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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08
A MAN OF CAUTION.
He Refused to Sign His Name Except In
Lead Pencil,

1t is an unwritten but rigidly enforced
law that no man be allowed to write his
namo on a hotel register with lead pen
Gil. Those who patronize the hotels are
well acquainted with the rule and always
observe it, but there are some whose ia
miliarity with hotel life is not in an adj
vanccd stage, and they are the ones who
cause trouble to the clerks by invariably
producing their ever ready pencil when
they essay to write their name upon the
annals of hotelology. A Cincinnati tray
cling man amused a select coterie of fellow
travellers with Il narrative in which Zen
Gil and an unsophisticated would be guest
at Louisville hotel played prominent
part. The man with the pencil struck the
office of the hotel during rush, and he
had written his name on the register be-
fore the clerk noticed the implement he
used. The clerk was very polite about it,
but he erased the pencil signature and
handed the prospective guest pen freshly
dipped in ink.
81 wrote my name once" said the guest.
'If that. don't suit you, write it yourself. =
The clerk explained that it was necessary
to preserve the register, and for that reason
they wished signatures in ink. The eE
PLANTATION didn't suit the guest He seemed
to think the clerk had designs upon him.
and he positively refused to write again on
the register.
"I'm from the country" he said, "but
I'm not as green as 1 look. I've had some
experience in signin things. Signed q
contract last fall to pay SO for some fruit
trees, and three months later 1 had to pay
a note for $500 that the Teller had switched
my name on to. You don't get me to
sign nothin moro 'ceptin do it with a
pencil, and then write very light
The fellow carried his point, too, and
the clerk was forced to write his name for
him. Nashville American.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08
Heaven Might BE a Lonely Place.

A little boy, when questioned by his
mother regarding some escapade, had not
told the strict truth regarding the affair.
She had taken him on her knee and was
explaining to him that people who told lies
could not go to heaven.
Mamma" said he, "did you ever tell q
lie?"
"Well, my son, don't know but posi-
bly, at some time in my life may have
told some things that were not quite as
they should have been"
"Did papa ever tell lieP" again ques-
toned the boy.
81 am afraid he has, - replied his mother.
odd Aunt Fannie ever tell a lie?'' per-
sisted the boy. His mother concluded it
was about time to choke her SOIL off before
he had involved all the relations on both
sides of the family, so she said, "My boy,
am afraid there is hardly any person in
the world but who has at some period of his
life made some statements that would not
be called exactly the truth
The boy pondered over this for "a &c"
moments.
"Mamma, he said, ait must DC dread
full lonesome in heavcn-noDo.! lherc pu'
God and George Washington! Lineage
Times Herald.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08
LOWELL'S MARRIAGE.
His Wife First Got Him Interested In the
Slavery Question.


After Lowell graduation he thought of
entering the Divinity school, but no decid-
cd ut last to study law. Although he was
on the very verge of giving it up 30 times,
he perseyered and received his degree of
bachelor of laws in 1910. He opened an
Office in Boston, but it is doubtful whether
he ever had even that "flrst client" whom
he was afterward to describe in humor-
Gus sketch. Not liking the law as means
of livelihood, he finally abandoned it, as
Holmes had done only few years earlier.
Lowell had become engaged to Miss
Maria White who greatly influenced his
life. In 1871 came the publication of a
volume of poems, some of which had been
printed already in the magazines, while
others were hasty and crude rhymes which
he kept out of later editions of his poems
just as Whittier rejected his own early
verses. Lowell was barely % when his
book appeared, but there was more than
one poem in it which gave high promise of
his future. In addition to his ability, he
had deep love for letters, and this it was
which led him, a year later, to start q
monthly magazine. But the magazine
soon came to an end leaving its proprie-
tors in debt.
Until he met Miss White Lowell's inter-
ests and his ambitions were almost wholly
literary. Under her influence he came to
have strong sympathy for the slaves He
swiftly saw that in real life there were
causes to be fought far better worth the
struggle than any mere craving for per-
sonal fame. His love for letters never less
encd, but it was linked thereafter to the
love for human freedom He was married
at last in 1914, in which year he brought
out revised edition of his poems. A few
months later he gathered from the maya
zines certain prose criticisms, chiefly about
the Older English poets-criticisms which
he thought so lightly of in later years that
he did not allow them to be included in
his collected works. And about this time
he was q frequent contributor to tho Phil
adelphia Freeman, the antislavery journal
formerly edited by Whittier.-"J James
Russell Lowell" by Brander Matthews,
in St. Nicholas.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08
Killed Just For Fun.

