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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-01-09
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fD-We make a speciality of Dressed Poultry
anu Game In season. and have every facility for
handling this class of perishable goods to very
best advantage. We have a special trade for
Hartford county dressed poultry, and can place
such at top market prices, and we guarantee
promptness exceled by none. Write for Price
Current, Tags, &c. l0oct3m
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-01-09
The Trouble safely Over.

Stomach trouble is serious business while
it lasts; but what blessing to have it de
part Mrs. F. G Wells, of 10 Atlantic street,
Hartford, Conn, writes that she tried
Browns Iron Btters for stomach trouble,
and that she experienced such relief that the
trouble is now entirely over, She recon-
mends this great iron medicine to all who
are atfl cited. 1t cures liver and kidney COM
plant.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-01-09
GAY Street Column.
There is no Question

Whatever in regard to the fact that the very
BEST AND MOST PERFECT OF ALL COOK
ING STOV ES is
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-01-09
VOL. XXX---NO. 2.

ooh yes, his only granddaughter, and all
the near kin he has. But my mother was
his only daugher-we are both orphans,
Didymus-and Of course / take my fathers
name. hope you won't buy that cottage,
since you like Almont for [ am Ruth Boil
snYer D. [arpCrS Bnznr
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-01-09
i78. Month GAY STREET. l78.
Samuel 8. Ely's
BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS!

Closing out our Winter Stock ut greatly re-
duced prices. Now is the time to buy.
LADIES BOOTS AND SHOES at all prices.
Heavy Boots reduced to SO 90; Mems Fine Calf
Boots reduced to 50 50 my own make of Gents
Shoes and ;aiters reduced to So So Every pair
Warranted new pair given for every pair that
does not turn out as represented at
SAMUEL $. ELE'S,
I7s N. GAY STREET, BALTIMORE. Md.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
SIR ASHLEY COOPER.
The Distinguished English Surgeon as
Horse Dealer.

The Distinguished English Surgeon As a
Horse Dealer.
In the life of Sir Ashley Cooper it is
said that he required his coachman to
attend every market morning at Smith
field and purchase all the lame young
horses exposed for sale which he
thought might possibly be convertible
into carriage or saddle horses. should
they recover from their defects. He
was never to give more than seven
pounds for each, but five pounds was
the average price. In this manner
thirty or forty horses were sometimes
collected at Gaelisbridge, his farm. On
stated morning every week the black
smith came up from the village, and
the horses were in successive order
caught, battered and brought to him
for inspection. Having discovered the
cause of their lameness. he proceeded
to perform whatever seemed to him
necessary for the cure. The improve
ment produced in short time by good
feeding and medical attendance, such
as few horses before or since have en-
joyed, appeared truly wonderful.
Horses which were at first with difficulty
driven to pasture, because of their halt,
were now with as much difficulty re-
strained from running away. Even
one fortnight at Gaelisbridge would
frequently produce such an alteration
in some of them that it required no I'M
skillful eye in the former owner him.
self to recognize the animal which he
had sold but few weeks before. Fifty
guineas were paid for one OF these
animals, which turned out very good
bargain. and Sir Astley's carriage was
for years drawn by a pair of horses
which together cost him only twelve
pounds ten shillings.
We believe a similar business to that
of Sir Ashley Cooper is carried on by
class of horse dealers in New York and
other large cities. Lame and other
wise worthless horses are bought for a
few dollars and taken to the country.
where the change to pasture diet, the
needed rest, and the watchful and care
full treatment of the owner frequently
transform worthless horse into q
valuable animal.-Scientifc American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

