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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-12-22
A SUSPICIOUS VISITOR.
Uncle Hiram Wasn't Much Impresse
INV the Relaffonshfu

Uncle Hiram Wasn't Much Impressed
by the Relationship.
GLOW be YEP asked the stranger
cordially, as he stopped his blackboard
In front of the gate.
Uncle Hiram surveyed the outfit sus-
piciously from where he sat on the
farmhouse steps waiting for dinner
and evidently reached his own conclu-
sions as to its nature.
WAL" he replied slowly, II dunno
as need no elixyer O. life er sure cure
fer consumption terday."
81 amt no patent medicine vender.
Pm began the stranger.
"Ner air lghtnin rods q fav'rite in
vestment O. mine." broke in Uncle
Hiram emphatically.
81 tell We I'M Again the stranger
started to explain.
"And 1 got all the books want, got
more readin n can tend ter since tibet
encyclopedyer Teller roped me in" an
neunced Uncle Hiram decidedly.
81 amt no book agent" denied the
stranger earnestly, "Tm"-
'Nuther do l hold by patent plows,
ner cflurns, ner windmills, ner nuth-
in,"s interrupted Uncle Hiram.
Il amt sellin nuthin; I'm sorter .
eounsin O. your'n," announced the
stranger, with desperate rapidly.
Eye be-? Quefied Uncle Hiram doubt
fully.
II be-" affirmed the stranger. my
maw's cousin, Amander Meddergrass,
married O uncle o. your'n, she Harrow
sR"
"Ya-ss, I've hearn tell O sometsiH
like ttset," acknowledged Uncle Hipxm
thoughtfully. "Waal, put yer hoss IN
The barn; thcts good enuff fer dinner,
but sc can't stay all night on 1t. mind
ye."-Aew York World.
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WRITER TO THE OLDEST sPTysTER IN
TOWN.
married TO him, and, if you are, don't
forget to put elastic in the suspenders,
Don't pretend that you think Christ
haas a nuisance and should be abolish
ed. Just get Off the earth yourself.
You never will be missed.
Don't be Jealous of others whose
gifts are more numerous and elegant
than your own. They may owe larger
bills than you do.
Don't send expensive presents to new
friends and acquaintance unless you
are very wealthy.
Don't take your best girl sleigh rid
hg behind team Of colts that are only
nalf broken to harness. A nine mile
walk through the snow yanks all the
romance out of the affair.
Don't tell your sister that you had
Intended to give her much nicer pres
emit. but had found out that the manu-
facturers could not get it finished in
time for Christmas. She may have
heard such stories before.
Don't give your wife S400 seaIskin
IN 81 900 salary.
Don't look box of gift cigars in the
well, in the label.
Don't give your boy drum and then
kick because he is noisy.
Don't idly wish every day were
Christmas because you have had a.
good time. One Christmas a year Is
more than enough for most people.
LEON MEAD.
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"rAKE IT, AND WELCOME" SHE SAID.
lasted from the week before Christmas
to New Years. and the Joung Croft
roads were therefore enjoying their
midwinter vacation.
lack, you and Jim behave your
selves" called their mother from the
kitchen. "And you. 10, quit making
such a noise. And YOU. Cathie and
Matilda, get to your kni ting"
There was a sharp note in Mrs.
Croftroad's tones; but, on the whole.
her "scolding" was not very severe.
Still, to Marion's ears, unaccustomed
to harsh words and equally stranger
to the noisy. rough ways Of her cous-
ms. the scene down stairs In the "liv-
ing rooms" of the house was anything
but pleasant.
mo; 1 won't go down stairs
| thought Marion as the vociferous
shouts broke out afresh. "They would
| only tease me-"
The thought of Christmas coming to-
| morrow did not make Marion happy.
| Last Christmas she had had her own
| sweet mother. What a change this
| from the happy. peaceful home life
| with mamma! The sudden death OF
| her mother in the spring had left hel
| an orphan with no means for her sup
port.
what shall be done with Marion?
| was the question that til" relatives had
discussed all summer. Aunt Patience
l a., ,v;, 81 ot Eryf " A {
if hadn't enough of my own!" sh,
said in her noisily aggressive way. al
she was big and strong, l wouldn'
care so much, for then she could hell
with the hard work and earn her board
and clothes, but she's such spindliDg
delicate little thing and all spoiled will
petting."
Although Marion was little, she wa:
past 10. and she realized. with many
keen pang of grief and humiliation
what 1t was TO be unloved and poe
and homeless when It was finally de
cided that she must either be sent t.
an orphan asylum or go to Uncl'
James In the country. Aunt Patience
yielded. "Oh, we'll" she said. 81 CUES
l one UlOEG III luc Lluliiy "Oh hotSS
much"
Early in the autumn Marion had beel
very i'll with fever. One Of the result
of this sickness was n peculiar tend
ency to fall asleep at odd hours of tn
day. The doctor said that as soon a
she had recovered from the "dregs" o
the disease she would be we'll agai
and that her relatives need not b
alarmed. Marion always felt bette
after these daylight slumbers. whic
brought the roses back to her cheek
and made her feel strong. But tn
habit afforded her cons rs great OF
portunlty for teasing. Cftcn she Won.
awaken on the dining room sofa
find them all laughing Il. her and mai
. ing remarks not at all complimentary
! or kind. In their still more m.schi'
yops moods. the boys. a4d even Cath!
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SOME DoN'TS
FOR CHRIST MAS,