At little fishing village last summer
on tho coast 1 was noticing the tamcncss
of the sea gulls rs they flew around the
beats when they drew to land or sat like
so many barn door fowls awaiting for any
bit of fish thrown to them. eyes, said
an old fisherman, "thcy arc getting tanner
again now, but for long time they kept
aloof. A couple of city guests came down
hero and began blazing away ut the poor,
tame creatures that did not know at first
what it meant, for they had never had even
IL stone thrown mt them or heard II gun
fired in their life. How many they would
have killed, Just for fun, as they say, /
don't know, if we fishermen hadn't stop
ped them, for the gulls we consider our
friends. We like to hear their wild cries,
and they lead us to where the fish are
shoaling, but it was n long time before
they became tame again"
A would be sportsman stopped overnight
at backwUOds cabin with IL whole arsenal
Of guns. Early in the morning the farmer
was awakened bya fusilladc in the garden.
II jumped up" he said, ''to see what was
the matter, and there was that city chan
blazing away ut my little robins and orr
oles to listen to whose songs 1 have lain
awake by the hour. l just caught the fell
low by the collar, and says l, Look here
young man, if you fire that gun again, IL
fire you out of this mighty quick lie
dropped his shooting iron and looked NJ
me in amaZcment. Now York Dispatch.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08
BELLOWS HOLD THEIR OWN.
Blacksmiths Stick to Them Notwithstand-
ing the Newer Power Blowers.

ing tho Newer Power Blowers.
The blacksmith's bellows has three
boards. When the bellows is set up in pO-
sition, the middle board is fixed; the up
per and lower boards are movable. There
is q valve in the middle board and ono In
the lower board. When the bellows is not
in use, the lower board falls as far as tho
leather will permit 1t, and that compart-
ment Is then filled with air With the
working Of the lever and the raising of the
lower board the air in the lower compart-
ment is forced through the valve in the
middle board into the upper compartment,
which is the reservoir, whence 1t flows
through the nozzle of the bellows into the
fire. When the pressure from below ceases,
the valve in the middle board closes, and
the air Is then forced out from the upper
compartment or reservoir of the bellows
by the weight of the upper board. Some
times this board is weighted to make it
expel the air more rapidly and fofcibly.
The continuance of the blast without the
working of the lever, caused by the gradu-
ally sinking upper board of the bellows,
may last for u quarter of a minute. 1t is
highly priced characteristic of the bel
lows. The blacksmith who is alone is thus
enabled, if he should so desire, to use both
hands at the fire, or he might go across
the shop and be back swaying the lever
once more before the blast had ceased.
A good bellows will last for many years
without repairs. Blacksmiths' bellows are
made in various sizes from "a inch to 80
inch. The SO inch is the size most COM
monty sold. The size is the width at tho
widest point. Bellows are longer than
they are wide, and they are made Of diff
ferent lengths in the same width, ordinary,
and long. There are about 10 bellows
manufacturers in the country, including
three in New York and one in Brooklyn.
Manufacturing and other establishments
supplied with power FORCES are nowadays
equipped with power blowers, and there
are also various hand blowers, some oper-
ated with q crank and some with a lever,
and there are now used many portable
FORCES and blowers combined The sale of
modern appliances for blowing forge fires
has increased greatly in recent years, while
the sale of bellows has not. But there are
shipsmiths and boiler makers, wheel
wrights, carriage and wagon makers and
others who still use bellows, and almost
every horseshoer uses n bellows and pre-
fers it to any other means of blowing his
fire, so that there are still sold thousands
of bellows annually.-New York Sun.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08

Hanging beneath the mantel in the pri-
vate office in Magistrate JcrmOn's court
are ten pistols which have been the weap-
offs used in various murders for years back.
The pistols are of all makes, and range
from single barrel woman's pistol to q
British bulldog The most prominent
among them is Il big funnel shaped weap-
on, containing seven barrels, which has n
history of killing five men. This was car
ricd by old city Waterman before CONSOLE
dation. Magistrate Jermon is proud OF his
collection, which is present from the dis
trict attorney.-Philadelph Call.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08
The VARIOUS WAYS.

