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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08
I .trsr1rI4RLE IYNorArroN

The bow who gets up the war bulie-
tins was working with a speed which
showed that he realized an eager pub
lie was awaiting on his efforts. He
felt his responsibilities. The charac-
ters went upon the paper with swift
ness under his practiced hands and
every now and then he drew back and
contemplated his work with the pride
of the artist. Presently the man of
carpiug tendencies passed. A sneer
came upon his countenance, and the
boy anticipated the criticism which
was obviously under way with the in
quiry:
"WelI, what's the matter with it ~
Look ut the spelling"
ITS according to COPY
"But the work Spain See how
YOU have divided it ! Spa at the end
Of one line, and then on the next in
Do you think that such a breach Of
the first principles of English will be
tolerated ? DO you think the public
is going 10 endure your efforts to make
il undergo two vocal spasms where
the word is legitiInately monosylia-
leH'
The boy gazed at his work for mo-
meur or two and then stolidly pro-
ceeGed with his stamping.
Aren't you going to change itE"
NO, I'm not
But its paipably wrong
Not these days. The way things
are going now, you're liable to find
pieces of Spain scattered around any
where"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08
POPPING THE CUSTOM

! Mr. SmithsOn wished TO take Miss
| BrOWn!y to the opera. He had been
on terms of intimacy with the family
! for about five years, but never SPOKE
of love; on the contrary, he had fire.
| quently declared his intention of lead
| ing .. bachelors life. One morning he
put his hand to the bell handle and
| was Omitted.
"Oh, James," exclaimed Miss Jane,
where have you kept yourself SO
long,
This took Smithson a little aback,
| for he had spent the preceding even
ing with the family. Before he could
answer, however, James brothers and
sisters eight or ten i'll number) had
gathered about him. Summoning all
his courage, he said:
Il have come TO ask you"
Not here James-not-now-o
That IS, stammered Smithson, ''if
you re not engaged"
"Oh. oh. water quick"
Whats that" inquiries her father.
who says she's engaged?"
y didn't mean said Smithson in
confusion.
"Of course not" continued Mr..
BrOwnly, you've always been our
faVnrite -
Then advancing and taking poor
Smitusou hand, he said
Take her, she's a good girl, and
loves you TO distraction. May you be
as happy as the day is long,
Whsreupon father, mother and chill
dreu crowded upon Smithson and
wished him joy, and company com
ing in at the moment, the affair was
told to them as Il profound secret. So
Smtllson got "a wife without popping
the question, and almost before he
knew it hiruself. But We cannot help
thinking he was hurried into matri-
mOny
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08
VOL. XLIII---NO 26
SHE HAS A GOOD WIFE.

Jones was well aware that his wife
wa IN the habit of rifling his Dock :
while he slept but, like a wise man. he
! kept silence on the subject. one
night, however, he awoke and caught
! her IL the act
| 'Ha.' he exclaimed, What are YOU
| doing, nay dear"
! The lady started, her cheeks flush
ed, the pantaloons dropped from her
grasp, and she was about to make a
full confession when n bright idea
entered her head. Recovering her
mposUrn she said:
II was looking 70 see whether your
paDtaloGns needed any buttons.'
'Ihey do, they do. my dear" he
exclaimed, springing from bed, need
eG EN- for weeks, months, and |
wondered why you didn't sew 'em on;
but | waited. for | was sure YOU would
get 70 il some tine. And how kind
OF you TO get out of bed at this time
of nigGS to attend to 'em Say what
You will there is nothing in the world
like good wife. Let me turn up the
gas "a little, SOS you'll have all the
light YOU want in sewing them on.
Got your needle and thread and the
buttons No? Well, tell me where
they are and I'll get them for you"
Mrs. Jones proceeded to sew on the
buttons, while her husband sat on
the side Of the bed and encouraged
her with words of praise for her wifely
care and thought for him, occasional
ly remarkipg that go where he would
he would always say there was moth
ing in the world like good wife.
Then he went to the wardrobe and
rcught out several pairs of trousers,
a coat. two vests and number of
shirts, from all of which buttons were
missing, and cheerily observed:
while we're at it we'll make Il
night OF it,
Two hours later, when Mrs. Jones,
with a weary sigh, removed the thin.
bic from her finger, Mr.. Jones patted
her on the cheek and said:
Il say it again, my dear, say it
again, that wherever | go | will make
it known, proclaim it from the house
tops, that wife who gets up in the
middle of the night to sew buttons on
her husbands clothes is a priceless
treasure, crown to that husband
ard an ornament TO her SEX"
Then Mr.. Jones, chuckling to him
self, lay calmly down and slept the
sleep OF the. Just.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08
ACME OF INCOMPETENCE.

