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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15

AS l have said, he always was held o
bravo man, but this emergency, with its
need of sudden action, had made him
rather coward. Yet you can't call
u man a coward in that phrasing. TITS
term that plays both ways Do they
not say that the bravcst soldiers run in
their first battles and why should not
bravo man make his resistance rather
loss because he never had been prisoner
50 taken by desperate escaped prisoner
and held now as well by spy whose
lifo would be tho forfeit of the British
| knowledge of his business? And indeed
! Colonel Van Halo had resisted me we'll
i'll that sharp tussle. Even if then / had
thrown the pistol down he reasoned
that we were desperate men when band
cd together To all these considerations
was added his amazemcnt at discover
ing not only Pringlo's real trade, but
more that this obscure civilian knew
the word of the night and could pass
the river. Who could have given it? he
was asking himself.
lyon will not spy much longer, fell
| low, be observed to PrinSlc
II am not tho only one in New York, "
the cobblcr rotortcd. You yourself
will have scemcd'-
Tho proprictor's face turned ashon,
and interrupted:
None of that. I have promised to
see Colonel Van Halo returned"
Without an exchanged"
"Without an exchange" said /. "I
have given my word. ="
"Why not leave him hero if that's
the case? We can bind and gag him and
lock him in. But, You Sec Mr.. Nor.
daunt, this spoils my business.
You will have TO get some other, 1"
said l. Turn schoolmastcr, for I've
heard you werc once half schoolmaster,
| half cobblcr. AS for the othor matter,
Colonel Van Halo crosses tho river with
us"
"A matter of pride, CHI" said the
cobblcr. shall we bind and gag you,
coloncl?'
81 will cry out, said he, eff you
don't ="
Why not in my company" said I.
There were no sontincls near enough
before you could have killed me, but on
the river the patrol will hear and catch
| you.
Yes" said l. "You must tic his
hands--no, that's not nccdful. Gag
him, Pringlc."
Tho prisoner looked about as if medi-
tating resistance, but ho saw it was
useless, as took his pistol and held it
over him, while Pringlc proceeded to
gag him, muttering something low in
his ears.
The candle in tho rough room flicker
I'd on tho scene An old rheumatic dog
rose laboriously from his corner and
shifted at the prisoner. Pringlc slipped
| Il band about his wrists and then snuffcd
| the candle.
You'll walk, colonel, or we will
carry you"
He walked without demur, and we
left by little path where the thick
bushes swept our faces. The moon was
low on the horizon, and the night soon
would fall dark, but Pringlc, if onco
OH the river, did not fear light so much.
To Sir Henry he was spy on us; to rs
one on Sir Henry. lilo was constantly
| going TO and fro.
Presently we found the skiff. The
| prisoner entered without resistance. We
put ont The cobbler extended me Sec
ond pair Of oars. He was surprisingly
strong in the way of those little wiry
men, men who have, too, astonishing
endurance, as l have known many times
OF long campaigns
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15
HIGH TRAGEDY.

The thrilling situation of the play had
come.
lis thereno escape?" shrieked tre hero
ine, wringing her hands.
"If there isn't" replied the villain, with
a yawn, 1.-The proprietors of this building
have not complied with the law. We ara
on the roof of the seventeenth story
Chicago Tribune
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15

Only the purest water is employed b,
the Chinese In washing tho fner grades o
silk. Ordinary we'll water In Its nature
state is unsuitable and Is purified by plac
Ing quantity Of mollusEs in 1t for day
These prey on any impure organic matte
ArSa-aaA- es cltara
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15

More than twenty millions free samples
of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve have been
distributed by the manufacturers. What
better proof of their confidence In it's
merits do you want? 1t cures piles, burns,
scalds. sores. In the shortest space oftime.
j. w. O'Sullivan. r.. b. Stearns & Co..
Parker, City Drug store; Gossclin & Bro,
r. Crandall, WinooskL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15
There Was.

Mrs. Parvenue (affably. having spent
tho whole afternoon looking at pictures
without buying one)-My dear Mr.. Can
vas, wonder, now, II there is anything
vainer than you artists about your pic
lures?
Poor Artlst-Our efforts to sell them
madam. London Fun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15
What the Romans Do.

| Cheewit-When you're in Rome do a.
she Romans do.
Wise (who's been there)-Bah! A mans
not going to swindle himself.-New York
journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15
A Japanese Ceremony.

