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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17

Mr.. A. Thomas Bradley, aged 81 years, Il
prosperous and well-known merchant OF Cler-
mont Mills, died suddenly on Thursday morn
ing. He wss in apparent good health on We'd
nesday. and in the afternoon WAS out
shoveling Snow. His death is supposed to be
caused by heart failure Tie deceased leaves
a widow, who was Miss Macatee, and three
small children, two boys and one girl.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17

George W. Watt. of South Gardner. Me-.
says: Il have had the worst cough, cold, chills
and grip and have taken lots of trash of no ac-
Cough Remedy is the only thing that has done
any GOOD whatever. l have used one so cent
bottle and the chils. cold and grip have all left
me. l congratulate the manufacturers of an
honest medicine" For Sale by John S. Richard
son, Jr., Druggist, Bel Air, Nd,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17
Havre de Grace Whist Club Meeting.


The last OF those enjoyable card parties,
which have been given from time to time by
| the members of the club, this winter, came off
| on Thursday evening, ut the beautiful home Of
Mr.. z. l.. Hopper. 1t was in the form of d,
''special' and given il homer of the lady
members. The affair was one of the hand
soonest given this season, and thoroughly ell
joyed by all those present. Mr.. Hopper's
home is one Of the finest in the city for having
| such large party, and with its many floral
decorations and bright lights, the scene was
one Of beauty. The dining room decorations
were especially attractive, the centre piece
being large cluster Of BRIDES roses and
smilaX. The game OF euchre was a well con-
tested one, the prizes being awarded Miss
Grace Whitaker and Mrs. G.. &. Pusey, In q
very neat speech by Mr.. Hopper. A delight
full supper was served at IL so, after which
dancing was enjoyed until late hour. The
event will be long remembered by the members
Of the Thursday night Whist Club, as being
one of the most attractive affairs of the season.
During the evening Miss Sophia Hall and Mrs.
King rendered some charming music. The
Club had the pleasure Of entertaining MIR
Clarence Brown, who is one of Batimore's
most popular young men. After Lent the
club will resume the games. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs
G. e. Pussy, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. King, Misses
Whitaker, Misses Lyon, Misses Hall, Misses
Elsie Pennirg, Juliette Knight, Bessie Hop
kins and Lottie Darlington, Messrs. P. l..
Hopper, W. E. and j. 7. e. KenIy, j. w.
O'Neill, Thomas Hopkins, Murray Lyon and
Clarence Brown, of Baltimore.-Iiarc de
Grace Republican.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17

Edward White, tweuty-three years of age,
i'd his left foot badly crushed ON Wednesday
night while ndeavoring TO board a train at
Havre de Grace. He was attended by DR.. r.
II. Smith, If that place, and was removed af-
terward to the baltimore City Hospital.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17
Attention

Anumber OF sales Of personal and real prop
erty have been advertised in our columns this
week which have been necessarily postponed
on account Of the storm. Watch The .EgiS for
further notice.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17
Lecture ..

A le 7ture under the auspices OF The Bel Air
Chapter of Epworth League will he delivered
i'll the Bel Air NJ. +. Church on Friday evening,
February 18th, 1899. at T.3O O'Clock, by the
Rev. Charles f. Guthrie, of Baltimore city.
Subject, People WeNevcr Meet" No admis-
sion will be charged, but silver offering will
be taken at the close of the lecture.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17
Sale pOSlDDncl.

The sale OF Miss Hannah j. Morrison, which
was to have taken place on Wednesday last,
has been postponed, on sccouut of the impos-
sible condition of the roads, until Wednesday,
March LIST, at 10 o'clock A. N.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17
Election of Officers,

At the annual meeting of the Aberdeen Fire
Department Band, held last week, the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing year
President, j. A. Swiugley; treasurer, Z. T.
Baker; Secretary, George E. Prtchaid; leader.
Aquila X. Baldwin; instructor, Prof. j. w
l1fIprty of baltimore
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17

A Reminder of lie PHAf.

On page 81 of the old Test book, which was
referred TO in The Hgis of December l6, 1895
will be found the oath taken By the attorneys
who prGcticed before the Court in the early
part of his century. Among them are names
of State and National celebrity. The list is as
follows:
Israel Maulsby, Attorney of Hartford coun-
| t,rll
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MARION ANDERSON,
Notice of Dissolution.

