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Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
Foolish Consistency.

Emerson tells us that there is no par
ticular virtue in consistency. How stu
pid man must be, he says in effect,
who is not wiser today than yesterday,
and who does not accordingly have to
change some of his opinions.
"a man will never change his mind
who has no mind to change" says Arch
bishop Whately, and Faraday expresses
the same idea when he charges us to re-
member that, "In knowledge that man
only is to be despised who is not in state
of transition"
There is medium between what a
worthy old gentleman calls "whiffiin'
about like weathercock" and remain
ing rigidly in one rut of belief. Most of
us know instances of men who cannot
bring themselves to say anything which
would contradict what they uttered last
week or last year.
A certain Irishman once declared that
he had owned horse which was fifteen
feet high. A few days after he referred
to the same animal as being fifteen hands
high.
"But," said listener, "you gave it the
other day as fifteen feet"
"Did l, thin?" said Patrick. "Well
I'll stick to it. He was fifteen feet high.
Youths Companion.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
A New Kind of Cotton.

A new variety of cotton plant, pro-
ducing much larger proportion of cot
ton to seed than any other known kind,
and having the additional advantage of
being earlier and less susceptible to at
mospheric influences, sounds like good
news for the Lancashire mills. The
newcomer is known as the mitafife. It
was discovered few seasons ago at
Benha, in Egypt, though it has only
lately been planted on anything like a
large scale. Mitafife is admitted to have
its faults. 1t is shorter in the staple
and not quite so good in quality as the
ashmouni plant, but for all that it ap-
pears to be driving the ashmouni plant
out of the field. Vice Consul Alban re-
ports that last years experience was so
encouraging that in some provinces of
lower Egypt it has this year been almost
exclusively sown.-London News.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
A Living skeleton.

A living skeleton, who rivals some Of
those who figure in the museums, was
found by the police in garret in ALE
gheny. He is six feet high and weighs
but forty-five pounds. He can't account
for his loss of flesh. He declares he feels
all right, though very weak, and has had
no serious illness. He is foreigner and
unable to speak English. About two
years ago, he says, he first noticed that
he was getting thin, but as he felt well
he paid no attention to it. He continued.
however, to lose flesh, and the past
spring, finding himself nothing but "skin
and bone," he went to the country, but
neither the change nor doctors did him
any good, and about week ago he re-
turned to Allegheny. Being without
relatives, he went to the garret to await
death, but neighbors hearing of the case
directed the attention of the police to it,
and the man was removed to the station
house and subsequently to the city
home.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

employed in hauling the boxes to the
drying house. Probably it is called a
drying hoase because it is alongside Of
the spot where the drying is done. Ger
tainly no artificial heat is needed at the
buhach plantation to dry anything at this
time of the year.
The suns rays come down within the
inclosure OF big poplar trees with force
that makes it pleasant to stand from
under. The trays are allowed to lie
there, the blossoms being stirred up by
a force of men until they (the blossoms)
are fairly cured. Afterward they are
placed on large platform about sixty
feet square, where they remain until
dry, and then are sent to the reduction
works, where they are ground into dust
This is done by men who are proof
against sneezing, otherwise it could not
be done at all Whether or not it makes
flies and mosquitoes sneeze we don't
know, but it is certainly the best pre-
ventive in use to keep those insects at a
distance.-Merced (Cal.) Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
A Mermaid in the Orkneys.

An interesting spectacle has recently
been seen in the Orkneys. It is proba-
bly, the first of its kind ever authenti-
Gated in living memory. A correspond
ent writes: "What is said to be a
mermaid has been seen for some weeks
at stated times at Southside, Deerness.
1t is about six to seven feet in length,
with little black head, white neck and
snow white body and two arms. In
swimming it appears just like human
being. At times it will come very close
inshore and appear to be sitting on a
sunken rock, and will wave and work
its hands. 1t has never been seen en-
tirely out of water. Many persons who
doubted its genuineness now suppose it
to be deformed seal. Table.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
A Remarkable Canal.

