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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
ALREADY EVEN WITH HIS HONOR.
A lawyers Confession to Judge
After m Adverse DecisiOn.

4 lawyers Confession to Judge
After nm Adverse Decision.
Judge j. NJ Hurt tells story on Il
couple OF members of the Dallas legal pro-
fession which goes in this wise:
They were on hunting and fishing cX-
petition to Wynnc's lake. On the day of
their arrival one of the heroes of the story,
who was at that time district judge,
found IL canoe that had been buried in the
mud. He cxcavated it and found it 10 be
in pretty good shape He washed off all
the mud and calkcd few holes in the bot.
tom, and it was good boat. 1t was Il
long, narrow affair and was evidently
never intended to be built for two.
However, when the judge started out to
fish in his canoe, his lawyer friend insist
cd on going with him. The judge was
sitting in the end toward the lake, where
the water was about six inches deep and
the mud about four feet.
"Now, keep out of this boat" cxcaim-
cd the judge. lyon will turn it over,
sure, if you try to get in it.
That's all right said the lawyer. Il
am an old boatman and lave fishcd in a
dugout many time, and you know
man has to sit mighty level in II dugout.
With that he stepped into the canoe,
and it capsized instantly. The lawyer
saved himself by quick spring for the
bank, but the judge, who was about Is
feet off shore, was thrown in the shallow
water and mud He crawlcd out like an
old hog coming out of its wallow, and
when he reached the bank he delivered his
opinion of the lawyer in anything but
judicial language and wound up in italics,
punctuatcd with dashcs and exclamation
points, saying that he hoped the lawyer
was satisfied. The lawyer apologized pro-
fuscly and assured the judge that there
was nothing intentional about it; that it
was purely an accident, and to show that
he was sincere he divided what clothing
he had with the judge and helped wash
his wet and muddy suit. Peace was there
by patched up, and all went we'll.
At the next term of court the lawyer
had case in which he WAS very much in
tcrcstCd to come up i'll the judges court.
lie worked on it very hard and thought
he had it perfected. All during the trial
he sat up nights studying every point. He
lnitlo IL long and very exhaustive argyll
mcnt and thought to himself that he had
II sure thing, but the judge decided in IA
Yor of the other fellow. 1t was d great
disappointment to the lawyer, and after
court had adjourned he called the judge
to one side and said
Il told you out at Wynnc's lake that !
turned that boat accidentally, but want
to tell you here and now that it was in
territorial, premeditatcd and done with eX
press malice aforcthought. - Dallas
News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

Lady Theodore Guest, in giving an &C,
count Of her crossing tho Rocky noun
tains, tells how hard her ancroid barom-
ctcr was worked in showing the heights
to which she climbed. This reminds her
of the story of IL telescope once owned by a
Somcrsetshiro farmer
Tho old man, rcmarking to n friend ut
a local race meeting thnt the gentry now
pdays had glasses for both eyes, he added
chat he had had one once for one eye, a
right good one it was, but now it was no
use at ail--nq. not to nobody"
why pot1' asked the friend.
"Wcil," he said 1T were good one
could SEQ miles wi en-I could see plain
the Bteeple Of the church five miles off
But missus' son John, he borrowed 'en,
and he tried to seq the steeplc of t'other
church, ten miles off-nnd tried and tried
and couldn't. And that strained it, and
il were never Of no use any morc-no, not
to nObOdV -
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

For the origin of 80. X" James Par
ton, the historian, is authority. While ut
Nashville In search of material for his his
tory, Mr. Parton found among the records
of the court of which General Jackson had
been judge, great many legal documents
Endorsed 20. r." which meant "order
recorded" but often so scrawlingly writ
ten that one could easily read it as 90
X" II Major Downing" noticed bun
die of papers thus marked upon Presi
dents .Iackson's table, documents perhaps
from this former court, in which he still
had interest, it is very easy to see how q
punstcr could imagine it to be 30 K.,"
or "Oll licrrcct
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

,iiISf This nIfIcrl. Is.

