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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
Campaign HumOr.

st. John should win would it be Wat
erloo p Cincinnati 1imes-Stdr.
One thing in favor of Mr.. ST. Johnnie is
believed to be innocent of brass bands.-Phil-
adelphia Times.
After poor candidate has been properly
Endorsed he ought to go and get himself
cashed-Neao Orleans Pcayune.
That inveterate old tar, ]. G. Blaine, is
bearing west-sou' west, presumably to cast an
anchor in Salt River.-LOuisoiNe Courier
Journal
Ben Buffers picture can be distinguished
in the features of the full moon, it is said.
Ben certainly has seemed rather iuny for
some philadelphia CaH
Gen. Logan is reported to be little jea-
GUS of Mr.. Blaine and anxious TO star with
him on sharing terms provided his name can
be printed on the bills in big type-Chicdgo
Herald
An enthusiastic organ declares that the
Mr.. Blaine honor. They could not well offer
him anything he more needs.-Bangor (Ne }
Commercial
How would it do for Belva Lockwood,
Gen. Butler and St. John to pool their Issues
and meander around the country together?
What a splendid team they would make!-
PHILADELPHIA North american.
MIR. Blaine says that he knows he will car
ry at least five Southern States. AS Josh
Billings says, it would be better for MIR.
Blaine to know less than to know so many
things that aren't so-Chtcdg0 Times.
The novelty in the Blaine circus yesterday
was the introduction of the celebrated baby
kissing act. This is always great attraction
in rural shows, but it is often fatal to the per-
former Philadelphia Times
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
Logan as Civil Service Reformer.

Gen. John~A. Logan, the Republican can
didate for Vice President, has not a very ex
allied idea of civil service reform, and no
wonder. Probably no other public man has
as many relatives and family dependents
feeding at the public cribas Logan. Here is
list OF them, as compiled by the Albany
Argus:
Cornelius A. Logan, cousin OF John
Alexander, Minister to Chilli
W. F. Tucker, Jr., a son.inl law, Paymaster
in the United States Army
John A. Logan, Jr., son, cadet at West
Point.
John nj. Cunningham, brother-in. law
Second Lieutenant Nineteenth Infantry.
Samuel S. Errett, brother-inlaw, Assistant
Superintendent Yellowstone National Park
Cyrus Thomas, brother-in.law, ethnologist,
Smithsonian Institute.
Viola Thomas, niece, daughter of Cyrus,
clerk, Smithsonian Institute.
Susie Cunningham, sster-in-law, clerk in
Treasury Department.
Enoch Blanchard, nephew, clerk in the
railway postal.service.
Mollie E. Jenkins, niece, clerk in the
marine hospital service.
James Cunningham, brother in law, Post.
master at Birmingham, Ala.
Samuel X. Cunningham, brother-in law,
Inspector, Chicago Custom House.
James V. Logan, brother, Postmaster,
Murphysboro, III.
Edward Hill, nephew, Deputy United
States Marshal, Southern District ofIlinois.
Mary H. Brady, former servant, clerk in
Treasury Department.
Louis Norris, former servant, messenger in
Interior Department, Washington.
Daniel Shepherd, private secretary, Assist
ant Postmaster at Chicago.
Beach Taylor, private secretary, clerk in
the United States Senate.
ifAs civil service reformer Logan is n
fraud.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
TO WOrkingmen.

Has not the Republican party controlled
the national administration for almost TWEEN.
ty-four years
Has it not enacted all the laws during that
time?
Has it not executed the laws by men of its
choice?
Has the party brought prosperity to you
and your families?
Are you working for good wages all the
time?
Are there no mills closed?
Are wages not cut down?
Do you find living cheap, rents low, pro-
visions abundant and low priced, clothing
and other supplies down to the cut in pay
How many days have you been idle since
last New Years?
Can you tell when work will be abundant,
wages good?
Are business affairs satisfactory to you?
Did not the Republican party make bust
ness affairs what they are and rs they are?
How much more are your wages TO. day
than they were four years ago when this
same Republican party promised you more
pay and more work if you would support its
tickets.
Who has grown richer in the last four years
of Republican policy, you or the men who
were ricblthen and who seek to allure you with
the same sort of arguments now.-ABany
argus.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
Watches.

