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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02
He TILKED TO THE HORSE.

The following arecdote is vouched
for by the stenographer and will be
appreciated more especially by law
yers, says the Ro"beSier yS-EIpTcs$
At term OF the Circuit Court, held
not long since in one of the up-rIver
counties, u horse ease was on trial
and a well-known horSenan was call
ed on as witness.
Counsel-"Well, sir, you saw this
horse?
Witness-Yes, sir, T.
"What did You do?''
II just opened his mouth to find
out his age, an seq To him, SEE |,
old felIer, guess you're purity good
yet"
Opposing counsel-"Stop Your
| honor, | object to any conversation
carried OH between this witness and
the horse when the plaintiff was not
/ present
Tie objection was sustained.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02
Varieties.

Jim Faro-I'm in lnck. | got
$500 last night OH the ace of hears
Cracksey Joe-Dat'S nothin'. A fren
o mine cracked jeweIry crib last
wee and got five thousand on u trav
of diamonds
-She-"Oh, Will; that's the pret
test engagement ring I've ever had"
He" That's funny. All the other
girls We given ii to said the same
thing"
The Citizen-'They say undue
influence was used" The Alderman
That's false. Its still due, every
cent OF it,
Mrs. Primpas-"Do you believe
the proverb, Jack, that SAYS when :.
deg howls outside house there will
be death!' Frimpas-"Ies. The
dog is likely to die sudGen!y.''
Candidate for a Water Cnre-The
man with crack ia his back.
Young Spendthrifr--''l didn't get
you any birthday present, dad
thought you'd rather keep the
money
She-"Did you run across any of
your friends in town to. day?' lie
-Brown-"Do you intend 20 keep
house when you are married?n Jones
THAT depends on circumstances.
Brown-"On what circumstances?
JoneS-"Ou the circumstances of the
girl ! marry"
-Genius always gives its best at
first, prudence at last.
-Housewife-Mrs Cass says she
discharged you because she frequent
y caught you listening at the doors.
Applicant-"Well, now, mum
Housewife-Well. III engage you on
enc condition. Iou'n have to tell me
everything you overheard at Mrs.
CasS'.
Every time a man looks thought
full as long as two minutes at a time,
his wife begins to wonder what is on
his conscience.
Observation-Disclosures Mathilde, I
have made up my mind to Grant all
your wishes. You sha!! So to the
mountains six weeks. you shall have
new dress, and the parlor shall be sup
piled with new morocco furniture"
Wife-"Oh Charles. What have you
been doing ?"
Small Milne, ANXIOUS TO help en-
terrain new acquaintance who was
calling on her mamma, volunteered
this piece OF information, pointing to
her still smaller brothers who had
toIdled into the room, Desc is my
little brudders, and they's bote
boys"
Evelyn: Violet had az instantane-
Gus photograph taken on TIE ice the
other day. Elizabeth: Sitting or
standing position?
Mr.. Ulser: l have always been
afraid of being buried alive. Doctor
Pulser: No danger, man. am your
doctor.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02
THE EGIS AND INTELLIGENCER.
Is Published Erery Frid1y6y
FRANK E. GORRELL.


Transient -1drerfjScnrHtS.-Onc Square, .
insertions or less $3.50. Each subsequent in
sertion % cents. Longer advertisements IN
the same proportion. a space equal 10 SIX
price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications
will be inserted at 10 cents per line.
Yearly Advertisements at Special Rates.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02
NOTICE.

All persons are hereby warned not to re-
move any gravel or stones from the lands he
longing to the estate of the late James Walsh.
Any person Offending will be prosecuted.
THOMAS a. cassidy,
25iei Executor.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02
TOO lIyCII 1IUTToN.s

Boarding House keeper-"Ah
there's u skeleton i'll every cupboard,
Mr.. Wagg."
5oarder-"Y Yes; there's generally
the skeleton Of IA leg of mutton in
yours
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02