Ola minds cum make u home OF one lit,
tie room and cook delicious meals over tho
gas Jets in cunning little lin kettles, l:r
sides making all their own wartirobrs
Old bachelors need an army of tailurS,
walters, cooks, distant relatives ard hotel
landlords To keep them comfortable
When old maids are sick, they tic up
their heads in pocket handkcrchicfs, take
homeopathy doses out of two bottles al
ternatcly and get well again.
When old bachelors are sick, they go to
bed, send for four doctors, and the mantcl
Is covered with black bottles All the
amiable married men who belong to the
club stay up with them Mt night.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
A Woman Exccutioncr,

In prerevolutionary days there YVES a
woman public exccutioner in Virginia At
that time death sentences We're rcspitcd on
condition that criminal should perform
this office. Lady Betty, rs she was after
ward called, was sentenced to death for
murder. She offered instead to become
public exccutioncr and held this office for
many years. 1t is said that on the scaffold
she officiatcd without mask
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

John Holmes, whose reputation for VIII
was not us wide as that Of his celebrated
elder brother, DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
was yet known among his intimatcs us u
man of ready repartce and characteristic
humor.
Mr.. Holmes never married, but lived b.,
himself in o little house in Cambridgo
and once friend rallied him on his lonely
life.
You ought to marry, John, said he,
land have u larger house"
''Why, yes" replied Mr.. Holmes with Il
quiet smile; ''if l should take better
half, would have to improve my quar-
ters. "-Youth's Companion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

Sunday trans leave Baltimore for Delta and
intermediate stations at $50 A. M and 100
?. NJ. They will leave Cardiff for Baltimore
and intermediate stations at 6.55 a. N. and
$50 P. NJ, stoppine; at Bel Air ut 7.55 A. M.
and 400 Z. ". An additional train will leave
Bel Air for Baltimore and intermediate sta
tinns at $40 p NJ, aud Baltimore for Bel Air
at $50 j. NJ, arriving ut Bel Air at s 2. M :.
aud Baltimore $50 2. II.
]. II. kLINEFELTER, Gen. Pass. ARr.
w. A. MOORE, Gen1 Manager.
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4 big Difference.

"Tommy," said the teacher, sis there
any difference between tho words 'sutl-
Gent and enough"
'Ycs'm," replied the youngstcr ".Suf-
dcicnt' iswhcn mother thinks have eaten
enough pic, and enough is when think
| have eaten sufficient. Troy Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
IIIE k(IS AND INTELLIGENCER.
BEL AIR MO. MAY ~. 1899.

BEL AIR MO. MAY II. 1899.
nUPE ON--HOPE EVER.
Eor future care not.
Strength lie, within the
Strength which shall win thee
New hopes. Despair nutl
Hope on-hopc everi
Past ways amending,
With no vain griUving,
New tasks achieving
With pains amending,
Hope on-hopc cverl
Who inward gazcs
Sees not the beauties
OF life's small duties.
Hope CROWNS and raises
Weakest cnlcavOr.
Hope, not dcSpising
This worlds successes
Nor her carcSScS
Too highly prizing.
Hope on-hope cverl
Through darkness cropping,
Craven fears shilling
Until fulfilling
Followeth hoping.
Hopc-hopc forever!
st. Paul's.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

A man i'll Berlin has adopted strange
way of earning living. lie breeds rats
and sells thoIn for yiviscction purposes.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

The only artisan buried III Westminster
Abbey is George Graham, the instrument
maker, who invented an improved CLICK
work in the year 100.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
Very Useful.

"Do you believe in the power of the hu-
man eye with IL wild BEAST" asked Cab
leigh.
yes" said the professor; "thc power
of the eye is very useful-to see the wild
baoSt on,nipr
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

81 wish to pay you for five cakes" said
Traveller to a railway restaurant keeper.
"But you had only four-n sponge cake,
q cocoanut cake, an almond cake ana IL
currant cake"
And stomach AXE" added the tray
eler
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

The human voice may be heard at u dis
lance of $50 yards, u military band $500
yards, IL rifle $500 yards, and cannon
B5, 200 yards.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
She Costs Money.

"Dear girl, he said rapturously.
"If it's just tho s;rmo to you, George, l
would prefer not to have you use that ad-
jcctive," she returned.
"Why not?" he demanded.
SIT reminds me too much of what papa
sometimes says to me. Chicago Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
SUNDAY TRAINS.

