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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
Lord Penxance,s Acuunintance.

When the late Lord Penzance was
plain Mr.. Wilde, he once took an early
morning stroll round Covent Garden mar
ket. There he entered into conversation
with an old man of genial aspect who
had just made purchase Of geranium.
Mr.. Wilde soon found that the stranger
was an enthusiastic amateur gardener
and the pair had an interesting chat on
horticultural topics as they walked to-
ward Oxford street. Suddenly the fare
in passing hanson cab signaled to the
driver to pull up, and within the vehicle
Wilde saw his friend. Sergeant Ballan-
tine. Bidding the old man adieu, Wilde
entered the cab.
In surprised accents Ballantine ex-
claimed. How on earth did you come
to know that manp
"Picked him up just now in Covent
Garden Market" said his companion.
"Well, Wilde" the sergeant remarked,
"your new acquaintance is Calcraft the
hangman?'-London Chronicle.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
Senator Vest md the Stolen Pig,

A story that Senator Vest once told re-
lated to his candidacy for the legislature
in 1861 against \. s. Walker. The cam
vass was exceedingly exciting because Of
the near approach Of war. and all the
questions incident to it were discussed
with much animation. Charges and coun-
terchargrs were made. both sides knew
that about six votes either way would
determine The contest, and on the day be-
fore election Walker raised the point on
Vest that he had stolen some pigs. The
only way that Vest could meet the charge
was to acknowledge smilingly that he
had the pigs in his pen and in his posses
sion. If he had gone further and said
that he had bought thcm-which they
hoped he would do-thcy had witnesses to
show that he had not bought them, but
Vest was too shrcwd to be caught in the
trap and turned the accusation off with a
laugh and the remark:
Zone can't account for the way his
boys get pigs" st. Louis Republic.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02

This is no remedy =" discovered by the Quick
1uack Indians: or any other ignorant persons.
L 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 1t does
not do you much good. 1t won't keep your hair
from falling out, nor will it cure any and every
disease. All it is good for is Rheumatism, Kid,
aey trouble, and kindred diseases, but it Is
Still, it won't cure every case of Rheumatism.
some cases can't be cured. But it will abso-
tutely RELIEVE ANY CASE, and if properly
AIKEN, cure most of them. Neither do you have
% wait two months for results. This remedy
inns TO give ALMOST INSTANT RELIEF, and
you will begin to feel results the very first day.
We have enough confidence in its merits to
urnish trial package of twelve tablets, enough
o give relief 10 the most stubborn case. We
send this for twenty-five cents Ito cover cost Of
material. packing, and POSTAGE. Then, if you
satisfied. send for full-sized package (price,
sI.oo) of fifty tablets WITCH will put you in fair
way to complete recovery.
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.
eAddress: XXI CHEMICAL Co..
Room assA, Equitable Bldg, Baltimore. Md
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
The Prehirtor,a TiS Trade,

Recent investigation of the old problem
of the diffusion of tin over eastern Eu-
rope and Asia Minor in prehistoric times
leads to the conclusion that about thou
sand years before Christ the tin of the
British isles was carried overland to the
Egean sea. The invention Of the anchor
led about 200 years ago to the opening
of a marine route between England and
the eastern end of the Mediterranean,
and then the Phrygians controlled the tin
trade with their ships. The short sum-
MGR nights of North Britain were among
the wonders that Greeks talked of in the
DAYS of Homer.-Youth's Companion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
THE CAR INSPECTOR.
Importance of HIS Work and the
Grent WntchfUlness Needed.

