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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
leenerY Tint Acts.

Scenery that acts! If Wagner had
wrought no other revolution on the
operate stage, he would deserve our
parison the vessel In "LAfricaine"
and the ship in the first act of Tristan
and Isolde" The, former shows the
section Of q vessel es neatly divided
into various compartments as box Of
seed samples. If the scene is well
done, if, when the double BASES begiu
to rumble and the ship begins
to roll, the women shrek In their COM
pnrtments. the priests pray in theirs,
and the savages whose canoes would
surely have been swamped in the
storm, supposing they could have been
launched at all, climb over the ships
side and massacre everything In sight
are entertained, but hardly horror
stricken or overcome by terror.
On the other hand, the ships deck
in @Tristan," with its group Of silent
men near the helm and its passion
torn woman in the foreground, the dis
tant horizon line suggesting the sen far
more effectively than n whole platoon
Of mechanically worked" waves pos.
sibly can, creates Illusion and atmos-
phere. and forms as much component
part of the music drama as the sing
ers and orchestra. The ship In
"L'Africaine" Is a clever bit Of stage
mechanics; the ship In Tristan" Is
scenery that acts.-Gustav Kobbe in
Cpnturv
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
II Paid In ne Cheerful.

A manufacturer Of Kensington tells
this true tale: Fifteen years ago |
was very rich. but ten years ago there
came a time when 1t seemed that I'd
surely fall. One day when a smash
appeared a certainty l walked down
Chestnut street toward the wool ware
houses, blue. blue as indigo. but l
braced up and put on a cheerful air.
Just then a man I knew came 10 and
said:
"'Say. Bill. what makes you always
look so cheerful? Don't you ever have
any trouble at allT
"'Oh. yes said I. jollying a little;
but to look blue doesn't do any good.
etc.
"'well.' this fellow said. I tell you
what I'm going to do. I've got $4,000
lying idle. and I'm going to get you to
invest 1t for me. You're so well off.
so lucky in business always. and so
blamed cheerful. I'm sure nothing ever
fails with you. and I want you to in
vest this money any way you please,
and l won't even ask you how you did
invest it.
"Well. l took this mans money. 1t
was just the amount my lettering bust
ness needed. A year later times and
prices were vastly better. and I paid
the $25, 900 back with interest at-what
do you think?-9 per cent."-Philadel.
phia Record.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
A Heartlesa Maiden.

There Is a girl in town who. being
both bright and pretty, has a good
many admirers, but the most ardent Of
all happens to be a pudgy old grass
widower, with two grandchildren and
a red nose.
Naturally she has to stand n good
deal Of guying on his account and
skips him as much as possible. So
much, In fact. that the poor man had
no chance to plead his cause In private
and alone and SO was at last driven to
the use of pen and paper.
Here is his production. 1t Is recon-
mended to all bashful lovers for its
brevity and beauty. as well as bust
nesslike constructions:
Nettie, want to know my fate. You know,
that ! love you. Will you marry me? II so.
speak to me about 1t. I think the world Of you.
Give ME chance, Nettie. Yours truly.
BLASkETY DASH.
And would you believe it? That
heartless maiden hasn't spoken to
him about it" yet.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
He Had Not Changed.

was in barber shop presided over
by q colored artist the other day and
while | was being shaved there came
In a colored hack driver who demanded
So that the barber owed him for hack
at funeral.
Come in mex week an I'll have it."
said the barber, as he continued to
scrape.
But the creditor got on his ear.
Look a-hyar?" said he. "I'ze gittin
mighty tired O. comm eroun here after
dis yere money. Hits always de same
thing. Come eroun mex week. T wants
ma money! l come in las week an yo'
tole me ter come ag'in mex week, an
comes mex week an yo' tells me ter
come de week after. l wants ma mon
cyl"
With that the barber took the middle
of the floor and declared himself.
Look a-hyar, black man." said he,
"whut yo' pesterin me about yo' mon
ey? Isn't l done tole yo' to come mex
week? What yo' expect? I've done
tole yo' de same thing oil de time. Mex
week. mex week. tole yo' dat las
week an tells yo' dat now. hasn't
changed. l'ze prepared to do jes' whut
says."-Memphis Sctmitar. ys,,.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
Room For Him Too.

