The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-01-07

And so on down to the end OF the line.
Then Steve looked up with an angry,
perplexed face, and said retlectively;
~. o. g., Il. Q. B., 7. 0. B.-why,
Miss Evans, there's more L. o. BIS.
than anything else
He looked So very funny that Mrs.
Evans could not help laughing; but
she said soberly enough:
I Whats the way it is, Steve. That's
Just what it comes to. Your L. Q. b.
will soon cost as much as your clothes,
or more. | declare, it's too bad.'
That's just what it is, Mrs. Evans"
said the boy leaping to his feet. ut
is too bad, and I'm going to quit it.
That there account book has cured
me. / can't bear to see them there
Il. O. BIS in there, and III quit
chewing and smoking if it kills lie"
| and he marched out to the kitchen
stove and deposited the remainder of
his Il. Q. b. in the tire-boX.
And that was the end Of it. Steve
never smoked or chewed again, and
| he lived at Mrs. Evans until he was
| % wears of age, when he married and
| became a useful and prosperous man.
FACTS BRIEFLY GIVEN,
A square mile contains $40 acres.
TELESCOPES were invented in 1850.
| EuyeiCpes were first used Ill 1888.
Iron horse shoes were made i'll 4Sl.
Te!ephoneS were invented in 1861.
\ barrel OF flour weighs 1876 pounds.
\ barrel of pork weighs POO pounds.
The first steel pen was made in 1880.
The inst Atlantic cable operated i'll
1853.
Light moves 1872 600 miles q second
| Watches were first constructed i'll
147G.
The first lucirer match was made in
| 1929.
The Chinese invented paper in 40
h. G.
Gold was discovered in California in
1913.
Sound moves at the rate of 143 miles
an hour.
The first steamer crossed the Allan
tic in 1919.
The pianoforte was invented in Italy
about 1910.
The Vatican is the largest residence
building in the world.
Storm clouds move at the rate Of
thirtv-six miles per hour.
A peach io4 inches III circumference
was raised in McMinn county, Tenn,
last season.
Governor Morris was the Trainer of
tAe Constitution of the United States
of America.
Bear head helmets were common
among the American Indians at the
beginning of this century.
In 1856 Richard H., being in finan-
cial distress, pawned his crown and
regalia for "a loan of $4,000.
The rabbit pest in New Zealand be
gan with the Introduction of seven
rabbits into the country about 1860.
Nine hundred and fifty telegraph
submarine cables are now in opera
ton, most OF them in Europe; theil
total length is over $4,000 miles.
4 SANTA CLAUS CALL.
Three or four days ago, while we
, were busy in our sanctum, crittei
named Jim Moss. who halls from Mon
tana. slid in upon us and announced
that he had a Santa Claus gift for oul
stocking. We had scarcely looked VI
: when he opened fire on us, and he
managed to pull trigger five times be
fore we got his gun away and nelpec
} him outdoors. Our inkStand was shat
; tered, the cover of our dictionary bad
! " racl>ed and two bullets lodged il
the Office clock, but no further damage
' was done. Mr.. Moss is hard looking
man, but a poor marksman. We III
] terviewed him in the lookup later il
= the day and found him to be II cross
t eyed mau, which doubtless account
i for his poor luck. He had no parti
5 cular grudge against us, he said, hu
Il wanted TO have little Christmas o
= his own several days in advance o
q anybody else. Next day he was iine'
+ $25 and warned out of town, but H.
l. didn't seem to be bad man at heart
i If he is going to become resident {?
d this Territory he had better have III
e eyes Strengthened or fight with club