ssDe crossest man in AlabamA lives dar,
said the driver a. we approached way
side home, near Selma, Ala, to ask accom-.
modations Tor the night. At supper, and
after it, "mine host" scowled at every one
founo fault with every thing earthly, and
WAS wondering II he would not growl II
the heavenly halo didn't fit him, when in
cidental mention being made of the comet
Of 1882, he said: ~ didn't like its form, it.
tail should have been fan shapedw
But, next morning, he appeared half
offended at our Offering pay for his hospi-
tality! My companion, however, made him
accept - present sample from his cast
Of goods.
Six weeks lister, 1 drew up at tho same
house. The planter stepped ithely from
the porch, and greeted me cordially.
could scarcely believe that this clear.
complexioned, bright eyed, animated fell
low, and the morOse being of q few weeks
back, we're the same. He inquired after
my companion Of the former visit and re.
GREETED he was not with me. Eyes," said
his wife, I'VE are both much indebted to
him."
"How?" asked in surprise.
sFor this wonderful change In my hus-
band. Your friend when leaving, handed
him bottle of Warmers safe cure. He took
it and two other bottles, and now
"And now" he broke in, "from an i'll feel
ing, growing old bear, am healthy and
SO cheerful my wife declares she has
fallen in love with me againn'
1t has made over again a thousand love
matches, and keeps sweet the tempers of
the family circle every where.-C Oprighted
Used by permission Of american Rural
Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
AN INTERESTING MUSEUM.

A Berlin Establishment Where the His.
tory of Postal Intercomniunication Nav
BE Studied.
1t is quite in keeping with the pater.
nal character of state management in
Germany that the postoffice should have
established museum showing the his.
torical development of every appliance
used in postal business. The Berlin
postoffice museum is in charge of an Off.
Ger OF the chief secretary's department,
and skilled mechanic waits on visitors
to furnish explanations and show the APP
paratus at work. Here one may trace
the evolution of the means of letter con-
veyance, from the runner on stills to the
highly-developed railway sorting car
rage. All nations are represented; we
see the dashing royal mail of England.
the dome on wheels which carried the
mails of Denmark till 1912. and the
primitive means of India and Japan.
The moving adventures of the mails by
flood and field are depicted in old prints
and photographs. No detail is over
looked. Wagon-building is illustrated
down to the spokes of the wheels;
there are specimens of horseshoes
and models of the pastern: there
are saddles. lamps. horns. stamps. locks,
letter boxes, and we ghts of every peri
cd. Everything illustrates growth, and
also. it may be said, the immense Ger
man capacity of borrowing and improv-
ing upon the ideas of others. A large
amount of space is given up to models
OF the principal postofiices of the empire.
some being accompanied by photo
graphs and plans in section and eleva-
ton. so that the department.. in setting
about the building of new postoifice,
has great wealth of experience and
suggestion at hand. Field-post and
autobiography have a section. and a
corridor is devoted to a complete Rohr-
post line, which is shown at work, with
postcards of q reduced size specially
printed for illustration. On the electri-
cal side the museum is equally COM
plete. The electric light. the telephone,
the monograph. are exhibited. and the
interested visitors are presented with
strips of the platinum sheet which has
just given off several Lars of a WELL
known volkslied. Te!egraphy is fairly
represented. and there is perhaps the
greatest practical value in this section,
which shows. for example, forms Of in
sulators and house top fixtures; the
manufacture of wre and its common
faults: the construction of telegraph
lines and the tools used. The various
stages of decay in poles are illustrated
with the same fidelity. One pole is
shown tunneled by the woodpecker;
another contains q nest of the feath-
cred depredator in stu. 1t would, in
deed, be unsafe to assert that the mu-
scum omits anything, not even screw
nails. Criticism is paralyzed before
such perfectly realized conception
Pail Mall Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
FARM AND FIRESlDE.

