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ssMQtual."

When Dickens set the example ofmisusing
good word by naming novel "Our Mutual
Friend" he could hardly have foreseen to
what further abuses the word mutual"
would have been put, possibly as the result
of his mistake.
One man can not be the mutual friend"
of two other men. Since the word signifies
one thing "acting in return or correspond
ence to another" things are mutual only as
between two objects. A friend who is the
friend of two other people is their common
friend" not their mutual friend.
Two persons may have mutual liking or
mutual dstaste because each may like or
dislike the same thing under the same condi.
tions, and the feeling may be part of one,
at the same time, as much as of the other but
friend who is the friend of each is simply a
common friend, and is in no sense mutual
to them.
Where the misuse of word like this may
bring up is we'll indicated by phrase which
was not long ago employed bya certain pub
lie official in introducing a friend to another
and higher official:
81 want you to treat this man as well as
you can, said the introducer, because he's
very mewchal friend of mine p
Evidently he thought that mutual" means
"dear," just as some people think that "con-
dign" punishment means very severe punish
ment, whereas the word "condign" simply
means suitable, fitted to the occasion and may
be applied to reward as properly as TO a
punishment.
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New Spring Styles
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We introduce this season q
new line of Ladies' Button
Boots with pointed "Piccadilly
toes and patent tips, price So.
The same in Oxford Ties, at
$3.50 and 81. They are very
neat and stylish and make the
foot look a size smaller.
All our departments are filled
with new, fresh goods, all made
on our premises out of the very
best feathers and warranted the
best goods to be found anywhere
for the money.
We keep every style of toe,
all sizes and widths, for Ladies,
Gentlemen, Boys, Misses and
Children, and you can always get
fitted at our establishment.
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2netical.
Memory's River.

IlVef-
In natures bright blossoms not always reposes
inat strange subtle essence more rare than
Which lies in the hearts of carnations and roses
IhaG Unexplained something by men called
Though modest the flower, yet great is its power,
ana pregnant with meaning each pistii and
If only it hides there, If only abides there,
Inc fragrance suggestive of love, joy and
Not always the air that master composes
Gan sur human heart-strings with pleasure or
pain;
But strange subtle chords. like the scent of the
roses,
Breathe out of some measures, though simple
And 10 when you hear them, you love them and
fear them,
You tremble with anguish, you thrill with de-
For back Of them slumber old dreams without
number
And races long vanished peer out into sight.
THOSE dear foolish days when the earth seemed
Before you had knowledge enough to be sad
When youth had no higher ideal of duty
Imam JUST to Tilt on through the world and be
On harmony's river. they seemed to float hitber
Win an the sweet fancies that hung round
Life's burdens and trouhles turn into oir bnb
bes ~ " D
And break On the music's swift current of
Fair folly comes back with her spell while you
And points to the paths where she led you of
You gaze on past sunsets, you see dead stars gls-
ten, e
You battle in life's glory, and swoon in deaths
cold.
All pains and all pleasures surge up through those
measures,
Your heart is wrenched open with earthquakes
of sound,
From ashes and On, rers r;,o 1,,aaz -, ~,
bers.
Lost Islands in fathoms of feeling are found.
Some airs are like outlets of memory's ocean
They rise in the past and fly into the heart
AND down them float shp-wrecks of mighty
emotions,
ALI sea-soaked and storm tossed and drifting
apart,
Their fair tmbers battered their lordly sails tat
tered,
Their skeleton crew of dead days on their
decks
Then crash of chords blending, crisis, an end
ing
The music is over, and vanished the wrecks.
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Characteristic Autographs.

