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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-26
Mr.. HOltOn's Record.

Who is Mr.. Hollon? He has no record as
a public man but that as Senator from
Howard county when DR.. Macin was turn
ed out against all right and decency to put
him in, and then the little record he made liz
bad enough His whole but short public
life is the dsagreeabe revival of the scandals
and wrongs of Republican power in this
State during the war
This gentleman has no power as aspeaker,
no position as a political thinker, nor any
known aptitude for the charge and conduct
of public affairs He is said to b. rich, and
clever, and jo7ial, and witht ut any practical
political knowledge.
1t is said further, that being rich he will
use much money towards his election. If
this be true and money is to take the place
of merit and of principle, upon what times
have we fallen?
Are we to have opened out upon the whole
State what il is said was witnessed in the last
Congressional contest in his district, and
which went far notwithstanding his election
the sluic of corruption?
The greatest evil now upon our American
politics is tho corrupt use of money in our
elections. 1t is the sappcr and miner of free
institutions and of republican government.
1t was to be hoped that in the canvass for
Governor there would be public sentiment
against 1t that would make itselffelt and that
would to great extent be respected by both
political parties
All good men should set their faces against
| the corrupt use o: money.
But il the rumors he true that float around
the nomination of Mr.. Holton, it is To he
practced upon scale never before known in
this State.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-26
Microscopic Wonders.

Upon examining the edge of very sharp
lancet with Il microscope, it will appear as
broad as the back of n knife; rough, uneven,
full of notches and burrows An exceeding
ly small needle resembles rough iron bar
But the sting of / bee, seen through the same
instrument, exhibits everywhere most
beautiful polish, without the east flaw, blem-
ish or inequality, and it ends in point too
fine to be discerncd. The threads of fine
lawn seem coarscr than the yarn with which
ropes are made for anchors. But q silk
worms web appears perfectly smooth and
shining, and everywhere equal The smallest
dot that can be made with pen appears If
regular and uneven. But little spccks on the
wings aud bodies of insects are found to be
most accurately circular. The finest NINA.
ture paintings appear before the microscope
rugged and uneven, entirely void of beauty;
either in the drawing or coloring. The most
even and beautiful varnishes will be found to
be mere roughness. But the nearer we exam
inc the works of God, even inthe least of His
productions the more sensible shall we be of
His wisdom and power. In the numbcrless
species of insects, what proportion, exact
ness uniformity andsymmetry do we perceive
in all organs! what profuson of coloring
azure, green, vermillion, gold, silver, pearls,
rubies and diamonds ! fringes and embroid-
cry on their bodies, wings, head and every
part how high the finishing, how inimiable
the polish we everywhere behold.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-26
The Value of Manner.

We have heard it said that you can do
everything, however unpleasant it may be to
those around you, if you only do it in the
right way; and the instance given to prove
the truth of this assertion is taken from hum
BILE life, A cat walks dainlily into room
on q cold winters day. and with benign
glance at the company and a melodious pur-
ring sound she walks lesurely round, selects
for herself the warmest place in the room
perhaps the only warm place, right in front
of the flre-curls herselfup and goes serenely
to sleep, secure that no one will be so unrea-
sonable as to question her right to sleep
wherever inclination prompts her to sleep.
No one calls it selfish, no one is annoyed be-
cause she has done it so prettily and grace
fully. Indeed, every one experiences an ac-
cess of warmth and comfort in themselves,
from bcholding pussy's blissful reposc. Now,
imagine the same thing done in different
way, and by less selfpossessed individual.
If it were done hurriedly, or noisily, or clum-
silly, or efficiently even, or in any way OBJ
trusively, what a storm Of Indignation it
would excite in the bosoms of all beholders!
How thoughtless, how inconsderate, how
selfish No, it must be done as the cat does
it, without n sound or gesture 10 provoke
criticism, or it must not be at all.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-26
When There Were no Matches.

