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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-05-20
Trustees Sale

In pursuance of a decree of the Orphans
Court for Hartford county, sitting as n Court of
Equity, the subscribers, Trustees, will sell al
Public Sale, at the Court House door, in Bel
Air,
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
PECULIAR STONES.
A Theory Respecting the 'Schalensteines"
 of Switzerland.

A Theory Respecting the ''Schalenstelnesr of Switzerland.
 Tn many parts of Switzerland smooth. flat stones, evidently hand-polished, are often picked up. says the St. Louis Re public. They are covered with lines, dots. circles and half circles, and are known to the Switzers as ''schalen- steines." The origin and use of these stones have long been a mooted point among the learned. Some have thought that they were charms, others that they were meant to commemorate the dead. The characters upon them have long since been declared to be undeciphera- ble hieroglyphics, but it has been re- served for Herr Rodiger, of Bellach, to suggest theory that comes anyways near explaining their true origin and use. The schalensteines, he says, are typographical charts, as a comparison of them with any modern map of the district in which they may be found will show. The engraved dots corre- spond with existing towns and villages, the lines with the ,,roads. Even the forks and the mountain passes are indi- cated with precision that is truly sur prising. Herr Rodiger has examined many of these stones from variousp arts of Switzerland, Italy and Austria, and is sure that they arc rude outline maps of the country in which they nre found. He has large collection of them in his possession, which, taken collectively, form most accurate map of Solathurn, the canton in which majority of them were picked up. Another significant and curious fact concerning the schalen- steines is that they are found most plentiful at intervals of abont six miles, and usually at places where roads cross O,. fork
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
Taking Quinina.

The quantity of quinine which some people can take without trouble is so great as to be almost won- derful, says physician. There are many people who think that four grains is dose, and very few people ever take more than from ten to fifteen grains at time. Even the latter dose is apt to cause unpleasant sensations, such as buzzing sound in the ears and sort of dull, heavy feeling next morn ing. Yet have known of cases where the patient had as much as one hun dred grains of quinine in him and did not suffer from the effects. Of course, such doses can be administered only in extreme cases, where the fever is very high and heroic measures are necessary. You know that person suffering with great physical pain can safely take doses of morphine which would kill a well man, and people with a high fever can take doses of quinine without bad results which would drive a healthy person half crazy.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
LADY ANGLERS.
An Old Guide Is Somewhat Preiudiced
 Against Them.

An old Guide Is Somewhat Prejudiced
 Against Them.
 Old Louis Bouchard, our haIf-breed Nepigon guide, writes Canadian cor respondent, in the Youths Companion, reverences white ladies, but prefers to let Eskimo Joe, another famous voy- ageur and cook, take charge of angling parties that include lady members. On seeing an American party of three gen. tlemen and two ladies, old Louis re- marked:
 'Doze chentlemans ain't got much fish, den. No. Dey's nice, de ladies is -mebby? don know-but in camp? No-o-o. Dass so. One tahm I'll go up wiss five lady and seven chentlemans.
 'De chentlemans was boss dat trip? Boss? No-o-o-nevarel All de tahm, doze lady boss dat camp. Keep me cookin', coolzin', and nossin' is cook right. In de mawnin', first ting, got to bring coffee in de tent before doze lady ees get up. Louis, you wash your hands,? doze lady ees ask.
 sWhat dey tinl1? Mebby I boil my hands before mek dat coffee! No-o-o -dass so, ain boil 'em any. All de tahm, all de tahm, doze chentlemans watch for do something dey tink doze lady want-and doze lady aint care one bit-an de tahm doze lady want what aint dere.
 "You tink de chentlemans get out for fish early, early? No, baptsun-doze lady not make yer good fshin'. Den Louis, he's blame. Eskimo Joe laugh when I'll tor him bout dat. He's want for go viss lady party. Mebby he's like for wash hissef two-tree-four tahm in one day. Sapree-dass fool way for waste Soap." ,..
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
QUEEN ucToR,A.s GROWN.

