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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-05-15
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THE HELPING PRAYER.

The monk was preaching; strong his earnest
word;
From the abundance of his heart he spoke,
And the flame spread; in every soul that heard
Sorrow and love and good resolve awoKe.
The poor lay brother ignorant and old,
Thanked God that he had heard such words of
gold.
"Stl let the glory, Lord. be thine alone
So prayed the monk. his heart absorbed in
praise;
"Thine be the Glory if my hands have sown
The harvest rpened in thy morcys rays,
1t was thy blessing, Lord, that made my word
Bring light and love to every soul that heard.
10 Lord, thank Thee that my feeble strength
Has been SO blessed that sinful hearts and cold
Were melted at my pleadng-knew at length
How sweet thy service and how safe thy fold
While souls that loved thee saw before them rise
Still holier heights of loving sacrifice"
So prayed the monk, when suddenly he heard
An angel speaking thus: know, my son,
Thy words had all been vain, but hearts were
stirred
And saints were edited and sinners won
BY his, the poor lay brothers humble aid,
Who sgt upon the pulpit stairs and prayed"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-05-15
THE GOURD.

THE GOURD.
The gallant knight in days of old,
Sang gayly tlagon songs;
The monarch drained his cup of gold
And laughed his peoples wrongs;
With goblets flowing to the brim,
Bacchantes drank their wine,
But no alluring, rosy rim
Brings song to harp of mine.
The soldier loves his old canteen,
And sounds in song its praise.
The lover toasts his mistress queen
In wine-begotten lays.
The soul of poets is outpoured
Alike to cup and king,
And all forget the brown old gourd
They drank from at the spring.
There's happiness in banquet halls,
Amid the bright and gay,
Where brilliant song the soul enthralls
And wit and wine hold sway,
But all the joys in mem'ry stored
No sweeter thought can bring
Than those of draughts from out the gourd
With Nell, beside the spring.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-05-15

The ruling passion is illustrated at
many odd moments. Birch, the negro singer,
was speaking of the funeral of his associate,
Backus, Where there many present, Billy ?"
"Many present" exclaimed Birch, "Why we
turned 'em away before the first hymn was
sung"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18
"DEM WHITE wIMMINs. :"
why Colored Domestic Declares Then
TO be Unreliable and Deceitful.

Why ColOred Domestic Declares Them
TO be Unreliable and DeceitfuI.
Mrs. Yerger advertised for colored
servant, and Matilda Jackson, fresh
from the cotton fields, applied for the
position.
$50 you want TO hire out, do you?"
"Yes, mum"
"Ill give you ten dollars month to
do the cooking, washing and ironing" 3"
Oats mighty little money for a
heap of hard work" replied Matilda.
"Well, III give you ten dollars
month and clothe you"
&c way! You-so jokin."
"No. | am not I'll agree 20 clothe
you. You will not have TO clothe your
self at all.
Oats de bes' offer Use had in n
long time. You is a lady. you is. You
treats dc cullud folks like dey was
somebody, you does"
Matilda went TO work that afternoon.
Her work was done very well, and
Mrs. Yerger thought she had a treas
ure.
Before Matilda retired for the night
Mrs. Yerger said TO her:
Matilda, we will want breakfast on
the table by seven O'Clock"
"All right, mum. -
Next morning Colonel Yerger said
20 his wife.
II don't hear that new darkey max
ing any fuss in the kitchen. i don't
believe she's mp yet, and it is past
seven o'clock already"
III 20 and see what Is the matter
with her. Perhaps she is sick" said
Mrs. Yerger, dressing herself hastily,
and going TO Che door Of the scrYanfs
room, she knocked loudly at the door.
e" Who's darP' said Matilda.
am here, replied Mrs YorRcr
3" Come right i'm, mum. Use been
waitin' for ye foab dc las hour"
Mrs. Yerger did so, and discovered
that Matilda had not yet spuned the
drowsy couch.
Why didn't you get up long ago
and cook breakfastP It's past seven
o'clock " said Mrs Yerger, indig.
nantly.
"t done tole yer why didn't get
up"
" No you didn't"
Yes did. I tole yer / was wsitip
fer you ter come in heah and keep yct
promise.
What promiseP'
Yer promised me ten dollars n
mumf. and ter clofo me What's de
use Of me gittin out Of bed ef you ain {
heah ter put de clofes on me pussou.
Use Ocen ready ter be dressed for de
last hosr. Oar my clofcs on dc char
BY dc windy"
Matilda put on her own clothes that
morning, and as she shook the dust of
the Yergcr mansion of her large and
generous feet, she was heard 70 saw:
Dat'H dc way all dem white vim
mins is. Doy promise yer and promise
yer, but when hit comes ter keeping
dar promises dcy amt dar '-1ezas
GVtiHgs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18
HUMOROUS.

