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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-08-09

-Flap-"I'm in love, and the only disa-
greeable thing about it is that the girl is
older thanI." Jack-"How old are you now ~
I'm eighteen" and the lady is what ?"
"Twenty-two." well then make your
mind easy. BY the time you are twenty two
she'll be only twenty"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-08-09

Eczema, Itchy. ScHiy, Skin TOrtures.
The simple application of "Swayne's Ointment
without any internal medicine. will cure any
Itch, Sores, Pimpes, Eczema, all Scaly Skin
Eruptions no matter how obstinate or long
standing. I is potent, effective, and costs but
trtie.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-08-09

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-08-09

In stock with other liquors, Isaac Hecht,
Washington street, below the old railroad,
Of noted whiskes: 5. j. Faust, Buckwaiter.
Monticello, Orient. Baker, David Faust. Jockey
Club, Cincinnati Distilery and other brands;
also, Brandies, Wines, Gins, RUNS. Gemmell,
audi n fact ANYTHING YOU want in the LIQUOR line.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-08-09

1t was Connecticut boy who surprised
his teacher in reading the other day by his
Interpretation of the sentence There is a
worm do tread on him." He read slowly
and hesitatingly there is worm doughnut !;
tread on him !"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-08-09
The Tune the Old Cow Died On.

How many have used this expression with
out any definite idea of its meaning or origin
1t seems to have come to us from over the
sea. In Scotland and the north of Ireland
the saying is very common in the mouths Of
the peasnntry.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

pet, an stove the molasses-coc
broke the cheer-rungs, and bu sisd a !.
winder-ights. But twas all did MI siie
knownst to me" says she. ..An,aos
paw, John Wesley Dusenberrv nors ~ ,
ed to me last night in the pant hyrp 6,
we're a-goin' to marry on st. Volnnyt,eaa.11
day." says she. you'll give ms q NJ,
din, won't you 7" "'a-
She amt nobuddy's fool, our Car';,.
amt. She knowed, as well as fine n mug
un, that her paw was desput sot on a.
in her an John Wesley make ma.sl
o. it. But Dan Toadybush has ~
sort o. shyin round her fur spell baeL
an John Wesley hadn't never spoke Il,
mind before. 40
An you'd oughter of saw Pipes vbon
she to1e him that 'a
1t staggered him SO you could :,
knocked him down with a pin-featber u
But fur all he was so surprised AM a.
tickled as rat with a cheese-ripd m
she could git out Of him was: GAY re- =.
NAV, Car'ine. Eff she's agreeable H.
agreeable.
But we amt never he'd another nartv
an don't never callsilate tc hey.-Frask
LesLie's.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

INDUSTRIAL development in the South
has fairly assumed the proportions of a
boom-not speculative craze, but a
substantial growth that indicates per-
manent progress. The number of new
industrial enterprises of various kinds
continually being projected and started
south of Mason and Dixon's line is sur
prisingly large, and considerable por-
ton of them are such as will put large
capital into active use and create other
business. Paper-mills do not figure
largely III the list of new manufactures
in the Southern States, though now and
then one has been noted, but the de-
mand for them will certainly follow in
in the natural course, as an increase of
business always means an increased
consumption of paper. Meanwhile, the
South Is becoming a better market for
the products of Northern mills.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07
The Gull.

The gull may be said to be omnivo,
Gus; nothing, indeed, apparently come.
amiss. 1t will devour small fish and
for this reason is very fond of FOLLOWING
shrimpers and other small trawlinp Voc
sells for the feast to be obtained when
the fishermen are shaking out their nets
-mollusks and crustaceans which a
finds left by the tide, and. one Of IT,
greatest feasts perhaps, the scraps and
offal thrown overheard from the cooks
galley of "a passing ship. So fond. IN.
deed, are the gulls of the meal provided
them by the refuse thrown overheard
from ships that they will, in harbor
where guardship is moored, apparent.
ly observing times and seasons, attend
daily with the greatest regularity for
the food they know will be supplied to
them. In addition they will, as We
have said, wander far inland in search
of worms and grubs, and when 50 en-.
gagged will not even disdain on occasion
to help themselves to the farmers grain.
though this cannot be said in anyway
to be their natural food That gull
however, can live entirely on corn Is
proved by the fact that the stomach Of
one so kept by John Hunter is now pre-.
served in the museum Of the College q
Surgeons. Gulls make excellent
pets, and are most useful in gardens
having an illimitable appetite ir
slugs and a general aptitude for deyour.
ing obnoxious meets. And, strange
though it may appear, considering Their
natural wariness and wildness, it is not
necessary to obtain them when young,
as an adult bird, pinioned by good or
n lucky shot as the case may be, will,
often before its wound has thoroughly
heald, have become so tame that it will
come with great regularity to be fed, il
it does not, as certainly will be eyentu.
ally the case, know and follow the per.
son who is in the habit of feeding it
Gulls in captivity, or rather wandering
at large in a garden, though deprived Of
flight, are by no means the miserable
birds that many would imagin. On the
contrary they are most masterful, and
consider themselves Of very
great importance. They will generally
to notice all the members Of
the household to which they belong,
giving their preference as rule to those
who feed them, and will possibly admit
certain well known visitors to limited
intimacy; but they usually resent the
intrusion of stnngers, even to the ex-
tent of peckinG their heels-a far from
pleasant occupation for the victem, es,
pecially if performed by specimen Of
me of the largest species. They are IN
act, birds of great character, each ind
fidual having ways of its own.-Ik
Rerieo.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

