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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-09-09
The Egis and Intelligencer
Is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAYBY
f. W. B A K f r.
Terms-S so Year, in Advance.

TRANSIENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Square, 3
insertions or less 80. Each subsequent insertion,
% cents. Longer advertisements in the same pro-
portion. space equal to six lines makes square.
Figure-work double price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications will
be inserted at ten cents per line
eS- Yearly advertisements at special rates.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-08-18
FACTS AND FIGURES.


Florida contributes this year 3d..
900, 900 oranges.
&C. o. Hansel. of Lancaster, Pa,
has 10, 900 silk-worms at work.
Growers in n single county in Ma
ryland realized fraction over 800, 900
for their strawberry crop.
Pennsylvania now holds third place
as a tobacco-growing State, having adj
yanced from the twelfth in 1870.
1t was the opinion of the astrono-
mer Kepler that the celestial spaces
were ~ full of comets rs the sea is Of
fishes.
General Bidwell, of San Francisco.
shipped from his ranch 45, pounds
of cherries, one tree yealizing $50, or
u product of 900 pounds.
The deepest we'll in the world is
3, 200 feet, or more than three-tifths OF a
mile in depth, and is located at Buda
Pesth, Hungary.
astfurnace Stag or cinder is
turned to a useful purpose at the
Sclessn Iron Works, near Liege, Bel
GUM. After the molten Stag has
escaped from the furnace it is conveyed
Immediately to stream of cold water.
The effect of this is n division of the
Stag into substance very like coarse
sand. This substance is then raised by
an elevator and deposited in wagons,
which convey it away to places where
il will be applied IA an excellent bal
lasting" for railroads.
The rapid increase in the demand
for alligator leather in Europe makes it
possible that alligator farming may be-
come an important industry in our
Southern swamps. The foreign de-
mand already amounts to many thou
sand hides year. The tanning of
alligator hides began about twenty
years ago. At first Louisiana furnished
the skins and New Orleans was the CEN
ter of the traffic. The general slaugh-
ter of alligators soon made them scarce
in that State and now Florida is the
chief source OF supply. The tanning Is
done here at the North.
Car wheels are now kept in their
place without being keyed on. In for
mer times they were almost sure to
precipitate an accident; besides, keys
would drop out by the constant jar and
be weakened by the axles and wheel.
Axles are turned TO fit the wheel snug
ly, and are driven nplace by hydraulic
pressure. Previous to being driven the
axles are covered with thin coat OF
white lead and OIL which hardens in n
short time and holds the wheel so firm
ly in place that pressure of from 100
TO 140 tons is required to remove u
! broken axle from the wheel in which it
! is placed.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-08-18
CHAPTER VI.

IN WHICH THE AGENT FIX SHOWS VERY
PRO'ER IMPATIENCE.
These are the circumstances under
which the dispatch concerning Mr..
Phileas Fogg had been sent.
On Wednesday, the 9th of October.
there was expected at Suez, at eleven
o'clock a M, the iron steamer Mon
golia, of the Peninsular and Oriental
Company, sharp built with sp ar deck,
of two thousand eight hundred tons
Durthen, and nominally of five hundred
horse power. The Mongolia made
regular trips from Brindisi to Bombay
by the Suez Canal. 1t was one of the
fastest sallers of the line, and had al
ways exceeded the regular rate of
speed, that is, ten miles an hour be-
tween Brindisi and Suez, and nine and
fifty-three hundredths miles between
Suez and Bombay.
Whilst waiting for the arrival of the
Mongolia, two men were walking up
and down the wharf, in the midst of
the crowd of natives and foreigners who
come together in this town, no longer a
small one, to which the great work of
M. Lesseps assures great future.
One of THESE men was the Consular
agent of the United Kingdom, settled
at Suez, who, in spite of the doleful
representations of the British Govern
ment and the sinister predictions of
Stephenson, the engineer, saw English
ships passing through this canal every
day, thus cutting of one-half the old
route from England to the East Indies
around the Cape of Good Hope
The other was small, spare man, of
quite intelligent, nervous face, who
was contracting his eyebrows with re-.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-08-18
TOUR OF THE WORLD
EIGHTY DAYS.
JULES VERSE's GREAT STORY.
CHAPTER V.--CoNTINt-Ep.