Count Gutenberg, the Hessian charge DAT.
flares in France, had one hobby-the collect
ing of autographs of famous men. On one Of
the pages of the Hessian's album the states
man Guizot had written.
"An through my long career have learn.
ed TO forgive much and often, but to forget
nothing"
The sentiment is not Christian one, nor
is it notable for its worldly wisdom. 1t is
strange that Guizot, who was a professed
Christian and reputed to be worldly wise,
should have written it. His rival Theirs
must have noticed the inconsistency, for un.
derneath it he wrote:
"a little shortness of memory cannot de.
tract from the sincerity of forgiveness"
Bismarck, while Prussian ambassador at
Paris, being asked to write something on the
same page, wrote:
"As for myself, existence has taught me'to
forget many things, and to get myself forgive
en- for great many more
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Careless,

Many people, in spite of the oft-repeated
warning never to sign anything without read
ing it, are always ready to append their
names to anything that happens to come
along in the shape of a petition. A kings
prime minister, who had been annoyed by
the monarch's propensity to sign anything
presented to him without examining its pur.
port, cured his majesty of this habit by
drawing up articles of abdication and secur-
ing the kings immediate signature. He never
dipped his pen after that without careful
inspection of the the document. The pro.
pensity has been curiously illustrated by
Western joker. A farmer, prominent and
wealthy, but unable to read, wanted to resign
the position of road surveyor, and asked q
doctor friend of his to draw up paper to
that effect, which he could get his nejghbors
to agree to in writing. The doctor thought
it good opportunity to test the wildcat sys-
tenn of signing documents that don't affect
the worldly welfare of the signer, 80 the petit
ton he drew up was one in which the farmer
asked to be hanged. Perfectly ignorant of
its purport, the old fellow took 1t around on
his travels in town and in few days had
secured $50 signatures, and not single
signer, so the doctor discovered, had the faint
est idea of its purport.
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VARIETIES.

"A bright, beautiful young lady in one of ouI
Capitol Hill stores was showing an ancien,
colored dame some belts. "Dey's too large
for me, honey, rs berry small featured, ] is n
remarked the customer.
AN Arch street midget, aged 4, told her
mother, who insisted on combing her hair .
~ don't believe you know how to raise chill.
lem"
-Quin was once at small dinner party.
The master of the house, pushing delicious
pudding towards Quin, begged him to taste IL.
A gentleman had just before helped himeelf
to an immense piece of it. "Pray, said Quin,
looking first at the geptleman's plate and
then at the dish, (which is the pudding?"
-"Our guess doll netted us over S40O
No one guessed the name and still have the
doll" said Rev. Mr.. Scaddleberry. ut must
have had an odd name. What was it f' 81
didn't name it at all, returned the reverend
gentleman, with face that simply beamed
with pious regard for its owners clever busi.
ness sense.
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$4,000 BUYERS

supplied their wants during the
past year in our Great Store
This vast host of patrons is an
evidence of our ability to please
your views at the prices you
| wish to pay, but we can just as
easily clothe 100000 members
of male mankind as half that
number, and shall leave no stone
unturned to retain our old
friends and constantly add new
ones; when you buy from us
you need have no concern about
quality or prices, both are al
ways right-our guarantee and
we'll earned reputation for reli-
ability assure that.
oEHM's ACME HALL.
SPRING SUITS
and Overcoats bright and beau
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for all sizes and all shapes,
Gems at So, $40, S12 and SIS.
oEHM's ACME HALL.
BOYS CLOTHING,
Underwear and Headwear in
richest abundance charming de-
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oEHM's ACME HALL.
HATS THAT IMPROVE
the wearer's looks; in latest
mode, shapes and colors. If
you care to save from so cents
to $3.50 on your own or your
Boys Head Dress, you must
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oEHM's ACME HALL.
AND TIES
that don't worry the wearer, are
our forte. Our patrons invaria-
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cent. by purchasing their Fur
from us.
rWTSamples and Self Measure
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r. 1. Polk e. Co.'S
MARYLAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
GAZETTEER