THE women Of the South are working
for the establishment of industrial
schools for the young who are unable to
enjoy the benefits of such public school
education as is afforded. There are
more than million colored children
who have never entered school, for the
reason that there are no schools within
their reach, and nearly as many white
children who are growing up in ignor-
ance. The temperance women of West
Virginia are pushing the work of estab-
fishing a State industrial school, and
the same organization in Georgia is
pleading for both an industrial and an
agricultural school for the children of
the State.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

an rolled up my back hair, and suited
Pipes ycar-muffs wher' they b'longed,
We felt sight better, an looked more
like Christians an decent humin crit.
| turs.
But law / must git on an tell you
about the party.
Car'line was mighty sot up with her
new frock. She got ADELAIDE Perkins to
come an cut it, an it become her awful.
1t had gourd skeert with frill
round the bottom, and the buddy was a
tight fttin' basque with long tail.
Time the frock was done ground hog
day was pritty nigh onto us, an we had
to hustle ourselves TO git fixed up fur
the party.
Pipes he went TO the store an got a
couple of pounds O can'les to light up
with, an some sugar to make sweet cake
and few other iimcracks.
An Car'line an DIR. Franklin-he's
our oldest boy-they tuck up the rag
carpet in the best room, an shuck it,
an tackled it down ag'in. An she
secured the winders an doors, an dog
irons, an can'le-sticks.
We didn' hev skeercely cheers enough
to go round, so they made some benches
with couple of boards, an sot ten
gallon molass9s-keg-it was empty-in
a corner, TO help make out.
An the day before the party her an
me billed ham, an roasted some spare
ribs, an baked three pones of hop-east
bread, an made a batch of filters, an
fried two dishpans-full of double an
fx.sfrfaI Lori a .,,aatsx-c
Don't know what them isl Landyl
Why, you make 'em out of riz dough,
sweetened. Roll 'em out, an cut EN- in
strips, an twist 'em like figger 8, an
fry 'em in kittle of hot greese.
And You Jest ort to see 'em squirm
They scringe, an twist, an turn EN-
selves clean over, an all you got to do
is to fish EN- out with a long -handled
fork.
We make a batch Of molasses-cake.
too, an had cowcumber pickles an
scrapple. and l disremember what else.
But there was lots an gobs of vittles, an
good uns, too.
The next day was the ID of FEBRUARY
grounding day, you know, an long
about dusk the folks begun to come. BY
can'le light the yard was full of saddle
nags, hitched to the scaly-bark hick rvs
and butternut- trees, and there was
string of wagons hitched along the fence
in the lane, an the best room was chock-
full Of young folks playing ''duck."
The old folks mostly sot out in the
tin-room, or stood up an peeked in
at the young folks.
was busy in the kitchen most o. the
time, but after the table was sot 1 went
an peeked too, an watched EN- a spell.
They had got done a-playin' ''duck,
an was playin' Susie. /"
Ever see it Played You h'ain'tl
Wal, there was 'Miah Suds, an 'Thol-
omew Peab'y, an Dan Toadybush, an
John Wesley Dusenberry, an passed.
more of the boys, standing in a row.
An facing EN- was Car'line, an Sarv
Peliney Toadybush, an Lucy Marian
Pelt, an CleInentine Skinner, an some
I disremember now.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07
The Manufacture of Brushes.


