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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

Thee Single Takers left this morning
for Dove t. test the free speech ordimaM,n
The Single Takers expect to send 100 T.
Dover day after day
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

MY baby had Group md was savad by
Shlloh's Cure" writes Mrs. J. B. Martin,
OF huntsville. ALA. n. q. Danfortl, cor.
end and Market.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

VIM p. .Windish has sued tho Knights
of St Lawrence for work performed The
case will be tried this evening before Mag.
istrato SasSee.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

NIo uauo dozens of Of plicaMts to rent
wv NGVt dwellings daily. What have you
TO offer them. HAWKINS. ;IS Market street
jyl5-if
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

A cab,CgrGm was received today an.
bouncing the safe arrival in France Of
Charles and Paul Cicori They are well,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

nvnunI for sale 10 builders and others In
UiCUllu bet PARTS of town. Easy tcrG's,
tyis.tr HAWKINS, 7l2 Market street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

The steamship Hcbogland cleared to.
dag with a cargo of crude petroleum for
Flushing, Holland.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

4IF'l S7I 0
We hereby celtifV that the foregoing Is
true statement oil the H., eipts and ex
pcudi'nres Of the city OF Wilmington fium
July !. lSsJ. to July 1886
Attest: JOS Il ADAMS.
city Treasurer.
Correct: ISAAC G. PYLE, City Auditor.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

Hanover Presbyterian Church excursion
to Cape May, Thursday, July 23
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

Ioof Oont won't pay tax bills. Let us
lUSl n6lIl save money for you by looking
after your rem, collections. jyIstf
lIAW kINS, 7i2 Market street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

The attraction at Union Park this week
Is the well known Olympia High class
Specially Company, headed 10y the little
sensational dancer, Nellie Clinton, who is
marvel. The well known comedy sketch
team, Ray "a nd Williams The musical
team, Hadley and Hart in three new and
novel acts, are retained by request" Tho
West banjo experts and singers will also
appear the balance Of the week The
Wilmington and Hartford base ball teams
Will attend the performance Tomorrow
evening. The manager wishes to announce
that during the week of July 81 the Dc
Acres will appear in their wonderful cleo.
trio wire act. The lady Will walk and
perform her great slide Of 800 feet Oh y
live electric wro
Hardware dealers should get pricos on
paper before buying elsewhere, A u or o.
white envelope, 50 cents per thousand.
Bakers pic plates, paper and paper bags
u. +. Ribbans, los East ScGond street
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-20

Alfred Lewis colored, employed near
Greenville, ,was robbed IN Saturday of q
silver watch
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
FEMININE BEAUTY.
Asssr All u liant the Quality That Brings
Husbands.

A writer, in dissertation on the limited
influence exerted by womanly beauty, has
the following. 1t may be surmised that he
Is either an experienced married man or Il
crusty old bachelor-it sounds like either:
Men are forever talking about pretty
women, as if prettiness were the sole thing
that could MAKE the sex endurable. As
their talk is not confined to age, race or
condition, it might be supposed To be the
voice of nature, though it is really tlc voice
of misunderstanding. If men We're only
drawn to women by their prettiness, AS
they would put it, most of us would live
and die in celibacy, for gallantry aside,
feminine comelincSS or good looks are the
exception, not the rule.
All the talk about pretty women is mean
inglrss and sham. That men are drawn
To women, as women are to men, Is one of
the lir>t things that we learn from within.
Old us time. the fact is always fresh to
every generation. But that wonan's par
ticular appearance constitutes any part of
the phenomenon is absurd. If she be not
defOrmcd or insane, she is well enough and
will achieve her incarnation, whatever 1t
be. Apart from any and all serious rela-
ton To- her, the circumstance that she is
fair or dark, short or tall, thin or plump,
blue eyed or black, makes not whit of
difference to US We like or dislike her in
dependently of her looks We may think
Of these in the beginning but if we incline
to her we forget all about them and can
not remember what we thought OF them at
first.
4 woman, unless in her school days, new
cr pirates Of handsome men. No more
should We of pretty women, whose pretti-
ness never counts after casual acquaintance
is over 1t is mere man and woman, out
side of accidents of externality, that grow
into friends. or lovers or companions for
life, us circumstances may direct, all under
natures invisible, inscrutable guidance
Philadelphia Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
ABOUT THE SPOON.
The Fork Has Ti.sen Its Place Wherever
Possible.

