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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-24

-lnyigoratng food for the brain and nerves il
what we need in these days of rush and worry
Parker's Ginger Tonic restores the vital energies
and brings good health quicker than anything
you can ilse. TribiGHe. Soc adv.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-24

Astonishing bargains Mrs. Fogg visited q
secondhand auction the other day aud bought Il
job lot of kitchen furniSht goods. Fogg says
every article in the list has hole in it excepting
the pepperboX cover and that everything leaks
but the cullonder and milk straincr.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
Turning ArabI's Position.

Says the Alexandra correspond
ent of the London Times: awe can
easily turn ArabPs present position
to good account and cut him off from
Cairo before he is aware of there
being any force threatening his'rear.
We should now be able to land at
Suez or Ismaila, force sufficient for
the purpose; bnt whether it could
be transported to Zagazig in time to
cut him off before he became aware
of the movement is, perhaps, doubt
full. He is sure to have the COM
mand of the railway to Ismaila, so
that the means of transport are not
likely to be at our service, and we
shall be reduced to the slow and
weary necessity OF marching our
troops through tract of desert for
ty-three miles long before reaching
Zagazig. There is a fresh water
canal which runs from Zagazig to Is
malta. This would remove one great
difficulty, by affording plentiful
supply of water on the time of
march. But it would be presuming
on an enemy's imbecility 10 suppose
that no measures would be taken by
Arab to prevent it being used.
However, it would be no great mat
ter to provide water conveyance, by
camels or otherwise, since the dis
lance is not very great. Once arriv-
ed at Zagazig, the journey to Cairo
lies through a cultivated and fertile
country, plentifully watered by ca
mails. The distance in a straight
line is thirty miles, but allowing for
deviations rendered inevitable by
the occurrence of the numerous ca.
nails intersecting the route, the dis
lance may be approximately put at
forty-five miles. Surprising then
that there is an intention of cutting
off Arab from Cairo, this gives a
rough idea of the route which would
probably be pursued.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
PERSONAL.

Vennor, after predicting fine
weather, has succumbed to an attack
of rheumatism, brought on by reck-
lessly taking walk OH an inclement
day, at Ferry Beach, Maine, where he
is passing the summer.
The Marquis of Lorne and Princess
Louise will not return to Ottawa
until late in the fall. The princess
will remain in Canada until the con-
clusion of the governor-general's
term of Office. The coming winter
season at Rideau Hall is therefore
expected TO be unusually gay.
Bartholdy, the sculptor of the 6o-
lossal statue of liberty, the other day
invited twenty of his literary and
artistic friends to breakfast with
MIN inside the thigh of the statue, to
which the head belongs, and which
as yet is only built up as far as the
waist. The little banquet was most
successful in every way; the guests
walked in by the right foot of the
statue, and one of them laid himself
down most comfortably inside one
of the toes; ladders conveyed them
all the way up the calf, and finally
deposited them where a temporary
platform had been constructed
aud the festive board had been
laid. They hope, when the statue
has been entirely put together at
some future day, to enjoy lively
dinner inside the head.
A romantic story, designed to IL
lustrate at once the delicate sense of
honor of Arab Pasha and his hatred
of the English, is published in a vi
emma newspaper. The story is that
last spring an English officer at
Cairo insulted lady, and, having
refused to apologize, likewise refus-
ed to fight duel to which he was
challenged by a Hungarian noble
man, Baron Atczel. Not long after
ward, at a social entertainment,
Arab approached the Baron and
thus expressed himself: although
the Koran strictly forbids duels, yet
if had discovered that one of my
officers had conducted himself in
such a despicable and cowardly
manner 1 would have commanded
him to fight, and if he had then re<
fused l would have shot him with
my own hand" The story ends with
the assertion that Arabi's words
were soon IN everybody's mouth,
and that during the first part OF
April no Englishman could appear
on the street without hearing HIM
self called a coward.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
Prussian OFFICERS for Turkey.