--Corns and bunions may be helped
and oftimes removed by the constant
employment of the oleate of copper,
spread rs plaster Chicago Herald.
Fowls like newly-cut grass. They
should have all they want of it. The
clippings from lawn mower are Just
the thing for them. Suntlower seed,
which can be easily grown without
trouble, forms food of which fowls are
extremely Chicago Journal.
Stones may be made very useful by
mulch. Thus used under trees. espe-
cially evergreens. they are very valuable.
One advantage over ordinary mulch in
using stones is that weeds are not 20
likely to spring up among them
Prairie Farmer.
If your children should get peas.
beans or pebbles in their ears. do not
use pins, knitting needles or anything
of that kind in removing them. The
safest way is TO use syringe and warm
water. If insects should lodge in the
ear. fill the ear with sweet oil. which
will kill the animal and float it out
dt0aHy o0urHat
Roll Jelly Cake: Four eggs beaten
very light. one cup of sugar, one cup of
-four. one teaspoonful of cream of tar
tar, Tablespoonful of soda and pinch
of salt. Bake in long tins in thin sheets.
spread while warm with jelly and roll.
aud wrap in towel to keep moist. 1t
is very good. Caterer.
-Stewed Lamb: Take the neck or
breast, cut into small pieces. and put in
a stew pan with some thinly sliced salt
pork. and enough water to cover it;
cover closely and stew until tender,
skim off all the scum. and add a quart
Of green peas. adding more water if
necessary: when the peas are tender.
season with pepper and butter rolled
with iour.-Te Household.
To kill bugs in peas pour almost
boiling hot water upon them, let it re-
main about ten seconds and then pour
of. This will not hurt the peas-they
will sprout all the quicker for it and it
will destroy all the bugs at once. We
have practiced this method successfully
for years. says the Orange County
Farmer. We should do it just before
planting the peas.
Professor Arnold says cow holds
up her milk because If the involuntary
action of the muscles that tighten about
the milk reservoirs. The cow is very
nervous creature. 1t takes but little to
excite her. and when she is being MIXED
the utmost care should be exercised BY
the mixer, and her surroundings should
be quiet. Permit no unusual noises
Have no dog running or barking about
her.-Troy Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
FRENCH DIVORCES.
something More Than the Decree o
Court Necessary.

Something More Than the Decree of q
Court Necessary.
One of the peculiarities of the new
divorce law is that the bonds of we'd
lock are not completely severed even
when the court has granted the divorce
To be entirely rid of his or her chains
the party in whose favor the divorce is
pronounced is required, within the
period of two months. to cite the other
one before the same official who per
formed the civil marriage between
them. Attendance, of course, is not
compulsory, but in most cases the
citation is obeyed, and monsieur and
madame appear once more before Mon
sieur lie Marie in the same Sale DIES
Marriages where they were once pro-
nounced an nom de la loi, man and
wife. 1t is not unusual nowadays to
witness at the large Partisan mairies
wedding and divorce parties at the
same time, each waiting their turn. and
sometimes there are two or three Of
each. The former are always in full
dress, the brides in white and
with orange blossoms in their
hair, and everybody is evidently
bent on having good time-the
word nOce in French is synonymous for
a wedding and spree. The divorces"
also make it a point to put on their best
clothes on such an occasion, but black
is de rigenr for the lady. and the ex-
husband eschews white gloves Each
comes accompanied by two temoins and
their friends and relations But it is
not good form to laugh or cut Jokes.
And they divide into two groups which
take places as far apart as possible at
opposite ends of the ROOM After few
minutes of waiting, during which the
divorces" remain lugubriously silent.
Monsieur lie Marie makes his appear
ance. he wears tri-colored scarf,
with tassels around his waist. and the
usher shouts out, Stand upr' an order
which all obey The Mayor takes up
his stand behind a long. green table
and begins with the marriages. These
do not take long, and then comes the
turn of the divorces" The party
draw up in line in front of the table, the
four witnesses in the middle, the wife
to the right and the husband 20 the left
of the line. The clerk reads the decree
Of the court as rapidly as he possibly
can. and then takes up collection. just
as he had previously done in the mar
riages, for the poor of the ward" This
done, the Mayor says: I'm the name of
the law we declare your marriage dis
solved by reason of the divorce pro-
nounced between you." This ends the
and after exchanging ceremo-
NOUS bows each 90 their own way.
by their friends. Paris
Cor. ~ o. Picayune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

