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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-10
A Complete Apology.

A prominent official at Tabreez, in the
course of an alteration with an English gen
tleman called his adversary liar. The re-
suit was challenge which seemed to the Per
sian preposterous.
~ fight?" said he. What shall fight
for? l only called him liar"
"Well," said the gentleman who took the
note to him, there is no other way Of getting
out of it. 1t will never do to call an English
gentleman liar"
"ButI say won't fight" replied the other
"Thenyo must apologize"
apologize! What does he mean by apol
ogizing?"
"Why, take it all back and say you are sor
ry that you called him liar. That is wha
it means"
us that all ?" replied the Persian. 20
course I'll apologize; I'll say whatever hi
wishes me to say. lied when l called hin
liar. am liar, the son of liar and TIT
grandson of liars. What more does he wan
me to say?'
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Helped.
Youths Companion.

Youths Companion.
A few years ago, two young men who be-
longed to influential families in a manufac
turing city sat together in coZy little read
ing room, reading the morning papers.
That mill-boy Jones who murdered Saun-
ders, down at the Point, is sentenced to be
hanged, see" said one ofthem.
Eyes" said his companion.
His friend laid down the paper. 81 notice."
he said, thoughtfully, shat he had neither
father, mother, friend nor comrade to stand
near him in the dock"
No? What of it ?"
Perhaps that was the reason he was there"
His friend did not care to follow his mean.
ing, and rose, yawning, to go out. He paid
no more attention to the case, except to go
out of town on the day of the hanging, that
he might hear nothing of it. He always pro-
tected himself from pain or trouble.
But his companion kept the thought of the
friendless murderer on his mind. There
were scores of other mill-boys in the town.
Had they friends? Did any man care for
their souls?
In quiet way he gathered four or five of
them into a class. These he taught TO read
and write. He also learned to know them
and their companions, TO look at life from their
point of view, to understand their hopes and
needs.
He soon succeeded in interesting some of
his friends in them, and they established a
reading-room, and one or two cooperative
societies, temperance clubs and an evening
school. In six years he had succeeded in ell
evating the whole mass of workingmen in
two or three of the mills to higher level
F All of his work grew out of that one chance
thought. A small seed, but it fell upon good
soil.
God causes such seeds To fall upon our
minds and hearts every day; hint of good
work to be done here, or chance 10 be kind
there it may be word, song, passing
face in the street which summons US to climb
higher in life, to be purer, truer, more like
our Master.
The Sewer goes forth to SOW such seeds
continually. 1t is for US to say whether the
soil in our hearts on which they fall shall be
hard and stony, or good grounds that will
yield fruit.
Modern science has banished ghosts. No
schoolboy now fears to meet the shades of his
ancestors, or to find gbbering spectres wait
ing for him as he passes by the lonely church
yard at night.
But there are ghosts that haunt thoughtful,
conscientious men and women when the busy
years of life are past; the neglected chances,
the lost opportunities of helping those whom
God sent to US to be helped the brother who
drifted out of the home life, and whom we
suffered to become alien and strange to us;
errng men and women who died unfriended,
while we passed by on the other side; the
many lonely folk who lived near US, waiting,
day by day and year by year, for the word of
kindness and sympathy, of religious counsel
which never came.
These are the ghosts that to the conscience
stricken mind will not down; that in mo-
ments of reflection make sad the evening of
old age.
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He Oyerrules.

you young people" said q successful
banker, care fond of talking of luck and
chance. AS for myself, do pot believe in
either.
Each year that live am more impress
ed with the order and meaning which under
lie all events-the least as we'll as the great
est. Under this memorable law the smallest
incident in our lives works for our good, if
we try to do right. If you live long enough
to look back, and are observing and thought
full, you will find this to be true.
There was certain snow. storm, for eX-
ample, which for twenty years l regarded as
the unluckiest accident of my life. This is
true story, remember.
"At the time of this storm l was q young
man just beginning my business career as
clerk in the employ of a large firm OF cotton
brokers.
"a heavy hail-storm had broken down the
telegraph wires coming into the place, and l
was hidden to take a dispatch of great i'm
por,ance to the nearest city, and send it by
wire to New York. The success Of large
venture which the firm had made depended
on it.
Il set out in sleigh with stout pair Of
horses; but the fercest snowstorm | ever
knew set in, and before had made half the
distance to my destination the drifts were
impossible.
II was forced to turn back. AS l plowed
my way through the night and storm, heard
feeble cry for help, and found buried in the
snow by the roadside woman and her child,
nearly frozen. The almshouse was near and
l managed to reach it with them. The moth
er died that night, but the child lived and re-
manned in the almshouse.
II could not send the despatch. In conse-
quence our firm lost third of its capital, and
in the financial embarrassment that followed
l was thrown out of employment, and went
to the West.
"For years, as l said, regarded that storm
as a cruel accident.
But when l look back at 1t now, find
that the loss of money was but temporary
matter, which affected no human life serious
| ly. The firm recovered from the shock in
year or two. My ill luck forced me to ex-
ert myself as never had done before, and
new avenues of success opened before me.
"The boy who would have died if / had
not driven back by the storm, was a thin,
| nervous little fellow, full of energy and cour-
age He pushed his way through school and
college, became specialist In medicine, and
! has made scientific discoveries which have
benefited the civilized world.
"We grumble against fate whenever our
plans are defeated by what we call accident
or luck. 1t is not in day, perhaps, nor in a
year, possibly not in this life, that we shall
see the whole meaning of the defeat. But
God sees it, and l am sure means the defeat
| as a part of our education In life"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-10
VARIETIES.