Importance of His Work and the
Grent wntchfulness Needed.
1t is interesting to watch the trained
cur inspector examining n long freight
train which has rolled into the yards.
He moves along the side of the cars and
notes all the wheels, brake beams. boil
sters, rods. etc. He uses no hammer. but
has his eyes open for defects. He will
stop suddenly, look carefully at a wheel
and follow the faint lines of crack run
ming perhaps from the hange to the cen
ter. Such wheel is condcEancd at once.
and the car is shunted off until new
pair of wheels can be placed under it. II
there is fat place on the wheel which
measures more than 2Ea inches across.
that wheel must go too. Then there may
tie a sharp fangc. and that must be look
ed after 4 coupling may have faults, a
brake rigging may have given out. and all
these things the inspector must take note
of.
He must be an honest man. as thou
sands Of dollars worth OF property and
many lives might be sacrificed in case he
neglected something. Box car doors he
looks at carefully. They are dangerous
things if they are loose. Many an cngi
neer or fireman has met his doom by hav-
ing the cab strike loose car door. II
may be hanging in place in the yard, but
when it reaches point where 4 strong
wind catches it out it goes. and the pass
ing train strikes it. In such cases there
is n shower of splnters, broken cab.
and it is lucky indeed if there is no one
killed. Engineers have dread of loose
doors and are always glad when 4 freight
train is past them when they are running
at full speed. Another thing the inspect
or must watch is the hopper bottom
dump car. II the fastening gets loose
and let's load of ore or limestone down
on the track while the train is in motion.
it means bad wreck.
Taking all things into. consideration.
the car inspector is very important man
in the railway service. and efficiency on
his part comes only from long experience
and careful training.-Pittsburg Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
A MALARIA GERM.
What It Has to Contend with In the
Human System.


Theodore Waters in Ainslee's has edit
ed The life story of Il malaria germ. Here
is the germs description of fight with
the phagocytes: Just then a lot of our
newborn brothers began crowding upon
us from behind, and when we turned to
demonstrate we saw away to the rear
great commotion. a fight and retreat
were going on. 1t was slaughter of the
most horrible kind. There at the head Of
q tide of blood were columns of phago-
cytes cutting into the rear guard Of mala-
ria germs, killing them, swallowing them
whole and growing lustier as the process
went on 1t was an awful spectacle. ]
hung back, fascinated. A rhagocyte
would race down the current with swift
overland stroke, reach out and grasp
micrcbe from behind. Then the arm of
the phagocyte would shorten and, as it
seemed to me, retreat into the white
monsters interior, dragging the germ
with it. Sometimes phagocyte would
grow facetious and would bump against
a poor germ rs though shouldering him
out of the road. Away would go the poor
germ, swimming fast in order to avoid
the encounter, but his enemy would then
swim faster, striking him fair in the
middle and with a slow motion going in
side out like q glove and actually taking
the germ in with him. Ugh! l should
have remained there in sheer spell if
my companion had not pulled me along
with him.
"'Make for a red blood CELL he called
as we went forward.
"'What,' said l, a red cell? We have
Just come from ONE
"'Never mind, he replied. Find red
cell and eat your way inside. 1t is our
only chance. See, the others are doing
it,
Sure enough, many of my brethren
hal selected good red blood cells and
were penetrating the skin and climbing
inside to escape the phagocytes. 1t SEEM
ed to me so unfortunate, just as we had
gained our freedom, but it was better
than death. So we looked for cells. Ev-
cry cell we came to, however, was being
occupied, and it seemed to me that the
phagocytes were gaining on us when my
companion suddenly pulled me to one
side and cried:
"rLook out! Look out! Keep away
from that current near the center there.
1t is worse than death!'
"'What is it? l cried, for could see
nothing.
"'Don't you seeY he said, hugging the
wall of the tunnel. there it is, that dis
colored streak running near the center Of
the stream. 1t is caused by what men
call quinine, and it is deadly il you swim
in it,
"'How does It affect you'll asked.
elf you swallow 1t, it numbs you
makes you incapable of motion-stupehes
and prevents you climbing into a red
blood cell-it is living death and the
friend of the phagocytesp
81 shuddered and swan on. At the end
Of n sewerlike opening my friend darted
to one side and seized rcd blood cell
which was unoccupied. He began work
on it at once.
"'Goodby. brother! he said. Here is
where l stop. I've work to do. Hope
you'll get out of the wet before our white
friends catch you. Look out for the qui
nine strcaks.'"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
How Houston Marked His Height.