Mrs. Hiram Constant usually had
two servants. Perhaps it would be
better to state that Mrs. Hiram Con-
slant usually thought she had two
servants for when she left home and
servants she never knew how many
would be there when she returned.
There might be two servants and the
linen and the spoons, or there might
be one servant, part of the linen and
some of the spoons.
When at home Mrs. Hiram Constant
knew she had two servants. They
kept her busy days, and nights she
lay awake evolving plans of campaign
for the subiugation of Ireland. Ger
many, Sweden or Darkest Africa.
She talked about her servants almost
constantly. \ spinster friend once re-
proved her for this.
why don't you talk of other thingst
You would have other subjects to
talk about if you would only study
and improve yourself"
''Study and improve" echoed Mrs.
Hiram Constant. Il have to spend
all my time studying and improving
nv servantt"'
The other day Mrs. Hiram Constant
discharged her seventeenth cook, and
was naturally full of the subject. No
II. according to Mrs. C's story, was
the very worst that ever happened.
Wasn't she competent?' asked q
friend.
Competent" cried the long-sutfer
ing matron. WAS she competent?
Why, my dear Mrs. Virgins, she
couldn't even boil wa ter without
burning it"'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08
T4RIETIES.
He who can suppress a moment
anger may prevent days Of sorrow.
After man is thirty he suffers

He who can suppress moments
| anger may prevent days Of sorrow.
After man is thirty he suffers
less from love than he does from rheu-
matism,
Boil down many mans religion
and it will be found to have nothing
but froth.
The sun gives light to the world,
and yet a comet will often attract the
most attention.
When love gives it enriches itself,
but when covetousness keeps it takes
from itself.
Before Jesus told any man to love
his neighbor as himself he showed
him how.
Failure is impossible when God
helps, and God always helps when We
take his way.
If you would keep the wrinkles
out of your face, keep sunshine in
your heart.
To the man who seeks God first,
seeking fortune will be means OF
Grace.
The size of Il mans bank account
| has nothing to do with his finest for
heaven.
What bad man hates the devil
hates.
From the standpoint of the bull
| dog, this is a very quarrelsome world.
There is nothing like faith in God
for taking the bitterness out of life.
Follow Jesus closely and it will
| be we'll with the man who follows
you.
Prove that Moses made no mis-
takes and you prove that he was not
a man.
Has not God always been good to
| us? Then why not believe he always
will?
The twenty-third psalm is filled
with food for both the lamb and the
warrior.
A cheerful gift is always large
gift, because nothing small can be
given to God.
People usually pick out their own
temptations.
Ignorance isn't Ignorance, but
they are near relations.
The thing that makes you glad
shows your character.
When men begin drinking they gen
orally stop thinking.
Looking difficulty square in the
face will often kill it dead.
Most of us would help the Lord
more, if we would smile more.
| All careers are desirable for men
who know now to make them so.
No prayermeeting was ever killed
by the prayers being too short.
| The successful man always sticks
| to one thing until he gets there.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08