''The manufacture of brushes, sayss'
gentleman who is interested III prV'lu
ing employment for ex-conNcts, sem IL
to have been especially destined
Providence to aid us in our braneh ',
charitable work. With probably but ~
or two exceptions, this industry Ell 1T
sesses the unique feature OF being ii
behind in the great race of mechanic :il,tn,
improvement. The ingenious lnNg ,a,s
and his almost human machinery Ia Ia
never circumvented the task OF stieAi s45
the bristles in the holes prepared y,
them in any other satisfactory way ' M
by hand. As the knack of dong ~. ~
by hand is easily learned, and ~ ~
demand for brushes is pretty eols va.
quantity, a chance is afforded us 9 VI
plv work to men who have Just petii ~, l.
leased from Jail until they can Sc. ~
ter paying Jobs. Machinery, Of coui ne
is brought into use in turning oIl ~
backs and handles Of the hrussees' ou'
first-class, durable brush Is othef~ise -
hand made. "-Ac,e Tesk IriolHe'
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

THERE is good reason to believe that
the average American of this quarter of
the nineteenth century is longer lived
than his ancestors of the last century.
The most casual reader cannot fail to
have been struck with the frequent no.
tees in the daily press of men and wom-
en- who have lived well on into the nine
ties and promise well to become centen-
arians. The best medical opinion of the
day is that the average duration of the
human life is not only being made lon
ger, by reason of the improved diet and
better sanitary conditions of these latter
days, but that it is capable of being still
further heightened by still further inn
provements in our ways and means of
living.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07
the pattern, an Pipes he fished his
wallet out of his boot-laig an payed fur

the pattern, an Pipes he fshed his
wallet out of his boot-laig an payed fun
it.
After that we tuck hoss-car an went
back to sister 'Lzabuth's, an on the
mex mornin' we come home.
An SIGH time as we had a-gittin' off
/ never closed an eve all night, fur fear
we mout oversleep ourselves; an when
we did git up, an EFT breakfast, and got
all ready, the hackman didn't come at
ter us till quarter-past seven, an the
train started at eight, so we had to hus-
tie considerable to git there in time.
most knew we'd be too late, but the
the driver driv like blue blazes, an
twas jest five minutes to eight when we
arriv' at the depo'.
"You hop out an run fur your tick
cts, " says the hackman to Pipes.
An Pipes he hoped an run, an the
hackman hustled our trunk out an then
he helt little Dabby while clumb
down.
"We1l hev to run fur it, says he, an
he grabbed the bundle an the grip-sack
an the umbaril under t'other.
We had ketched Gimp of Pipes in
the ticket-office, but when we got round
to it we couldn't see hide nor taller Of
him no'er's round.
"There he is I" says the hackman, an
p'ntin t'wards the hack where we got
out.
So back we trotted at our peartest gait,
but Jest as we rouneded the corner of
the depo we run smack into Pipes, jest
as he was tearin' back t'warls us, an
knocked him fiat as as founder.
He scrabbled onto his feet in jiffy,
though, payed the hackman, an then
we tore fur the train. An ketched it,
too, but not a minute to spare.
The brakeman drug me aboard by
the elbow, Dabby, umbaril an all. An
Pipes he clum on, painting an blowing,
an off we went
We had narrow escape from bein'
left, but then miss is as good as "A mile,
you know, an we hadn't no room to
glumble.
Pipes was sweating like beef, fur all
twas sich nippin' cold day. His hat
was sticking onto the back Of his neck,
an his year-mulfs had slipped round
his neck, an hung down under his chin
like link Of sassages.
But dassent laugh at him. fur / felt
way down in my bones that didn't
look whit better
My shawl was lop.sidcd, an my bun
net was mashed down over one eye. My
veil had blowed of, an l was carrying
il by one corner in my mouth. My hair
pins was all a-slipping down my back,
an little Dabby was topsy- furry, his
head down an his heels up.
But when we had stni'tened up
little, an / had sot little Dabby betwixt
US, topside up, and fixed my bunnet,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07
Feasting OF White Rats.

Sunday is the feast day for the birds
of prey that live in the big cages at the
Zoo. While their favorite dish would
scarcely repose with grace upon an Amer
lean dining table, it is regarded as .
dainty morsel by the slant-eyed sons o.
Confucius. His favorite dish is white
rat. The Cinnamon likes it cooked, but
the big condors, vultures, and eagles
prefer it served raw and whole. !.
The birds await their Sunday feast Of
white rat with ravenous impotence ana
many valiant struggles for the tooth
some rat take place within the cage
Head keeper Byrne sets his trap forTlile
rats all over the gardens and when sun
day comes he repairs to the cage WIN
.he feast. Immediately upon seeming
his approach, the birds begin to screen,
and their enclosure is confused mass
of Tapping wings and gaping beaks'
The rats are thrown in one BY one
and with lightning quickness sharp.
hooked beak buries itself in the roden.
flesh as soon as his body touches tle
ground. The big ones get the choiGt,
and feed in peace until the smaller has vi
get their eyes on the prey. Then VIII
a swoop they snatch the morsel from llls
larger birds and an interesting strugsH
ensues between agility and strength
When several rats are thus being con.
tested, for the conflict is bloody, and, y
keeper Byrne puts it, there are enough
flying feathers tostart feather foundrt.
A reporter witnessed such a scene M.
Sunday, and it took the fifty birds aoOu,
twenty minutes to fightoyer and dispqss
of bushel of white rts.-Phi'Gae.p'''
Record.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