While the wedding service is proceeding
in Japan the bride kindles a torch, and
tho bridegroom lights fire from it and
burns the wife's playthings.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
The Considerable Mules,

General Banks was besieging Port
Hudson, La, the southern gateway to
the control of the Mississippi river. A
body of troops had marched into the
back country to look for lowering Con-
iederate cavalry and were sleeping one
moonless night behind stacked rifles in
readiness for night attack. The attack
came in an unexpected form. Some SIX
or eight army mules, getting somehow
detached from the wagon wheels to
which they were tied at night, were
seized by panic and came charging
down almost the entire line of the Fifty
second Massachusetts volunteers Every
man lay covered with Il ''shelter tent,
a piece of white cotton cloth about five
feet square.
AS the mules rushed over each one a
us he woke suddenly with a cry and
sprang up, raising his shelter tent III
one hand or upon his front, so that he
seemed like a sheeted and gibbering
ghost. This successive rising of over 400
apparitions added wildness to the panic
of the mules, and they fairly flew down
the line. Now, the remarkable thing is
that while many man had his side
rubbed hard or his scalp abraded by
the hoof or the leg of mule not man
was really stepped ON or badly hurt. 1t
was for months subject of comment
with US that the mules in their intensl-
fed panic should nevertheless have been
able to see where to step, should have
cared where they stepped and in their
speed should have been able always to
step on the ground.-Spectator
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
Clay Casting.

A new process of clay casting, or
porcelain products, termed "Thonguss, 1"
has been introduced in Germany, says
The Neueste Ertindungen. 1t seems that
in this case the mass is not, as hereto
fore, worked cold upon the potter
lathe or pressed into q mali, but is fine
ly ground after careful drying, then
melted AT "a prescribed heat i'll an cleo
tYi0 furnace and poured into heated,
fireproof casting mold. Glazing becomes
necessary i'll most cases if the walls of
the mold are sufficiently smooth, other
wise it is allowed TO cool off after the
solidineati0n of the cast to Il certain
temperature, and finely powdered glass
is thrown on i'll uniform, thin layer,
The advantage of the new process, as
set forth, conSiSts-aSide from consid-
erably reduced costa an almost COM
plcte prevention of the unforeseen
shrinking of the mass on cooling, and
thus it follows that henceforth instru-
ments of precision and accurately divid
ed measuring vessels of every tiescrip-
ton can also be made from porcelain.
BY means of a still undeveloped process
viz, the admixture of a suitable sub
stance 10 the melted clay-it is expected
to render the cooled mass pliable-mal-
leable-and also to make the operation
of remelting considerably more diff
emit
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
PLACING HIS TALENTS.
The Shrewd Old Farmer Saw Where His
Son Properly Belonged.

Son Properly Belonged.
Father, I'm vanquished," sighed the
young man in soft raiment and long hair
who had just come from the city to the
old homestead. The world is too much
for me. l wrote My poems and my
stories were rejected l painted. There
was no market for my pictures l lectured
on scientific subjects. The expenditure
was always more than were the receipts
tlirtcd with fortune on the market. She
Tilted Inc. l tried clerkship. My mind
was not on my business, and was dis
charged. l became an insurance agent
Not policy could place. In sheer des-
peration l became politician. failed
and paid all attendant expenses. l loathe
the past. The future offers me nothing"
My poor, poor boy" said the fond
mother as she wiped her glasses. "You
know the home is always here"
you bet it is" from the father with
square jaws and swapping blue eyes. Its
been here all the timo you've been spend
ing our hard earned money trying to do
something easy that you're not fitted for.
don't want no healthy young man that
weighs $50 pounds whining around me,
throwing up his hands and saying there's
nothing in the world for him to do. I'll
show you different. Go up stairs and get
into thai old blue jean suit of yours
change that white linen for hickory
shirt put on them cowhidc boots you left
in the closet when you went out to con-
qucr America and grease 'cm. Then go
along with me. I'm breaking up that ten
acre field of stump land, and I'll start you
on an honorable career that you're liable
to succeed in. No coaxing now, mother.
What this young man needs is sand and
I'll have him pumped full of it by fall
Get into your uniform, my son. "-Detroit
FREQ Press
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
Iucijral.
INCOMPLETE ENESS.