The Partnership heretofore existing between
the undersgn ed, trading vs. Mich ael & Malcolm,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All
accounts due the firm. as well as those due by
it are payable to and will be settled by the I'M
dersigned, Mary E. Malcolm, who will continue
the business heretofore conducted nv the finn.
HONORA b. MICHAEL,
MARY E. MALCOLM,
Peruvian, Md, Feb. LIST, 1899.
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For La Grippe.

Thomas Whitfield & Co., $40 Wabash av.,
corner Jackson St, one of Chicagos oldest and
most prominent druggists, recommend Cham
berlaine's Cough Remedy for IN grippe as it
not only gives prompt and complete relief
but also counteracts any tendency of Ia grippe
II result in pneumonia. For lie by John s..
Richardson, Druggist, Bel Air, Nd.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17

Two Horses, well matched and good drivers
and years old, took the premium mt the last
County Fair; Bay Mare, 6 years old, a good
worker and driver; 1 Nfck-Ot The W Gods
Horse, sgood worker and dryer. and good
leader; Sherman Morgan Mare, Jersey Cow,
old, first class stock. with Calf by her side; 8
Jersey Heifers, to be fresh in April and In
August, ] Bull, . years old in August. good
/ fine young Boar; 1 two-horse Wagon, two
horse Spring Wagon, 1 Carriage, Ox-Cart
and Yoke, l Hay Carriage, Sleigh, lot of Iron
Ayles of all sizes, or . sets of Wagon Springs,
] Cider MILL to run by Horse. Power; 1 large
Meat Cask, lot of Cider Barrels, lot of prime
vinegar. y years old, by gal; Coal Oil Tank,
Road Cart, l set of heavy Breechband Harness,
set of single Harness nearly new; good
Buggy, lot OF Collars, Brides, ETC., lot of old
Iron, lot of Boxes and Barrels, lot of Chains,
two horse Road Scraper, Fence Wire, lot
Shingles,
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Public Sale.

The undersigned, Intending to diIit FARMING
will sell dt Public Ehcti0n, on the Old PhcIns
Farm, NEAR Joppd. " 'P'
On "Wednesday, February 2o, 1919.
AT 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, the following PERSONAL
PROPERTY:
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE-That the sub.
i scribcr has obtained from the Register OF
Willis of Hartford county, Nd, Letters Tesla.
mentary on the estate or
MARION ANDERSON,
late of Hartford county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are hereby
notified TO exhibit the same with the Legal
vouchers thereof,
On or Before the 9Th day of February, L 9O0,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to make
Immediate payment.
Given under nv hand and seal this 9th day
of February, 1899.
CAROLINE b. ANDERSON.
EXecQtriX.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17
MASS or wRECKAGE BELOW

1t is impossible to gaze at the remains CT the
i'l-tated engine and car, which went over and
realize how shy being went down with them
and escaped alive. Il photograph of the wreck
might easily pass for picture of the Maine
after she was blown up in Havana Halbor.
To Il laymau it seems that no portion of the
wreck would be worth saving, and even to get
the rema ming engine, No. 6,bacll on Tie tracks
again will be a task of great oiiliculty, as the
treStle is badly broken at TIE place of the acct
dent
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TERMS OF SALE

All sums of $40 and under cash; on sums
over that amount credit of months will be
given, purchasers giving their notes, with Sc
curity approved by the auctioneer, bearing in
tcrest from the day of sale, and payable at
the Hartford National Bank OF Rel Air.
eR Everything to be sold without regard to
price, to close out bill Of sale.
]. s. RICHARDSON,
Auctioneer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17
Public Sale
PERSONAL PROPERTY.