To hear of the resignation Of DIR. Pierce az
a Congressman to devote himself solely to
his labors as physician. 1t was because
his true constituents were the sick and al
fiicted everywhere. They will find DIR.
Pierce's "G6Iden Medical Discovery" a
beneficent use of his scientific knowledge in
their behalf. Consumption, bronchitis,
cough, heart-disease, fever and ague, inter
mittent fever, dropsy, neuralgia, goitre or
thick neck. and all diseases of the blood,
are cured by this world-renowned medicine.
Its properties are wonderful, its action
magical. By druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
DRAINAGE.
The Need Of Thorough Drainage Fully
Demonstrated This Year.

The Need OF Thorough Drainage Fully
Demonstrated This Year.
The need of thorough drainage on
farm lands has been most fully demon
strated the present season, which all
through planting time has been rainy,
rendering all low lying lands too wet
for tillage the greater part of the time.
Hundreds of farmers have been COM
PEELED to helplessly look on while their
teams and workmen lay idle. waiting
for the soil to dry out fit for blowing.
And doubtless many cornfields to-day
have but meagre ..stand'' through the
soil being wet and cold, which might
have been otherwise had the land been
thoroughly underdrained. and the con-
sequent higher temperature existed,
which that would be certain to bring.
There are to-day many corntields
overgrown with weeds, from which the
cultivator has thus far been excluded.
only through being too wet for the work
to be done, which but for that cause
would now be cleaned out, and giving
fair promise of a handsome outcome.
1t not infrequently happens that the
start given in the spring through early
planting. and consequent early
growth, determine whether the corn
crop shall fully ripen before the advent
of an untimely frost. There are few
seasons indeed which will not favor
complaining on well underdrained
land in the late days of April, and
seSrcely one that this work need be de-
ferred later than the FIRST of May. so far
as fitness of the sell or seasonable
weather are concerned. In many fields
the present season planting was COM
pulsorily delayed until into June; the
one only cause for such delay being the
unfit condition of the soil on account of
the rains.
There is at present but slight excuse
over the greater portion of the prairie
country for the neglect of this needed
improvement Within easy reach of
most communities tile factories have
been established, where the necessary
materials may be obtained at but
moderate cost. Men skilled in the
business of digging the necessary
bitches and laying the line of tile in a
workman-like manner are moderately
plentiful and do the work at an aston
ishingly low price.
When understood how important
factor corn has become in keeping the
wheels of domestic commerce in motion
and how severe is the check on all other
industries when the yield of this one
grain falls considerably below an
average, some sort Of conception may
be formed of the responsibility that
rests upon those who occupy the land
as producers. to see that all necessary
means shall be employed to insure sue
cess.
In any of the several adverse seasons
of late years, in which the corn crop
fell much below an average, can any one
point to a single field Of well under
drained land on which, in the season
most unfavorable. it was not practicable
to grow . full crop of com? And if
this be true. as we verify believe. does
not the single word "underdrain"
have a talismanic meaning. and be-
come the key to complete solution of
the whole Observation-Disclosures Ho,ck-
eye.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

"A Pittsburgh chiropodist says ladies'
are bothered with corns on their toes
just as well as gentlemen. but they bear
the pain more heroically. 1t is mis-
take. however. to suppose that tight
boots and shoes always cause corns. II
that were 50 lady's foot would b
covered with these excrescences. 1t is
the loose shoe which rubs against the
protuberances that brings on corns.
Some ladies do not get boots that fit
Their feet exactly, and the result is the
same as for gentlemen. They do not,
however, shrek and yell as the male
sex. Years ago lady would not think
Of consulting chiropodist. Now.
however. they seek relief from them
just as the sterner portion of humanity.
Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
The action of dynamite in o,

