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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
THE TRICK.
A FEARFUL EXPERIENCE.
How q Dog Saved His Master From
nm Awful Death.


In "Wild Animals Have Known" Mr..
Ernest Seton Thompson relates n terri
bic experience. He had gone out alone
to remote district on his pony to inspect
some wolf traps. In one of them he
found a wolf and, having killed it, was
engaged in rcsetting the trap when in
advertently he sprang the next one, and
his hand was caught in the massive steel
jaws.
81 lay on my face" he says, "and
stretched out my toe, hoping to draw
within reach the trap wrench, which I
had thrown down q few feet away. Wolf
traps are set in tours around a buried
bait and are covered with cotton and
fine sand so as to be quite invisible. In
tent on securing my wrench, l swung
about my anchor, stretching and reach
ing to the utmost, unable to see just
where it lay, but trusting to the sense of
touch to find it. A moment later there
was a sharp 'clankp and the iron jaws of
trap No. 3 closed on my left foot.
struggle as l would. l could not re-
move either trap, and there lay stretch
ed out and securely staked to the ground.
No one knew where had gone, and there
was slight prospect of any one coming
of my situation was upon me-to be de-
voured by wolves or die Of cold and
starvation. My pony meantime stood
patiently waiting to take me home. The
afternoon wancd, and night came on-a
night of horror! Wolves howled in the
distance and then came nearer and near
er. They seized upon and devoured the
carcass of the one l had slaughtered, and
one of them, growing holder, came up
and snarled in my face.
"Then there was q sudden rush and n
fight among the wolves. l could not see
we'll, and for an instant l thought my
time had come when a big fellow dashed
upon me. But it was Bingo, my noble
dog, who rubbcd his shaggy, painting
sides against me and licked my face. He
had scattered the wolves and killed one,
as arterwa.d learned.
lingo. Bingo, old boyi Fetch me the
trap wrench" Away he went and came
dragging my rifle. for he knew only that
] wanted something.
"'No, Bingo: the trap wrench This
time it was my sash, but at last he
brought the wrench and wagged his tail
in joy that it was right.
"With difficulty, reaching out with my
free hand, | unscrewed the pillar nut.
The trap fell apart, and my hand was
released, and minute later / was free.
Bingo brought up my pony, which had
fed at the approach of the wolves, and
soon we were on the way home, with the
dog, as herald, leaping and barking for
ioy"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
Slow Going China.

China, in n,lny respects the greatest
cc&atry il the world, is without any of
thc modern means of transportation and
eEr.!ang". lis immense traffic is still
haa..lyI in the most primitive manner
str;a@ cr s"mrls that reach from the city
gate t. the horizon carry the tons of coal
for the prrplc's fuel. Pack mules from
western provinces laden with dried fruits,
silks and rugs return with salt fish and
seawecds. Heavy carts groan beneath
casks of fragrant wines. Towboats are
dragged along the canals and rivers by
dozens of straining men.
The travelling merchant may make his
trip by cart, boat or sedan chair if the
weather be mild, but if it be winter the
mule litter will carry him over the rough
er country, Or he may skim along the wa
terways on light sled propelled by hu-
man arms and legs.-Leslie's Weekly
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
CRAFTY TOM BYRNES.
How He Kept an Unseen Eye on the
Newspaper Reporter.

Newspaper Reporter.
When former Superintendent Thomas
Byrnes was the celebrated Inspector
Byrnes of the New York detective force,
he occupied Il queer suit of rooms in one
corner of the old marble police head
quarters in Mulberry street. 1t was al
ways place of mystery. The inspector
sat at Hat table at one end of the room.
1t was frequently covered with papers.
On the walls, in glass cases, We're odds
ard ends of criminology-bit of rope
that had hanged notorious murderers,
black caps, revolvers that had figured in
infamous cases and other depressing OBJ
jects.
One day the inspector left a new re-
porter at his table and went into an
other room. He was gone half an hour.
When he came back, the reporter said:
inspector, did you have me watched
while you were gone"
mo. Why?"
''There are some pretty interesting pa
pers on your desk, aren't there?"
Nothing Of any great value. Why do
you ask"
What was to prevent my reading
some of those letters and getting a
mighty good story for my paper?' asked
the reporter.
1.-Two reasons" answered the inspector.
ain the first place, never leave a scrap
of paper on my desk that the whole
world is not welcome to read. Secondly,
you couldn't have touched a sheet with
out my knowing it. Look at that pen
holder" pointing to cheap affair laid
carelessly across a bundle Of papers.
|'Notice the direction in which it points.
One end points at that doorknob and the
other at that black cap. Now. you never
would have noticed thai. but did before
leaving the room, and if you had touched
4 single paper you would have displaced
that penholder, and l would have known
it, Philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30

