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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03
ONE OF WOMAN'S WAYS.
q Nickel Saved, Trick Exposed, q Wom-
An Humiliated,

She was charming creature and rugged
IN such stunning style that most women
IN the car Immediately set to work figur-
ing out just low much the whole outfit
cost. She pumped down beside another
charming creature whose attire was only
triilc less gorgeous. They We're evidently
friends or acquaintance and exchanged
situations, accompanied by terms of en-
dcarmcnt which to the man ignorant OF
the ways of fashionable femininity would
have implied deep seated mutual affection.
suddenly the latest arrival exclaimed, as
though sInittcn with an inspiration: "Oh,
how lucky I've met you! 1t has just oc-
cured to Inc that l have nothing smaller
than 80 bill III my purse, and the con
dUCt0r won't change anything SO high as
that, you know. 1t would be so cmbar-
RAISING to mo If you weren't here to pay
my fare. y
I'm awfully sorry" was the response,
given with all the emphasis of perfect sin
ccrity. II haven't anything smaller than
$50 i'll my purse. But you needn't be chi
barrGsscd. y new regulation has gone in
to effect on this line. The conductor gives
change fer everything up to so. 1t is SC
fortunate, you know. You'll just be able
to load upw with change. 1t is such handy
thing to have around"
But the iEcarnatc triumph Of millincr's
art, instead of looking pleased and relieved,
turned red rs Il poppy. The conductor was
standing opposite her and had just said,
Fare, please" She fishcL out her pocket
book and after some little fumbling pulled
out nickel, murmuring something about
having forgotten that she had it She got
out at the next block.
Then the woman whom she had asked
to pay her fare said to the friend with
whom she was going to the matinee: THE
mean thing! That's u regular trick of hers
when she meets anybody she knows on u
car. She has caught me by it two or three
times too. She won't try it on me>again.
I've what my husband would say called
her bluff. ="
but do they change $40 bills on this
Hnc?'
"Why, Of course not. 1 Just said that to
make her show herself up. knew that she
hadn't $40 with her Her husband pays
her milliner's bills because he likes to see
her attract attention But he limits her
close on spending money. New York
Herald
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03

SYNPT0Ms-Moisture: intense itching ant
singing; most at night; worse by scratching
I allowed to continue tumOrs form, whlci
'ttcn bleed and ulccrate. becoming very sore
'waynes Ointment stops the itching and bleed
ny, heals liberation, and in most cases re
moves the tumors. AT druggists. or by mai
or so cents. DIR. Swayne Son, Philadelphia
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03

Jinks-Do you suppose man with
family can live on 81 u day and bo Chris
tian?
Blinks-Of course. He can't afford to
be anything clse-New York Weekly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03
TILE l,CIS AND INTELl!CENCER
BEL AIR, ND, JULY 8, 1895.
4 SUPERSTlTIOUS CALENDAR.

People who believe in prophetic dCstinies as
timed IL verse will lie interested i'll tho fol
wing ancient horoscope for the monthsl:
b her who in January is born
No gem save garnet should be worn.
1t will inSrS'c her consistency,
True friendship and fidelity.
The February born will find
Sincerity ard peace of mind,
Freedom from passion and from care,
If they tho amethyst will wear.
Who On this world Of ours their eye
In March first open shall be wise,
In days OF peril firm and brave,
And wear q blackstone to the grave.
She who from April dates her years
Diamonds shall wear, lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow; this stone
Emblem of innocence is known.
Who first bcholds the light of day
In springs sweet tlowery month of May
And wears All emerald all her life
Shall be u loved and happy wife.
Who comes with summer to this earth
And owes to June her day of birth,
With ring of agate ON her hand
Can health, wealth and long life command
The glowing ruby should adorn
Those who in warm July are born;
Then will they be exempt and free
From loves doubts and anxiety.
Wear u sardonyX, or for thee
No conjugal felicity.
The August born without this stone,
IT'S said, must live unloved and lone.
A maiden born when autumn leaves
Are rustling in September's breeze
A sapphire on her brow should bind
Twill cure diseases of the mind.
October's child is born for woe,
And life's vicissitudcI must know,
But lay an opal on her breast
And hope will lull those woes to rest.
Who first comes to this world below
With drear Noycmber's fog and snow
Shall prize the topaZ's amber hue
Emblem Of friends and lovers true.
If cold December gave you birth
The month of snow and ice and mirth-
Place on your hand Il turquoise blue
Success will bless whate'er you do.
Exchange,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03
PROVISIONING A HOTEL,
Great Quantities of Food Required-De-
struction of Chinaware-Coffee Making.