Edward vi. appears to have been the first
Englishman to wear a watch, and this con-
sisted of "onne larum, gilt with two plum
NETS of lead !" that is to say it was driven by
weights. This is supposed to have been re.
ceived by the king as a present from Nurem-
berg and was playfully called Nuremberg
animated egg. The word watch" is derived
from an Anglo Saxon word meaning to wake.
The first portable time-piece of which we
have any record was that of the Chinese
pocket dial mounted upon the head of cane
or carried by Chain round theneck. Queen
Elizabeth had a watch shaped like duck,
with chased feathers, the lower part of which
opened, and the face or dial of silver, orna-
mented with gilt design. The outer case
was of brass, and that in turn covered with
black leather ornamented with silver studs.
Mary Queen of Scots gave curious token
of affection to her faithful maid of honor,
Mary Seaton, in the shape of watch in the
form ola skull, the dial occupying the place
of the palate and the works that of the
brains. The hours were marked in Roman
letters. A bell in the hollow of the skull re-
ceived the works, and hammer struck the
hours.
-Callow youth before looking glass,
stroking chin)-Sis, Il think must get me q
razor Siaiar-no Rob. N hoo d ro ;sor
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
For The Hgis and Iatelligencer.
Distractions to Travel in Public Roads.

MIR. EDIToR:-We do not propose, at present,
as you might infer from our heading, to express
our indignation, and the Indignation of our
community, with regard to the shameful condi-
tion in which the principal thoroughfare of our
town has been allowed to remain for many
months, for the County Commissioners have re-
Gently placed that work with an appropriation,
in the hands OF our two enterprsing citizens,
and experienced road-makers, Messrs John w.
Andrew and James X. Massey, who, we are in
formed, will now soon enter upon their labors;
and will doubtless, so far as the niggard appro-
priation made by the county goes, make pas
sable drive through our thriving village. The
amount appropriated-for which, however, We
are duly thankful-is not half sufficient to place
our fearfully rough and uneven street in a re-
spectacle condition. The drive through OAR
lington is disgraceful to the village, and TO the
county in which it is located, and to ''add the
last straw to the camel's back, as it were, some
citizen, possibly with good Intentions" has
carted out two or three barrows of stone, some
of them as large as mans head, and dumped
them in the middle of the very smoothest part
of the entire street, to humaney and with
Christian-like virtue dispel the envy that the
rougher places may have entertained All
travellers are now compelled to pay their re-
spects to this stone-ple by driving around it,
and not over 1t.
But enough of the Darlington road at present.
We have great confidence in the gentlemen
aforenamed, and look for decided improvements
at an early day.
We now desire particularly to call the atten-
ton of the County Commissioners, and through
them, the attention of the road Supervisor, to q
portion of the public road leading to, and near
by, the Susquehanna Paper Mill.
The road leading from Darlington to the
Paper Mill, and known as the Hopkins Branch
road, has recently been reopened by MIR. An
drew and was perhaps as we'll done as could
have been expected from the appropriation al
lowed for the purpose. There is one dangerous
place, however, where the stream has washed
into the ad-bed, leaving an unprotected per-
pendicular bank, six or eight feet deep, where
death and destruction would probably result
if team should go down. The bank should be
riprapped to protect the further destruction of
the road from floods of the stream, and its border
should be skirted with q post-and-rail fence, as
has been done along the canal on the road be-
tween Rock Run and Lapdum.
"a stitch in time saves nine" But the con-
tract of Mr.. Andrew we are informed, extend
ed only as far as the canal Now the point to
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
Mr.. Hendricks Definition of Civil Ser.
vice Reform in 1872

Governor Morton thinks we do not know
what civil service reform means. He will
find that we understand it, and that the peo
pile, without respect to differences, understand
it, and that they will have the reform. The
plainest mind, if honest easily comprehends
it. 1t means that honesty, capacity, and fl.
deity constitute the only valid claim to pub
lie employment. 1t means that men are not
to be appointed to office merely because they
are relatives or subservient tools OF party
leaders. 1t means that men are not to be APP
pointed whose only claim is that they have
been the corrupt agents of party, and with
foul hands have detiled the peoples ballot
box. 1t means that the public offices belong
to the people and that their duties are to be
discharged by faithful men, and only for the
public good"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
2netica1.
DOING THE LITTLE THINGS.

