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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11

The following epistle was taken by Napo-
leon from the records of Rome, when he de-
prived that city of so many valuable manu-
scripts. 1t was written at the time and on
the spot where Jesus commenced his minis
try, by Plubius Lentulus, Governor of Judea,
to the Senate of Rome, Caesar, Emperor. 1t
was the custom in those days for the Cover
nor to write home any event of importance
which transpired while he held his office:
'Conscript Fathers. There appeared in
these, our days, a man named Jesus Christ,
who is yet living among us, and of the Gen
tiles is accepted as prophet of great truth ;
but his own disciples call him the Son of
God. He hath raised the dead and cured all
manner of diseases. He is man of stature
somewhat tall and comely, with very ruddy
countenance, such as the beholder may both
love and fear. His hair is of the color of a
filbert when fully ripe, plain to his ear,
curling and waving on his shoulders; in the
middle of his head there is a seam of long
hair, after the manner of Nazarites. His
forehead is plain and delicate his face, without
spot or wrinkle, beautiful with comely red {;
his nose and mouth are exactly formed his
beard is the color of his hair and thick, not
of any length but forked. In reproving he
is terrible; in admonishing, courteous; in
speaking very modest and wise; in proper
tion of body, well shaped. None have seen
him laugh-many have seen him weep, A
man for his surprising beauty excelling the
children of men"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11
Cost and Care of Cattle.

Mr.. j. M. Briggs, of Colorado, has prepar-
ed and published series of tables showing
the profits of stock raising in the parks of
that State. The north, south and middle
parks seem to be more especially adapted to
cattle than are the plains. The grasses are
more nutritious, and retain those qualities
in winter better; while cold weather at the
altitude at which the parks are situated seems
to affect the cattle less injuriously than it
does upon the lower. altitude of the plains
Cattle in the parks have never been affect.
ed with contagious or epidemic diseases
of any character, and the percentage OF, loss
is extremely ow.
The expense of herding and wintering a
large herd of cattle, say 1000, is from 81 .25 to
$3.50 for each head. One herder in summer
and two in the winter are required for each2,-
600 cattle, and their wages and board amount
to about $500 per annum each Two hundred
tons of hay for each, 1000 head is an ex-
travagant provision, and the cost of putting
it up should not exceed 80 per ton. This
makes the total cost of keeping 900 head of
cattle less than 81 200 year. But allowing
the cost of herding and wintering cattle to
average So per head the expenses for ten
years would amount to only $79,996, which
deducted from the sales, in ten years $4S3,
140, would leave q net balance of $403, 1874, or
more than 80 per cent. upon an investment OF
$4,000
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11
Good Friday and Easter Even.

Good Fridaysis the anniversary of our
Blessed Lords Crucifxion. Not only the
Anglo Saxons, but the whole German race,
used to eat consecrated cakes at their reli-
gious festivals. The hot-cross- which are
still commonly eaten in England on Good
Friday, are the successors of the cakes which
our pagan forefathers ale in honor of their
goddess Eastre, and from which, it is believ-
ed, the clergy of the Christian Church sought
to Danish the old idolatrous associations, by
marking them with plain Latin cross. The
writer can recall the time, now some sixty
years ago, whcn-not in the streets of the
city only, but far out in the countryside cry
would resound on the morning of Good Fri
day-"One penny two penny, hotcross
buns" The bakers man. in his clean white
apron, and with market basket on each
arm, containing the coveted treasures neatly
covered with u snow white cloth, are still
fresh in his recollection.
Easter Eve, otherwise called Holy Satur-
day, being the day Immediately preceding
the glorious anniversary of our Blessed
Lords resurrection, was in the Jewish ritual
IAN high day )" one of the three days in every
year, on which all the men among the Jews
were required TO present themselves before
the Lord EXod. xiii, ~ Among the early
Christians it came to be known rs the "Great
usually administered upon it. This custom,
however, has gone out of use long ago, and
the day has become, in its observance, very
fitting close to the solemn event of Holy
Week, viz: commemoration of our Lords
burial, and of His descent into the place of
departed spirits. There is an ancient tradi
ton of the church, which was held also by
the Jews, that the Second Advent of Christ
would take place on Easter Eve-Re0. q. {.
Street. M A.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11
He Required Security.

