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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
Diet In Seasickness.

Persons intending to cross the ocean
should for several weeks before embark
ing take daily exercise in the open air to
get the general system in good condition.
To the same end they should cat moderate
quantity of plain food, especially avoiding
what is heavy, greasy or constipating
They should select stateroom as near
the middle of the steamer as possible.
Some tourists are ever seasick so long as
they lie on their backs and keep their eyes
closed. The passenger who is seasick
should remain in his berth until 9 or 10
O'Clock in the morning and have the stew
ard bring him what little food he takes.
He should not go the table in the cabin IN
til all symptoms of seasickness have left
him, as the very sight and odor of the rich
food will surely make him worse.
My own experience and observation have
taught me that dry diet is by far the best,
and until the patient feels certain that he
is over the worst of the attack he should
rely largely upon sea biscuit or water
crackers. As he gets better he may take
gruels and broths. The latter should be
free from grease. Raw oysters with lemon
juice may be eaten.
After vomiting the patient should drink
a cup of hot water in which there is a
pinch of soda, and it is all the better if this
is elected, as it clears the stomach of bile
and mucus.
Lime or lemon juice, in water without
sugar, should be taken several times day,
both before sailing and during the voyage,
for it's action on the liver and bowels and
as an aid to digestion, which has been
weakened by losses of the gastric juice.
When the patient begins to go to the
table, he should avoid pastry, fat meats and
all rich food, and after eating he should lie
flat on his back for half an hour, or until di-
gestion is well begun, when he may go on
deck and walk or sit in a steamer chair,
but he should not lean over the side or stern
of the ship.-Youths Companion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
The Stars and Our SIM.

Referring to some of the more valuable
conclusions arrived at by recent astronom-
ical research, an English writer argues in
favor of the theory that the stars, or many
of them, are very similar to our own sun,
this being clearly shown from three consid-
erations. One of these is their great in
trinsic brilliancy compared with their small
apparent diameter, a diameter so minute
that the highest powers of the largest tele-
scope fail to show them as anything but
mere points of light without measurable
magnitude; second, their vast distance from
the earth, distance so great that the di-
ameter of the earth's orbit dwindles almost
to point in comparison, this also account
ing satisfactorily for the first fact, and,
third, the spectroscope-tha unerring in
strument of research in this field-shows
that the light emitted by many of them is
very similar to that radiated by the sun.
Thus their chemical and physical constitu-
ton appears analogous to that of our cen
trail luminary. Though the spectra of the
red stars differ much from the solar spec
trum, these objects are comparatively rare,
forming exceptions to the general rule.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
The Medicinal Value of Water.

The human body is constantly undergo
ing tissue change. Worn out particles are
cast aside and eliminated from the system,
while the new are ever being formed, from
the inception of life to its close.
Water has the power of increasing these
tissue changes, which multiply the waste
products, but at the same time they are re-
newed by it's agency, giving rise to in
creased appetite, which in turn provides
fresh nutriment. Persons but little accus-
toned to drinking water are liable to have
the waste products formed faster than they
are removed. Any obstruction to the free
working of natural laws at once produces
disease, which, if once firmly seated, re-
quires both time and money to cure.
People accustomed to rise in the morn
ing weak and languid will find the cause in
the imperfect secretion of wastes, which
many times may be remedied by drinking
a full tumbler of water before retiring.
This very materially assists in the process
during the night and leaves the tissues
fresh and strong, ready for the active work
of the day.
Hot water is one of our best remedial
agents.
A hot bath on going to bed, even in the
hot nights of summer, is a better reliever
of insomnia than many drugs.
Infiamed parts will subside under the
continual poulticing of hot water.
Very hot water, as we all know, is a
prompt checker of bleeding, and besides, if
it is clean, as it should be, it aids in ster-
liking wounds.-Hall's Journal of Health.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
Identified.