Before an eastern king one day
Appeared n man both pure and wise.
The king begged of the man to say
What road to take to paradise.
"For various sects," he said, "declare
There's but one road that we can take,
And of the rest we must beware,
So tell me for my own souls sake"
Here paused the king. The hall was still
And the wise man looked thoughtfully,
But round the audience went thrill
When thus he spake on Bonded knee:
40 mighty king, loving race
Finds half the light of heaven in thee,
bsseech thy pardoning grace
For what my sole reply must be.
"Enthroned art thou within a hall
Where various doors the guests admit.
Alike the splendor falls on all
Whichever way they enter it.
"That have found one certain way
Your messenger the praise must claim.
30 daZzled was by his sway
/ cannot tell What road came"
Joel Benton.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08
II My Do as Much for You.

Mr. Fred Miller, OF irving, III. Whites That
he had 4. Severe Kidney trouble for many
Years with severe pains in his back and also
hat his bladder was affected. He tried many
so called Kidney cures but without any good
result About a ) ear ago he began use of
Electric Bittcrs and found relief mt once
Electric Bitters is especially adapted to cure of
all Kidney and Liver troubles and often gives
almost instant relief. One trial will prove our
statement Price only so cts for large bottle,
at Thos. G. Forwood & Co.'S Drug Store, Bel
Air.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08

Cutten-I met man this morning who
came from your old town in Wisconsin.
Said he knew you we'll. Gives you an ex-
oellent reputation too.
Dryde-Spoke we'll Of me, did he?
Cutten-Well, no, but he said he didn't
know anything mean about you.-Chicago
Tribune
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08

One reason why the French are not sue
cessful in colonizing is found in their in.
tense attachment to their birthplace.
Americans will be surprised to learn that
81, 900, 600 of the 80, 600, 900 inhabitants OF
Franco live in the towns where they were
born. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08

Among every 1000 inhabitants in the
United States th6z6 is an average of 3S1
who are under 16; in France there are
only 27O such to the 1000.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08

The St. Louis girl wrote, Don't phale
TO be thar" Her Kansas City beau re-.
piled: AZ will be thar. There's no such
word as nhnIe ,'-Chicngo Inter Oceam.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08

There is this difference between happi-
ness and wisdom, that he who thinks him
self the happiest man really is SO, but he
that thinks himself the wisest Is generally
the greatest fool,-Colton
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08

Jillson says It Ill becomes a Clergyman
to rail against board of trade men simply
because they make their living by dealing
Ia futures.-Buffalo Courier.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08
THE EGISAND INTELLIGENCER.
Is Published Every Fridayby
FRANK e. GORRELL.
TERMs.-sI.OO A Year In advance.

Transient observation-disclosures Square, 8
insertions or less $1.50 Each subsequent in
sertion % cents. Longer advertisements in
the. same proportion. A space equal to six
lines makes a square. Figure work double
price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications
will be inserted at 10 cents per line.
Yearly Advertisements ut Special Rates.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08

Among the country people of EnglaE2
there is an idea that to touch food which
has been nibbled by a mouse will result IN
.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08
Farm for Sale.

us ACRES, in a high state of cultivation,
with sufficient timber of best quality; in u
good neighborhood, with all public conven,
fences. About and miles from Bel Air and
VanBibber Stations, respectively, on the pub
lie road from the former to the latter place
Now one of the best thoroughfares in the
county. Will be sold at a bargain, it imme-
diate application be made to the undersigned,
and full information furnished by
GEO. Y. MAYNADIER,
6sp Attorney at Law, Bel Air, Nd.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08

WHENEVER you want an easy
w SHAVE.
AS good as barber ever gave,
Stop in with me at my saloon,
Morning, evening or busy noon.
| will CUT or COMB your hair with grace,
To sut the contour of your face.
My RaZors are sharp and always keen;
My Shop is always neat and clean;
And everything, | think you will find
To suit the taste and please the mind.
JAMES REILLY,
TONsoRIAL ARTIST,
Main St.. opposite Eqis Office,
27sep Bel Air, Md.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-23

GULLYRE-ELECTED SPEAKER or
THE HOUSE.
The liberal Members Showed TIP In
Fine Force.