Great Quantities Of Food Required-De-
struction of Chinaware-Coffee Making.
Americans are great coffee drinkers,
and good coffes must be had ut every hotel
that finds favor" writes John Gilmer
Speed in an article on Conducting Great
Hotel" in Ladies' Home Journal. II was
curious to learn how the great quantities
were kept constantly on hand and ut the
same time always fresh. The coffecpot is
u huge affair in which several gallons could
DC made at once. 1t is upon the French
plan, and boiling water is poured over fine
ly ground, freshly parched coffee. One
man is kept making coffee all the time. He
makes it in six quart quantities, using for
breakfast coffee six quarts of water to four
pounds of coffee; for dinner coffee the wa
ter is reduced to five quarts to four pounds,
and for after dinner or black coffee to four
quarts. The cotfccpot is enamelcd inside
because this can be kept clean, which tin
cannot, as the coffee eats off the tin in
little while, and then in that pot it is next
to impossible to make satisfactory coffee.
II have mentioned these proportions and
this matter of cleanliness of the pot be-
cause good coffee is just as easy to make us
bad if the material and the utensil be right.
Boiled coffee is no longer served at first
class hotels and restaurants. There is Il
tremendous brcakage of china and glass in
the kitchen and dining rooms and on the
wash tables. For many years past the pro-
prictors of the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York, have had to spend SO, 900 each year
in new china.
''To supply the hotel with potatoes the
entire product of II fertile field of 40 acres
would be needed. Cranberry sauce is made
regularly twice IL week, and on each occa-
sion II half barrel of cranbcnics is used
For Thanksgiving day whole barrel of
cranbcrricS was required as sauce for the
200 turkeys cooked. Eighty quarts of ice
cream are generally consumed for u dessert
at dinner daily; frequently more is re-
quired. OF the substantial cdibles-meats
roast beef is the most called for''
A Scrap iron Hard.
A scrap iron yard is curious place,
where almost every conceivable article of
iron finds its way-iron spoons, kettles,
frying pans, tea trays, locks, keys, horse
shoes, nails, nuts and bolts, hinges, win
dow frames steam boilers and thousands
of other things besides. About two years
ago the scrapyard with which am CON
nected had about 10000 bayOncts, which
were quite bright, lying in the yard at one
time. They had been made at the time of
tho Franco German war and had never
been used, SO they eventually found their
WeY INTO the seEaPyaFd. ~xs
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03
Learned All About 1t.

$50 you went out driving with your new
,eau, Susie and l expect he read your
ieart like booky'
Yes, mother. He read between the
ines "-Detruit Free Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03
rns POLO BROTHERS.
FheIs wanderings Into the Then UsknVwn
Lands of Cathay,

Many hundred years ago, Ill the year
1898, let us say, before Columbus discov-
cred America or the art of printing had
been invented Il strange thing happened
in Venice Three men, dressed in out
lundish garb, partly European and partly
Asiatic, appeared in the streets of that
city, making their way to the gates of
lofty and handsome house which was then
occupied 10y members Of the ancient family
of Polo. The three strangers, whose speech
had foreign accent, claimed admittance
to the mansion, saying thut they were
Maffco and Nicolo Polo, brothers, and
Marco, son of Nicolo, all of whom had
been absent in the wild and barbarouS
countries of the far east for mere than ri
years and had long since been given up as
lost.
In those days nobody il Europe knew
much about the regions il which the three
Polos had travelled, and what little they
| did know was from vague and few reports.
Two friars Plano Carpini and William
Rubruquis, it is true, had reached the Dor
| der of Cathay, or northern China and had
brought back accounts of the wonders of
| that mysterious land, of which they had
heard from the subjects of the great khan,
| who rcigncd over vast empire. But
| clcd people of Europe knew exactly what
manner of people lived or what countries
| lay beyond the western boundary of Ca
thay None knew uught of the inhabitants
or il there were inhabitantS-Of the re
giuns that we now know as India, Su-
| matra, japan, Korea and the eastern
COASTS of Asia and Africa. 1t was sup
posed that the farthcst extreme, or eastern
| edge, of Cathay ran off into a region of
continual darkness, Il bog or marsh where
| all manner of strange beasts, hobgoblins
| and monsters roamed and howlcd. And
it was not surprising that when the three
| Polos, for these were they, came back from
that desperately savage country and
claimed their own they were laughed to
| scorn. 1t seemed reasonable to believe
that the three, having been gone so many
years, had wandered of into the Sea of
| Darkness and had persisted miserably or
| had been destroyed by the wild creatures
| of that terrible region.
How the three Polos so far convinced
their relations who Were in possession of
| the Polo mansion in Venice that they were
willing to let in the newcomers we do not
know, but John Baptist Ramusio, who has
written an entertaining history of the Polo
| family, sets forth what was done by the
three Polos to prove that they were what
they claimed to be after they had taken
possession of their house. They explained
| that they had been in the service of the
| great khan, or emperor, of the Mongol en-
pire and that they had amasscd wealth
| while in the region variously known us
Cathay, China, Mongolia and the far east
Nora Brooks in st. Nicholas.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03
HASN'T SAYING A WORD.

