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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
A MYsterY EXPLAINED.

The following is said to BIO the correct
version of the manner in which the late
shah made tho acquaintance of the boy
companion whose presence In England ex-
cited SO much interest:
Some years ago his majesty was out In
the mountains lion hunting when, in the
evening, terrific thunderstorm came on,
with the result that he had to seek shelter
in the first house or hut to which he came.
This happened to be tho humble abode of
q shepherd, who had but one child, n boy.
During the night the shah heard the
child cry, and feeling uneasy his majesty
left his room and visited the child.
Scarcely, however, had he left his apart
ment when tho roof gave way and fell
upon the bed upon which he had just been
lying Had the shah been there ho would
have inevitably been killed. He was
much startled and attributed his deliver
ance from a violent death to tho boy, stut-
ing that tho child must have been inspired
by Mohammed. The following morning
the shah directed that both the boy and
his father should thenceforward remain IN
personal attendance upon him.
The boy then became known through
out Persia rs Aziz Sultan, or the ''snltan' S
darling" The shah never won't out with
out the boy. The father was subsequently
promoted to high rank in the Persian
army and accompanied the shah in his east
European travels.-London News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
KICKING TREES.
Lumbermen Must Know Them and Know
How tn Keen From BeinR Kicked

How to Keep From Being Kicked.
Very few who have ever witnessed the
method Of numbering in our forests realize
the danger, with It's accompanying fasCina-
ton; the hard, rugged work with its health
giving results, or tho enjoyment to be
found in camp life in the solitary woods
miles from civilization.
The danger from flying limbs or n
"kicking" treo us it falls lodges or strikes
upon u stump or across log and swings
around or flies back with terrible forco Is
not noticed by tho lumbermen If they arc
lucky enough to dodge successfully. An
other danger that people little realize Is
that of the transfers who haul tho logs
from tho stump to tho main road. Much
of tho timber is cut up on tho mountain
sides, which are so steep That horse team
can scarcely climb up. At tho top, logs
measuring from so to 80 feet In length are
loaded upon one sled and arc dragged
down the mountain. In places tho road
goes down SO steep that tho ends OF the
logs arc above the horses hips. Tho logs,
with the sled, tip down, and away they go
down the mountain rs fast ms the horses
can go, with the toamster hanging to the
reins and keeping his balance upon the
logs as they thrash and roll around beneath
his fcet. occasionally u tealnStcr cinits u
terrific yell that would put Comancho
Indian to shame to warn his brother team
sters that he Is coming, so they can get out
of the way. They drive into turnout,
and the loaded team spins past Thorn. 1t
is seldom that horse loses his footing. II
he does, the team is sluiced down the
mountain. Occasionally they 60 against
tree, and sometimes both Of tho horses
are killed, but they generally como out oil
right, with few scratches.
With the advent OF tho railroad and in
vention of wood pulp tho uses of tho spruce
tree have been changed or enlarged, and
so far as Byron, Me, IA concerned the
manner Of getting it from the forest to the
market has changed The logs arc now
loaded on to cars in the forests and hauled
to tho very mill doors, where they are con-
verted into pulp and aper.-Rumford
Falls (Mc.) Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05

append few answers to fair zorro
spondcnts:
Lydia Dick.-For frccklos try muriatic
acid applied with camel S hair brush, tho
hair taken from n camel which has made
the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Observation-Disclosures Of dogs learning
to read arc uncommon. Tho case which
you mention needs confirmation. Submit
your suffering cat to tho Kew electric pho
togrnphic process. From tho symptoms
described fear sho has swallowed II COLL
ball. You might get it out" with u
niblick, but tho operation is dangerous
and may be painful.
Econonist.-Yourli little boy S reluctance
to wear tho knickcrbockrrs mado out of
the old billiard table cloth Is perhaps not
unnatural 10 not wonder ut his COM
plant about tho pockets and his indigna-
ton about tho spot is pardonablo in one
so young.
Harriot.-In keeping company tho gen.
tlcman takes tho lady's lrm and pays for
refreshments
liistorica.-As you justly remark, the
Order of tho Garter cannot have been
founded before tho invention of stockings
in tho reign of Queen Elizabeth / have
never seen this fundamental objection to
tho ordinary legend raised Eeforo-Long-
mans Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
The French Fair.