Mrs. DR.. Cool paid visit to Chicago re-
Gently and while out shopping and sight
seeing spent all her ready money. On her
way back to her hotel, therefore, she
stopped at bank to have check cashed.
AS usual, the clerk told her that she would
have to be identified. AS DR.. Cool was a
stranger in a strange land, she found her
self in dilemma. She presented her card,
but that would not do, when a brilliant
idea struck her.
Flashing beam from the diamond set in
her front teeth upon the clerk, she said,
"Please look in my mouth"
Another one gone crazy" thought the
clerk, but he complied with the request,
looked astonished, smiled and paid the
check, for on the crown in the dentists
mouth the clerk read the inscription, Il.
Cool, 1893" Identity was thus established
beyond question, and Mrs. Cool went on
her way rejoicing.-San Francisco News
I oft
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
Sunlight and Shadow.

do not sympathize with me-" laughed
Miss Benson, one of the instructors in the
Western Pennsylvania Institution For the
Blind. Remember, do not know fully
what miss. have always been sightless
and never think of my deficiency as ca
lamity. OF course there are times when |
long for sight with a longing that is almost
pain, and yet, withal, / am such Il coward
that will not submit to an operation that
might possibly benefit one of my eyes at
least. say possibly, but really feel there
is no hope.
1.-THE possibility is simply based on the
fact that with my left eye can distinguish
colors-that is, if a brilliant tint is held be-
fore that eye know that there is differ
ence from the monotonous shadow. The
same if go into the sunlight know that
there is illumination. | was born with
sight, but when a little child was stricken
with measles, which disease left me blind.
have grown up in darkness and am so ac-
customed toit that | seldom think of blind
ness as an infirmity.
"Were l incapable of taking care of my
self probably would feel more keenly the
loss of sight. l have always been of light
hearted disposition, prone to look on the
bright side of things, if you will excuse the
pun, and really do enjoy my mission in life.
My eyes do not pain me or burn, as do those
of so many of the blind. Indeed one rea-
son why 1 am afraid Of undertaking the
operation for the left eye, which some Of
my friends so much advise, is the fear lest
some injury be done that will mean future
misery. If l undergo any operation, it will
only be to please my friends. l have no
hope of sight myself this side of the grave"
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27

By virtue of d decree of the Circuit Court for
Hartford County, as Il Court of Equity. the sub
scriber, as trustee, will offer at Public Sale, ut
the Court House door in Bel Air,
On Monday, N0remGer 18Th, 1898,
At1I3O A NJ the following
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
PIPE SMOKING POPULAR. =
Americans Use the Brierwoods Because
the Englishmen Set the Pattern.

Americans Use the Brierwoods Because
the Englishmen Set the Pattern.
Pipe smoking is annually becoming more
popular in the United States. In past times
pipes were RELOCATED to the alleged lower
classes. Of late years, however, and par
ticularly since the craze for everything
English, you know" came in, pipe smok-
ing has increased. 1t is now considered
quite too awfully swell to drop from tan
dem dogcart with the stem of a short root
pipe tightly clinched between your teeth.
1t is Il sort of finishing touch to your
rough and ready fishing costume to have
stubby pipe in your mouth and gives one
a delightful sense of easy, graceful, negli-
gent sweetness. Just as soon as the ap-
proval OF society alighted upon the custom
of pipe smoking pipes became much in de-
mand, and the cost of the same increased
proportionately, especially for the strictly
English shapes. 1t is amusing to see fell
low pretending to be a judge of pipe.
The fact is that nearly all pipes smoke
pretty much the same.
The cheaper pipe smokes better than the
more expensive ones as a general thing.
For instance, u corncob pipe is one of the
coolest, sweetest smokes you can get.
Next comes the penny clay pipe. If you
h4ih f7iiiOiNN i" Si''g P4PS" AS" gnu
throw it away, you will always be sure that
you are enjoying pipe smoking of the most
delightful character. The tendency of the
average human is to buy an expensive pipe
and then color it by blowing smoke against
the bowl.
This practice renders the pipe ornamen-
tai, but as q general thing these highly col
cred pipes are very strong, and it is any
thing but pleasant for persons averse to
tobacco to be in the same room with them.
The English smoke pipes because pipe
smoking is cheaper than cigar smoking.
Americans smoke pipes because the English
smoke pipes.
The only man who can properly under
stand a pipe is the plantation darky, who
puts live coal on top of a pipe filled with
plug tobacco and puffs gently at the ''turrer
end'' of reed stem while the purple night
shadows gather around the cabin and the
screech owl scares itself and the neighbor-
hood with its weird Observation-Disclosures
TimeS-Star
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
ALMOST BURIED ALIVE.
Saved From a Horrible Fate by Sisters
Untiring Devotion.