Don't fail to make happy the Christ
mas of some needy persons OF your
acquaintance.
Don't spend more than you can afford
on presents. This is good advice, and
of course you will not take it.
Don't find fault If your presents are
duplicated. and don't tell your friend
you exchanged one duplicate at the
store for something else.
Don't hang up your bicycle stockings
or your watch.
Don't tell children under 10 years Of
age that Santa Claus is n myth. This
dear old fellow is one of the most beau
tiful decisions Of childhood.
Don't urge other people to tell what
they received for Christmas If they
appear reticent. Perhaps they didn't
get anything.
Don't tell some one who has sent you
a gift for Christmas that you will re-
ciprocate on New Years. Just do SO,
If you wish, without announcing it.
Don't despise homemade gifts. Are
| they not the work of loving hearts and
willing hands? P. S.-If your wife
gives you a homemade necktie, this
doesn't go.)
Don't give pictorial primers to girls
who have celebrated their twelfth
birthday. Give them powder puffs in
| stead.
Don't fail to smoke the new pipe
your wife gives you. Do 1t with osten-
tation and use the old sweet brier
| when she's not around.
Don't hint to person that you are
going to give him or her present in
order to prompt that person to obtain
one for yourself.
! Don't try to enter a locked apartment
with a burglars Jimmy in order to de-
post a present in your sweetheart's
silken hose. Her father may keep q
bulldog.
Don't lie awake all night hoping to
see various people steal into your room
and leave packages on your dressing
table. A watched pot never boils.
Don't wonder If the friend you re-
membered last year and who gave you
nothing will do the proper thing this
year,
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LET TIERS TO
SANTA CLAUS,