When man has devoted brain power
and energy to putting handsome polish on
his shoes it wounds him to have the first
tootblack be meets look up Unfortunately
into his face and say, "Shine, sir"
Fond Mamma-"Now, Freddie, I want
you to be just such boy as Little Lord
Fauntleroy. Do you think you can ?" Lit.
tie Freddie-"I guess SO, if / can find any
bootblacks to race with"
Would you marry an old man for his
moneys" asked Mildred. "Well, I declare"
exclaimed Laura, with a startled air, "you
surely don't suppose anything else would in
duce me to marry himW
-Professor-"Name the bones of the skull"
Ratified Student-"Oh oh Indeed, sir, I've
got them in my head, but just can't think
of their names, sir"
Aunt Ito niece, seated in the parlor with
her beau)-"Why do you both talk so low 2"
Niece-"Herbert has a cold, and / think !
must have caught it."
"A Christian in the world is like man
transacling business in the rain; he would
not suddenly leave his client because il rains;
but the moment the business is done he is
gone. As it is said in the Acts, "Being let 90,
they went TO their own company"
The man who invented "tbe English
crease" in trousers is quite well of. Are we
to understand that his fortune is increasing.
The censures nor the praises of man
need not move US. We report to headquar-
tiers, and subordinates' estimate need be moth.
ing to US.
mo woman with any sense Of self-respect
should allow herself to sink into a dowdy,
but, whatever be her trials, vexasions and
dlsappolntments, she should dress as well as
her position will allow.
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What Horse Would Say If He Could
Speak.

| Scientific American.
| Don't hitch me to an iron post or railing
when the mercury is below freezing. need
the skin on my tongue.
Don't leave me htched in my stall at night
with big corn cob right where / must lie
down. am tied and can't select smooth
place.
| Don't compel me to eat more salt than
want by mixing it with my oats. know
better than any other animal how much I
need.
Don't think because 1 go free under the
whip don't get tired. You would move up
| if under tue whip.
Don't think because l am a horse. iron,
weeds and briars won't hurt my hay.
Don't whipme when / get frightened along
the road, or l will expect it the next time
and may make trouble.
Don't trot me up hill, for have to carry
you and the buggy, and myself too. Try it
yourself some time; run up hill with big
load.
Don't keep my stable very dark, for when
L go out into the light my eyes are injured,
| especially if snow be on the ground.
Don't say whoa unless you mean it. Teach
me to stop at the word. 1t may check me if
the lines break and save runaway and smash
up. Don't make me drink ice-cold water nor
Puto itooey Wv III w Oh tHC ult
Ivy holding it half minute against my body.
Don't forget to file my teeth when they get
jagged and can't chew any food. When /
get lean it is a sign my teeth want filing.
Don't ask me to back with blinds on. ] am
afraid to.
Don't run me down steep HILL for if any
thing should give way might break your
neck.
Don't put on my blind bride so that it ir-
ritates my eye, or SO leave my forelock that
it will be in my eyes.
Don't be so careless of my harness as to
find great sore on me before you attend to
it.
Don't lend me to some blockhead that has
less sense than have.
Don't forget the old book that is friend
of all the oppressed, that says, "A merciful
man Ia merciful to his beast
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-10
A Woman of Resource.

