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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-09-25

THE TOURNAMENT AT CAMBRIA, on Wednes-
day, was not largely attended, brisk northwest
wind making 1t uncomfortable out of doors.
Tie riding, however, was excellent. twas not
finished until dark, and on account of the cold
the coronation ceremonies and the ball were
both omitted. The successful knights were
Duncan Almony, Fairview; d. e. Wiley, Deer
field; w. A. Wiley, Cleopatra, and +. II. Arthur,
Lone Star, in the order named. They received
the prizes, which consisted of q set of harness.
saddle and bride, lap robe and whip.
The tournament took place in VIM. Bottoms
field. The Judges were Thos. IL. STREET., Cor
bin Amos and DR.. Stewart; Time Keepers, NJ.
N Whiteford and DR.. N. B. Bryan; Heralds,
Thomas STREET., VIM. Bay and STREET. White
ford Marshals, II. A. Bateman and Robert l..
Macatee. The Delta band furnished the music.
A SHOOTING SoRAPE.-On Tuesday Consta-
BILE Charles W. Lee brought to Bel Air Jail
Mooney A. Haines and Lewis Briehm, the for
mer charged with assault with intent 10 kill
VIM. Windham, and the latter with being ac-
cessory to the act. Haines and Briehm, who
were employed In Mr. John II. Bakers canning
factory, in the second district, were engaged in
a row, a few weeks ago, in which both of them
were beaten. Last Saturday might, about half.
past ten O'Clock, they went to Mr. VIM. E.
Jewens' canning factory, near Carsns' Run,
where Wndham is employed, and called him
out. As soon as he appeared the two men &C.
cused him of having been one of the party who
beat them. He denied the charge but the men
struck him. He ran back into the house, and
and as he did so Haines hred at him twice with
pistol, one ball striking the door post, but
neither of the shots touched Windham. Justice
Harris committed them to Jail in default of $500
bail each, to answer the charge at next Novem-
Der court
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-09-25

The knights Of Sigma, Cleveland, Gorsuch
Mills, Deer Creek and Deerfield each took nine
rings on the first three rides and resumed the
contest, which required six more rides to decide,
the result being as follows:
Gorsuch Mills received the gentleman's gold
watch chain; as first prize. and crowned Miss
Nellie Burke, of Towsontown; Deerfield received
gentleman's gold finger ring. as second prize,
aud crowned Miss Salie Kolder, of Shrewsbury.
Deer Creek received gold watch charm, as third
prize, and crowned Miss Ida Wiley, of Worthwhile
Sigma received scarf pn as fourth prize, and
crowned Miss Ollie Prosser, of Lebanon. Pa.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-09-25

pubic SALE -ov-
VALUABLE PROPERTY IN BEL AIR, Md.
We will sell at Public Sale, at the Court House
door, in Bel Air,
ON MONDAY, OCTOBER I2th, 1855,
At2 o'clock, M, the property known as the
OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
located in Bel Air, Nd. on Hickory Avenue, op.
posite the Academy.
This property consists of q handsome lot Is by
l50 feet, and large BRICK CHURCH. & by 80
feet, with portico In front by IS feet The stone
and slate steps and stone wall in front are also
valuable.
TERMS OF SALE.
One-third Cash; balance In six and twelve
months, with interest from day of sale. Imme-
date possession given.
Us. & c. L. DALLAM
Real Estate Agents,
Bel AIR, Hartford Co., Md.
j. g. Richardson, Auctioneer. 25sep
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-09-25

e8"THE EGIs has more extended circulation
among the intelligent farmers and business men
of Hartford than any other paper in the county.
The attention of advertisers is directed to this
fact.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-09-25
Until MONDAY, sEPTEMBER asth, 1885

Sealed Proposals will be received by the Com
missioners of Hartford county, at their office in
Bel Air,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-03-03
YOUNG.