They arc ell tho same, these fairs or as
semblios, in their dCgreo-roundabouts
lotteries, innumGrnblc varieties of gaming
tables, shooting booths and monographs;
small shows of inconceivabio squnlor,
where women, thin, unwashed and half
starved, shivCr in EideoUs undress; tum
blers, cheap jacks, huge quaint baskets OF
tho very ancient cakes of high Brittany,
the cracquelins and tho fouaces duck
wheat cakes made not too clearly on grid
dies over charcoal stoves, pans of steaming
sauSages. Ono does not fast nowadays with
conviction.
In the midst CT tho noise, tho Crowding,
tho shooting, tho gambling tho din OF
drums and cymbnls and tho braying of mo-
chanical organs thoro may be at tho larger
fairs such show as the Passion, which
is, according to It's advertisements. warmly
recommended by tho cardinal archbishop"
and where tho Passion Of Christ is given,
tho crowd, with shrinking Uf priests in
1t, looks on with quiet and pleased Mt
tcntiOn as far distant fsom indifference as
from devotion. They 80 not applaud,
neither do Icy critiCiso. They observe 1t
with the same placid approval that they
give to tho cre1hu In their own church at
Christmas, and ono comes away presently
with u memory of Roman soldiers, OF Pom
titus plate on his high seat, Of n pale,
slender Mary In blue and white, and of n
central figure, wondering TINT thing
that cannot ho we'll done Is done SO little
ill.-Macmillan' s Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
DOLLAR SIDE AND SHILLING SIDE.
A Commercial Tradition Which Has Lost
It's Force In New York

a Commercial Tradition Which Has Lost
Its Force In New York.
For tho purposes of retail business the
two sides Of every thoroughfare were for
merly thus divided: The left hand side
going north or the right hand side going
south along any broad street or avenue Of
New York was the dollar or moro profit
able side, and the right hand going north
or the left hand going east was the shilling
side devoted to less productive business
matters and depending chiefly upon the
patronage Of persons Of more modest in
comes and slender purses. In tho early
commercial life of New York city the west
side OF Broadway was considered to be the
more desirable for retail business. The
stores upon 1t paid much larger rent
than those on the side opposite, and not
only WAS this the case, but, as tho New
Workers OF a generation ago remember, the
west or "dollar" side was tho moro popu-
lar for pedestrians, especially during the
promenade on fair afternoons. An icono-
clast of mercantile customs and traditions
was the late A. T. Stewart, and 1t was his
constantly avowed belief that a rule of
business or affairs which had no other
backing but that of usage or precedent did
not amount to much and could usually be
overridden to the advantage of a pioneer
against it. The present Stewart building
at the corner of Broadway and Chambers
street is on what was the shilling side of
that thoroUghfare, and when Mr.. Stewart
determined to move his dry goods estab-
lishment up town he chose by preference
the location at Broadway and Tenth street,
also on the shilling side, and built there,
contrary to the views of his rivals in the
dry goods business.
But Mr.. Stewards departure from the
unwritten business rule Of years did not
tbroRate 1t In the dry goods trade, and tho
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
Winding Stairs,

There is flno chance for some architect
to do good work in starting crusade
against winding stairs While there aru
places in old houses where nothing else
seems to answer, this is very poor argu-
ment in favor OF building now houses in
this way. Every stairway should 90 Up
with straight steps and square, roomy
landings. In planning the house this
should be allowed for. \ few inches more
of space given to tho hall and stairs will
make 1t easy to arrange them in this way
and might savo a life or limb. There
have been falls, accidents, sprains, injuries
and rights on account Of winding stair
ways, and 1t seems tho extreme OF folly to
leave opportunities for such disasters when
q little care and forcthought will do away
with danger.
Almost all stairways, especially those
In country and farm houses, arc SO steep rs
to invite mishaps. Only those accustomed
to them can go up and down them with
any feeling of safoty.-New York Ledger
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05