A List of the Valuable Jewels It Con- s: tsins-
 The crown of the queen of Great Britain and Ireland, made in 1888 by Rundel & Bridge, has been estimated to be of the value of e30O,O It weighs, says the Retail Jeweler, nearly pounds and comprises more than 5000 precious stones, of which five-sixths are dia- monds. The lower part of the band is a row of 129 pearls, the upper part of 112.
 Between them, in front, is a large sapphire. Behind is smaller sapphire, with others and emeralds. Between the two great sapphires are ornaments containing 286 diamonds. Above the band are sapphires surmounted by 8 diamonds and festoons, containing 16O diamonds. In the front of the crown is the ruby given to the black prince by Pedro, king of Castillo. This is set in Maltese cross, and forming the cross are 75 largo diamonds.
 Tbree other crosses, containing SS6 diamonds, are around the upper part of the crown. Between the four crosses are four ornaments with four rubies in the center, and containing respectively eighty-four. eighty-six, eighty-fve and eighty-seven diamonds. From the Nal tese crosses rise four arches, composed of oak leaves and acorns, the leaves containing 728 diamonds. The thirty two acorns are each of single pearl, and are set in cups made of fifty-four diamonds. Above the arches stands the mound, containing 54S diamonds. and above the mound is the cross, con- taining very large sapphire, four very large and 10Ss smaller diamonds. All the stones are genuine, and not, as in some other European crowns. colored glass, which has replaced the genuine EfouaS
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
POETRY AND DEMOCRACY.
Poets VIII Give Expression to the Great
 Heart of Humanity.

Poets VIII Give Expression to the Great
 Heart of Humanity.
 ''The voice of the masses was never heard in the old world literature" l" says Walter Blackburn Harte in the April New England Magazine. CA whisper of it was heard almost for the first time with the French revolution. It is now beginning to be heard in real earnest, and if it does not find strong utter ance in poetry as yet, it is because poetry is trammeled by tradition. When the poets really awake to the grandeur of being able to give expres- sion to the great heart of humanity, we shall hear no more of this twaddle about this age being too democratic and too prosaic for the production of good poetry. If the common life of the nations can not afford inspiration for great poet, then we may believe that poetry is in- deed dead forever; for it will then ap- pear that the great poem of God is ridic ulous in the eyes of his human mouth pieces. The awakening intellect of the millions will throw down kings and aristocracies and plutocracies and the brutal chivalry of romance forever, and there will then be greater, more human, more divine inspiration for the true poet in the common life of the peo- pie. The old poets, from Homer down, concerned themselves principally with the prominent men of their time; the men who were the peaks of circum- stances, and whom we have since learned to accept as great. They have really been deifed by the greatness of the poets. History is beginning to show us how small and mean and petty they actually were in their lives. The poets were too often courtiers.''
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
SOUTHERN RuTTERMILK.
It Is Said to Be Finer Than That of Any
 Other Section.

It Is Said to Be Finer Than That of Any
 Other Section.
 To the southern housekeeper butter milk is practical, everyday necessity. She not only uses it in cooking, but puts it upon her table as beverage.
 ''I never use baking powder" said a lady to New York Recorder reporter one day, except in cake" and noticed she expressed the minds of the southern women generally.
 One woman will even sour her sweet milk with vinegar rather than not make her biscuit in the usual way. The Tennessee woman churns every day in warm weather, and she ehurns sweet milk
 In fact, all the milk that is not used for family purposes is put into the churn. 1t follows that the amount of butter is small, but it is the buttermilk she is after and that she gets in such abundance that the question of the little child: Mamma, which cow gives the buttermilk?" is not so strange, after all The children drink it as they would water.
 At dinner it is often the only beverage upon the table. What is not needed for the family is readily sold at the uni form price of ten cents per gallon. Many a woman of the south makes her pin money in this way.
 In levers and all diseases of malarial type buttermiIk is useful drink. An Observant physician who knew the habits of both northern and southern people once remarked: s'I believe that one reason the people of the south do not suffer so much from dyspepsia is be- cause of their free use of buttermilk. It isnot only promoter of good digestion, but a good blood purifier, and therefore Q valuable internal cosmetic"
 Do you suppose, my northern lady, that when you taste the sour, salted contents of your bi-weekly churning after that great golden lump comes forth you can form just idea of what southern buttermilk is?
 If you wish to do so you must sacri- flee somewhat of your buffers gilt and weight, you must churn as did the black .aunties," and then you may know the fresh, sweet, nutritious, anti malarial, anti-dyspeptic buttermilk of the sunny southland
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
A SEVERE CLIMATE.
Some of the Discomforts Attending Travel
 in Greenland.