Mrs. Vernon lived on big farm. She was
q clever widow and made her farm pay.
One day her eldest son was struck by light
ming in the wsgon-house during terrible
storm. The hired man carried his apparent
ly liteless body into the house
"Wbv, wasn't you scared out Of your wits,
Mrs. Vernon" asked QUE of the neighbors
afterward.
mo; knew prompt measures were neces-
sary though, and there wasn't no time to
send for doctors. So just gave him good
emetic and he came to and threw up all the
electric fluid and then he was all right"
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gnetiIal.
The Instructor

Not till we meet with Love in all his beauty,
In all his solemn majesty and worth,
Can we translate the meaning of life's duty.
Which God oft writes in cipher at our birth.
Not till Love comes, in all in his strength and ter
rOr,
Can we read others hearts not till then know
wide compassion for all human error
Or sound the quvering depths of mortal woe.
Not till we sail with him DER stormy oceans.
Have we seen tempeStS; hidden in his hand
He holds the keys to all the great emotions;
Til he unlockS them none can understand.
Not till we walk with him on lofty mountains
Can we quite measure heights. And, oh, sad
truth!
When once we drink from his immortal untains
We bid farewell to the light heart of youth.
Thereafter our most perfect day will borrow
A dimming shadow from some dreaded night.
so great grows joy it merges into sorrow,
And eyermore pain tinctureS our delight.
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-10
The Silk Threads In Bank Notes.

The paper upon which bank notes are
printed is called distinctive paper" because
used exclusively by the government for the
printing ofbonds and notes. The mills where
it is manufactured are at Glen Falls, West
chester county, Penn. An agent of the
Treasury Department receives the paper
direct from the hands of the manufacturer,
and every precaution is taken to keep any of it
from being lost.
When this distinctive paper" is being
made, scraps of red silk threads are mixed
with the pulp in a big tank. The finished
material is conducted to wire cloth without
passing through any screen which might re-
tain the silken threads. Next, an arrange
ment above the wire cloth scatters shower
of blue silk threads, which fall upon the paper
as it is being formed. The side upon which
the blue silk is deposited is used for the backs
of notes, each thread being so deeply embed
ded as to remain permanently fixed. The
smooth side of the paper, that in which the
red threads alone are seen, is used for the
front of the note. Each of these sheets is
registered as soon as finished.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-10
Rag Carpets in Fashion Again

Two pretty shoppers were going up in the
elevator of one ofthe big stores on Broadway
the other day, and they were talking about
carpets.
whist do you think am going to have in
the libraryp" said one.
"a rug, suppose" replied her friend.
"No; am going to have an old-fashioned
rag carpet"
What rag carpet in your pretty new
house? What an idea"
"Wel they are the latest thing, and you
can't imagine how pretty they are. l saw
one the other day in maroon with border of
the same color mixed with gold"
"But where do you get them ?"
"Have them made 10 order"
The conversation was interesting enough
to warrant some questioning, and manager
of a we'll known carpet house seemed to know
all about this newest revelation. He saw
that the new rag carpets are not very much
like those our grandmothers used to have;
they were economical affairs made of cast-off
clothes, but those of the present day are made
of new flannel bought for the purpose. 1t
is torn into strips, sewed together and woven
with wooden warp of the same color the mid
die of the carpet is made without q seam.
The border is got up with some artistic COM
bination which contrasts prettily, and is u.s.
ually about two feet wide and woven in the
same way. The manager of the carpet house
says II is surprising how many people are
taking up the fancy.
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ITOUSE FURNISHING GOODS j. VIII
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-02-05
Mr. Spurgse.'s Love for BaEpipss'

A good story has just come TO light
shout Mr.. Spurgeon. which gives some
idea OF the love he en'erisi,s for bsspipe
playing.
Paul M.Killap. the old Highlander
whose body ~ss itund 10 tue Csledonisn
canal, Inverness. the other week. aud who
sew much active service 10 the Seventy
ninth HigLlsudefs. WIS engaged to play
Mr. Spurgeon from Dingwsll station. wheD
the late DR.. K.LLcdy's new church wss
opened in ibst town. McKilIop. dressed
10 full r-g,meutsls and ~itb his pipe 10
splendid order. impsti.ntIy awaited the
arrival Of the eminent divine FRONT Lon
don.
No sooner had Mr. Spurgeon stepped
from tho railssy csrrisgs on to the plat.
form, than lis ears we're greeted with .
stirring HighIsnd nsfch. Mr. Spurgeon
seemed 10 take in the stslwsrt piper 1t .
glance, ascertsined his name Paul McKil
iop )spd. 10 voice heard shove the sound
Of the pipes. sxcisilnrd. "Psul P.ui. Why
persecutsst thou me.
Psul vss quick TO preceivs tbst the d.
vine meant no Cdrnse. end. giving . Pct
70 bis bsepipes. be made Tor the church.
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Th. L.rs..t stsssssssy Essiss.