Morgantown Herald: We are in
debted to Il Morgantown attorney for
the maiden speech Of Il young lawyer
before a court i'll Eastern Tennessee.
The defendant in the case stood in
dicued for cruelty to animals. the
prosecutor was Jack Edwards and the
defendant Leander Simmons, who
lived at Flag Ponds, near the line of
Madison county, Edwards SOW got out
and strayed into Simmons corntield
and he set dogs on and killed her.
Here is the prosecuting attorneys
speech:
"Geutlemen of the jury, and may
it please Your Honor. Since the days
of the assassination of the lamented
President of the United States, Jowit:
Abraham Lincoln, no such foul crime
has stained our countrY's escutcheon
as the assassination of Jack Edward $
old black and white spotted sowi
"Geutlemen of the jury, and may it
please your honor: Think OF the cir
cumstances, On that lovely morning
in Nav. when the earth was dressed
in robes Of green; when the air was
filled with that odOr of sweet-scented
flowers and enliyened with the voices
of merry SongsterS; as that old sow
walked forth in her innocence down
that little stream, listening to the
murmuring Of the waters, little did
she dream that before the king of the
day hid himself behind the western
horizon, she should become the victim
of a foul assassination.
Here, it is said, the judge and jury
fell over in commissions and the speech
came TO an unrimely end
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02
OUT GFD.i2E.

Aunt, Mariei was just saving that
she simply adored Rider Haggard,
while perfectly love Hall Came"
Really Muriel. these two young
men may be highly respectable, and
all that, and hope you know their
families, but when | was girl such
talk would have been considered most
improper
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02
1 SORRY OLD SLIT

An old salt, who navigates bicycle
when he is in port, was working a
rapid passage the other day when he
collided with a woman cycier. After
they had eXtricated themselves from
the wreck he anticipated her out
burst of anger from which she could
gather little except that he was sin
cerely sorry.
Pm sure as ought to be scuttled
for il, mum" he said rapidly, but
couldn't get yer signals no more us if
we were feeling through Il fog bank.
| was blowing for you to pass to the
port and steering my course accordin'
Just as | was going to dup my pennant
an salute proper, your craft refused
to obey her rudder, and you struck
me fOr'ard. Afore | could reverse
your jibbcom fouled my starboard
miZZeu riggIn', your flowing gown
snarled up with my bobStay, blew
out your pneumatic, parted yer top
pin lift, and carried away my jack
saddle down haul. As listed | tried
to iibe, but | capsized, keel up, and
you ilounderin' in the wreckage.n
BY this time there was al interested
audience, and the girl was mentally
debating whether she should run from
a supposed lunatic or ask for an inter.
prefer.
But Jacks headpiece was still in
his hand, and he was not through
Pm hOpin'y yer not enough damaged
for the hospital" he went on, but I'd
be sunk if | wouldn't be glad to stanC
yer watch till you righted This here
little craft of yours WILDE us seaworthy
as ever when her upper works ar,
Strengthened ont, and we get wind III
to her sails again. l II Just tow heI
down TO the yard for repairs"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02
Respectfully,
III n Spr,t-r--
ISiclletl |

lS'ShCt biIPuuleI- ItIeFdl J..
y comparison OF this dispatch with
the one sent by Sheridan 10 Augur,
before quoted, suggests what Mr..
Webster once said about Il famous
pronunciaHento, The performance
uid not quite come up 70 the nantes
10 in = work Oh the history of
cavalry by the Acknowledgement of
Cauad& the fight with Blazer, another
III which Richards commanded few
weeks afterwards AT Wildwood, are re
terred to as among the most wonder
tul cavalry affairs of the world. In q
combat which did not last over half
an hour more men were killed by our
sIS-shooters than were killed by sabreS
during the whole Franco russian
war.
Shortly afterwards Sheridan sent out
two more bodies of cavalry to scour
the country infested by us. 1t was
Richards good luck to meet and to
annihilate both; they did not even
have the temporary success of Blazer,
Richards Is now IL member of the
Louisville, Ky, bar, and has obtained
high Judicial honors in his adopted
State. Blazer, after the war. return
ed TO steamboating, and in 1878 | saw
a notice of his death of yellow fever.
In his last bloody encounter both he
and his adversary bore themselves
with a llnightly valor that would have
added lustre TO the fame of King
Richard of Saladin. Not long ago |
met sgd Ferguson in Fredericksburg,
Va, at the unwilling of the Mary
Washington monument. Long wears
and wide seas had not Gimmed my
recollection or my affection for the
gallant soldier. We talked of the
scenes through which we had passed,
aad though he is now II follower of the
prince of Peace his eyes bIazed
again with the fire of battle when he
described the fight with Blazer.
fear that he nomentarily forgot some
OF the prccepts which it is now his
duty to teach. If he should read
these lines, which | send from the
Golden Gate, trust he may feel a
pride in knowing that his old com.
mander still wears his image in his
| heart of hearts.
| john s MOSRY
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02
JOHN A. YOUNG,
PRACTICAL
Matchmaker and OpiCial.

