested nm 10 test through
y the quality Oh inc butter, ana INFORM nm
II the butter was not up 10 the standard but
he mas received n" Word, ana still gets AZ
cents per ponhG wholesale -
propose TO nuiiu $40 .hIs summer Az
ieet long, ~ leet Wlde ana IA 1eet deep The
walls VIII contain ABOUT loo pcrches, ana
mason wlii pmila II i3r oocentS perch My
hlred man VIII aig lhc PIT WIN mule assist
ahce, ana nave ',e stone ana most OF inc
lumber mat WllI De ieqnlrcu; | thlnk Sloo
VIII puliu $40 'ha' VIII holu Soo IONS OF corn
lodder, Wiiich expect 10 raise on . acres OF
good corn iahu nave not charged % cents
a load Tor the stone or ~ month Tor my
hlrcu man anu % Il gay ior my team; but
| nave thc team ana man, ana not WORK enough
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WOULD HELP Some.-A withered and
aged African, who announced himself as
Judge Thomas, of Canady," entered an of
flee near the ferry dock yesterday morning
and said he was collecting money to help the
Southern negroes emigrate to Liberia.
"Ilow many want TO go?" asked the man
at the desk.
well, sab, reckon on about five thous-
and"
when do you intend to start them?"
"Airly in the spring, sah."
"How much have you collected thus far ~
'In de nayburhood of sixty cents, as nigh
as kin reckon"
And if | should give you nickle that
would be sixty-fve cents"
"Yes, sab"
Would sixty-fve cents be of any great
help toward sending 5000 colored people to
Liberia?"
"Wel sab, it wouldn't go great ways
when you come right down to ackshul ex-
penses, but l reckon dat it would start q
powerful thinkin' if it was only handled right
Detroit Free Press,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-06

TRAINING ToMAToEs.-The season for
planting tomatoes is nearly at hand, and l
fear that all lovers of this delicious fruit do
not know how to grow them successfully
When the plants are ready for the garden,
make considerable hill Of good compost
Chip manure is excellent, and quantity of
chicken manure is good After the hill is
made, drive Il long stake through it, This
may be six feet high. Set the plant near it.
The training will require attention. The
plant will Immediately begin to sucker, or
throw out side shoots, just above each leaf
These must be cut of, and then the plant
will run up vigorously, Tie it TO the stake,
and do not be afraid 10 Use the knife Keep
on cutting each stem that appears in the axil
of leaf, and keep on tying. The first bear
ing branches come directly from the body of
the plant Remember that this trimming
must be continued rs long as the plant bears
Thus trained, the fruit is superior in size,
quantity and flavor, beside being less liable to
rot or drop of.-tdgnty Gentleman,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-06
The Fox and the ASA Fable.

One day fox who had wandered afar from
his den found his return cut off by stream
| of considerable depth and current He could
not swim, and he cudgeled his brain in vain
for some method by which he might get over.
In this dilemma donkey suddenly appeared
in search of a drink
"Oh donkey, l am delighted to meet you |"
exclaimed the fox as he came forward. 81
was just wishing for good company, for the
forest is so very still and night is coming
on"
"The donkeys and the foxes have no fra
ternal feeling. While you bark bray while
you lope gallop; whitley you love flesh pre-
fer grass Go your way and I'll 60 mine"
at is true we do not mate" quietly replied
the fox, "but that is no sign l do not appre-
ciate your intelligence and beauty could
not help being born a fox, but oh how often
| have wished that had your beautiful ears
your thundcrous bray, and your elegant
shape"
"Eh, what's that ?" queried the delighted
donkey.
"See what beautiful long legs you have?"
continued the fox.
"Do you really think SOP"
"And such beautiful long ears If only
had your feet would be as proud as pea
cock"
The battered donkey began to gambol and
show Off and fox continued:
Across the stream and beyond the swamp
| is my den. should really like my children
| to behold you and hear your voice. They
| have heard me tell of you, and they cry for
you. One of them is ill, and cannot let him
die until he has seen the greatest ass in
| America
| A little more tlattcry and coaxing quite won
| the heart of the donkey and he agreed to go.
As he entered the stream the fox leaped
| lightly to his back and passed over without
a wet foot When they entered the swamp
he renewed his tattcry, and was finally car
ried to dry land.
"You are not going?' asked the donkey,
as the fox jumped down and started Off
| "Yes"
But thought you wanted me to bray to
your childreng"
| 81 have changed my mind, replied the fox.
81 have concluded TO do my own braying af-
| ter this"
But | am far from home and cannot
find my way back.
"Then it is your misfortune that you were
not born fox Letme give you a few words
of advice. BE what nature designed you to
be. Never take dollars worth of fattery
in place ola shiling's worth ofpork While
you can bray, never do so without realizing
that bray always gives away the location
of n donkey. 1t is more easy to tiatter than
to buy. A donkey who can be flattered can
always be duped. In brief, don't knock
down pcrsimmons on shares before you have
found out whether you like 'cm or not."-De-
troH Free Press.
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A Cool MARTYR.

