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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-06-01

Many Democratic Congressman express
themselves warmly In favor of the nomination OF
ex-senator Thurman for Vice. President
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-06-01

GENTS WANTED d ff Se isrrd dSr o S1e
III in the country. Most liberal terms. IN
-~equaled facilities. GENEVA NURSERY,
established 1916. w. Il r. SMITH, GENEVA,
N. Y. n capt.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-06-01

Electors at Large.
Hon. JAMES HODGES, OF Baltimore City.
Col. II RNRY PAGE, of Somerset county.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-06-01

SPECIAL PREMIUMS AT THE llARFORD FAIR
The directors Of the Hartford County Agrcu-
tural Society met on Wednesday. A letter was
received from the wilma Farmers Club, contain
ing the offer of premium Of $25- sl5 for the
best and $40 for the second hest calf,
over four months old, sired by the
Holstein Fricsian bull owned by the
club, the calves 10 be exhibited at the
fair next October. Also the offer OF premium
of S35 cash for the best sucking colt or tiIly,
sired by Thorndae Idol and dropped in 1855.
A premium also to the second best.
The directors adjusted the race programme,
but decided not TO enter the Maryland and
Delaware Trotting Circuit. The amount ap-
propriated for trials OF speed was $500. Last
year 81, 400 was appropriated for the same pur-
pose.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-06-01

Democratic Ticket.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01

The traveller is often rudely shocked by
the contrast between the reality Of the
present and the ideal picture of the an
cient Arcadian life of the rural districts
or the intellectual and artistic life of
Athens But doubtless if we could be
transported back to ancient Greece we
should find much that would not please
us in the daily life of the people. Men
may say, IT'S Greece, but living Greece
no more" it is still an enchanted land for
me. No other civilized country withdraws
the visitor so far from the ordinary rou-
tine of the present; no other land affords
so many suggestions of the life of the an
clients from whom our civilization comes.
am sure that understand Greek art
better because of my life for few weeks
under the Athenian sky. A few days in
PelODOnnesus and a few more in Central
Greece, gave me a clearer comprehension
of Greek political history. The HOmeric
age seems moro of a reality after study
Of the ruins Of Tirvns and MycenP. The
pastOrals of Theocritus have new life and
meaning when the traveller hears the shep.
herds pipe and rustic singers vie in amoe-
bean strains, while he eats bread and milk
from the wooden bowls which his hosts
have carved
\ few of the ancient customs survive.
The lover of Homer is delighted to find
that the Greeks still throw back the head
to express dissent or refusal, and that the
trim maid still pours water on the visitors
hands. Some old superstitions have re-
manned, notably that of telling a disturb
ing dream to the rising sun, in order that
the threatened i'll may be averted. No
land is more thickly peopled with fairies
and every kind of benevolent and malig-
nant spirits than the Greece of today.
Doubtless many of the ecclesiastical Gus
toms of the present have been nodded
by the superstitions of the past.-Thomas
D. Seymour in Scribner's Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01
Study of the Hypnotic state.

Dr. A Dichas has made detailed study
of the memory in the hypnotic state, and
summarizes his main conclusions some
what as follows: C) during the hypnotic
sleep the subject remembers the eSper-
fences of his Wi king life as well as of
previous hypnos IS; (2) in hypnotism there
Is often an cxalt ton of the memory, and
at times chang in it's content, leading
to the assumpti n Of a foreign person
atty: (3) the me nory of what has been
going on during hypnosis is usually lost,
it can often be revived by simple sug-
gestion, and at times the memory of a
suggested hallucination may linger on,
and influence the waking condition; (4
the operator can at his will have any of
the acts of the hypnotic state remem.
bered or forgotten by making this a part
of the suggestion; (5) suggestion seems to
be largely applicable as unconscious
memory.
DR.. Cybulski has studied the power of
hypnotic subjects to hypnotic them.
selves He finds that such subjects
strongly imagine for minute or less that
that the operator commands them to go
to sleep, and the desired result ensues.
Furthermore, if the subject, on going to
sleep. imagines himself controlled by a
certain person, then, even though another
sent him to sleep, he will be subject to
the former, and not to the operator
These observations show the Importance
of the subjective element in the process
of hypnotism, and Indicate the method by
which the subject unconsciously takes
suggestions and acts upon them. DR.
Berkhan has applied hypnotism to the
amelioration of the hearing of the deaf
He tested the hearing of nine deaf boys,
and, after hypnotizing them, spoke to
them and had various noises made before
them The hearing of four of them was
found to be improved, and the improve
ment is reported as still persisting after
eighteen months Science.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01