Young and even mddle.aged persons nc
customed to the convenience of the modern
lucifcr match, can hardly imagine the time
when the Undertook, with its clumsy flint
and steel and broad birthstone matches was
the only means of procuring light. Some
people were more skillful than Others in
striking light and blowing n spark and
match to flame; but often on wintry
morning it was weary work with the ser
want who had to kindle the first fire if the
finder happened to be damp or worn out or
the flint and steel sin n temper" Indeed, in
many houses a rush light was in some bed
room or other always burned, so that in case
of sudden illness, or any disaster, there might
be light ready. The rush-light, having, as its
name implies, a rush wick, was about 10
inches long, and was burnt in huge perfo-
rated shade; it was the "farthing rushlight,"
which very poor people were said to use for
other purposes than a night light. The pic
ture of halfstarved seamsress in her garnet
would in those days, have been incomplete
without the thin rush candle, but its flame
was so feeble that can hardly fancy any
eyes could have served to thread needle by
it,-LOndOn iSOciety
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-26
VARIETIES.

-. .
GIRL Who 10 now lis VIE. ~ marrv Inn, s 'l'o
said II don't mind y "nd she Never ANN mi 1,1
ed ''''> '"> nv ''''' ''''i''
find Nil. Cha,
az ,a,i; nn., nLcN, NAV you are IN the haDlt
y. ,"M,ns my oeSS Jokes ana passing them OH
Iv y ""i o" ~ ~ 10 you can that gentleman
~ coiluuc'! 70 DE sure 40, TOMB A
friend"
-Snobly-"A w-ow-it must be yary nm
pleasant for Won Americans io he covsru "a
bv people-aw-wh Won wonId5' ), ooI, 81
dinnerw American bellcN"Well not more ne 90 90
pcrhaps than Won in ENGLAND to hn ,,ouern
ed by people Who wouIdn't nsk Won ~ din.
ner !" ''i'
,,,.,,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-26
An Open Winter.
The Signs OF II as Revealed by an Aged
Indianiam.

What kind of winter are we going to
have, Uncle ?" asked an Express reporter of
an old squirrel hunter and mink trapper,
who makes his home in the hills across the
river.
II kinder calculate that we will have a
rather mild winter all the indications point
to- such"
What signs do you go by, Uncle?"
81 have good many signs and | never
knew one of them to fail yet. When | say
we are going to have mild winter, you can
depend on it. Haven't | lived in this coun-
try for forty years, and haven't | watched the
winters right along, and oughtn't be able
to tell ?"
"Are the corn husks thin this year,"
"You better reckon they are. There are
only two or three layers Of them, and they
are as thin us calico. Why, the corn is all
dry enough now to go through snow with
out injury. The one or two frosts we have
had have sucked all the sap out oft"
Are there any other indications besides
the corn husks?"
"You better believe there are. Now
when the sun crossed the line the wind blew
from the southeast. That indicates mild
| winter every time. If it had blown from
the north you coad have been prepared tc
hcaI lhc WIN Dlo" Slcht guns
as that all?"
"Not by a long ways. | could tell you
enough to fill a book My dog holed ground
hog the other day. had nothing to do, so
| set to work and dug the animal out. He
| didn't have n leaf or twig in his hole; hadn'
nothing in the shape ola nest"
"Isn't it too early for ground hogs tC
| make their nest"
Nov, | see how little you know about {
ground hog. A ground hog has his hol,
dug, or has picked out his hole, by the frs
of September. 1t it's going TO be a colo
winter he has it filled with leaves by thi
| time"
as th"rc anything else ?'
| "Yes. The coons haven't commenced t
gnaw the corn. That is Il splendid sign. Ant
another sign, and a sign that never fails, TIT
woodpeckers haven't commenced to drum
Now, if this was going to be a cold winte
all the old dead trees would be covered will
red heads pecking away at n hole in whicl
to store nuts"
"lsn't it too early for that YETI"
mot bit. They should have their hole
all peckcd by this time and be ready to fill
them. There is not n smarter bird than TIL,
woodpecker He knows what he's abou
when he is pecking away at an old limb from
morning till night"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-26
Perfect Through Suffering.

1t is rough work that roishes. Look at
the pebbles on the shoiel Far inland where
some arm of the sea thrusts itself deep into
the bosom of the land, and expanding into n
salt loch, lies girdled by the mountains, shell
tered from the storms that agitate the deep,
the pebbles ON the beach are rough, not beau
tiful angular, not rounded II is where long,
white lines of breakers roar, and the rafting
shingle is rolled about the The strand, that its
pebbles are rounded and polished. AS in ma
ture, as in art, so in grace it is rough treat
ment that gives souls, rs well as stones, their
lustre The more the diamond is cut, the
brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard
dealing, there God has no end in view but to
perfect His people.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-26
CORNER EXETER, BALTIMORE.