Christ never asks of us such busy labor
AS leaves no time for resting at His feet;
The waiting attitude of expectation
He oft-times counts service most complete
He sometimes wants our ear-our rapt alter
ton,
That He some sweetest secret may impart;
'Tis always in the time of deepest silence
That heart finds deepest fellowship with
heart.
We sometimes wonder why our Lord doth place
US
Within a sphere so narrow, so obscure,
That nothing we call work can find an entrance,
There's only room to suffer- to endure!
Well, God loves patience Souls that dwell in
stiffness,
Doing the little things, or resting quiet,
May just as perfectly fulfil their mission,
Be just as useful in the Fathers sight,
AS they who grapple with some giant evil,
Clearing path that every one may see!
Our Saviour cares for cheerful acquiescence,
Rather than for busy ministry.
And yet He does love service, where It's given
by grateful love that clothes itself in deed;
But work that's done beneath the scourge of
duty
Be sure to such He gives the lesser heed.
Then seek to please Him, whatso'er He bids
thee
Whether to do-to suffer-to lie still
Twill matter little by what path He leads us,
If in 1t we all sought to do His will.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10

-Callow youth before looking glass,
stroking chin)-Sis, think must get me
razor. Sister-Do, Bob; beard raiser.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
Samuel s. Ely,
One Price Boot and Shoe House,

now ready for Spring and Summer trade with
full line of
GOOD SHOES FOR LADIES', GENTS AND
CHILDRENS' WEAR,
all at low prices. 1 am making Gents Shoe In
Button, Lace or Congress, of the Best Cut of Calf
for the low price of So 90. Every pair is worth
$500. If they rip or come to pieces after short
wear, will give new pair or have the old ones
repaired free of cost. Ask for our So Shoe. If
you wear one pair you will buy no other. Re.
member they can be found only at 17S N. Gay St.,
Baltimore. A full line of Low Quarter Shoes al
ways on hand.
SA M UEL 8 ELY
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
The Corporations for Blaine.

The Blaine organs accuse Gov. Clevelnnd
of knucklng to the corporations because he
vetoed the Five-Cent Fare bill How does
it happen that Jay Gould and Cyrus w.
Field, the largest owners in the elevated
roads affected by the bill. and all the great
corporations, are in favor of Mr.. Blaiue
II is not because they know that Mr.. Blaine
is with them heart and sould, and for the
reason that he has found it profitable to work
land
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10

IL have severe bruise on my arm, doc
tor aud would like 10 have you give me
something to heal it," said Sam Simpson,
who had always got something the matter
with him. "All right" said the doctor, hur.
riedly writing prescription. 'Send this to
the apothecary at once. Don't lose min.
ute's time. Run" "Then you think the
wound is dangerous :" said the patient. "No.
] am afraid it will completely heal up before
have chance to apply the salve and enter
up charge of 50 against you"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10

neous phrenologIst once told me that would
shine as q revivalist, and said that ought to
marry q tall blonde with nervous, sanguin-
airy temperament. Then he said, Zone dol
lar please" and / said "All right, gentle
scientist with the tawny name, will give you
the dollar and marry the tall blonde with the
bank account and bilious temperament when
you give me a chart showing me how to dis
pose of a brown eyed brunette with thought
full cast of countenance, who married me in
an unguarded moment two years ago"
He looked at me in reproachful kind of
way, struck at me with a chair in an absent
minded manner and stole away.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