! was brought up on Cassell's Family
Paper; but the lady who was kind enough
to read the tales aloud to me was subject
to sharp attacks of conscience She took
The Family Paper on confidence, the tales
it contained being family tales, not
novels But every now and then, some
thing would occur to alarm her finer
sense, she would express a well grounded
fear that the current fiction was going
to turn out regular novel;; and the
family paper, with my pious approval,
would be dropped. Yet neither she nor
were wholly stoical; and when Saturday
came round. we would study the windows
of the stationer and try to fish out of sub
seGuent woodcuts and their legends the
further adventures of our favorites
Many points are here suggested for the
casuist. definitions of the regular novel
and the family tale are to be desired and
quite a paper might be written on the
relative merit of reading fiction outright
and lusting after it at the stationers
window The experience at least had
great effect upon my childhood
This inexpensive pleasure mastered
me- Each new Saturday | would go from
one newsvender's window to another's,
till was master of the weekly gallery
and had thoroughly digested The Bar
onet Unmasked. 80 and So Approach
ing the Mysterious House" THE Dis.
covery of the Dead Body in the Blue
Mari Pit" DR.. Vargas Removing the
Senseless Body of Fair Lilias, and what.
ever other snatch of unknown story and
glimpse of unknown characters that gal
ery afforded do not know that | ever
enjoyed fiction more; those books that we
have lin such way avoided reading, are
all so excellently written! And in early
years we take book for it's material, and
act as our own artists. keenly realizing
that which pleases US. leaving the rest
aside.-Robert Louis Stevenson in Serb
ner's Magazine
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01

Every man. no doubt, used his gourd as
a gourd alone. But as time went on he
began at last, apparently, to employ it as
a model for pottery also. In all proba-
bility his earliest lessons in the tictile art
were purely accidental. 1t is a common
trick with savages to put water to warm
on the camp fire in a calabash or gourd
with wet clay smeared over the bottom to
keep it from burning. Whenever the
clay thus employed was fine enough to
form a mold and bake hard in shape, it
would cling to the gourd, and be used
time and again in the same way without
renewal, till at last it came to be regarded
almost as component part of the COM
pound vessel Traces of this stage in the
evolution of pottery still exist in various
outlying corners of the world SavageS
have been noted who smear their dishes
with clay; and bowls may be found in
various museums which still contain more
or less intact the relics of the natural OBJ
ject on which they were modelled. In one
case the thing being imbedded in the clay
bowl is a human skull, presumably an
enemys.
In most cases, however, the inner gourd
or calabash. in proportion as it was well
coated up to the very top with good
productive layer of clay. would tend to
get burned out by the heat of the fire in
the course of time; until at last the idea
would arise that the natural form was
nothing more than mere mold or model,
and that the earthenware dish which grew
up around it was the substantive vessel.
AS soon as this stage of pot making was
arrived at, the process of firing would be-
come deliberate, instead of accidental,
and the vessel would only be considered
complete as soon as it had been subjected
to great heat which would effectually
burn out the gourd or calabash imbedded
in the center.-Grant Allen in Popular
Science Monthly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01
Troubles of a Tobacco Plant.

after the growth has been fairly started
the troubles of the young plant begin. |
1t has to be as carefully watched as the
youngest baby of the household, and the !
planter must of necessity be most
patient nurse It has to be defended
from late frosts and that arch enemy, the
worm. This ever present worm is the
only living thing of the insect or animal
kingdom, with the single exception of
man, that relishes the seductive weed.
Frequently they destroy entire fields three
or four times, and the planter host of the
writer told him of an instance where a
field in his plantation had to be reset a
half dozen times. The Virginia worm is
long, round and green, with a smooth
skin, protruding eyes and numerous legs.
1t keeps pace in its growth with the
plant. When the latter is small so is the
enemy, and as il grows so does the worm,
until it reaches length of three or four
inches and the thickness of the index
fnge". When the plant is small and
tender the delight Of the worm is to eat
through the stalk, bringing it to the
ground, but after it reaches any size it
contents itself with eating great holes in
the leaIes.
1t is the Chief work of the pickaninnies
lchlldren) OF the plantation 10 keep the
plants free from worms. Two or three
times week they go up one row and
down another, carefully looking under
every leaf in the hunt. Now and then
you will hear joyous "ki-yi" come from
the direction of some woolly headed
worker, and you may know that it sounds
the death knell of an unusually large pest.
In slavery days, as now, the hunt was
carried on with the greatest vigor and the
punishment visited on the unfortunate
youngster who failed to capture every
worm in his allotted district was to make
him bite the repulsive reptile in two
This is tradition, however, and must be
relegated to the Uncle Tom period of our
literature But the pickaninny also had
his reward. The miller" a large white
moth, is responsible for the tobacco worm.
1t is exceedingly prolific and sometimes
deposits as many as hundred eggs in a
single night. The planter gives reward
of five cents for every miller" captured,
and on bright moonlight nights, when
they are most numerous, you can see the
young darkieS moving stealthily about
the fields on a still hunt for scalps.-R.
l.. Clutter i'll Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01