Where was time raisedP In the
lapse of ages.
IL suppose you heard we've lost
our sOnP' "What! Is he deadp" "Oh,
no; he's married. ~ Chicago Ledger.
The race-horse Obermeyer has been
named Schoolmaster. He ought to be
able TO beat his competitors now.-MtL-
UdUbee Sun
No man appreciates more the ire
sistible power of the press than the un-
lucky wretch who has just got his fin
ger caught in the machinery lSoDler!
CHte JOUTH0t.
John Kemble was performing one of
his favorite parts at country theater,
and was interrupted from time to time
by the squalling Of achild i'm the gallery,
until at length he walked with solemn
steps 10 the front of tho stage, and adj
dressing the audience i'm the most tragic
tones said; "Ladies and gentlemen,
unless the play Is stopped the child can
not possibly go on"
"A young married woman i'm the
upper part Of the city was very much
worried during the storm one afternoon
recently. Her husband had Just bought
COW and put 10 i'm the barn. As soon
as il commenced TO thunder the lady
rushed wildly to the kitchen and cried
to her cook: Run, Mary, and shut
that stable door. II that COW hears that
thunder it will turn her milk sour ~
~ y. LcdgCy ln
- should think Pope Leo XIII
would be q very unhappy man, said
Or SOOnOyer. who Is "A Texas humOr-
ist. "Why sOP' asked Jude Penny
bunker. - should think he would be
troubled with dreadful forebodings. "
continued the Doctor. ''Why SOP.
Because he can never sit down TO the
table without being the thirteenth, Leo
XIII, sceg'-Icras SytiHgs.
Soprano and basso.-
o avn Soprano said she.
And whenever i 20 up TO g..
Tbc gallery GODS the best critics bv odds
shout Ah, thcrol now stay thorol 20 ne"
=" am tasso." said ho.
And Whenever 60 down 20 q.
The orchestra shakes, the proscenium
Aud the gallery yels whiskors' at me"
- Ch'cngO ITibUHc.
Josh Billings was asked 'IIow
fast does sOupd travcl?" iii, idea
is that 30 depends "a good deal Upon
the noise YOU are talking about The
sound oi dinner horn. fOr instance.
travel hall O. mile in second; while
an invitation tcw get up in the morn.
ing have known To- be threc-quarters
Of on hour goin up two pair Of stairs,
and then not hev strength onuE left to
be heard
yes said The Colonel, ~ was on
O. jury in California once It was q
murder irial i didn' want the fellow
hung, and So stuck out against the
otncr eleven for nine days. locked up
iu tle juy-r0om, whom they gave i'm,
and $50 brought in n verdict Of Not
guilty and then / was the maddest
man in tho State why. what were
YOU mad about. ColOnel?" Cause the
mob bad hung the prisoner Che first
dsJ we were locked upl'-M T. Sm
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18
6ABY IN HEAVEN.

wien Day his burden OF toll and care
mas laid at the golden gate OF the west,
And the purpllng hazcs nh the air
And the bird and the bee have gone TO
rest
wonder then. mid the tender light,
who's taking care OF baby to-nightg
IL somewhere above. in the far-od skv,
is the home where my baby STAYS tonight
As l watch The sphere ~ light on hgb
= wonder which rave of golden light
Fall ON that unknown 0welllng where
LaNeth my baby, Goiceu-hair,
Whose Is the voice that lovingly
Ielis what her questioning soul would
know
Whose is the hand that tenderly
Leads hcr. lsbIe tadeless blossoms blown
~ ~. tnet happy land, so fair, SO bright,
VINO taking care OF baby to-nightg
U soul OF Iyne. cOuldst thou only know
,,, nat snf has learned since she went away
WONDERS more great Heaven can show
-, pan nave met the light OF an earthly day:
Inc neN> new song, the Glorious Name,
inc harp, the crown, and the sca-like flannel
i wonder ~. when the burst OF song
fNom Heavenly choliS first met hor ear
ana she saw the countless, whito-robed
She, ibousht of the love of her mother
hero:
Orif, In her fearless Innocence.
She met the gaze OF OmnipOtence.
She went in the sprlng-time away from me;
And oft, as the skies bring the fair spring.
time. Pms
i long for the hour when shall see
That happier land. that perfect CLINE
Mhere these weary arms shall fold once more
My gold haired one as in ycnfs of vorc
-otoFoc H. Hodth, tn Youths COBipd ION.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