A bland and patronizing New Yorker
was passing through a raw and new
hamlet In the west, which its proud
founders had dubbed b City and
were sure would soon become a thriv.
ing hive of human beings. Addressing
lank and lazy youth who was loung'
ing ut the door of one Of the rude shan.
ties that passed for "shoe empori.
um," the New Yorker inquired sarcas'
tically:
"Who Is that important looking gen.
tleman with the red flannel Shirt"
"That's Sam Peters," was the proud
reply. Hes just opened the new post
Office"
"And the tall person with no col.
lar?"
"He'sLong Mike. Just opened q gro.
Gerry store"
"And the plump individual with the
bald head"
Handy Jim. Owns G new saloon
"Indeed?" said the New Yorker.
"Your city seems to he pretty well
started. l should SUPPOSE there was
nothing left for stran er like myself
to Open"
"Oh, l dunno" draw ed the lanky
one. I'VE amt got no loonattic asylum
yet. You might start that" - New
York Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12

The Cleveland Plain Dealer tells this
story Of the Virginia backwoods: A
white minister after conducting ser
vices at colored church asked an old
deacon to lead in prayer. The dusky
brother in his fervent appeal asked
that a shower of heavenly grace be
permitted to fall upon his white friend.
He said:
40 Lor', give him de eye of de
eagle dat he may spy out our sins afar
off! Weld his hans to de gospel
pillow; tie his tongue to de lines of
truf and nail his ear to de gospel pole!
An. o Lor. bow his haid way down
an benin his knees, an his knees
way down-ah In some lonesome dark
an narrow valley, o Lor', whar much
prayer Is needed to be made-ah! Den
'noint him ovah wild de blessed lie Of
de kerosene of salvation. an sot him
on fab wild de match of faith made
perfec'-amenw
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12

A recent visitor from the east to
Puget sound describes with enthusi.
asm the wonderful shadow effects pro-
duced by. and upon. the gigantic
snowy cone Of Mount Rainier. 1t some.
times happens that the sky. az seen
from the city Of Tacoma just before
sunrise. Is covered with dome of
cloud $4,000 feet. or more. In height.
while behind the peak. toward the east.
the sky Is clear. In such circumstances
the rising sun casts the shadow Of the
great mountain upon the cloud curtain
overhead In the form of n vast blue
triangle. the point Of which rests upon
the apex of the peak. At other times
the shadow Of the earth can be seen
creeping up the cone in distinct curve.
while the flush Of sunset. stains the
snow above the line OF shadow to a
deep pink.-Youth's Companion.
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uttered another roar. Inc horses

uttered another roar. The horses
swerved and would have left the road
In their fear had | not put forth the
full strength Of both my arms. and as
soon as Nandha felt himself free he
leaped to the ground and advanced to-
ward the tiger. He walked joyously.
as a loyal servant who goes to meet
his lord.
Looking over my shoulder (for now
the horses were in the middle Of the
road, which here stretched straight
ahead Of us), | beheld Nandha proceed
toward the tiger. which now crouched
In the road. waiting for him. its tail
waving from side to side. When he
was within five PAGES of the beast. he
saiaamed to the ground and as he
stopped the tiger sprang on him with
another roar and. throwing him over
its shoulder 1t bounded with him into
the jungle. "-Westminster Budget.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
A Story of Judge Mattacks.

Henry Keyes Of Vermont was life
long Democrat. Governor Mattacks-
or Judge Mattacks-was for a brief
period n Democrat also. After he got
to be judge he soon became Wing.
While holding court at st. Johnsbury
he occupied a room Mt the leading no.
tel, which, as was usual during court
time, was dull. Late ut night Mr..
Reyes arrived and wanted a bed. The
landlord Informed him that every bed
in the house had two In It except the
one that was occupied by Judge Mat
tacks.
go up and tell him that Henry
Reyes wants to sleep with him."
The landlord went up, raped at the
Judges door. and told him his errand.
Henry Reyes" said the judge half
asleep: Henry Reyes OF Newbury?
Democrat! Oh. yes. I've had II once.
Let him in."-San Francisco Arsonaut.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
France Outside of Paris.

To get correct idea Of the French
nation one must abandon Paris and
get out among the people Of the prov
inces. Paris Is sinkhole of rotten
ness. but the people who dwell outside
that modern Gomorrah are sound and
upright and patriotic. living whole
some and useful lives. When you get
out in the rural districts. charming
sight Is presented of beautifully culti-
waited farms, each farm being as trim
and neat as flower garden. There
is not foot of waste land to be seen.
The first thing that strikes a stranger
is the profusion of fruit. Nowhere
can be seen more luscious pears,
peaches and grapes.-W shington Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
A Cheerful Experience,

81 had cheerful experience the 9TH
er day." remarked a man who had
spent several days at one Of the springs
for rheumatism.
"What was It" asked the observer.
81 was carried into depot near the
springs and deposited on seat near an
old woman, who looked at me with q
complacent smile and inquired, Been
hurt?
No. replied.
'RumatizT
ayes
"'Water do you any goodT
"'Not much
"'Well, lots Of people come here for
the water. The patient returns home,
and the papers announce that Mr.. So
and-so has returned from the springs
much improved by the use of the wa
ter; but If you read the papers in few
days you will see that Mr.. So-and-so
has died and been buried The CONVEX
sation was too cheerful to be contin-
ued."-Columbus Dispatch.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12

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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
AN INCIDENT OF CITY LIFE.
Pathetic Case of q Pretty Girl That
Appealed For Sympathy.