tern. rne owner or the expansive shirt
front never walks on in a natural manner,
but his entrance is charming compared
with his exit. He never seats himself as
a well bred man sits. The man who spent
'just one year" learning to walk on"
does not know how to place chair, how
to lift it nor how to sit down on it. He
can frown, stalk across the stage and
bang door open before him-that is the
sum of his requirements. Time was when
soubrettes resorted to the cheap device of
hitting a door-it always excited laugh.
ter-but when the angry father, insulted
wife, baked villain, outraged hero and
heroine, and the fire dressed gentleman
in the play bangs door before him, it is
very tiresome.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Country Folks in the City.
On the top floor of the city hall found
them. and Immediately my mind wandered
away to the homely farm house, less i'm
posing than the great barn and outbuild
ings near by. the old orchard. with it's
wide spreading trees, the narrow lane to
the spring, the jealousy treasured wood,
the perfume of clover, the soft eyed cattle,
the wild bareback rides in the back pas
ture fields. the singing school, the pro
tracted meetings, the pairing bees and
country dances, the harvest homes. the
hundred memories that belong only to the
country, That cluster about the farm.
say | found them There was a whole
family, six of them. and they were talk
ing on the sights of the city hall. The
old father and mother. the grown son, the
two daughters emerging from their teens,
the precocious young lad who knew more
than the whole party-that was the holi
day crowd.
rode down with them in the elevator
The young man led the way across the
floor, Ticking his whip recklessly. The girls
were skittish young things, and they didn't
like elevators. braced my back against
the side of the car and quietly watched
them. One of the girls wore a pin on
which the name Jennie" was picked out
in the metal She was the youngest,
prettiest and most nervous. When the
car started her heart climbed into her
mouth, could see. and she swallowed it
with evident difficulty. She leaned her
head on the other girls shoulder and in
dulged in little hysterical laugh will
it ever stop?" she asked The robust
young lad heard the query and as
sailed her cowardice. Don't be scarf,
Jennie" was his advice. but Jennie
couldn't help it She was hysterical when
she got down. and walked out to the
democrat" wagon with all the color miss
ing from her pretty cheeks A couple of
young lady teachers going down from
Superintendent Crookers room smiled in
quite a superior way, and | wondered if
the positions were reversed. and the city
girls had to milk kicking COW, whether
the country girl wouldn't have the smile
on her side and heart sinking be on the
other.-Buffalo News Man About Town. "
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01
Out to See n Woman.

The proper thing now with the Summer
girl" is to 60 out between the acts, just
like man, and drink soda water. A duo
or trio of girls often go to the theatre I'M
attended by male escorts, always adopt
ing the English plan, and each paying for
her own seat. At the end of an act they
get up and file out to drink soda water.
one Of them standing treat" for the en-
tire party Then they walk back, laugh
ing and chatting for all the world like
their brothers. Lots of the girls also &C
company their escorts in their entire act
journey, and probably enjoy the opera the
more for not sitting in their seats while
the curtain is down. Washington Critic,
A JOUST IN VIRGINIA..
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01
Popularity of the Dismal swamp.

There was no one at Ropers sawmill
who could give US any information, so we
padded on to the village of Deep Creek,
before reaching which we passed through
another lock Here the Dismal Swamp
proper may be said to begin. At this
lock we were again raised several feet, so
that we were now, although only a few
miles from tidal water. probably sixteen
feet above the sea level
Shall We pay toll here?" we asked the
lockman.
Not till you come out" he answered,
making it clear that there was only one
entrance and exit on this side of the Dis
NAL Swamp.
Does the swamp begin here?"
Yes" said the lOckman, leaning at an
angle of 40 degs., and slowly pushing the
great beam with his back. 1T begins
here, and it runs all the way to Florida"
This was true, in a way. The whole
southern coast is margined by swamp
lands; but the Dismal Swamp is not of
them. 1t is high land instead of low
land its water is fresh, instead of salt
or braCkish. Among swampS it is an alb
normality. 1t leans over the sea, and yet
contains its own moisture, like a bowl.
Indeed, the Dismal Swamp is a great
bowl, forty miles long and ten to twenty
wide, and, strange to say, with its highest
water in the center. The sides of the
bowl are miles of fallen and undecaying
trees, fixed in a mortar of melted leaves
and mold. Deep. in the soft bosom of
the swamp are countless millions of feet
of precious timber, that has lain there,
the immense trunks crossing each other
like tumbled matches, "Since the begin
ming of the world" as jumper cutter
said.-John Boyle O'Reilly in Boston
Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01