The Doctors Mistake.
One of the old mistakes of tn,
profession was to think that there
were no other ways of curing dis
ease except those which had been
handed down from former timesl
1t is not to be denied that the
Doctors have done great things for
the world. But when it comes right
down to the real curing of disease,
it must be admitted that Browns
Iron Bitters has done enough to
earn the generous gratitude of this
whole present generation, including
the medical profession. There are
no mysteries or secrets about tho
compromising of Browns Iron Bit
tiers. This preparation of iron is til,
only preparation which will not i'll
jure teeth or stomach. In this it il
beyond comparison better than III
other preparations, which are mi
chievous and injurious.
You need not fear a mistake in
trying Browns Iron Bitters. Yom
druggist has it. 1t gives vigor tc
the feeble, and rcw life TO the dys,
peptic. Children take it, not only
with safety, but with GREAT advan
taga. 8
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2netical.
AUTUMN LEAVES.

The following exquisite bit of word painting,
is from Dr. Hollands poem "Kathrina"
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Selhshness.

Poor human nature, which views the uni
verse from the standpoint of its own inter
ests, is illustrated in this anecdote.
A Scotch farmer was greatly exercised re-
gardng the safety of his hay crop. The
weather, though often threatening, favored
his efforts till he had succeeded in getting it
safely gathered in, being in this respect more
fortunate than several of his neighbors-
around his stacks, he exclaimed with self
satisfied air
moo, sim haze gotten my hay a safely in,
| think the warld would be greatly the bet
ter o a guild shower"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-26
How to Select Flour.

In selecting -four first look to the color
If it is white with yellowish straw color
tint, buy it. If is white with blush cast
examine its adhesiveness- and knead a lit
tie of il between your fingers; if il works
soft and sticky, it is poor Then throw a lit
tie lump of dried flour against a smooth sur
face if it falls like powder, it is bad Lastly,
squeeze some of the flour tightly in your hand !;
lift retains the shape given by the pressure,
that, too, is a bad sign. 1t is safe to buy
flour that will stand all these tests. These
modes are given byall old flour dealers, and
they pertain to n matter that concerns every
body
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-26

The following exquisite bit of word painting,
descriptive of the colors of the leaves in autumn,
is from Dr. Hollands poem "Kathrina."
Baths of sunny haze,
Sleeping the rpened leaves from day to day,
And dainty kisses at the frosts at night.
Such miracles of change, that myriad trees
Which pranked the meads and clothed the forest
glooms
Bloomed with the tints of Eden. Had the earth
Been splashed with blood of grapes from every
cline,
Tinted from topaz to dim carbuncle,
Or orient ruby, it would not have been =
Drenched with such waste of color. All the hues
The rainbow knows and all that meet the eye
In flowers of field and garden, Joined to tell
Each trees close folded secret. Side by side
Rose sister naples; some in amber gold,
Others incarnadne or tipped with flame;
And oaks that for hundred years had stood,
And fiouted one another through the storms
Boosting their might-proclaimed their pique or
pride
In dun, or dyes of Tyre. The sumac leaves
Blazed with such scarlet that the crimson fruit
Which hung among their flames was touched
with guise
OF dim and dying embers while the hills
That meet the sky at the horizons rim
Dabbled with rose among the evergreens,
Or stretching in sweeps of clouded crimson
glowed
AS If the archery of sunset clouds,
BY squads and fierce battalions, had rained down
Its barbed and feathered fire, and left 1t fast
To advertise the exploit.
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-Sophstry applied to the spring bonnet
When Mrs f. asked fora new bonnet Fogg
promptly refused "a man and his wife are
one" he said, "and it is a duty to practice
self.denial upon all possible occasions"
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ANSWER THTs--Is therra person living
who ever saw case of aguc, billiousness.
nervousness, or neuralgia, or any disease of
the stomach, liver, OF kidneys that Hop Bit
tiers will not cureY
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raised little mound above him. The
whiz of the MIME and the lannon's
roar for the day had ceased, and as
we left that fresh green knoll, my
lips We're repeating that beautiful
poem:
Soldier, rest, thy warfare is Ger"
His body lies there yet to-day, his
dust mingles with the dust of the
South, but his memory will ever be
sacred property of the loyal North.
At an early opportunity ! wrote to
his poor mother. told her all the cir
cumstances, and how brave he had
died, and how he knew beforehand
that his days We're numbered, that
the sacrifice had to be made, but that
it was to be for his country. She
answered me, and said the loss was
irreparable to her; it was the last
staff on which she had to lean, but as
he died a patriot for his country II
will endure his loss with all the pa
thence that my good Master will give
me-" 1 have often thought if his
death had been otherwise, what would
have been the feelings of that mother
No pen nor tongue could have told
but as he died at his post, with his
face to the foe, oil icds iCeiL- Blade.
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NAMING THE BABY.