snatch what slumber | could. So
placing my valise close &c the head
of my bed, and barricading the lock,
less door with two chairs, | extin,
guished the light and lay down.
| At first l was very wakefui, but
gradually a soft drowsiness seemed to
steal over Inc like misty mantle, un.
til, all of a sudden, some startling
electric thrill coursed through INV
veins, and l sat up, excited and
trembling.
a luminous softness seemed to glow
through the room-no light of the
! moon or the stars was ever so Dene-
/ trating-and by the little window |
saw Alice, my wife, dressed il floating
garments of white, with her long,
golden hair knotted back by blue
| ribbon. Apparently she was beckon-
| ing to HE with outstretched hands,
and eyes full of wild, anxious tender
ness.
spraDg to my feet aud rushed to-
ward her, but as | reached the win
! dow the fair apparition seemed to
vanish into the stormy darkness, and
| was left alone. At the self-same in
slant the sharp report of q pistol
| sounded-I could see the Jagged
stream of fire above the pillow straight
through the very spot where ten
minutes since my head had lain.
With an instantaneous realization
of my danger swung myself over the
edge of the window, jumping some
eight or ten feet into tangled bushes
below. and as | crouched there recov-
ering my breath heard the tramp of
footsteps into my room.
HslS ha Hnol.fi arial N 1-niaa M
ladder-the smooth, deceitful voice
of the woman with the half closed
eyes.
"Of course he is" growled voice
back; that charge would have killed
ten men. A light there, quick; and
tell Tom TO be ready"
a cold, agonized shudder ran
through Inc. What den of midnight
murderers had fallen into! And how
fearfnlly narrow had been my es-
capeI
With the speed that only mortal
terror and deadly peril can give, l
rushed through the woods, now illum-
mated by faint glimmer of starlight.
know not what impulse guided my
footsteps-I shall never know how
many times | crossed my own track,
or how close | stood 20 the brink of
tho dna div "a vino hut n T,arciful prov,
i1ence ancomnaSsod mo yyitb o o,,1id
inc and nrotartin@ .ara for ban tbo
mornino dawned Nth faint rod barS
Of orient Iight aoainst the Storm
eastern sl,v was close IN tbe biob-
road some sever miIes from Rs
Rnt the strannest n1rt of NV etorv
is ~ ~ co,ua S;oino thraa 81,
snb,ronnntiv ! racaivad a Letter from
nv .israr who was wifi Alice in ber
E1gIi,h home-a Letter whose in+aiIi.
upure lill41 me with surnrise
~ mn.riaiI Won ,ornathirc, worry
very ,1r.ru,. - u~n+, INV si.5,r ths+
banueu.a or, the. ui,.;,r or rne inn of
October "AlirA hid ,.ot been we'll
for some fj,u,. in faci she htd beer
confined 10 her led ror,,a.rIv . weak
and was siftino beside ber rsadinr
II was lateE+he clock l2aJ inst strnck
one-when ali eft once she seemed to
faint away. growing white aud reid
as a c0rrs. FASTENED focal assist
apce. but all our efforts to restore ami
NATION were i'm vain. | was inst aSont
sending for the doctor. when her
senses returned "a suddenly as they |
had left her,
ssAlice.''I exclaimed. 'how Won have
terrified us all, Are YOU iIl?'i
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08
POORER THAN HIS HONOR.

Judge Campbell had just heard the
evidence against a young mission
Hoodlum, charged with disturbing
the peace.
- think you're guilty, young man."
declared the Judge. Funds in the
treasury are running low, SO | guess
III have to get in something toward
my salary, As I'm getting hard up.
I'll tine YOU 50.
you've got more money than /
have" pleaded the prisoner.
Bet l haven't. Show up what
you've got, and the Judge emptied
his pockets, which contained just SO
cents in change, on the desk.
The prisoner turned all of his
pockets wrong side out and produced
- cents.
"Nou are worse off than l am" said
the Judge. Fine RENTED. You can
go"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08
SAW A TRAIN FOR THE FIRST
TIME.

\ country boy who was brought up
in remote region of Scotland had oc-
casion to accompany his father to a
village near which a branch line of
railway passes. The morning after
his arrival, when sauntering in the
garden behind the house in which
they were staying, lie beheld with
wondering eyes train go by. For Il
moment he remained staring at it
with astonishment, and then running
into the house, he said: "FaytheF,
fayther, come DOT! There's black
smiddy shop ran off wi a row OF
houses, and it's AVA doom by the back
o. the town"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08
PneticaI.
COL UMBIA THE GEN OF THE oCE4N