I wonder how il would have sounded in
my childish cars if while | was studying
the piano some one had told me that in
my time | would sing before three cars.
But | did. Poor Alexander Eight days
before he was assaSsinatrd | sang to him.
And l sang to the Alexander who follow
ed and to Nicholas, the present car.
How does it feel? Not a particle differ
ent from singing before any one else.
You don't think of the car, but your art
not of your audience, but of your mu-
sic. And then, think it was in 1881, in
st. Petersburg, | gave benefit perform
ancc for some needy students. ! played
twice on the piano. and then as IN encore
played twice on the violin. And then as
4 double encore | sang twice. All. that
was n great timc-greater than singing
before the car of oil the liussias!-lnter-
Tiew With Nine. Sembrich.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
THOUGHT THERE WAS WAR.
The WiIminEton's Salute In the Ann
mon Depopulated n Village.

In describing the course of the United
States steamer Wilmington up the ANA
zon river e. II. Coleman relates the fol-
lowing amusing incident in Ainslee's
Magazine:
Six days after her departure from Ma
naos the Wilmington reached q point
where the Solimoes ends and the Rio
Maranon and Rio Javari, which form it,
begin. The Rio Javari has the distinc-
ton of serving as the boundary line be-
tween Brazil and Peru for some 500
miles, and close to its junction with the
Maranon is a small town, Tabatinga, at
which is maintained n force of Brazilian
soldiers, who have the monotonous task
of guarding the frontier.
The Wilmington fired a national salute
as she slowly approached the station and
sent boat ashore to exchange the usual
courtesies. On gaining the little wharf
extending out from the bluff banks in
front of the town the officer in charge
of the gunboat's cutter noticed, with
some surprise, that the crowd of specta-
tors previously observed on the shore had
entirely disappeared.
There were several Brazilian soldiers
at the landing, and one of these ventured
to approach the naval officer. The Bra
lillian seemed greatly disturbed, and from
the actions of his companions it was evil
dent they felt unaccountably alarmed.
SENIOR" exclaimed the former hastily,
1--WE are. without news, and we beg that
you will enlighten us at once"
"News of what?" was the Americans
puzzled reply. Il am sure p
''Then there is no WARP" broke in the
soldier.
"Not in this part of the world"
"But you fired|'
The Wilmington's representative stifed
his desire to laugh and gravcly explained
the gunboat's presence and her well
meant courtesy in expending SO much
powder.
81 am delighted" finally confessed the
Brazilian. But, scnhor," he added, "you
have depopulatcd the village. All the
natives have fled to the jungle, and
. doubt if we can induce them to return
until you have gone. Senior, those guns
they echo yeti"
A mile or two above Tabatinga several
huts were noticed near the rivers bank
but the most careful scrutiny with glass
es could not discover signs of life. II
was plainly apparent the salute of the
| Wilmington had badly frightened every
Indian within hearing.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
Information Wnntcd

A small boy living in Mount Salem.
Mich, was asking his father questions
the other night.
"Pa," he said, what is dchorningT'
Father-Why. it's cutting the horns off
cattle.
Boy latter rcfcctfng)-Pa, what is de-
failing?
Father growing irritated)-What in
the world are you asking so many qucs-
tions for?
Boy-Well, l saw in the paper the 9th
er day where n general detailed a whole
squad of his mcn.-DetrOit Free Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
THE. cHORISTERS.