The young American man. they say, mar
ries for money; the young American woman
for alimony.-The Judge.
Although Cleveland's salary will be $13T
day, he will not be able to keep the wolves
from his door.-Omaha Bee.
''What shall I do, writes an anxious sub
scriber, "to keep my hair from coming out?
Come home at O'Clock. man.-Burdette.
A sage informs us that ttman cannot draw
water from an empty we'll" We republish
this information for what it is worth-Low-
ell Citizen.
The fact that there are 1850 languages is
no consolation to man when he is spattered
with mud from head to foot by a passing
wagon.-New York Journal.
The grasshopper has proportionslly one
hundred and twenty times the kicking pow
er of man. A gas company seldom i'm
poses on a grasshopper. The soulless cor
poration knows whom to oppress.-Puck.
"Where did you go to church this morn
ing" inquired London husband of his wife.
'sTo st. Paul's" GLOW did you enjoy the
Anderson was there" GLOW did that affect
you2' f'Affect me? I might just as we'll
have left my new bonnet at home New
York Graphic.
stWho left that door open?'' growled Mr.
Dinkle, looking up from his desk one of
those freezing days last week. ''I did" an
swered the new Office boy 'fCan't you ever
learn to shut a doorg'' fsI s'pose so, sir
''Well why in thunder don't you do ita'
''I'm goin' to, but you see Pm new yet, and
1 had SO much to learn that 1 thought I'd
leave that door be till along towards the
last. Merchant Traveller.
''Now, Johnnie" said the teacher, eff
your father borrows 500 and promises to
pay SO week, how much will he owe in
seven weeks?"
Zone hundred dollars" said Johnnie.
"Im afraid you don't know your lesson
very well, ;" remarked the teacher.
81 may not know my lesson very well !"
Johnnie frankly acknowledged, 'but know
my father
He Only Wanted to See.-Judge Gerald
Cummings is a respected resident of Fort
Worth, Texas, notwithstanding that he is
immensely stout and a member of the legal
profession. He tried many anti-fat remedies
to reduce his weight, but without any salts
factory result. He finally went to the Hot
Springs, in Arkansas, and much to his joy
he lost considerable aaipose tissue, and re
turned to Fert Worth in a most happy frame
of mind. He thought and talked of nothing
else except his loss of flesh. He went to
market one morning, and said to the butcher:
''Cut me off twenty pounds of pork" The
request was complied with. The judge
looked at the meat for some time and then
walked off. F'Shall I send the meat to your
house, judge?" asked the butcher t'Oh, no, y
was the reply; stI don't want it. I have
fallen off just twenty pounds, and I only
wanted to see how much it was. Texas
Siftings.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-03-03

tons of crude ana t4@6 hundred thousand tons
of refined petroleum and are rapidly fhaihg
new markets. To sink a well in Russia now
costs s5, 200 to $15, 900, and that in region
50 poorly supplied that the owners have to
house their fnefi Lii barracks.
The Supreme court of Massachusetts holds
that the Civil Se17ioe 1ss passed by the leg
islature of that State last year is constitu-
tional The act gives to board of commits
sioners authority to make rules for the selec-
ton of officers and to supervise the admins
tration of such rules. It was claimed that
this was delegation Of legislative powers
which the General Assembly had no consti-
tutional right to make. The Supreme court
sassi 1--WE think that the Legislature has the
constitutional right to provide for the ap-
poinfment of such commissioners and to del
egate to tk5ln the power to, make rules, not
inconsistent with existing faWs; 70 guide and
control their discretion and the discretion of
the effieers of the State OF of the cities in
whom the appointing sswer is vested. This
is not dele cation of the poW5ff TO enact
laws; it is merely delegation of admins
trative powers and duties.' The court fur
ther decides that the legislature or the com
missioners acting uhaer It's authority may
make rules for Boston different from those
deemed reasonable and wise in other loca1i-
ties.
A committee on behalf of northern iron
manufacturers has returned from tour of
investigation in southern iron works, and
Mr.. Bentley of the Ohio works, Youngstown,
reports that a conservative estimate of the
cost of ton Of ftor st Birmingham, Alaba-
ma, is from $12 so to $13. so; that 5fs is de-
livered at the furnaces at 80 cents to S1.12
per ton, and the pay of common laborer is
80 cents per day, with other labor in proper
ton But the difference in wages is more
than compensated by the greater efficiency of
northern labor, and the quality of ore is such
that the iron produced is generally of low
grade The modes of treating the ore, so
to produce uniform quality of iron, he
thinks, have not yet been mastered, but it is
only question of time, and sooner or later
Birmingham is destined to become a very
important factor in the United States iron
production. The manufacture of steel from
the ore now used, he holds, is impracticable,
but the demand for the class of pig iron pro
duced Is lsfgs ct the North, and the railroads
transport from Birmingham at sa75 per ton
to New York or Philadelphia, and about the
same to Chicago.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-03-03
Tuesday, March 3, 1855.
HELPING THE ENGLIsH.