The under. igncd will sell ut Public Sale, OH
the farm of Richard j. Deaver, on the road
from p lesville, to The Rookie, near McComas'
Shop,
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Ono pair of Iron Gray Horses, well matched
weigh 300, work anywhere, up-headcd ard
good walkers; Sherman Morgan Mare, years
old well broken; ! good farm Mare. ! Bay
Mule, > years old. well br0k II; 3 young Cows,
will ne fresh by day of sale: Heifers, will be
fresh in April; Heifcr, year old; 2 Bulls, l
one year old, l eighteen months old. All this
stock hay been care ully selected from Jersey
Herds uf the Ncighborhood. Two Chester
Sows. one will farrow in March, other in May;
% Shotts, from 10 weeks to months old, Po-
land China and Chester; 5 Dozen Hens, Ply
mouth Rock; Columbia 30 hundred Wagon,
run / Syitson; . Too Buggi, 5, in good running
order; l Double Cultivatnr, 2 Single Culiiya-
tors. No. 20 Oliver Chilled Plow, Harrow, /
Roller. Horse Rake. Champion. used l season;
Champion Mower, 2 sets Breechen Harness,
set Lead Harness. 2 sets Pow Harness. 2 sets
Single Harness, pair Double Lines, 3 Collars,
Brides. Halters, Corn by the barrel, Hay by
ton. % bushels wheat, 80 bushels Potatoes,
half interest in II acres OF Wheat in grou d.
TERMS OF SALE.
All sums of $40 anG under cash on day of
sale; on sums over that amount Il credit of 8
months will be gwen, purchasers giving their
notes. with security approved by tine auction
eer, bearing interest from day of sale.
MICHAEL L. DOYLE.
J. S. Richardson, Auctioneer.
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e - ~
One pair large Brown Mules, No. 1 workers:
large Bay Hnrse, IL years old, sound and n
good work animal; Black Horse, years old,
work in all harness; Black Mare, years old,
sired by PtBoy, 4 fine road mare; Black
Mare, Z years old. sired by Ross Winans,
fearless and safe for a lady to drive; Black
Mare, ~ years OLD good driver; Sorre Colt,
Thorndaie Idol: 2 Sidebar Top BuYgies, nearly
new; Ell pric Spring Top Buggy, no-top
Buggy. Blackboard, Speeding Cart, Dear
horn Wagon, light BUGGY Pole, four-horse
Iron Axle Wagon, two-horse Wagon, Horse
Cart. Johnson Binder. Empire Drill, ! Os-
borne Moving Machine, 1 Horse Rake, 2
Spring Tooth Harrows, l Spike-Tooth Harrow,
Syracuse Flows, | one-horse Plow, Double
Workers, 8 Single Workers, Priest Clipping
Machine, Hand Cider Press, Can Rack and
Body, Hay Carriage, 200 Tomato Boxes,
of Breechband Harness, sets of Lead Harness,
sets of Piow Harness, set of light Double
Harness. with Breast-StraD Collars sets OF
Single Harness. A HOUSINGS, 6 Collars Brifles,
Pads. Plow Lines, Halters, Single and Double
sprcaders, Single Trees, also many other arti-
Giles.
TERMS OF SALE.
All sums of SIS dollars and under cash on
day of sale; on sums over that amount a credit
of months will be given. purchasers giving
their notes, bearing interest, with approved Sc
curity.
No goods removed until settled for.
C. ARTHUR WILKINSON.
]. S. Richardson, Auctioneer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-22

sounding Ene Is piano wire, and has
ssxfy-pound sinker on the end or IL The
sire II wound on "A reel. each turn OF
which registers one fathom, while a DIAL
keerss record Of the number of turns,
ssaie showing the tension ard indicating
the moment when the ssuker reaches the
bottom Whea this happens a valve In the
betto-Yl Of the stnker is forced up. and it's
interior Is filled with soil. ~ the same
time an automatic Thermometer takes the
temperature Of The water. undue heat OF
whtch would indicate volcanic conditions.
When this work has bcen finished the ex-
perts Of the hyirogrs phic office in WASH
ingbo,s Will make profile map hundreds Of
teet IN length ard drawn exactly TO scale.
showing The depths a; regular intervals all
across sbe Pacific. II Will be Ike se,-
;sonal view OF the ocean along the whole
route. the water being represented prettily
IN biUe an3 the battosn in brown. That
Part of TIE track which extends from San
Francisco % Honoiuiu has already been
mapped in this profile fashion. and II makes
= very interesting panorama picture Look
ing along Il one sees thar AZ a distance Of
nfteen Mites from the California cost the
depth IS a nile ana 81 half ana from that
pol8t on the opsson shelves gradually uniii
taa liooT - tse sea. a little less than three
miles below the surface. Is reached 20
miles oGt. This Is a vast level plain, hSlls
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siderea that the cost OF the proposed trans
Pacific telegraph iina Viii be very little
over 81 0nooao. IL seems astonishing that
one such should not have been laid long
ago. Twenty-Five years ago. when the
question was ag!tated. the Tuscarora sur
veyed three routes. One Of these followed
q great circle Of the earth from the Strait
Of Fuoa 10 Yokohama the second WAS
from San Diego. Cal, TO Honolulu, thence
TO the BONN islands south Of japan, aud
10 Yokohama: the third was via Honolulu
10 fiji. New Zealand and Australia Tn
fortunately none of the lines thus explored
followed the track now proposed. even ap-
pToxirusteiy.
Once established. it Will be no great ex-
penSe 10 maintain t.fa cable acrpes the Pa
cifc. Breaks are rare, and usually are
very small: the wire rope, errhs aded IN
the o0ze OK the depths. Will last for GEN.
turtles. Marine animals are not disposed 70
interiors with such contrfvancezs. though
cables have been bitten by sharks and cat
by swordfisaes. one break In trans
Atlantic wire was CAUSED by a whale.
which got entaDg,ed IN e. When the line
81 completed Il will be practicable TO send
a message around the world in three Sec
ends. The plan contemplated - that. when
finished. the cable shall Do handed over
to the poetoffsce department. To be operated
as part Of the posta! service. All net pro-
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|, THE ARGENTINE WOOL MARKET as%


