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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27

VARIETIES.

Judge, to the plaintiff-Who was
present when the defendant knocked
you down! Plaintiff was.
Professor, why does a cat, when
eating, turn her head first one way
and then another? For the same
reason, replied the professor, that she
cannot turn it both ways at once.
What is the difference between
an old married couple who stay at
home and quarrel and young mar
ried couple who go skating and break
through the ice? The first stay in
and tall out, and the second go out
ami fall in.
"A Frenchman who had been in
India, speaking of tiger hunts, pleas
antly remarked: when re French
man hunts re tigare, ah, re sport is
grand, magniiique. but when re tigare
hunts re Freuchman, oh. Zere is re
very devil to pay
Want to ride bicycle, do your"
snapped the old man. Your mother
never went whizzing about the streets
on wheel Yes retorted the
! dutiful daughter, that is just what
ma told me. She says that maybe if
she had she would have caught a
! better-lOOking man.
- tell you, Dick. there is nothing
like knowing how to manage "a wife.
My wife wanted TO go to the noun
| taiuG and | wanted 70 go to the sea-
| shore" How did it come out?''
/ We compromised On what?'' "On
| the mountains
The - Is Of the Bel Air girls
/ are small, tapering and beautifully
/ shaped: their iii are brilliant as %%%
and they are without a in this or
any other $; their frowns are like ~
and their 1234j91S90 eXciteM! of pleas.
ure and a longing to Ill., them.
Read this closely and Go not? its re,
! liability.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27
JOHN A. YOUNG,
-PKACTICAL--
matchmaker aud ODticial.

Twenty-Five years as watch repairer, 3
wears apprentice. one year under instructions,
3l5 years a foreman and the balance of my
time in business for myself. during all this time
have made Il 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
tacIcs 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
Nyopia, Hyperopia, Presbyopiu and iStigma-
tiS1a which are near-sighted, far-si2hted, old
sighted and poor sighted. Nearly all cases of
astigma,l- " c&'I in children, causing pain in
tine ~. rubbing OF the eyclidS, pain above the
,y, in oyy- -anschc, letters running together,
81. rave Il complete set of instruments and
test cards which use to correct the sight in the
Young MS well as in the old or mddle-aged.
eFSI refer to DIR. VIM. S. Richardson, DR.. E.
Hall Richardson, DIR. w. b. Munnikhuysen and
DR.. J. Ward Scott. -
JOHN A. YOUNG,
16mh Main Street, Bel Air, Nd.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27
4 CLETER EnRGER-

Not long ago there stood before the
paying teller's window of one of New
York 5 big banks an unctuous little
man smiling biandly over 800 check.
Signature, Endorsement and every
detail were erect. To make assurance
doubly sure, the little man ex.
planned with some insistence, You
see, | have had my Endorsement certi
fed
The check was paid without hesita-
ton, but the teller said to himself,
why is that idiot standing there with
such broad grin, trying to fix his
face on my memory?' And duly he
took note.
a few days later the man appeared
at the window again, his countenance
distended in the same smile, with an
other check from the same firm. The
Endorsement was certified in exactly
the same way, and this time the
amount was 5000. There was absolute
ly nothing wrong with the check on
its face, and it came from well known
customer of the bank In spite of
ALL said the paying teller, ''some-
thing told me that fellow was a crook.
So said | should have to look up the
account before it could be paid, and
while he waited | slipped around to
the firms office, which was only a
short distance away.
The check was examined and pro-
nounced perfectly good, and l was
about to walk away when the head of
the firm said: why, hold up.
We've issued no checks this morn
ing And then l went back and
bagged my crook. He had first sold
the firm bond and got his original
800 check in payment. This he had
used to initiate the firms signature on
the second and likewise to impress me
with the fact that he was all right, so
that when he came around second
time | would not bother him.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27
NiSTERFUL SILENCE.