Edward Templeton of Saugus Center,
Mass, was once subject of suspended ami
nation for several days. When asked to
relate his experience while under this psy-
chic spell, he relapsed into silence and
seemed averse to talking of himself His
sister, Miss Annie Templeton, however, was
more communicative and freely talked on
the matter.
1T happened" said she, during the
summer of 1887. We were then living at
Maiden, Mass, but subsequently removed to
Saugus Center. My brother had beer
taken seriously i'll of malignant fever.
For several weeks his life was despaired
of, but medical attendance and loving
friends succeeded eventually in breaking
the fever, although he was left in Il weak
and emaciated condition. He rapidly
grew stronger, however, and gained well
nigh former weight and strength. He
was able to do light work in his carpenter
shop, and we were congratulating ourselves
on his ultimate recovery.
"One afternoon in September he came
home earlier than usual from his work and
complained of strange pains in his head
and body. He went Immediately to bed,
but while we were preparing some simple
home remedies he tainted away. We sent
hurriedly for our physician, DR.. Atwater,
who exhausted all his efforts and medical
skill to restore Edward to consciousness.
Edwards body became as rigid as death
itself, his flesh was colorless, and the fol-
lowing day DR.. Atwater informed us that he
was dead. We refused to believe this, how
ever, and sent for DR.. B. NJ. Richardson OF
Boston to come in consultation with DIR.
Atwater. He came, and after careful
diagnosis and a consultation, which con-
sumed an entire afternoon, he conceded
with Dr. Atwater that Edward was dead.
well, we prepared the body for burial
and were to have held the funeral services
the following Sunday. Somehow l couldn't
convince myself that Edward was dead
and kept silent watch by his side. The
Saturday before the date set for his funeral
| was watching him intently, when 1
imagined l perceived one of his eyelids
twitch. l called my mother, who was in
all adjoining room, and she took up the
watch, while | again summoned DR.. Atwa-
ter, informing him of what had observed
Long and patiently he labored and was
finally rewarded with signs of returning
life.
1.-The same evening Edward was fully re-
stored to consciousness. He then told us
that all the while we believed him dead he
was in full possession of his mental facul-
ties, but could not move II muscle of his
body. He could tell you better himself of
the awful horror which seized him when he
heard the physicians pronounce him dead
and could hear and see our preparations for
his burial
Mr.. Templeton was again imp0rtuned to
relate his awful experience, but simply re-
marked: at is better to drop the subject
altogether. have no desire to revive the
horror of those few days and simply thank
God that ain here today instead of receiv-
ing the fate which so many afflicted with
suspended animation have received. st.
Louis Globe-Democrat
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
Looking Glasses In Collins.

One of the ancient customs connected
with Swedish funerals was to place small
looking glass in the coffin of an unmarried
female, so that when the last trump sounds
she might be able to arrange her tresses. 1t
was the practice for Scandinavian maidens
to wear their hair flowing loosely, while
the matrons wore it bound about the head
and generally covered with some form of
cap. Hence the unmarried woman was
imagined as awakening at the Judgment
day with more untidy locks than her
welded sisters and more in need of a glass.
Westminster Review.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
miscellaneous.
Mr.. THOMAS ON PRONUNCIATION.