They gather in solemn council,
The chiefs in the household band.
They sit in the darkened chamber
A conclave proud and grand:
They peer in the curtained cradle
And each in one voice exclaim,
AS they point to the new found treasure
The baby must have name"
They bring forth the names by dozens,
With many an anxious look:
They scan all the tales and the novels,
They search through the good old Book
Till the happy voiced young mother
Now urging her prior claim,
Cries out in the fondest accents,
''Oh, give him a pretty nance
"His grandpa was Ebenezer-
Long buried and gone, dear soul,
Says the trembling voice of grandma
As the quiet tear drops roll
"Oh. call him Eugene Augustus"
Cries the youngest of the throng-
"Plain john" says the happy father,
SIS an honest name and strong"
And thus is the embryo statesman
Perhaps, or the soldier bold,
Respecting his future title,
Left utterly out in the cold.
And yet it can matter but little
To him who is needless of fame
For no name will honor the IN ortal,
If the mortal dishonors the name.
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Everybody that has tried Ammen's Cough
Syrup continues its Use; besides, they tell their
neighhors of it. We were in drug store the
other day when Il customer asked for bottle
of Ammen's Cough Syrup. saying, " do not
know anything about II myself. but my neigh
Dor advised me 10 buy il for my cold. aud tells
me the use of three bottles has entirely cured
his cough Of two years standing: in fact, he
says. 1t is he best medicine in the world for
coughs; c Ids and lung complaints and that a
one dollar bottle did him more good than all
the prescriptions he had from the doctors.
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STAR" is the ONLY first class Tobacco
that is always put up in rs ozs to the pound
plug. Consumers who buy Tobacco by the
plug, will save . ozs. on each plug by purchas-
ing STAR. For proof of this, weigh your
Tobacco. Tin Stars on each plug
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.t Chico, CAL. January 18th, 1882.
| receive high recommendations from pur-
chasers of Ammen's Cough Syrup. Sales in
creasing. Shall shortly have to order more
from my Wholesale druggist.
j. NJ FRANK Ell'EIi, Druggist.
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When any druggist or dealer tr es to sell you,
tells You that some other remedy Is ~ good or
better when YOU ask for Ammen's Cough Syrup,
look in his face and you will see that God has
stamped upon his countenance in unnistakable
characters the word cupidity and by investi-
CATION you will find no is recommending some
decoction of his own that costs him only few
cents 10 prepare, or some patent remedy upon
which he makes large profit. Ask for Am
mems Cough Syrup. Take no other. Buy n
Is cent bot lie or 80 cent bottle. Test it your
self. II stands upon its own merits
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IF you are a woman and want both health
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1T is curing everybody" writes a druggist.
"Kidney-Wort is the most popular medicine
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Carpets and furniture 20 per cent. cheaper
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GENOA, New Dec. 18th 1881.
Our Druggist, DR.. G.. b. Luse, Ike 'ps your
Cough Syrup. He says it has II good sale and
gives general satisfaction.
CIV. SMITH, Publisher Genoa Courier.
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s1'rhe most brilliant shades possible, on all
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| 18th St., Oakland.
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A NOTED BUT UNTlTLED WOMAN.

Gessrs. Editors -
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