DO not talk too much Learn how
to be silent. Not that people should
always keep the tongue still: it is made
for use. But there are times when
silence is the best and most effective
reply. When a boor speaks roughly
or unciviliv 10 you, when you are
asked an impeTtineut question, when u
suetr i conveyed under cover OF an
inquiry FOR Information, or when. hay
ing appealed 20 you OIL a question of
taste. Your opinion is met with ridicule
the best answer in these or like eXigeu-
cits is mastvrtul silence. Silence be
speaks self command, and nothing is
at times 80 effective as the silence
which springs from contempt.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27
Gnetical.


! member such lot of things
That happened long ago,
When me an jim WAS SIX years old
An now were ten or 50.
But those that remember best
The ones most can see
Are the things that used to happen
when mother looked at me.
One tine in church, when me an Jim
Was sniCScrin' ont loud
The minister was pray in an
The peoples heads was bowed
Ne had TIE biggest kind of joke
About humble bee,
But things got quiet rather quick
When mother looked ut me.
And then there's some times when | think
We had s;Ich lots of fun
A-gOing i'll swimming with the boys
Down there by Jones run,
But when | got back home AGAIN.
Jrst bout in time for tcH--
There's kind "i different feeling comes
When mother loGkvS al me.
That time when was awful sick
An the doctor shook his head,
An cN 'ry time pa came around
His eyes were wet and red,
! member her hands on my face
How SOFT they used to be
Somehow the pain seemed easier
When mother looked ut me.
It's funny how it makes you feel.
| ant afraid of her,
Shes bout the incest person
You'd lind most anywhere;
But the gus crest sort of feeling,
As queer as queer can be.
Makes everything seem different
When mother looks ut me.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27
TWELVE LOCKED UP.

Il i'll sorry, said Senator Sorghum
III tone OF gentle remonstrance, ito
hear you Joining in this thOughtlpsS
clamOr about the failure to catch the
trusts where they can be punished"
'hut, sad the man of eager man
ners, don't they always get away,
and Is there anything they want that
they don't get -
Yes, sir, was the emphatic reply.
There is d great deal they want that
they don't get | have no doubt that
the Sugar trust frequently experiences
sensations of pain and resentment
which it realizes that the Match trust
and the Cigarette trust and IL number
OF Others are getting money which
1t Will never see. That's enough to
make any trust irritable"
And ! suppose you think after
their having all that trouble there
ought not to be chance of anybody's
being punished when a trusts brought
to trial
But there is a chance of somebody's
being punished"
Il defy you 10 cite a case where the
trial OF a trust has caused anybody to
be locked up.n
The senator looked, seemed at loss
and scratched his forehead with his
forefinger, but his embarrassment was
only momentary.
Your statement merely demon
strateS,,' he said, that you have neg
lected to carefully inform yourself on
the topic you undertake TO discuss.
And, you Will pardon NE for saying
so, but chat being the case you have
wasted not only my time, but your
own
Il have given large share of at
tendance to the subject"
But you said that nobody had
been locked up rs the result of II
trust trial"
And repeat it,"
Thereby displaying your lack of
information. As many a dozen men
were locked up because of such
trial only a short time since
"A dozen -
Yes, sir. They were the mem
Ders Of the jury that couldn't agree,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27
John BOIgiano's Horse Fly Liquid Is
the ReSI.

None genuine without our signature on each
can, John Bolgiano." Beware of false imita-
lions We manufacture nothing but the best.
Drives flies and insects Of all kinds of horses.
COWS, dogs, &c. Pint, 25c quart, soc; gallon,
$3.50 We also manufacture }. b. House Fly
Liquid. Drives mosquitoes, reaches, ants,
chinches, and all other insects out of the house
permanently. Bottles, DC. and 25c.; pint, Toe;
quart. s. %. The John Bolgiano Co., Manu-
faoturers, 81 East Lombard ST., Baltimore, Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27
He SMOKES AGAIN.

