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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
CHARGING THE JURT.

1t sometimes happened during the
era of Reconstruction" in South
Carolina that the quondam slave was
promoted above his former master.
So it happened that Pompey Smash,
coal black negro, became Trial
Justice"
1t was not long before Pompey had
case before him. When the jury
arose and began moving toward the
adjoining room for consultation one OF
lawyers interposed and said, May ii
please your honor, you have not charg,
ed the jury"
Whereupon Judge Pompey gather
ed up himself, and with all possible
dignity said:
"Gen'men of dis jury, as dis is de
fust time have had you befo' me, |
chat e each one of you a dollah and a
half
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
VARIETIES.

The State of Virginia once owned
a slave, the only one probably the
Commonwealth ever did own. He
was known as Ben the Bellringer,n
of the University of Virginia. The
University only had $500 left over
when it was endowed, and it was pro-
posed to buy negro with this amount
and keep him as a bellringer They
bought Ben, and in his time he be-
came a great character at the Univer-
sity. He knew everybody and was
very useful to everybody. Ben used
to get very drunk on the liberal and
constant fees he received from stu
dents. He died in the Albemarle
poorhouse at an advanced age.
In a street Gar in Philadelphia an
old gentleman was seated in one cor
ner, and the car was full. A bevy of
fair ones, of all ages and weights,
swarmed in. Whereupon the gallant
old gentleman shouted aloud: Ladies,
| shall be most happy to give my seat
to any one of you who IS over thirty
two years of age" All remained
standing.
What if 1 were one of those hus-
bands, my dear, who gets up cross in
the morning and bangs things around,
and kicks like everything just because
the coffee is cold ?" John respond
ed his wife, Il would make it hot for
you" AS her words admitted of
more than one Interpretation John
said nothing more about the coffee.
A little boy, six years old, and
little girl, eight, were looking at the
clouds one beautiful summer evening,
tpl ~ fa N 70 or oh Wv
the boy exclaimed, ''Oh, Minnie, see
a dog in the sky - well, Willie"
replied the sister, lit must be a sky
terrier"
-Boerum(doing his best to make a
favorable impression, has just finish
ed his best anecdote)-"Hai ha, ha
That's pretty good story, now."-
Miss Acres-"Yes, l think so, too
And they say poor Uucle Phil, who
was killed at Gettysburg, never tired
of hearing it,
Lord John Russell never made an
supplementary joke, and that re-
corded by Mr.. Torrens is no exception.
A teller was absent on his honeymoon,
at which some unkindly grumbled.-
No, no ~ said Sir John, no man is
bound to kiss and tell
A young lady who prided herself
on her geography, seeing a candle
aslant, remarked that reminded her
of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Yes"
responded wag, with this differ
ence; that is tower in Italy, while
this is tower in grease"
Mrs. Bendix-"Yes my husband
is somnambulistn Mrs. Xavier
How dreadful - Not at all You
see, when he gets up in the night and
walks the floor | put the baby in
to his arms, and he never knows it.
-Gentleman-"Why, man, you've
swallowed half a cork in that whisky,n
Extra Hand-"All right, Scr; I'm con-
tint. I've larned to take livery thing
in the spirits in which it is offered"
-She-"But you have no reason to
be Jealous of me, you know you hav-
emit He-"Reason Reason /
dispensed with my reason entirely
when fell in love with you"
Mrs. Brown-''You shouldn't wear
your hat on one side" Little Johnnie
-"Well, how could wear it ON both
sides ~
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
BAREFOOTED.

Mrs. Henderson has family of nine
children, and the skeleton in her house
is in the shape of a stocking basket
which is never empty. With this
spectre before her eyes she said play
fully, in response to a question from
her Observation-Disclosures, as to what she
supposed would be the duties requir-
ed in the next world:
"Well, for one thing, | am quite
sure | won't have to darn stockings
after ten o'clock at night, Bridget
"Shure, an that's thrue for you,
ma am, replied the sympathetic Bird
get, ''for all pictures av angels that
liver | saw was barefuttedn
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
pnetical.