The most remarkable canal in the
world is the one between Worsley and
st. Helens, in north England. 1t is
sixteen miles long and underground from
end to end. In Lancashire the coal mines
are very extensive, half the country being
undermined. Many years ago the man
ayers of the Duke of -Bridgewater's es-
tates thought they could save money by
transporting the coal underground in
stead of on the surface; therefore the
canal was constructed, and the mines
connected and drained at the same time.
Ordinary canalboats are used, the power
being furnished by men. The tunnel
arch over the canal is provided with cross
pieces, and the men who do the work of
propulsion lie on their backs on the loads
Of coal, and push with their feet against
the cross bars of the roof.-St. Louis Re-
public,
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
Cactus and Camel.

The cactuses are very peculiar plants
AS peculiar structurally as they are
bizarre and grotesque in outer appear
ance. They have spared no pains and
shrunk from no sacrifice in accommodate
ing themselves to their niche in nature.
In the first place, they have no true
leaves. What look like leaves in certain
jointed cactuses are really fattened and
extended stems. If this seems at first
hearing hard saying the analogy of
the common stonecrops, where stem and
leaf are hardly distinguishable, will help
to make it a little less incredible. In
other ways, too, the stonecrops Tor Sc
dums, as the gardeners call them) throw
much light upon the nature of the cac-
fuses.
All these rock haunting or desert plants
naturally get very little water except at
long intervals after occasional showers.
Hence only those can survive which form
themselves, as it were, into living reser-
voirs to retain all the moisture they once
absorb. AS soon as the rain falls in their
arid haunts the roots and rootlets eager
ly drink it up in great hurry and store
it away in the soft and spongy cellular
tissue of which the main part Of the
plant is wholly formed. For this pur-
pose, both in stonecrops and cactuses,
the stems have become feshy and succu-
lent, and being also green and leaflike
they closely resemble true leaves. But
they are covered externally with thick
skin, which resists evaporation and keeps
the moisture, once collected, at the
plants disposal for an unlimited period.
In short, the cactus does as a plant just
what camel does as an animal.-Grant
Allen in North American Review.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
A Winged Lizard,

One Of theastrangest of the many
strange creatufes that inhabit the wilds
of southern Asia and India is the flying
flowers" small, brilliant hued lizard of
the order bracovolans. On the wing
bracovolans resembles richly tinted iu-
sect; when at rest it compares favorably
with others of the lizard tribe, with the
exception that it has an extraordinary
protuberance on both sides of the body.
These are the wings, which are formed
by cutaneous flap, winghke in shape,
supported by series of false ribs. In
color these flying lizards are blue and
gray, with intermediate tints of various
kinds and shades.
The tail is long, slender and very
snaky in appearance. A large double
pouch extending below the head adds to
the ferocious aspect of the little rainbow
colored brute. The wings are not true
wings, strictly so called, but are used
merely as parachutes. When the lizard
leaps from the limb of tree into the air
the upper current brings them out, and
enables the possessor to soar away at an
angle to a greater or lesser distance, ac-
cording to the height of the starting
point.
The lizard can change its direction
while in the air, power not possessed
by our "fying squirrels" Hence the
casual observer might readily believe
that they had the power of moving the
winglike appendages, which would, in
that case, be true fight. Soaring is,
however, the limit Of their power, the
height of the starting point regulating
the distance travelled in the soaring
fight, which is quite frequently several
hundred yards, an aerial exhibition
which strikes terror to the heart of
stranger wandering for the first time in
the jungles Of the antipodean wilds.-
st. Louis Republic.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

M. de Brazza. the French African ex-
plorer, has achieved great success among
the negroes of the Gaboon region by Or
ganizing among them fairs of the Euro
pean, and especially the Gallo, kind.
During the fete of the Fourteenth of
July The London Telegraph's Paris cor
respondent says the blackamoors and
their dusky wives or sweethearts danced
to the music of hurdy-gurdy and pat
ronized eagerly the merry-go-rounds.
Shooting galleries were also erected, the
negroes using their spears instead Of
rifles.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

Mr.. W. II. Ames, son of Ex-Governor
Ames, of Massachusetts, u soon to be
married to Miss Daisy Hodges. It is
said that the ex-governor has always
made his son live at North Easton, and
work as hard there as one of the factory
hands Young Ames has been obliged
to turn up at his post by o'clock, even
if he had been at a ball in Boston till
after midnight. On such occasions he
has Travelled down in q freight train, and
arrived in time to change his clothes and
oO tO work
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