Billy has Il sweetheart. Billy used
to smoke necessarily and always con
sumed the best of weeds Consequent
ly his clothes smelled of tobacco, the
odor of which was detected by his
lady fair. She asked Billy to stop
smolling-for her sake. How could he
refuse? But, though he stopped
smoking, lie could not help acumula-
ting cigars, which he stacked away in
his vest pockets. The sweet one was
bent on his reformation, and every
night he called after he had given up
the weed for her sweet sake, she took
tine cigars from his pockets, and laid
them away on the mantel board SO
thar, willie, dear, they will not
tempt you"
William had noticed that his pros
pective fath7r-in-law had of late dis
carded his pipe and taken to smoking
fine cigars, SO he thought business
was prospecting with the old man.
One night Willie stayed later than
usual. Just as he was saying good
bye for the last time he heard the
Old gentleman, who thought he was
gone, called out to his daughter from
the head of the stairs
How about cigars tonight" were
there any i'll his pockets?''
Willie said nothing, but is now
smoking cigars again.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27
THE EGISAND INTELLIGENCE.
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27

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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
MAKING PREPARATIONS.
The Soldier Boys Are Getting Ready to Go to
Nashville.

Tee Jefferson Voiun GERS, Birmingh a m
Rifles and Troop d, will, in all proba-
bilities go to Nashville on Alabama Day.
1t is expected that they will carry forty
men zach and will possibly be accompa-
ntad by the Bessemer Rifles and the
Huey Guards.
Preparatory to this trip these compan-
les will begin to drill in f=w days to
polish up on the manual, and the march
movements.
Sergeant Frank E. Davidson of the
Volunteers has issued orders to his COM
pany to meet for drill on Sunday af-
t@rnoon at 8 o'clock at their armory.
The Rifles and Volunteers have each
recently received from the United States
war department. at Washington forty
canteens, haversacks, and quick march
equipments, consisting of small tents
and individual cooking utensils.
The boys all say that Captain Demere
will be elected lieutenant-colonel of the
Second infantry.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

YELLOW JACK RUM6H$$ RIFE Al {
Birmingham Hasn't Guaranteed
Against Montgomery.
ANYTHING COULD BE HEARD
Capt. Amerine Telegraphed Mayor Evans That
Quarantine Was Unnecessary as
There Was No Fever There.

Rumors that there were yellow fever
in Montgomery were flying thick and
fast last night,
These rumors were augmented when
the accommodation arrived with several
Montgomery people who were said to. be
fleeing from the yellow jack. Commits
stoner of Agriculture Culver was among
the number arriving on the train, but
said he was merely away on business.
He said there was some little excite
ment in the Capital City and a few peo-
pie were leaving.
. Mayor Evans was up town until a late
hour awaiting intelligence from Mont
gomery before deciding on the question
of a local quarantine.
When the following message was re-
ceived the mayor decided not to quaran-
tine:
Montgomery, Ala, Oct. Is.
r. v. Evans, Mayor:
Board of health just adjourned meet
ting, and say positively there is not a
suspicious case in Montgomery You
can depend upon me advising you
promptly should one occur.
IN. H. AMERINE."
Captain Amsrine must have heard that
Birmingham had quarantined against
Montgomery and sent the following:
Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 10.
"To S. Virgins:
HAS Birmingham quarantined against
Montgomery? If so unnecessary. No
fever here. Answer quick.
IN. H. AMERINE."
He was promptly notified IN the mega
tive
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
COST OF ELECTRIC TRAVEL.
A Brooklyn Company Obtains Best Results at Sc
Mills Per Mile.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The cost of running a trolley car a.
mile is found to vary greatly in differ
ent places. A Brooklyn company gets
the best result, running a car one mile
for S6 mills. A Binghampton company
does it for "a mills. Cheap coal and
sound engineering seems to explain the
low cost in these places. The annual
reports of the railroad commissioners
of New York and Massachusetts, show
that usually the cost Is much higher
OF the five companies operating over
100000 car miles PSF year one obtains
its power at less than / cent a car
mile; three between 1 and cents and
one between 2 and 3 cents. OF nineteen
companies operating less than 250,000
car miles per annum four obtained their
power at less than cents per car mile
under average conditions of load, track,
etc., six between and 8 cents, five be-
tween 8 and cents, one between 4 and
5 cents and three at more than cents.
Conditions vary greatly so that sepa-
rate stimate of all items of cost must
be made for each locality.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
Mortgage Sale.

