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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
THE WIND A BLESSING.
How the Gales That Sweep Wyoming
Find Appreciation There.

They call the wind blessing in Wyo-
ming. Thus accepted it is a bountiful
blessing. 1t is generous and unstinted.
There are winds in other parts of the
country. but none like Wyoming in win
ter. 1t has the chief elements Of sue
cess. 1t possesses patience and persever-
ance and the cheerful and blatant conf
dence of an advance agent. 1t bloweth
where it listcth, and it listeth to blow al.
most everywhere. 1t sounds its Monno-
MAN blast over mesa and over whited
plain. Its long drawn wall is like the
VOLTS howl around the corners of the iso-
lated ranch house. Its solemn chant is
like the echo of passing bell in the ears
of the numbed and toiling herder who
vaguely counts his struggling sheep
through the dim vistas of the driving
snow. 1t nips the TANKS of the sturdy
broncho and drives the cattle to the
skimp shelter of the little hollows Of the
foothills, where spring discovers their
thin and pitiable carcasses prone in the
sunshine. 1t is pitiless.
And yet coyote and sheepman, heredi-
tary enemies in all things else, rise up to
call the breezes blessed. Blessed, the
coyote cries, because the sacrifice Of steer
and sheep and horse serves to exc out the
food supply, sometimes but scant and diff
6cult. Winter has no more eloquent ex-
preston than the drooling, savage whim-
per of the hungry coyote. At night its
cry. penetrating some warm interior of
rancher's cabin, dugout or sheep camp,
rises and falls like the walls of q sickly
babe. but the sound has a blood curdling
undcrtone that never yet transformed
babes complaint. TO the unaccustomed
ear it is almost intolcrable in it's pathos
and chilling in its threatening information.
The shecpman is used to it and pauSes
only TO wonder what deviltry the varmint
is up to now. And if it suits his conven-
fence he stops the cry with u steel jacket
ed bullet.
The shcepmen call the wind a blessing
for the most obvious reason in the world.
But for the wind. they tell you, no sheep
could live through the winter on the flats.
The snow drops n dull, white pail upon
the land, inches upon inches, burying
the succulcnt grasses and salt sage too
deep for searching noses to find out.
Were it to lie there, with the sun in the
wake of the storm sheeting the snow
with n crust of ice, no flock but would be
more than dccimated. The wind has
saved the sheep. for it has uncovered the
grass and sage, and there is marvel in
the nibbling powers of a good healthy
sheep.-Dcnver Field and Farm.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
A LAZY MANS SCHEME.
He Gets Good Ideas without Having
to Pay For Them,

to Pay For Them.
There's Il man who has 20 clever fell
lows working for him. They give him
their best brain power, and yet none of
them has ever secured dollar for it."
1t was 2 o'clock in down town restau-
rant, and the speaker nodded toward a
small. dark man who sat ut n table few
feet away. The little man is a writer of
short stories Of a thrilling and dramatic
character. He is us prolific writer as
Old Sleuth and makes big income year
ly by his pen. He lives at hotel down
town, and while he has no regular con-
nection with newspapers his hours are
those Of q reporter on q morning journal.
Twelve o'clock at night finds him in some
of the newspaper offices or at the rooms
Of the Press club in friendly chat with a
bunch Of "all nighters."
He writes his melodramatic stories up
to a crisis, lays down his pen and walks
over to a city room here q dozen report
ers are throwing the last of a days writ
ing into the copy basket. Every body soon
begins to spin yarns.
Curious thing came under my notice a
few days ago." begins the writer Of melo-
dramatic tales. He sketches the plot Of
Ills uuunisueu 6loIy up " lhe OihSuil
point which has stopped him. "Now,
what do you suppose happened next" he
philosophers, Ticking the ashes from the
end of his cigar.
"I'l bet SO and So" shouts one Of the
boys.
"Pshawl That's not likely" interposes
a second. people under such circum-
stances would have and he finishes the
story.
In IS minutes the romancer has half
dozen plausible sequels suggested to him.
He makes mental note Of them, strolls
out and over to his hotel with the rest of
his materials ready made without effort
on his part.
els that man n vampire or genius?"
Neither one; clever, lazy man.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16