An additions. tram will leave Bel Air, for
Baltimore and intermediate Stations, at 7.15,
on SATURDAY evenings only. Returning,
will leave baltimore the same evening at II 30.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
TAKING THE CITADEL

latlnG preparations largely
composed of alcohol, which give a false
and temporary exhilaration followed by
relapse, but DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery is a true and radical remedy.
1t contains no alcohol. 1t does not inc
briate or create a craving for Intoxicating
stiInulants. 1t does more than overcome
the outer symptoms of disease. 1t at
tacks it i'll its highest stronghold and
routs it absolutely and completely from
the very citadel of life. No honest
dealer will advise you to accept substi-
tute for Golden Medical Discovery
that he may make little larger profit
81 feel it my duty to write and tell you what
DR.. Picrce's medicines have done for me-" saws
Miss Emma Lee. of Wl!iford, Sharp Co.. Ark.
i'll a friendly communication to DR.. X. V. Pierce,
OF Buffalo, N. Y. :" was suffering severely and
tried several doctors remedies but received only
very little relief. I had bronchitis, catarrh
and also womb disease. l took eight bottles of
DIR. Percc's Golden Medical Discovery and
'Favoritc Prescription As soon as had taken
the first bottle could that the medicine
was helping me. / also used the local treatment
you suggested.
My sister says your medicine did her
more good than anything she ever took. Sine
was down in bed and could not walk until
she goes where she pleases and helps to do
her work"
Every suffering man or woman should
write for free copy of DR.. Pierce's great
thousand-page illustrated Common Sense
Medical Adviser. 1t will be sent paper
bound for the bare cost of mailing, 81
one-cent stamps, or in heavy, handsome
cloth-binding for 81 stamps.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

The common English frog possesses 80
teeth,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12

The telegraph lines in Chile arc owned
by the government. A message of ten
words can be sent to any part Of the coun-
try for about cents
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
LAUER'S.
49, , 451, 453 N. Gay Street.
Special 12IC. Sale of Printed Fabrics.

All the new and choice designs in Madras,
Organdle Lawns, Piques, Cords, Dimities Sa-
pieces, and the very best values to be 10Io
had. During the sale, per yard........ Ik2G
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
Special 26e. Sale Of WoOIen,DreSS Goods

40 pieces of New Spring Dress Goods, in
Checks of Green, Navy or Brown. These goods
are 80 inches wide, and their value is SOC.
yard: This entire lot will be on sale On
Monday at, yard. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6VG
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
You Are Looking
For Them!

We are always looking fer them ard every
week finding them.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
The Latest Things.
The Best Things.
The Most Desirable Things.
The Cheapest Things.

Our relations are mutual. our husiuC IS inter-
rsts reciprocal, and we have II lgrgc trade to
keen and protect. If we are not always to the
front looking after their interest. cannot
cxpect them TO look after ours. We are just
as busy looking up bargains as we are selling
gooJs, this is the great head OF our buslne SIS,
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
THE MAcHETE's DEADLY CUT.
Lieat. Lsns, from Havana, Tells
How = SpaniRr rd's body
Was Severed.

! The execution possible with machete
when welded by brawny Cuban
horseman is told by Lieut., L. Lying,
assistant surgeon U. S. A, who is home
in Minneapolis on furlough from Cuba.
During his service in Cuba Lieut.. Lying,
whose swarthy complexion causes him
TO be mistaken for n Cuban officer often
Ter than for a native of Norway, which
The is, collected many photographs and
|relics, says the Chicago News.
while | was in attendance in one of
the operating wards" said he, "a Span
lard was brought in who had been all
put cut in two by machete. The blow
ievered his left arm just below the arm
bit and proceeded through the mans
body until it encountered the spine and
broastbone. Few soldiers who fell afoul
OF a deft fencer with the machete ever
liredIo tell the tale"
A1nong Lieut.. Lyng's collection OF
photographs is one of a gigantic heap
OF boHes of reconcentrados whose bod
les has been thrown in pile on the out
sldrtsNof Havana and covered with
lime. Another picture shows pit full
of skeletons, where the work of the
quicklins had been left to vultures.
These wsre bones Of persons whose
bodies we're dug up and moved out of
cemeteriet because relatives had been
unable TO keep up the installment pay
ments on their graves.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
DAFFODIL LAND
the Cha rms OF the Sicily
IAIAnds.