The Playwright's Father Had Decided
Views as to the Word Missouri.
Mr.. Thomas, the author of the play ''In
Mizzoura, has given an interesting incident
in his early life recalled by the title of his
play. The spelling of the name gives fair
idea of the local pronunciation. This pro-
nunciation, particularly of the name of the
state, is sensitive question with the ma
tives. Speaking of the matter the other
day, Mr.. Thomas said:
You know that Just south of Missouri
the people of Arkansas, annoyed beyond en-
durance by the various pronunciation of the
name of their state, brought the subject to
the attention of the legislature, and that
body by special enactment fixed the pro-
nunciation ArkanSaw. Missourians feel
the same way about Missouri. They detest
the effeminate aspirant that Boston has
tried to fix upon them and the diminutive
sound of the termination. l remember well
when l was a schoC4boy in Missouri and
anxious to show my acquir4nent at home
l pronounced the name of the state Miss
source. My father overheard me and told
me never to call it so again. Obeying him,
the next day at school gave the real trans
mississippi sound to it in recitation and
was called down by the teacher. 1 eX-
planned that paw had
but that makes no difference Pm
teaching this class. Your paw" isn't.
You must say Miss-sou-reep
Il told my father at supper how the
teacher had figuratively wiped up the floor
with him before the geography class. The
gov'nor pushed back his pie-they ate pie
for supper there-and went out and cheweG
tobacco on the back porch. He thrashed
around in bed all night, and when morn
ing came he was up at daylight trying to
push the time ahead to 8, when the school
opened. Then he took me by the hand, and
we went into school together-a trife late
for effect. The gov'nor has a good eye for
stage business. He planted his progeny in
the center before the astonished teacher.
"'That's my boy The young woman
looked us both over and seemed inclined to
grant it. Impressive wait. Then the gov
nor continued: He was born in Miz-
zouraw. Where are you from"
The young woman said Boston and
gave a drowning man look for her diploma
that was somewhere under the map of
Asia, but the old gentleman was setting
faster pace.
"'What's Boston got to do with it? What
do you say the name of this state is?'
"'Why, 1 thought Miss-sou-ree'-
"'Not at all. Tom Benton said Mizzou-
raw when he addressed the senate of the
United States. General Shields says Miz-
zouraw. Nathaniel 2. Lyon, who died at
Wilson's creek, said Mizzouraw, and
Frank Blair says it. Understand"
she understood.
"'And years ago, on the first survey map,
it was printed as the Indians call it, full of
z's.' The teacher was wincing as I'd seen
her do when boy scraped his pencil edge
wise on a slate, and paw went on:
"'And every boy here that respects his
parents and the constitution of the United
States will always say Mizzouraw.'
HE went home, and don't think ever
said Miss-sou-ree again. York
World.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
Standing Up For His Rights.

"Are you the editor that takes in the So
ciety items?" inquired the caller, an under
sized man, with timid, appealing look on
his face.
YES, sir" replied the young man at the
desk. II can take in any kind of items.
What have your"
why, it's this way" said the caller,
lowering his voice MY wife gave swell
party last night, and Pm willing to pay to
have this writeup of the affair put in your
paper"
I'VE don't charge anything for publish
ing society items" observed the young man
at the desk. taking the proffered manu-
script and looking it over.
THAT'S all right" was the reply. You
northumberland. wrote this up myself,
and l put in IL line or two that says, Mr..
Halfstick assisted his distinguished wife in
receiving the guests That's the way
want it to go in, and don't care if it costs
81 line want my friends to know, by
George, that still belong to the familyl''-
Chicago Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27

Manuals of correspondence or complete
letter writer's are dangerous things to de-
pend upon. Some time ago young man
who wished to win the hand of Il young
lady unused long over the proper and most
effective way of addressing her. At last
he found in a manual somewhat wide Cir
culation, form for a letter which pleased
him much. The letter bore the title From
a young gentleman to young lady, max
ing an ardent but dignified offer of mar
riage."
He copied out the letter, signed it with
his name and sent it to the lady.
After some days of anxious waiting he
received letter. He tore it open and read:
Turn over the leaf in your manual.
You will find my answer at the top of the
opposite page"
He seized his manual, and in the place
indicated found Il brief and sharply formal
letter entitled From a young lady to Il
gentleman peremptorily refusing an offer
of marriage"
She was the possessor of a copy of the
same manual.-LondOn Tit-Bits.
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2netica1.
100000
ERE EDOM.