There's little band OF singers
Every evening comes and fingers
Meath the window Of my cottage in the trees,
And with dark they raise their voices,
While the gathering night rejoices,
And the leaves join In the chorus with the breeze
Then the twinkling stars come out
To enjoy the merry rout,
And the squirrels range themselves upon q log,
And the frcfics furnish light,
That they read their notes Alright
The katydid, the cricket and the frog.
All the night hear them singing,
Through my head their tunes ringing
Strains OF music straight from Mother Natures
heart;
Now The katydid and cricket
From the deep OF yordcr thicket,
Then the croaking frog off yonder drones his part
By and by the moon appears.
As the midnight hour ncars,
Anduhcr smiles Gspel the low'ring mist and fog;
Then the mirth is at its height,
And they glorify the night
The katydid, the cricket and the frog.
Philadelphia North American.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
CHEWING NEEDLES.
It In a Mere Trick, Which You May
EASILY Attempt.


Easily Attempt.
Here is n trick that will outrival the
most fantastic illusion ever created by the
wonderful jugslers of mystical India.
Put handful Of needles in your mouth,
masticate them thoroughly, swallow them
carefully; then take Il long piece Of sew
Ing thread, swallow it judiciously until
only Il tiny Bit Of one end remains in the
mouth wait Il few minutes and look
wise; then catch the thread with the
thumb and finger and, drawing it slowly
forth, find all the needles unbroken and
neatly threaded. That seems easy, dOcSn I
it? OF course you mustn't mind needle
going aStray in your system once in n
while and floating gradually around to
play Cupid's arrow i'll your heart.
Ioudini performed this trick for prl-
yate company Of seekers into the mystic
rious. The whole illusion was accomplish
ed with his audience close around him
and in the face of Il camera as well, us an
instrument not subject to hypnotic infu-
encc.
The materials were simple and furnish
ed entirely by the audience, and the trick
was done with the hands kept on level
with the shoulders and away from the
body-thus prccluding any palming or
getting rid of the needles in the clothes.
Houdini takes from the audience any
number of needles they may see fit,
places them in his mouth and proceeds to
crunch them. You can hear the steel
crush and snap under his iron teeth. A
light is held close to his face in order that
no detail of the trick may escape the
committee. lie opens his mouth, and the
needles have disappeared.
He is then given Il long piece Of white
linen thread. peculiarly knotted by some
one of the committee for future identif-
cation One end of this he places i'll his
mouth and begins swallowing. This oper-
alton is continucd until only the smallest
particle of an end is visible in his throat.
Then with open mouth and in the glare
OF 4 bright light he catches the end Of the
thread and slowly draws forth not only
the same knotted thread, but on this
thread are strung the identical number
and kind Of needles given him by his
judges.
OF course it is mere trick-so says
Houdini-but how does he do it?-Boston
Journal
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
AcllIll Island.

There are few people who once having
seen the island Of Achill can forget its
beauty. The island lies close to the west
coast Of Ireland. When the skies are blue.
mountains green and smiling, boys clad in
purple and pink heather and the whole
picturesque island in sunshine, the place
O. wonderland. .:.---s-:. To- ,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
XXI TABLETS"

This is no remedy discovered by the Quick
1uack Indians; or any other ignorant persons.
/ Is the result OF five years experimenting by
scientific specialist, and you can take it with
he certainty that it will do 10 harm if it does
1ot do You much good. It wont keep your hair
rom falling ont. nor will it cure any and every
disease. All it is good for is Rheumatism, Kid
lc.y trouble, and kindred diseases but 1t IS
Still, it won't cure every case of rheumatism
some cases can't be cured. But it ill abso-
'uLeiy RELIEVE ANY CASE, and il properly
AIKEN, cure most of them. Neither do you have
o wait two months for results. This remedy
aims to give ALMOST INSTANT RELIEF, and
,ou will begin to feel results the very first day.
We have enough confidence in its merits to
furnish trial package of twelve tablets, enough
o give relief to the most stubborn case. We
send this fer twenty-five cents Ito cover cost Of
material. packing. and POSTAGE. Then, if you
are satisfied send for fi!lsizcd package (price,
Hoo of fifty tablets witch will put you in faiI
way 10 complete recovery.
The tablets are not nasty, hut easy to swallow.
You see how plainly we tell you just what we
have 10 offer. That's because we are using hon.
est methods with an honest remedy.
Address: XXI CHEMICAL CO.,s
Room 33sA, Equitable Bldg, Baltimore, ND
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
SUNDAY TRAINS.