The above work will contain a carefully COM
piled list of all the Manufacturers, Farmers, Bus
mess and Professional People doing business
throughout the State of Maryland and District
of Columbia, including complete Business Dr.
rectory of Baltimore City, and descriptive Gazet-
teer of every Postoffice, City, Town and Village.
and every exertion will be made to make 1t full
and complete in every detail and true reflex of
the Agricultural, Manufacturing and Business
prosperity of the above places. As the work
will be thoroughly canvassed throughout the
State and District and will necessarily have q
large and varied circulation, special attention is
called to it's excellency as an Advertising Medi-
UNI, and we trust you will give our agent when
he calls an opportunity to explain the many ad-
vantages you will derive by advertising in 1t
also its value as a reference book and medium
to address circulars by. Respectfully,
r. L. POLK & co,
Publishers Baltimore City Directory,
12je liz N. Charles ST., Baltimore, Md.
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The Board reserves the right to order less
quantity for any particular house and to order
additional coal mot to exceed twenty-five tons)
at the contract price, TO be delivered at such
1st, 1891.
All coal to be delivered before October l. 1891
to be housed where place for SO doing is pro-
yided, and to be paid for at that date.
Bids must be made for each district separately;
but any bidder may add general bid for the five
districts.
The Board reserves the right to waive defects
and reject any or all bids. or to reject any coal
when delivered if not in accordance with the
terms of the proposals.
Contractors failing to house coal as stipulated
will be charged with the cost of housing same.
By order, JOHN D. WORTHINGTON.
jel2 Examiner.
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She Wondered Why.

One of the naive confessions of girls
character was made on the street car the
other day. A pretty young German frau
was telling her friend, who evidently had
been absent for some time, about her court
ship and marriage.
Il not know" she said, simply in broken
English, show get so good man. l no paint
an no powder, an not even my hair bang. >"
The candor of her speech was the keynote
to her success in getting husband.
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BUILDERS, HARDwARE.-F. H. L

BUILDERS HARDwARE.-F. H. DAv-
ID IDSON 8 CO., 500 Franklin Street, Balti
more, dealers in Hardware, Tools, &c. Bank,
Store and Prison Locks, Wollensak's Patent
Transom Lifters, Bell Hangers and Locksmiths'
Supplies, Weather Strips. Builders Hardware
speciality. Everything needed by the builder in
the Hardware line can be found at our estab,
ishment. All the latest improved and patented
Hardware novelties in stock. Housekeepers can
secure all the necessary Hardware here at the
very lowest prices. Builders are respectfully
invited to give US q call and inspect our stock
Second to none in Baltimore. 27sep
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-06-26

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE-That the sub
Il scriber has obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county, Nd, Letters Of Admin
sitration on the estate of
JOSEPH S. DAVIS,
late of Hartford county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are hereby
notified to exhibit the same with the legal vouch
ers thereof,
On or before the 25th day Of No0en6er. 1891,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefits of said estate. All persons indebted
payment.
Given uuder my hand and seal this 18th day
of May, 1891
MILTON DANCE,
29my Administrator.
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GEGkGE l.. VAN BIBBER, Solicitor.

