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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
SUNDAYS STORM.

Tue storm whichswtpt through the
State OF Maryland on Sunday eve.i.
ing was d wide spre td and destructive
enc. In the city of Baltimore havoc
was visible on every side. 1t WIS the
heaviest which had been experience
for twenty years. Over two hundred
houses were blown down. telegraph.
telephone and electric light wires were
iismantled and the rain fell in torrents
while the air was filled with flying
missiles, making travel dangerous. The
wind reached the remarkable speed
of sixty miles per hour and the steam.
boats which had left port were com,
PEELED to return to their wharves.
Ole OF the huge tanks OF the Con
soiidated Gas Company was blown
down. Ii contained nearly three
hundred thousand feet of gas which
caught on fire and was destroyed,
entaiIing loss of about So, 900.
One of the Mount Clare shops OF
the Is. & Q. r. r. Co., known as the
Big Shop Il brick structure, 200 X
100 feet in size, was blown down. and
large number OF other buildings in.
jured or demolished.
Reports from various sections of the
State show that the storm wss heavy
in nearly every county. In Hartford
SO far as known, the damages were
slight. Trees and fences were blown
down and grain left unprotected was
damaged, but no material injury was
done.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
HON. BARNES COMPTON,

The Hon. Barnes Compton, one OF
the most prominent Democrats OF
Southern Maryland, died at his home
in Laurel on Friday from paralysis,
and was buried on Monday at Loudon
Park cemetery, Baltimore. He was
born in Port Tobacco, Charles county,
on November 1G, 1890, and on arriving
at manhood found himself the sole
survivor of his family and heir to a
plantation of 300 acres. He was
nominated for the Legislature in 1865
on the last ticket ever nominated by
the Wing party in his county. He was
defeated and in 1856 joined the Demo
cratic party and and was loyal and
faithful to that party until his death,
suffering arrest and insult at the
hands of the Republicans during the
war. He was elected to the State
Senate in 1866, for four years and re-
elected in 1867 when the people recov-
cred the State from carpet bag rule.
He was twice made President OF the
Senate, was elected State Treasurer
in 1874. ID and IS. He was elected TO
represent his district in the Forts
niath and Fiftieth Congress aud was
honestly chosen for the Fifty-hrst and
received the certificate of election but
was unseated in favor of S, dney Mudd.
He was however triumphantly elected
to the t'ifty-second and Fifty-third
Congresses.
Mr.. Compton was man of dis
tinguished and imposing appearance
i of undoubted ability. After his
.etlremeut from Congress in 1898, he
declined further honorS, but was ap-
pointed by Mr. Cleveland as Naval
Officer of the Port OF b fillmore, which
office he he'd for four years. TIE
Democratic party has assurediy sus-
tanned a loss in his death, and his de
mise is sincerely regretted by all who
knew him.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
MYSTERY OF THE TIDES.
Queer Reasons That We're Assigned
EHr Thcir Ekh md Wow.

The tides. those mysterious pulsatiOns
IF the sea. have been the thGmo of curious
speculation ever since man began to ask
the reason of what he saw around lin.
Many saGcs and clever brains in the ages
uf the past tried to explain away the
rcri0:iici.l chh and flow of the ocean, and
riauy plausible if erroneous ideas wero
seized uDon and used to solve the problem
and some of tho curious notions of these
old wCrld philosophers are worthy of in
tercst.
Aristotle, who tried to find a logical
reason for everything in nature, thought
that tides were caused by the sun, which
moves and whistles tho winds about so
that they fall with great violence on the
htiaHr.c, the only great ocean known 10
the Greeks, which thus swClls and causes
the tide. Plato accounted for them as be-
ing caused by an animal living in Il cav
ern, which, by means of u huge oritice,
created the ebb and How. The ancient
Arabs believed that tides were caused by
the moon heating the waters ana causing
them 30 swell, while others averrGd that
they We're caused by the alternate decom-
position of the sea by the air, and OF the
air by the sea, thus causing an ebb and
flow Y writer as lato as the thirteenth
century ~oolly remarks that tides are
caused by the efforts of the earth to
breathe.
SANITY St Jerome explained the mys-
terry By means OF caves, and Bedc stated
that the ebb and flow We're caused by an
enormous serpent, who swallows and
vomits the water. Another old sage
thought that they We're caused by the
melting of the ice at the poles. In Rus
sia, jewellers by the scashOro popularity be-
licve that the tides are governed by the
water kings daughter.
The Shetlandcrs used to believe that
periodical tides were caused by monster
living in the sea, or, to quote from an Old
shetland worthy, "a monstrous sea ser
uenG that took six hours TO draw in MS
breath and about six to let 1t out again. y
The Chinese believe that supernatural be
inrs, weird and wonderful, cause the
tides, while tho Malays aver that they arc
| caused by the movements Of huge crab
Some of these old thinkers have been very
ntasr the solution of the rroblon, while
| some of their crude notions arc only fan
tastic.-:SCoftis'I Nights
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

