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Tabules, found his weight increased but was made anxious
because expectoration ceased. and feared on that account
that harm would result. but on consulting a physician he
learned that Ripans Tabules do not affect the conditions
of the lungs in any material degree, but if they do so at
all they have more tendency to favor expectoration rather
than to suppress it. Consequently there is no reason why
a consumptive should discontinue the use of Ripans Tab
ules because cxpectoration has ceased Furthermore. in
lung troubles an increase in weight is the best indication
of Improvement, and as the Tabules regulate the diges-
ton they increase nutrition and are doing the very service
required TO produce best results.
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
A PAINFUL DREAM.
The One In which Yen Imagine
EOurHelf Partly Naked

There is painful class Of dream which
may be labeled the inadequately clothed
dream. In this class OF dream it occurs
to us to come down from our bedrooms,
to minglr in society, even sometimes to
be presented ut court or to take part in
the highest and most solemn functions. IN
n costume that we should deem scarcely
adequate il we had been just reused
from our beds by shout of Fire
The degrees of this comparative nudi-
ty IRE very various. aud 1t is remarkable
that never, so far rs can learn. has hu-
man being THAT IL to say, in the TEN.
perate climatesJ ever in his dreams up
peared before his fellows in IN absolute
~ Arcadian or idyllic lack Of costume,
but the costume is commonly very in
adequate, so inadequate that the police
would very rightly interfere in the bare
interests of decency.
Indeed. that fear-the apprehension of
police interference for the sake of the
public morals-is factor in the general
uneasiness that we feel in our dreams in
finding ourselves going abroad In such
deshabille. For We are conscious of q
measure of uneasiness. We can feel that
we did wrong in not putting on this or
that absolutely Indispensable portion of
our wardrobe before we left our room,
but 1t is as nothing to the utter shame
and horror that would overwhelm US
were we really to find ourselves in such
conditions.
And in the same degree the shock that
our appearance gives our unfortunate
friends among whom we show ourselves
in such guise is not q circumstance to
the pain those sensitive souls would re-
ceive il our appearance We're reality
instead Of Il subjective fancy. Yet we
retain q sufficient sense of shame to be
conscious Of very real relief when we
wake to find that we have not behaved
ourselves in such manner as to be the
reprobation Of every right minded man
and woman.-Longman,sM Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03

Starch fsrms y conside "a bic portion a
our diet in sHe fern ~ nnoEss1, sBd al
starch has to be rpRWrsed mtg sugar b
the salka aAd ytptese4Qal j,nees b6ese II
can be assiHnlated The ae1RoR Of thess
fernents breaks u UP hit0 simpler ehen.
ical coMpoAaih. 10 That h finally reaches
tho blood and muscles rs dextrose. form
OF sugar which caR be burned to yield
heat and muscular energy. The change
required in sugar for its assimilation is
very slight compared with that required
for the digestion of starch.
1t will thus be seen that the process
Of manufacturing sugar from its vegeta-
Bile containers results in product that
for digestive purposes Is compare BILE to
partially digested starch, SO that it is
evident the substitution of sugar for
starch is Of advantage to the digestive
system, since it does not burden the di.
gestive tract and less force is required
for its Digestion and assimilation. In
fortunately. however, nature will not toll
crate mans attempt to present conceu-
trated chemically separated pure foods
all ready for assimilation. except In linn
tied amounts. and this is true Of sugar.
as Of peptones. partially digested meats
and similaT foods.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
Resources Of Culture,

A distinguished lecturer once told n
story of an engagement he had made ia
deliver a discourse in one OF the interior
towns on the subject of 1.-The Beacon
lights of Civilization"
81 reached the place." he said. "a little
behind time and went directly to the hall.
A large audience had assembled. I was
introduced in due form by the president
of the literary society under Whose aus
pieces | was to appear, and. laying my
manuscript on the desk before me,
opened it and waited n moment for the
applause to sutside. Imagine my horror
when l found I had accidentally brought
along the wrong lecture-one on the
Wonders Of Modern Electrical Sci
ence""
what did yon do?" asked one Of the
group to whom he was narrating the in
cidcnt.
81 went right ahead" he replied. THE
audience didn't know the difference"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
How He Cured Her.

A young doctor took his best girl to the
thcater. The curtain was late in rising,
and the young lady complained of feeling
faint.
The doctor smiled sweetly upon her,
took something out Of his vest pocket and
whispered to her to keep 1.-THE tablet" in
her mouth, but not to swallow 1t.
She shyly placed it on her tongue and
rolled it over and over. but it would not
dissolve. She felt better. however.
When the performance was over, she
Slipped the tablet in her glove, being Curl
GUS to examine Mt home this tasteless, in.
dissolublr little substance which had Civ
ell her such relief.
When nlonc in her room. she pulled off
her glove. and out came q mother Of
pearl shirt button
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
LION3 BRED IN CAPTIVITY.
They Develop Ferocity and Are rs
Healthy as Wild Ones.