In suit before Detroit justice, the
other day, the defendant desired to prove
that his financial standing was solid, and
when his witness had taken the stand and
testified that the defendant enjoyed the repu.
tation of promptly paying his debts, the op-
posing counsel asked:
"Mr. Blank, you say You consider Mr..
White perfectly good?"
Yes sir"
"Ifhe owed you $50 you'd expect to re-
ceiveit when due?"
"Yes sir"
"If he should ask you for the loan of $25
you'd hand it right out?"
"Y yes, sir"
very well--very well. Mr.. White, ask
the witness for loan of $25."
Mr. Blank, loan me the sum named" said
the defendant, as he reached out his hand.
Mr.. Blank grew red and pale by turns,
hitchcd around like boy on a carpet tack,
and finally replied:
"What meant to say was that I'd lend you
1926 on first mortgage on about $4,000
worth of real estate! Make out your pa
pers ~
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11
Banker than Blank Verse.

"Here is poem, which you may publish
in your paper" said young man, with eyes
in Il fine frenzy rolling as lie entered the edi-
torial door. II dashed it off rapidly, in an
idle moment, and you will find it in rough
state, as it were. You can make such correc-
tions ms you think necessary"
"Ah, much obliged" said the editor. 81
will give you check for it at once"
"You are very kind" said the contributor,
II will be delighted"
"Thcre you are" said the editor, handing
hin the check.
"Many thanks" exclaimed the young man,
II will bring you some other poems"
When he got to the door he suddenly paus.
ed, then came back.
excuse me-" he said. But you forgot to
fiji up the check. You have not written the
date nor the amount, nor have you signed
your name"
"Oh" said the editor, shat is all right
You see, l have given you check in its
rough state, as it were. You can make such
corrections as you think necessary"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11
A Stumbling.BlOck.

Negroes are sometimes very careful not to
say anything to injure the reputation of a
neighbor. A gentleman stopped at a cabin
where an old negro woman lived, and, willie
waiting for one of the children to get buck
ct of fresh water, entered into conversation
with her concerning the crop prospects.
81 did hab TO or five fine hogs" said the
old woman, "but da's dwindled down till
amt got but one now"
Somebody steal them"
81 neber talks bout my neighbors, an /
doan like ter say what become oh de shoats.
neber makes mischief doesn't"
ibid the hogs die?"
ada muster died. but yer amt agwine ter
git me ter say nuthin' agin' my neighbors.
De man what libed up dar is dead now, an
amt gwine ter say nuthin' agin him. De
hogs appeared away from heah while dat
man was libin; but amt agwinc ter say
nuthn' agin him."
"Do you think that he took them p
Mister, dat mans dead and doan wanter
say nothin' agin' him but, femme tell yer
while dat man was libin', he was powerful
stumblin' block ter hogs"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11
Hot Water as n Beverage.

A physician writes in the World Of Science
some very interesting things regarding what
to drink. The habit of drinking strong tea
or black coffee directly after dinner is espe
cially bad, and certainly interferes with diges
ton. Those who dine late and
make their dinner their main meal need a
dilutent drink an hour or two afterward and
if they drink tea it keeps them awake or
makes them irritable and nervous. find for
myselftl dining so idly as am obliged to
do when have done my work, q 30 p. M.,)
and often needing to work from 8 to II,
tumbler of hot water brought into my study
or laboratory is the best and whoesomest
drink and after few evenings it will be as
much relished as the usual draught of tea.
The hot water assists to complete the diges-
ton of residual food, it acts upon the kid
neys, and rinses out the etfete matters, and
thus will be found to wake one up sufficient
ly and neither to injure the stomach nor to
keep the brain awake after bed time. In
cold weather warm water is by far the best
drink at dinner.time, and in hot weather a
draught of warm water is far wholesomer
and more cooling than cold or iced water.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11
VARIETIES.