Death has an odd way Of picking out
its victims A traveller went quietly to
bed in a Pennsylvania town recently.
and before morning locomotive off the
track ran into the house and killed him
as he slept. Railroad" hotels are usu-
ally uncomfortable enough at the best,
but it'has been supposed that they were
safer sleeping places than the track.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

A pair of belligerent bulls engaged in
a fierce battle on the track of the Astoria
and South Coast railroad the other day,
and for nearly half an hour the trainmen
were unable to drive them away in order
to get the train through. Huge clubs
were worn out over the heads and backs
of the animals, but without avail, until
at last they grew weary and sullenly
scrambled away
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

In our time the third finger is usually
the one on which the engagement ring
is placed, also the wedding ring some
belief possibly existing in the old super
stition that vein ran directly from this
part of the left hand to the heart.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
"A Buhach Plxntation,

The work of gathering and drying the
buhach blossoms is in full blast at the
buhach plantation. About one hundred 4
men are scattered through the fields
picking the blossoms AS fast as they
are picked they are slowed away about
two inches deep in wooden boxes, the
boxes being ~ feet square. Wagons are
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
Swung a Scythe for Eighty Years,

Horace Skinner, who is nearly 80 years
old, moved two tons of hay recently
with scythe. He afterward spent
week at Hyannis, and is now feeling
fresh and vigorous. Mr.. Skinner has
moved more or less every season for
over eighty years.-Mansfeld Mass }
News
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

The balloon proposed for polar explora-
ton is 80 feet in diameter and 500, 900
cubic feet in volume. The journey is to
be begun from Spitzbergen, and with a
favorable wind is expected to last four
or five days.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

The craze for passing floral tributes
over the footlights to stage favorites
seems to have reached it's height in Bos-
ton few evenings ago. A minstrel per-
former received a life size floral image
of himself seated in chair and playing
tha banjo
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

Hearing tremendous noise in the en-
gine room, an Auburn, Me-, engineer
rushed below to find the governor belt
of, the engine running wild and the
room full of steam. He Immediately ap-
preciated the situation and did what few
men world-groped about till he found
the stop valve and slowed the engine.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

( The Phenicians are amongst the earli-
est nations which are supposed to have
used the saw. The scholar is not sur
prised to find very pretty story ac-
counting for the discovery of the saw in
Grecian mythology. Here the inventor
is said to have found the jawbone of
snake. which be initiated by tagging IN
iron plate.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06
The Bic sunf1ower Of Hrockton.

Isaac P. Osborne, of Brockton Heights,
has sunfower ten feet five inches high,
which has thirty-ive blossoms on it. He
says he thinks this takes the cake for
sunfowers. = Brockton (Mass.) Enter
nrisa
Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-06

The daily mileage made in cities Of
the United States by cars supplied with
electric motors Is now more than one
hundred thousand and Il growing
Eapidly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-03-14
VARIETIES.

We should never make enemies, If for no
other reason, because it is so hard to behave
toward them as we ought.
Liable to do Damage ex-
claimed Mrs. Malaprop, Il read in the papers
of q Congressman at large do hope
they'll capture him before he does any harm"
Lady lin furniture store to new clerk)-
"Where are those handsome sideboards that
you had last week ?" Clerk (embarrassed)-
"Oh, I-er-I shaved them OF day afore yes
terday, ma'am." -.
woman is a delusion. madame" ex-
claimed crusty old bachelor to witty
young lady. And man is always hugging
some deiusion or other" was the quick re-
tort. -
The editor of certain paper was asked
by stranger if it was possible his little town
kept up four newspapers, and the reply was !:
mo. 1t takes four newspapers to keep up
the town." ...,-.1
-Suitor-"Perhaps, sir, you don't think
I'm good enough to marry your daughter ?"
Father.-"Perbaps l. do" "Well, sir, I'd
have you know that I've been refused by
some of the finest young ladies in the land,
"A lawyer who was pleading case mo-
ticed that the Judge had fallen asleep. "But
since there is no one TO hear me-" he went on
raising his voice. Pardon replied the
Judge waking up with start" it is precisely
because l was listening to you that fell
asleep" ~, va % assa7ti..a
Parson-"An' de text says:
'An, he shall separate de sheep from de goats.
Now, bredrun, l cast no reflection on dis
yere congregation but KNOWN it as do.
am OBJ de 'pinion dat on de day o. Judgement
de goat market will hab boom" lo-,.t. /,
The Court-"What is your age, madam ?"
The Plaintiff-"Must / answer ?" The Court
-"You must" The Plaintfff-'fWhy, Judge,
thought people didn't have to testify against
themselves % .a,..st...-r t.r.f,.......,
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Awkward,