king Oscar. of Sweden. Is writing
n history of Europe from 1864 TO 1872
"A German clergyman and an En-
glish girl with romantic ideas were
married on an iceberg IN the Arctic
Ocean recently.
Mr.. FELTON,, one OF the California
congressman, SAYS that John w.
Mackay, is worth S25 100000 and
doesn't owe dollar
Mrs. Sally Tinker of fremont.
Me-. is nincty-nino years old. walks two
miles to church on Sunday, and reads
without spcctaclcs. -- Boston Journal.
Tho following are the singular
names of men who live in Surray Coun-
", North Carolina; Bird Snow, Ice
Snow, Hail Snow. Frost Snow, Deep
Snow and More Snow.
Tho death of Lord Strathram re-
duced the number of British Field Mar
shals to four-thc Duke of Cambridge.
the Prince OF Wales, Lord Napier OF
Magdala and Sir T.. Grant.
Oliver Wendell Holmes lives in 70
bright yellow house with green blinds,
and some OF those people who look for
special motives in insignificant acts
wonder what profoundly scientific no
Clarence Seward, William H. Sew
ards son, is said, with his fierce, gray
mustacho and long, gfay hair, which
falls picturesquoly behind his ears from
underneath his silk hat, To look more
like a cavalier soldier affecting the
dress OF the civilian than an astutc,
plodding lawyer.-N. " Telegram.
"A clerk in the Pension Oflicc died
at Washington the other day, and IL
was then discovered that he was en-
| gagged TO two prominent society ladies.
One was Washington heiress, from
whom he had borrowed money without
giving notes He willcd all his proper
~ to the other girl Washington Star.
When Rubcnstcin was i'm this coun-
try Josh Billings was introduced to
him, and the pianist in conversation
| presently cndeavOrod to impress upon
| the Yankee an idea OF his high family
! rank. Indeed, ~ he said, II have as-
! certaincd that my ancestors were
| prominent men i'm the Crusadcs, and
one OF them accompanied the Emperor
Barbarossa.' "On the piano, / sup
pose, hsaid Josh, - Chicago Inter Ocean.
Lord SalisbuIy's rapid rallying
after severe surgical operation Is
4 Si'hNly utc W MS hpltnulu pnNhlChi ue-
Vclopment. Son of one of the richest
and proudest houses of England, from
childhood TO manhood he was Injured
TO privation and hardship until he be-
gan to regard hunger, cold, toll and
| pain as trilles too light for serious con-
sidcration, and sickness became q
stranger to his athletic frame.
Librarians the country over have
been seeking to discover volume Fl of
the christian Observer, and Bowdoin
College is said to have been specially
persistent in its search for the missing
book After looking for il for ten
| years it occurred to Librarian Poole,
of Chicago, to examine his set when
he made the discovery that there had
| never been any volume 2l, that volume
20 closed with December, 1921 and
volume ~ began with January, 1922,
| the change being made that the volume
might correspond with the year OF the
century N y. Sun.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18
A VARIED EXISTENCE.
ftrst Boat, Then Fish, Then "a Larger
Boat, Then ~ sail and Then n Bird.