APPCaACu roE "pnAhSs
One o'clock in the morning. The am
bulance clatters over the cobblestones in
the street, glides more smoothly upon
the paved driveway in the city hall
grounds and draws up suddenly in the
radiant circle made by the arc light in
front of the Receiving hospital.
Quickly the hospital doors open and
the steward runs out to lend a hand with
the stretcher. Although for most per-
sons It Is long past bedtime, q small and
curious crowd has gathered from the out
er darkness to see what the trouble is
"Ready?' calls the steward.
"Aye," answers the policeman.
They lift the stretcher out Of the am
bulance and carry it into the hospital. 1t
says low in the middle under the weight
of a body. From beneath the blanket the
head of n woman protrudes.
"She is young for this business" the
policeman calculates MS he helps to lay
his burden upon leather covered operat-
| ing table.
The girl is quite insensible and groans
family. Her yellow hair has come I'M
done and her head seems to rest on the
table in q bed of light. She has a doll
| like, pretty face, with small features, and
her clothes are poor, but not shabby.
"Lovesick, suppose" the policeman
remarks, while the surgeon and the stew
ard are busy making ready. Her fellow
went back on her, maybe, and then she
did it. 1t worries me what fools these
| girls are"
"All right now" the doctor says. "Will
everybody but the steward and the ma
| tron please retire.?
The several attaches, the reporters and
the policeman walk into he outer office.
| The policeman is still talking:
II found her lying on the sidewalk in
n quiet corner. Poor thing thought l.,
and rang for the wagon
The surgeon sticks his head out of the
door of the operating room and follows
| it with his body. He is W ping his hands
on towel. The policema' springs to his
feet.
doctor, is she dead?"
mot yet" N
"Carbolic acl"
"No."
"What was it, thcn?"
"Plain whisky. The girl Is merely
| drunk."-San francisco Bulletin.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12

mrs. DreW's Opinion OF Edwin Booth.
Edwin Booth had very sweet char
acter and charming manner at re-
hearsals. which he detested. think.
after Hamlet. his Bertuccio In the
Fools Revenge" was his finest rep.
resentatlon. He threw his whole soul
into 1t. and 1t was indeed a perform
lnce to be remembered.-Mrs. John
Drew In Scribner's.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
The IEais; and 1pteIlleepcer:
BET Ar. ND. JANUARY e 1900
GO, LOVELY ROSE.

Go, lovely rosel
Tell her that wastes her time and me,
That now she knows,
When / resemble her to thee,
How sweet and fair she seems to be
Tell her that's young
And shuns to have her graces spied
That hadst thou sprung
In deserts. where no men abide,
Thou must have uncommended died
Small is the worth
OF beauty from the light retired;
Did her come forth,
Suffer herself to be desired,
And not blush so to be admired. :!
Then die, that she
The common fate Of all things rare ;
May read in thee:
How small a part Of time they share
That are SO wondrous sweet and fair!
Edmund Waller.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
TRAINS SOUTHWARK,
SUNDAY TRAINS.

Sunday trains leave Baltimore for Delta and
Intern ediate stations at $50 A. M and 4OC
P. M. They will leave Cardiff for Baltimore
and intermediate stations at 6.65 A: M. and
$50 P. M, stopping at Bel Air at 7.56 A. M
and 4.3o T. n. An additional train will leave
tions at BIO 2. M, and Baltimore for Bel All
at $50 P. M, arriving at Bel Air at T. ID
and Baltimore $50 P. N.
J. r. KLINEFELTER,G Gen. Pass. Agt.
WA MOORE. Gen'l Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12
How He Got Elscvhere,

"How did he escape inquired the
detectice.
"Well," replied the IT, nkey with the
damaged eye, che sort O. nicknamed
himself out"
"What"
ale pried his cell door open with a
Jimmy. Then he knocked me down with
a billy"
eyes,"
"Aud then he sailed out."-Chicago
tribune. 81, - i'..tSsS..s:: :, -:e.4sss
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12