In volume of "reminiscences recently
published, the writer, an English clergyman,
narrates an amusing dialogue between him
self and DR.. TAFT, then bishop of London, and
afterwards archbishop of Canterbury, 10
whom he had applied for holy orders. He
was charmed with the bishop, he says, so
grave, kindly and courteous but neither the
young candidates reverence for the office,
ror his respect for the man. restrained bin
from asking one embarrassing question
The bishop gave me a private examination,
as was his wont in all such cases.
Il propose" he said, 'io have a little talk
with you about the lessons for to day."
I bowed, and waited for the talk to begin.
"What are the lessons for the day" said
the bishop. Hlt-'
1 felt nonplussed, but thought best to be
quite candid. ra.
81 don't know what they are, my lord. In
point of fact, never read the lessons for the
day
"You never read the lessons for the day ~
exclaimed the, bishop, ip-azatber AeSrifed
manner. "What do you read then ?"
II find it more convenient, my lord, in
stead of following the selection of the lessons,
to take up some book of the Bible and work
through it."
The bishop looked relieved. "And very
good plan, too" said he. However, on the
present occasion l rather wish to speak about
The lessons. What are they ?" gsa
"Will you allow me to remind You that l
have just said that did not know them ?"
and then, retortng the question upon him
self, 1 said "What are they, my lord 7"
The good bishop broke into gentle laugh.
why, really, my friend, you have the adj
vantage Of me. l don't know them myself"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-03-14

Cards of admission, % cents; children under II.
Doors win be open at O'Clock. Performance
will commence at 8.
The profits of the entertainment amounted
to thirty dollars. Edwin shortly after this
accompanied his father on his professional
travels, and, showing prediction for the
stage, he acted occasionally Hemeya in "The
Apostate," MILFORD in "The Iron Chest, "
Titus in "Brutus" and Cassie in "Othello."
In nearly every city they visited he heard Of
the Bel Air performance, owing to the bills
which his father had forwarded to friends,
and the incidents of that occasion have since
been the cause Of many hearty laugh, while
in the annals of the little country town the
visit of the players" serves as a chronology
cal event.
While fulfilling an engagement at the Ma
tional Theatre, New York, my father, being
too unwell to perform one evening, proposed
to the manager to substitute Edwin for the
character An apology was accordingly
made and Edwin enacted Richard III. most
creditably, although mere boy. Jno. r.
Scott, the Richmond of the evening, who led
him before the curtain and addressed the au-
dience in his behalf, pronounced him
"a worthy scion of a noble Stock
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Ciuchona Trees in America.

Adolph Sutro is trying the experiment of
raising cinchona trees at his grounds above
the Cliff House. 1t is from the bark of about
a dozen varieties of this tree that quinine is
extracted, and if they will thrive in this eli
mate the trees will become very valuable.
Moreover, the cinchona is a very snowy
tree and highly ornamental, some of them
growing to a height of eighty feet. The
enormous medicinal consumption of the bark
of the cinchona has caused the tree to be ex-
tensively cultivated in India and Java. 1t
grows in high attitudes in New Grenada,
Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, where there is a
great deal of moisture. 1t has been tried
with success in Australia, near the seacoast,
and Mr.. Sutro thinks some of the varieties
will grow here, where there is moisture in
the atmosphere all the year round.oiiiaa XII
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gnetira1.
The Red River Voyageur.