Probably the incident that will be
longest remembered in connection
with Colorado BelfOrd's Congressional
career, was his attack upon a Demo
"ratic member of the House, conclud
ing as follows:
s'There he sits. Mr.. Speaker" ex.
claimed the "Red headed Rooster OF
the Rockies pointing his finger at
his Democratic victim. There he
sits. mute, silent and dumbn'
eyes" Mr.. Speaker" interrupted n
member Oh the Democratic side, "and
he amt saying Il word.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03

-Proprietor-"Why did you treat
that woman so coolly?" Clerk-"You
noticed | sold her an article that
didn't really suit her?'' Yes. "She
bought it because treated her as if
she couldn't afford it,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. l think that
am losing my mind" Yabsley-
How long have you been that way?n
about month" You needn't
worry. If you had begun losing your
mind that long ago it would all be
gone by this time"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03

When a man OWNS 4 h1Soded horse he Ia
ALWAYS careful of its health. He looks after
hts diet and il particular that the feeding
shall he regular and right. While he rs
doing this it is likely n; not that lie is him
self suffering from some disease or disorder
that if left TO itself will go on and on till II
develops seriously.
When the trouble gets so bad that he cam
not work, lie will begin to give himself the
care he gave the horse at the start. The
time to cure disease is at the beginning
and better than all is to so watch your
health that disease will never come. Good,
pine, rich, red blood is the best insurance
against disease of any kind: Almost all
diseases come from impure or impoverished
blood Keep the blood pure and strong
and disease can find no foothold.
That is the principle on which tir
Picrce's Golden Medical Discovery works.
1t cleanscs puriiics and enriches the blood;
1t puts and keeps the whole body in perft ct
order. Makes appetite good, digestinc
strong. assimilation perfect. II brings rud-
dy, virilc health.
II got a cancer my tongue and had 1t cut
lout ] consulted fifteen different physicians
without deriving any benefit. AT last turned
10 Dr, Picrce's Golden Medical Discovery. I
lpcrsisted i'll its and my health Is better than
lever before Formerly every accidental wound
II received began to tester would not heal now.
lsuch decorations heal themselves"
Respectfully yours.
ILL., &?:;,@!* : Ill., <: z...
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03

Simply amply "Swayne's Ointment" No in
ternai medicine required Cures letter, eczema,
itch, erysipelas, all unsi9htly eruptions on Inc
face, hands and nose, etc, leaving the SKIN
clear, white and healthy. Its great healing and
curative powers are possessed by no other rem
adr-Ask your druggist for Swayne's ONT
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-30
BACKACHE.
From mo Pres, He,U Fork Ci.u