ONE of the most peculiar develop
ments in the modern science of gunnery
is the method of handling and working
guns of long range. The Russian Gov
eminent has recently had two immense
guns made, weighing fifty tons apiece,
and discharging projectiles of the weight
of half ton each. The range of these
guns is over thirteen miles, and, as a
consequence, it is said that they have to
be fired by maps, since the object aimed
at is out of sight. By the use of by
draulic machinery two men can work
one of these monstrous weapons in an
accurate and effective manner.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07
A Unique Family Grave-plot.

In graveyard in Griffin, Ca, are ten
graves in one plot, containing the bo-
dies of the five wives and the five child
ren of citizen of the town. The slabs
are so arranged that the first is that over
the first wife; then comes that over the
first little child's grave. Then the Sc
cond wife and the second child follow.
The whole series, therefore, reads as fol
lows:
"My wife Mary. aged twenty-five"
Little Simeon"
'My wife Jane. aged thirty-one"
Little Georgia"
any wife Anna, aged twenty-seven."
Little Birdie"
My wife Maria. aged twenty-eight"
Little Ruth"
'My vile BETSY. aged thirty"
Little Hope"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

DIR. TANNER, the faster, writes two
column letter to the Chicago Inter Ocean,
contending that Edgar Allen Poe was
subject TO catalepsy or trance, and that
such a suspension of animation, not
drunkenness, was the cause of the poets
death, if indeed he were not buried
alive. The doctor further maintains that
the growing use of opium and its com
pounds frequently produces syncope
nowadays, which leads to interment be-
fore actual death.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

IT is evident that dynamite, and per-
haps other of the high explosives, are to
play an important part in future war
fare. The recent trial of the fifteen inch
dynamite gun, while not entirely sue
cessful in all respects, was sufficiently so
to demonstrate that immence charges of
dynamite can be hurled with precision to
considerable distances, and with the
certainty Of bringing about an explo-
sion against which any iron-clad ahoat
would be powerless.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

ENGLAND has been very backward in
applying electricity to modern needs,
but the latest news is that in one direc-
ton the English have proven alive to
the possibilities of the new force. There
is running in London an electric omni-
bus. 1t carries twelve persons, and is
managed by driver who sits just where
he would if he had to manage team of
horses. The omnibus makes six or
seven miles an hour, but it has not yet
been run in the daytime when the streets
are crowded.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

In the wording of an old deed GER
tain boundary line was described as ter
minating at ga stump where Daniel
Harrington licked William Jones. "
This reminds the editor of the Green Bag
that in the early days of the township OF
North Hatfield, Mass, road was laid
out which was described as running
from Pochang meadow to the stream
where old Mr.. Doohttle's horse died.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07

The annual income of the young Ger
man Emperor is estimated at 81, 900, 600.
1t is to be hoped, for the sake of their
own peace of mind, that when the Ger
man people contemplate these figures
they feel moved to exclaim philosophi-
cally, "Emperors come high, but we
must have them"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

A COPY of the latest photograph Of
President Harrison has been received at
the mint, in Philadelphia, and will be
used in making die or plate for print
log at some future time upon currency
or bank notes.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07
portrg ana 1itisrellang.
OYER AND OYER.