Tie spoon is 4 time honorcd utcrsil, but
of late seems to lie growing in disfavOr cx-
ccpt in its very proper kingdom of liquids
Perhaps its ariStocratic standing has been
Il littlc injured by the mushroom crop Of
inartistic souvenir spoons which are sup
posed by dealers to be the great incentive
10 travel To cat with spoon anything
that cal he eaten with II fork is distasteful
to those who are sensitive to the niccties
of life. Besides, it gives an air of inCle-
gancc to ones table manners, and 1t is mt
the table that one exhibits most uncon-
Sciously ones breeding or the lack of it,
says II writer in The Illustrated American.
1t is "a positive embarrassment to be given
IL spoon for eating some dish which one is
accustomed to eating with fork. II spoon
and fork be laid for dCsscrt-thc spoon to
he invariably Of dessert sizc-thcrc then is
no opportunity for embarrassment.
While ON the subject of spoons let us
plead for small ones for eggs served n Ia
cJyEc. Walters at hotels have Il rcIrehcn-
sihlc say OF bringing one eggs broken in
to the bottom of 4. tall glass or egg cup,
tumblCd together in an unaPpctiZinS fash
ion, all daintincss and beauty gone. Into
this umattructiVc substance one is expected
II throw salt. pepper, paPrikl, butter and
any other condiments and to cat vOrtlciouS-
i. Contrast this with the perfect oval
form of an unbrokcn egg, stood upright i'll
Il holder which conccals but little of its
Symmetry, the shell a pale biscuit color and
dull with unglusscd freshness. The cater
cracks of dclicatcly the apex of the oval
with Il small spoon, bold bowlcd lest the
sulphur mar its color on the moment Milk
white and oriole yellow are the contents
thus discovered, which are dclicately
sprinkled with salt and pepper and eaten
little by little from tho natural cup which
holds them. This is tho only way to eat
soft boiled egg -Philadelphia Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
An Electrical Aerial Torpedo.

An instrument of warfare termed an
"acrial torpedo has been designed to he
used in the siege of cities or to scatter
large bodies of troops while at rest The
torpedo consists OF il small sized gas filled
balloon, capable of sustaining Tor any
length OF time from 30 to 10 pounds at an
elevation OF from 500 to 1000 feet above
the earth Inside of the lower or small
end of the balloon is placed a metal cylin-
der, which contains an electrical device,
the purpose of which is to ignite the gas
in the balloon ut any stated period. Under
the balloon is suspended Il car or basket
containing high explosives similar to dy
namite, which will explode with terrific
force when striking Il hard substance like
the earth or walled embellishments.
To Use the aerial torpedo effectively,
which requires only Il corporal's guard, all
that is necessary is to approach as near rs
possible the locality where the torpedo is
desired 10 take effect and to ascertain the
direction OF the lower air current and the
velocity OF the same per hour. The length
of time it would take for the air current to
carry the torpedo over the objective point
can thus be nsccrtSincd and the electric time
exploding apparatus set to the proper hour
or minute AS soon as the time has ex-
l4ircd an electric spark ignites the gas in
the balloon, causing it to explode, and the
torRcde will drop to earth. The explosive
striking the earth will cause serious dam
age in that locality. The torpedo can be
used by day or night by il few men of Or
binary intelligence and no defense can be
made against ..-Elcctrical World.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04