Two things which have recently happened
in connection with England's affair in Egypt
are rather fattering to the national pride Of
free country. In the first place this country
has been called on to help feed the British
army, five million pounds of beef having
been ordered from Chicago firth. In the
second place the help of manufacturers in
this country has bsen asked regarding the
proposed long aqueduct from Suakim to
Berber. Pumping engines have been bought
of New York manufacturing firm and two
pumps have already been shipped. A mem
Der of the firm says there will be no diff
Guilty in laying such an aqueduct at the rate
of ten miles a day and delivering water
through two miles of four-inch pipe at the
rate of one hundred and fifty gallons a min
ute. His experience in pumping oil through
the pipe lines of Pennsylvania, over routes
that from the Red sea to the Nile,
warrants his confidence. The pipe
also he thinks probable will be bought in
this country also, because our manufac-
turers are familiar with the production of
such pipes, as those of England are not
The iron pipes for the Russian oil region of
the Caucasus ale all made in the United
States An ddueiuet seeths TO be indispen-
sable if the Suakim-Berber route is to be
used for the advance of the British army
upon Khartoum, for without it neither the
proposed railroad nor the army itself could
be supplied
According to the pump maker above
spoken of, American works, by working
together, could furnish twenty miles day
of the pipe required He says further: It
will be laid in zlgzag line, to allow for ex-
pansion and contraction under the SUM- and
will be buried under the sand with a stiff
6cient force of men it ought to be possible
to lay the pipe as fast as it can be furnished.
The lengths are joined by a screw sleeve
coupling. The English government is now
in consultation with an American residing
there who is thoroughly conrersant with the
methods of laying and working oil pipe lines,
and this gentleman will be called upon to
advise the English engineers in making their
preparations and doing the work Troops
will be needed to guard the engine houses
at every station of course. If the Arabs
tamper with the pipes it will be- known
almost instantly at the nearest pumping
station owing to the lessened pressure in
case the pipes are broken, or to an increase
of pressure should one Of the valves placed
at intervals along the line be maliciously
closed.
1t will be interesting to see how American
skill will help the English in their fight with
the desert and the Arabs. Times have
changed. Once the English would not have
thought of calling upon this country for
such help.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-03-03
The Latest Fashions y
From the New York Times.

lfTOm Une new 1OrK llIneS
Demi-saison toilets are to have gathered
and plated draperies. Short outer garments
are to be worn with these dresses. They
| combine the mantle and visite shapes and
are made of the same material the suit OF
of velvet or light cloth. These mantles are
short in the back, only falling little below
| the waist, and are cut up like a visite. The
| is standing or turns over. The ends in front
| and of the mantles are square, pointed or
| scallopsd. The trimmings for these gar
ments are, at present, fur and marabou
feathers or deep bands of fancy plush, but
they will soon be replaced by lace and pas
sementerie. Another small garment in the
same style forms mantle in front and a
plated position in the back. Gathered tu-
niques are to be worn. They will be rather
shorter than the underskirts, and raised and
fastened over the hips. They open in front
to show the apron. Sometimes they open on
the side. in which case they are gathered or
plated in the back. This fashion is suited
to very young girls, style more appropri-
ate for young women is waist with redin-
cote back The back forms two hollow
plaits, which open over the skirt and form
dYaperies.
HOISL0U lace ID cAtoitSIfc ely uS9O on VISIT
ing toilets. 1t is in one OF in several colors
Quite variety of these dresses have just
been brought out. Among them is garnet
velvet skirt bordersd with flounce of wors-
ted lace about ten inches deep, with the
ground black and large garnet colored dai-
sy forming the design. A drapery of this
lace falls in small apron in front and hangs
straight down the back. The lace waist
opens over a garnet velvet vest. The back is
t'tailleHr" shape. A velvet scarf is taken
around the waist and fastened in the back,
where it forms plaits. Against the scarf on
the left side, toward the back, is large bow
of black metre ribbon. Another specimen
of this style is of gray silk and wersted lace
In the same color The silk skirt is covered
with a lace one falling loose all around. A
wide scarf of crap merveilleux falls over the
back of the skirt in two long ends and loops
The ssmerveilleuxp waist is pointed back and
front A small lace drapery forms a fchu.
The lace will be used for spring and summer
dresses Young ladies' cream colored wors-
ted dresses will have skirts of this lace
Short skirts are to continue in fashion All
walking and visiting costumes are made in
this. way, and trains are only 'sde rigueur''
for the richest toilets
A novelty for young ladies' evening wear
is small pelerine. 1t is of light-colored
plush or satin lined with wadded satin. It
has large open collar, and is very useful to
throw over the shoulders after dancing or
when leaving much heated room.
Plated fchus are of tulle, gauze and
Grape, bordered with lace. Plastrons for
pointed waists consist of three bands of en-
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A Creole Rook-ShOp.