A letter written by New York artist
who is painting there gives an enthusi-
astic description of the Scilly islands,
which have, SO far, been comparatively
unknown to American tourists. Even
the English have been slow in realizing
the charm of the islands so near their
own shores, but it seems that this
spring many artists have gone to "daf-
fodil land" and the winter exhibitions
will probably be flooded with pictures
of the islands. Daffodils have always
grown in great profusion in the Scilly
islands. February and March are the
height of their blossoming time, and,
to quote the artists letter:
"The whole land is q blazing sea of
brilliant yellow daffodils, surging up
upon gray rocks and falling back in
foambursts of white narcissus. Even
the tulip fields in Holland don't give
such gorgeous effects of color. You
shoulG stand on one Of the little hills
here ana look across the suliit- -fieldsif
you want to see the loveliest things in
the world; yet, sometimes I think the
fower-drifted land is more beautiful
under moonlight than in the daytime;
and, daytime or nighttime, the air is
scented as though it blew straight from
Araby the blest."
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
just Like Pennsylvanians.

Following is Frisco special to the
Denver Republican:
CANT OF THE FIRST COLORADO
INFANTRY, PREsIDIo, SAN FRANCIS
Goa soldier who has campaigned
in earnest hates to go into new
camp because he knows that 1t
means the pitching of tents and that
the first meal in the new location will
be make-shift. But Colorado had a
surprise to-day. 1t was known that in
this case the tents were already up and
provided with board flooring. Yet We
did not expect anybody to have a fine
supper ready for us.
When the long march from the dock
to the Presidio was made, each of the
Colorado officers was notified that he
would be the guest of the Tenth Peun-
sylvania officers at their mess halls at
. p. m. on the Presidio reservation, and
also that the enlisted men of the II
Colorado companies would be divided
up among the mess halls Of the eight
Pennsylvania companies. AT this all of
the Colorado men rejoiced and most OF
the company cooks.
No trouble or finances had been spared
by the Pennsylvania men in the prepara-
tion of the dinner. All the good things
available in the best markets of San
Francisco were IN waiting when the
First Colorado infantry sat down, And
they were eaten with an appetite borne
of long service in the field.
When the last piece of pie for which
there was inside room had been made a
thing of the past, there were hearty
cheers by the guests for the hosts. The
Pennsylvania men cheered in return
their Colorado comrades and modestly
said: "We are only doing for you what
Nebraska did to welcome us to San
Francisco"
1t was time that will rank in the an
nails of the Colorado regiment with that
enjoyed at Honolulu and YokohOma of
pleasant memory.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
About one month ago my child, which

About one month ago my child, which
is fifteen months old, had an attack of
diarrhoea accompanied by vomiting. l
gave 1t such remedies as are usually
given in such cases, but as nothing gave
relief, we sent for physician and it
was under his care for week. At this
time the child had been sick for about
ten days and was having about twenty
five operations of the bowels every
twelve hours. and we were convinced
that unless it soon obtained relief it
would not live. Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera. and Diarrhoea Remedy was
recommended, and decided to try it.
soon noticed change for the better
by its continued use complete cure
was brought about and it is now per-
fectiy healthy.-C. l.. Boggs. Stump.
town, Gilmer Co., w. Va. For sale by
Louis F. Strehlke 81 Co.
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Valuable Foreign Seeds.

Mr.. Jared Smith. one Of the grass ex-
perts Of the Department of Agricultcre.
states that the Department has received
some seeds which may prove interesting
to Western farmers. They are mostly
from the arid regions of Siberia and
Russian Turkestan, country in many
respects resembling the arid regions of
the West. Among them are hairy
vetch, which is drought and cold resist
ant, variety of winter rye which IS
especially hardy and drought resistant,
oats, and two or three kinds of winter
wheat. Most of these seeds are thought
to be suitable to climates having ex-
tremes of temperature, and the depart
ment is willing to supply free trial lots
to farmers desiring to test them. Some
of the Turkestan alfalfa, which is
thought to be very drought resistant, is
also available.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
Attend College This Year.

Never in the history of our country
was there grander opportunity than
the present for educated young men
and women. What an auspicious
moment for those who are just now or
threshold of life.
Grand Island Business and Normal
College has for fourteen years been the
leading institution of its kind in the
western states and last year more than
twice as many calls were received for
its graduates as could be supplied.
Everything necessary for successful
start in life is taught-Business, Nor
NAL and Shorthand courses. Expenses
low. Board only Sl.5O per week. One
years time given on tuition if desired.
College Record sent free, or for six cents
will send elegant catalogue.
Address
A. NJ. HARGEs. President,
Grand Island, Neb.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26

Bronze grass is believed by the grass
men of the Department of Agriculture
to be highly valuable acquisition to
the sub-arid regions of the West. No
plant can grow in a dry soil, and the
difficulty in most plants is that under
such a condition they not only fail to
grow, but they die. Bronze grass, while
no different from other plants in its
ability to grow during drouth, can yet
maintain its life under conditions when
other grasses die, aud start off again in
new growth as soon as welcome rain
arrives.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
No4 Strictly Poetic.