Some of the DiscOmforts Attending Travel
 in Greenland
 Everyone knows that winter in Greenland is cold season; but it is ''pretty late in the fall'' all the year round in that part of the world. Here is description of September day taken from "The First Crossing of Greenland"
 On the morning of September fourth the weather was glorious and the air still There had been a light fall of snow in the night. The sun shone over the infinitely monotonous snow field, which. rising almost imperceptibly, stretched away and away in front of us like one huge white carpet, glittering with diamonds, soft and fine in texture as down, and laid in long, gentle undu- lations which the eye could scarcely fol low.
 But in the afternoon the aspect Of our landscape changed entirely. A biting wind got up from the northwest which drove the snow before it in one over whelming whirlwind. The sky then cleared completely and the weather grew colder.
 The wind increased in strength; it was bitter work toiling along against it, and we had to be careful not to get badly frozen.
 First my nose hardened, but I dis covered this ir time to save it by rub ping it well with snow. I thought my self safe now, but then felt queer, chilly feeling under my chin, where I found that my throat was quite numb and stiff. By more rubbing, and wrap ping some mittens and other things around my neck, put matters straight there.
 But then came the worst attack of all, as the wind found it's way in through my clothes in the region of my stomach, and gave rise to terrible pains. This was met by the use of a soft felt hat as chest protector, and I was now armed at all points. My companions suffered as did, and the bodily com forts of our tent were more welcome than usual that evening.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
WOMEN AS DETECTIVES.
They Are Not Well Adapted to This Line of Work.

They Are Not We'll Adapted to This Line of Work.
 It is said that women detectives are not as persevering as men unless they are actuated by motives of revenge or jealousy, and in those cases woman will persevere until she drops dead in order to accomplish her object. She will do more for revenge than she will for love. As general thing, too, wom- en engaged in this sort of work are un- trustworthy and are led by their pas sions, prejudices and sympathies. They look at a case as they want it to be, not as it is. They work on it, says the Chicago Tribune, from intuition and not from settled plans of reasoning based on facts. They are good at entrapping men, but wind up with blunder which betrays them. There are, too, frequent temptations that a woman is less liable to understand than man A woman criminal uses all the artifces common to her sex to play upon the woman de- tective's feelings, so as to be permitted to escape, or a handsome, fascinating man forger or bigamist would try to make himself appear a hero, much maligned and falsely accused. A wom- an, knowing her practical immunity from punishment, is more lenient than man. If she is cornered she cries, and a judge or jury will acquit her of criminal negligence; but man might cry his eyes out and the law would hold him responsible for the escape of the criminal
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
MELLOW DIAMONDS.

The Process by Which They Are Converted E. Into White Gems.
 ETNumerous attempts have been made yellow Cape diamonds into white gems. A short time ago it was announced that a Belgian had discovered the secret and wonld soon flood the market, figurative- ly speaking, with white diamonds, says the Paris Journal.
 M. Gilon, a chemist, conducted a se- ries of experiments to discover the way to change the color of diamonds. In ae- cordance with the principle of physics governing complementary colors Gilon prepared solution of alcohol and ami line violet, to which he added Q few grains of benzoe gum. He dipped yell low diamond into this fluid and allowed it to remain quarter of an hour. When he took it out again the diamond was white but it had lost its brilliancy.
 Gilon renewed the experiment with strong solution of aniline, allowing the diamond to rest in the mixture only few seconds. When the gem was taken out of the solution it was pure white and sparzled brilliantly. Weeks later the diamond had lost none of its white ness or brilliancy, and Gilon is con- vinced that gems so treated will long retain these qualities. This would seem to prove that the change is possi- ble.
 If the ''falsifed" stone is looked at through microscope no defects what ever can be seen; neither does the diamond lose any of its color when rubbed with camel's hair or linen.
 Formerly it was thought sufficient to dip ''false' diamond into alcohol to discover the treatment to which it had been subjected and to restore the yell low color. That often sufices. it is true, but Gilon's experiments made the color so solid that an alcohol bath failed to affect it.
 Is there, then, no means to discover the spuriousness? Yes, and Gilon dis covered it, too. It is only necessary to place "a diamond supposed to be colored in aqua regia for one second If it be really false the yellow color will re- turn at once.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
Big Pay for Knot Making.