A number of Prussiau officers have
entered the Turkish army under a
contract that is to run for term of
three years, with provisions for re-
newal. One of the officers is a colo
mel, who takes the rank of brigadier
general, with "a salary of 10000
francs. The others are to be colo
onels in the Ottoman service, and
will receive salary of $4,000 francs.
In addition to this, all are to get the
usual rations and other allowances
given to Turkish officers of like
rank. In case of disability for SER
vice, a pension of one-third of the
active salary is to be given, and in
case of death, pension of one-half
the salary is to go to the widow and
children. The officers, moreover,
though obliged to wear the Turkish
military uniform, will not be requir-
ed to renounce their allegiance to
Prussia. They are to continue SUBJ
jects of the Prussian government,
and members of the PrusSian army.
Both the Turkish and the Prussian
governments assent 10 this. The
salaries and pensions are to paid in
gold by the Ottoman bank.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
THE GARLAND CASE.
Second Day of the Virginia Murder
Trial.

MEHERRIN, VA, August 15.-The
second days trial of Richard B.
Garland, at the Lurenburg court
house, for the murder of James Adj
Olson, of Baltimore, commenced at
$50 O'Clock this morning. The first
witness called was e. Il. Organ, in
innate friend of the murdered man.
He testifies to knowing w. w. Bos-
well, brother-invlaw of Garland,
calling at Walderburn's saw mill and
informing Addison that Garland was
down the road waiting to see him,
and of Addison going to meet Gar
land, accompanied by Williams, and
John K. Eanes' subsequent introduce
ton of Garland ana Addison, and
the duel which followed. Witness
thought that AddisOn's pistol was
fired only once, but after being
wounded deceased told witness he
fired twice. AT this point the pis-
tol was exhibited to the court and
jury, when witness said that he ex-
amine1 the pistol after Addison had
been shot and found one barrel
empty and impression of the hammer
of the pistol on four cartridges
which had failed to explode. After
Garland had exhausted the loads in
his pistol he asked Boswell for an
other. When Boswell handed Gar
land another pistol Addison re-
marked Foul play; my pistol has
refused to fire but once, aud l have
no other" Boswell then remarked,
al am satisfied, gentlemen, if
you are" Addison next said
{" Well, boys, | am done for. 1
have been shot through the
bowels" Garland next replied,
81 have been shot through the arm"
At the conclusion of this portion OF
the testimony, the letters which
caused the difficulty, and which
have already been published, writ
ten by Miss Hatchett to Garland,
and those written to Miss Hatchett
by Garland, were read to the court
and jury. Pending the reading of
the letters the court took recess.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
weather Facts and Probabilities.

AS we are passing through Pc
riod of very accentuated and trying
atmospheric changes, the following
ten short rules, by the use of which a
person can stand beneath his own
vine and fig tree. in any part of the
northern hemisphere north of lati-
tude fifteen, and for hundreds of
miles around him form an accurate
opinion of how the wind and
weather are progressing, may be of
value. They were supplied some time
ago to the Farmers Club Of the
American Institute by scientist of
Nav Jersey:
1. When the temperature falls
suddenly, there is storm forming
south ofyou.
2. When the temperature rises
suddenly, there is storm forming
north of you.
3. The wind always blows from a
region of fair weather towards re-
giOn where a storm is forming.
4. Cirrus clouds always move
from a region where a storm is in
progress towards region of fair
weather.
5. Cumulous clouds always move
from a region of fair weather to-
wards region where a storm is
forming.
6. When the cirrus clouds are
moving rapidly from the north or
northwest there will be rain in less
than twenty-four hours, no matter
how cold it may be.
When cirrus clouds are moving
rapidly from the south or southwest,
there will be cold rainstorm on the
morrow, if it be summer; and, if it
be winter, there will be snow
storm.
s. The wind always blows in a
circle around a storm, and when it
blows from the north the heaviest
rain is east of you if it blows from
the south, the heaviest rain is west /;
if it blows from the east, the heaviest
rain is south if it blows from the
west, the heaviest rain is north of
you.
3. The wind never blows unless
rain or snow is fall within 1000 miles
of you.
10. Whenever heavy white
frost occurs a storm is forming
within 1000 miles north or northwest
of you.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
Protection for the Bicycle.


