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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-06-20
The BACKYARD.

Many back.yarls are denominations TO the
eye and nose. One finds in them all sorts
OF Inter and refuse, from oyster cans TO old
boots. Here the slops of the kitchen are
poured to increase the odors which ought to
warn every thoughtful person of the malarial
influence breeding there, to break out even
tually in fevers or diphtheria. If any mem
Der of the family dies from one of these dis
eases, his death is probably amented as n
mysterious dispcnsation of Providence"
but The minister would say ifhc were to visit
the backyard that death was caused solely
ny violation OF hygienic laws. A very
slrong argument against dirty backyard is
the spirit of deception which il il ant to fos
ter IN the young members of the family, for
it is constant deceit to present n clean and
attractive front-yard to the gaze of the pass
ers, while the backyard is not fit TO be seen.
children should be taught to be clean forthe
sake OF cleanliness, and not because outsiders
are likely To criticise them. The best plan
is to have hogshead or large box fitted up
IN one corner of the yard, and make il n rule
to throw into this old cans, boots, broken
dishes and all such rubbish, and when there
IS great accumulation, to bury or burn il.
10 not allow anything to be thrown about
Have drains made to convey all slops entirely
away from The house. Make good walks,
ana let The ground have a fine covering of
grass, not weeds. Put up strong supports
for the clothes line Keep the fence in repair,
and plant currant bushes near it. Set vines
about the refuse barrel, and train them over
1t until it is hidden. Ifyou have recepta-
Gle for ashes, let it be something which can
be shut up, not arrow of old barrels to offend
the eye and give out cloud of ashes every
time the wind blows. Make it a rule to have
the backyard at all times clean as the front
one-Ame7fcan Ag1fcult,ria
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-06-20
The Way the LabOring Man is Robbed
by the High Tariff.

The Philadelphia Record, in reply to the
Press oftbat city ON the suject of the tariff,
says:
40 say that it is "grotesquely false" that
the laboring man pays one dollar out of four
he earns for taxes does not disprove it, To
show that the laboring man in this country
can live as cheaply us he can in England, if
il he true. has nothing to do with the ques-
ton.
THE Press is incorrect in stating that the
laborer's food is not increased in price by
tariff taxation. The original cost of his
sugar is doubled. His salt and rice are made
dearer by direct taxes, and nearly everything
he eats is increased in cost by the indirect
operation of the tariff. For example, large
part of the price of his bread and meat is the
additional cost of producing and transporting
these necessaries growing out of tariff eXac-
tons. The farmer shifts so much of his bur-
den rs he can, and the transporter who
brings the provisions over high fairfield rails
has to earn dividends, which must come out
of the earnings of labor. At every turn the
tariff pursues the workingman's dinner. He
gets it cooked on II fairfield stove, over a fire
made of fairfield Goals, and perhaps carries it
with him to his work in taxed dinner pail.
Ills house rent is increased in the same way.
The tariff increases the cost of every brick,
VI piCOC VI WOOu lb III CstSC tIC III
borer is not able to own house his landlord
adds 10 his rent to remunerate himself for
increased building expense. The laborer's
clothes, his blankets, his carpets, his tools,
his medicine, are all the subjects of tariff taxa.
ton. The cradle he lies in when he is born
and the coffin he sleeps in when he is dead
are dearer for the reason that they are made
of fairfield material.
"lf it were true, as the Press alleges, tina,
the tariff adds nothing to the price of what
the workingman buys" there would he no
use for tariff. A protective tariff only
serves the purpose ofkeeping out ofthe coun-
try commodities that may be obtained more
cheaply abroad If clothing, cottons, etc.,
| etc are more cheap In the United States than
elsewhere, there is no danger of our people
going elsewhere to buy. That sort of rub
Dish cannot impose for a moment upon the
understanding of any man who knows
enough to eat soup with spoon. The day
has gone by when the Press, or any other
organ of tariff monopoly, can shut the eye of
the workingman to the insidous taxation
that robs him without sending around TAX
collector to take the money or to give him q
receipt.
"The assertion that the tariff doubles or
trebles the wages of labor needs no other con-
tradiction than the columns ofthe Press itself
afford. The labor troubles all over the coun-
try give the lie to that old trumpery gag"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-06-20
Naming the Baby.