0md . cents II time for eurJt su6seYn. M it.s"r-
t'on-sercsr tc"rds to Il Tine. 10 atSreTtise-
tIient inserted unless J,reg,uid.
m.s~Pure Bronze stock Turkeys for sale.
no rambIers. Ms. K. F. Banna, Fountain
Green.
ne Wanted-A Bay Horse or Mare to
weigh about 1900 lbs, must he Young and
sound. Address Samuel I. EdCI, Vale 2. o.,
Hartford Co, Nd.
sf- Wanted for Lash-FOrty to fifty bushels
of White Potatoes. Name price, and If posi-
bic bring or send sample. The j. {. Holdings
worth Wheel Co., v heel, M.
rs" For Sale-Four tons Of Timothy Hay
aud Dearborn Wagon. F. X. Hopkins, Step
ney.
.G5~ $12 600 TO load or rtlt-cdged mortgage,
III sums to sui. over 81 200. Harold ccarboro,
Attorney al Law, Bel AIr, Md.
IA" Milk wagons On hand all the time this
winter. No disappointment. The lest for
the money. Enterprise L'G'e Co, Bel Air,
Md. 9dectf.
Jzi'"G ONE quick-t u 30 Gays propose to
sell at cost (many goods for less now is your
cbauce, mention This adv. it will appear but
once. lhlncGs +. Bail, Bel Air. Md, lI4fd
ware, stoves, Implements, Robes. NIaukets
&c. &c. 9jeclt
~ "ahteC'-"' up'H. N"i'. ENQUIRE at
this flee.
Wanted-AgeuIs ~ every town ia Mary
aud for the International Registry Co, of
New York. State business and reference.
Address a. ". Stuth, az Fidelity building,
Baltimore, Nd.
20 Good seconu hand sewtn" Machines
alw: ys On band. G.. 4. Bow, 2i4 Main
street, BE, Air.
n" Pruning of ali lines OF shade and fruit
lrt'' ana V.u%S. over thII'y \""is Practr'I
c01mIy Tbo,s r. Raj A.. '' u INC
~. f,,,,,,.,. -----,T-- .-.-.-
thu. mini district Of i;.rior, ,.I",,,L rEaTa5,r
Saturday. Decrmic- 10. res. IwijI inter sIi,
against ali persons who nave mol paid ;hrir
State aud county taXes for 1898 and 1896 at that
| tins. John W. Cole, Collector.
zs5s, II won want an Cyy,-I,G,. for ,y5.r,, ~,
dItrs, YOU can get !; cAc.r; or a. he Baltimore
Clothing House rnau anywhere else.
zI7. Tic uic,.Ii ana 1n,--I ,ornIcr, ,ss,,r,-
| mcut Of CDristuas (iocns in tt,n rnunt, at tbn
| Baltimore Clothing louse.
a,7z, can 81 m. E,,;..-..,., 1,,,,.
The variety If their sro, Nt,I asto,,ish I",, a:
| much as their Prices.
~ COX at onT. r1r.s1I-- 5Gr Xmas Knives
Rings. RszGrs, JeweI,y, s,p;c'ur,es. " ,frhes
Perfumcry and All sorts ff 'nreft, IittIa Kni,.l,
| hnackS, ~ rNN reulg!V low briCCS, Baltimore
Clothing House.
zaTy-F Farm of Siytv Acres FnrsoIo Ioo,.:,.,
and land good. Price low and terms EASY
| Harold Scarb0ro, kit0rnev ErI Air M
Mss- Wanted at 0uce-30 0CO f,birtv tbop.
| sand cases Of Tomatoes state Inwcst cssh
price. Ed, Kirby. Ccnowirpo Ma
s..,,-.-,
5zS' OF naie.-Neil improved farm OF llU
I Ua. near PPeF NfosS hoais, easy Terms
| AttorDev Rel Air MONDAYS IS,
| --
| ~ Il arm Tor sale al " alerValc, 624 Acres
Au"resS l. H. Lhalk, Aoelteen' Md.
| rs ~ mouth ROCK CockereIs Tor sale. I.
q biair' Eale, va.
| ~" For Sale-Several Horses, also several
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
~ E.CEI I
BROS. g. co.
6G1, 6SS, 6S5, 6G7 ". Baltimore, st