THY WILL BE DONE.

~~~~~~-~-~~~~--~-~-
THY FILL BE DONE.
We see not, know not; all our way
Is night-with thee alone is day.
From out the torrents troubled drift,
Above the storm our prayers we lift.
Thy will be done!
The flesh may fail, the heart may faint
But who are we to make complaint,
Or dare to plead, i'll times like these,
The weakness of our love of ease?
Thy will be done!
We take with solemn thankfulness
Our burden up, nor ask it less,
And count it JOY that even we
May suffer, serve, or wait for thee,
Whose will be done
Though dim as yet in tint and line
We trace thy pictures wise design,
And thank thee that our age supplies
Its dark relief of sacrifice.
Thy will be done!
If for the age to come, this hour
Of trial hath yicarious power,
And blest by thee, our present pain
Be Libertys eternal gain,
Thy will be done!
Strike, thou the Master, we thy keys,
The anthem of the destinies!
The minor of thy loftier strain.
Our hearts shall breathe the old refrain,
Thy will be done!
Whittier,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17

We authorize our advertised druggist to sell
Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
are afflicted with a Cough, Cold or any Lung,
Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this rene
dy as directed, giving it a fair trial and expert
ence no benefit, you may return the bottle and
have your money refunded. We could not
make this offer did we not know that DR.. King s
New Discovery could be relied on. 1t never
diSappointS. Trial bottles free at DIR. w. 5.
Richardson & Sons Drug Store, Bel Air. Large
size 50c and S1.00.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
FurOre in Furnishings.

This department shows a
much larger stock than the
combined efforts of any two
stores, at prices that make COM
petitors bow their heads in
shame. Comfortable Under
wear SOC. per garment. Our
"Matchless' Dress Shirt at SO
cts is wonder of quality.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17

"A man who had filed a petition for a
divorce was informed by his counsel
that his wife had filed a cross petit
tion," as lawyers call it, "a cross
petitionr' exclaimed the husband;
"that's just like her. She never did a
good-natured thing in her life"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17

The fall of the year is a trying season for
elderly people The many cherries, dark, dis
NAL days act depressingly, not to say injurious
ly, on both old and young. Now is the time TO
reinforce the vital energies with Aver Sarsa-
parilla-the best of all blood medicines.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
NAMES.

There is a certain amount of salts
faction perhaps in giving a whimsical
| name to pet animal, but such names
often require so much explanation
that they become burden. A Boston
lady lately related this little story of
her cat:
I'VE had little kitten who had a
marvellous talent for escaping from all
kinds of perils. He was shut up in an
oven by u needless servant and left
there over night, but although it
seemed that he must be baked to a
crisp, he came out in the morning
none the worse for the fiery ordeal
He was run over by a railroad
train, but crouched close to the ground
and escaped injury. He received a
charge of bird shot one day while he
was himself hunting birds in the
woods, but we picked out as many of
the shot as we could and he began to
recover and soon was all right again.
FINALLY he was put into bag with
stone and thrown into river, but
he managed to find Il small hole
in one corner of the bag, and enlarg-
ed it so that he was able to get out
Then he swan ashore and came
home.
In view of these marvellous escapes
we decided to keep the cat, and gave
him the name OF Plutarch, because he
had so many lives
The name was Il happy one, and
yet, as the story of Plutarch's adven-
lures had to be told each time his
name was mentioned to a new ac-
quaintance, his owners wished at
last that they had named him plain
Tom or Dick.
Similar explanations were neces-
sary on the part of the man who nam
ed his two canaries Wheeler and Will
son, because neither was a Singer"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
LEGAL NOTICES.
THOS. H. ROBINSON, Solicitor.
ORDER NISI,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.


THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE-That the sub
i scriber has obtained from the Register OF
Wills of Hartford county, Nd, Letters Tesla
mentary on the estate of
SMIKE L. GUNTHER,
late of Hartford county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are hereby
notified to exhibit the same with the legal
vouchers thereof,
On Before the 31st day of April, 1894
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 31st day
of October, 1898.
THOMAS GUNTHER,
3nov Executor.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
MAKING SLOWPRoGREss.

Some time ago Pittsburg detach-
ment of the Salvation Army wandered
down into Manchester, Allegheny
In front of the Hope fire-engine house
they began campaign of prayer and
racket They intended to convert
the whole neighborhood. They reck-
oned the tiremen among their worst
foes. They feared the constant init
macy of the fremen with conflagra-
tions had made them less fearful of
the fires beyond than they otherwise
would have been.
After q season of prayer and war
dances the leader approached one of
the firemen, saying: Brother, come
with u>, We are on the road to Heav-
en-"
How long have you been on the
way - stoiidly inquired the fireman.
Two years." replied the mission
airy.
And you've only gotten as far as
PittsburS p
Yes
well, then, guess I'll take short
er route said the fireman, as he took
a chew of tobacco and wandered back
to the house.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
Attorneys Sale.

By virtue of a power contained in a mort
gage from James II. England and Mary ].
England, his wife, to Allen Hoffman, dated
March 4th, 1890, and recorded among the
L. j.. No. 81, folio pa, and duly assigned by
said Allen Hoffman, on the 18th day of July,
1891, to Eliza W. Provost, the undersigned,
as Attorney named in said mortgage, will offer
at Public Sale, at the Court House door, in Bel
Air,
On Monday, Norember Goth, 1898.
AT IL o'clock. NJ, the
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
VOL. XXXVIII---NO. As.

ANY man that can pick up an en-
CINE with fishing-lines and carry it
over mountain has passed his exami-
nation with me-" said Mr.. Garrett
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE-That the sub
Il scriber has obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county, Nd, Letters Tesla
mentary on the estate of
BRIDGET KERRY,
late of Hartford county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are hereby
notified to exhibit the same with the legal
vouchers thereof,
On or Before the Goth day OF April, 1894,
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 Goth day
of May, 1898.
MATTHEW TAHANEY,
21oct Executor.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE-That the SUBJ
i scriber has obtained from the Register OF
Wills of Hartford county, Nd, Letters of Ad-
ministration on the estate OF
WILLIAM G. HALL,
late of Hartford county deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are here
by notified to exhibit the same with the legal
vouchers thereof,
On Before the 18th day of April, 1894,
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 October, 1898.
EDWARD II. HALL,
boot Administrator.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
6S Acres and 26A Square PercheS
20 Acres and 4-l0ths of an Acre,

subject however, as to said 20 and 40 acres
to the life-estate of the said Anna E. kolk in
one undivided half interest or moiety thereof,
las reserved in said last mentioned deed.
EXCEPTING, however, from the above men
toned land so much thereof as was conveyed
by said Paul +. Kolk and others to said AL
1891, and recorded among said Records in
Libcr A. L. j., No. 20. folio 81, &c, said ex-
cepted part supposed to contain acres of
land, more or less, leaving the quantity of
land tn he offered at this sale
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17
CLOTHING.
Oehms Acme Hall.
Lost Opportunities.

are the cause of more sorrow
than any one thing in the
world. Don't lose the oppor-
tunity now offered to you to
purchase your Fall Clothing,
Hats and Furnishings while
the assortment is complete.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17

We come to the front with
a stock of Fall Hats absolute
ly correct in every detail of
shape and color. Mems fine
Derbys $3.50, exclusive hat
ters' $3.50 quality. We are
sole agents for the Youman
Hats, the finest in America.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-17

Write for Samples and Price List.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-27
PUBLIC OPINION.
CHEAP LODGINGS IN CHICAGO.