In the wire frontcd coops of a down
town market there is quite menagcrie,
comprising a beautiful pair of gray fox
squirrels, bluejays, pheasnnts, rabbits, a
young fox and pair of big. dingy color
cd sea gulls. Most people have seen the
sea gulls which frequent the harbor here
and make themselves at home on bridge
draws and the roofs of the houses or
steamers, chase and fight each other for
possession of scraps thrown over from
steamboats,, but if any one wants to see
what vicious, determined creatures these
birds are let him throw Il smelt into the
cage where this pair of gulls is kept
They seize the fish like flash and hold
on like pair of bulldogs, each striving
to wrest it from the other, while both OK
press by actions that they will die before
they let go. Throw in another smelt, and
before one can say Jack Robinson" both
fish have been swallowed, and each of
the gulls has turned and is ready to
snatch the fish from the other IL the lat
ter has been slow in getting It out Of
sight.-Portland OreGonian. .s4.a-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
GUMPTION.
a MATTER OF HABIT.
Very Hard to Put on an OvercOat the
Other Arm First.

"See that cigar?" said a clubman,
drawing the article referred to from his
mouth and admiring it as he held it up
and addressing his remark to q fellow
member.
What about it?" asked the party ad-
dressed.
pretty good cigar" remarked the first
speaker, but the chief thing about 1t Is
that it was won on a most peculiar bet,
and don't know but that can win one
from you on the same terms"
"Name the bet"
LET me ask you a question or two.
Which arm do you put in your oyercoat
first in pulling that garment onY'
LET me see. put my left arm in
first"
How long does it take you to put It
on?
81 don't know that l ever timed my
self. But what has that to do with the
bet?"
"a good deal. / will bet you a cigar
you can't put on your overceat By piac-
ing your right arm IN first instead of vou-
left in five times the time required to put
it on in the regular way"
THAT'S a bet, and we will settle it
right now"
The two sauntered In the direction of
the cloakroom, where an attendant
brought forth the topcoats of the two
members.
"Only one. Henry" said the originator
Of the bet. mir. Smith wants to try his
on. ! don't want mine"
Mr.. Smith took his coat and, inserting
the left arm in the sleeve, us was his hab-
it, threw the garment over his right
shoulder, in jiffy had it on, ready to adj
just the roll or button as seemed best.
''Thirty-three seconds" said his COM
panion, who with watch in hand had
been a close observer of the trial. Now
take it off and put it on the other way,
with your right arm in first"
Mr.. Smiths complexion became more
forid than usual, caused by the unaccus-
toned exertion, and intensified the silver
gray hair which covered his head and up
per lip.
He tried it again, but the left arm re-
fused to find the sleeve. and after several
unsuccessful attempts he gave it up.
at beats the world" said he as he
gave the order for cigars, addressing the
remark to his club companion, what
creatures of habit we are. especially men
vi Tue SLUG VI ~, anu the luuuy
feature of it is that we don't know it.
Now, l never would have believed that n
man of my age could not put on an over
coat when the arms were reversed. l am
going to win some bets on that thing my
self"
THAT reminds me-" said his compan-
ion, ''of little experience had the 9TH
or day with my cigar. 1t simply shows
how we are welded to little habits and
know nothing of them until called upon
to break one of them. had a fever bis
ter on my lip on the right side of my
mouth. l always hold my cigar on the
right side. OF course the fever blister
made it best to shift the cigar to the left
side, and do you know not only found it
very awkward to hold it there, but
could not draw. l was so conscious of
the change that ! did not enjoy smoking
and in fact gave it up until the fever blis-
ter healed and could smoke in the good
old y."-ChicaCo Ch"cpicle
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
A Fiction About Painters.