Each year thousands of children
write letters to Santa Claus and mail
them. In large cities they are handed
to the "blind reader who looks after
difficult, fictitious or erroneous ad-
dresses and are then sent to Santa
Claus-at the dead letter Office, Wash
ington. Many children think Santa
lives in New York, some associate the
saint with the north pole and others
think his proper address Is in Iceland.
1t was no doubt freak of childhood
that to the words north pole" on one
envelope was added Brooklyn" A
New Orleans child addressed his letter
90 "Willie Santa Claus, New Yourk,
La" There are no return requests"
placed in the upper left hand corner Of
the envelopes, which goes to show the
the latter simply cannot fail to reach
Santa Claus. One boy wrote:
Dear Santa Claus-My ma told me to rite to
you. Please bring me gun and a pair Of rubber
boots. II you can't spare them both, plese I'll
take the gun. / don't mind ef l do get my feet
wet JOHN
Plese, want real gun to shoot rabbits for
our dinner. You mite bring ma q red dress. She
looks so tired in black.
Another little boy wrote the follow.
ing:
wish you would kindly send me O nears ark
and cornocopa full of candy; good boy.
A Philadelphia boy wrote this letter
to "Mr. Kriss Kingle, Northland, North
Pole::"
1 am a good little boy and don't get cross SO
please send me a railroad track with trolley car
run by electricity and policeman set and a story
book But what would rather have Is q baby sis
ter than anything else.
For years the dead letter Office In
Washington had an annual visitor In
the person of a rich old man who
would come week or two before
Christmas and get 20 or 80 Of the many
letters addressed to Santa Claus. Hav-
Ing made his selection of the more
modest requests, he would buy the
toys and send them to the children as
coming from their patron saint. Christ
mas came last year and went, but no
one called at the dead letter office for
the letters. The old man was dead.
JOHN R. STRANGE
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a LITTLE surprised too. Looking into the
strange faces, she perceived that both
were kindly and instinctlvely felt that
she was safe.
81 beg your pardon" she said, speak
ing first; "but really do not know how
came here. l was asleep"
"You dear little girlw said Mrs.
Quinette, stroking the shining hair to
assure herself of its reality.
81 wish / had as good title to you
as I have to the sofa," smiled Mr..
Quinette, addressing Marion after a lit
tie more talk and some mutual ex-
plantations. 81 would give you to my
wife for Christmas present"
"Thank you. 1t would be a present
that l would like" smiled the lady.
But" she added, perhaps the little
girls relatives are distracted trying to
find her. Cassius, go right back and
tell them that she's safe and ask them
to let her stay with us until after
Christmas. Wouldn't you like to stay,
dear"
Eyes. Thank you for inviting me-"
answered Marion. She felt little
thrill at being called dear" Since
mammals death no one had called her
that. Marion was enchanted with the
beauty of the place. In the dining
room were birds and flowers and q
sideboard full of glittering things. The
parlor was marvel Of elegance, but
the object that interested Marion most
was the piano. 81 wish could play"
she said.
81 should love to teach you" said
Mrs. Quinette, who was fine perform.
er herself.
Meanwhile Mr.. Quinette arrived at
the home of the Croftroads, bringing
his strange piece of intelligence. Yes;
they had missed Marion, but they were
not very uneasy as yet. He was
shrewd man, this Mr.. Quinette. almost
as good n judge of people as he was of
old furniture, and he had not talked
with the Croftroads very long until he
saw that it would not be hard to per-
suade them to part with Marion alto
gether.
He approached the matter very deli
cately, however; told Mr.. Croftroad
who he was and proved his respecta-
bility and business standing. He told
Of his wifes longing for little girl
and of their long cherished intention to
adopt a child. When he came home.
his face was beamfRg.
"Will they let Marion stay until after
ChristmasY asked Mrs. Quinette-
81 think they will let her stay for
good and all. OF course nothing Is
settled yet but believe there will be
no difficulty. So you can have your
Christmas gift, my dear"
"Oh, Cassius, Pm so happyT ex-
claimed Mrs. Quinette-
$50 am L." answered Cassius.
AS for Marion-but 1t would require
too much space to tell Of what this
fortunate turn of events meant to her.
JANE ELLIS joy.
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Ths Cavalry Horse.

4 veteran cavalry horse partakes OF
the hopes and fears Of battle Just the
same as his rider. AS the column
swings into line and waits the horse
grows nervous over the waiting. II
the wait Is spun out, he will trembfe
and sweat and grow apprehensfve. IL
he has been six months in service, he
knows every bugle call. As the call
comes to advance the rider can feel
him working at the bit with his tongue
to get It between his teeth. As he
moves out he will either seek to get ON
faster than he should or bolt. He can
not bolt, however. The lines will car
~ him forward. and after a minute he
will grip, lay back his ears, and one
can feel his sudden resolve to brave the
worst and have done with 1t as soon as
possible A man seldom cries out
when hit in the turmoil Of battle. 1t
is the same with a horse.-Bufalo
Horse World.
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RnetiraL.
A DESIRE.

