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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-30

WILLIAM PENN.
The tyrant on his gilded throne,
The warrior in his battle dress,
The holier triumph ne'er have known
OF Justice and of righteousness.
Founder of Pennsylvania, thou
Didst feel it when thy words ofpeace
Smoothed the stern chieftain's swarthy brow
And babe the dreadful advance cease.
On Schuylkilps banks no fortress frowned,
The peaceful cot alone was there.
No beacon fires the hill tops crowned,
No death shot swept the Delaware.
In manners meek, in precepts mild,
Thou and thy friends serenely taught
The savage huntsman, fierce and wild,
To raise to heaven his erring thought.
How all unlike the bloody band
That unrelenting Cortez led,
To princely Montezuma's land,
And ruin round his pathway shed.
With hearts that knew not how to spare,
Disdaining milder means to try,
The crimson sword alone was there,
The Indians choice, to yield or die.
But thou, meek Pennsylvania sire,
Unarmed, alone, from terror free,
Taught'by the heather council fire,
The lessons Of Christianity.
Founder OF Pennsylvania State.
Not on the blood-wet rolls Of fame,
But with the wise, the good, the great,
The world shall place thy sainted namt
1894.
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Not Profit $6,SaL4T
Carried to stock SGSl9.lG. Undivided Sl.3l
No of Shares in First Shares, ll".
Amount paid OH Stock S6W.
Profits per Share SfW.
Book value of Stock $l2.W.
W. A. BONYNGE, Secretary.
Annroyed nv the Finance Committee.
ED. KOTULLA, Chairman.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-30
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1882.


One large, double font of nonparhe', SOlu
atvIel abOut 100 pounds or more, with aDuh
dance of CAPS small caps, figures leaders, ana
sorts. will be sold at Il bargain; type I'D goo't
condition Also several hundred pouhus VI
brewer and long primer. when Is nearly h'"'
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INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
Edmund j. Davis.

For Congress 10th Congressional District
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-30
WILLIAM PENN.

John G. Whittier, the..Quaker poet writes
a letter to the Friends on the occasion OF the
bi.centenuial of Penn's landing, and declared
that advancing age prevents him from contri-
buting poem fit for the them, but he sends
the following poem written by him when boy,
but unpublished:
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06
Reform Suggestions.

MIR. Topnoody came in late to supper the
other evening, and his wife had been keeping
it on the stove for him an hour at least, and
she was not any happier for the loving MIN
istration. Topnoody saw the state of affairs,
and when he sat down to the table he
thought he would make things pleasant for
her. so he cheerily began;
81 am little late, my DEAR but | was en-
gagged down town in matter pertaining to
the city government, and couldn't get home.
By-the-way, my dear, what do you think Of
the mayors reform movements?"
"What movement? What reform What
mayor Is he q married man ?" snapped Mrs.
Topnoody, like bunch of shooting crackers
going off.
"Well, no." replied Topnoody; mot yet"
That's good thing for some poor
woman"
"But was not talking about that, angel
mine. / simply asked what you thought
about his reform movements"
"What are theyp Is there any thing in
them about reforming men who come late
to their meals who won't cut the kindling
wood, nor bring in the coal, nor carry a
bucket of water, nor fasten the boards on the
back fence, nor get the marketing, nor stop
talking city government when they ought to
talk home government, nor read their news.
papers while theirpoor wives are Shaving out
cooking for them, nor try to boss the house
when the wife knows best what should be
done, nor do forty dozen other things they
shouldn't do? say, is this in them? lift
amt, he'd better shut up shop and retire, and
let woman run the machine awhile. l can
tellyou, Topneody, i'll was in there I'd make
things humw
Then she went ont into The kitchen for
something and while she was gone Topnoody
drew a long breath and sighed, "Hum Well,
| should SMILE"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06
The Three Wishes.

l asked a student what three things lie
most desired He said "Give me books
health and quiet, ami | care for nothing
more"
l asked a miscr and he cried, Money
money, money"
asked n pauper, and he family said,
BREAD, bread, bread"
| asked the drunkard, and he loudly called
for strong drink.
asked the multitude around me and they
lifted up confused cry in which heard the
words, Wealth, fame and pleasure"
asked a poor man who had long borne
the character of an experienced Christian
He replied that all his wants could be met in
Christ. He spoke seriously and asked him
to explain. He said:
81 greatly desire these three things-frst
that / may be found in Christ secondly
that may be like Christ; thirdly, that may
be with Christ" l have thought much OF
his answer; and the more think of it the
wiser it seems to be.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