Suddenly my foot struck against some
thing. 1t was book. 1 picked itup, glanced
around me and found myself in front of an
old-yes very o1d-French house, the open
door of which, giving immediately on the
bandquette, showed whence this adventur-
GUS volume had strayed. Despite the semi
obscurity of the room / saw books, books
everywhere. They were heaped in irregular
masses on the floor; they were piled on tables,
on few tottering chairs, and mounted in
double, nay, sometimes triple, rows on
shelves that reached the ceiling. They were
all like the volume held in my hand--which
was minus half it's cover and with torn leaves
old books.
There were no signs of human life in this
mysterious abode: no creature stirred on the
sun-lit street outside. With one short step
found myself in the room. How strange it
all seemed! If there were any windows, the
mo1dy old books had hidden them SO long
that all memory of them was lost In a dis
tant corner was door opening into another
room even more shadowy than the first Yet
after 1 had looked over the curious old books
a WHILE from the dim twilight of the farther
room one shadow gathered more distinctness
than the rest, and approached me through
the open door. It was tall, gaunt woman,
whose flowing robe of black hung in great
folds about her form. Her eyes, far-seeinS
and inscrutable, pierced my very soul; her
hair, dressed in some weird fashion about
her ears, made me know her at once. 1t was
the Sphinx. I addressed her in trembling
sentence of English. No answer; only that
unfathomable gaze. In my fright I forgot
the few words of Egyptian I had learned
from Eber's novels; but, remembering in
time that the Pyramids had studied French
under Napoleon, I essayed remark in that
language. In full, deep tones, they seemed
to come from several thousand miles away,
as she answered me.
s'Where is the Carmelite convent"
$50 down two squares" she said, "and
you will come to la Rue QUARTER"
"Quartierl' CALCULATED; "where is that!''
fThe next street is la Rue Bayo, the next
la Rue QUARTER" she made reply.
"You must be mistaken" l said; "the
next street is Hospital, the next Barracks"
s"Je ne connais pas ces noms'' Il do not
know those names), she answered, with
naughty contempt. 'Since my time they
have changed everything, even the names of
the streets La Rue Conde, I am told, is
now called la Rue Chartres.''
To appease her wrath 1 asked her the price
of the boolz,I still held. As she vouchsafed
me permission to lay the sum named in the
depth of hand hidden until now beneath
the black folds of her robe, emerged into
the street feeling as if had walked out of a
dream.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-03-03
Robbfne a Dead Robber.

From the Virginia NNeVl EnJtIpfiSeJ
Che case of Wells, Fargo & Co. versus
John Rogers, which is now before the courts
is rather strange one. About four years
ago the Bodie and Carson stage was robbed
three times in as many weeks by two high
waymen named Sharp and Jones. To stop
these depredations shotgun messenger was
mt on the route and the first trip he made
the stage was again attacked, but this time
one of the robbers-Jones-was shot dead.
A considerable amount of money in green
backs was lost by the company ON the two
previous occasions. Sharp was shortly after
wards captured and is now serving sentence
in the State prison, and he states that at the
time Jones was killed he (Jones) had large
amount of money concealed about his person.
When Jones was buried, however, no money
was found on him, and it has recently been
brought to light that man named Rogers,
resident of Smiths Valley, whose home is
near where Jones was killed, took the money
from the dead robber as he came by and
found the body lying in the road. The
money was in bills of large denominations
and the fact that Rogers had lately tried to
change some large bills led to his being sus-
pected. 1t is understood that Rogers admits
that he took about 5000 from Jones, and
offers to return that amount, but Wells, Far
90 & Co. claim shat he must have taken in
the neighborhood of $4,000, hence the suit.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-03-03
Dry Goods.
ABOUT SILKS
ONCE MORE.

"There is no such
thing as selling an arti-
Gle below its value"
we are told. what
you will sell it for and
another will pay you for
it IS it's value" Strict
ly speaking, that is true.
What a man will and
can sell a thing for is
THEN and, THERE it's val
ue. But in the ordinary
commercial use of the.
word the "value" of a.
thing is the price at
which it is sold com
monty, all around, in
the usual course of bus,
iness. And when we
say that we are selling
something below it's
value, we mean that, for
one reason or another,
we are selling that thing
at less than we could
easily get for it; less
than others in tn eI
neighborhood are get-I
ting for it. Of courseI
usually we try to sell |
our wares at their value.
Every child knows that
is how a dealer makes
his living; and the mani
who is always saying heI
sells everything at lessi
than any one else, mayI
safely be set down as al
quack. |
We are selling Black
Silks below their valuel
to advertise our busi- |
ness. We admit that. |
We think it is a good |
and legitimate way of |
advertising. 1t is not
that we wish to makel
you believe we sell |
everything else as cheap. |
But our expectation is,
and it IS justified by ex-I
perience, that a good |
Silk trade will bring al
large share of other trade |
with it. We are willing
to advertise our business
at the expense of profits
on Black Silks, and Just |
now for other and diff |
ferent reasons we are
willing to do SO even
more strongly than usu-l
al. Of course to make|
such a thing not a mere
sham we must sell the
very best and most
trustworthy makes that
we know of ; and we do.s
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-03-03

Mrs. Alfred B. Braise, of Wlnsted, COM
mitted suicide by cutting her throat Satur-
day.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-03-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Another indication of the cheapness of
money is found in the sale of 81 SOC. 900 of
Croton water bonds of the city of New York
These bonds pay 81 per cent and have
twenty years to run. Bids were received
amounting to over s11 ZOO, 600 Those taken
were at 105 26 to 1O7. .35.