John Black, for many years editor of the
London Morning Chronicle, pridcd him
self on being judge of men. His pride
was justified by the fact that he secured
the services of many very able contribu-
tors. Mr. Black was noted for his indie
pendence and contented spirit, both Of
which aro illustrated by tho following
story:
Mr. Black was in tho habit of calling on
Lord Melbourne, then at the head of the
government, who one day said to him in
his abrupt way: MIR. Black, you are the
only person who comes to SEQ me who for
gets who 1 am. You forget that 1 am
prime minister.
Black was stammoring out an apology,
when Lord Melbourne continued, You
never ask mo for anything and wish you
would
81 am truly obliged to you," answered
Black, but don't want anything. l am
editor of The Morning Chronicle. l like
my business, and live happily on my in
come
Then, sir, envy you!" exclaimed tho
premier, and you arc the only man ever
did envy. youths Companion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
THE CAR is PROVIDENCE.
The Russian PEASANTS Faith In His Sovel
eign's Omnipotsnce.

The Russian PeaSantb FAiIn IN LIS SOVer-
eign's Omnipotsnce.
A man who was present at the corona
ton of the late car says in LIE Courier
des Flats Unis that he has kept like q
never to DO forgotten vision tho memory
of the ecstasy of the crowd Frustrated at
tho threshold of the church where the
holy mystery WAS taking place.
Il recall" he adds, "a certain little old
woman whose extraordinary fervor drew
tears to our eyes. Over her dirty dress
she carried ragged bag, which contained
doubtless a piece of black bread. She was
evidently from some distant province and
had been walking for u month or more
living on aims, sleeping in stable with
tho cattle, impelled by q mysterious force.
Perhaps she was fulfilling n vow, perhaps
her Door disordered brain pictured Moscow
ms a place of felicity, n paradise, where the
unhappy would bs cured of their sorrows.
Suuatted In tho mud her hands clasping
a shepherds staff, she was gazing fixedly
before her Her wrinklcd fac0 of waxlike
color was TRANSPORTED with enthusiasm,
Her lips murmured q prayer, but her eyes
were gazing into heaven. There was in
this eyo superhuman expression, sad
and serene ut tho same time. This woman
was dead to all thought, to all sentiment
of real life She existed as in dream.
Touched with pity, 1 approached her and
slipped a ruble into her hand. Without n
glance at him who bestowed this fortune
the old woman evidently believed that o
miracle had boon accomplished. Tears ran
down her cheeks, and she extended her
arms toward tho father, toward tho cZar,
to whom she attributed this benefit.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
Columbia River Thrice Named.

The Columbia river has had three names
1t was first called the Oregon. Afterward
it was called the ST. Rogue, but when il
was discovered by Robert Gray in 1902 il
was given tho name of his vessel, the Co
lumbia, in place OF the two floating appel
lations, Oregon and ST. Rogue. Accord
ing to Whitney, tho original namo of the
river was tho OREGON, "big car" or lone
that has big cars" the allusion being tc
the custom of the Indians who were found
in its region of stretching thoir ears by
boring thum and crowding them with or
naments.-Portland Oregonian.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
TIE EGISAND
HER WEDDING.

kissed the bride, while other men
Uncertain stood as IL in doubt
Whether my act to initiate or-go without I
As playmate, friend and lover
Had worshiped at her shrine, and now
1 stood witness of her pledge and marriage
VOW.
Others had loved her too. Not !
Alone had found her fair, but she
Could love and wed but one, and so, You see,
The rivals heard the dainty lips
We longed to press, with solemn voice,
Pronounce the name of him who was her
sweetheart'S choice.
kissed the bride, happy man
And proud, the proud q t in that room,
I tween, and that wit.s reason. Was / not the
groom2
Parsons Weekly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05

preference Tor une uuIIar sue s..a -.
judioe against the shilling side survived
by many years the use Of shillings rs n
measure of purchase in dry goods stores.
Little by little, however, the once unwrit-
ten law of retail trade has fallen into dis
use, and now the right hand side of tho
public thoroughfares in New York devoted
to store purposes, If not quito as good as
the left hand side of tho same street, is,
among real estate men and retail dealers,
considered to be nearly as good.-New
York SIM
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
SOAP OF ANCIENT ORIGIN