My work is done; the eventide is here;
My wages now ask of Thee,
Not gold nor jewels do | crave, my Lord,
But Master. set my spirit free!
The shadows lengthen on my glacier path,
Heavier the chains that fret me here:
/ ask for freedom from their crushing
weight.
IT'S life, not death, L hold in fear!
My work is done; the hour of rest draws
near,
The yesper-bells toll clear and sweet
Unto the aged should be spared, my Lord,
The pains that torture tired feet.
According to my need, | ask of Thee
That Thou bestow the promised wage.
If faithful have been i'll small and great,
Wilt Thou not now my pangs aSsuage?
My work is done; take me within the gate
Where enter only those Thou wilt;
A city lighted by Thy glory great,
The city not by mOrtalS built.
Come quickly beseech, and freely give
The guerdOn in its full degree,
Which Thou hast promised unto every
man
According as his work shall be.
Yet, Master, not my will. but Thine, be DONE
On Thee / wait; forgive my prayer!
Thou knOweSt best if there I'm needed
still,
Thou knowest if I'm needed there.
The wages are not due till work is done;
Submissive to the end I'll he,
Knowing Thy Precious promise never falls
That my reward still rests with Thee!
Clara JeSs1Lp NC0Te, in august Limp ncotts.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27

Superintendent I. B. Corey of the Ore
gon Improvement company's coal mines
has some of the most nearly perfect fossils
ever found in this state, which he picked
up on Day creek, a tributary from the Ska
git river. One is mass of shale in which
complete palm leaves can be easily traced
in one layer above another, the peallng OFF
OF one revealing another. There are equally
well defined fern leaves, with every fiber
clearly M arked.-S5eattleP Observation-Disclosures.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27

Parcel No. B, containing AZ ACRES. More or
Less, situated on the right hand side of the
public road leading from Bel Air to the Hick-
DRY, and adjoining the lands of Corbin NJ. Graf
ton, Esq, Benjamin f. Minnick, Esq, and
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27

This pretty story is told of dis
tinguished lawyer He and his wife
were at a social gathering, where the
question was discussed: who would
you rather be if not yourself?'' His
wife asked him for his reply to, the
question. He answered promptly
"Your second husband, dear
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27
The Black Maria.

The term "Black Maria" given to the
conveyance which takes prisoners to Jail,
is said to have it's origin in the story that
in colonial days Maria Lee, gigantic ne
gress, kept sailors boarding house in
Boston. At one time she took three drunk
en- sailors to the lookup herself. The au-
thorities came to rely on her aid in arrest
ing sailors; hence the synonym.-Boston
Globe
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27

On the plateaus of our southwestern Dor
der states the most furious whirlwinds of
ten fail to raise the sand more than few
feet above the level of the plain till sud-
denly, perhaps an hour after the crisis of
the storm, great columns rise to height
of 100 yards, and swaying from side to side
waltz about like tipsy giants
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27

A St. Louis physician is querying to
know why marriage ceremonies should not
be performed by doctors of medicine in
stead of having the authority lodged i'll the
hands of doctors of divinity and other min
listers. He thinks it would be a good thing
for this country if the doctors were given
the power and exercised it properly. IF l
had my way" he says, mo two persons
should be united for life unless they had
good, strong and sound physical makeups.
Then l would never marry two blends,
but would always require a blond to
secure brunette for a partner. If this
were done, VIC should become more beauti-
full as a race and stronger and longer
liYed 70
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27

While boring a we'll near Turner, Or, re-
Gently fir tree Is claimed to have been
struck at distance of "a feet under
ground The tree, it is said, measured 3
feet through, and the heart was sound.
Twenty-four feet farther down, it is stated,
more vegetable matter was struck.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27

Good looks are more than skin deep. depend
ing upon a healthy constitution of all the vital
organs. If the Liver be inactive. you have a
Bilious Look, ii your stomach be diSordered you
have IA Dyspeptic Look and If your Kidneys be
affected you have a Punched Look. Secure good
health and you will have good looks: Electro
BitterS is the great Alternative and rome actS
directly on these Vita organs. Cures Pimples.
Blotches. BoilS and gives a good complexion. Sold
at DR.. VIM ). Richardson q Sons Drug Store,
Bel Air. SOC per bottle.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-27

The Bank of England note is not of the
same thickness all through. The paper is
thicker in the left hand corner to enable it
to take better and sharper impression of
the vignette there and is also considerably
thicker under the figures at the ends.
Counterfeit notes are Invariably Of one
thickness