Nothing resting in its own completeness
Can have worth or beauty, but alone
Because it leads and tends TO further sweet.
ness,
Fuller, higher, deeper than its own.
Springs real glory dwells not in the meaning,
Gracious though it be, of her blue hours,
But is hidden in her tender leaning
To the summers richer wealth of flowers.
Dawn is fair because the mists fade slowly
Into day, which floods the world with light.
Twilight's mystery is so sweet and holy
just because it ends in starry night.
Childhood's smiles unconscious graces borrow
From strife that il faroff future lies,
And angel glances, yelled now by Efc's sor-
row,
Draw our hearts to some beloved eyes.
Life is only bright when it proccedCth
Toward a truer, deeper life above.
Human love is sweetest when it lcadeth
To more divine and perfect love.
Learn the mystery of progression duly.
Do not call each glorious change decay,
But know only hold our treasures truly
When it seems az if they passed away.
Nor dare to blame Gods gifts for incomplete,
ness.
In that want their beauty lies. They roll
Toward some infinite depth of love and sweet.
ness,
Bearing onward mans reluctant soul.
Adelaide A. Proctor.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
Good Veal.

Ella Morris kretschmar, writing of
Dainty Dishes From Milk Veal'' in The
Woman'S Home Companion, gives these
practical directions Tor recognizing good
article:
milk veal is the only good veal, and
the best period is from 4 to 6 weeks old.
The flesh is then "a delicate pink, the fat
white and clear. If the flesh has a blue
tinge and is ilaSby, it is too young and
therefore unwholesomc. If it is white, it
has been blcd before killing and likewise
unwholcsome. 1t is very easy to learn to
recognize veal at just the right age and in
the proper condition. One or two careful
inspections and comparisons with that
which is undesirable fixes the matter in
the mind. Surely it is worth while for ev-
cry housekeepCr to learn this simple les
son, the starting point of so many delight
full dishes. Not to learn it simply means
disappointment whenever veal is served at
ones table, unless the pleasure and con-
venience of the butcher happen to conf
bine fayorably to ones advantage.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
"Thank the Lord % shouted the Hon
Hr McShanp rWhOOD ~

"Thank the Lord - shouted the Hon.
Fir. McShane. "Whoop"
Observation-Disclosures.
There, by damn! - they heard Mr..
McShane mutter. The silence of Sun
day morning settled down again.
The Blackstones slept righteously in
to daylight, but not so late as they had
intended. At about the time folks mp
the state go out to feed the stock before
preparing for church there came rap
ping at their bedroom door.
Bill! Say, Bill ~ said worried
voice.
"Wassermat:" asked Mr.. Blackstone.
did you send anybody into my
room to take my shoes out to clean
them:" asked Mr. McShane
NO" responded Mr.. Blackstone.
what's up:'
They're gone, that's all, =" was the
melancholy answer. ''Iput them i'll the
closet when | went to bed-the one that
isn't the magazine, you know-so that
in the excitement of battle l wouldn t
get mixed up and throw them, and now
they're gone.''
Mrs Blackstone slipped out of bed
and gingerly opened the door Of the
narrow closet that connected the two
rooms.
eff he put them in here" she said
peering i'll the darkness, "they certainly
must be here
She opened the door little wider
and shrieked. Her husband was beside
her in All instant.
Look" she cried, pointing into the
closet. "Looku'
For goodness sake, you people, :"
said wondering voice i'll the nall,
what's the matter?''
The voice of Blackstone answered
him, enunciating slowly and solemnly
recounting catalogue of things.
Zone quart bottle of mucilage, one
quart bottle of red ink, one quart bottle
of green ink, one-half gallon jug of
whisky, one bottle of Ponds extract,
one box of dry plates, two bottles of de-
veloper, one large bottle of lime wa
ter
lone pair of russets, one pair bicycle
Shoes" Mrs. Blackstone took up the
list. 1.-The skirt frame. Your big shoes,
your patent feathers, your winter
shoes''-
Gone, all gone" they said i'll cho-
rus.
Have you found my shoes, yeti"
asked a voice from the hall
Your shoesr' bawled Mr.. Black
stone, You good for nothing but shark
bait, steam snowplows. Oh, YOU
William - said Mrs Blackstone.
Her husband strobe out into the hall.
He took his guest by the scruff of the
neck and led him to the window. There
i'll the area they looked down upon such
an ink despatched gummy wreck as sell
dom man is privileged to look upon.
On the o,oue steps lay one dead cat,
and by his side a huge, yellow, gore
stained Syracuse boot. The other rested
under the largest fragment of the ink
bottle
Il must have got into the wrong
closet, after all, D." said the Hon. Mr..
McShone after awhile. And they cost
IS. 80"
His case went against him by default
the next day because he had to wait for
Blackstone to 60 down town, his own
feet clad in tennis shoes, and order a
full assortment of shoes sent to the
house for gentleman with the big
gest feet Oh earth" But Mr.. Black
stone was unfeeling enough to say he
didn't much care.-New York Sun.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
VOL. XLIU---NO 36
INSURANCE RISKS.
An Icehousc said to BE More Dangerous
Than Planning Mill.