The ReU River OyaSeur.
Out and in the river is winding
The links of its long. red chain,
Through the belts of the duSky pine land
And gusty leagues of plain.
Only at times smoke wreath =,
With the drifting cloud rack joins
The smoke of the hunting lodges az
of the wild AsSinibOineS! =.
Drearily blows the north wind n
From the land of ice and snow;
The eyes that look are weary,
And heavy the hands that row.
And with one foot on the water.
And one upon the shore, nd
The Angel of Shadow gives warning
That day shall be no more.
Is it the clang of wild geese:
Is IL the Indians yell
That lends to the voice of the north wind
The tones of /; far off bell?
The voyageur smiles as he listens
To the sound that grows apace,
Well he knows the vesper ringing
OF the bells OF st. Boniface.
The bells of the Roman mission.
That call from their turretS twain
To the boatman on the river, r
To the hunter on the plain. .
Even so on our mortal journey, r.
The bitter north winds blow,
And thus upon lifes Red River.
Our hearts, as oarsmen, row.
And when the Angel of Shadow
Rests his feet on wave and shore.
And our eyes grow dim with watching,
And our hearts faint at the oar.
Happy is he who heareth
The signal of his release, ..... ...
In the bells of the Holy City.
The chimes of eternal peace. . F..al
John GFeeHkedf Whittier
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A Duel of POliteneSs.

Old Judge Farnald, of Santa Barbara, has
the reputation OF being the politest man in
California. He never loses an opportunity 10
doff his hat or to offer some slight attention
to wayfaring men and women.
One day, as he was about to take the train
for San Francisco, he reached the rear step
of the last car just as they were approached
by young priest. t,....... -.s se7t
"After the cloth" said the chivalric judge,
stepping back with a CURLY bow.
"Gray hairs have the preference" returned
the priest with a splendid wave of the hand.
"The church always has precedence" re-
torted the judge, taking another backward
step, hat in hand
1.-THE church follows in the footsteps of the
fathers" replied the priest, bowling low and
indicating the way to the steps. 4 ,ss'. ,
The duel ofpoliteness was not half through,
neither yielding an inch, when the train pull
ed out, leaving both bowling and standing on
the platform. - ..s--.. f.#.,.v.. ..{t -aal al
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STOCK.-One fine Work and Driving Horse
and fine Work and Driving Mare, both sired by
Chester well matched and good travellers, 2
good Work and Driving Mares, ] Mule. very
fine leader. years old, | Clydesdale Colt, very
fine, years old. 2 Colts, 2 years old, Yearling
Colts, 2 good Milk Cows, large and young, fresh
by day of sale, thorough bred Jersey Bull. 3
years old, entitled to Registry, l yoke of we'll
broken Oxen, years old, l Steer years old, 2
Shoats.
horse Tread Power. Diamond State Thresher
and Separator, all complete, Buckeye Wheat
Drill in good order, / Belle City Feed Cutter, !
Champion Mower. l Hay Press. Wheat Fan.
Corn Shelter, Harpoon Hay Fork, Ropes and
Pulleys, l Horse Power Wagon, l Thresher
Wagon, l Top Express Wagon. in good order. /
Wagon Bed, Express Pole. three-horse Hinge
Harrow. ! two-horse Hinge Harrow. l Oliver
Chilled Pillow, No. 40, one-horse Oliver Chilled
Pillow. . Iron Age Cultvators, with hillers at
tached, Hunt Corn Drill, Iron and Wood Frame
Double and Single Shovel Plows, Wagon and
Plow Harness, Brides. Collars and Halters, Ok
Yokes, 2 Grain Cradles ! Corn Barrel, Log
Chains, Crow Bars, Shovels. Mattocks. Picks
Hoes. Forks. Ralzes. Double Trees, Single Trees,
Cut Saw. an extra lot of Old Iron. pair Beam
Scales. Hay by the ton, and a variety pf other
articles NOT mentioned.
TERMS or SALE.
over that amount credit of Ia months will tie
yea, on notes. with approved security, bearing
interest from the day of sale and payable at
the Hartford National Bank of Bel Air.
HERMON PYLE.
IC Pyle Auctioneer. 23feb
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Public Sale
OF
FARM & Personal PROPERTY

The undersigned, intending to quit farming.
will sell at Public Sale, on the preIHises, near
Edgewood, on the road leading from that place
to Bel Air
ON WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 10Th, 1890,
At 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the following described