Ten minutes after the Flint & Pere Mar
quette train had pulled out of the depot yes
terday noon young man with grabbing
in his hand and n cigar in his mouth saun-
tered in as if he had half an hour to spare
After walking up and down for about five
minutes he stopped at the ticket window and
asked:
HAS the Flint train gone yet?'
Eyes, a quarter of an hour ago"
"The deuce Why, l was to go on that
train y
well, you didn't"
That's so, and Pm placed in an embarras
sing situation. | was to be married to girl
up the road tonight" No other train, ! sup
pose"
mo, sir"
And | can't get thcre?"
perhaps you could hire locomotive"
"Ah! perhaps l could. I'll finish my smoke
and go and see about it,"
| After the end of his cigar had been reduc-
ed until the fire warmed his nose, the young
man went mp stairs and said TO the superin-
tendent:
Gould you, all, for about five or six dol.
lars, ali, give me locomotive as far as Flint,
| ah?'
| mo, sir"
| "Ah, you can't? Well, that's badish.
was to have been married at six o'clock this
evening. might say seven dollars for n
locomotive
And you might say seven times that"
Couldn't do il; pom honor | couldn't,
though I'll go down and smoke another cigar
and perhaps make you another offer after q
| time"
| He lit another cigar and paced up and
| down and all at once began hunting his pock
cts. He shortly pulled out notebook, and
| oftp rnnninp over the lpnVps he he'd
the ticket.seller and said:
II find that am saved
"IIow?"
"Hcre il is, just as | wrote it down last fall !!
"MEM The said party of the first part
which is me--agree to wed the said party
ofthe second part-which is Helen-on the even
ing May 4, 1881, provided, that Billiards, floods
broken bridges, railroad delays, or other acts
| of Providence permit" always make men
ofthese things to save misunderstanding.
missed the train, and that comes under the
head of railroad delays, eh?"
81 think So"
"And she has no grounds for breach Of
| promiseY
! Cant see any"
"Nor |. My conscience tells me that
ought to offer about nine dollars for a loco
motive to run me up there, and fit is refus-
ed I'll go back to the hotel and take things
easy till tomorrow Are you married?"
! No"
"Going to be-"
| IL expect So"
| "Make mem. of it, and give Providence
plenty of latitude fol delays! It's not only
business, but you've got EN- tight as a wedge.
Mem it right down in black and white, and
if they talk sassy, show 'em the door. Bye
bye, old fellow-sce you later"
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VOL. XXV----NO. Is.
VARIETIES.