NFOm ITO 4 ftost NtW kotH Suus
Few people have suffered moro from pain
In the back than Mrs. Lille d. Newell OF
No. 23lS Second Avenue, New York City.
For several years she was SO AFFLICTED with
this distressing malady that she was hardly
able 10 get around, and could do little 70
caro- for hor children which made her suffer-
ing all tho harder TO bear. Her husband,
Charles Newell, who IL wellknown New
York optician, tried In overy way to ind
remedy for his wife, but no medicine
seemed TO have tho power TO remove her
pain.
professional nurse, and was familiar with
tho symptoms OF her sisters sickness. Mrs.
Newell was away on visit when reporter
called upon her, but Mrs. Glynn, who lives
ut No. 4i6 East One-hundred and.twenticth
Street, told tho story OF her sisters 70
covery.
A doctor was called when Mrs. Newell'ss
condition BECAME serious ana h nc ,mc
lleved the woman's pain rs no other mcdi'
cinc has done. "After awhile" Mrs. Glynn
told tho reporter, two learned that the medi'
cine tho physician was giving my sister was
nothing more than DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Palo People. Knowing by experience
how excellent remedy these pills We're,
Mrs. Newell bought some at drug store
and continued taking them. The effect was
most gratifying, for In six months my sister
was perfectly well and the pain In her back
was nothing more than IN unpleasant mem
ory. Both she and have recommended the
Pink Pills TO other people, who have mol
failed TO find them all that Is claimed. All
doctors my sister had been treated by, be
fore taking the pills, had done her no up
parent good"
Pink Pills arc sold In boxes never In loose
form, by tho dozen or hundred ut 10 cents
box or six boxes for $50, and may be hac
OF oil druggists or direct by mail from Or
Williams Medicine Company, schenectady
N. Y. The price ut which these Pills ars
sold makes n course OF treatment inexpen
sive as compared with other remedies OF
medical treatment.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-30
a LANCASHIRE PASTIME.
Large sums Change Hands Over Simple
Gnme.

Large sums Change Hands Over Simple
Game.
Among the strange sports Of Lanca-
shire, England, Is game known vari.
ously Us ''coddam" or Tip It," As the
Lancashire man OF sporting tendency
must have a wager on everything that
engages his attention, o lot OF money
changes hands on this game, generally
in small way but quite frequently in
substantial sums. Indeed, there is q
recognized champion playerof "tip It."
who Is open TO back himself for 500 to
play any one.
And this is how 1t Is played: The RI
val players take q button, or some
small article, and sit on opposite sides
of u table. The beginner puts his
hands under the table, and, taking the
button in one Of them, raises his closed
fists into view, and the business Of the
other is to say In which hand the but.
ton is held. The button changes sides
rs It Is found, and the game goes on
till the points are reached.
It Is often played with two or four o
side, and the champion will meet q
dozen ut time, and discover the hand
holding the button by q sort Of In
stinct
The position Of the thumbs decides
whstJIs she game is ''coddam" or "tip
It. On this trivial pastime hundreds
of dollars change hands every year in
some parts OF Lancashire Y. World.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-30

It was not long before the gentleman
was listening. with fattering interest
to the story Of Jacks life, death and
burial, and declared that the wreath
should be left where II was. ut was
Drove In you to come and tell me abou.
H." he said, ns he took Philips hand
In parting. "It's as hard sometimes 70
tell the truth as II Is to face shot and
shell; and I believe you have real SOL
der STUFF in you. The laurel wreath
really belongs to you"
ats n pity Jack can't know about il.
for he'll never be SO grand again" was
all the answer Philip made to this
praise, and when the gentlemen
stopped to kiss Sara's pretty mouth,
she said seriously: sack was very
fond OF lilacs, md we mean to cover his
grave with them rs long rs we live, but
I'm sure this will always be Jacks best
Decoration dny."-Ella Doyle, in N. y
Independent.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-30
Tho Best Tribute.

My grandpa was soldier. They tell about
the day
He said his very last good-by and bravely
marched away
with flying flags. and bayonets all glcam-
ing In the sun
They never saw him marching back when
oil tho war was done.
They brought him here and laid him where
can always bring
The very brightest flowers that blossom In
the spring.
But sweeter far than flowers. as every one
will tell.
Is the memory OF soldiers who loved their
country well.
wish could be like him-to try with all
my might
And do my loyal service for honor and for
right,
And victory and glory!-But children now.
you know.
Have never any chance ut all to war
against q foe.
And as think upon it-the best that We
can do
To show our love and honor fora hero
brave and true
Is to resolve together. here standing by his
grave,
To live our very noblsst In tho land he died
TO save.
Sydney Dayre. in Youths Companion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-30
coNsuLs ARE pEcEITFuL.