twenty-five years as Il watch repairer, 3
years apprentice. one year under instructions,
3% years a foreman and the balance of my
time in business for myself, during all this time
have made a study of "optics," fitting Spec.
tacles and Eye Glasses properly, as they should
be fitted.
The lenses are ground to their proper axis
and are fitted and adjusted by myself in Spec
tacles and Eye Glasses of Gold, Silver, Nickel,
Steel, Rubber or Zylonite frames, and am re-
sponsible myself for all mistakes.
In fitting Lenses TO the eye my speciality is in
Myopia Hyperopia, Presbyopia and Astigma-
tism, which are near-sighted, fars hted, old
sighted and poor sighted. Nearly all cases OF
astigmatIS,l cen in children, causing pain in
tine v. rubbing of the eyelids pain above the
.yc-bIov- -ndaChe, letters running together
"" rave a complete set of instruments and
test cards which use to correct the sight in the
Young as well rs in the old or middle-aged.
ar refer to DR.. VIM. :. Richardson, DR.. E
Hall Richardson, DIR. W. b. Munnikhuysen and
DR.. J. Ward Scott.
JOHN A. YOUNG,
l6mh Main Street. Bel Air. Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02

-Laundress--'Sh Shall see the new
arrival about his linen:' Clerk" No
use; he's literary genius
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-02
S1.00 PER ANNUM.
Hahn BnIrfnn0'S Horse Fly Liquid Is
HE KeAI.

None genuine without our signature on e.''''
,,r "Johu Bolgiano." Beware OF false lthi'o-
lions. We manufacture nothing nut the "es''
Drives lies and insects of all kinds on horses
COWS. dogs, &c Pint, 25c; quart ooc.; galloh'
81 "a We also manufacture j. b. House ~
In,,id. Drives mosquitoes, reaches anus
chinchcs, and all other insects out oil the houSe
narm,ncntly. Bottles, zoe. and 23e.; pIht'''c''
Quart. 81. -. The John Bolgiano Co.. Manu-
f,o,nr,rs 81 East Lombard St, Baltimore, Nh.
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PATENTS.

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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-09
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.

The United States Civil Service Com
mission has ordered that an examina-
ton be held by its local board in the
city of Parkersburg, Saturday, March
Goth, commencing at o'clock a. m, fol
the grades of Clerk. Deputy Collector
Storekeeper Guager, Storekeeper- qua
ger and Messenger in the Internal Rev
enue Service. Only citizens of the
United States can be examined. The
minimum age limitation for this eX-
animation is 81 years for all grades.
No application will be accepted
for this examination unless filed with
the committee, on the proper blank
before p. m. March 1st, 1897. Appli-
cations should be filed promptly in or
der that time may remain for correc-
ton, if necessary.
The Commission takes this opportuni-
ty of stating that the examinations are
open to all reputable citizens OF the
United States who may desire TO enter
the service. without regard 10 race oil
their political or religious affiliations
All such citizens are invited to apply
They shall be examined. graded and
certified with entire impartiality. and
wholly without regard 10 any consider
alton save their efficiency, as shown
by the grades they obtain in the exam
nation.
For application blanks, full instruc-
tions and information relative to the
duties and salaries of the different po-
sitions, apply to J. B. Finley, Secretary
Board of Examiners, Internal Revenue
Service. Parkersburg, W. Va.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-09
SHALL TALK.
Minor Matters osInsecess Briefly and Pish
iiy Told

Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and Pish
iiy Told
Council meets this evening in regular
session.
The Premier Club will give dance at
Meyers hall on February 18th.
Judy Mack was arrested yesterday by
officer Gilbert for disorderiy conduct.
"A young son Of Charles Wilson. Of
South McCu4och street. is very low with
pneumonia.
The Ladies Auxiliary Of Mullen Divis-
ion Of A. o. III. viii give an entertainment
Tonight az Meyers hall
The prospects are that the Riverside
bar mill will close down next Thursday
on account of lack Of iron.
August Seamon. ninety years Of age.
is dying at his home on South Market
street below Thirty-third street.
The Mozart Singing Society will cele-
brate their sixteenth anniversary tonight
With a kaffee visite. concert and ball.
A number Of young attorneys of Wheel
ing are preparing 10 go to Warrington
and locate there i'm case a new county is
formed.
There viii be a Farmers Institute held
az Elm Grove on the 18th and 18th insts.
One Of tho topics of discussion will be
What is the fate Of the farmer
An Island citizen complains 10 the Reg
lister that IN the alley running from Zane
almos, 20 Virginia street, the garbage was
collected yesterday for the first time in
three weeks.
The Riverside Office building has been
put ON jack-screws and will be moved to-
day on rollers a distance of about $50 feet.
. Next Decoration Day and the Fourth
Of July falls ON Sunday.
John Kelly. the lad who fell from the
Reymann bridge and had his head badly
cut on the ice. is lying in n very critical
condition. The physician is unable to say
whether the boy will recover.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
/ Of Cameron will hold "A Lillputian wedding.
bazaar and festival I'm the J. c. Crawford
| building on February 26th and 9th. A
/ fine musical programme will be rendered
each evening. and the affair promises to
+ DE "a success. both financially and social
| ly.
Miss Grace Deiters called at the Reg
| lister office yesterday. and stated, in refer
erce TO an item that appeared i'm Sunday
paper about "a family row in alley c. that
B she does not live in the house and was
4 calling on her aunt. Mrs. Mary Mills, who
lives there, at the time the trouble was
started.
/ Alley o. between Thirty-seventh and
/ Thirty-eighth streets. needs the attention
/ Of The Board of Public Works. It is en-
+ TREY impossible. the mud being over a
I foot deep. Some dark night a pedestrian
viii make a mis-s,ep and be drowned in
/ the mud and water. and the city will have
90 suit for damages On its hands. The res
idents I'm that vicinity are preparing a
petition asking Cooac'! 70 improve the
condition Of this thoroughf0re.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-09
A LITTLE RAILROAD SCHEME.

1t is a fortunate thing for the gen.
eral public. as well as for the class
of brokers in railroad tickets, that the
near approach of the end of the Con-
gressional session makes it improbable
that House Bill No. 10000 will pass.
The object Of the bill is TO prohibit the
buying and selling of railroad transpOr-
tation. and it is a measure wholly
against the public interest. Every
railroad ticket, return coupon, mileage
book. etc. ever sold by ticket broker
was originally paid for in good money,
duly received by a railroad corporation.
The railway companies do not give
tickets away. They sell them. It
might be we'll enough 10 forbid the sale
of passes, but tickets. mileage books
and return coupons once sold and paid
for. constitute a lien upon the COM
pany issuing them for transportation,
and ought to be good in any ones hands
until used. The business of buying and
selling railroad tickets has been in eX-
istence for thirty years, and has re-
suited in much benefit to the general
public. The alleged evils have been
mainly the fault OF the railroad COM
panies themselves.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-09
A WRONG VIEW.
Free ConSu lation and Reason
able Charges the Secret of
DR.. Smiths Success.

In the short time that DR.. Charles Lin
coin Smith has been in our city he has
gained the confidence and good Will of our
wealthiest citizens and leading business
men. who have been under his skillful
treatment. Many people have therefore
seemingly gained the erroneous impression
thar his charges are far beyond their
means, ana as a consequence have refrain
ed from visiting him when they really re-
quire the services that he alone can rem
der.
DR. Smith desires il expressly understood
that his charges are within the feach OF
all The laboring man. mechanic. clerk
merchant. banker or minister of the Cos
pei are equally liable to defective vision
and the doctors patients are from every
walk of life. II you are suffering from any
Of the symptoms which indicate that your
eyes require attention, such as blurring
dizziness. neuralgia, headache. spots be-
fore the eyes. Inflammation. granulation,
winlJing. trembling spells, cataract, burn
ing and smarting of the eyes. various
nervous and brain affections, entailing not
only positive injury to the sight. but un-
told misery, remember that Il costs you
nothing to gain Dr. Smiths opinion. Con-
sultation is free to every one, and you can
be advised exactly as to what IS wrong
and what the glasses necessary 10 correct
the detection will cost.
DR.. Smith urgently requests that all who
are suffering in the least degree from i'm
paired vision or its consequent ailments.
come to his rooms and enjoy the privileges
of a free consultation. There IS absolutely
no charge until you are satisfied that he
can render you the necessary service and
it is guaranteed that the charge will be in
keeping with your purse.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-09
ABouT PEOPLE.
Daily Chronicle OF the Movements of In
dlyiduals