The action of dynamite in or.
ploding is very simple. 1t has nc
preference 1t all as to the direction in
which its force shall be exerted. Its
explosive power depends. as in the case
of all other explosives. on the sudden
formation of large volume of gas.
eous body, whose immediate recon.
densation causes the air to rush in
violently to fill up the vacuum formed.
-PhttadetDhia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

Red Shirt, Torn Belly and Calico
were the three sub-ch efs who upheld
Red Clouds dignity on his reserve
while he was on his recent visit to
Washington
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

A CONDUCTOR on an Austin street cal
said flare" to q negress, who was black
er than the ace of spades, and the smile
she smole caused her head to appear as if
It was all of except a small strip at the
back of the neck.-IeIds Siftings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

An anxious inquirer asks: "Where
would you advise me to 60 to learn how to
play the piano:" To the woods, dear; to
Boston Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

A MEDICAL journal asserts that the ap.
plication of hot water will prevent faint
Ing. That's it; that's it exactly! This
explains why men seldom faint. Their
wives keep them in hot water.-N Y Sun,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

A HOUSEHOLD journal prints directions
for serving spring chicken Another
good way is to serve it before it cele-
brates its ninth birthday. N0rristo,cn
Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

"WHY are those things on your dress
called bugle trimmings" George wanted
to know. CO." Emily replied, lightly.
'.becauss pa blows so over the bill"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

AN umbrella with pistol at the end Of
the handle has heen invented. The old
fashioned umbrella "goes OF easy
enough for us.-Drdke's 1fdrellers' Nag.
QziHe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

"THH Secret Of the Brook" in q late
poem. The secret Of the brook must be the
knowledge Of what is going on between
the banks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

"a FEW boarders taken in for the sum.
mer" is q sign often seen, but very few
seem to realize how much truth there is in
tt.-BOston Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

The elephant is = very bad behaved ami
NAL. He turns up his nose at everything
that is given him to eat.-B0stOn Tran
script.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

PRECISE young lady to her little brother:
"Willie, don't do that way. Don't kick
the ankle of the table, you disturb me."-
Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

TrKE's ToorHACHE DROPS curef minute,9o.
Giern's Sulphur; Soap heals and peautines. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
1t Astonished the Public

A FLoURIsHINo business-that of the
writing MASTER.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

"WHA7 Is the difference be.ween .
newspaper man and a pitcher" asks
baseball writer. About 5000 year.
N Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
CREAM BALM

has gained an cnviable rep
utasion wherever known,
displacin4 all Other prepa'
Iations. A particle Is ap-
piled into each nostril; \
Price SOC. by mail or At drt
ELY BROTHERS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

The Worst Urethral Structures
speedily cured by our new radical methods.
Pamphlet. references and terms; TWO ie'seI
ISOLATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, n. 4.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

WHAT sort Of a flag does . man p;,s..
when he waves an examine sson' WV
kvr0h Chronicle Telegraph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
8 Say. why is everything

Probably, my dear nervous SISTER; ~
ssnss YOU are suffering from some Oh inc
s;senses peculiar to your sex. You have =
.1tssuina-down" feeling, the back,acns.
xom ass dsbilitated, you havepains o. vari-
ous kinds. Take DIR. r. Pierce fA'o.-
tie Prescription" and be cured. r
.duced to one dollar. By druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
hAY-EEVER.

For ten years or more I
have been . great sufferer
each year. from August
9Th till frost, and have tried
many alleged remedies for
~ cure, but EIy's Cream
Balm IL the only prevents
tive I have ever found.
Hay-Fcver sufferers ought
to know Of its efficacy
FRANK B. AINswoETH. OF
Frank b. Ainsworth q Co.,
Publishers indianapolis,
Ind.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
If You are Driven Wild

With itching. take the advice
Of a friend, Though he calls
you aside at an evening party
to give it,, and rid yourself Of
the trouble by the use of