During the first few days which fol-
lowed the departure of the gentleman
important business transactions had
Teen made on the strength of his UNI
dertaking. The world of betters in
England is more intelligent and ele-
waited world than that of gamblers. To
bet is according to the English temper
ameut; so that not only the various
members of the Reform Club made
heavy bets for or against Phileas Fogg,
but the mass of the public entered in
to the movement. Phileas Fogg was
entered like race-horse in sort of
stud book. A bond was issued which
was immediately quoted upon the Lon
don Exchange. ''Phileas Fogg" was
''bid'' or asked" firm or above par,
and enormous transactions were made.
But five days after his departure, after
the appearance of the article in the
Bulletin of the Geographical Society,
the offerings commenced to come in
plentifully. "Phileas Fogg' declined.
1t was offered in bundles. Taken first
at five, then at ten, it was finally taken
only at twenty, Mt fifty, at one hundred.
Only one adherent remained stead
fast-to him. 1t was the old paralytic,
Lord Albemarle. This honorable gen
tleman, confined to his arm chair,
would have given his fortune to be
able to make the tour of the world,
even in ten years. He bet five thou
sand pounds in favor of Phileas Fogg,
and even when the folly as well as the
uselessness OF the. project was demon
Strated to him, he contented himself
with replying: ''If the thing is feasible,
it 10 well that an Englishman should be
the first to do it,
The adherents of Phileas Fogg be-
came fewer and fewer; everybody, and
not without reason, was putting him.
self against him; bets were taken at
one hundred and fifty and two hundred
against one, when, seven days after his
departure, an entirely unexpected in
cident caused them not to be taken at
all
AT nine O'clock in the evening of this
day, the Commissioner of the Metropol-
itan Police received a telegraphic dis
patch in the following words:
"SUEZ TO LONDON.
Rowan Commissioner of Police, Central
Office, Scotland Square ! have the bank rob
Der, Philcas Fogg. Send without delay war
rant of arrest to Bombay british lndial
FIX. Detective
The effect of this dispatch was imme-
date. The honorable gentleman dis
appeared to make room for the bank
note robber. His photograph, deposited
at the Reform Club with those of his
colleagues, was examined. 1t repro
duced, feature by feature, the man
whose description had been furnished
by the Commission of Inquiry. They
recalled how mysterious Phileas Fogg' s
life had been, his isolation, his sudden
departures; and it appeared evident
that this person, under the pretext of a
journey round the world, and support.
ing it by a senseless bet, had had nc
other aim than to mislead the agents OF
the ENGLISH notice.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-08-18
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A fortune awaits the man who will
invent store trousers without that self
asserting crease down the legs.
The Bostonians are undecided
whether to construct their exhibition
buildings in the form of d loaf of brown
bread or a heaping plate of baked
beans, the votes of the most aesthetic
rather favoring the latter design. Phil
adelphia NewS.
-" How beautiful is the language of
fiowers!" exclaimed Miss Posigush;
(which is your favorAe flower, Mr..
SmartP Graham" said Smart, SEN
tentiously. Miss Posigush thinks there
are some persons without particle of
sentiment i'm their souls. Boston Tran
script
"A canary bird in New York inn
itates the most difficult air performed
on the piano A smart bird but
canary in Norristown MARBLES the
choicest selections from the old COM
pOsers and accompanies itself on
piano. 1t also plays very artistically
on a jewsharp and an accordion at the
same time. The owner says he
wouldn't take seventy-tive cents for it.
-NOrriStopn Herald.
Those people who have for years
past annually expressed sorrow for
bald-headed men in fy-time have
wasted their breath. Surgeons de-
clare that flies avoid bald-heads on ac-
count of the odor of the scalp, and
that one shock-headed man will suffer
more from fly bites in one month than
ten bald heads will all summer. Keep
4. . T.. L q
Africa, who are beset by flies, ileas,
snakes, lizards and scorpions the year
round. Detroit Free Press.
The comet is now in a fair way to
be disposed of. For time there was
a good deal of disturbance among the
heavenly hosts, and Sagittarius was
sent out with bow and arrow to shoot
the affair, but he failed TO score on the
target, since when archery has been
unpopular up that way; then Aquarius
was asked to play his hose on the bust
ness and try TO extinguish it but twas
all in vain, the confagration was
too extensive. In a fit of despera-
ton Ursa Major waved his stumpy
tail in the direction of the unwelcome
visitor and split it right square through
the middle-not the tail, but the comet.
NeU HaUen Register.
-"Say," said the ichthyosaurus to the
pterodactyl, "when | was down among
the pliocen people, the other day, l
heard new story" ''Steam ahead"
rejoined the pterodactyl, AZ ne took his
seat on the branch of a giant fern.
"Well," continued the ichthyosaurus,
"there was once megatherium who
had number of fine devonian pines in
his front yard, of which he was very
proud, and he particularly cautioned
young Megatherium to whom he had
given little Ratchet, not to cut them.
One day, while walking in his garden,
he noticed that one Of the trees had
been cut" "Oh, cut that story, too"
snarled the pterodactyl; - heard that
when | went to school with the primi-
tive polyps." Then they separated, and
the pterodactyl said he'd see him again
when he had something new.-BostOH
| transcript.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-08-18
a NEW YORK LOVE SONG.