IMAM IldnlES NIlIl.
"SpcaIling of fires, " said the insurance
man, they are the guccrcst things in
the world A fire will sometimes take in
finite pains to burn up everything indie
structihlc in sight and leave an inflamma-
bic article untouched. 1 have run across
all sorts of queer pranks played by fires in
my time.
"Some years ago the insurance COM
panics established Il rule that all benZine
rags in printing offices must be put into
closed metal cans during the day, and that
these cans should be emptied into tho fur
naccs ut the close of business each evening.
Shortly aftcrward there was fire in a
printing Office on Randolph street one
night. We tried to find out the cause of it
and finally concluded it must have origi-
ratedfrom spontaneous combustion of oiled
rags. The printer insisted that every rag
was burned each night and called his er-
rand boy over to corroboratc his statement
that they could not have spontaneously
combustcd. The boy looked crestfallen
and said that he had forgotten to take
them down the night before. But the
theory was knocked out when he under
took to show us where he had left them,
for there under a heap of burned rubbish
was the rag receptacle with the lid secure
ly fastened down and every rag safe.
In another printing Office fire every
case was charrcd and every line of metal
type was either melted or warped so as to
DC of no further Use, but the only font of
wood typo in the office turned up all right,
and when the linseed oil which had boiled
out of the wood and stood all over it in
beads was wiped off it was as good as ever.
Il once Cancelled a policy on rickety
old frame planning mill which I knew
would burn up inside of year or two.
That was 25 years ago. Since then every
brick planning mill that have insured has
been burned, but the old frame shed stood
until last year, when it was torn down and
replaced by new brick building.
''Icehouses would seem to be good risks,
but they burn more readily than match
factories, and when the fire is over the con-
tents are usually II total loss. would
rather insure gunpowder than ice any
day. "-Chicago Record
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
JOHN A. YOUNG,
-ERA94i9AL-
Matchmaker and ODdCial

Twenty two years as a watch repairer 8
years apprentice. one year under instructions
316 years foreman and the balance Of my
time in business for mYssiI, during a Il this time
l have made study OF "optics," fitting Spec
taGies 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
taeles and Eye Glasses Of auld, SileeF, Nickel,
Steel, Rubber or SyiOnite frames. and am re-
sponsibie myself for all mistakes.
In fitting Lenses to the eye my speciality is in
Myopia, Hyperopia, Presbyopia and Astigma-
tism, which are near-sighted far-sighted, old
sighted and poor sighted. Nearly all cases of
astigmatism cen in children, causing pain in
the y rubbing of the eyelids, pain above the
eyebrow sdache, letters running together,
s." Rave a complete set of instruments and
test cards which use to correct tn sight in the
young e Eel! asin The 9la q tld1le-aged;
Hall Richards - VI. B, Muanikhuysen and
DIR. ]. Ward Scott.
Ut.3- y VOTING.
l6mh Main otl.. = I'D.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
Three Queer Things.

The curious things which occur in the
world on IL given day would no doubt, if
collected, excite the wonder of the most
iaeIetlulous. Yet in single newspaper
there was recently found an account of a
woman who was guilty of SO infamous
proceeding as going to sleep at shop
while the assistant was in the act of show
ing her some dress stuffs, accompanying
the exhibition with the usual eloquence OF
shese individuals.
Tho second related the acuteness of two
tramps who conceived the idea of going
to n fancy dress ball in their ordinary at
tire AS may be imagined, they devoted
the best part of theiF time to a serious in
road on the resources of the supper room,
much to the amusement of the whole
party, who naturally thought they were
guests who had been invited to the enter
tainment and who, having made them
selves up with exceptional skill for their
assumed parts, were carrying out the idea
of the characters they represented for the
purpose of the jest.
The third story was that Of an absent
minded young woman who was playing
with pair of scissors and proceeded to
trim off her eyebrows quite unconscious
of what She was doing, Pearson S Weekly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
The Rstort Courteous.