Albert Nelson Lewis In the
vs. Circuit Court
Mary Lewis. Jarrett for
Thomas Lewis, Hartford county.
and Harriet N. Lewis In Equity.
his wife, and
William Melville Lewis.
THE object of this suit is to procure decree
u for the sale of certain property in Hartford
county, State Of Maryland.
The bill states that certain Elisha Lewis, late
of Hartford county, deceased, by his last will and
testament devised certain tracts of land in Har-
ford county, known as "Bioombury," also
''Chew's Farm" and sBrady's Lots and all
other lands of said testator in said county, lying
on the northerly side of the Post road, to his
wife, Hannah s. Lewis. until 1t should be deemed
advisable by her TO sell or dispose of said lands,
any part thereof, and when so sold and dis
posed of, one-half the net proceeds of sale be-
long to the said Hannah S. LeYis. and the other
one half to be distributed equally among the
testator's five children, namely, Albert Nelson
Lewis, Elisha Lewis, Jarrett Thomas Lewis,
formerly called Augustus Thomas Lewis, Mary
Lewis, and William Melville Lewis and the said.
testator in said Will further provided that should
the said lands not be sold or disposed of during
at her decease the said farms to 20 to and become
the property Of his said five children. their heirs,
executors, administrators and assigns, to be
equally divided amongst them.
That the said Hannah s. Lewis departed this
life before any sale or disposition of any of the
aforesaid lands had been made, and that upon
her death the said lands became the property of
the said five children, in equal shares.
That since the death of the said Hannah s.
their deed bearing date the 10th day of May, 1877
sold and conveyed to the ssid Albert Nelson
Lewis, Mary Lewis, William Melville Lewis and
Jarrett Thomas Lewis. as tenants in common. all
of their right title interest and estate in and to
all the real estate in Hartford county whereof
the said Elisha Lewis died seized and possessed.
That the said land Is not susceptible of division
amongst said owners without loss and injury,
and that said plaintiff, Albert Nelson Lewis is
entitled to have the same sold under decree of
this Court, and the proceeds arising therefrom
divided amongst the parties, according to their
respective rights
That said William Melville Lewis is non COM
pos mentis.
That all of said defendants are non-residents
of the State of Maryland
1t is thereupon this Fourth day of June, 1891,
ordered by the Circuit Court for Hartford county,
in Equity, that the plaintiff, by causing a copy
of this order to be inserted in some newspaper
published in said county, once in each of four
successive weeks before the third day of July,
1891, give notice to the said absent defendants of
the object and substance of this bill, warning
them to appear in the Court, in person or solicit
ter, or before the Goth day of July next, to
show cause why decree ought not to be passed
as prayed.
JAS D. WATERS.
True copy, test.
sic A LINGAN JARRETT, Clerk.
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Gloves are responsible for the first breath
of suspicion in many happy females.
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uOUsE FURNISHING GOODS j. will

HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS j. Will
II son Browns Peculiar House Furnishing
Store 1875 and l2S N. Howard Street. Baltimore,
Md The largest and best variety of House
Furnishing Goods, Kitchen Utensils. Family
Hardware, Crockery and Chinaware, Glass, Gut
lery, Wooden, Tin and Japanned Wares in the
City, together with most complete line of Fancy
Goods tor Wedding and Anniversary Presents,
etc. at Low Prices. Please call on US. Catalogues
furnished on application. Mr.. Amos H. Green
field, formerly of Bel Air, is engaged with this
mere 6sepy
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THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE-That the SUBJ
l. scriber has obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county. Md, Letters of Ad-
ministration on the estate of
JOHN T. PATTERSON,
late of Hartford Co., deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against said deceased are hereby noti-
fed to exhibit the same with the legal vouchers
hereof.
On or before the 25th day Of November. 1891,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefits of said estate. All persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make immediate
payment.
Given under my hand and seal this 18th day Of
Mao, 1884,
MILTON DANCE,
29my Administrator.
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u g. FOSSEFT k SON, Gentlemen's Fur
west of GAY St., Baltimore carry large and
varied stock of Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Collars,
Cuffs, Ties, Scarf Pins, Cuff Buttons &c. In
fact every requisite for gentleman's wardrobe.
Shirts to order a speciality. All sizes and grades
of shirts always on hand. Call on us. 27mhly
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ECZEMA CURED

DIR. @. W. Benson, specialist in Skin Diseases
and Diseases of the Nervous System. verne
Electric Baths and Electricity used in any form,
IL desired. Superduous hairs and blemishes re-
moved permanently. at DR.. Benson's Dermato-
logical and Neurotc Institute, which was estab-
lished solely for the treatment and cure of these
special diseases, 521 N. Howard St., opposite
Academy of Music. BaltimCre. lOmyly
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HUeH RoIToN q co. established l7'''
OF and 200 McElderry's Wharf, Baltimore, Md,
manufacturers and dealers in Glass, Oils, Paints,
and Naval Stores, and Ready Mixed Paints of all
kinds. 7Je1y
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-07-03
One Of Noturo,s Groyov,rds