/ love you, Love. for good or Ill,
As brown bees love sweet honey;
love you, Love, soul, heart and will,
For somber skies or sunny;
And yet pause falter still,
For oh! one thought, one doubt doth
thrill
My darling, have YOU money?
j love you, Love; I love you, Love;
But OH you must have money.
A sweet rose is rose, my Love;
Yet, If II holds no honey;
The busy bee he will not stay,
But, hummng airs, he HES away
To find a rose with honey
CHORUS: llOveyou, Love; love you, Love;
But OH you must have money.
joaquin Muller, IN ". Y. Independent.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-08-18
az agree with Won. but YOU know

81 agree with You, but you know
that all descriptions s."
IL shall have clear conscience
about it," replied Fix. "The servant
appears TO mo less Of riddle than the
master. Moreover he ia Frenchman,
who cannot keep from talking. will
see you soon again, Consul"
The detective then went out, intent
upon the search for Passepartout.
In the meantime Mr. Fogg, after
leaving the Consurs house, had gono
towards the wharf There he gave
some orders to his servant; then he got
into n boat, returned on board the Mon
golia, and went into his cabin. He
then took out his memorandum book,
in which were the following notes:
Left London, Wednesday, October 2, s:I5
Arrived at Paris, Thursday, October 3, 100
Left Paris Thursday, $40 H. m
Arrived at Turin via Mont Gents, Friday,
october 4, u :8j u. IN.
Left Turin, Friday, 1:2O a. m.
Arrived at Brindisi. Saturday, October .,
SPIN; uu. s..,
ARRIVED ut Sucz, wednesday, October q, II
am.
Total of hours consumed, 1851 or in days,
Ga days"
Mr.. Fogg wrote down these dates in
guide-book arranged by columns,
which indicated, from the "a of Octo-
Der to the DIST of December-the
month, the day of the month, the day
of the week, the stipulated and actual
arrivals at each principal point, Paris,
Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Sin.
gapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San
Francisco, New York, Liverpool, Lon.
don, and which allowed him TO figure
the gain made or the loss experienced
at each place on the route. In this
methodical book he thus kept an ac
count of everything, and Mr.. Fogg
knew always whether he was ahead OF
time or behind
He noted down then this day
Wednesday, October 3. his arrival al
Suez, which agreeing with the stipu
lated arrival, neither made gain nor d
loss. Then he had his breakfast served
up in his cabin. AS to seeing the town
he did not even think of it, being OF
that race of Englishmen who have Their
servants visit the countries they pass
! through.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-08-18
CHAPTER VIII.