We are giving away at less than
half price all the Summer Furni-
ture, Mattings, Carpets, Rugs, &c.
Think oft Less than halt-price.
What a saving for you! And with
it all, we extend our easy, c. IL
venient Credit. Here are IL few
price ideas of this our
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

The report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, shows that the aggregate
receipts of the United States Tor the
fiscal year, were 1913, $40 255 20, and
the disbursements, $S27, 500, 1874 so,
there being a deficit of $50, OBS, 500. so.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
HERMAN STUMP, Solicito
ORDER NISI.
Herman Stump In the Circuit COur
HurE,,r1 Ippprv

Herman Stump In the Circuit Court
: Tor Hartford County,
John W. Williams. In EGui,y.
hRDERED, luis 3th day of November, 1895,
~ that the sales made ard reported in the
above entitled cause 10y Herman stump, TruS-
tee. lie finally confirmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof hc Il own on or TIC ore the 9th
day of December. S9S; provided Il copy of til,
order be inSCrtG in some newspaper published
n Hartford county, once in each OF three 81
successIv" weeks before the 10th day of De
Ccmher. 1898.
the report states the amount of sales to be
500.
- wM. s. FCRwOOD, JR., Clerk
True COpy-TcSt:
WM. s. FORWOCD, JR, Clerk
THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE-That the sub
4 scriber has obtained from the Register OF
Wills of Hartford county, Nd, Letters Tesla
mentary on the estate or
WILLIAM 7. WATSON,
ate of Hartford county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are hereby
notified to exhibit tine same with the legal
vouchers thereof,
On or Before the LIST day OF May, 1899,
OF they may otherwise by law bc excluded
from all benefits of said estate. All persons
indebted to sa.d estate are requested to make
immediate payment.
Given under NY hand and seal this LIST day
of NOveIn Der, 1898.
ELIZABETH T. WATSON,
EXeCutriX.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
BEL AIR. MD
FRIDAY MORNING. DEC. 9, 1898.

crNOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS
accommodations intended for publication II t+t
be accompanied by the real name 81 the VII, +
though not for publication unless deS|' l.
O herwise they will receive no attention.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

The first Of the appropriation bills
reported to the House 81 Representa-
tiv-s this session, carries for the War
Department aud the military estab-
lishment, $50, III ,5;'9; and for the naval
esta blishmeut. s., 5GS, 500; total Of
over siXty-six millions CT dollars.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

The Deutscho Warte, of Berlin,
says it learns on high authority that
Germany will not acquire any of the
Caroline Islands.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

Hon. VIM. b. Baker is reported in
the Baltimore sun as passing the fol,
owing criticism upon the message: 1T
is concise but comprehensive"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
;T,EGlSAND INTELLiGENCER.
IRNK a. ooRRELh. Editor and
Gunner.

fsyTHE EGIS is the oldest established
nj wspaper in Hartford county. 1t has At urE"r
circulation among intelligent farmers, Gamers
and other business men than any other news
papvr publ he'd IN the county. hest iActs
~ Ike it a valuable advertising medium Tor
re aching all C sses.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

Mr.. Herbert \. Gerry, of Port
Deposit, has purchased from George
f. N. Steng!e, the outfit of the Port
Deposit Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

The Mexican Minister to the
United States, Senior Don Iaiias
Romero, has been adva;cei t. the
ark of Ambassador. The provisions
of the law upon this subject are such
chat as soon as the Necessary formal
tiles are gone through with, Mr.. CIay :
ton, our Minister at the Mexican capt
tai will become an Ambassador OF
equal rank with Senior Romero.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

The American flag has been form
ally raised ever Sancti Spiritus and
Trinidad, in Santa Clara province,
Cuba.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
rHE MEsSanE ..EOILED DOWN.