The English house Of commons ns.
aembled Ut London Monday morning.
There was a large attendance Of mem.
bera. Tho government benches at an
aarly hour we're crowded 10 excess and
many memboss we're compelled to take
refuge In the cross benches. The lib
eral and Irish benches were not
crowded early in the day. Among the
Irish members Of parliament present
was 4. M. Healey, who sat between
Mr.. T. z. O'Connor and Mr.. Edward
Blake. Also present on the Irish
benches we're Mr.. Il. ID. Sullivan, Mr.
John Dillon, Mr.. Charles X. d. Tan
ner and other distinguished leaders Of
the Irish nationalist party. Later in
the day, however, the liberal benches
became crowded and when the pro-
oeedings commenced, the liberals had
showed up in fine force.
The right Hon. Sir John Mowbray,
Bart moved the reelection Of Mr..
William Court Gully as speaker of the
house, and congratulated the house
upon being able to open its proceed
ings with such an act and without a
dissenting voice. He pointed out that
Mr.. Gully had eminently proved his
fitness for the post.
The liberal whip, Mr.. Thomas e.
Ellis, member Of parliament for Meri-
otshire, seconded the motion and COM
plimented the conservative leader, Mr..
Balfour, on the course he had taken in
this connection.
Mr.. Gully then thanked the house
for the honor done him, which he said
he did not think he owed to personal
considerations, but to the manner in
which he hoped he had acquitted him
self during his term OF office. The
speaker was then conducted to the
chair amid loud cheers from oil parts
of the house.
Upon assuming the chair Mr.. Gully
again thanked the house for the honor
done him and the mace was then laid
upon the table.
Mr.. Balfour congratulated Mr.. Gul
ly upon his reelection in few words
expressing confidence in his impair
tiality.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, OIL
behalf of the liberals, also congratu
lated Mr.. Gully, but it was noticed
that he was not cheered as warmly d
was Mr. Balfour.
The house of commons then adjourn
ed until Tuesday.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-23

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of CatRrrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY e Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J. Che
ney for the last 10 years. and believe him per-
fectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio
WALDING, KINFAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, TJc. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-23

The soft moonlight wns ahimmering
over The sea az they vat on the beach
and Looked into each others eyes. It
vas such d night has is made Tor lovers.
Tho surroundings we're romantic, aud
even the soft wind seemed 10 whisper
Of love.
"Woro you ever engaged2" he ask.
ed, abruptly.
'No, she answered, somewhat star.
tied.
lie seemed busy with his thoughts
for few moments, and then he said,
- he looked pleadingly into her face
Don't you think"
'Yea, she said, cxpectaRty.
''Ihat il would be nice"
"Oh, yes, very nice"
ITO get some Zoe cream"
''No," che exclaimed, augrilyi II
hate IT." And 30 they parted. ~ Chi
oa0o TimcsHCraid.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-23

zone Of the great trials Of the news
paper profession" says i. Dewitt
Talmage, sis that It's members are
compelled to zee mere Of the shams Of
the world than any other profession.
Through evOry newspaper Office,
day after day, go all tho weaknesses Of
the world oil the vanities that want
TO be pulled; oil the revenges that
want 10 be heaped; all the mistakes
that want 10 be corrected; al the dull
speakers that want 10 be thought elo-
quent; all the meanness that want to
get it's wares noticed gratis in the edi-
torial columns, in order 10 save the
tax of the advertising columns; all
the men who want TO be set right who
we're never right; all the crack brain
philosophers with stories as long as
their hair, and as gloomy as their fin
ger nails in mourning because bereft
of soap-all the bores who come in to
stay five minutes, but who etay five
hours.
"Through the editorial and repoto-
rial rooms all the follies and shams Of
the world are seen day after day, and
the temptation is to believe in neither
God, man or woman. Ii is no sur
prise that in the profession there are
some skeptieal men; 1 only wonder
that journalists believe anything"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-23
Taken Hame.