Farmer ito young thief)-What are
you doing under the trees with that ap-
pie:
Bright Boy-I was just going to
climb up the tree to put back this ap-
pie, which, see, has fallen down.
Pittsburg Bulletin.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
A Knocker That Meant Life.

So cruel were some of the punish
ments melted out to criminals i'll Eng
land centuries ago that it was small
wonder the poor wretches claimed the
Fright of sanctuary" If they reached
a church or some other privileged place,
the law could not touch them. A curl
Gus relic in connection with this custom
exists today in the form of the quaint
knocker on the door of Durham cathe-
dral. The applicant, having hammered
at the portal, one of the priests inside
would inspect him through the eyes of
the copper mask above the knocker and
after due pa1ley would admit the fright
ened criminal.
The Howell Torpedo.
Commodore John A. Howell, who
has just been promoted to the rank of
rear admiral, is the inventor of self
propelling torpedo that differs in sew
eral respects from the Whitehead. The
chief novelty of the American system
relates to the mode of driving the screw.
Whitehead stored compressed air in
a chamber in his torpedo and placed in
an adjoining compartment q small en-
CINE which should be operated thereby
at the right juncture. Howell employs
heavy fiywheel, which is put in rapid
revolution, just before the torpedo is
launched, by connecting its projecting
axle with steam engine that is entire
ly independent of the torpedo. The
Howell system has been improved since
it was first patented in 1871, and it has
been extensively used i'll the United
States uaYY.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16
rhs Lonrest rroller Trip 1n America.

One may now travel by trolley car in
eastern Massachusetts, very long distances
in continuous directions. The longest con
tinuous trip that may be made is that be-
tween New Bedford, Mass, and Nashua,
n. II. This route takes one from the hoh-
day shores OF Buzzards bay to Mount Hope
bay, at Fall River, thence to Taunton,
along the right bank of the beautiful
Taunton river the greater part of the way,
and thence to Boston by way of Brockton
and Quincy. From Boston to Lowell
there is a choice of several routes as far as
Reading by way Of Lynn, of Maiden, of
Mcdford and Winchester or of Cambridge
and Winchester. At Lowell the Merrimac
river is crossed to the left bank, and Il re-
turn to the right bank is made not far from
Nashua There are also continuous trolley
car connections between Boston and
Worcester and Boston and Newburyport,
the latter city being reached by pleasant
routes along the Merrimac through the
whittier country" by way Of Lowell,
Lawrence and. Haverhill. -Sylyester Bax-
terdns HaEpesisfM MAGAZINE.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-09-16

Recent Investigations have shown
that the principal source of the gulf
stream is not the Florida channel, but
the region between and beside the is
lands of the West Indies. At Binioni
the Volume of this warm water is 60
times as great as the combined volume
of all the rivers i'll the world at their
months
Decorah-posten., 1898-12-23
Soloater onifes!
6riulligc. iom bar luatet 8rubt paa
6uba. bar 6orrangcu.

5ortioen er Der fun 80 Retruttes
ringstpntcrsr / be Sorsneoe Stuter.
Wisn I%aainart .apngrssIen bar pebtu=
get 5oriIaset ON 5orssslis al ben re-
aulGre SGr til 100000 Wdnb, pil
Observation-Disclosures Intal mere
eno f%oroobles. s ale Itsrre Spsr pil
Der bli oprettet apntorsr, bpor ungs.
friite W9no BIZ bli dnmobet on at
meloe iig. 5ripilise, iom bar oeItas
get / 5elttosene til Guba os porto
Hieo. o9 ION fulot I'D bar sisnounpei
i'm soelbreo. oil bli sipet 5orrangen
/ 9perpin9en. 0erimoo bill ariesoe.
partementet iuapibt muIist iess at
unogaa Spsrpins al messt unge
W9no sler M9nb mso 5amilie.
Wtdn bar nemlig opbasst, at Der bar
mango iIers oltfor linge 8uitsr / ben
fripiaise Sar, eno Tom soot par.