Boat, Then ~ sail and Then Bird.
n riddle has been devised by Mr.. j.
&. Wood, the naturalist. who confesses
that he believes the sphinx might have
lived some swo thousand years longer
had she propounded this. instead of
her own rather simple question His
query runs thus: "What animal is that
which is first a boat. then fish, thcn a
larger boat, then sail and then a
birdP' How many of us could guess,
on the spur of the moment, or even
after deliberation, that il means "A gnat?
The tiny insect l. native Of the
water during the early stages of its eN.
istence, and only seeks the air and land
when II attains its,wings. The eggs of
the gnat are destined TO float on the
water, i'm order 10 be hatched, but as
they are very small, they would be
liable to destruction IL they were sim
ply placed there at random, and then
left alone. Therefore the female.
when about to deposit them, sta
tions herself on floating leaf,
or other convenient support, cling
ing 10 it by her fore legs. and stretch
ing the hind legs as far as possible over
the water and crossing them at their
eNtremitcs.
BY means of these slender hind legs.
she guides the eggs i'm the direction
they should take, arranging them final
~ I'm the form of Il boat, and fastening
them together with peculiar water
proof secretion
In short time after the eggs have
been laid the young gnats within thom
are so developed by the warmth of the
sun that they force out the lower end
of their shells, drop into the water, and
swim away.
The future gnat now corresponds To
the caterpillar of the moth or butterfly,
and Is called larva. During this state,
IT changes its skin several times. Be
fore the last moult, IL seems to be i'm d
dying condition; it does not swim
about, but remains at the surface OF
the water, where, presently, it's skin
bursts, and the pupa issues.
Iho little creature now never dives
except when alarmed. but merely float,
near the surface OF the water, obtain.
ing its air supply by means of two little
horns communicating with the atmos
phcre. The most noticeable alteration
which has taken place in il, since tho
larva state, is the enlargement of the
upper part of the body; and If this por.
tion be examined under the microscopC
there will be found within IL, closely
| packed together, the wings, legs. head
beautiful feathered antenn@, and the
complicated mouth organs belonging
to the mature gnat.
After n short time passed in this
stage, the pupa, remaining perfectly
still. takes several deep inspirations
thus swelling the body of the enclosed
gnat, which is by this time quite sepa-
rated from the pupal envelope.
The skin cracks, the gnat emerges,
and supports himself upon his discard.
ed covering. until his wings are dried
sufficiently TO take Co the air. AS tho
pupal skin on which he rests is so dried
as to be mere shell, he may be said
Tor the second time i'm his life, TO act as
Il tiny boatman. Presently. however
he is up and away, to begin new
| phase of existence as perfect winged
insect YOUTHS Companion.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18
RANooLPH,s sARcAsM.
How He silenced u Young Man who Tried
20 " DO Him Up."

20 " DO Him Up"
On. the death OF q certain Senator.
his place was filled by young man
with more courage than Judgment He
determined 10 do up the Bald Eagle
of the American Congress. and in bis
maiden speech proceeded 90 carry
out bis intention The House listened
amazed. and waited in eager evpecta
lion that Randolph would rise and with
his formidable fDrcfuger and wither.
ing wit demOlish the young aspirant
for OratOrical honors But nothing Of
The kind occurred Randolph of Roam
oTc kept Oh writing, making no sign
thut he even heard thc speech a few
days after, however, resolutions were
passed on Che death OF the late Senator
Randolph rose and said that the House
he'd met 30 culogize and pass rcsoiu-
SONS Of respect upon the late great
ocuaiOr from -, whose seat. he
added, pointing 90 whore his successor
SAT- els still vacant This t. aI the
notice he ever took OF the Young man
who mad attempted 70 "do up old
Randolph san Francisco Aryon 1ssL
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18

-Tke world has been called bub-
ole. This Is probably because it takes
o good deal Of soap 20 run 10
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18
MIGRATION OF BIRDS.
Lessons TO BE Learned from the Flight Of
Migratory Birds.

Lessons TO BE Learned from the Flight Of
Migratory Birds.
Not long ago large numbers of Brit
ish migratory birds (dcad) were found
floating in the sea of the Eddystone
Lighthouse 1t is probable that during
their night journey from the Devon
shire shores fog overlook them, and
that the bright light from the lantern
of the lighthouse attracted them and so
stupefed them that they dashed them
selves against Che thick glass and were
killed i'm large numbers The fisher
men who trawl for turbOt. soIcs skate
etc, on the Vane Ridge Banks. be-
tween Dover and Calais, not unfre-
quently hear the sound Of nOcks OF
migratory birds dying overhead The
speed 40 which birds can 90 when on
their migratory flight has been noticed
'luails are said TO accomplish one hun
drcd and fifty miles i'm q night, and in
digested African seeds and plants have
been found i'm the crops OF these birds
when they reach the French coast. y
IL Is said that the migration of
birds will fOretcll severe weather. and
30 IS well-knOwn by the bird-catcher
that when the larks and other northern
birds appear snow and hard weather
will follow the eight These warnings
OF migratory birds, though apparently
Insignificant, may be- Of vast political
and even national importance. II the
Emperor Napoleon, when on the road
to Moscow with his army in 1911, had
condescended 10 observe the flight OF
storks and cranes passing over the fatcd
battaliOns subsequent events in the
politics Of Europe might have been diff
ierent The stOrks and cranes knew of
the coming on Of % great and terrible
winter; the birds FASTENED toward the
south, Napoleon and his army toward
ILn unrIL ILL.l..l. ILL.,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18
A Roman Race Course in France.