McElrees Vino Of CarduI relieve The agony
endured by many women month after month
In modest silence. Il is recommended by
many physicians as the most effective remedy
known for painful menstruation. The treat
ment can be adopted in the privacy Of home,
without submitting to humiliating examina-
lions or consulting doctor.
Mrs. w. L. Mitchell, Of Pratt Mines, Ala,
writes: For the past six months have suf-
fered awful pans at the time OF my monthly
periods. A few months ago my husband got
me some McEIree's Vino OF Cardui. Since
using that haven't felt pain. can't give
It all the praise Il should have"
J. W. Pollard, Pleasant Ridge, Miss, says
"McElreoa Wine OF Cardul cured my wife
after four doctors had failed"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-23
FOUGHT ONE ROUND.
Fitzsimmons and Corbett Have q
Lively and UnexDected Meeting.

Fitzsimmons and Corbett Have a
Lively and Unexpected Meeting.
Bob Fitzsimmons and James ]. Cor
bett came to blows in Philadelphia
Saturday night at Green's hotel.
Fitzsimmons had just come down from
the Winter circus, where he had been
giving bag-punching exhibition. He
was going over to the eating bar to get
luncheon with his boxing partner,
Thomas Forrest.
Corbett, his brother Joseph, W. A.
Brady and John McVey, a member of
Corbett's company, were standing near
the clerks desk at the end of the bar,
as Fitzsimmons and Forrest passed in.
The Corbett party had been
drinking and in spirit of
braggadocio Corbett attempted to
pull Fitzsimmon's nose. The latter
backed away, but Corbett followed up
and Fitzsimmons finally resisted. In
a moment there was general melee.
Brady picked up a chair and attempt
ed to brain Fitzsimmons, and the lat
ter threw him to one side. Corbett's
brother then took hand in the game.
He struck Fitzsimmon in the mouth,
cutting his lip. Forrest came to Fitz-
simmons assistance aud he and Joe
Corbett were tusseling about the place,
( knocking chairs and tables to the right
and left.
Meanwhile Corbett was trying to
get at Fitzsimmons and then McVey
got into the struggling crowd. See
ing the odds against him, Fitzsimmons
picked up q heavy water decanteT and
hurled it at Brady and Joe Oorbett.
The flying bottle went wide of it's
mark, and striking a heavy iron col
umn, was mashed into thousands of
fragments. As soon as they could re-
cover from their establishment, the
attaches of the place rushed at the
struggling crowd of excited pugilista
and attempted to separate them. But
It wss hard Job and reserve force OF
police officers were called in and in a
few moments the men were separated.
Corbett and his party left the place.
Fitzsimmons sat down to have his
luncheon, but he was too excited to
enjoy it, and after partaking of q small
portion of it he gave up the attempt
and went out for a walk. His clothes
we're somewhat disarranged and his
shirt torn. One of his hands were
bleeding and it looked as IL it had beer
cut with a pen knife, or some small
weapon, although the wound nigh
have been made by piece of glass
from the broken decanter. No arrests
we're made.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-23

Newspapers have as much place IN
the sohoolroom as histories and gram
mars.
The clean country and city papers
teach language, history, civil govern
ment. geography and spelling. Their
teachings are on fresh
There are parents who object 10
teachers carrying newspapers into The
schoolroom. They argue that chill
dren, by reading the newspapers, be
come too familiar with the doings Of
criminals.
This plea is q feeble one. Children
will soon learn that sensations have
nothing to do with real history or the
worlds Advancement IT'S even better
to know of wars and murders than -
know the gossip and scandal Of the
neighborhood - Missouri Democrat
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-23
An Original Notice.

The following original notice was
discovered tackled on a rural church
door:
"Notice-There will be preaching
in this house, providence permitting,
Sunday; aud there will be preaching
here whether or no, on the Monday
following, upon the subject: lie that
belieysln and is not baptized shall be
mved, and he that believeth not shall
be damned at precisely hali-past 3
o'clock in the afternoon. - Exchange.