LITTLE MORE THAN ~ PROPER.
Fix had in n few moments reioincd
Passepartout on the wharf, who was
lettering and looking about, not belev-
ing that he was obliged not to see any
thing.
"Well, my friend,' said Fix, coming
up TO him, sis your passport UiSedP'
All! 1t is you, monsieur" replied
the Frenchman. much obliged. 1t
is all in order"
And you are looking at the coun-
tryPn
Eyes, but we go so quickly that it
seems TO me as if l am travelling in u
dream. And so we are in Suezp"
"Yes, in Suez.,"
lin Egypt"
You are quite right, in Egypt"
"And in African
eyes, in African
"In African repeated Passepartout
81 can not believe it. Just fancy, sir,
that imagined we would not go fur
ther than Paris, and | saw this famous
capital again between twenty minutes
after seven and twenty minutes of nine
in the morning, between the Northern
station and the Lyons station, through
the windows of cab in driving rain!
regret it! | would have so much liked
to see again Pere La Chaise and the
Circus of the Champs Elyseesr'
"You are then in great hurryP"
asked the detective.
"No, l. am not, but my master is.
By-the-by, l must buy some shirts and
shoes! We came away without trunks,
with a carpet bag, only"
- am going TO take you to shop
where you viii find every thing you
want
Monsieur" replied Passepartout,
"you are really very kindr'
And both started off. Passepartout
talked necessarily.
above ALL" he said, 81 must take
care not to miss the steamerp'
"You have the time" replied Fix,
cit is only noonr ..-..
Passepartout pulled out his large
watch.
Noon Pshaw! 1t is eight minutes
of tent
Your watch is slow!' replied Fix.
"My watch! A family watch that
has come down from my great GRANDPA
Their! IL don't vary five minutes in the
year. 1t is a genuine chronometer."
:" see what is the matter" replied
Fix. You have kept London time,
which is about two hours slower than
Suez. You must be careful to set your
watch at noon in each country"
"What! | touch my watch" cried
Passepartout. Never
"Well, then, it will not agree with
the sun"
$50 much the worse for the sun,
monsieur! The sun will be wrong
thenr' ...a
And the good fellow put his watch
back in his FOB with magnificent ges-
ture.
A few moments after, Fix said to
him: You left London very hurriedly,
thenp"
4" should think so! Last Wednes-
day, at eight o'clock in the evening,
contrary to all his habits, Monsieur
Fogg returned from his club, and in
three-quarters of an hour afterward we
were of"
But where is your master going,
thenP'
Fright straight ahead! He is making
the tour of the worldn
1.-The tour of the world?" cried Fix.
Yes, in eighty days! On wager,
he says; but, between ourselves, l do
not believe it. There is no common
sense in it. There must be some thing
else"
ITO BE CONTINUED
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-06

Gho walked across the fields. icc-bo,ind.
Like some shy, sunny hint 81 spring,
And STOPPING suddenly. she found
"A violet "a dainty thing.
Which stunned thr chilly iiRhtof day
Until sweet "AprilIc came that way.
They knew each other. rirl and flower;
There wns some subtle bond between:
And had walked. that worry hour.
The fields. aud had no violet seen;
For me the winter landscape lay
All bIossomlcss and black and gray.
They knew mo not. blue flower. blue eyes:
She. careless. passed me when we met:
The tender glance which would prize
Above all ihin1s. tho violet
Received: aud went on my way.
Compnnioned with the cherries dny.
From wi1Atry days blue violcts shrink;
From wintry lives blue eyes will turn;
And vet n she. sometimes think.
Could smile on me with sweet concern,
One life 20 like this wintry dry
Would sprlng-tImc be for aye and aye.
~ A. kobtfsson. "a Hdrpcrs Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-06