The bicycle makers have turned
up before the tariff commission at
Long Branch, interceding for protec-
ton against the pauper-made bicy-
cles of England. They could get
along very we'll if the duty on steel
were removed; but, as that would
interfere with somebody else's job,
nothing remains but to put the tar
iff on foreign bicycles so high that
practically they will be excluded
from our markets. 1t is curious that
this "infant industry" has been al
lowed to go all this time without the
slightest protection. British bicycles
have been running all over our
streets and highways, frightening
horses and soaring the wrangling
old ladies of the park commission
half to death. A well behaved
American bicycle would not, il is
unnecessary to say, be guilty ofsuch
horrible misconduct. tits therefore
not only unpatriotic, but exceeding
ly imprudent, to allow the gentle,
amiable article of home manufacture
to be crowded out of the race by the
brutal, half-starved foreign importa-
ton.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17

MEXICO has nearly 1000 miles of
completed railway i'll operation.
Besides the old English railway from
Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico,
there are three other railways lead
ing out from the Mexican capital
the Central to Leon, the Morelos to
Cuautla and the National to Ell SaltO
and also to TOluca-the last reported
to be quite as marvellous piece of
engineering as the English road.
The mileage of these lines is as
follows: To Leon 254, to Cuautla
81, to Toluca 45, to FL SaltO 81, to
Puebla and Vera Cruz 292, the total
of railways now centering at the city
of Mexico beng 727 miles. OF other
roads, contributing TO the trade OF
Vera Cruz, there are APO miles con-
Meeting a number of cities and towns
IN different directions with the port.
Vera Cruz, besides the English line
above, has mileage completed to ia
lapa and Coatepec, S9; to Medellln, Is;
to Alvarado, Is !; to Chalchicomula,
11-making 128 miles, which, added
TO the 292 above, gives that port 420
miles, of which it is the terminus
But since the two systems meet at
Mexico, the entire connected mileage
is $50, rather more than half of all
the track yet finished in the repub-
lie. The longest completed lines be-
sides the above, are those from El
Paso del Norte nearly finished
to chihuahua 233 miles; from
Nuevo Laredo toward Monterey
10 or more miles finished, and
from Guaymas toward Las Nogales
10 miles built. Mexico is feeling
the influence of this civilizing
agency, and is advancing with rapid
strides towards the consummatiOn
of destiny but lately dreamed of
The L'EchO du MeTiQre very justly
says: "The government of General
Gonzales has marked an era of true
national prosperity" The Echo
thinks that which has passed and i;
passing so remarkable that it cannot
be considered the result of human
combinations, but must rather be
regarded as the unhoped-for accom-
plishment of providential design.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
One More InfIiction.
philadelphia Times.1

The first session of the forty
seventh congress came yesterday to
an inglorious but welcome end. 1T
was one of the longest sessions upon
record and altogether the most I'M
profitable and disgraceful. 1t pro-
duced no single measure of public
value, no legislation at all except
what was essentially dishonest, and
it has left undone everything of i'm
portance that called for action. 1t
is annoying to think that the coun-
try must indure another session from
this congress-though it cannot be
prolonged beyond three months
but it will be more than that, it will
be disheartening, if the November
elections do not make q sweeping
change in the membership and char
acter of the house.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
Airing His Piety.
1Boston Post.1