do so, and there is 70 reason why the
United States should not. l represent
one English firm which gives 81 days
credit after the receipt Of the goods. The
German firms do the same The current
interest rates On money in the Argentine
are from TO z per cent and the peo-
pie like 10 use their money as long as
they can"
II Il aue to actions like those men
toned by my commercial friend and to
our general ignorance Of the Argentine
that Ne only get a smell OF It's trade.
tJssr share % i, today Is less than per
cent, and the trade amounts to more
than $40 .ve 90 a year. We allow Great
Britain. Germany. France and England
to have the lions share Of the business.
paying out annually siyo.01o more than
we receive. During the first quarter OF
the year there was a slight increase in
the general volume of trade. but this
pas caused by the increase In the ex-
ports from the Argentine TO the United
States and not by the increase Of the
goods We sent there.
Oar ignorance OF the Argentine and It's
possibilities liz astounding. There are
many people IN the United States who
do not knox where the Argentine Is.
Some think it Is part Of Brazil Not
Song ago United States district attor-
ney in a celebrated case described how
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that the tops Of them are exposed above
the surface. Other mountains. submerged.
may be found along the track from, Homo
lulu to I.uzcn, bait that reuaairss 10 be as
certasned. After leaving Hawaii the cable
viii quickly sink again TO the normal floor
81 the sra, over watch 1t viii pass excep.
when the nadghhorhood OF the Caroiises
or the Iadrones r. approached when the
water becomes more shallow. This group
is merely an outcrop OF high elevations in
marine regions where. through geological
causes not worth discussing here, areas OF
the bottom havs been upiifsed,
From such occasional soun1ings as aave
been made, Il wos;ld appear that the ocean
bottom from Honolulu 10 Wake island,
from there 10 Guam. and from the La
dr0ne-s TO Lazon IS pretty much the same
as IL Is everywhere else. having "a normal
aeoth OF two and a half ia three miles.
There Is no reason 20 suppose that any
very deep holes exist, each as are found
in the Caribbean sra anst 10 the eastward
of Japan The bottom all along the route
Is doubtless Of the familiar ooze which
covers nearly al ot the ocean floor, gray
ish usually sometimes greesrsh, and varied
occa stonsiiy with patches OF red or choco-
late-eoiornd Gays The oozc referred to =
q mixture % Anely-dlyided mud and the
shells OF t!ny animals. mostly fo-uanifeya,
which I've during their lifetime near The
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Laying a Cable to Manila.
II VIII Require over 1000 Miles of Wire Rope. Costing
Nearly ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Features of the
Preliminary Sprvey--How the Oceans
Bottom Is Examined.