II the French newspaper La Cocarde is
TO he trusted, the lifcrs in New Caledonia
afford the l.appicst examples OF what comes
of not being executed Tor murder After
five years these gentry, if we'll conducted,
arc placed in the first class, can become
landowners and are free to marry any
lady convict in the same fortunate position
One OF them, who has been thus success
full, has sent for his two sons i'll France to
join him in managing his coffee planta-
ton. Unhappily he is in his sixty sixth
year. "Ah, sir, ''-he said to the governor
of the colony, 'if had but known. l
ought to have committed that murder ten
years earlier If too tolerant il treatment
for those who have committed the greatest
of all crimes, the new Caledonian system
has ut least this advantage, that many de-
PRAYED creatures have time to i'll some
measure atone for an i'll spent life.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
Another Cause For Gangrene.

In the "Annales de Medicine Lannay
refers to the considerable number of eases
recorded in which carbolic dressings have
caused gangrene and relates II case show
ing as he thinks, that this may occur
even when weak solution of that acid is
used The patient is Il man of 80 years,
who, during the war of 1871, suffered from
u frost bite of the right foot, from which he
recovered without losing any toes. But in
1894, after exposure to cold, the same
phenomena as in 1871 showed themselves,
the trouble being again cured after three
months. In December of the same year,
however after exposure to cold the toes of
the right foot became BLUSH and the pain
being worse in the following month, u
doctor recommended IL carbolic footbath
Three baths of three fourths of an hour
were taken each day, Il solution of about 3
per cent being used, while in the interval
between the baths "a wet dressing was kept
around the fourth toe, the one affected
most After three or four days of this
treatment the fourth toe began to show
signs, but the patient persisted for some
days in continuing the treatment without
advising with his physician. He was then
found to have IL dry gangrcne Of the whole
right fourth toe, due, according to Lannay,
to the citrbolic acid.
Don't drink green tea. Use it instead to
restore rusty black lace to its original fresh
ness. The result will be admirable for both
lace and nerves
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
1T WAS A ToRPE DO CIGAR.
The Man With Yellow Whiskers Now Buys
All His Smokes.

"Thanks but never accept cigars from
any one said the man with yaller whisk-
cr: as he waved the case away. Its an
idium of minc and L hope you won't be
offended.
Afraid of poison" qucried the other.
"Oh no, no. l had n little adventure
with cigar orce upon time, and don't
mind relating it. Our firm in Chicago
WAS after big contract down the state,
and was sent down to springfield to work
IL certain man who would throw the job
our way. As luck would have it, met
him on the train and as we were both
smokers we talked over our cigars. ac-
ceDtcd one of his on the go off, and when
we had finished 'em handed out my case.
There We're just two cigars in it. One was
the last of box, the other had been given
me by some acquaintance to try. By the
time we lighted up the second time l had
my little scheme working all right and
was patting myself on the back, but wreck
and tlcsolation were on my trail.
Train run off the track"
"No; not that. The man had smoked
about onc-third of that cigar when there
was n swish! bang! ana she exploded
Oh him. 1t was torpedo cigar which
some miserable cuss had put off on me for
u JOKE, anu IL Worheu my ruin. NY ihan
had his mustachc and eyebrows singed, the
end of his nose blistcrcd and his eyes fill
ell with ashes, and he arose in his wrath
and fell upon me-
Couldn't You EXPLAIN"
"When he had me by the hair and was
blasting my blooming eyes? Not much!
Explanations were not in order. He punch
cd thunder out of me in about u minute,
and of course we lost the contract, and l
lost good sit, and that's why buy my
own cigars and don't want To mix in any
extras. st. Louis Republic.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
A CIRCULAR FISH.
IL HAD Become so Through Growing In
the Interior Of q Human Skull.