IHE MESSAGE "E0ILED UOHN.'
The Nc3c YoIk J0HrH0i says: The
President would obtain more readers
Ter his literary efforts if he would
take Il course of lessons in the art of
boiling down" in some good news
paner j., flee. For instance, instead of
20, coo words he unloaded upon Con
gress on Monday ne might have said
this:
I'VE have thr3shed Spain aud re-
membered thr Maine. am Running
Porto Rice aud the Philippines. Cupn
can run herself rs soon its We ia.uk
her ready. Foreign governments
don t like to have their sub iects shot.
Dig the Nicaragua canal. Give a mil
lion dollars for Tie PARIS Exposition
We are trying to make up with
Canada sh3Al let you know what
TO 90 with Hawaii as soon as i know
myself. Wnen you give gold for
Sreenbacks don give Tie greeubaCks
Tor anything bat gold Give y ger
100000 regulars. Build II mighty
navy. Discourage yelOw fever-
Drum up trade i'll China. Take care
Of the leXt censu:. Make Dewey an
.,dInirai, and let me pick ny mau tJI
vicr-adInirdl. Preserve the forests
CeIeb rate the ceutenuisl 0ftne found!
alton OF Washington. Au revuir.
WILLIAM MCkINLEY."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

The short or closing session of the
Fifty-fiith Congress commenced OIL
Monday.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
Social.

Mr.. Hardin Norris, clerk of the drug store
Of Il. shoe maker. Perry, H., say: "A man
came into orr store tho other day and said, I
went Il bottle OF thar STUFF that saves children :
lives. [ +, al IL the News about il. Tue chill
dran may get sick when we cannot get Oh"
doctor uiIicE enough. It's thr ne diciu, yuu
sell for Group ~ He alluded to Chamberlain
Cough Remedy and bought bottle before he
lett the store. For sair ny J. s. Richardson,
Jr., Druggist, Bel Air, Nd.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
HAROLD SCA:tnORJ, solicitor.
ORDER NISE.

ORDER EISE.
In tine matter Of the sale
OF he Norlpagcd Real In the Circuit Court
Estate described ina Tor
Mortgage from Simon Hartford County.
W. Brown ana wife to In Equity.
Harold ScHrhOro.
nRDEKEp this 2 st day of November, 1895
~ that the Fui"s made and reported III rhC
above entitled cause Ivy Harold ScarhOro,
attorney, be finally confirmed. unless cause to
the contrary thereof he shown on or befOre the
10Th day of December, 1858; provided IL copy
CT this order be inserted in some newspaper
published in Hartford county, once in each of
three 60 successive weeks before the 10th day
of Dccember 1898.
The report states the amount Of sales to be
1915.
wM. s. FORWOOD, JR., Clerk.
True Copy, Test:
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
THE STRAIGHT HAIRED GIRL.
Advice to thc Young Man Who Is In
cIincd Toward 2!atril.OHy.


Some ono of the oraclcs whose mission
is to advise young women how to select a
husband, and to warn young men against
feminine wilcs, has recently set i.p IL new
guidepost for masculine wayfarors on tie
road to matrimony.
Marry girl with straight hair" says
tho oracle. The chances are that her
ways are aS straight as her locks, while
the heart of the curly headed girl is as
full OF twists and qutrks rs her hair. "
The theory is eXpuunded mt some length.
If all men will but be guided ny this sibyl-
line voice. the day of tho straight haired
girl is close ut hand. She needs comper
sation. For years she has fought an un
equal fight against her sister of trio curly
locks, and her temper has been worn
threadbarc, all Oh account OF her hair
What chance has "a straight haired girl on
windy day? Her hair is struggling in
frantic wisps over her collar and her ears.
She looks untidy, disreputable, and all
the time the curly haired girl is becoming
more and moro bawitching Her stray
locks crisp and curl and 1lutter fluffy
round her face, and she smiles in serene
consciousness that the wind is quite pow
erless against her. When rainy days come,
the straight haired girl signs dolefully
and looks limp and detected, in spite Of
swell clothes. Hot days have tho same
depressing effect upon her hair and spirits.
Sea bathing has no charms for her. Even
golf can't DO to her what it is to the cham
pion with curly hair. But, if straight hair
is to be u certificate of eligibility for mat
rimony, there will be balm for all these
wounds. York Sun.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

1t is expected that the treaty of
peace between the United States and
Spain will be formally signed within
a few days.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

"Does your husband ever say anything
about his mothers cooking?"
ono, but he says things about my cook
ing that his father used to say about his
mother's cooking "-Cincinnati Enquirer
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
BALTIMORE MARKET "EXCHANGl
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
GILBERT & STRASRAUGH.