Schools are found in many country districts
| where the old-fashioned practice of board
| ing around" is in vogue. Some of the towns
and cities support excellent graded and
| high.schools. The disfavor, the result of in
! competency, by which the district schools
are looked upon, thus gives rise to large
number of academies, organized and support
ed either by private individuals, corporations
or municipal authorities The State, through
its Board of Regents, grants appropriations to
| all these academies, in proportion to the num-
Der which pass their examinations. The acade-
mics are thus fed upon what should go to its
| elementary schools. 1t is "robbing Peter to
pay Paul" The district schools are not APP
preciated by the people as the public schools
in Maryland are. This arises from the want
ofsystem, the large appropriations given
to the academies An inspection of these
methods if methods they can be called has
confirmed the writer in the beliefthat his ma
tive State of Maryland has the best public
school system in the Union. IF q higher,
standard of qualification was required of its
teachers-though that at present required is
second to nonc-and n just increase of COM
pensation was given to them, the public
schools ofMaryland would ere long be the
pride of the State and nation. To the legisla-
tor who thinks he would wear the laurels of
fame by amending its school system we would
say, Hands off," The character of the PEG.
pile in these two States exhibits the result of
the education given them. The white popula-
ton of Maryland, taken as unit, is better
educated and more intelligent than that of
New York, but the latter State contains
larger per centage of well educated people,
the result ofacademic and collegiate training
1t is hoped that these comparisons have
not been odious, and with your permission
Mr.. Editor, | shall have something to say of
interest to the farmers concerning the public
roads, crops, and modes of farming in this
land of potatoes and rye, in the not distant
future. MARYLANDIUs
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06
Satisfactory Identification.

A raw .boned Irish woman entered one oil
the National banks in Providence, the Other
day, and presented n check at the cashiers
desk The cashier looked at her and said
politely
MADAM, you must getidentified."
Faith, an what's that"
"Why, you see, you are stranger to me.
l don't know you"
Twill, thin, I'm proud to introduce mesilftc
yez My names Sairy MacFinn, an I'm moi
ashamed ofitw
"Well, but you see l can't tell whether
you are the person whose name is on this
check, said the cashier, too polite to tell hel
that perhaps she was lying about it.
AN what did you say must do?"
identify yourself Bring some one here
that knows you"
"Indade! An who knows me better than
know mesilfp
The cashier paid the check without anoth
Ell word.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

Col. Tom Clark, of Brooklyn, once own
ed a cat on which he shoTered all the affec-
ton of his bachelor heart. And the shower
took the shape ola pound ofmince meat every
day. One morning the Colonel noticed that
his feline namesake had wasted away to a
mere skeleton, and Immediately he summon
ed his boy Bill to appear before the bar.
Didn't tell you to give that cat pound
of meat every day ?" asked the Colonel
eyes, sir and that's what give him every
morning before you're out of bed" answered
Bill.
81 don't believe word oft. My opinion
is that you either pocket the money or eat
the meat yourself. Bring me the scales and
the cat"
The scales and cat were brought the latter
was placed upon the former and Tom and
the marker stopped at the one pound mark,
"There," exclaimed the boy in triumph,
Didn't tell you gave him pound ofmeat
this morning."
"There's the pound of meat sure enough"
said the Colonial stroking his chin, but
where's the cat ?"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

"A story of a Kentucky orator is told by
the Louisville CoM4erJ0uInM. He had re-
ceived 800 for defending McLarens, and
only $40 from Ragg, who was on trial under
the same indictment for larceny. Closing
his appeal to the jury, he said "And may
it please you, gentlemen of the jury, when
the last trumpet note is sounded, and the
quick and the dead arise in the presence of
the Awful Judge, on that final day, when the
earth and the seas melt away, the angel of
the Lord will be seen kneeling before the
throne exclaiming, McLaren is innocents p
McLarens is innocent y" and, suddenly re-
membering his ten-dollar client, he added in
subdued voice, land also Ragg2"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06
Thistles and Golden Rod,
The Autumn Plants That May be Put 10
Use by Glover Fingers.