Mrs. Sherwood, speaking of Julia
Ward Howe's keen sense of the ridicu-
lous, relates that once upon time
lady at Newport, trying to get fine
sentiment out of her, said, one moon
lit evening on a vine-hung veranda:
"Nlrs. Howe, do say something lovely
about my piazza" Whereupon every
one listened for the reply. That deli
cately cultivated voice responded: Il
think it is a bully piaz."
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26

Every time there are labor troubles,
someone proposes forming new polit-
ical party, and the recent disturbances
at Cleveland have started certain agi-
tators in New York City on this line,
but it will amount to nothing. Labor
can get even with both of the parties
through the ballot box, and it is right
there where the reform should begin.
Labor can always command what it
wants if it will not be blinded by party
prejudice but vote for men and not
parties.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
A Bi.ekine BOX as a Coffin.

A poor middle-aged couple appeared
before the Shoreditch board of guard
ians the other day, says London ex-
change, to show cause why they should
not defray the burial expenses of their
child. The woman said the child was
buried in backing box. She had re-
ceived letter from the vicar about it,
and had had to get "a white coffin with
white nails for the child"
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
One Spot Avoided by sparrow..

In the fourth edition of Ynrrells
"British Birds" Prof. Newton, F. Il. S.,
gives in footnote the curious fact that
in the village of Shepstor, moorland
village of Devon, England, the sparrow
is never seen. This is the sole excep-
tion known to the professor to the spar
rows universal distribution in Eng
1anH
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26

Sunday school 10 O'Clock a, m.
Morning service with sermon II
o'clock Il. IN.
Evening service with sermon 8 p. NJ.
POWELL PARK.
Sunday school so p. IN.
Preaching service $50 p. m.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
REV. WILLIAM JOHN,
Pastor.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26

II see that you have shaved your
said Blykens. mo-" re-
piled Smahty; II have shaved my face. :"
-Washington Post.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26

May-Are you very particular about
how your chaperone looks?
Fay-Um, yes--I want her to look
the other way.-Philadelphia Record.
Not What is your nation
ality?" asked the political manager.
II am an American" was the reply.
"What kind of an American-lrish,
German or what?"
"Just plain American"
"Sorry, but we can't put you on the
ticket" said the political manager;
"you would actually lose votes for u.s."
Chicago Post.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
The Profits are Large.

Biggs-Do you believe that trusts
should be obolished?
Boggs-Certainly; all except the gas
trust.
Biggs-Why the exception2
Boggs-I own some gas stock.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26

A number of sharks have appeared In
the Bristol channel and batbers are
becoming frightened.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
: W fsssasa THE PIONEERS e as1A eAHtz sisasss
A. Hucpss q, CoMPANx.
Dealers in General Merchandise
J. w. HUGUS.
President.
THE PIONEERS

An immense stock in every line is
always carried-Prices SO low that
goods---We want your business and
offer every indUcement
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26

That's queer family next door,"
why do you say so?"
They own $50 dog and have to bor-
row our flatirons. Chicago Record.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26
]. W. HUGUS, &c. DAVIS,
President. Vice President
A. c. MoULroN, Cashier.
BANK OF MEEkER
Successor to J. W. Hugus & Co., Dankers)
MEEKER, COLORADO,

Transact a General Banking Business.
Highest price paid for County Warrants. In
terest allowed on Time Deposits. Drafts
irawn on Eastern Cities and Europe.
Correspondents, Kountze Bros, New York;
First National Bank. Omaha; First Ma
tional Bank. Denver: First National Bank,
Rawlns, Wyo; First National Bank, Glen
wood Springs; and in all principal cities of
Europe.
Collections Promptly Attended to.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26

Poetry doesn't pay nowadays" re-
marked the long-haired bOarder.
Neither do poets, replied the land
lady, icily.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-26

The paddle wheel ocean steamer
reached its zenith with the launch of
the Scotia of the Cunard Line in 1852.
She was the last Of the race.