John A. Thompson was born in the
same house in Lexington. Va. in which
Sam Houston first saw the light of day.
Mr.. Thompson says that he was born
just 40 years after Sam Houston. whose
birth occurred in 1877. The house in
which the births took place was one and
one-half stories high, was weatherboard-
ed and had small dormcr windows. AL
though most of the accounts state that
young Houston left Virginia for Tennes-
see with his mother when he WAS only o
years old. yet there are current in the
Timber Ridge ncighborhood many stories
of his youth in Rockbridge. One is that
he was DESTROYS of making his mark and
leaving Il lasting impression upon his
neighborhood. To do this on one occasion
he stood with his back to the partition in
the house and, taking his pistol, fired
a ball through the boards just above his
head, thus registering his height. which
measured 6 feet 4 inches. Strangers used
often to call at the house to see the hole
made by Houston's pistol. This action of
his seems to contradict the statement
that he left the state in early youth
Cincinnati Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
Faith and Work. Hand In Hand.

81 tell you," said commercial traveller
the other day. Il never heard the old
Scrptural doctrine that faith without
works is dead Illustrated so convincingly
as l did when l was down in New Or
leans and was sitting among n circle of
well to do planters who were telling sto.
rics of negro life. One OF them said:
"'Not long after slavery was abolished
an old darby who had been my fathers
body servant since they were boys got
religion" but his ideas about it were ex-
tremcly hazy. As Christmas approached
his family clamored for q turkey. So he
prayed earnestly for one. saying, 80
Lord, send Il turkey to this poor sinner"
but no turkey came. Day after day he
Kept up his petition without bringing the
coveted prize any nearer. Then on the
morning before Christmas he changed the
wording of his prayer to 20 Lord, send
this poor sinner to turkey" and about
midnight his prayer was answered. p
New York Tribune. 49, SIS 81
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
The PIayyvriter's Wall.

"How these actors and actresses do
talk about creating parts says a wo-
man who writes plays. 1--WE poor play
wrights work ourselves to death making
characters that fit the players like their
own skins, and then they go on the stage
and act like themselves. and we hear peo-
pie talking with admiration about that
clever woman or clever man who created
the character. Well, they don't create it.
That is usually done for them, but it
would never do to say so."-New York
TipnoS
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02

No one at all acquainted with our
shores can be unacquainted with our cars
or their drivers. whose ready wit is pro-
verbal. A man driven home by one of
these on a very wet night wished to give
him something to keep the cold out. Find
ing nothing at hand but liquor stand
with its tiny glasses, he poured out one,
saying. You'll think none the worse of
this because it was made by the holy
monks" The carman drained the glass.
"God bless the holy monks" he said, Its
themselves that can make good liquor.
but the man that blew that glass was
very short Of breath. "-Cornhill Maya
rina
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
Indorsed by His Acts.

Husband-You accuse me of being in
disposed to take an offer of employment
unless it's n sinecure. when the truth is
that | will take any position.
Wife-After seeing the position you
took under the lamppost when you came
home from the club last night | guess Ill
have TO acknowledge your contention
Boston Courier
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
An Exception.

1.-THE saying that satan finds some mis-
chief for idle hands to do is all right so
far as it goes" said the thoughtful man.
"but there urc cases in which it needs re-
vision"
Mention one" returned the sarcastic
man.
The case of the armIess wonder in the
dime museum. for misunderstanding
ton Star.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
Not WineuIaRHeA.

1t was of a Maine prohibitionist that
Chief Justice Fuller told this story: A
prohibitionist went into store and, upon
being asked by the clerk il he wanted to
see some wiueglasses. replied Indignantly,
mo: l want to buy some unfermented
grape juice glasses"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
Deceived,
Deceived.
Mrs. Blinkers-What! Going awayi

w ny!
Srrvant-Yes, mum. When l came
yesterday, you gave me the keys to your
trunks and drawers and chests and jewel
boxes to keep for you.
Mrs. BImkers-Ycs. did that to show
that | trusted you. What is the matter!
Scrvant-Ther don't one Of 'em fit.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
Her Sponge Cake.

Mrs. Newlywed-I was going to have
some sponge cake as Il surprise for you,
dear. but confess it is failure.
Mr.. Newlywed-What was the matter?
Mrs. Newlywed-I don't know for sure,
but / think the chemist sent me the
wrong kind Of sponges.-London Fun.
Chester, In Wales, city founded / 800
years before America was discovered, is
even at the present time surrounded by a
wall from II to 40 feet high, built by
the Roman legions under Julius AgricoIa,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02

Jeweler-Why do you refer to watch
cases without movements as faith?
Pious Clcrk-Well. you see. they don't
amount to very much without good works.
Jewellers Weekly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02

"What is n bookworIn. Uncle Jackw
at is a person who would rather read
than cat, or it is worm that would
rather eai than read" - indianapolis
Journal.
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mDlncnb1e.