A Madagascar letter in the Springfield
ReguJlicaa says: When we were passing
through Fiherings. town on the Fiber
enana river. party ofthirty men belong
inc to Bara tribe came down from the
interior with cattle &c trade with the
people OF Fiheringa. TIE cattle were
disposed of without difficulty, and the
Baras were told that il was o pity that
they had not brought any slaves down
with them, as the people of Fiheringa
were sadly in need of more slaves. II
was also limited that very high prices
would have been paid. Some of the
Baras. hearing this. Immediately put their
heads together, and conspiracy was
formed among twenty of their number.
These twenty, watching their opportu-
nity. oyerpowered the other ten, and,
after robbing them. sold them for slaves.
This business worked so well that an
other conspiracy was soon organized
among twelve to sell the other eight In
this the majority also succeeded. These
twelve then started for their native viii
lage, but. i understand, reduced their
number 20 six before they had proceeded
very far. The above is only one of many
strange proceedings which is continually
taking place in this land of robbers and
murderers. Beside treacherously selling
each other for slaves, it is quite common
for men To sell their own children, and
have upon several occasions had parents
offer me one OF more of their children as
dawes.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

Mr.. d. Fl. Barnaby, of Owego, N. Y, says
that his daughter was taken with a violent
cold which terminated with pneumonia, and
all the best physicians gave the case up and
said she could live but few hours at most.
She was in this condition when a friend re-
commended DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs, and advised her to try it. She accepted
it as a last resort, and was surprised to find
that 1t produced marked change for the
better, and by perssvering permanent cure
was effected
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31
To Escape Through Fire.

A correspondent says: recommend
that on retiring to rest you should
place a pocket handkerchief under your
pillow. Should you be aroused by an
alarm of fire, steep the handkerchief in
water and tie it round your head,
covering the mouth and nostrils. This
will enable the wearer to withstand
the suffering influence of smoke, and
give him or her valuable chance of
escape. For years was an amateur
fireman. and so proved the efficacy of
his plan"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

The museum of natural history
Central park. New York city, has
been offered an egg that, if sold by
the dozen, would bring $4,000, the
Individual one being valued at $500
Its size is little over foot in length
its holding capacity two gallons, an6
in round numbers it equals $50 hens
eggs; its lineal measurement is double
that of an ostrich's egg, and its cubic
bulk eight times greater. The mon,
ster egg comes from Madagascar, an6
the museum possesses an admirable
cast showing it's dimensions. The first
discovery of these int eresting relies OF
a past time was made by the captain
of a merchant vessel, who stopped al
port on the southern part of the
island to trade with the natives. Dur
ing his stay there the curious vases
that the natives used to carry water
and food in attracted his attention,
and. upon investigation, he found that
they were eggs cut in halves, and upon
being questioned the natives inform-
ed him that they obtained them from
the great sand banks some distance
away in the up-country. An offer to
purchase some soon resulted in the
discovery of others, that fell into the
hands of the naturalist, Isidore G. ST.
Hilaire, who succeeded also in finding
the bones of the bird, which he named
EpinorniS, or tall bird. Since then
(1S50) the remains of three or four
distinct species of these monsters have
been unearthed in the sand-banks of
the southern portion of the island, a
skull, part of the vertebrR, a tibia
sixty-four centimetres long, being the
principal find-quite enough to es-
tabliSh its colossal stature.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31
To the needs of the
tour;ef oaco.a~o..1

To the needs of the
tourist, commercial
traveller and new set
tier, Hostetter'sStom
ach Bitters is pecu-
liarly adapted, since
It strengthens the
digestive organs, and
braces the physical
energies to unhealth-
ful influences. tire
moves and prevents
malarial fever. CON
stipation, dyspepsia.
b g al thfully stlmu-
Iatss the kidneys and
bladder. and enriches
as well as purifies tie
blood. W hen over
come by fatig u e.
whether mental or
physical, the weary
anddebllitated find Il
a reliable source az
renewed strengf b and
comfort. For sale by
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

Mr.. Purseproud mo, sir;you shall
not marry my daughter" Augustus
Your objection, sir" Mr.. Purse
proud-"Whoever marries my daugh-
ter must earn her." Augustus-t,Oh,
It's all right then. If there is no law
against cremation when the time
ZONES I'll urn her
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31
The ouestion whether vounp vo

THE question whether young women
shall pursue the same line of studies as their
brothers, seems to find its chief objection in
their different physical constitutions. Ar
guments on this subject are finely handled
on both sides; but the perfect adaptation of
Mrs. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound to the
cure of ailments attending the feminine
organism needs no argument; its works are
its proof
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