o, to have dwelt In Bethlshem
When the star of the Lord shone bright
To have sheltered the holy wanderers
On that blessed Christmas night;
To have kissed the tender wayworn feet
Of the Mother undefiled,
And. with reverent wonder and deep de-
To have tended the Holy Child.
Hush such glory was not for thee;
But that care may still be thine;
For are there nct little ones still to aid
For the sake OF the Child divine?
Are there no wandering Pilgrims now,
To thy heart and thy home to take?
And are there no mothers whose weary
You can comfort for NJ ,ry's sake2
o to have knelt at Jesus ieet,
And to have learnt bis heavenly lore!
To have listened the gentle lessons IL
taught
On mountain, and SEQ, /; nd shore!
While the rich and the mighty knew hin
not,
Hush! for the worldly reject Him yet,
You can serve and love Him still.
Time cannot silence His mighty words,
And though ages have fled away,
His gentle accents of low divine.
Speak to your soul today.
o to have seen what we now adore,
And, though yelled to faithless light,
To have known, in the form that Jesu
wore,
The Lord Of Life and Light!
Hush! for he dwells among us still,
And grace can yet be thine,
Which the scoffer and doubter can neve
know,
The presence of the Divine,
,JasuS is with His children yet,
For His word eaL never deceive:
Go where His lowly Affairs rise
And worship and believe.
Adtidide Il. Proctor.
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Most marvellous of all the stories OF
great fills is the account Of Charles
Woolcot's terrific tumble from a height
Of no less than 5000 feet. II was In
Venezuela, and he was making a para
chute descent. The parachute refused
to open till within 100 or 200 feet from
the ground. Then 1t spread out sud-
denly and split.
The unfortunate man crushed both
ankles and both knees. broke his right
thigh and hip, dislocated his spinal col
umn and suffered other injuries. Yet
after a year in a hospital he recoV-
cred sufficiently to write an account OF
what was probably the most fearful
accident mortal man ever survived.
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MAIDEN.
admiration for her beautiful home,
"but | often wish that there was some
young person in the house to call me
mother"
Mrs. Quinette was in one Of these
wistful states of mind on this particu'
lar December day. AS she looked out
of the window she could see the peo'
pie on the street carrying home their
Christmas bundles, and she thought tc
herself: "Ah, me, If only had daugh
ter! What nice presents l should buy
for her! And l would have a Christ
mas tree for her even if she were g
big girl Of 16p'
Presently she heard her husbands
step on the stairs. He came into the
pa-lor smiling. "Come down to the
shop, my dear, and see what brought
home. 1 think l will clear $50 on it."
'Oh, l would rather have some one
to spend the money on" sighed AIRS
9uinette as she followed him.
"Won't it look fine when get 1t done
up in oriental broader" said Mr.. Qui-
nette.
The lady had seated herself on the
old sofa, but she sprang up quickly
with q startled look. There's some
thing in it-living"
"My dear, you are dreaming
But just then the dream" realized
Up went the hanging curtain at the
back of the sofa, and out stepped Q
trim little rosy checked maiden. The
sun shining on the auburn hair. which
was a little tossed over the pure white
forehead, made n halo, and Mrs. Qui
nette thought for moment that it wal
too lovely a picture Of sweet girlhoot
to be real Was it miracle or delu
sion of the senses? Even Mr.. Quinette
| sensible business man that he was
stood speechless with surprise. Man!
strange things he had found In oil
sofas-rings and thimbles and coin
! and nameless curios-but never befor
| q live little girl!
.-as VIII ne imagined, Marion was no
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TITS q shame; that's what It 'is- e%.
claimed the boy wrathfully. II can't
have any fun at all"
whats tie matter?" asked the SYM
pathetic Aeighbor.
"Dad says he'll lick me IL he ever
hears Of me fighting with q boy small.
er than am, an dassen't fight WIFI
q bigger one."-Chicago Post.
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Mixed.

On one occasion the Prince Of Wales
visited a Hindoo school In Madras.
The youngsters had been drilled into
the propriety Of saying Your royal
highness" should the prince speak to
them. and when the heir apparent ae-
eosted q bright eyed lad, and, pointing
to a prismatic compass, asked, What
Is thisT the youngster, all in a flutter,
replied, "1ts a royal compass, your
prisnatic highness."
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Copyright, 1899, by Jane E. Joy

Copyright, 1899, by Jane f. Joy.l
Marion's fingers were blue with colo
when she had finished making the
beds. Uncle James house was an old
fashioned country dwelling without
anything Of the nature of heater in
it. There was good fire down stairs
in the dining room and one in the
great square kitchen behind it. but Z
fire In a bedroom was Il luxury un
known to the Croftroads unless in
cases of sickness.
Happily none Of the Croftroads were
iii at present. Indeed, to judge by the
rollIcking noise the young folks were
making in the dining room, it was evi
dent that the opposite condition pre-
vailed to an almost alarming extent
At Stony Creek the school holidays
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They had been sitting together fer
half an hour.
81 have enjoyed our conversation SO
much". she exclaimed, as she rose 10
90. ''It is so restful to talk with yoa|
And after she had left him he re-
membered that he hadn't been able to
get in ten words edgewise throughout
the whole OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Journal.
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REWARD OF $500!
The Henry Watson Aid Society,"