Ohio is said TO b. excited because
the SON Of Baptist minister has mar
ried the daughter OF Jewish rabbi.
Anything that tends 70 retard the con
sumption Of pork Is certain to create
an excitement in Ohio. -- PhiladelDhio
| Chronicle Herald
Chicago is row going into training
schools for cookery on 3 grand scale.
They are nice places for ladies TO drop
into and pinch dough and eat raisins.
and imagine that they can 10 right
home and cook bcefsteak. One Old
grandmother is worth twenty such
schools Detroit Free Press.
"A French mother took her little
daughter. who promised 20 be vcrv
good, 10 make . call with her Convef-
sation turns upon various people. SAYS
the mother: 'sIes. my cousin Il MOI
handsome, bur she has the prcttiest
teeth III the world" Child: sBut mann
ma yours are much, much pretfier:
they've got gold all round EN-
"A writer in Applcton's Journal o.
cupies sevcnl pages Of that publicn-
ton in An effort 20 prove that there =
no such thing - womanIy intuition
Some night when this gentleman comes
home about thirteen o'clock and tries
to sneak into bed without having his
breath smell he will discover the al
lacy q bis theory. -C Chicago Tribune.
He came In % say that be attended
: meeting last evening. ~ made a
address. " he said "but please don't
use my name. ak Il - Z favor. Il
you should. however. b careful 70 spell
Il with . final .. and say that 1 do bust
ness q tho old stand. where have a.
ways on hand : full assortment Of
etc, ETC., etc. We shall respect M.
- IS feelings and Nv nothing
about him. INV Boston zranscripi.
The farmers Oldest boy now puts
on his heaviest boots, gets . grip On
the plow handles. and. with tho
..lines" around his neck. wells ma
shouts and swears because the span
don't \. haw" and sgec" lust rfeht
In turning corners. You'd never sus-
poet that he WIS the same fellow who
has been raising havoc among The 0irls
all winter with his stunning plaid neck
ties and stand-up paper collars. Mes
Hocen Register.
-whenthe n.!asn NY hussins. q - feIIow.
when her fancy doesnt lightly turn q bsnsR
n q zen % one that me q getting yellow.
Getting yellow
And y '''A'' o W :? s''s s, r''s 's's.
wheg .y yss never ~ ~ eating - ~
80 y. ass;s n &C.: ssss 's y =. ~ z..
ooAs ...
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-06

|
--IIeine's grave a Montmartrs y
described ~ being In the most forl0rn
state. The weaiher-worn and lea0ess
remains Of = laurel wreath are al the
decorations i possesses.
The London Aflcnrum calls Bret
iiarte tone Of the most popular 81 liv-
ny writers Of English and also saws
that -within his limits there u no liv-
ing writer who can improve on him."
--Of the making Of books there q no
end even Il ..iinis il put at the last az
each Of them. Within the past fifteen
years the Congressional Library has
doubled itself three times. Il Il ex-
perted that the library will soon con-
tain 1000. 900 volumes.
Ivan Tnrgencif, the novelist, Il :
persistent traveller. and has made studies
Tor his books all over Europe. Paris he
prefers for q home. He Is now sixty
two years old. He Is tall. erect and
symmetrical. His beard and his long
locks are white and his expression 4
one Of kindness and wisdom.
Mrs. Arnold. the wife OF the author
Of The Light Of Asia, " and grand
niece Of Dr. Claiming, is mentioned -
an architect Of distinction. She =
experimenting the making in London
o. the memorial window 70 be placed
by the Charming family in the Charming
Memorial Church at Newport.
Aiillet sold his picture Of "The
Angelus" TO dealer for goo. The
dealer sold il for 81 900, and when next
sold i brought $7.200. At sale It the
Hotel Druot. Paris, recently this same
picture brought S32,O 900. TWENTY-FIVE
years have made this difference ii the
painter fame. but it i no longer of
any use to him.
Gordon l.. Ford. the New York
1ritu1e's business manager, has the
richest autograph collection in the
country. II contains not less than
5000 bound volumes. 10000 pam
phlets. 10000 stecl-plate portraits, and
10000 autograph letters and docu-
ments. There are two rooms il which
the visitor can scarcely pick up book
or piece Of paper that Is not treasure.
One room contains only town and local
histories: Of these there are $500. An
other room Is devoted wholly 10 auto
graphs and steel portraits, and it u
packed full on shelves and tables.
Not single paper, political or
otherwise. IS published in the Irish
Celtic tongue. Yet this. says the Gaelic
Onion. is the spoken language Of some
hundreds Of thousands II persons II
Ireland. Hence the establishment Of .
Gaelic newspaper Is one Of the cherished
objects Of this society. which. since its
recent establishment. has developed :
remarkable degree Of activity. The
real difficulty seems 20 be that the peo-
pie cannot read the language which
they speak with grammatical accuracy.
There are not even any class-books;
and Celtic literature, 50 interesting 70
Continental philologists, exists only in
the form Of some thousands Of manu-.
scripts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-06