She-I heard about the elopement. Has
her mother forgiven them?
He-I think not. | understand she has
gene to live with them.-Collier's Weekly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02

TIe depth of water affects the speed
of steamers very considerably, the YES
sells moving more slowly in shallow than
in deep water.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02

1t is said that the Turks were the
first to bury their dead in cemeteries
adorned with ornamental headstones.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
TRAINS SOUTHWARK,
SlINDAV TRAINS

SUNDAY 7 RAINS.
Sunday trains leave Baltimore for Delta and
intermediate stations at $50 A. M. and 400
P. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at 10 4. M. and $50
Pm. They will leave Cardiff for Baltimore
and intermediate stations at 6.55 A. M. and
$50 P. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at 7.55 A. M.
and 4.30 2. NJ. An additional train will leave
Bel Air for Baltimore and intermediate sta
tions at 8. 1OP. NJ, and Baltimore for Bel Air
at $50 P. M, arriving at Bel Air at P. N.
and Baltimore $50 P. M.
]. X. KLINEFELTER, Gen. Pass. Agr.
WA MOORE. Gen'l Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02

"Where have you been all afternoon
"AIusic hali-piano rccital'
INTERNALLY tircsome. wasn't it?"
"Not at all. | was the pianist. Chi.
sago Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02

That is the foundation of strength. Exer-
else puts on the superstructure of develop
ment.
To establish the stomach and the diges-
tive and nutritive functions in perfect
health, there is no medicine so sure and SO
satisfactory as DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. 1t strengthens the stomach,
enricbes the blood, nourishes the nerves,
and regulates the functions of every vital
organ of the body.
"About twelve years ago was suddenly taken
with pain in the pit of the stomach which was
SO violent could not walk straight" writes o. s.
Copenhaver, Esq, of Mount Union Huntingdon
Co. Pa, (Box 222) 1T would grow more severe
until it caused waterbrash and vomiting of
Shiny yellow water. 1 consulted physician and
he told me had a form of dyspepsia and treated
me for about six months with but little benefit.
still kept getting so weak could scarcely walk.
I then tried another physician and he told me
my liver was out of order and that had indiges-
ton He gave me treatment and got some
better but only for short time. then took to
using several widely advertised patent medi-
cines, but received no more than temporary
relief while using. 1 then tried Dr. Pierce's
medicines, using his Golden Medical Discov
cry Favorite Prescription and the Pleasant
Pellets and i'll two months time was feeling
better than had for years before. can truth
fully say DR.. Pierce's medicines did me more
good than any had ever taken"
DR.. Pierce'S Common Sense Medical Adviser,
IooS-pages, fully illustrated, is sent free re-
ceipt of 81 one-cert stamps (cost OF mailing
oniy) for paper edition, or 81 stamps for edition
bound in cloth. DIR. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
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The original regiment of Dragons is
said to have been organized in England
10 1851. -,:,,A =, = -
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c. A. Snow s. 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,
says that, owing to the improved conditions In
the United States Patent Office, patents may
previous time in their experience of twenty
ave year
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DO.YOU. GOOF.?

That is, have you aches and painsF
Do you suffer from Gout, Rheuma-
ism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Kidney
trouble, or pains in the small of the
back? If so, what you need is
oKIKI TART ETSn
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-02
A ROUSING CONCERT.
THE SCENE WHEN EMMA NEVADA
SANG IN HER NATIVE TOWN.

Am Ovation In Austin the Like of
Which Probably No other Singer
Ever Experienced Kisses and
Wedding CalSe ms Souvenirs.
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We all covet strength and admire 1t. We

and nerve. II
you want to
b e gin to be
strong, start
with the stom-
acli. Put the
digestive and
nutritive or
gans and blood
making glands
in perfe c t
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COUNTY NEWS.
For Additional County Ne,rs, see other pages.