An Auxiliary Committee of the HENRY rat
snn Chiidrens' Aid Society has been formed III
Rel Air. The duties of thi, Committee are:
First to look after children Who are proper oo-
jt.ots of charity; I'd, tn find homes II The eoun-
Full informs alton upon application to
REV. r. A, OASTLRMAN, Secretary, OF
WIN H, HARLAN, Presidents zaae
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also ELI.ANECr
1.-TWO hundred bushels
of Potatoes remove

eighty pounds Of "actual" Pot
ash from the soil. One thou
sand pounds of a fertilizer con-
tanning 80 actual" Potash
will supply just the amount
needed. If there is a de-
ficiency of Potash, there will be
a falling-of in the crop.
We have some valuable
books telling about compost
ton, use and value of fertilizers
for various crops. They are
sent free.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
% Nassau ST., New York.
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Swiss arehaeologists have decided
that q certain ruin near Bel which hes
been held to be one of the many Ro-
man remains Is really Celtic, tie onty
enc Of The kind In the country.
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fHE ECISAND lNTELJIGENCER.
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FINNEY s DASHIELL.


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eertion 25 cents. Longer advertisements in
the same proportion. A space equal to six
lines makes a square. Figure work double
price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications
will be inserted at 10 cents per line.
Yearly Advertisements at special Rates.
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Modern books, however rapidly they,
may deSefiorate from other causes, are
protected from bookworms by the
chemicals used In paper making >''s;s, !
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Don't expect your neighDor to over
whelm you with thanks il you give his
youngster a billygoat.
Don't give suspenders to a young
man unless you are engaged to be
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OfInterest 10 Inventors.

CA. Snow & Co, one of the Oldest and most
successful firms of Patent Lawyers, whose
offices are opposite the United states Patent
cured patents Tor more than 1900 inventors,
saws that, owing to the improved conditions III
Tho United States Patent Cihce, patents may
nov ne more promptly procured than at any
previous time in their expsiience OF twenty
live year
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them, but If the spinach habit grows to
anything like the proportion reached by
the oatmeal fad, we shall shortly turn
into strong, iron built, fresh complex
Toned. ambitious nation.
COMPETITION IS KEEN.
Close Watch Kept by One Concern
Upon It's Next Door Rival.
New York Sun.
The competition in the piano business
must be very KEEN said the man from
Brooklyn. about a week ago my wife
and started out to rent or buy piano.
W. driP 4o1 into hi y,to ofo ITI1-
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES &

Observation-Disclosures
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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SHIPBUILDING AND IRON.
How the Metal First Came to Be
Used in Nautical Construction
The story of the use of iron as a ma.
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GF1N. LAWTONS ADVANCE.

NEW YORK, April IA dispatch from
Manila says:
1.-THE expedition under Maj Gen. Law
ton yesterday moved twelve miles furth-
er north, along the lake, taking two
towns, Longos and Paete. A squadron
Of the Fourth cavalry was left to garrison
Santa Cruz.
There was only desultory shooting
from the retreating enemy until the ad-
vance reached Paete, the center of the
insurgents military government, in the
district of Laguna de Bay. Here the road
is fanked by steep hills, on each side Of
which the insurgents had constructed
great log trenches and also across the
road. The North Dakota regiment ran
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GLOBE, SATURDAY,
attendance of members in the reichstag
today, but the galleries. were crowded.
The United States embassy was repre-
sented at the session. Thesopening speech
Of the Samoan Interpolation, to which the
minister of foreign affairs had previous
ly agreed to reply, was not success,
and 1t was afterwards said that the sign
ers OF the Interpolation blundered In en-
trusting Its presentation to DR.. Lehr.
The foreign minister, in his reply, en-
phasized Germany's adherence to the
Samoan act, the Encouragement Of which,
he declared, Was desirable to the gov
eminent
Continuing, the minister said the gov
eminent knew nothing of the conflicts
said to have taken place between the
American admiral, Kautz, and the COM
mander Of the German warship, Fake
W.
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support. No neasure taken by the COM
missioners in conformity with the fore
three commissioners assent thereto
One Of the tasks of the commission will
be to consider what provisions 1t regards
Of the country, or the modification Of the
Berlin act, and to report to the govern
ment the views to which it finally ar
rives.
CAUGHT in A TRAP
Continued from F.r.t Page. 3.
Three priYatea and sig children Of rri-