One of the time honored attributes Of
the panther is his scream. One could not
take S4,000.O00 and Herewith dsabuse
the American public Of its fond belief in
the womanlike wall of the panther. Yet
many scientists today affirm that the
panther is q mute animal, and does not
scream at all. This latter believe to be
accurate, for my friend "Old Bilr' Ham
ilton, one of the few reliable and genuine
old timers of the Rocky mountains, tells
me the note of the panther is sort Of
hoarse, roaring noise, and compares 1t
rather to the roaring howl of the gray
wolf than the voice of any other wild an
imal. He laughs at the "womanlike wall"
notion. Once when in camp in the Jicaril-
la mountains of New Mexico l heard at
night the cry of what supposed to be a
mountain lion or panther. 1t was answer
ed from beyond our camp, and the first
animal passed within n few hundred
yards. 1t might have been wildcat, but
the teamster who was with me said he
thought 1t was n mountain lion.-Chicago
Record
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
SHOOTING SPIES.
The Task In a Revolving One to the
Soldiers.

One of the most unpleasant and revolt
Ing duties which soldier on active serv-
ice is called upon to perform is that of
shooting such spies as either by attempt
ing to escape or in any way guilty Of
breaking their parole merit that fate, and
there is not soldier in the army who
does not dread being called upon to form
one of q firing party for an execution.
For it is one thing to STAY and kill In
battle when their blood is up and the
lust of the fight is upon them and a diff
ferent one to take away the life Of fell
low creature in cold blood. In these lat
ter days, however, much has been done
to mitigate the horror Of the task, but
even then an execution remains a most
impressive spectacle. and necessarily SO,
for the shooting Of one spy has usually
salutary effect on others as yet uncap-
tured.
The manner in which one Of these exc.
cutions is carried out in the British army
is as follows: A spy condemned for his
offenses to be shot is surrounded by de-
tachment Of infantry, and after he has
been provided with q pick and shovel he
Is marched off to n selected spot, there to
carry out what is perhaps the most terri
BILE task any person can be called upon to
perform-to dig his own grave.
This done his tools are taken from him
and his eyes bandaged for the last net of
the awful drama. The attending chap
lain now commences to read portions of
the burial service, and from tine ranks of
the escort ~ men are picked at random
by the officer in charge. These men, hav-
ing stacked their own rifles, are led to
where u other weapons are awaiting
them, six Of which are loaded with blank
cartridges and the remainder with ball,
and one of these is handed to each man,
so that none knows whether the rifle he
holds is loaded with ball or not, and none
can say for certain that the shot which
killed the prisoner was fired by him.
The firing party then marches up to its
appointed position. The successive COM
mands, present." "Firer' are given, and
scarcely has the last word died away be-
fore n volley rings out and the unhappy
spy falls lifeless into his newly dug
grave.
Nearly every man is more or less af-
fected on being selected to form one of
the actual firing party, and many men
have been known to faint right away on
being singled out, while others have been
so overcome with emotion that they have
scarcely beeu able to pull the triggers of
their rifles.-Irsh independent.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
HIS Awful Sorrow.

dwelling while from the window above
his wife poured after him ceaseless vol
leys Of what is politely known as 1an-
gwidge." But in the enthusiasm of her
eloquence she leaned out too far and fell
on to the pavement.
A mortified spectator hurried after the
husband with the news. AS he was
breaking it the man, with face full Of
suppressed feeling, murmurcd: Don't
make ne laugh. I've got cracked lip"
London Chronicle.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
Smoking stunts the Growth of Boys.


Whatever difference OF opinion there
may be upon the advisability Of smoking
for men there is none as to its pcrnicious
effect upon hoys. Ii affects the action of
the heart and reduces the capacity OF the
lungs. Young men who are being trained
fer athletics are not permitted to smoke
by their trainers because. as they say, ''it
is had for the wind" The argument that
will appeal most fnrcibly to your boy is
that smoking will stunt his growth II
has been proved that youthful smokers
are shorter and weigh less than their
comrades who do not smoke. Cigarettes
are particularly injurious. Nicotine, the
active principle OF tobacco. is said by
chemists to bc. next to prussic acid. the
most rapidly fatal poison known. The
tender tissues Of growing hoy cannot
absorb even very small quantity of il
without most injurious rcsults.-Ladies'
Home journal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
A FUNNY OLD RAILROAD.
Cars Drawn by Locomotives Which
Could Not Turn found.