The millennium will never dawn until
man knows as much about bringing up his
own children as he does about his neghbors.
ELI Perkins ciassifies his audiences thus:
The "fdgetyites," the "interruptives," the "al
attentives," the "quick responsives," The
"hard-to-lifts," the " wont-applauds," and the
"get-up- and go-outs."
-"Are you familiar with Bryant ?" asked
a young lady of timid young man whom
she was trying TO draw out "Oh, yes" he
replid, proudly, frightening up, al graduated
at one of his business colleges"
"A mcddlesome old woman was sneering
at a young mothers awkwardness with her
infant and sal d: 81 declare, a woman never
ought to have baby unless she knows how
TO hold it," "Nor n tongue either" was the
quiet rejoinder.
The pulse or heart beat in a horse is in
health about forty per minute in cattle fifty,
in sheep and pigs about seventy to eighty,
and any considerable variation from these
numbers indicates disease, as in human
beings-a rapid, hard and full pulse being
generally attendant upon inflammation or
fevers.-Dr. Foote's Health Monthly.
-"Dumley," said young Featherly, "do
you know why you remind me of a camel p
Hcll, Ios ICpllCu ioOhluB HUE
important, "unless it is something about the
difficulty of rich man entering the kingdom
of heaven"
mo, that isn't it," responded Featherly.
at is because you can go for several days
without water"
81 can't pay that bill just now you will
have to wait little for the money!
"All right, sir" cheerfully responded the
boy, as he seated himselfand untolded a copy
of the Police Gazette.
"Them's the orders of the boss"
"What are the orders of the boss ?" demand
ed the gentleman, sternly.
"l'm to wait for the money"
MIR. Greatheart is very unlucky. He
came home last night with nine pieces of
court.plaster on different portions of his coun-
tenance and several carmine reminders of
blood on his collar. "My gracious, Mr..
Greatheart p exclaimed his wife, shave you
been stopping another dog fight ?" ooh, no,
DEAR" said Mr.. Greatheart, cheerfully, "the
barber had not yet recovered from his Wash
ington's birthday celebration"
Meeting at the court one day, Rochcs
ter, with mock politeness, thus accOsted Bar
row, the witty divine: doctor, am yours
to my shoe-tie." To which Barrow rejoined
"My lord, l am yours to the ground
Rochester followed with: doctor, | am
yours to the centre" The doctor returned:
"My lord, | am yours to the antipodes."
Rochester scorned to be foiled by piece of
musty divinity, as he termed Barrow, replied
doctor, l am yours to the bottomless pit"
Whereupon Barrow, turning on his heel,
quietly observed: "There, my lord, leave
you"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11

An old and quite eminent physician says:
GLOW many people are there who really
know how to make mustard plasterP Not
one in hundred, at the most, perhaps, and
yet mustard plasters are used in every fami-
ly. The ordinary way is to mix the mustard
with water, tempering it with a little flour,
but such plaster as that is simply abomina-
BILE. Before it has half done its work it be-
gins to blister the patient, and leaves him
finally with painful, flayed spot, after hay
ing produced far less effect in u beneficial
way than was intended. Now, a mustard
plaster should never make blister, at all. If
a blister is wanted there are other plasters
far better than mustard plaster, When you
make mustard plaster, then, use no
water whatever, but mix the mustard with
the white of an egg, and it will draw per-
fectly, but will not produce blister, even
upon the skin OF an infant no matter how
long it remains on the part"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11

EASTER DAY.

"Jesus met them, saying An HAIR"
The day of resurrection
Earth, tell ii out abroad
The passover of gladness,
The passover OF God
From death to life eternal,
From this world to the sky.
Our Christ has brought us over,
With hymns of victory.
Our hearts be pure from evil,
That we may see Alright
The Lord in rays eternal
OF resurrection-light;
And, listening to his accents,
May hear, so calm and plain,
HIS own "All hail !" and, hearing,
May raise the victor strain.
Now let the heavens be joyful!
Let earth her songs begin!
Let the round world keep triumph,
And all that is thereinl
Invisible and visible,
Their notes let all things blend,
For Christ the Lord hath risen,
Our Joy that hath no end.
ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS, A, D. 7G0.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11
Emotional Insanity.

A man met q girl in lonely place and
forcibly kissed her. She was terribly indig
nant, and had him arrested. She gave an
account on the witness stand of how he gaz-
ed at her intently, and then suddenly throw
ing his arms around her, imprinted a kiss
upon her lips. The prisoner made no de.
tense, and the jury was expected to promptly
convict him of assault. They returned to
the courtroom. "The ju,ju-iury w-would
the foreman said. The Judge consented, and
she went on the stand. "D.d.did you wear
the j-jjersey that you've got on now?"
Eyes, sir" was the demurc reply. sand
w-w-was your ha-ha hair banged like that 7"
Eyes, sir" "Then, your honor, We acquit
the p-p-prisoner on the ground of emo mo-
tional insanity"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11
How to Grow Verbenas.