In naming your girl baby, novel CT un.
common, or merely pretty and fanciful
names, are the ones of all others for You to
avoid. You may make your girl an object
of ridicule, and cause her modification which
will do serious injury to her disposition, if
you give her some odd and romantic name.
The old and simple and homely names are
the best for grls-the names which have
been borne by women for thousands of years,
and which are both beautiful in themselves,
and sweet in their associations. There is a
dignity about them which BELTS womanhood,
while the great part of the fanciful names
which have of late come into fashion, are in
appropriate, except in the nursery, as pet ap-
pellations of babies. There are a score of
common names which are far better than any
OF those manufactured by romancers. They
are all good and all suitable, and because
thousands and millions of women have been
known by them they are none the less at.
tractive. Those which are most commonly
used, are indeed the most agreeable to the
ear-like Mary and Margaret, Catherine and
Harriet, Jane and Lucy, and Elizabeth. They
arc dignified, and their LONELINESS makes
them all the more charming Affection will
never get tired of them. They will be as
common thousand years from now, as they
were thousand years ago, and as they are
to-day
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A physician gives general rules for bathing
as follows "a warm BATH with liberal use
OF CASTLE soap, is the best for cleanliness, and
night the best time. Twice week is often
enough. Too frequent warm baths debili-
tate the system A cool sponge OF wet cloth
bath should be taken daily for its tonic effect,
and always in a warm room. Ifstrong and
vigorous the best time il the morning IL not
strong, the cold bath had better be omitted
and the tepd substituted. After exercise, if
greatly fatigued, take no bath, but rub down
vigorously with dry towel. If thoroughly
warmed up but not tired, take tepid sponge
bath standing Never take o tub bath, ex-
cept when bathing for cleanliness. A warm
|shower-bath followed by cool sprinklng is
preferable to cold bath after exercise
Vigorous exercise renders Turkish baths
wholly unnecessary those should be ieserv.
ed for medical cases. Skin disorders are
frequently caused by excessive bathing and
the use OF too much soap. Although general
rules for bathing could be given, every man
must be guided by his own physical condi.
ton and his occupation. Tile Item.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-06-20
VOL. XXIX---NO. "A.
ETIES.
Faith without works is good for nothing
when it comes TO clock.

Faith without works is good for nothing
when ii comes TO clock
Sidney Smith once remarked; After Won
have written an article take your pen and
strike out half the words, and you will be
surprised TO see how much stronger il is.
Two female burglars were recently can
tured IN London. They could have got away
WIN Their swag had they not stopped in the
house TO try on some new bonnets thew found
in dressing-room.
"A Philadelphia man compels his daugh-
Ter To eat onions every night for supper, and
thus assures himself that inc can shut the
house at 10 o'clock without locking in a
strange young man.
How did you vote ?" asked n reporter
of Southern delegate after !he convention
VI voted according to my convictions"
what were your convictions ?" "That I'd
never get another chance to make 800 so
easily"
-"Fhere is no calamity which could befall
woman which have not suffered :" said an
indianapolis woman TO her husband. ooh.
no, my dear; not so bad rs that. For in
stance, you are not widow" he answered
sweety. She held her breath two seconds
and then retorted: 81 said Calamity sir"
my dear fellow" said critic, after OK
aiming painting by his artist friend. apo
you not see that you have pinned that angels
robe together with gold brooch Who
ever saw an angel with n brooch %. Artist
(aiter moments reflection) "True But
who ever saw an angel without brooch ?"
Pa, what is an investigating commit
teeF asked the small boy. IAN inyestiga-
lihg committee, my son. is a committee that
well, that, looks up the charges made against
prominent official in Washington" "But
what does it do after il has looked them I'm ?"
III acquits the official, my son, it acquits the
oiliciai" Always" eyes, always"
I've just sold Thompson two buildings
ON Wabash avenue" said Chicago real
estate dealer to friend. Gle must have
plastered them with a pretty heavy mort
gage" was the reply. "No; he paid cash 70
the full amount" paid casl,l WHY he'a
poor man :" "IIc was until last week but he
tended hotel bar during the convention"
There is a neat story told of lady
whose husband had a very small foot, of
winch he was extremely proud. She flat
tered nm and encouraged his vanity, so that
every time he bought tighter and tighter
shoes IL was cxcruciating pain to go about
III them, but he would not confess it. How
ever, when he reached home in the evening
his slippers were such welcome relief that
IL was n difficult matter to induce him to 30
out alter dinner. From great club man he
became noted for his domestic habits. Madam
smiled 10 herself but said nothing
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-06-20
DUBEIG LOCAL. LAW.
RELATING TO HARTFORD COUNTY
ENACTED JANUARY SESSION, 1884.
Published By authority.
CHAPTER SOC.