oc~an. bringing two continents Into close
scurh and communication. VII sse Ia inches
H. diameter. and WILL weigh ton and
quarter ~ tie mite. Tia central coTe VIII
30 bundle 81 twisted copper wires, sur
rounded Win an envelope - guftA gserch1-
This will ne wound wish hemp. ard finally
w5sh an outer coas SE Sscl ~lre. The bah
introduced Ia sAe hoGse by Mr.. CoriiS, ~
Michigan requires tAat the cable shall
transmit ~ leass fifteen worss minute. AZ
nes more shan 81 a sogd. press matter 20
Is AZ haH rates
AZ present Il telegram scut from Manila
to Sssstsie usszs 40 ~ way cf NaagScag.
srosm1d Asia. @srsxS Europe. ansa un1sr
shs Atlantic iaeeo miles under water ana
s,an tssies overland TIE cse3es belgs corz-
trolsri hy n monopoly. snA price Is shs4t
p Wss6 Tfsia monopoly wTi} oe STE sssaet
~ the rev srarss- Pacific iine, WHOA VII se
uf great service n CGlaessa merchants a.
ssysnssea ports AZ OF thas@ sog3s q
coarse, VIII - connected wt3A the AFners-
can e1re. snd Ersyisa nsevcaas.tS ~ hsas-
land aEil 3ctsAtes sEss Il largely gysgeTsagge
hssrx flashed Ftcm lasnssou % aesnn 4 aax
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have a great share OF the iron trade OF
South America. We have the cheapest
coal and the cheapest iron OF the world
and can make hardware ana Al sor.s of
iron manufactures cheaper than any 9TH
er country. We are now exporting steel
10 Europe and Asia and We should regard
the enormous market Of South America
NO one Who has not been south of the
equator on tais hemisphere can realize
the extent OF the trade in galvanized iron.
For Zoo miles along the western coast
OF South America there Is not enough
wood TO supply Chicago with matches.
Every stick Of building timber that is
used comes from the United States, and
even as far down as Punta Arenas on the
Strait OF Magellan you Will find pine tim
Der from Oregon and Maine. The same
Is true OF the Argentine. This vast ex-
tent OF country Is therefore one of the
worlds greatest customers for galvan-
lied iron
You see 1t everywhere in the nitrate
fields OF Chile. There are iron huts ii
the Andes, iron warehouses on the PAM
pas OF Patagonia and there is row OF
iron stores running clear around the
lower part OF South America. The iron
Is brought by the steamer load from Eau
rope and is sod in bundles OF sheets by
the kilogram. or about two and one-drth
pounds. Great Britain gets the most OF
the trade. II furnishes so times as much
iron as we do. and even little Belgium
has four times as mach Of such trade. In
galvanized iron piping we sell about 10
Kilograms TO the Argentine annually,
while Great Britain sells more than a
million. An equally large proportion ex-
ISIS TO crude iron. ard Il is the same
in most kinds OF iron trade. We lead I'm
p!ows. corn shelters and reapers and now
ers, but Great Britain sells more thrash
ing machines. and the trade OF Belgium
In galvanized wire for this market is
Eve times as great as ours. Americans
have a reputation FOR making good things
though everyone says their stuff is, as a
rule, TOO high priced.
Our Coal In south Americta-
The United States ought to furnish q
share OF South Americas coal There is
little good coal on the continent, and
especially on the east side Of II. At pres
ent Great Britain sends SO 0oo. 900 worth
OF coal every year to the Argentine Re-
paab!ic. Uruguay and Brazil. It ships its
coal up the Amazon 400 miles and Sup
plies the southern coasts OF the Carih-
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ship could go from New York to 'Ro-
sario in the province OF Uruguay. Bra
xii." and another man recently wrote to
a firm in Buenos Ayres, asking If IL
would help person 10 De able 10 speak
Spanish if he wished TO make 8 start
there. When II Is remembered that Span
ssh is the universal language OF the Ar
gentine the fooilshness Of the latter Ques-
ton will be appreciated
Another piece OF ignorance was that OF
a commercial. Traveller who came to Bue-
nos Ayres from Philadelphia 10 sell fene-
ing wire. He called upon Mr.. ID. W.
Lowe the editor of the Buenos Ayres
Herald. and informed him that he had
come 20 the Argentine 10 introduce the
barbed wire fence. Mr.. Lowe replied:
why man, there Is as much harbed
wire here as there is in the United States.
Their are factories II France, Germany
and England which have for years been
living OF this county by making 1t
can show you tons of barbec wire IN the
AGRICULTURAL stores OF Buenos Ayres, and
venture you can buy IT here on six
months credit at 4 lower price than You
expect to- sell II at wholesale for cash"
That commercial, traveller left for home
on the next steamer
Barbed Wire and Galvanized Roof
ing.
And stiil the United States ought to