According to DR. w W. Smith Of Will
liston. s. G.. the first railroad in the
United States WIS the South Carolina
railroad. aftrrwarl called the Charleston
and Augusta railroad. running from
Charleston to Augusta. Il distance of no
miles. The road was began in 1876 and
completed in 1883.
Some of the queer things which distin
guiShcd it from the roads of today were:
The first motive power used on this
road was wind utilized in sails made Of
cloth on the cars.
The locomotives had two smokcStacks
one at each end. In going to Charleston
one of the stacks was used and in coming
back the other.
There were no spark arresters, and ev-
erybody along the route had to watch
their property to prevent its being burned
up.
One hundred miles q day was good
travelling in those days.
When night came on, all hands struck
camp and waited for daylight to come in
order to proceed.
The track was composed Of ties and 80
foot stringers ON which band Of iron
like a common tire was laid and nailed
down to the wood.
A track walker went ahead of the en-
gine every day to knock down the SNAKE
heads" or nail heads, to prevent acct
dents. The dread OF the engineer was the
SNAKE heads" or nails protruding above
the iron rail. for they were prolific
sources Of accidents. The conductors col
lected the fares from the outside. walk
ing on boards ABOUT like the open street
cars are now arranged.
There were He cunvcniences on the
cars rs in this day and time. The cars
stopped ut stated intervals for the con-
venipncr of the passengers.
The mail facilities were meager and
very primitive. \ split stick served for
mail bag. us letters were put in sticks
and handed up TO the conductor aud were
thrown out the same way.
The coupling Inks were made Of wood.
so that when i ear Sin off it would break
and save the others from running off
Augusta Herald.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
A. Remarkable Clock.

The most remarkable clock in the
world is owned by IIindoo prince. In
the place of an ordinary dial is gong,
md beneath it, on a metal plate, lie arti-
ficiai human bones and skulls in heap,
there being sufficient number to form
II perfect skeletons. At / o'clock the
number of bones forming n single skcle.
ton come together with snap. tho skcle
ton by Invisible mechanism springs TO its
feet, sciZes mallct and strikes the gong
once, and, returning to the heap, falls to
pieces again. According to the hour the
number of skeletons which rise from the
heap varies, and when the whole l. rise
together at noon and midnight the specta-
Gle is said to be most grewsome.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
The First House.

Some time ago the dead letter office In
Washington received a foreign letter ad-
dressed to the First House In America"
The chief clerk of the puzzle bureau sent
the letter to the federal barge office of
New York on the theory that this would
be the first house entered by foreign
immigrant landing in America. His the
org proved correct, for when the letter
was opened it was found to contain q
communication in Russian informing the
immigration commissioner of the impend-
ing arrival of some Polish Jewesses who
expected to be met at the barge office by
their relatives "The first house in Amer
lea" is not bad description for the little
gray stone building that stands at the tip
end of New York surmounted by a turret
and flagstaff flying faded specimen of
Old Glory above the vertical stripes and
stars of the custom house This is where
oil immigrants admitted to New York
first set foot on dry land.-Collier's
Weekly
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
XXI TABLETS"

This is 10 remedy " discovered by the Quick
luack Indians 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 no harm if it does
1ot do you much good. 1t won't keep your hair
rom falling out. nor will it cure any and every
disease. All it is good for is Rheumatism, Kid
ley trouble, and kindred diseases but it is
mighty good for them. 9
Still, it wont cure every case of Rheumatism.
some cases can't be cured. But it will abso-
utely RELIEVE ANY CASE, and if 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
Jou will begin to feel results the very first day.
We have enough confidence in its merits to
'urnisl trial package of twelve tablets, enough
% give relief to the most stubborn case. We
send this for twenty-five cents Ito cover cost Of
material. packing, and POSTAGE. Then, if you
are satisfied, send for flI-sized package (price,
il0O) of fifty tablets which will put you in fair
way to complete recover,
The tablets are not nasty, but easy to swallow.
You see how plainly we tell you just what we
have to offer. That's because we are using hon.
est methods with an honest remedy.
sAddress XXI CHEMICAL. Co..
Room s3sA, Equitable Bldg, Baltimore, Nd.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16