AN ACT to repeal sections four and eight of
an act entitled "An act to exempt all that
portion of the waters of the Chesapeake
bay, therein described, from the effect and
operation of sections one and three of arti-
Gle ninety eight of the Code of Public Gen.
crul Laws, title wild Fowl passed at the
January session, eighteen hundred and
scventy-two, chapter fiftyfour," and to re-
enact thu said sections four and eight with
amendments.
SECTION 1. Be IL enacted By the General
assembly Of maryland, That sections four
ant eight, passed at the January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, chapter
fifty four, ms amending article ninety eight of
the Code of Public General Laws, title Nv lid
Fowl" be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enaclcd, so MS to read rs follows:
SEC. A. And be ii enacted, That no person
shall, ut any time, either in the day or night
time, shoot or kill, or shoot at any wild fowl
in or over the waters lying norlhward of the
line described in the first section of this act,
from any vessel, boat, float, canoe sneak
boat, sink boat, or any other craft ofany kind
or description whatever, within One-quarter
ola mile of any shore in Hartford or Cecil
county, and auy person violating this section
shall, on conviction thereof, be subject to a
penalty for each offence of not less than fifty
dollars and not more than one hundred dol.
lars
SEC. 8 And be it enacted, That the clerk
of the circuit court flIarford county and the
clerk of the circuit court of Cecil county
shall, upon the application of any resident
of the State Of Maryland, being the owner OF
any sink-box or sneak boat, such MS is al.
lowed by this net to be used and employed
in shooting at wild water fowl lherefr0m
grant n license, under the seal of this court
to such applicant to gun after and shoot at
wild water fowl from such sink box or sneak
boat norlhward of the line named and de-
scribed in the first section of this aot, from
the first day of November, in each and every
year, to the thirty-first day of March next
succeeding thereafter, in each and every
year provided, that such license shall moi
authorize amy person using such sink box or
| sneak boat 10 gun after or shoot at wild
water fowl therefrOm within less distance
| than one quarter of II mile of any shore in
Hartford or Cecil county, or southwark OF
| the line particularly described in the first
| section of this act
| SEC. 2. And be ii enacted, That this acl
shall take effect and be in operation from the
date OF its passage.
Approved April 8, 1884
We hereby certify, That the aforegoing il q
correct copy of an act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed January Session
1884
THQS. III. MOORE,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
J. Nj. MILLER,
je13 Secretary of the Senate.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-06-20
&C M j. HALL,
ThG Palace Clothing Establishment
Of Baltimore,

Opens its doors to the public on April 5th, and
extends o all lovers of FINE CLOTHING a spe-
ca invitation Ia look over its Goods Our oh
Iect is to supply gentlemen with such Spring and
Summer Clothing they have hitherto been unable
To procure except from Merchant Tailnrs at ex-
orhiiant prices We obviatc all delays and
chanc of mlsflts that 80 frequently follow or
dered goods, and we guarantee our Garments
fully equal. and even SUPERIOR to most measured
work, at considerably lower figures.
Tho most fastdous cannot fail to be pleased
with the Mems and Boys Garments shown at
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Rnctical.
M Y CROSS.