;alm and tempest. heat and cold,
Light and shadow. sun and shower,
Over and over. as seasons unfold
And out ofitalI grows the beautiful flower.
10y aud suffering, Smiles and tears,
Rest and labor, peace and strife.
Over and over, iis ny the years.
And Sut Of it all grows the beautiful life
Emma G. Dotoi. IN Youtts Companion.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07
THE PIPESES' PARTY.
BY HELEN WHITNEY CLARK.

o, I don't believe in
parties, nor likeways
Pipes don't neither.
faint cause l think
'em teeektd; it's-But
I'll tell about onrn-
the fust and the last
one we ever give.
'line-she's our
Oldest. Car'line Ar
thnsy Indianner is
her christened name,
Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-03-14

To thr memhers ~ the Farmpts
Alliance ct tupith county.
The state Executive Committee
have aske.i me. a. Niir President
10 put lecturer. ia the field at their
expense 70 -ge the Importance Of
a Bagging Factory Ia our state
rhis method d~rm impactiAblr
AZ the present time, owiug to pres
sure of business
Instead ~ this hoveveT. issue
this circular letter. aud hereby AZ
point the President oi each sub ALI
amer ~ the county. q committee 81
one 10 hing the matter before his
ALLIANCE Call a meetiag al ones ~
tonr alliance 10 discuss the snhirc,
anil then appoint commit ee at
two OF more ot your membership 10
canvass the matter among ail the
members. - that each aud every
oae mas understand the Inpori aucr
Of sach an enterprise aud have an
opportunity 10 take stock Ihefria.
FIVE DOLLARS constitutes one
share witch NAV be- taken by Judi.
viluals 90 sub alliances The Pres
ldents thu Addressed will please
aet ltomply. The matter must
BE- attended 20 10 the next ihr.r
weeks, as those who may take stock
IN this company will meet Al the
Cuaft III use IN II sxirharSf, Satar-
day, t2ird Of Marrh, AZ which time
you shoald have representative
10 represent yoar stock halders
sumo time ~ April t5e Stock lI9i
deTs Of the STATE will meet aud she
enterprise Will be pat IN operation
At once. Your attention j. hereby
called 10 circular letter ot the State
Executive Committee for full par
tscalars. Brethren " you mean any
thing by your organization BET Us
show u ~ our action IN this mat
teg. l. T. GRooME, PIssidenI
Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-03-14

Toe Naxss llerald 81 last week
contained hafler uf tue arvanty,
linn o. = comiiars ~ hat eif,. the
osgret ~ whiuh - 10 pafehss. 4
large iaFn and eundart 4 real af.i.
class siavk farm. Tue t,,ital .ta.k
VAS slo.oo, aud n~ariy IS Oso II
that amonni has alFeil, he,n .nb
-cril'rd b. ia' business -sa tf
hsxno CttY No tIaa,l.. ,srrlf
iag the ieslrsl anoant was rafer
tanned, f1f a haslnrss man Wlecn
see bstunl his nose. VII = nal
penny wise aat lspand fsdish.
SHOWS the Investment IL h,4nI 10
pay u conducted GA business uiin
rii'irs. AMI Why shsalI No. stock
farming be placed un business
basis a. we'll a. merchandising o.
banAing' fh'~ company pru,,ss :.
inr one ihax. 20 raise mals.
Sapposr lhrY TINS 100 Trxa. hfon
marrs a. 80 each, anl twa Eae
Jacks fig slOJl. Thrrs !. an
iasrs meat IT SB,50J Say thr.
Get ~ c'ilts litf year.
Al fhv rnl 81 thrr, yrtfs th.v
have 80 oIlt>. aud - - tl.ei.s really
% ssli ~ sl2b each. m4tlna a.
Income trO.u mIlss alpnr. afipf To-
third year, - a1sJ I,tf anann
la thr melafiur hogs ADD n.,rep
can lae rai-ti, ta-rlh-r uhh eafn
and has 10 feed un, aal a frw aegfs
~ coit1t - pas clrrsa' expeas =.
The ~riirn' .. -ppl ONE, aal Ws
hope our NBf - it5tud~ viii -
eNcu'u ITS sse.r itl. rnaaeIaifv
and nthurNI aui taH aems4a-
siratv - uthrf c. ia t. 81 70 gtsslis,s
What eau o. daue la thar liae. n
wuuld 10 Ifi ILis paper great
pleasure tn rI.or, the p.g4uktIipn
oi sleh a ha..t+s. i.it alsr. aupai-
-, \ NIif4hl- ftrm rral b.
hlught 60 ,tp % t'e muuas either
90 this epIItN %. il HIuaiH. a..a.a
iunr "a tvr pol. ~ ui lhe r.fR huit..
vhsIr q rlah. curs .du.I, II. Arnt
unisr tae gAfyhit. csc Il /. h.ard
~ director Ilr Hf5e such farms
thr hi.I ~ N-.Ieira rtl .ul,f.
the better \ correspondent Nls
iluthtuliN sail iltt tar BOTTOMS
nefd male-, aud thal lt be o., II.
tie bill UIuliigs ID supply TIE
steady detsiaud -titriaa Ledger.