1.-THE strangcst fish story ever heard
was an experience l had myself, said
Judge Scuducr of Ataluma as he settled
himself back in his big armchair, while
reflective look passed over his open coun-
tenance
1t was i'll the summer of 1882, think
that an easterner and myself started out
on the warpath for fish Salmon creek
afforded fine fishing for salmon, trout and
salmon trout as we'll and many were the
stories of mammoth fishes caught there
which We're waited to our ears when our
friends learned of our destination to all of
which my friend from the east listened in
,rcdulously
This stream, as you know, flows
through narrow defilc, with precipitous
sides, and winding around considerably
after leaving FrccStonc finally cmpties in
to the Pacific, and right near there we had
our hcadquartrrs-at the Ocean View
housc-tramping up the narrow canyon
each morning with bait in ourselves as
well as the fishes.
I've had good SpOrt-hno luck, in fact
for two days, and on the third day chose
Il very wild spot and seated myself on
large rock overhanging the creek. L fished
with Il line and rod using the same old
ldSulbiCu StrI Vi NOTIl tlltl stS IL 'og.
There was no need to Use the more scien-
tific fly when fish were so easily caught.
THE casterner was down stream little
way, ard everything was intensely solemn
and quiet When felt II fierce pull on the
line reused up ut once, and pulling up
what should l see come bobbing to the
surface but IL human skull which to all
appearances had swallowed the bait
through its eyes. Naturally my otherwise
steady nerves were considerably shaken,
and with II sort of howl | started back
suddenly, which motion swung the grew
some thing rather sharply against rock,
whcreat it cracked apart and the several
picccS-to my relicf-slid off into the
stream, leaving dangling on my line most
peculiar looking fish, almost white and
forming an almost perfect ring
~ quickly jcrkcd the hook out of its
gillS and let it drop into the clear water,
where i: went through the strangcSt mo-
lions, still keeping its circular shape. 1t
was unable to swim, but twisted around
in the water or moved with Il whecllilic
motion. My friend, who Ind been attract
ed by my howl, arrived just in time to see
some of the eccentric gyrations, and
really believe if he hadn't actually seen it
he would always have said it was IL Cali
fornia yarn.
I'VE afterward came to the conclusion
that the fish, when small, had straycd into
the SKULL and probably through some mo-
ton of its own had turned the ruin over,
and so closed its mode of cgress, though it
could easily survive and grow on the food
which came floating by, and there it con-
tinued to grow. only in II ring, till the
worm, falling through one Of the eyesock-
cts, provided mode of relief from its
cramped quarters.
1--WE quit fishing for that day, and it
was some time before could eat fish with
out a thought of this strangely imprisoned
curio san Francisco Call.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
Tricks of a Maine Tavern Keeper.

Fragrant memories cluster around most
of the old time tavern keepers of Maine,
but the first landlord Of ancient Buxton
seems to have had i'll smelling talents for
swindling. Ono OF his tricks was to bore
holes in the bottom of the horse crib where
the horses of strangers were stalled so
that while the beasts were eating their
grain portion would fall through into a
box underneath, kept there to receive it.
After being found out he tried another
trick worth two of that. A man came
along one day and had his horse put up for
a feed. He had heard of the tricks of the
landlord and determined to see that his
horse had the amount of grain that he had
paid for. So he stood by to see the land
lord come out of the grainroom with the
measure well heaped up, and congratulated
himself on getting good liberal feed for
his horse by seeing to it himself. But
while he was waiting near by the horse be-
gan to paw and whinny for more. The
man was surprised, and to be sure about
it he examined the crib and found the
grain all gone. There were no leaks in the
crib, and it puzzled him for awhile but
after some investigation he found that the
oats had been hcapcd all so generously ON
the bottom of the measure. What mean
spirited rogue was he who would cheat u
tired horse !-Biddeford Journal
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
An Able CODiurer,

Burmese coniurcrs are rather clever in
excuses. One sold TO man IA talisInan to
make him invulncrablc. The conjuror let
the customer have several cuts at his arm
with Il knife, and these cuts produced no
effect. The customer paid Il good price,
went home, barred his arm, drew his knife
and asked his wife to make u chopat him.
She nearly hacked his arm off. He there
fore went back in II rage to the conjurcr,
who only said. "Ah, the lady is in an in
tercsting situation, which entirely nullifles
nll charms ''-I.ongman' S Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
Assessment Notice,