Archaeological research has recently
revealed in the neighborhood of Nantes
the existence Of race course OF pre-
sumably Roman origin The founda-
tions Of the hippodromo occupy an area
Of about 228 by t7f meters Further
discovery has been made in the vicinity
of an ancient roadway leading to the
Loire, near the bank of which river
traces Of number of villas prove tho
existence of "a buried city. inasmuch as
70 theatcr capable Of accommodating
1000 persons has been brought to the
light Of day. a quantity of ornaments,
jewels and pottery has been recovered
among the ruins. Thus far the absence
of coins has frustrated the endcavors of
sayants engaged in unearthng tdc
relics 20 establish the epoch of this me ST
recently found city Ui the Roman ocfu-
patton. ~ y Post
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18

from Massachusetts, is Henry Williams
Of Taunton, who took his seat i'm The
National House of Representative De.
ccmbcr p 1889 Robert G. Winthrop
entered the House December Z, 1880:
Julius Rockwell February 2. 1874. and
N. = BaDks December 3. 1853 boston
Glo6C
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18

When Dsv his burden OF toll and caro-
has laid at the golden gate OF the west,
And the purpling hazcs MI the air
And the bird aud the bcc nave gone 20
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-18

Besides the above-named rains. there Is a
way Ira n wtha assenger car attache that
goes both East and West daily except sun ay.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-10
SECRETARY WHITNEY SAND the
DOL PkIN.

few months ago, Secretary Whitney re-
jected the despatch boat Dolphin, on the
ground that she was structurally weak, that
she had not attained the speed called for in
the contract, and was in other respects not
such vessel as Mr.. Roach agreed to build.
The Democratic press, from one end of the
country to the other, sounded Mr.. Whitney's
praises for his firmness and his jealous care
for the interests of the government. A
change has recently come over Mr.. Whitney,
and he has now concluded to accept the YES
sell Yet, if the report of his examining
board was true, Mr.. Whitney ought not to
take the Dolphin. If she is structurally
weak, as that board reported, she was not
such vessel as Mr.. Roach agreed to build,
and the government should not accept her.
Ii the contract specified a certain rate of
speed, and the vessel has failed to attain it.
she should be left on Mr.. Roaeh's hands, and
ne, not the government, should bear the loss.
II Secretary Whitney was right in refus-
Ing to accept the vessel in the first place. he
is wrong in agreeing to accept her now. If
he is right in accepting her now, he was
wrong in rejecting her then. He can choose
either horn of the dilemma he prefers
Either of them is fatal to that infallibility of
Judgment which it was supposed the acces-
sion OF Democratic administration would
bring to the Navy Department
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-10

The new police law does not contemplate
public trial of officers before consent to
their removal shall be given by the Board of
Aldermen. There is nothing in ii, however.
which prevents the Aldermen from thorough
ly informing themselves in regard to the
facts before such consent. 1t does not seem
to US that the Aldermen's investigation of
the Sterling case was, under the circum-
stances, exhaustive enough. The sources
from which the charges against Mr.. Sterling
came were not above suspicion. Marshal
Andrews, who was the original mover in the
case, had himself been removed, and several
members of this very board had previously
expressed want of confidence in him. The
Mayors performances in regard to the po-
lice also have been so inconsistent IS not to
inspire the fullest confidence in the disinter-
estedness OF his motives. Only few years
ago, when a member of the Board Of Alder
men, he resorted to methods which were en-
tirely unjustifable, to preventlthe removal
from the police force of two men accused of
gross neglect of duty, and subsequently,
when Mayor, he sought to remove an eff
Gent deputy marshal on pretexts so flimsy
that his political friends in the Board of AL
dermen would give them no countenance.
With the charges, and the chief testimony,
against the officer emanating from such
sources as these, it would seem that very
ordinary prudence would have suggested
calling the accused before the board and
listening to his story before disgracing him in
the eyes of the community.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-10

The New York election contains many
useful and instructive lessons. Not the least
important of these is one pointed out by the
Springfield Union. In the Unions opinion
it teaches that men and newspapers which
are first on one side and then on the other
very soon cease to have influence with any
body and simply handicap the party or cause
which they assume to lead. There is no
doubt much truth in this. There is no place
in the world where freedom of thought and
independence of action are more highly val
ued than in the United States, but they must
have as an accompaniment at least an APP
preciable amount of consistency. 1t is for
the want of this that the variety of independ-
ence commonly known as the Mugwump
was not destined to live long. 1t is peculiar
ly American to work hard and consistently on
one side or the other. Partisanship, provid
ed it isnot extensively offensive, has its adj
vantapes