COL UMBI4 THE GEN OF THE OCEIN
oh, Columbia, the gem of the ocean.
The home OF the brave and the free,
The shrine of each patriots devotion,
A world offers homage to thee,
Thy mandates make heroes assemble,
When Liberty's form stands in view;
Thy banners make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the red, white and blue,
Tho banners make tyranny Sremble,
When borne by the red, white and blue.
When war wing'd its wide desolation,
And threatened the land to deform,
The ark then of freedoms foundation,
bia, rode safe uhro' the storm:
With the Rarlands of victory around her,
When SO proudly she bore her brave crew,
With her flag proudly floating before her,
The boast of the red, white and blue,
With her flag proudly floating before her,
The boast of the red, white and blue.
The star spangled banner bring hither,
Ger Column bias true sons ct it wave;
May the wreaths they have won never
wither,
Nor its stars cease to shine on the brave.
May the service united ue'er sever,
But hold to their colors so true;
The army and navy forever,
Three cheers for the red, white and blue,
The army and navy forever,
Three cheers for the red, white and blue.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08
JOHN A. YOUNG,
PRACTICAL
Matchmaker and Opdcial

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 ysef, during I'll this time
l have made 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
taces and Eye CLASSES of Gold, Silver, Nickel,
Steel, Rubber or Zylonite frames, and am re-
sponsible myself for all mistakes.
In fitting Lenses to the eye my specially Is in
Myopia, Hyperopia, Presbyopia and Astigma-
tism, which are near-sighted, far-sighted, old
sighted and poor sighted. Nearly all casea of
astigmatism ecu: in children, causing pain in
the ". rubbing of the eyelids, pain above the
eyebrow. .adache, letters running together,
sc. Rave complete set of Instruments and
test cards which use to correct the sight in the
young as well as in the old o. middle-aged
EEL refer to DR.. VIM. S. Richardson, DIR. z.
Hall Richardson, DR.. W. B. Mqnnikhuysen and
DIR. ]. Ward Scott,
JOHN A. YOUNG,
16mh Main Street. Bel Air. Nd.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-08

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The Monticellonian., 1898-09-16
UNDER GEN. LEE.

Ed. Scull, of Pine Bluff, private in Co. L, Ist Tex. writes from lack sonville to the Press-E. as follows
 ''Here we have an ideal eampingground. situated on the banks of the St Johns river. Large oak trees, covered with white moss, furnish Us with grate- full shade, while the ground is high and dry We have an abundance of pure water, furnished by means of pipes from an artesian well in the city The Firitand Second Tex as. the First and Second Louisiana, and the First and Second Ala bama are camped near each other; in fact, We have been together ever since We left Mobile.
 It is just beginning to dawn up-
The Monticellonian., 1898-09-16

that there was often similar dearth of supplies, hospital equip ment, etc. When he visited the hospitals at Montauk Point, Sec tary Alger found the typhoid pa tients lying on the ground in their own filth, and eooly announced that he had sfrequently slept on the ground during the rebellion. sometimes without even blanket. ,
 In the first place, the less Nr. Alger has to sly about his army record the less likely he will be to attract attention to a subject that will prove painful to himself. In the second place, if AIr. AIger and his assistants have not learned any thing about the equipment and eare of an army since IS65, they ought never to have been intrustcd with the direction of a mule train. much less an army of patriots. The entire science of war has been rev olutionized since our previous War. Transportation facilities, methods of communication. military theo- ries and practices and all the ways and means of war have undergone q change for ths better which is one of the most striking examples of the progress, of the century. Everybody knows this except tho Secretary and his staff of polifiea pets.
 No department of modern mil tary science has made greater strides during the last thirty years than the medical service. Methods which were considered the mest improved in lS6s. are now looked upon as little less than barbarou, by civilized nations. If Secretary Alger and his friends have nc bet ter excuse" than this to offer, they are, perhaps, to be pitied but they will none the less be com pelled to pay the whole penalty for their hideous blanders. Ignorance Is no excuse for mansiaughter. National InteIiigenccr.
The Monticellonian., 1898-09-16
[, q; :sa ! ~
An Ordinance Establishing
 Water District No. 1.

WHEREAS, q petition signed by ten or more resident owners of real property in the town of Monticello Drew county, Arkansas. asking that the following territory i'll said town be en- braeed in an improvement district for t Q pur- pose of establishing and maintaining n system of water-works to-wit All Of the blocks abut- ting or contiguous to the street which leads from the artesian well. West, between blocks 92 and g to the publc square; and also all blocks abuttiHg or contiguous to or touching the said public square. The cost of same not to exceed s5, GOO in addition to the sum already expended for said purposes. Il is by the coun- eff of said town ordained that said petition be granted. and that said district. for water-work purposes embracing the said territory, to-wit Blocks i3. II, 5. lG 2l, %, p. D. 26 27 6s 60 TO- T. -. 7s. g2 and 93j be established and that the same shall be known and designated as Water district No one
 K. L. HYATT l. E. HoKR,
 Mayor Recorder.
The Monticellonian., 1898-09-16
Administrat0r's Sale.