Sunday trains leave Baltimore for Delta and
intermediate stations at $50 A. M. and 400
=. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at 10 A. NJ. and $50
PM They will leave Cardiff for Baltimore
and intermediate stations at 655 4. NJ. and
$50 p NJ, stopping at Bel Air at 7.55 A. M.
and 400 Z. NJ. An additional train will leave
Bel Air for Baltimore and intermediate sta
tions at $40 z. NJ, and Baltimore for Bel Air
at $50 2. NJ, arriving at Bel Air at 8 T. ID.
and Baltimore $50 P. NJ.
j. r. KLINEFELTER, Gen. Pass. ARr.
w A MOORE, Gent Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30

Hattie-Im positive George loves me
and wants me to be his wife.
Ella-Has he told you SO?
Hattie-No; but he has taken such a
strong dislike to mamma.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
|T6a Egls:aad .1ptelllgsqcer:
BEL AIR, MO. MARCH 80 1900
SOMEBODY'S BABY.

Two beautiful eyes Of softcst brown,
Whence pure, sweet soul looks out;
Two witchinS dimples on either side
OF the chcrub rosebud mouth.
Golden hair like a halo grown
Ger ihc graceful baby head;
A princely spirit breaking forth
In the proud and sturdy tread.
He trustingly looks into eyes above,
His fathers, his priest, his star,
And envy the man who claims that child
That saw last night in the car.
Rose YanB. Specie in Scranton Tribune.
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properly there accumulates in them I'M
digested, fermenting, putrid, blood poison
ing matter. The appetite cannot be healthy
till this is removed. A machine will not
run if it is all clogged up with dirt. The
stomach cannot appropriate food unless it
is clean, and so healthy hunger cannot
come The stomach cannot be clean if the
liver and bowels do not dispose of the food
passed along to them. If poisonous. effete
matter is allowed to accumulate and con-
gest the liver and bowels more or less of it
gets into the blood, and is carried all over
the body. Is it any wonder that it makes
you sick?
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Is
designed to correct all disorders of the
digestive and blood making system and to
drive all impurities outSof the blood itself.
1t restores lost appetite and vitality,
builds healthy flesh and muscle, changes
sickness to health, misery to happiness.
John A. Galloway, Esq, of No. 2IS 10Th Street,
Columbus, Ga, writes " / had cataTrh for four
wears and also liver and kidney trouble. IN 1894
I was working at night and broke out i'll Jumps
all over and when these left, the skin peeled off
NV eyes were stinllen ard had pimples and
brown spots on my face. Now these are all
gone and 1 believe am entirely well. l have a
good appetite, but before I commenced taking
Your Golden Medical Discovery had nc
appetite at all. Now | AMI like child-ready
to eat at any time of the day or night"
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GOOD THINGS TO EAT.

What they are depends mostly on the
condition of the eater.
Most anything is good to eat if man IS
properly, healthily hungry.
Every man is properly hungry at more or
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less di S ii net
intervals if he
is healthy.
Corned beef
and cabbage
taste better to
ahealthy, hun
CRY man than
terrapin an d
| pate de fol
i grds to t Ii e
| jaded appetite
| of a dyspeptic.
1 The nJoy-
nIent of eating
| d depends on
4 the condition
F.; of the S M
h, liver,
1 BIO w e $, and
kidneys. If
| these do not
> "a
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
GfInterest 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 1900 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
Ave year
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-30
DO.YOU GOOE.??

That is, have you aches and pains ?
Do you suffer from Gout, Rheumaa
ism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Kidney
trouble, or pains in the small of the
back? If SO, what you need Is
uKIKT TARI FITS"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-07
The III yt;1iux Of Il king.