nan TO InvesJ m rear estate. MORGAN. ON
the other hand, carried on business in
which thieving is impossible, and he got
so used to trusting clerks that he had no
suspicion of bank troubles. Percy X.
Pyne. president of the City bank, is very
extensive owner Of bank property He
inherited his present office from his father.
in-law. the late Moses Taylor, who left
twenty millions. Taylor, like Morgan, in.
Cured no risks from clerks, and therefore
was a buyer of bank stocks 1t will be
generally found that leading commercial
men naturally prefer bank shares, while
retail merchants, who have been long re-
quired to watch their employees, invest in
real estate.-New York Mail and Express.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01
Big Holders of Bank Stock.

August Belmont, recently remarked
an old Wall street man, lis one of the
largest holders of bank stock, and having
good opportunity of learning values lie
has made fine investments He has been
in successful business for half a century
and has made an immense fortune, and
yet you never see his name among real es
tate BUYERS, nor is he found in the rail
road market. On the other hand, being a
banker himself, he knows that it pays
well, and he therefore puts his money in
this shape A few years ago the public was
astonished to learn that he owned half
million in one bank-this fact having
been revealed in the course of an investi
cation. and it is now supposed that he
has several millions thus invested. The
Astors also hold heavy amounts of bank
stock Old John Jacob, who died forty
years ago. was one of the largest share.
holders in the Bank of America and the
Manhattan company, and the family has
been increasing this investment ever
since. The Havemeyers are large bank
stock owners There are retired families
in this city which have lived on bank
dividends for half century, and the old
bank of New York can give some figures
of still greater antiquity.
On the other hand, A. T. Stewart. not
outstanding his millions, held but little
tate. One can very easily see the reason
of this. Stewart was always watching
his clerks to keep them from stealing, and
he knew that bank clerks have an equal
opportunity. Ibis. caution. therefore, led
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01
Walking on the Stage.

1T takes just a year to learn how to
walk the stage" said a self confident
actor who never made a natural move
ment on the stage, and who in all proba-
bility never will. His idea of the stage
walk was a stride, that would excite the
laughter of his fellows if he entered a
drawing room Al that manner. The
amount of labor involved in the art of
actors of his class is appalling to contem-
plate. 1t is evidently concentrated upon
the task of smuggling ones self under an
expansive shirt front, and presenting the
same continuously to the audience. A
side view is destructive to art of this pat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01

saIuue5 une Juuges. -rne 'scrown Is nung
upon his lance's end. Then slowly he
rides along the outskirts of the crowd,
until he comes to carriage where sits the
lady whose colors he wears, and whose
face is now radiant with smiles for her
knights success. Reaching her he dis
mounts and drops the crown at her feet,
thus choosing her Queen of Love and
Beauty" while the acclamations of the
crowd attest their approval of his choice
Meanwhile the knights who have won the
second and third places have received
smaller crowns, and hasten likewise to-
bestow them upon their ladies, making
them Maids of Honor.
And now for an hour is a pause, while
the crowd breaks up into groups and dis
cusses the riding and it's results. As 1t is
growing toward evening. many seize the
opportunity to eat the lunches they have
brought with them, or are carried off by
friends to sup in the neighboring farm
houses.
At length the buglc call rings out once
more and the crowd reassemble near the
stand. THE knight of the Golden Key
leads his lady upon the platform, while
the knight of Walnut Hill" and the
knight of Warsaw" follow with their
maioS of honor. They are met by the
judges and by the most famous speaker
of the country, who proceeds to make
long and howery Grafton, ending by
browning the ladies', amid the plauditsof
the crowd.-R. w. Graves in Detroit Free
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01
A Tly Man.

man needs to be pretty fly in order to
be successful in trout fishing. -Bostop
Post
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-01

Yes" said the sweet girl graduate in
burst of confidence, my education is
now complete, but still am not altogether
happy Mamma and papa, unfortunately,
have habit of pronouncing their words
so oddly, and they know so little of polite
literature and the sciences, you know,
that it really is quite hardship for me
to associate with them. boston Tran.
script.