CHEAP LODGINGS IN CHICAGO.
Cleveland Leader.
Probably no people connected in any
way with the Worlds Fair are more dis
appointed. so far. than the proprietors
of temporary hotels in the exposition
district and the householders in that
part of Chicago who made preparations
to rent rooms TO sightseers. The attend
ance from out of the city has been very
much larger than it was in 1876 at the
Centennial, the increase being far more
than proportionate to the growth of the
population, but literally thousands of
rooms made ready in the spring for the
use of the Worlds Fair tourists remain
unoccupied. Everybody in the hotel or
room-renting business predicted in May
that rates would go up at the beginning
of June. Instead, July is more than
half over. and prices are falling rather
than rising. The columns of the Chi
cago Sunday papers which have the bulk
of the want advertisements furnish
abundant evidence that great number
of well-located rooms can be rented now
for 50 cents or IS cents day for each
person occupying them, and thousands
are on the market at not more than a
dollar day. Everybody who has been
around much in the part of Chicago
within two or three miles of Jackson
Park has noticed that signs advertising
rooms for rent are numerous. The truth
is that preparations were made in Chica-
go to lodge and feed an impossible multi
tude of outsiders, and for the present
there is large oversupply of accommo-
dations of all kinds. In the fall the
city will doubtless be filled mp for six
weeks or so, but there is no danger of
overcrowding or chance for extortion
at any time before the close of the Fair
The most economical visitor to the ex-
position surely cannot complain of prices
now.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-27

many of them were smitten with grief
and indignation at the thought that
under our legislative system new Con-
greSs could not be convened instantly
for the purpose of eXterminating root
and branch the horrid scheme of op-
preston which was dragging the country
down to perdition and reducing the
toiling millions to beggary and starva-
tion. But as time went on the practical
Democrats, who are relied on to do
things OF to prevent things being done,
gave the party to understand that it
might be very inconvenient to interpret
the platform literally, and above all to
be in hurry; while other persons with
a glimmer of common sense in their
craniums pointed out the fact that the
existing system couldn't possibly be
wiped right out, and Oughtn't to be if
it could. Thereupon the zealots. getting
a clew to the official programme, and
perceiving also that the public mind
was greatly disturbed Notwithstanding
all efforts to produce a calm. fell into
silence with a dull thud. And so it has
come to pass through combination of
various influences that almost everybody
now comprehends with disgust how es-
sentially dishonest and ridiculous were
the resounding phrases and epithets of
the Democratic platform.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-27
Some Eigures.

The statistical report of the St Clairs
Vile Presbytery of the Presbyterian
Church for the year ending March 81, con
tains some figures OF interest, as follows:
Number of churches within the fresoyte-
nv a: total membership 6,032; amount
contributed to home missions 2,46S to
foreign 1874; to education s244; to Sab
bath-school work $685.; church erection
1859: relief fund S279; Freedmen S26li
Synodical sustentation S257; aid of col
lege S471; General Assembly fund Sooo.So'
congregational expenses S40,364; miscel-
laneous charities S102l average per mem.
Der to the boards Sl.63; average per mem
ber to all objects 1857. The average pei
member to the boards the year before
was SI.22 and to all objects S7.67.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-27

HoKE SMITH is a lawyer, or at least
processes to be, and be generally has
that reputation. The law recognizes
that proof of mans guilt lies with his
accusers, the presumption being that a
man is innocent until he is proven
guilty. But in the case of thousands
of old soldiers, Hoke has presumed them
guilty of fraud in securing their pen
sions and requires them to prove them
selves innocent before their pensions
will be restored. Every right thinking
man, of course, is in favor of cutting
off fraudulent pensions, and among SO
many it would be impossible to prevent
some frauds from creeping in, but
Hoke's method casts an imputation of
dishonesty on thousands of old soldiers
Justly entitled to their pensions, and is
an insult they will not be slow to resent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-27
OUR RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.