Under and by virtue of the power vested
in the undersigned, by certain mortgage
executed on the 21st day of April, 1893,
by Frances H. West and Goldsmith b.
West, to George sugg, recorded in volume
~, page 525, in the office of the probate
judge of Jefferson county, Alabama to
secure certain indebtedness therein de-
scrbed. the undersigned will on Novem-
Der g. 1887, sell at auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, in front of the court house
door. of Jefferson county, Alabama, within
the legal hours of sale, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner of the
southeast quarter of the southwest quar-
ter of section 26, township II. range 8 west ;
thence east chains to Dr. Boland's south
west corner: thence north 8 chains and 80
links to McDaniels south line; thence west
chains to corner with Armstrong, Thorn
as and Mcdaniel; thence south 9 chains and
80 links to the point of beginning, being a
paralclogram in form, ON acres of land
more or less being the west half of the
southwest quarter of the southeast quarter
of the southwest quarter of section 26 town.
ship II, range west, and situated in JEFF
ferson county, Alabama.
JOSEPH A. STEPHAN,
- Transferree.
MOUNTJOY & TOMLINSON,
Attorneys for Transferree.
10-S-1m
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
SALE CONFIRMED.
Lands and Buildings Of the Alabama Military
Academy Sold to Capt, Humes.

Special to The Ag5-Herald.
Huntsville, Oct. 15.-The sale of the
lands and building of the Alabama
Military academy, which were recently
sold under a decreA of the chancecy
court to Capt. Milton Humes, was con-
firmed yesterday. The decree ordering
the sale was issued at thu September
term of chancry court. The academy
had meteoric career several years ago,
and while its prospects w:re BRILLIANT
for becoming a great institution, was
broken up by a rebellion of students.
The trustees for the whit and colored
school teachers of Madison county are
both in session today at Meridianville
with large attendance. At both insti-
tutes a number of interesting papers
will be read.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
AN IMPR0MPTU CONCERT.
"Tke Girl From Paris" Company Burst Spon-
toneously Into Song

Special to The Age Herald.
Montgomery, Oct. 15-"The Girl From
Paris and her company went to the de-
pot this morning to take the train for
Selma, but the train did not go. Selma
had-quarantined Montgomery. The men
in the company were angry, and the girls
were disappointed. After breakfast and
a few bottles of wine, however, they felt
better.
One pretty girl suggested there was no
place like home, after all, and then with
one accord the entire company, standing
on the depot platform, sang John How
ard Payne's beautiful Home, Sweet
Home" 1T has certainly never been rem
dered more perfectly The hearts OF the
singers were in their voices. and the ap-
plause that greeted the spontaneous rem
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
PRATTvILLE NEWS.
Circuit Court Docket Heayy-Protracted Meet
ing in Progress.

Special to The Age-Herald.
. Prattville, Oct. 1.-THE docket CT the
circuit court for the fall term is heavier
than it has beenSin several years. Au-
tauga county's sheriff has been diligent-
ly seeking the fellows who dodge jus
tice. He has eleven awaiting justice at
the hands of the Jurors and the judge.
The contractors on the Mobileseand
Ohio railroad are pushing the work ON
that railroad as rapidly as good work is
consistent with speed. They are working
all along the line, getting the road bed
ready for the track.
DR.. Clarence Rice is expected to return
from Tyner Ala, on Friday, at which
place he went several days ago to be
married to a Miss Hager
Rev. Mr.. Gable of Montgomery, is
here this week assisting the regular pas
tor, A. IT. Simms,, in conducting pro-
tracted services at the Baptist church.
They have very large audiences al every
sermon, and it is believed that great
good will be accomplished here.
There have been not less than 100
dwellings built in this town during the
past two years, and now there is not a
single vacant house to be had in all the
town. :
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
FIBROID TUMOR
Expelled by Lydia e. Pinkhapo's
Vegetable Compound.
Interview with Mrs. b. A. Lombard.