Children Dragged By Nurses.
Recently correspondent Of the SIN
called attention to practice III which
some coachmen have been detected in
saving them elves trouble BY dosing
spirited horses with narcotics. A re-
putable physician. with whom report
er conversed on the subject. said:
"When child Is cross, pcevish, fretful,
restless and troublesome. IL i not an
unusual thing for physician 10 be
called, who prescribes a .qufeting
POWDER The nurse is sent tothe drug
store with the prescription, is told how
70 administer Il, and in short time.
instead Of having very wcarisomc and
irritating duty to perform. the nurse
finds out that AL she has TO do Is to sit
by and watch drowsy child. The les:
son Is not forgotten by the nurse. She
j. known at the drug store; she knows
the number Of the prescription. she
knows that she can buy it for Il few
cents, and she therefore possesses her
self Of the sleeping powder. to be used
whenever she wants to have an easy
job.
"Wealthy parents think they can
shift their duties and RESPONSIBILITIES by
hiring servants TO perform them. II
looks 50 easy, and seems such perfect
method Of avoiding the annoyance. the
slecpless nights, the wear and tear q
the system which is almost inseparabIe
from faithful attendance upon the
healthicst child.
But there are very many nurses
now who know how TO make pare
goric. laudanum. hydrate Of choral, or
morphine do the work Of patient watch
ing and assiduous care. The result Il
that children grow up stupefied under
the influence Of drugs. with their men,
tai faculties impaired. and with taste
for stimulants that often leads them TO
drunkards' graves. No children are SO
fortunate as those OF the moderately
well-oif persons who have means sui
iicient to aid them ia the dfudgery Of
household cares, but who give 10 their
children that personal care, thai
thoughtful supervision, and that con-
scientious devotion TO duty that can
never be bought with money, but are
fondly forthcoming from affection.
There are also many mothers who do
not ecrunIo IN livhfon fhn;r corou ~
drn5s for dntv' TN J,n,
stores "a 4 livejv tr.de \; v,r;ons NJ. |
trums with fancy names which 80
,implv well-knowp narco,;cs n All
ruised form. 0n;,m II ~. ~, Commence We.
Tha amount ~ INV sfnfI |
nat Il sold Il absolnfelv fr;chsfn, i
Y borvhf and adminisfered by naranfs |
md nurses uffcrlv ;cnorent ~ ~ |
icleterious effects II nrodnces AZ.
orders II the d;restivc orrsns con-
sni 1 lono train ~ snccess;va \
rs.
What il the remedy? Intelligent
parents must not either usc these ncr.
licious drugs nor permit them "a 81
lsed with their children. Strict watch