"Dear." she said during an interval Of
comparative sanity. promise me one
thing"
Anything" he answered with the
reckleSSnrSS of love.
after we have been married n reason
able time il We decide divorce Is desira
bic promise that my brothers. who are
struggling young lawyers. shall represent
s."-Philadclphia North American.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
ne Eglsapd .IptslliGsqcer:
BEL AIR, MD. MARCH 16 1900
WHAT LACK ! YETI

Tine young man saith unto him, All these
things have kept from my youth up. What lack
yet2-Matthcw xix, 20.
i have kept the commandments and said my
prayers.
Before the world am pure and clean
In the temple worship and no one dares
To hint Of hunger or want unseen.
But feel longing, a vague unrest,
For something better than have known.
l knock at thy heart, Good Master, in quest
OF something TO satisfy my own.
The young man, sorrowful, went his way
The test was stronger than he could bear
And with all his wealth he was poor that day,
For his soul was starving within him there.
Oh, we struggle and pray and yearning sigh
For the peace OF God in hearts, and yet
We cling to some secret idol and cry,
Master, Good Master, what lack yet?'
Anne H. Woodruff in Good Housekeeping.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16

Little Brothcr-Mr johnson, won't you
go and stand before the window?
Mr.. Johnson-Certainly my little man,
but why?
Little Brother-Oh, ma says she can
see through YOU. want to see II can.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16

Clara-At Jennies wedding last week,
owing to a misunderstanding, she had to
wait at the church 80 minutes for the
bridegroom.
Maud-Oh, well, 80 minutes isn't any.
thing to woman who has waited 80
YesrA-NaR York World. .
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
Unequal Punishment.

How long should an hcncst man be
punished for n mistake? If dishonest
man commits n robbery or n murder he
Is punished for given term of years,
but if he is fairly honest citizen and
tries to do his duty and makes mistake
he is punished as long as he lives
Atchison Globe.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
SUNDAY TRAINS.

Sunday trains leave Baltimore for Delta and
intermediate stations at $50 A. NJ. and 400
P. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at 10 A. M: and $50
and intermediate stations at 6.55 A. N. and
$3.50 P. NJ, stopping at Bel Air st 7.55 A. M.
and 4.3O r. M An additional train will leave
Bel Air for Baltimore and Intermediate sta
tions at 6. 10 2. NJ, and Baltimore for Bel Air
at $50 P. M, arriving at Bel Air at P. NJ
and Baltimore $50 P. M.
]. K. KLINEFELTER, Gen. Pass. ARr.
wa MOORE Gent Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16

Perfumes are injurious to the sense of
smell. BY their use the srcrrtory glands
are weakened and overturned and the
hearing. the throat and lungs and the
senSe of smell all become affected.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16

81 don't know about letting you go to
that childrcn's dinner party, Katie. You
always become so wildly excited at such
places."
81 won't this time, mamma. Please let
me go! ! won't do anything but just
jump up and down"-Chicago Tribune
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
They Spliced,

The maid WAS inclined to he senti
mental. What remedy" she asked. zig
there for broken hearth
The practical young man arose to the
occasion. why not try 'spIicingT" he
suggested And now the cards are out
Philadelphia Record
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Merely Investigntiye.

care you curious or mcddesome?"
'Not in the least. but when | come to
anything locked up have to find out
what's inside at it or die."-Detroit Free
Press. .<;, -. -
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16

There is time in every mans educa-
ton when he arrives at the conviction
that envy is ignorance.
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DROPPED DEAD.

The man with heart trouble never
knows when his time may come. When
he leaves home for work he may never
return alive. He may drop dead on the
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-16
OfIntcrest 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 II 900 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