have reason to think that 1 would
not be here now if it had not been for
Lydia 3. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound. It cured me of fibroid tumor
in my womb.
Doctors could do nothing for me, and
they could not cure me at the hospital.
will tell you about it:
l had been in my usual health, but
had worked quite hard. When my
monthly period came on, I flowed very
badly. The doctor gave me medicine,
but it did me no good. He said the
flow must be stopped if possible, and
he must find the cause of my trouble.
Upon examination, he found there
was Fibroid Tumor in my womb, and
gave me treatment without any benefit
whatever. About that time a lady
called on me, and recommended Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
said she owed her life to it. I
said / would try it, and did. Soon
after the flow became more natural and
regular / still continued taking the
Compound for some time. Then the
doctor made an examination again,
and found everything all right. The
tumor had passed away and that dull
ache was gone.-MRs. B. A. LcMsARD,
Box II, Westdale. Mass.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
DETERMINED TO DIE.
Mrs. Johanna Miller Makes Several Attempts to
Commit Suicide.

Special to The AgeHerald.
Huntsville, Oct. 15.-lMrs. Johanna Mil
Ter, wife of the ex-postmaster of Hadens,
Ala, has made several desperate at
tempts to commit suicide Her mind
was impaired by bad health. In the
early part of this week she attempted to
hand herself, using a piece of domestic,
but this was broken by her weight. Next
she swallowed a dose OF arsenic, but was
saved from death by physicians
Undaunted by these failures, Mrs. Mil
Ter averred that she would kill herself
Early this morning Mr.. Miller was awak-
ened by hearing his wife go out of the
house. He followed, and the woman ran
into an orchard. Running as fast as she
could and closely followed by her hus-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
NO LONGER NEEDED.
The Montgomery Pest House For Smallpox Pa
tients Closed.

Special to The Age-Herald.
Montgomery, Oct. 1.-THE smallpox
pest house, after being used for three
months, was closed today all cases tav-
ing been discharged and no suspicious
cases remaining in the city. The house
of detention was also closed, and both
places will be thoroughly fumigated un-
der the direction of the board of health
Robert Goldthwait, young physician
of this city, has been in charge of the
pest house since it's first case was re-
ceived, and he has performed his duties
faithfully. The exact cost of the small
pox affection has not been stated, but it
is esteemed to be trife when compared
to the probable loss in lives and business.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16


Chancery Court.
BY virtue of a decree rendered at the
present term, A. D., 1897, of the chancery
court at Birmingham. jefferson county
Alabama, in said cause, / shall proceed
to sell to the highest and best bidder, for
cash, at public auction in front of the
building used as a court house in the city
of Bessemer, Ala, within the legal hours
of SALE
On Monday, the 18th day of October. A.
d., 1897, the following described property,
to-wit:
zone twenty-five horse power saw mill
and fixtures. two planning mills, with fix
lures two yoke of oxen, Zone dun OK named
Jerry. one. red OK named Ball, one. red OK
named Bully, and one red named Buck);
one log wagon with fxtures;" which said
property is described as having. belonged
to Il. NJ. Hogg alone, and also the follow
ing as the property of T.. NJ. Hogg and d.
T. Hogg
"One-half interest in one forty-horse
power saw mill; one Eager planer with
fixtures; two yoke of oxen--one dark red
muley named lobe, one red OK named Red.
one dun white back named Bright, one
black named Mig, one log wagon with
fixtures and one road wagon; 70 satisfy
said decree CHARLES A. Sem,
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