Elderly American Lady Doesn't Think
Much of Our Representatives.
1t is q hot August day. An elderly
lady blowing like q small tugboat,
puffs into the consulate and casts an
Choir near tho consular desk. The
elderly lady is evidently "real mad"
and although am innocent OF having
offended her, she looks Mt me with
great severity. >.
"Can you tell me-" she asks, suspi-
ciousiy, "if in going from Geneva to
Paris tonight my baggage will be ex-
amined again by those stupid custom
house oflicers?"
Presumably it will, madam" / re-
ply.
swell it's q shame" observed the
lady, majestically, land II you are
over here representing the American
people you ought to have 1t stopped.
have had my baggage examined four
times since left Baden Baden. Last
night Mt tho Italian frontier they
threate ned to boil my clothes because
/ had been to Hamburg, where there
Is said to be cholera. This morning
Mt Geneva they seemed to be actually
searching my trunk for microbes
Why, SIR" said the lady growing abso.
lutely splendid in her indignation, ~
have never had the cholera in my
whole life!"
Iknew It would be useless to reason
with this excellent female, so I just
tried diplomacy.
"Alonzo," said !, in business.like
tones, to my gifted secretary, make
note OF this affair and report 1t al
once"
Alonzo had no idea to whom he was
to make his report, but he took coplou'
notes, nnd the lady went away pres
emily in better frame Of mind. TIVE
days afterward / received note from
her in the following bitter terms:
Paris, Aug. Is9-.-Sir: My trunk was cx
amlned us usual last night, and, II possible
more rigidly than before. My opinion Is thai
our so-callcd consuls arc rs deceitful Us theJ
are incompetent Yours respectfully,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-30


Two Americans wero lately travel
ing by rail In FRANCE In q railway car.
riage. the only other occupant Of
which was q quiet old gentleman.
One OF the Americans was about 70
smoke, when the old party pointed 70
q notice forbidding smoking. Some
what disconnected the smoker aban'
doned the attempt, but In q few min
utes more pulled out flask and re-
marked to his companion: II wonder
II that darned old French skeesicks OBJ
jects to our taking q drinkT and was
Mortified when the supposed old French
party said In tho purest English, u
should like to join you boys"-Boston
Commercial. Bulletin.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-05-30

"A soldiers grave In this lonely spotl"
enc Of them exclaimed. rs they drew
near enough to see tho decorated
mound. "The Stars and Stripes art
floating over him. I'll ask who 1t is"
mo, no" said his companion, quickly.
"Like enough it's tho children's father
or brother. and We won't ask any ques.
tions."
Sara and Philip had stopped singing
to dispute over Q certain point, and
were too busy to notice the carriage
and It's occupants. Philip insisted on
singing: Land where our donkey
died." which Sara thought was disre'
spectful, not to say wicked. How the
dispute would have ended, no one can
say; for call from the carriage start
led them and brought wrangling to o
close.
Here, children, let me add my trib-
ute to o friend and brother. That he
served his country is enough for me
to know" and the gentleman who said
this held out IN elegant wreath OF
white roses and glossy green leaves.
Philip made no move In his astonish-
ment, but Sara quickly run down the
little slope dividing the field from the
road.
"we're much obliged; but it's only
Jack who Is buried here. It's great
deal too nice for jack" she said. look
ing admiringly at the flowers.
But the gentleman was quite de-
termincd that Jack should have them;
and after O few more words Sara was
standing. wreath in hand, looking after
the departing carriage.
"What q generous man he Isl" SAID
Philip, after every bud and leaf had
been admired. at seems too nice for
a donkey. Did you tell him who II
WASP"
ayes, I did," answered Sara, forget
ting that a stranger could not possibly
know that "Jack" was q donkey. I'll
didn't mike bit Of difference"
The grave looked very fine indeed
when It received Its new decoration
and the children could hardly teal
themselves away after their luncheon
was eaten. "We'll bring father ant
mother around to look att, Phillip said
when they finally left the place to vast
their hands In the brook and MAKE
themselves presentable for celebration
on the green.
A great crowd had gathered ther.
Philip and Sara squeezed through ant
found seat in front of the brass bans
and very near the platform erected fcl
the speakers. The children were no
particularly interested in the speeches
but there was great deal Of cheering
and they considered It fine fun to b.
there. 1t was not until n gentleman
rose to speak In whom Sara aud Philil