Mrs r. Alblnger. of South Eoff street.
is seriously i'll with bronchitis.
Miss Molle Coleman hes returned from
visit TO relatives in Ivorydale. o.
Henry Bellinger. of the Fifth ward has
! accepted a position at Flaccus Bros.
Bernard Quigley, of the Wheeling pot
! terry. is very i'll and not expected TO live.
Misses Abbie and Marion Brown left yes
terday for California to spend the winter.
Miss Annie Tucker Of South Chapline
street. has recovered from a two weeks
illness.
Mr.. J. c. Crawford an enterprisins
young business man of Cameron, was in
the city Sunday.
Mr. NJ. Z. Moore who has been regis
tered at the Stamm Hotel recently, left
yesterday for Grafton.
Capt Wood. of Pittsburg. Pa, who has
been attending TO business in this city.
returned home yesterday.
Miss Madeline Fordyce. n charming
young lady Of Washington. is the guest OF
friends in South Wheeling.
r. ". Hamilton. of Dayton. o.. has re-
turned home. after a visit with W. Is.
Irwin, on South Penn street.
Detective Mcbride and Constable Bald
win. Of Washington. were registered At
the St Charles Hotel last Sunday
William Burton who has been the guest
OF his many friends i'm Wheeling for the
past week left yesterday for Cleveland.
Miss lone Higgins, n popular clerk or
the Globe Tea Company of South Jacob
street, is off duty with an attack of the
grip.
Mr. Charles Lee. who is connected with
the Sinclair-Scott Manufacturing Com
pany. of Baltimore. Nd, was in this city
last Sunday
Mrs Michael Klethrow. OF the South
Side. left Sunday for Trenton to attend
the bedside of a sister, who is dying i'm 4
hospital there.
Miss Myrtle Carr of Parkersburg. who
has been visiting her friend. Miss Annie
Stocker. of the Eighth ward. returned
| home yesterday.
VIM. Crockard. a popular machinist at
the Riverside. returned yesterday from a
visit at Dennison. o.
Mr. and Mrs John McCrum, Jr.. left
yesterday for Jacksonville Fla, to spend
the balance OF the winter. in the interest
of Mrs. McCrums health.
Joseph Lawson. superintendent Of the
Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company.
has been confined to his nome on the ISL
and for a week past with an attack Of
grip.
Mr.. d. ". Shepard, the well known oil
well driller, who has been suffering with
n broken arm for the last few weeks. the
result OF a fall from a derrick at West
! Union, is gradually improving.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-09
SOUTH SIDE HYPNOTIsrs.
Several Persons Who Possess This Re
marlable Power.

Several Persons Who Possess This Re
markabIe Power.
The South Side possesses number
of hypnotists. who are considered very
skillful in this scientific and mysteriuos
art. There are several physicians over
the creek who are known to be endow-
ed with this remarkable power and
have demonstrated it by holding parlor
seapces and putting a number of their
friends under their influence.
The people of South Wheeling are al
ways enterprising and any develop
ment of science or any new idea is al
ways taken up and thoroughly investi-
gated. The hypnotic art is now claim
ing their attention and interesting ex-
periments are frequently made. Charles
Ebeling. a young man employed at the
Warwood tool works, is attracting con-
siderable attention by his efforts in
this line. He has been giving parlor
exhibitions for some time and gave his
first public entertainment last Friday
night at Mozart hall. He performed
several remarkable feats and has been
induced to give a parlor exhibition by
some of his friends at Edward Hofreu-
ter's. on South Jacob street.