The undersigned, the Board of Control and
review for Hartford County, Maryland. here
by give notice that they will meet on the sec
ond Tuesday of September, 1896, the same
being the 9Th day'of said month, in the office of
the County Commissioners. in Bel Air. at
O'Clock A. NJ, for the purpose of entering
upon and performing the duties required of
them by law. A. II. STRASBAUGH,
J. ROSS SCARBOROUGH,
w. A. DURHAM,
The County Commissioners of Hartford County,
acting as Board of Control and Review. st
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
The ECISAND INTELlICENCER,
BEL AIR, Md, SEPTEMBER 4, 1896.
BEIOSD.

The stranger wandering in the SwitZer's land,
Before its awful mountain tops afraid
Who Yet. with patient IOl, hath gained his
stand
on the bare summit where all life is stayed !;
Sees far, far down, beneath his blood-dimmed
eyes
Another country. golden to the shore
Where new passion and new hopes arise,
Where southern blooms untold fOreN ERIN ore.
And |, lone sitting bv the twilight blaze,
Think OF another wandercr in the SHOWS,
AMI On more DerIlOus muuutIiuS' tops | gaze
Than ever fruwnrd above the vine and rose.
Yet courage, soul :! nor hold thy strength i'll
vain;
In hope n'crcume the sleeps God set for thee;
For past the Alpine submits of great pain
licth thine Italy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04

Jihks-Ha, ha, ha! 1 feel jolly today.
My daughter has stopped Fostering me for
necklace. happened to get an idea
from ii friend, and l acted on it-told her
had noticed that the prettiest girls were
not wearing jewclry now.
Whisky ginger, I'll try that dodge
myself.
Jinks (the next day)-Hello, Winks, did
you try that antijewclry game ON your
daughter?
Winks-Y-e-s, and now my vito is in
temper because she thinks I've been star
ing ut pretty girls. l wish I'd bought the
necklace -LOndon Fun.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
The Mystery of the "Ico Age"

When did the ice age of the earth's his
tory occur? No one seems to know within
anything like 800, 900 years of the exact
time, although all kinds of theories have
been advanced. y. W. Drayson, an au-
thority in Science News, says that it is
these incorrect theories which make the
matter 50 much of IL mystery He also as
serts that IL i:eometricIl Investigation of the
movement of the earth proves that an ice
age must have occurred and that it COM
ncnCcd about $1,000 years before Christ,
reaching its maximum about II ,O0J years
later. The figures used in working out
the above theories also go to show that the
ice age ended about 4, 900 or Z, ZOO years, or
about the beginning of the semihistorical
epoch. Professor Drayson says that if
the science of geology had not yet been
known it could be stated that an examina-
ton Of the carth's surface would reveal the
evidence of an ice age ut the dates given
nj
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
Piles! Piles! Itching Piles.

SYHPTOMs-MOisture; intense itching and
stin sng; most at night; worse by scratching
If allowed to continue tumors form, which
oft IN bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore
sway mes Ointment stops the itching and bleed
ing, heals liberation, and in most cases re-
for 80 cents. DR.. SwaYne & Son Philad,.lnh
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of
Store. Dublin. every TT ESDAY. and at JOHN
o. STRAINS every SATURDAY, from 8
O'Clock \; NJ. 10 . +. NJ. during September,
the purpose of receiving State and county
taxes. discount will be allowed OH all
Der, ! per cent. in October, 3 per cent in No.
vember. per cent. in December, 1896.
E. COOK, Collector.
Eau Chenille. Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
The RiSbOp c.

Il NE bIsIIOp OF . WIS UdkIIlR
Il walk into the country, when he met
II little boy leading a troublesome
goat by rope. He stopped to talk to
the little fellow, but noticed that he
got no salute from him. why don't
YOU raise your cap to salute me, my
goo boy?" queried the Bishop. If
you how'd the goat for me, | will"
replied the urchin.