OUR RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.
Pittsburgh Times.
1t is reported that Russian fleet will
be permanently stationed at New FORK,
and also that this is in pursuance of an
agreement made when the recent extra
dition treaty was signed, to the effect
that the Car would aid us in preventing
a violation of the Monroe doctrine by
any other European power. This last
item must be taken with many grains of
salt.
These reports have given rise to con-
siderable gush by some papers over the
friendly relations existing between the
two countries. There is no denying the
fact that the Russian government has on
more than ane occasion taken pains to
show its apparent friendliness toward
our own. Nevertheless this was not due
to any sympathy with our institutions,
which are the direct opposite of Russia's,
but rather to the fact that her course
was antagonistic to that of other Euro
pean nations which were unfriendly to
her and with whom our affiliations would
naturally be closer. There is, in fact,
little in common between the Russian
government and our people, and there
can be no really cordial feeling between
them as long as the former is the repre-
sentative of an absolutism and an intol-
erance which our people abhor.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-27
A SIGNAL CONTRAST.

New York Press.
The difference between the positive
and firm financial policy of the Harri-
son Administration and the cowardice
and incompetency which have charac-
teriZed the conduct of the Treasury De
partment by President Cleveland and
Secretary Carlisle since March +, is one
of the most striking contrasts ever wit
messed in American politics. The Re-
publican Administration preserved the
sl00,000,000 gold reserve intact. The
Democratic Administration permitted
that reserve to be invaded. The Re-
publican Administration allowed no
doubt to exist as to the maintenance of
the reserve, and even went so far as to
prepare bonds to bring back gold from
Europe should the demand for gold con-
tinue. The mere announcement of this
purpose had much to do with maintain
ing the reserve before March f. With
the advent of Cleveland came apprehen-
Secretary Carlisle intimated that the
government might discriminate in the
payment of its notes in gold and silver.
This suggestion caused such storm of
disapproval that it was hastily disavow-
ed, but its announcement aggravated
distrust, frightened the money market
and stimulated exports of gold.
Tho oaaacinn iOnprativplv HaOnGndad
the declaration of policy. The ques-
tion was asked in every commercial
center of the country, What will Cleve-
land and Carlisle do? They did nothing.
Instead of an issue of bonds to maintain
the reserve-the scientific basis of conf
dence in banking circles in the absolute
equality of all issues of national cur
rency-Mr Carlisle stood hat in hand,
begging the national banks to come to
the assistance of the Notional Treasury.
President Cleveland in an authorized in
terview begged the people to "keep
calm," and expressed the hope that the
banks would be patriotic" He did not
define the exact relation between pa
triotism and international finance and
the laws of trade, but the New York
Clearing House did give practical
demonstration of patriotism by issuing
certificates, a step never before taken
save in time of actual panic. This could
not remove the popular distrust, and
the prevailing lack of confidence caused
by uncertainty as to the result of the
control of every branch of the govern
ment by the Democratic party forced the
President at last to call an extra session
of Congress. To-day, while Mr.. Cleve-
land catches tautog, no man knows what
that "wild team," which is to take the
road on August Z, will do, whittier it
will choose to travel, what its antics
upon the highway of national credit
may be. AS the price of the restoration
of the incapable and unpatriotic Democ-
racy the people of the United States
have already lost more than $1,000
100000.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-27
A New Car Fare Register.

In new fare register the main regis
tering train is returned to zero at the
end of each trip by pulling out knob
and turning it once around, when it
springs back into position. The number
and the direction of the trip are changed
at the same time. The register is said
to be absolutely accurate in action, max
ing it impossible to ring without regis
tering or register without ringing. 1t
has locking device, which prevents
fares from being rung up during the alb
sence of passengers, and 4-tumbler
lock with special key. The register is
thoroughly tested at 1856 fares before leav-
ing the factory.-New York Telegram.