East Biuehin.
Archer e. Long, who has been at work
on Clark Island, returned last Wednesday.
Ethelyn NJ. Long returned last Satur-
day to Everett Mass, where she is teaching.
Mrs. Carrie johnson, wife Of Frank L.
johnson, died at O'Clock this morning.
Mrs John Tufts, of Walt ham, Mass, is
visiting her relatives and friends In the
village.
Rosa Candage, who has been at Seal
Harbor during the summer, returned last
Saturday.
Mrs. Henry B. Marks, who has been In
SargentvilIe for several weeks, came home
last Wednesday.
Robert Ashworth has returned from
Mount Waldo, where he has been en-
ployed during the summer.
A. Judson Grindle has returned from
Redstone, N. H., where he has been work
ing during the last five months.
Jonathan Bridges, OF Sedgwick, was In
the village last Thursday. Mrs. Bridges
came with him and W III remain few days
visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Emma Twining and Miss Violet
Twining. who have been the guests OF
Mrs. l.. B. Grindie during the summer,
have returned to their home in Burling-
ton, Mass.
The county Pomona grange, John
Dority, OF North BiuehilI, master, held its
regular meeting here last Thursday. The
weathe was fine, the attendance fair, and
the meeting interesting and profitable.
Steamer "Cat herine" made an excursion
to Bar Harbor last Friday, starting from
Surry and touching at East Biuehiil, Blue
hill and South Bluehill. She carried
about go passengers-45 of them from
East Biuehili.
Parker Snowman, of South Penobscot,
was In the village last Sat urday. He took
home with Kim q stesm boiler formerly
used in the Collins granite works. Tie
boiler viii he put into his new grist mill
and blacksmith shop.
Sept. 10. q.
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Cranberry Isles.
Mrs. William l. Mayo and children
have returned to their home at Southport.
Miss Mamie Squirting, of Masssc husetts,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. John Rose
brook.
Mrs. Lucinda G. Fernald, OF Islesford,
has resumed her place as housekeeper for
William P. PEBBLE.
The picnic dinner and dollar eociable,
of which Rev. c. N. Davie was the prime
mover, held at Spurling's point, proved
decided success.
Mrs. Benjamin II. Squirting and daugh-
ter Frances, who have spent the past
three months here, left yesterday for their
home at Boothbay Harbor.
Capt. Benjamin H. Squirting, who sails
q yacht hsiling from Bristol, r. L.,
which came to Bar Harbor last Tuesday,
made a short visit here.
A. c. Wheelwright and wife, and q
party of friends, came here last Sunday,
bringing with them Rev. MIR. Bradley, of
Philadelphia, who delivered an interest
ing sermon.
Preble Richardson, who has been in
the South American trade for nearly two
years, has returned to his home here and
Is now preparing to 60 into the lobster
fishing business.
Mrs. Sarah E. Foster, who is stopping
here few weeks in the interests OF the
Maine missionary society, is seeking to
organize an auxiliary society among the
! ladies OF this place. Rev. Charles Har-
butt, secretary oithe society, was in town
last week.
Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Row and daug liter
! Hetty. OF Boston, who have been boarding
at Mrs. Florence Spurling's the past two
months, leave to-day. Since coming
here they have purchased the house and
place Of William d. Stanley for a summer
home. 1t is a matter OF regret to many
that Mr.. Stanley should sell his home
and is contemplating removing from this
| town.
Sent r
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KAY.

South Penobscot.
Miss Belle Wight has returned to Wal
than, Mass.
Maurice L. Wood is stopping at his
uncle's, Otis Roberts.
Miss Helen Snow has returned to Bos-
ton, where she has employment.
Sidney Gray and wife are receiving con-
CALCULATIONS on the birth Of a son.
Miss Wilma Bowden has returned to
Norwood, Mass, to resume teaching.
Mrs. Susie Clement is home from Bar
Harbor, where she has been working.
Rev. Mr.. Drew and family, of VIM,
have been visiting his brother, Rev. e. K.
Drew.
School will commence in this district
Sept. 3, taught by Miss Bernice Wardwell,
of North Castine.
Prof. George I. Bowden and wife and
Mrs. Fletcher have returned to their
home in bingham, Mass.
Sept. 8. CLIMAX.