Now is the time to gather thistles for room
establishment. There may be some who do
not know how to transform them into the
white puffy balls which are sold in the stores
and on the street. For such the following
Gather them when in full bloom; those
gathered little early will bloom in water.
Holding by the pink top, insert pocket
knife under the green points nearest the stem
and bend them back. They will readily
break off and the longer points will follow
easily. The next thing to do is to pull out the
pink if they are fully bloomed this can be
done without taking any of the white silky
fibers that are laid bare on removing the
green. Hang them then by the stem in q
sunny window few days and you have
delicate, pretty things to fill the vase when
the garden and wild flowers are gone. They
may also be used effectively to cover picture
cords. Then it is better to cut off the stiff
stems and string the ball on thread.
Large punches of golden rod seem to be
the present correct street decoration for the
corsage. They are worn at the belt or Just
over the heart The addition of two or three
large thstles gives one a very formidable
touch me.not appearance The miss who
dares wear them has presumably learned the
secret of handling the prickly things, which
is simply to press the hand firmly and with
the courage that will grow with expe-
rience, in the direction of the points, that is
toward the purplish-pink tops.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

"A gentleman sauntelcd into large dry
good store in the city of la few days
before Christmas, and remarked casually to
the attentive clerk: Il want something for
n Christmas present for my wife What have
you got?"
The clerk suggested various things, but the
customer seemed not quite satisfied
At last he asked, Have you cotton cloth ?"
Certainly sir"
Il need some new shirts How much cloth
does it take for a shirt ?"
about four yards"
"Well let's see. | want eight new shirts.
Eight times four are thirtytwo. I'll take
thirty-two yards"
The gratitude of the wife at receiving us a
Christmas present the cloth for eight new
shirts for her husband can be better imagined
than descrbed.-Harper'S Monthly
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

Uncle Boze was indisposcd last week.
He had an attack of malaria and fever
and chills and variety of ailments,
and finally had to GO to a doctor, who adj
vised him to take quinine and whisky
Uncle Boze was almost well again with the
thought of it, and day or two ago the doc
tor met him and demanded "Well, uncle,
did you take that quinne and whisky as |
told your yes Boss, / done took it. |
done tied de quinine to de neck o. de bottle
an drnked dc wisky. low it done me a
heap O good, Boss, pow'ful heap"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

THE USE OF THE SUNFLowER.-The sun
flower has other qualities than the ideal of
the leonine in aesthetics. Among them, ac-
cordingly to one of our citizens is the follow
ing: 1t is an absorber, when growing, of
malaria the seed is an excellent egg produ-
Ger when fed TO the chickens; one pint of
seed given to horse within twenty.four
hours after being foundered will cure him,
and handful given him every day will cure
horse of the heaves and give him nice
glossy coat of hair. If all this is So they
should be cultivated for their usefulness as
well as beauty. .....
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garded as equivalent to sale, but such n
lease has Just expired in England and the
property has reverted to the original owner
the Church of England. 1t is thus legally
decided that the Church of England has mad
q corporate entity since the time of Alfred
the Great, and it did not, as has been suppos
ed by many, originate in the time of Henry
VIII
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

She said she wanted ticket to Wyan-
dotte and return, and the pale, gcntlemanly
agent, with the dark mustache, asked, as he
took up the pasteboard, Single ?" at amt
any of your business as | know" she re.
sponded tartly II might a been married n
dozen times if I'd felt like providn' for
some poor shiftless wreck of man!' He
doesn't ask ladies if they want single tickets
any more; he's afraid to.
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pnetical.
THE ROSARY OF MY YEARS.
Some reckon their age by years,

Some reckon their age by years,
Some measure their life by art,
But some tell their days by the flow of their tears
And their life by the means of their heart.
The dials of earth may show
The length, not the depth, of years;
Few or many they come, few or many they go
But our time is best measured by tears.
All! not by the silver gray
rhat creeps through the sunny hair,
And not by the scenes that we pass on our way
And not by the burrows the finger of care
On forehead and face has made;
Not so do we count our years;
Not by the sun of the earth-but the shade
Of our souls-and the fall of our tears.
For the young are Outlines old,
Though their brow be bright and fair;
Der them the spring time-but winter is there
And the old are ofttimes young,
When their hair is thin and white;
And they sing in age as in youth they sung
And they laugh, for their cross was light.
But bead by bead tell
The rosary of my years;
From q cross to q crown they lead-'tis well!
And they're blessed with blessing of tears.
Better a day of strife
Than century of sleep;
Give me instead of long stream of life
The tempest and tears of the deep.
thousand joys may foam
On the pillows of all the years;
But never the foam brings the brave bark home
1t reaches the haven through tears.
Fdther RydR.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

"A venerable young gentleman, four cars
old, recently threw his maternal relative into
fit of admiration by the following speech:
81 like almost any kind ofcake-pound cake,
sponge cake and jelly cake-but l don't
like stomachache."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

Browns IRON BITTERS is
composed of Iron in soluble
form; Cinchona the great
tonic, together with other
standard remedies, making
a remarkable non-alcoholic
tonic, which will cure Dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, Malaria,
Weakness, and relieve all
Lung and Kidney diseases.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