Soap is not a modern invention. 1t is
twice mentioned in the Bible, first in
Jeremiah and again in Malachi. His
tory tells US that more than 1000 years
ago the Gauls manufactured it by com
bining beech tree ashes with goats
fat.
AS early as 700 A. d. there were
many soap factories in both Italy and
Spain, and about $50 AID. the Phoeni-
clans introduced the business into
France, the first factories being estab-
lished at Marseilles.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05

stomach. Frequently he doesn't even
know whether the thing he eats Is going
to agree witk him or not. The things that
please his palate most are often the worst
for him to cat. Even the simplest food is
likely to cause him misery and sleepless-
ness. His first trouble was very slight
very simple-very easy to cure. He ats
something indigcstible and it stuck some
place in his digestive system. He ate more
things and they stuck. Part of his diges-
ton stopped altogether-that is constipa-
ton.
Constipation is so common that more
than half the people in America are troub-
led with it. 1t is so serious that nine
tenths of the sickness of the world is
traceable directly to this common cause.
A mans health and strength depend upon
what he gets out of his food. This depends
on his digestion. Constipation stops diges-
ton. Anybody can see that. The COM
monest kind of common sense will tell
YOU that When digestion stops, nutrition
stops, and the whole body is thrown out
of order.
The way to start digestion is to remove
the obstruction. The way to do that is to
take Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They
are positive cure for constipation and
its attendant ills headaches sour ston-
ach, fatulence, dizziness, biliousness and
heartburn" They are very gentle IN
their action. They simply assist nature.
They give no violent wrench to the system.
They cause 10 pain, nor gripping, nor dis.
comfort of any kind.
You can get free sample of from to 7
Doses by addressing Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, No. o63 Main Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
If druggist tries to sell you some.
thing lust as good" transfer your
trade to another store. He is sacrificing
your interests to his own pecuniaTJ
advantage.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
PECULIAR WAY TO GRIND OUT 4
LIVING

There is man with an office on
West Twenty eighth street who il
grinding out a living in peculiar way.
He condr cts bureau of nomenclature
His specially is 10 name titles for. all
sorts of plays. Ofcourse, he must read
the plays first Many authors who
are unable to conceive an appropriate
title for their plays 20 to this individ,
uaI for a caIchy name. If the play is
a success he generally gets hand
some bonus in addition to his fee. He
has been in the business for seven
years and he says only two of the
plays which he named have gone
uu6ar
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
PROOF POSITIVE

A Scotsman who wanted to learn
what profession he would have his son
enter, put him into n room with a
theological work, an apple and u six
penny piece 1.-The found him when
he returned reading the book, he in
tended to make clergyman of him
if eating the apple, a farmer, and il
interested in the money. a banker.
When he returned he foud the boy
sitting on the book, with the six pence
in his pocket, and the apple almost
devoured.
THAT settles it," said the keen
Scotsman, 1.-The lads born lawy er, |
can easily see"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05

Mrs. Wurrey Ito police in)-Have
you found any trace Of my boyY He's been
away all day, and l can't find out any
thing as TO his whereabouts.
Police Captain-Rest easy, madam.
Describe tho boy, and we'll send man
down to the continuous performance thea
ter at once and got him for you.-Roxbury
Gazette.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05

In making mustard plaster take n
piece Of lard and stir tho dry mustard into
tho lard until il Is thick paste md will
just spread. Spread on piece Of lawn and
apply to the affected part. This will not
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
"How to Cure All skin Diseases. ;"

Simply apply "Swayne's Ointment" No in
terrul medicine required. Cures letter, eczema,
itch, tryspelas, all unsightly eruptions on the
face, hands and nase. ETC., leaving the skin
clear, white and he althy. Its great healing and
curative powers are posses sed by no other rem
edy.-Ask your druggist for Swayne's Oint-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
Tiles! Piles! Itching Piles.

SYMPTOMs-Moisture; intense itching and
stinVing; most NJ night; worse by scratching
If allowed to continue tumors form, which
often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore.
Swayne's Ointment stops the itching and bleed
ing, heals liberation, and In most cases re-
moves the tumors. At druggists, or by mail
for so cents. DIR. Swayne Son, Phiadelp hia
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
]. WILSON BROWNS POPULAR HOUSE
FURNISHING STORE,
126 AND 12s N. HOWARD ST., BALTIC, MD.