There is in St Louis a firm of rope makers and dealers that has side line that it does not advertise. It is the manufacture and preparation of hang mans ropes The firm sells as many as one hundred of these ropes annually. The price of the rope, with the moose ready for use, is five dollars. The ropes are handmade and of hemp, and one of the employees of the firms North St. Louis rope-walk ties the knot. A few weeks since the sheriff of Madison coun- ty, H., had a man to hang at Edwards vile. He bought rope that he thought would answer the purpose. The tying of the knot he found, however, to be more difficult matter than he imagined, and he went to St. Louis to have the moose made. The ropemaber charged him two dollars and fifty cents for tying fha l<nOf
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
THROUGH THE MAILS.
Tropical Fish Have Been Safely Trans-
 ported to England.

Tropical E1sh Have Been Safely TTane-
 ported to England.
 An interesting experiment has been made in connection with the transpor- tation of tropical fish to this country. says the Birmingham (Eng.) Post. Act ing upon instructions from Dr. Gunther, of the British museum, the eminent authority on fishes. the super intendent of the botanic gardens in the island of Trinidad some months ago dispatched to England a small glass vessel containing about dozen speci- mems of small fresh water fish, na- tive of the St. Anne's river in the island. The little brood arrived safely in London and was deposited in the hands of Dr. Gunther, who is delighted with the success attained, which only shows, he says, what might be done with due care in transporting tropical fish to England. 1t is probably the first time that West Indian fish haveEbeen transported alive to Europe. These are thriving and reproducing their kind very freely in the tanks at Kew, where Dr. Gunther lives, so that it is possible they may become naturalized. In con- nection with the propagation of these fish is the curious fact that when placed in company with the common goldfish the latter fail to increase in number through the voraciousness of the little tropical ones
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
4 Terrible Tipnle.

The Mexican pulque is the worst drink on the face of the earth. It is the juice of tree, and at first tastes like spruce beer, but after fermentation has ended and the alcoholic principle is fully developed in the liquid it is not only extremely intoxicating, but has a most abominable putrid smell, hav- ing imbibed the animal principles of the skin in which it is kept. It is impos- sible for an American to drink it with out holding his nose, and after he has imbibed even comparatively small quantity he will get drunker and stay drunk longer than on any other drink eyer manufactured
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
Dress of the Salvation Army Women.

Dress of the Salvation Army Women.
 This is what Mrs. Bramwell Booth says about the dress worn by Salvation Army women: ''The dress, I think, was developed bit by bit. It was not in the early days so distinctive uni form as it is now. In the Christian mission period the bonnet was small and close-fitting, and it might be trimmed with black velvet, but the strings were of white ribbon, which soon became soil d. Our present bon net, when you come to consider how many styles of face it has to suit, is not unbecoming. Elderly women and peo- pie with large faces look much better in large bonnet than in small one, and large bonnet is protective to the hair-a point which we have to conSid- CT. The dress might formerly be either black or navy blue. Now it must be blue. Yes, the uniform is very comfortable, and it is pleasant to think that we need not discard it for any change of fashion. My only fear is that our dress should look rather too smart for the very poor people we go among, for our chief point is that we should be in all things one with them solves o
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
Swans In England.