To grow verbenas successfully plant them
in beds cut In the turf Chop The turf well,
and thoroughly mix with it a good share OF
well decomposed stable manure. Never, on
any account, plant verbcnas in old and worn
out garden soil, as they will most assuredly
fail Give them change ofsoil each season,
as they do not thrive well two years in the
same bed. AS house plant the verbena is
not success. II is almost always sickly or
infested with red spiders. They cannot be
kept over winter in cellar. With verbenas
1t is either growth or death.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11

THE OLDEST on PAINTINe.--The Oldest
oil painting extant is probably picture of a
madonna and child. The date of its produc
ton is marked upon it-Ss6-about the time
of Charlemagne. The work originally formed
part of the treasures of art in the old palace
in the Florentine republic, and was bought
by the Director Bencivenne from broker
in the streets for few lvres. 1t is not
known, we believe, where the picture is now
to be found-LoRdon academy.
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Pnetical.
GOOD FRIDAY.

WHO ioved me and gaze hin,seif for me-"
D Sacred Head, now wounded,
With grief and shame bowed down,
Now scornfully surrounded
With thorns, thine only crown.
U sacred Head. what glory,
What bliss till now was thine,
Yet though despised and CORY,
| Joy to call thee mino.
What thou, my Lord, hast suffered,
Was all for sinners, gain:
Mine, mine, was the transgression.
But thine the deadly pain.
Lo, here fall, my Saviour:
Ills deserve thy place;
Look on me with thy favor,
Vouchsafe to me thy grace.
The joy can ne'er be spoken,
Above all joys beside,
When in thy body broken,
thus with safety hide.
Lord of my life, desiring
Thy glory now to see,
Beside thy cross expiring,
I'd breathe my soul to thee.
What language shall borrow
To thank thee, dearest friend,
For this thy dying sorrow,
Thy pity without end?
o make me thine for ever;
And should fainting be,
Lord let never, never
Outlive my love for thee.
BE near me when I'm dying,
o show thy cross to me:
And to my succor flying,
Come, Lord, and set me free.
These eyes, new faith receiving,
From Jesus shall not move;
For he, who dies believing,
Dies safely through thy love.
ST. BERNARD, 1853.
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l.5O PER ANNUM.
6au street Column.

A COmforta Omnibus will be found
waiting n, the Mary land Central Depot,
I'm .BRliiAOre. TO convey passengers Free
Of Charge TO Old Town. Return tickets
TO the station will be furnished by amy
member of the Old Town Merchants AS
ISOLATION.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-04-11

ANSWER THIs.-Can you find case of
Bright's Disease of the Kidneys, Diabetes,
Urinary or Liver Complaints that is durable,
that Hop Bitters has not or can not cureg
Ask your neighbors If they can.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-22
100000 Gonel

SAN FRANCISCO, CA1.-The CAroni.
Gle publishes in substance the following
marvel: Captain w. f. Swasey, the
Oldest pioneer of the coast, makes q
statement of the intense suffering Of his
friend Colonel d. j. Williamson, an Ar
my officer of distinction, and an E4-U.
s. Consul, who was attacked in the win
ter Of 1862 with violent rheumatism.
80 great was his agony in after years,
he became o helpless cripple, and after
trying numberless remedies, the baths
of other countries and spending for
tune of $40, 900, the disease seemed to
assume more virulent type. Finally,
he was persuaded to try st. Jacobs Oil,
the great conqueror Of pain. It worked
a miracle of cure. In letter to the
Chronicle he confirms Capt. Swasey's
statement and adds: ST cheerfully give
my unqualified attestation to the truth
fulness of the statement, because I feel
perfectly certain that a knowledge OF
my cure by st, Jacobs Oil, will prove
the means Of relieving hundreds Of suf-
ferers /" -F}
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-22
Scotch OniniOn.