"The Bad Lands of Dakota" said
Prof. j. b. Wilkinson, care good for
nothing on the face of the earth but
fossils. II is fact that every portion
of the hills there, however, are
absolutely filled with evidences of an
imal life. Fossil insects, fishes, birds,
the bones of the elephant, the masto-
don, of the lioia ~ tiger, and nf
scores, if nos lu!s'sad, Of extinct a'i-
imals aud speGtef, afsi 10 be found in,
the same hillside In one decliyity,
where the rain had washed away the
underlying earth and heavy slide
had occurred, found in space not
exceeding thirty feet square the fossil
remains of seven distinct species of
mammals, of seventeen species of fish,
and of five varieties of birds, while
the shellfish and insect remains were
too numerous TO count. By what
great natural convuIsion this district
was made the graveyard of millions of
animals il is impossible to say, but
nothing short of tremendous and
widely extended calamity could, in
one comparatively small tract, have
destroyed as many animals as must
have perished there. = TGlobc-Dcmo-
crat.
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Trained Doves.

Something new is always being
sought by English hostcsses for the
entertainment of their guests. A
fashionable Mayfair dame recently
provided some trained doves. One
bird rode on a miniature bicycle,
another performed on the tight rope
and still another worked a windmill
and rode on trapeze railway. Their
most amusing "act" was drinking tea,
which occupied about ten minutes. 1t
took four years to teach the birds their
tricks New York Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-07-03

Rev. I. d. Kelsey, of Montana, has
written an interesting article i'll refer
ence TO Chinese truck farms in that
state. lie says there are some fifty
farms carried on by this class of pco-
pie in and around Helena, the farms
varying in extent from onC-fifth of an
acre up TO twenty or thirty acres. In
fact these Cinnamon have monopo-
lizcd the small gardening business in
and around that city. Their field work
is somewhat peculiar, and adapted to
land where rain seldom falls. Every
thing must be so arranged that it can
be irrigated. Where less than half an
acre is under cultivation, the Chinese
use hand sprinklers. Frequently they
rent Il few acres from a man who has
an unquestioned water right, survey the
land carefully, and bring the water in
a ditch TO the highest point of the
patch. From these they conduct the
water in smaller bitches anywhere
they wish, the patch being plated out
as regularly as city squares and streets.
Each plat is wide enough to be reached
half way across by the gardener on
i,>E-...-&0
one side and by his hired man on !lls.
other. The water is run into these
bitches and little side branches, and
from them to the vegetable beds to
soak in until the whole is thoroughly
wet, when the waer is turned off to
another bed, and SO on until the whole
field is well watcrcd. This requires
the time and labor of two Cinnamon
OH large place.
The rents paid by Cinnamon are
enormous. They take from three to
ten years lease and pay S25 per acre,
in lots of ten acres or more.
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Two Stories of Old.Time Kansas.

Countless stories are told about Jim
Lane and Chet Thomas by old Kan
sans. These two men were the pct
politicians of the state. Jim was
bold and Chet was sly. Once Lane
visited Junction City to make speech
on Sunday.
"If there is any objection to my
speakin'," he remarked to the commit
tee, ''tcll 'cm I've been Methodist ON
probation for forty years"
A great crowd gathered to hear him.
lie did not like junction City. Look
ing over the beautiful stretch of prai-
ric he began his speech in very solemn
tones, saving: "God las done much
for your city" All his hearers seemed
TO think SO. "God has done much for
your city," he said again, slowly and
thoughtfully. II was very still-tnc
great crowd held its b.cath, and Line
continued: "God has done much for
your city-man very litlc.' 1t was
five minutes before the audience quit
yelling at this. Such men as George
w. Martin and John Spccr rolled
over the ground in fit Of laughter.
Uncle Chet Thomas's rich son-in-
law, Dell Adams, had been hurt by a
fall and was making his will in The
presence of Uncle Chet and others.
"To my beloved brother 100000,
said the sick man, fecbly.
"Sane!" said Uncle Chet.
"To my beloved friend,' naming
some one Chct didn't like, $4,000
"Mind's a-wanderin," !" observed Mr..
Thomas.
"To my beloved fother-in-aw, ,Chcs-
ter Thomas, $4,000"
"Mind's perfectly sound, squcaked
Uncle Chct.
"To John Richie'-Chct hated John
$1,000"
''Crazy as a LOOM" shriekcd the wit
ness, dancing about almost beside him
self with disappointment and rage.