IL Is not heavy agnniziug woe,
bearing me down with hopeless crushing
weight;
No ray OF comfort In the Rlaring gloom,
heart berenycd-a household desolate.
IL IL not sickness, with her whitening hand,
Keeping me low upon u couch of pain:
Longing each morning for the weary night;
AT night, for weary day to come again.
1t Is not Islander. with her owl tongue;
lis no presumptuous sin against my God;
Not reputation lost, or friends betrayed,
fhat such Is not my cross thank my God.
Mine is daily cross of petty cares;
Or little duties pressing on my heart,
or little troubles hard to reconcile,
or inward struggles-overcome in part.
My feet are weary In their daily round;
My heart Ia weary of its daily care,
My sinful nature often doth rebel;
pray for grace my daily cross TO bear.
1t Is not heavy, Lord, yet oft pine;
1t s not heavy, but tits everywhere.
by day and night each hour my cross bear;
dare not lay 1t down-Thou keep'st 1t there.
| dare not lay IL down. | only ask
That, taking up my daily cross, may,
Follow my Msatcr humbly, step by step,
Through clouds AMI darkness, unto perfect
day.
-NeD York Observer.
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EOR SALE OR RENT.

A sendld opening for store at the sUsoUE-
HANNA HOTEL PROPERTY, at Lapidum IN
Guiding Wharf, Stabling, Nc, or suitable for any
other business Apply to
J.S. & q. l.. DALLAM
Real Estate Agents.
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THE LARGEST FoRTREss-- FORTRESS Mon.
roe, Va, is the largest fort in the world,
covering an area of seventy acres. 1t was
built in 1917, and 10 the unintiated looks al
most impregnabe. In shape the fort is an
irregular hexagon, two sides fronting the
water, while the other four command the
land approaches.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-16
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

The bar of Delaware county has unanimously
indorsed Hon. G. E. Shipley as their candidate
Jor circuit judge of that district.
The Augusta (Ga.l Chronicle is of the present
opinion that stranger things have happened than
would be the nomination of the Hon. Samuel
j. Randall for the presidency.
Major John N. Runyan, of Warsaw, lost leg
and not an eye in the service Col N. Heading
ton writes warm Endorsement of the Major in
his candidacy for State Treasurer.
The Rockville Republican says; 'The Repub-
licans of Parke county will present the name
of Hon. J. T. Johnston, as their candidate for
Congress; and in doing SO they expect his NOM
nation as matter of even-handed justice to
the county. We have borne the heat and burden
of the day ever since the organization of the
party, and have never yet been honored with
position either on the congressional or State
ticket" Captain Johnston is one of the old
reliable working Republicans of that district
and of the State. He is always to 1e found in
the thickest of the fight with his coat off and
his sleeves rolled up. If services count Mr..
Johnston has strong claims
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-16