At one time the number of swans in England must have been enormous. Paulus Jovius, writing three and half centuries ago, declared that he never saw river so thickly covered with swans as the Thames, and in 1895, when John Taylor, the water poet, rowed from London to Christchurch, and then up the Avon to Salisbury, he was amazed at the swarm of birds on that stream.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left car, upperbit in right ear Wattle (varuga) on jaw, under mouth, C on left jaw (cheek,; bulls C on left cheek only. Flooded stock c on left cheek and C on left ribs.
 HENRY HUNING Post office; Show Low, Arizona Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek, Laguna Ortega and Laguna Salada.
 Horse brand C C left shoulders
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
Ancient EnreInnes.

Envelopes are supposed to be quite modern, but in the Birch manuscripts in the British museum, No. 44S3-105, there is a letter from Martin Triewald to Sir Hans Sloane, dated Stockholm, April 24, 1755. inclosed in an ordinary envelope, which is opened out and mounted at the end of the letter
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-10
Whipping Machines.

Flogging is so indispensable in Rus sia that some inventor has perfected a machine which saves the human arm the infamous labor of blows. Under the fagellation of the machine taxes and arrears are to become speedily col lectible
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-02-26
Tho Graceful Nfinuet.

The minuet which Strauss Is about to
Introduce to the partial exclusion of his
own waltz, was the first ball dance
which had really worldwide popu-
larity. II is q slow dignilied dance,
an appropriate product OF the time and
place OF its birth. 1t is very old. When
Don Juan d'Austria went incognito
from Brussels to Paris nothing he saw
during his famous trip excited his adj
miration half SO much as the grace with
which the beautiful Margaret of Bur-
gundy danced the minuet. Other beaus
and titled dandies of the same period
also put in writing fattering illusions
TO the beauties OF this dance. Never
theless, it is exceedingly doubtful that
the minuet of those times was the
original model of the minuet of to-day.
The minuet which very recently has
appeared in the Partisan salons, was
invented by the French ballet master,
Gardel, or rather was evolved by
him from q much older dance for
the celebration of the marriage
of King Louis XVI. "Minuet of
the Queen is the title which the gal
liant Gardel gave to his new dance in
honor of Marie Antoinette. The figures
OF dance of the time of Louis XIV.
were utilized by Gardel as the basis of
his new minuet. The old dance, with
which every court ball of Louis XIV.
was opened, consisted mostly therein
that the gentleman and lady faced each
other, moved few steps forward and
backward in time with dignified aud
sonorous music, bowed deeply and re-
turned to their places. This dance
was called the "Braule." 1t was sue
ceeded by the gavotte, in which 1.-THE
gentlemen kissed the bouquet of
flowers, and with deep bow handed
it to his partner" From this gavotte
Gardel derived the minuet. The famous
dancing master, Pecourt, introduced an
important innovation by changing the
S figure into the u figure, which is still
danced. The minuet is the only dance
which preserves the courtly dignity Of
the old regime. and therefore has ever
been regarded as the most aristocratic
OF dances. The most popular of minute
music is from the first finale of Mozart's
Don Juan. This music is the model Of
all other music to which the minute has
been danced of late years. -Beriiner
BorSell- Courier.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-02-26

himself something more than a casual
visitor. Old Mr.. Lorraine had grown to
find his presence very welcome. His
gentle courtesy always pleased him and
the interest with which he entered int
his work, and the affectionateness with
which he would walk up and down with
him in the summer twilight, listening
TO the stories of long ago, brought back,
in measure, his youth to the older
man.
~The sun is setting, mademoiselle, he
has deserted the garden, and it grows
chilly. Let us follow him to the other
side of the house."
At the sound Of the voice with the
little foreign accent that she had learnt
10 know so well, Sydney Lorraine rose to
her feet, and put down her book.
Tits you" she said. where have you
been these one, two, three hOursY"
Il have been for long walk" was his
aAll alone?"
AAll alone. have been thinking"
And could you not think here? 1t
would have been very much cooler and
pleasanter."
Cooler and pleasanter," he repeated,
but it would not have been thinking.
But now, come quickly, let us go to the
terrace"
TO RE CONTINUED.