Successors to Bay & Getty,
General Commission Merchants, Flour, Grain
Feeds, Seeds and Canned Goods, 1G2 South
Street, Baltimore, Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09

The beginning of Her Rule.
Susie-papu, what makes man always
give a woman a diamond engagement
ring?
Weekly.
Unfortunate Complaint.
Tommy-Maw, don't git enough but
ter for my bread.
Mrs. Figg-All right. LII give you less
bread.-IndianapoiiE Journal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-09
CHAMBER SUITS At COST.

We're always glad to give yea The bene-
fit of our Credit SYSTEM of Easy Pay
nent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-08
Cared of .Blood Poison After Fifty
Two Doctors Failed

Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga:
Gentlemen:-In 1872 a small pimple
broke out ON my leg. 1t began eating
and in four months l was treated by a
physician Of Talladega County, Ala,
where / lived eighteen years. He re-
lieved it for a short while. In six weeks
1T broke out again in both legs, also on
my shoulder. Two small bones were
taken nut 1t continued until 1876. In
this time 1 a twelve different physi-
clans. They told me the only remedy
was amputation; that it could never be
cured. For six months 1 could not walk
a step. I went to Mineral Wells, Tex,
spent $500; came home: went to Hot
Springs, Ark, staid nine months-all
failed to cure me. In 1887 1 came bach
to Birmingham, Ala. / was advised to
write you, which L did. You wrote me
that B. B. b. would cur me, and l
could get the medicine from b &
Morrow, Druggists, of u city. l
bought ten bottles and before L had
finished my fifth bottle my legs began
to heal, and in less than two months
1 was sound and well. That has been
nearly W. years ago, and no sign of
it's return yet. I have spent in cash
over $500. 90, and B. y. B. done the
work that all the rest failed to do. You
have my permission to publish this.
have Travelled so much trying to get
well thai my cure is well known. Fiji
ty-two doctors have treated me in the
last II years. All they did was TO take
what money l had, and done me no
good. / am now a well man.-Prof. G.
H. Ranger, Shady Dale, Ga.
For sale by druggists Price 800 per
large bottle. -
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-08
Spanish Officials Admit it " al Ex5er
nal Explosion
(Ro1fimnro Sim

Havana, March 2.-General BlaEco
today announces that a Span sh board
of inquiry will Immediately b appoint
ed to investigate the Maine :xplosion.
This board will act along lines laid
down at Madrid, and it is understood,
will he ready to report after a few sit
tings. No doubt, it is intended, to off
set the effect of the finding of the
American board.
The palace officials, who last week
inspired the report that the American
board of inquiry wOuld surely ascribe
the explosion to an accident, have
changed their course, and now declare
that the Maine was destroyed by an ex-
plosiOn from outside, and that there is
no way of holding the Spanish govern
ment responsible. Tt is believed here
that the Spanish inquiry will attempt
merely to establish that.
Captain Sigsbea continues to refuse
to discuss anything connected with the
disaster, III it is known he believes
the of inquiry are ready to report
as soon as convenient for the admins
tration ITO receive the finding. Were
this not the case he does not believe
permission would W. been given for
Spanish divers to m work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-08
Chances OF Leasing tho Atlantic ard
North Caroiium Railway
Especial to The Messenrer.)

special 10 Ina MCSSenEer.D
Raleigh. y. c., March 3.-The state
ment can o be made that " at its
next meeting the railway commission
decides to revoke its order reducing
make the lease OF the Atlantic and
North Carolina railway to the South
ern. h governor desires that order
revoked. Some persons close to him
say the railways have made such n
strong showing in their exceptions To
the order that the commission will have
ample grounds for revocation.
James Pearsall. OF Dunn. offers his
ervlce to the governor To raise an
infantry company in case there BE- wal
with Spain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-08

Fftzhugh Lee as consul general at Ha-
bana illustrates the fundamental princi-
pie of civil service reform, which IL to
"ind the right man for the place AMI
keep him there" General Lee is a dem
ocrat, n southerner. and was a hard
fighter or the southern side. He was Sc
lected for his present place by n demo-
cratic president on grounds OF fitness
alone. He quickly demonstrated his pc
cuiiar qualifications for its difficult duties
courage, intelligence, a cool head. a de-
termined patriotism. a winning manner.
and an unvarying discretion. When n
republican president came in and found
this delicate and difficult post so adj
mirably filled by a man OF opposite poll
tiles, he wisely requested him to remain.
"as a personal favor to the president"
Everybody Is not only satisfied but
greatly pleased with the result. Why?
Because there was difficult work 10 DO.
for which this man has peculiar and emil
nent fitness. and his politics does not ar
feet that fitness. even in the rcrnot-st de-
gree.-New York World.