G1S q II n o Z
bear healthy children. The prospective
mother should use every precaution to
preserve and foster her health. Not
alone for the sake of the little one to
come but for her own sake. A perfectly
healthy woman is in no danger and in
very little pain at her time of trial.
There must be due preparation for
this time. Nature makes the prepare
tory period three-fourths of a year and
women who take the hint from nature
and use the time properly need have no
fears of the outcome. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription is medicine designed
to cure all distinctly feminine ailments
and taken during the period of CESSATION
it renders childbirth easy, safe and conf
paratively painless.
1t is the invention of DIR. R. v. Pierce,
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Mrs. Orriu Stiles, of Downing, Dunn Co., Wis
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Sick women can consult DR.. Pierce by
letter free of charge. Every letter is held
strictly private and sacredly confidential
Designing men work on women's
feelings, by advising women to "write
to woman who understands wornan's
needs" II is useless to seek advice about
disease of any woman who is not ply
stefan. So far as known no qualified
woman physician is connected with any
proprietary medicine establishment.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12

In a dark corner near the west en-
trance Of Winchester cathedral is a
door composed of four pieces of iron
grill work. which have the distinction
OF being the oldest specimens of their
kind In England.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12

There are over 5000 animals In the
London geological gardens. :
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Hard to UnderEtnnd.
81 can't understand uumpkin's Ger
man friend at ALL"
"Why"
Because | don't understand Ger
man. "-Philadelphia North American.
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OfInterest 10 Inventors.

C. A. Snow & Co, one of the Oldest and most
successful firms of Patent Lawyers, whose
offices are opposite the United States Patent
Office, in Washington, d. c., and who have pro-
cured patents for more than Il, 600 inventors,
saws that, owing to the improved conditions in
the United States Patent Office, patents may
now be more promptly procured than at any
previous time in their experience of twenty
i've year
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-12

In the mythology Of Ancient Greece
Hymen, the god of marriage, was the half
brother of Esculapius, the god of medi-
cine The ancients believed that mar
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lge and health
should go to-
gether, and as
a result the
Greeks of that
tim c h av
ever S in c e
been looked
upon as types
. of physical
perfection.
Sick1y moth
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RAILROAD SCHEDULES
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-23

no LET-A first-class second floor rent Of
4 eight rooms, at 153 Cumberland st. with
bath and modern cenveniences and sun al day;
also furnished cottage of six rooms. at Forest
City Landing Peaks Island. with full view of
White Head. Apply to TRUE BROS, 1874 Fore
ST., Portland Me jlyI1-u
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WESTBROOK.

Work is progressing rapidly on the con
struction OF the power house at Madison
Falls, South Windham, for the Madison
Falls Power company, a corporation COM
posed of Messrs. w K. Dana, r.. D.
Woodman, Lemuel Lane, j. c. Scates,
w. w. Poole and e j. Haskell 1t is
the intention of these Westbrook gentle
men to equip this power house in the best
possible manner for the purpose of sup
plying electricity for power purposes in
Westbrook at the Dana Warp Mills and
the Haskell Silk Mill company, and for
the operation of the Westbrook, Wind
ham & Naples Electric railway. The
dam that is to furnish the water power
for the power station is located about one
hundred feet below the bridge at Malli-
son Falls The dam runs diagonany
from the shores, coming to point near
the center. The Golfer dam in PROCESSION
construction from this point to the south
erly shore is for the purpose of facilitat-
ing work on the new dam which is to
run from the center of the river to the
south shore, a distance of $50 feet, max
ing the extension nearly a straight line
crossing the river1at an angle Of about 80
degrees. A massive piece of masonry to
serve as the bulk head of a canal is
being built at the lower end of the dam
This Is being excavated from solid
ledge that borders the shore of the river.
The bulk head is II feet in thickness
at the base, feet at the top 1917 feet
high, 521z feet long and contains gates
each being ~ feet in width. The canal
when finished will be 70 feet deep, 521l
feet wide and nearly 100 feet in length.
The power house is to be erected at the
lower end Of the canal and is to be a
brick structure 60 Ga feet with wall %
feet high, and is to be finished according
to the CONTRACT early in November.
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YARMOUT.

Mrs. Lizzie Emerson and daughter,
Miss Marion Emerson Of Chelsea, are the
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. d. NJ. Lawrence.
Mrs George II. Lowell and daughter
Ella from Northheld, VT, are visiting
relatives in town for a short time.
Mr. Howard Gooding has been spending
the week at Dorchester, Mass with his
former business partner, Mr.. Harry
Humphrey.
A brick sidewalk has been laid in front
of the Portland and Yarmouth Electric
Railway company car barn. The plat
form at the Main street terminal has also
been repaired and extended,
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
church have elected the following ofIic-
ers: President, Mrs. Levi Marston; vice
PRESIDENT Mrs c. A. Brooks; seer etary.
Miss Emma Pulsifer; treasurer, Miss An
ME Simonton; collector, Mabel Buckley.
The much talked of horse race be-
tween Chester, owned by Mr.. Ansel
Dunn, and David Babcock, owned by
DR.. Gerow, is to take place next Satur-
day afternoon at the Yarmouth Driving
park, There is also to be race for
horses in the ?. 33 class the same after
noon