The Emperor of Germany has toy
fhat would gladden. the heart Of the
most exucting boy. 1t is Il miniature
frigate, a full-rlgycd three-masted war
ship fifty-tive feet in length, drawing
but four feet of water, and having "a
capacity of thirty tons. The ship is an
heirloom in the imperial family of Ger
many. having been presented by Will
lam w., King of England, to the pres
ent German rmperors great-grand-
father, Frederick William Ill. 1t gave
the reigning monarch his first taste of
life on the wave, and in his boyhOod
days one Of his favorite amusements
was to sal. on the watery Potsdam, In
company with his brother Henry. in
this tiny man-ofwar. At distance
the ships dimensions are very decep-
tive, but Il man at the rail or boat NOV
ing alongside soon brings out, by con-
trast. the smallness of the craft. The
frigate can he sailed in the same man
ner as the largest ship, but the crew
must be Lliputians in size and scanty
in number; a seaman of ordinary build
would he totally out of place on the
wards of this vessel He would p.Oh-
ably be in grave danger of bringing the
spars down to the deck with his own
weight. Royal Louise" is the name
of this kingly toy; she was christencd
after Trussian Queen Louise. The lit
tie frigate was built on the Thames
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-07
NIGHT IN A bUFFALO HOE.
Queer Imprisonment of Hunter II
%l.n

Queer imprisonment of Hunter in
the Northwest.
A party of scouts from the stations
on Blcusoe's Creek, in Sumner County,
was over in Wilson on IL tour of ob>e'-
vat .un for Indian signs, says the TO. t.
land Olegonian. AS they prepared to
camp late one winter afternoon capt.
jennings, who was one of the uumbe.',
start, Il out to kill Il buffalo from herd
which was near by.
There was II heavy sieet on the
ground and he found it difficult to get
Il good range on account OF the noise
Of his feet on the cracking ice, but at
ter following the game for severa.
miles he at last killed IL very large bull.
Fearing that the meat might be in
jured if left until the next coming. he
skinned the animal and took out the
viscera. Hy the time he was done night
had come, and he decided to remain
with his meat instead uf seeking camp
in the da kness. So. wrapping the huge
Ii de around him, flesh side out he lay
down and slept very comfortably until
morning. On waking he found himself
tightly imprisoned in the hide, VIII CHI
had frozen hard and now resisted all
his efforts to escape.
Hour after hour rolled by in agony to
the captain. He yelled at the top of
his voice for help and strained and
kicked with all his might at the raw
hide Enclosure. but it proved stubborn
to the last degree. He doubtless swore
many bitter oath. for he was of too
irasclble n temperament to submit
tamely. He expected his companions
to search for him, and they did. but
with a great deal of caution. fearing
that he had been killed by the Indians
His prolonged absence could he nc
counted for in no other way. He gave
up all hope Of eXtricating himself as
the hours wore away. but help which
he had not thought Of was to save him
from death which would have been
extremely notifying, at the least. to
man who had escaped Indian bullets
and swan icy rivers like beaver. We
will let him relate the issue In his own
words "Well. the sun came out in the
afternoon. and this softened the hide
on the top so could get one arm out,
and when | got ono arm out work cd
like plzen until got my body
through"
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we TWO.

Ne two rake home of any place we go;
We two lind joy in any kind Of wealth
or,
Or il the earth is clothed in bloom or
snow,
II summer days invite, or bleak winds
blow.
What mat tiers it, we two are together!
We two, we two, we make our world,
our weather.
We two find youth renewed with every
dawn;
Each day holds something of an UNI
known glory.
We waste no thought on grief or pleasure
gone:
Tricked out like hope, time leads us on
and on,
And thrums upon his harp new song or
story,
We two, we two. we find the paths Of
glory.
We two make heaven here on this little
earth;
We do not need to wait for realms
eternal.
We know the use of tears, know sor-
rows worth.
And pain for us is always loves rebirth,
Our paths lead closely by the paths
supernal;
We two. we two, we live in love eternal.
Century.
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or trebled. The office expenses of the
commissioners are also extremely
heavy.
Without too close analysis saving
could be effected by the use of machll-
cry that can he shown at once. 1t Is
estimated that on this basis the num-
Der of voting precincts could be re-
duced to 600. The printing OF ballots
would be done away with. or course
the care of the machines would be an
expense, although not nearly so heavy.
On an equitable table Of reduction,
after careful computation, 1t Is calcu-
lated that the enormous sum OF $17,UO
could be saved on every city election.
ltemixed, this plan shows as follows:
Reduction in number of pre-
c1nctS .............. .'..'.'' 7sV
Reduction in salaries of officers
of election ................ .$39,0oU
Reduction in rentals at $1o pre-
cinct ........................ 1850