aiming lawyers decide beforehand that it
shall be lost; Justice is overwhelmed and court
proceedings are made farce. The conscien-
tious man who has never had his honesty
questioned in his life, has his feelings cruel
fed and outraged in the most shameless man
ner when unwillingly dragged into court to
give the force of hisgood name and long estab-
lished reputation to the discovery Of right and
the vindication of justice. For such man
one experience of the kind is enough; he leaves
the witness-chair shocked and Inundated,
helpless to resent the wrong that has been in
aicted upon him, and firmly resolved never
again to give testimony if he can possibly
avoid it.
And what is true of the treatment &C
corded witnesses is equally or even to
greater degree true of the way principals to
the cause are treated by the attorneys of the
opposition. To the case-hardened the ranting
and vituperation of believing lawyers are
nothing, Some can see that there is nothing
sincere in it from beginning to end, and that
the very same attorney who so loudly pro
claims the untrustworthiness Of one side
would be equally ardent in denouncing the
other were, he employed by the side opposing
him. But there are many who cannot COM
prehend why it is that lawyer should be
allowed to impeach their veracity in court
when they would not only not dare to- but
would not think to, question it elsewhere
The very best men in each community have
suffered in this direction, and it is shame
upon us that it has been so long tolerated. 1t
has been carried to such an extreme that an
honorable man, established in bust
ness for years, cannot bring suit on
sum without mourning the risk of having some
whippersnapper of a lawyer denounce him as
Shylock, and even to put the brand of dis
honesty upon him. These men are the ex-
ceptions, it may be said; but their methods
should not be allowed to exist anywhere, and
there are enough of the kind complained of to
bring the majority into measure of disrepute.
Those above such petty meanness should as
sist in killing out such disreputable practices.
No man anywhere has the right to wantonly
traduce the character of another, and if done
in court, the guilty one should be held to even
stricter accountability for his cowardice in
shielding himself behind his presumed privi-
leges.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-16
BREAKFAST CHAT.

PHILADELPHIA man uses old tooth-plates to make
gold tooth picks.
A SOUTHERN congressman has introduced bill
which would pension jeff Davis.
JUDGE ToURGEE has cancelled all his lecture en-
gagements because he is suffering from overwork and
anxiety.
IT is definitely decided that Nine. Bernhardt will
travel through America next season. and it is stated
with emphasis that she will play in English.
LORD Butte has given order to Miss Edmonia
A. Edwards, the American negro sculptress to exc
cute marble statue of the Virgin Mary for one of
his chapels
THE late Thomas Kinsea, of the Brooklyn Eagle
left an estate worth about $3.50 900 including his
interest of about $100O 900 in that journal His six
children are his heirs.
TOUCHING the party squabbles in New York on the
presidential nomination. it is said that the President
maintains reticence which by comparison makes all
former silent men appear garrulous and leaby."
AN English woman who had little faith in banks
used often to swallow coins for safo-keepng One day
she swallowed seven pieces of silver AT her autopsy
six of the coins found, amounting to 3s Cd.
SUSAN b. ANTHONY says that one great hindranee
to the suffrage movement is women's lack of educa
ton in money matters. They have had no expert
ence in earning money or in knowing how far it will
60
Boston correspondent relates tina Miss Susan b.
Anthony in conversation with General vtler who is
counsel for her aud Lucy Stone Blackwell n the suit
contesting the bequest of Mrs. Eddy, amour sing to
about 5000 for each Of them said; General you
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-16
INSPECTOR LANIER'S RESIGNATION.
The Sudden Departure of the Gentleman for
South America Explained.

ATLANTA, Ga Feb 15.-The fight of Post
Office Inspector H. B. Lanier and his dismissal
from Office by the department. have been ex-
planned by a letter dated New Orleans, jan 2S,
addressed to Chief Inspector Brown of this city,
in which he resigns his office and takes ship for
South America. In the letter he says he has
never severed business connection with more
regret, and proceeds:
"Wild speculations complete the exhaustion of
all my means and borrowing money from the
postmasters to keep up my margins and recover
are the reasons form resignation Although the
amounts are small | am unable to replace them
at once and feel that my usefulness as an
officer is impaired until | am absolved from all
obligations above referred to. l have friends
and relatives in South America to whom shall
make immediate personal application for such
assistance will relieve me from my present
unfortunate embarrassment"
He then gives the chief inspector power of at
torney to open his letters, collect certain moneys,
and apply the same to the clearing of certain
debts, and modestly hints:
II hope none of this will go into the papers,
except the mere fact of my resignation 1t will
do no possible good, will hamper my efforts to
raise money to pay out, and would do all con
cerned much more harm than good"
With this request he proifers a little advice to
MIR. Brown thus
''Never speculate; never gamole in cotton,
stocks, or anything else, is my advice to you"