An old negro IN North Carolina,
much given to the airing of his pious
propensitIes, used to kneel down be-
hind a stone wall on the plantation,
where he in piteous tones pleaded
with the Lord to "take him away
from this miserable world, even, if
necessary, by burying him beneath
the stones behind which he was
praying." A young darkey, ac-
quainted with the old mans habits,
interviewed his devotions by taking
up a position on the other side of the
wall. No sooner had the customary
petition been offered than the mis-
chievous eaves-dropper started the
wall in a tumble over the supplicat-
ing sinner. With remarkably spry
spring of his old bones the ancient
darkey jumped up and broke out
with the remonstrance, 30 Lord
can't a pore niger say word in
Jest but you are ready to take him
in earnest?1 The moral of which, to
politicians, is in its application.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17

The postoffice department ex-
plains that the order of MAY last
about mail matter held for postage
does not authorize the detention OF
any letter, but when letter is short
paid, so that the law forbids it to be
forwarded, if the postmaster has no
clue to the writer, the order directs
him to send card to the person ad-
dressed. If the postage is RENTED
he gets the letter before it goes to
the dead letter Office. Postmasters
are not permitted to return letters
which have no other hint of re-
quest than the printed name of a no.
tel. The statute permits the return
only of letters upon the outside of
which the writer has Endorsed his
name and address. A rule of the
department permits letters to be re-
turned which bear a designated
place to which they may be returned.
A hotel is a place to which letters
might be returned, but it is place
that is excluded by the rule, for the
prudent reason that the statutes of
the dead letter Office show that if
such letters were returned to the
hotel, three hundred written by
strangers would be returned for
every one written by the proprietor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
A sermon ON Kindness.

4 II
The HuS6dndnldR thus breaches a
sermon on kindness to animals from
the text,-"A righteous man regard
eth the life of his beast; but the ten
der mercies of the wicked are cruel"
A righteous man regardeth not
only the life of his beast, but the
comfort as well. The text is one
which farmers may ponder well and
find in it the highest wisdom. 1t is
not alleged that farmers are more
than other people cruel to their
animals and sometimes seemed COM
PEELED to put them under great stress
that brings suffering. Farmers exact
from themselves undue physical per-
Torrance, oftentimes to the sacrifice
of ease and comfort, even to the short
ening of their days. They are not
cruel by design the excessive bard
ships placed upon working animals
result from thoughtless disregard of
their comfort and yielding to appar-
ent necessities. In hot summer
weather when horses are required
TO work hour after hour while the
sun is beating down upon them, there
there should be compensation in the
way of rest and care at suitable in
tervals. A righteous man" will re-
move the harness from his tired
animals when he brings them to the
stable for the noon rest. With the
fatigue of the morning tasks, the
sweat and consequent discomfort,
the harness becomes irksome and it
1hRFRfnrn of IN fol- n
1t from the poor animals during the
short period of noon rest. Farmers
horses usually get enough to eat, but
in other kinds of care necessary
to the thrift and comfort of
the animals they do not often
have more than slack attention. "a
righteous man," the proverb says,
regarded the life of his beast"
Does not this mean the full enjoy
ment of that life; freedom from
pains, from the sufferings attendant
upon labor eXacted through the live
long day, at least so far as such free
dom can be secured by careful at
tention to all the visible wants of the
animal? Abundant feed. of good
quality, fresh clear water, and such
grooming as may be necessary to
facilitate insensible perspiration
through cleanliness of the hair and
skin.
In all this care there is real profit.
Animals treated with due consider
alton to their known wants,
last longer and perform better SER
vice. In one other respect the
righteous man will regard the
comfort of his anImals-in forms
OF speech, at least in tone of voice
Why yell and shout at horses whose
sense OF hearing is acute? Why not
give signs and signals with as little
disturbance of quiet order as posi-.
ble-with no disturbance-for mild
tone of speech is as pleasant to the
animal as to a member of the human
race. Horses show fOndness for
music, and the music of tie human
voice i'll its most pleasing tones, is
sweeter than any other. The pro
verb says, "The tender mercies o.
the wicked and cruel" The speech
of the wicked to whom the care o.
horses is committed,i is not only cruel
1t Is often shocking 10 the refined
senses of cultivated people, or o
people not wholly depraved.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
French Horses-What the English