A, the FfisndsviIle penn. zinc mines
there is IL epsr.lioo the largest stationary
engine 10 the world. Daring the past
lev mouths IL bss pumped dry BY under.
ground drainage nesrIy every orc pit,
rpring aud sm.li stream within Ssdius
Of Hve milr. The engine IL known q
the .Prr,i lent" Is Of 5000 horse. power
and il run by sixteen b.i ~ss Al esch
,svolu,i,u of iis pADi-scus wheels smsi
stream 10 thsosirJu,. tue ssmbsr Of gel
lous raised every minute bvius 1880
The driviog sb-eis ere 81 fsst Ia disus
ter. end weigh 10 toss ssoh. The sssep
rod Is 40 lee, long.
The cylinder is 10 iocb~s 10 diameter
While Tie piston RID Is Is i'ehss 10 diam
e,sr snd mskss . 10 Loot ssroks Tas On
siue h.s ballast BIZ cspsbie ri toidina
% tons. and to f-rd the baien ~ tous o
coal are ieqnn-d daily. o. the engine !,
the largest la, i, the voslI. Il 10 beIs
gon.i la shape aud ssighs 1910 pouads.
To tighten OF loossn this nst tssasy nea
are required. chile ,hs srenoa that 6ss II
Is 20 is~t long. From tbs cod Of the ssls
Jog b-.w Of The engine 70 the bottom oI
The sb.is ,bs distance 10 800 fsst. rbs
masonry 90 vbich The engine rests is i0t
isss ds~p, sons Of the ioasdstiou saoos.
weighing nvs tons.
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0lAds,eas. Pspaiar DAushter.

a private letter received II Bsston from
. lady ~hc Ess been stadyins the l'fc u
Ne~nh.m college. 10 Cambridge. England
gives All intare .t,ng sketch Of one OF The
nest noteworthy women ia Eaglsnd TO
day. Miss Helen Gladstone. daughter oI
the statesman spd vice president Of Sijs.
Wich ball.
SsYs the writer: Mics Gladstone 10 ~
eIoscdipgiy original person. la locks
shs rrsenbles her father. and she bss. !
fancy. bis vitality. She 10 slvays laugh
log. joking. telling s,orie,. She keeps
the high table 10 = roar indeed. When.
ever heas any commolion iura 70 -
II Miss Glsdstons 10 not about. aud she
generally is. She is utterly regardless Of
dress. comes down to O'Clock dinner iu
. siogham. and Tor lunches aud garden
parties gets herself up 10 look like the
strong minded. prstical wife Of . country
minister.
She seems frank. sympatbetic. kindly.
and has great magnetism. continues The
writer. Streams Of power h,w ont Of her
eyes. Il smuses me 70 think what shock
she would be to many Boston people. II
she we're introduced % Miss Brown Of
Chicago. they would pronounce hershock
ing. . person Who must be sst upon and
silsncsd st oil eosts; but ber big nature
aud splendid vitality would drown their
cri'icisms. and when they found her 10 be
Miss Gladstone they weuld pronounce her
= glorious creature.
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HI. Wo, kiss Clothes.

Billy Brown, . tall. athletic IrithDso
vas summoned TO appear ct trial 10 Lor
don o. witness. The case being sgains'
bis employer. the prosecuting counse
hoped 10 get some damaging evidences
from him BilIy's daily employment VA
tbst Of . carpenter. and he entered tb'
witness boz 10 bis ordinary work day
costume, very dirty and rather ragged.
The opposition counsel DID oil in BIZ
power TO confuss "Mr. Brown" but thsI
eeDtIemsn was not 80 easily thrown OF BIZ
guard. During the examination be ~,
ssked II the clothes hs appeared In were
his best.
An. sure. Indeed and they sre not sir,
said br.
Oh, then yan have better clothes whirt
you sppesr 10 90 Sunday.
It's moiei y iDrue. sir.
A white ~sistcost. gray coat, knes
brpaches and smart ribbons
Yenya s.sn me hoGrs here. sail Billy,
\. repI,.d the b.rris,sr. | bsy. not
lat ,incp yoa cylls. you bsss brtteI
cldih.s. Jon are Do' ashamed 30 srpssr Ia
cour 10 that disg,scsfoi rlaie'
Mt 81 ali. ssii Billy, poioiioz ~ tbs
10 iss. .nre bis lorduip's In his sofkins
iisss aI i'm !. min".
oi.bd dom. Mr. Bfown. vac thu bar
ii.,yis nsinral order alter this