--"How did you find your uncle, Johnny"
"ln apple-pie order" "How's that?" Tart
and crusty."
Can clergyman marry HIMSELF" asks
an exchange. We suppose he can, but we
are afraid he would not be happy couple.
How shall we get the young men to
church" asks religious weekly Get the
girls to go, brother, get the girls to CO.
Mark Lemon once said that it is with
narrowsouled people as with narrow neck
bottles-the less they have in them the more
noise they make in pouring it out.
q like hot weather best" said Phila-
delphia girl, because it makes pa and ma so
sleepy that they don't come bothering around
the parlor the nights have company"
-"What must / do" asked mean and
conceited man of n friend who knew him
well, ITO get a portrait of the one | love
mostE "St for your own portrait" was
the reply.
Us it good picture?" asked dubious
| friend, Good y was the reply ofthe enthus-
astic picture gatherer Good We'll, /
should say so. You'd almost think it was
chrome"
| Tom" said girl to her sweetheart,
you have been paying your distress to me
long enough 1t is time you made known
your contentious, so as not to keep me in
expense any longer"
Fred Ito Tom, who has looked through
Freds MS: you didn't know / was an
author, eh" Tom Ito Fred) "No didn't;
and if you take my advice, you won't let any
body else know it you can help it,"
81 didn't know man could be so much
made up of water" said hot man on the
corner yesterday, wringing the sweat from
his brow. ooh, yes" remarked hotel-keep-
er who came along, my experience is that
man is a regular sponge" Chicago Journal.
Mr.. Longfellow can take worthless
sheet of paper, and by writing poem on it
make it worth $50 That is genius. Mr..
| Vanderbilt can write fewer words on a sim
liar sheet, and make it worth $4,000, 900.
That is capital.
Mrs. w. T. Pritchard, wife of well
known turfman, hanged hirself in San Fran
cisco 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 befor ninety-nine per cent.
| of the editors in this country are widowers.-
N0rrist0acn Herald.
The Athens GA Banner says: For many
years Moses, negro wac a servant of the
University of Alabama, and waited on the
students very faithfully. But he was most
notorious hypocrite. He was on that account
commonly called "Preach" among the boys.
One day he was passing crowd of students
when one of them called to him; II say,
Preach, what are you going to do when Satan
gets you?" wait on Students" was the re-
Dly
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Boot & Shoe House,
1872 N. Cay ST., BALTIC.
Than anywhere elst

Ladies' Foxed Caters. .............$lO 90 to 81 90
Ladies' Foxed Button ................ l % to 3 90
Ladies' Newport Ties ................. 90 to 70
Ladies' Newport Button .............. l 90 to | 10
Ladies' All-Leather Button 50 to 3 %
Ladies' Leather Boots. ..............1 90 to 2 90
Ladies' and Misses Slippers at all prices.
Gents Button Caters. 81 ~ to 81 80
Gents Lace Shoes Mt all prices.
Gents Fine Long Boots ............S 81 80 to 81 30
Boys Lace Shoes and Caters at all prices.
In selecting my stock have tried my best TO
combine durability with style and will guarantee
to give you at all times as good wearing Shoes for
the price paid as any house in this city, or will
send you by mail, to any part of the United States
any price shoe you want and II not pleased with
your bargain, return it and receive your money
NOTICE.-1f persons sending to Isl North Gay
Street, will take the measure OF their old shoe on
the inside with stick, then copy the length of
stick on piece OF paper, writing whether they
have slim, medium or wide foot, will guarantee
perfect At. In ordering by mail, please send
postoice order or registered letter, and you will
receive what you want by return mail but a. al
Iiyv.y l.yU NH. H.. iyy,I,
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NASDERBILT's INCOME PER SEcoNp.-A
New York correspondent, after figuring at
Nanderbilt's income from his Government Sc
curites, says: 1t seems that Vanderbilt rea-
Lies from this source 1921 every one ofthe
days in each month. Every hour it nets him
$2l7, every minute, So, while each second OF
time the money still drips at s cents drip
Speculative and mathematically inclined
minds have many times INDUCED in computa-
tons as to this mans daily income, but'the
basis on which they started was laid in guess
work and surmisc. Here is bottom which is
stuck fast IN stubborn fact