HAY-FEvER. One and a-half bottles of
Ely's Cream Balm entirely cured me of Hay
Fever of ten years. standing. Have had no
trace of it for two years. ALBERT A. PERRY,
Smithboro, N. Y. Price so cents.
HAY FEVER / was severely afflicted with
Hay Fever for twenty-five years. / tried
EIy's Cream Balm ad the effect was marvel
Gus. 1t is perfect cure. VIM. T. CARR,
Presbyterian pastor, Elizabeth, n. j. Price
10 cents,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

There are treasures laid up in the
heart-treasureS OF charity. piety, tenn
perance and sobern ess. These trea
sures man takes with him beyond
death. when he leaves this world
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

Comment has frequently been made
upon the persistence and continued
extent Of the agricultural depression
in England In a recent issue of the
London Times no less than four pages
were filed with announcements, print
ed in small type, almost all of which
referred to various landed properties
which different stewards and land
agents had been commissioned to sell
during the present year. This reduc-
ton in value of land must have an
Important effect upon the aristocracy,
whose position and influence has
hitherto been maintained by the large
Incomes derived from landed proper
ties.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

Tucks are alternated with lace or EN-,
broidered flounces, and continued up to
the waist or skirt.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

An anxious inquirer asks. where is the
best place for salt water bathing?" In the
salt water, dear friend.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

It costs as much to travel 200 miles
eastward from Denver as from New
York TO Kansas Citv
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

ohf OF yenomous serpent. the wound
WITH the lips is one Of the first things
TO 9 resorted to. If the poison is in
the circulation, the use of strong
brandy or whiskey in quantities strong
enough to produce intoxication, must
be resorted TO. The bite of a mad dog
should be cauterized at once by pen
eli OF lunar caustic OF 10y application
OF irons heated white. The popularity
OF hydrophobic poison is that it re-
mains in the spot where the bite occurs
for several days or weeks, and not
until this poison ferments does it
become dangerous. DIR. Hewitt, a
surgeon OF London, allowed himself to
be bitten no less .han eighty times by
rabld dogs, each time successfully eau
terizing the wound. He fell victim
to his temerity. however, for one day
he was found dead with a pistol shot
from his own hand. A statement was
eft in his papers that he had neglected
cauterization too long, and feeling the
first SYMPTOMS of hydrophobia, he pre-
fered to die without the long agony.
One of the most peculiar sections in
the South is probably the mineral belt
of west Alabama, which stretches di-
agonally across the country above the
thirty-frst degree of north latitude.
1t extends from Charlottesville, in east
Mississippi, to some distance east OF
the Alabama river, where the mineral
evidences sink below an extensive
pine forest and again come to the
surface in east Alabama This belt is
probably not more than ten miles in
width and contains some of the most
important minerals used in agriculture
and the arts. That portion of this
section which has some of the strong.
est evidences of the existence of petro
leum oil lies in west Alabama, and
embraces parts of the counties OF
Washington. Clarke, Choctaw and
Marengo. 1t is about evenly divided
by the Tombigbee river, stream
navigable at all seasons of the year by
steamboats, or other craft. In extent
it will embrace probably 800 square
miles, or 100000 acres, and contains
great diversity of soils, minerals and
forest growth.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31
"RncI,n-Pnhin.,,

Quick, complete cure, all Kidney, Bladder
and Urinary Diseases, Scalding, irritation,
Stone, Gravel, Catarrh of bladder. 81. Drugts.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

Palpitation. Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness
Indigestion. Headache, Sleeplessness cured
by ''Wells' Health Remover
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31

A bicycle is always dry because it goes
so long without reins.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-31
CATARRH HaV Fever
an Druggists and Dealer reneraliy

Ihave been q great suf-
ferer from Hay. Fever
tor ID years. / read of
the wond-ous cures by
Ely's Cream Balm and
thought Iwould try once
After one appli
cation Twas wonderfully
helped Two weeks ago
| commenced using il
and now ! feel ensireiv
cured 1t is the great.
est discovery known.
DCEAMEL CLARE
Farmer. Lee. Mass
Cream Balm Is q
remed yf0unded on q cor.
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