The British Journal of agriculture
says: "The horses of Normandy
are a capital race for hard work and
scanty fare. Have never elsewhere
seen such horses at the collar. Un-
der the diligence, post carriage, or
cumbrous cabriolet, or on the farm,
they are enduring and energetic be-
yond description. With their necks
cut to the bone they finch not. They
keep their condition when other
horses would die of neglect and
hard treatment" The superiority
OF French stations for crossing on
the common horses of America is
established. This fact has caused
the development of the largest i'm
porting and breeding establishment
in the world, M. w. Durham, of
Wayne, Illinois, having imported
aud bred nearly 1000, and has now
on hand some 400.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
To Cure a Kicking Cow.

A correspondent of the Rural
NelC Yorker having kicking COW
on which moral suasion had been
vainly tried, cured her of the bad
habit by judicious use of the mild
weapon which Solomon held IN
much esteem: 81 tied the COW up by
the head (not legs, procured a good
switch mot club). and proceeded to
milk, and for every kick 1 returned
one good smart blow OH the Offend
ing leg. A few kicks aud blows suf-
feed for that time. At the next
milking only three or four blows
were required, and at the third milk
ing one kick and one blow were suf-
ficient, and ever after the COW was
as gentle as need be. Three i'm
portant points are to be observed in
the above treatment: First, uni
form kindness and gentleness; Sec
ond, never strike a COW for kicking
when loose in the yard, or she will
learn to run from you; third, only
one blow for each kick"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
TIE Philadelphia Press (RepubIi

THE Philadelphia Press (Republi-
can) thinks that the adjournment of
the house without passing the stere-
otyped vote of thanks to Keifer as
speaker proves that the house as
we'll as the country has token the
measure Of the man, and that even
the hardened conscience of politi-
clans could not be brought to even a
pretension of respect for either the
manner or spirit in which Mr..
Keifer has conducted himself
in position in which his
unfitness was more marked the last
day of the session that it was the
first. 1t says: "The house has done
itself some credit by abstaining
from self qualification in pretending
a respect that it does not feel, and
when the worst is written that can
be of the errors of the body, this
afterthought of self respect will go
to palliate sins of omission and COM
mission" Of the many sins COM
mitted by this most sinful congress
there is not one greater than the Sc
lection of Keifer as speaker. 1t was
but foretaste of what the hereafter
would be.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
REJECT THE EVILS OF THE
SYSTEM.

1t may be remembered that Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher not long ago
charged members of the public
school boards of Brooklyn and New
York with vile practices in the selec-
ton of free school teachers, and a
good deal of scandal arose thereon.
The tendency appears to be in many
places to turn the schools over en-
tirely to young and fascinating
females, experience counting as
nothing in placing teachers in charge
of schools. In the eastern cities the
issue has been made between mar
ried and unmarried teachers remain
ing in charge of the schools, and now
in the Pacific slope, as we see from
the San Francisco Examiner, the
question is live one there, with the
school board having declared in
favor of women without hus-
bands. The proposition is certainly
most absurd, and should'be frowned
upon by all communities where edu-
cation and good morals are regarded
with care. Mr.. Beecher intimated
that this practice was being adopted
in the schools to suit the nefarious
purposes of members of the board.
that female favorites were thus be-
ing supplied with places where they
could enjoy public money, and that
even leacherous conditions were
attached to the tenure of such
positions. We thank God that we
live in a community where every
baseness that springs from fanati-
cism does not yet prevail, where the
little children of the land are not yet
turned over to the training of those
who degrade society. We have Dor
rowed much A.; will we go ON and
borrow all?
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-17
Aga,n., yellow rere,

MONTGOMERY, ALA, August 49,
A strict quarantine has been estab-
lished against Pensacola on account
of continued reports of yellow fever
in that city. The incoming train at
3 o'clock last night was first subject
ed to u regular inspection. State
Health Officer Cochran has been or
dered to Pensacola to investigate
and report. There is no excitement
as vet.