Notice is hereby given, that hy virtue Of an order of the Probate Court made at its July term. ls9s I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, on credit of three months, al the Court IIonse door in the town of Monticel- To- on Saturday the sth day Of October. 1898, be- tween the hours of ten O dock in tine forenoon and three o'clock in the afternoon. the follow ing land belonging to the estate of Willis Davis deceased forthe purpose of paying the debts legally pfebatea Aeaiutt ai1 estate ta-#it
 The NE prof the NV gr ot section 2g in township P south of range e West contain ing 10 acres more or less. The purchaser will be required 10 execute note for the purchase money with approved personal security and a lien will also be retained on the lund as uddi- tIonal security fer said purchase money
 sept. 5 9s L B. BROOKS
 Aum'r of Est Wills Davis
The Monticellonian., 1898-09-16
THE MILL.

The new tiouring mill of the Conway Milling Company has started up The test run was made on Tuesday and was en- tirely satisfactory to the own CTS. The directors are persist ent in their claims that it is one of the finest mills in the United States. The entire lot of ma chincry runs as smoothly as a sewing machine Aside from a little trouble with the pump ev- erything has been running nice ly. Only a day force is being worked now, but i'll q short time the mill will run night and day. The company IS buying all the local wheat that comes in and IS shipping ill from the North. The local wheat Is good and brings 65 cents per bushel. Farmers can sell their wheat and buy four or can exchange their wheat for four, bran, etc.-Con- Way Democrat
 The town of Conway is not as large a place as Monticello, and certainly does not possess any peculiar mill advantages over this place. If a Touring mill is a good investment for Conway, one would be paying thing in Monticello. If d few thousand dollars of the surplus capital of our town were put in- TO a frst-class mill plant it would not only be profitable to to the investors, but would be worth q great deal to the sur
The Monticellonian., 1898-09-16
IGNORANCE NO EXCUSE.

Driven to the last ditch in de fense of the terrible condition of affairs which prevails in our fever. stricken and starving army, Seere. tary Alger and other interested par. ties are now hurrying into print with the statement that the suffer ings of our army in this war are nc greater than that of the troops in the late rebellion. They declare that in the late unpleasantness the soldiers were compelled to eat the same kind of food and often suf- fered for lack of that. and
The Monticellonian., 1898-09-16

Two years ago the Populist had nine members in the house, but at the next session of the general as- sembly there will be only one member who has heretofore affiIiat- ed with the third party, and he will put himself down on the ros- ter as Democrat. Two years ago the Pops held the balance of pow CT in the organization of the house, and they boasted of that fact. Next year the Democrats will not ] have 10 consult any member of the third party. The defeat of Bush 1 in Nevada and Russ in White for i the senate was the last straw, and we shall be surprised if the old-lne Popufsts continue under the same name. The dissolution of the Peo- l ple's party is in sight, and unless 3tha=e who composed t desire to go out Of politics they must either af- hliate with one of the two old par ties or start a side show of their own.
 The Republicans hold their own in the honsethis time, having elect ed two members, but they lost rep resentation in the senate entirely. So We find the Democratic forces strengthened rather than weaken ed. twill continue thus for years to come. Arkansas is essentially Democratic, and while there may be occasional defections in the ranks the wanderers always get back home in the end.-L. R. Democrat.
The Monticellonian., 1898-09-16

seen the faPalis' party practically annihiiiafed and witnessed i 45 per cent decrease in the Republi- can vote of the state. They have rolled up majority of 45,ooo for the Democratic state ticket despite the iethargy incident to off years. All this has been done on q free silver platform against straight out gold standard plank in the Re publican state platform. And in November Arkansas wifi show how 'intensely. interested in the cause" it is sending to congress six good Democrats who will stand for free silyer.-Gazette.