-"Disagree, said the juryman, "of course
did. Dye think I'm such commonplace
lunkhead as to have no opinions different
from the eleven donkeys l was associated
with? l disagreed sir, as a matter of Justice
to myselfp ma
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

A FABLE.-A certain young man who was
always unhappy if not equipped in the Lat
est Style from Head to Foot, once determin-
ed to eat a pie every day for his Luncheon, in
Diamond Ring. So he went into a pie shop,
hung his new Derby on the peg, and sat down
TO the counter ON a high stool, with num-
Der ofmechanics, and devoured Custard pie.
On departing he found to his sorrow that
some Miscreant had appropriated his new
Derby and left in its stead an old straw hat
with a purple banda shattered Relic of the
departed Summer. The Moral of this Fable
teaches us two things: First, that we should
never sacrifice the inner for the outer man,
and Second, that we should always avoid Pie.
-PurE
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06

To strengthen and build up the system,
a trial will convince you that Browns Iron
Bitters is the best medicine made
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06
Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1881.

Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1887.
Gentlemen IL have suffered with
PAIN in my side and back, and great
soreness on my breast, with shoot
ing pains all through my body, at
tended with great weakness, depres-
sion of spirits, and loss Of appc-
tite. i have taken several different
medicines, and was treated by prom
incnt physicians for my liver, kid
ncys, and spleen, but got no relief.
/ thought l would try Browns Iron
Bitters; have now taken one bottle
and half and am about well-pain
in side and back all gone-sorencss
all out Of my breast, and 1 have a
good appetite, and am gaining in
strength and flesh. Itcan justly DO
called the King ef medicines.
john X. ALLENDER.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-06
VOL. XXVII----NO. 80.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT IN AeR1cULTURE

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT IN AGRICULTURE.
"A significant feature of the use of electric
lights in agriculture, and one pregnant with
farmers, is, the London GloJe thinks, the
wonderful inducemont which the light offers
to all sorts and conditions of insects to at
tempt multitudinous suicide by banging their
heads against the crystal globe all through
the night and the small hours ofthe morning.
A simple mechanical arrangement, in the
shape of a grated trap, into which the i'm
pulsive creatures could fall, and whence they
could not extract themselves, would assist
them to complete the happy work of selfde-
struction. That single electric light near a
hop garden or cornfield would completely
eXterminate many dreaded insects, is, of
course, not certain, but it is possible--peril-
Ously possible for the bugs and beetles
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Invalid wives and mothers quickly re-
stored to health by using Browns Iron Bit
tiers. A true tonic.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-23
Foreign News.

A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg says that a
Jewish family consisting of mother,
daughter aged seventeen and a son aged four
teen, have been massacred by peasants in the
district of Ananieff, Russia.
Mr.. LLOYD, a temporary magistrate of county
Clare, Ireland, was fired at by party behind a
wall near Do]yke. A policeman accompanying
him was severy wounded, but Mr.. Lloyd was
unhurt. Six arrests have been made on sus-
picion. Eleven arrests have been made under
the coercion act at Swineford, county Mayo, in
connection with recent attack on three men,
who are still seriously i'll.
Rev. Mr.. GOULD, the eminent Baptist min
lister of London, is dead.
ENGLAND and France have agreed to discuss
with other European powers tho affairs OF
Egypt.
lN pigeon shooting match at Liverpool DR..
Carver, the American marksman, standing at
thi:ty-one yards, shot against Mr.. Graham, at
twenty-nine yards, and Mr.. Fowler, the Scotch
champion, at twenty-eight yards, and easily
beat them both.
CuDA's sugar crop will not prove SO large
this year as was anticipated.
Two boxes containing Internal machines,
which had been delivered at two different ad-
dresses in Edinburgh, exploded on being
opened, and eight persons were injured.
A POLICEMAN was shot dead near Galway,
Ireland, by unknown parties.
The Egyptian ministers have decided upon
the total abolition of slavery
A NUMBER of tenant farmers from various
counties of ireland are performing all neces-
sary agricultural work on Mr.. Parnel's farm in
county Wicklow.
GREAT distress prevails among the people of
Sweden, the mildness of the weather prevent
ing them from tho transportation of produce
by means Of sleighs as usual.
AT Durham, England, 100 miners were en-
tombed in the pit by an explosion. Thirty were
rescued soon after the explosion. The foul gas
sufiocated four men in another colliery two
miles away.
MORE anti-Jewish disturbances are reported
in Russil. In village near Kichenet ten Jews
were beaten nearly to death.
BETWEEN sixty and seventy persons were
killed by the culliery explosion n Durham,
England.