Travelling in Scotland, near Balmoral,
Mr.. Irving, the actor, once met an old
Scotch woman with whom he spoke OF
the Queen. "The Queens good
woman he said. II suppose she's guide
enough, but there are thinga I Gamma
hear" "What do you mean?" asked
MIR. Irving. "Well, think there are
things which even the Queen has ma
recht to do. For one thing, she goes
rowing on the lax on Soonday-and it's
not a Chreestian thing to dol" "But
you know the Bible tells US" II knaw,n
she interrupted, angrily. "I've read the
Bible since was so high, an I knaw
ev'ry word int. I knaw aboot the Sun
day fishing and a. the other things the
good Lord did, but I want ye to knaw,
too, that I don't think any the more,
cen of Him, for adoin' it."
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-22
..RouEn on Coughso Troches; 15c; LIQUID. 5o

The pains and tortures of the Spanish In
quisition were not Nore agonizing than those
WHICH, in our late civilization, are daily felt by
the subjects of those grim tyrants, rheumatism
and neuralgia. Rev. ". B. Evans, OF Washing
to try Athlophoros, and now he writes: ri
consider its work almost in the light of q
miracle" Price 81 per bottle. II your drug
eist hasn't it, send to Athlophoros Co., liz
Wall Street, NY.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-22

NEnyous, dyspsptic individuals, whose dis
tress OF mind and body make life miserable, il
your suferings have been prolonged and IN.
creased by the use Of bitters and pretended
cures of kidney and liver diseases, throw all
such nostrums aside and find health, strength
and yigor in that simple remedy known as Dr.
Guysotts Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. II
purifes the blood, strengthens the urinary and
digestive organs, and intuses new life into ali
paris OF the body: No other remedy equals it /.
Have your druggist get It for You.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-22
A Common Act OF Folly

Committed by persons whose stomachs are disor-
dered by the presence Of be Is to attempt 70 cause
retching aud thus to ecct II. wineslsssfu or two
Of that wholesome medicine, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters viii tranquize the digestive organ, and the
Bitters subsequent oathxrttc effect upon the bowels
will render the relief complete. Nausea, fur upon
the tongue, headache, yeles'ness Of the skin, cost
veness, pain In the region Of the liver and through
tho right shoulder blade, are the wellinown indieia
Of liver complaint, and II is wise to disperse them
with this searching remedy before they culminate
In something worse. That coaseless disrurber Of
the stomach, indigestion, Is also overcome BY the
Bttcrs and It Il specific Of acknowledged efacacy
for fever and sgue, bilious remmittent and troubles
OF the kidneys and ladder. II IN also highly bene-
fcial In rheumatism, and infuses vigor into sys-
tenn which requires building up. Reasonable per-
sistence IN its use inaures the end In view.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-22

CONSUMPTION carries off more to the
grave than any other disease known to exist.
How important, then, that upon discovery Of
the first symptoms that staple remedy be
used Z This is found in ALIENS LuNa BAL
sAM. ,Iis no quack compound, reader, but .
trial by thousands Of people with weak lungs,
and il has c,tred and ibah cure. Try 1t fairly
aud honestly, and our word for 1t that good
health and renewed spirits will result.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-22
"Rouon ON DENTIST" Tooth Powder, Is,

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostration
and all forms OF general debility relieved by
taking MENsMAN's PEPToN1zED BEEF Tonic the
only preparation Of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood d-mak-
ing, force-generating and life-sustaining prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions
whether the result Of exhaustion, nervous pros
traton, overwork, or acute disease, particularly
If resulting from pulmonary complaints. Cas-
well, Hazard d Co.. proprietors, New York.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-22
'rLLs' Health Remover cures Dyspep sia, , Imp,
Three RemarkabIe Interyiews.

a report has interviewed Hon. VIM. D..
Keliey, a. c.; Hon: Judge Flanders, Of New
perience with Compound Oxygen. These in
tervlews give surpri sing results and show this
treatment for the cure of chronic diseases to
be most remarkable. A copy Of these inter
views, also Treatise on Compound Oxygen,
will be mailed free, by Drs. Starkey Il Pa1en,
1l09 Girard Street, Philadelphia.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-22
How to shorten Life.

aoW W SuOTton AAAes 1;3
The recipe is simple. You have only to take
violent cold, and neglect it, Abernethy, the
Proat English surgeon, asked a lady who told him
she only had cough: "What would you have2
The plague?" Beware of "only coughs" The
worst cases can, however, be cured by DR..
VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lungs. In whoop.
ing cough and Group it Immediately allays ir-
ritation. and is sure to prevent fatal termi-
nation of the disease. Sold by druggists.