To AND TO N. HOWAHD DI' BALIO., MD.
The largest and best variety of House Fur
nishing Goods, Kitchen Utensils, Family Hard
ware, Crockery and Chinaware, Glass, Cutlery,
together with a most complete line of Fancy
Gods for Wedding and Anniversary Presents,
Etc. at Low Prices. Please call on US. Cata-
Iopues furnished on application. Mr.. Amos
q. Greenfield, formerly of Bel Air, Is engaged
with this house, and would be pleased TO see
his friends here. 6sep
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05

Prison Visitor-Ahl Here is a cell that
Is SO tidily kept that 1t reveals evidences OF
refinement. And that beautifully worked
motto Of "Home, Sweet Home" on the
farther wallis it possible that that is the
handiwork of the occupant of this cell?
Warden-It is, sir.
p. V.-Wonderfull And for what Of
fense against the law can such a man be
confined?
Warden-Just wife beating, that's ALL
Boston Courier.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05

fIt pain that sons.
times strikes a man
at the most inoppor-
tune moment Is due
to indigestion. It
may come i'll the
midst of a dinner
and make the feast
a mockcry. 1t is a
reminder that he
may not eat what
he chooses, nor
when he chooses.
He is a slave to the
weakness of his
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05

Just laws are no restrain upon the
freedom of the good, for n man desires
nothing which a just law will interfere
with.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-05

Several kinds Of birds are known to fol
low COWS, horses and other stock about
the pasture for the purpose Of feeding on
the insects disturbed by the feet Of these
animals.
The Delta independent., 1896-04-22

ver,nda In prompt answer 70 the sum-
mons.
This is my son, gentlemen" said
Mrs. Bartlett, indicating . young man
who stood in q nOn-committAl attitude
near the corner Of the room. The pro-
fessor recognized him es the person
who had taken charge of the horses
when his father came home. There
was evidently something Of his fathers
dcmeanor about the young man, who
awkwardly and silently responded to
the recognition Of the strangers.
'.And this il my daug /" continued
the good woman. "Now, what might
your names bc?"
my name In Yates, and this Il my
friend, Prof. Remark. Of T'ronto."
pronouncing the name Of the fair city
in two syllablcs, as is, alas! too often
done. The professor bowed, and Yates
young woman. "How do you do, Miss
Bartlett?" he said. II am happy to
meet you"
The girl smiled very prettily, and said
shc hoped they had pleasant trip out
from Fort Erie.
''Oh, VIC had,- said Yates, looking for
. moment at his host, whose eyes were
fixed on the tablecloth, and who ap-
peared to be quite content to let his
wife run the show. THE roads little
rocky in places, but It's very pleas
ant"
Nov you sit down here, and you
here" said Mrs Bartlett; "and i do
hope you have brought good sppetites
with you"
The strangers took their placcs, and
Yates. had . chance to look at the
younger member Of the family, which
opportunity he did not let slip. II was
hard to believe that she was the daugh-
ter Of 30 crusty . man as Hiram Bart
lett. Her cheeks were rosy, with dim
pies In them that constantly came and
went, in her fncessant effort to keep
from laughing. Her hair, which hung
about her plump shoulders, was . love-
ly golden brown. Although her dress
was Of the cheapest material, IL was
neatly cat and fitted; and her dainty
white pinafore added that touch Of
wholesome cleanliness that was 20 no
ticeable everywhere In the house. A
bit Of blue ribbon st her white throat
and howerof the spring just below
Il completed . charming picture, which
. more critical and less susceptible man
than Yates might have cootemplssed
with pleasure.
Miss Bartlett sat smilingly at one end
Of the table, and her father grimly st
the other. The mother sat at the side,
apparently looking on that position -
one Of vantage for commanding the
whole Aeld snd keeping her husband
and her daughter both under her eye.
Ths teapot and cups were set before
the yoang woman. She did not pour
out the tea u oocs, bat seemed 70 Be
waiting instructions from her mother.
That good lsdy wss gasing with some
esefnncs et her h.sbend, he vainly en-
deevoring 70 look at the ceiling or any
whore bat ss hes He drew his opep
hao6 nervUusly down kiA face, which
wss d unasaal gravity even for him.
F1nslly he cast - appealing glance q
his wife who satwith her hands folded