There is Il current tradition that wild
animals born in captivity do not attain
the savagcness of those bred in their ma
tive jungle and that the teeth of such
animals do not develop az they do in the
wild state. The superintendent OF the
zoo, whose experience with wild animals
has been almost lifelong, says that he
has not found these assertions to be true.
However innocent and apparently
tame the cubs may appear, he says, there
is Il time when they attain savageness
apparently from instinct and show all
the characteristics of the animals whose
home has always been the forest or the
plain. As for the development of teeth
the superintendent points for illustration
to full grown lions which were born and
reared in captivity and may be seen any
day cracking bones of meat with which
they are fed with evidence of possessing
the most sound teeth possible.
The only way in which wild animals in
captivity usually suffer with their teeth
is that when thcS are fed they may grab
at the meat whiSn is pushed through the
bars with n big iron fork and break q
tooth ON the fork or they may In jump
ing against the bars injure tooth and
suffer afterward from its loss.
The little lions when baby cubs are
shy at first, then become as playful as
kittens. For the first year of their life
usually they may be treated as domestic
animals. At the age of about IL weeks
the cubs are taken from their mother,
but in the meantime she has taught them
to cat meat. At first the cubs suck
bone or Il scrap Of raw meat, which the
mother tears off for them. Often they
may be seen gnawing upon hone which
the mother lion holds in her jaws and
paws.
When first taken from their mother,
the cubs are given finely chopped meat.
the pieces being gradually made larger
until they are given bones. upon which
they sharpen and develop their teeth. In
time the lions can crush the bones with
ease. Fron%12 to II months of age the
young lions are, 1t is said, 50 cross as to
be almost uHmanaseable. AT the age of
10 Eonths or 3 years the cses are taken
in hand by the tranar. and tltnn. having
reached their growth, they are ready to
be perfected in their tricks and to be ex-
hibited.
1t is said by those familiar with lion
tanning and training that lions which
have been brought up as pets are the
hardest to train for performances. They
do not seem TO take the training .seri-
ously and are not so easily mastered as
those which have grown to maturity
without pettirg.-Baltimor Sun.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03

BY means of electric lights the interior
of Il burning building is made as plain
daylight. and firemen can tell ut Il glance
from the window ledge whether their
presence is needed inside. The lights are
made detachable. so they can be taken
from the engine and set up on standards.
They are also provided with 200 feet OF
flexible conducting cables, which enables
the tiremen to run the scarchights out
OH pier. or even into building.
One of the great fields for usefulness
OF this apparatus is in lighting up the i'll
terror of boats when on fire. When Il ship
at the pier gets on fire. the darkness in
the hold makes it difficult for the firemcn
TO control the flames. Dense volumes of
smoke further obscure the point where
the fire is burning, and sometimes ship
and cargo are lost simply because the
fremen are unable to locate the exact
place of the trr-IIarDer's Weekly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
A QUEER EXPERIENCE.
How o Possible Marriage Was Pre-
vented by q Burglary.

81 had a queer experience once with q
burglar" said n Nebraska merchant ON
his way to New York to buy goods. For
the past 10 years l have been making
several trips 4 year to New York, and
this incident occurred about ten years
ago. 1 had met 4 very intelligent and in
teresting woman in the city, a widow, Of
an age suitable for me, and as 1 was Il
widower had made up my mind if |
liked her rs well when | saw her again
as had for the two weeks had lived in
the same boarding house with her l
would begin to talk seriously to her.
Il knew nothing about her whatever
except that she interested me, and as
she seemed to be nice woman and | had
two boys who needed u good woman's
care i thought she might interest my
boys as well. She had given ME her
photograph, and l had it with Inc on the
trip to let her see, if necessary, that /
liked TO have her around.
"On my way 1 stopped over one night
in Chicago with n brother / had there,
and during the night my room was ell
tered by burglar. He must have been
a very smooth one, for l never heard
thing and only knew he had been there
by finding my money and watch and jew
elry and papers done up in Il package
and left on the bureau. Nothing was
missing as far as could discover except
the photograph, which l had left in
handsome leather frame on the bureau.
Frame and photograph were gone and
pinned to the mirror was u note i'll Il good,
legible hand which read as follows:
''Dear Sir-Whoever you may be, pardon the
liberty have taken in coming unlimited into
your room. / have taken with nothing but
photograph OF my mother. Don't tell her.
Possibly the hand shook when it wrote
the note, but if it did could not detect it
in the writing. Evidently, though, it was
genuine, for the burglar had left nearly
$1,000 worth of stuff that he could have
taken with the photograph. In any
event, l did not mention the visit Of the
burglar to my brother, and he had not
disturbed any other part Of the house.
my room probably being the first and the
photograph saving all the others.
Neither did say anything to the wild
ow about the burglar, or about the other
matter, either. l was just as polite as
ever, but it ended there. Incidentally j
spoke to her one day about my boys. and
she said she had boy somewhere in the
world, but he had run away from home
when he was Ii. and she had not seen
him in seven years or heard of him.
There were tears in her eyes when sh
spoke, and / felt little odd about the
eyes. myself, but l kept my secret. I'm
telling 1t now because she died about q
year ago."-Washin9tOn Star.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
SHE GOT THE MONEY.
A. Shrevd Wife Outwitted Most Pc.
nurious Husband.

nur1Ous husDonu.
81 know a woman" said man of large
acquaintance. who bad Il husband of
kind which | honestly believe is in the
very largest minority among husbands,
and am glad to say that he is, or was,
because he is now dead. She was good
looking, young, and loved all the better
things of life, and he was neither young
nor good looking, but he had bushel Of
money. | am sorry TO say, too, that if he
had not been rich the woman would not
have married him But that is neither
hero nor there, and we can't always
blame women who marry men for their
money. Notwithstanding this chap had
plenty of money he was mean with his
wife and gave her just as little as he
could possibly let 20 of. They had good
social position, and he was compelled to
spend something extra on her. but he did
it grudgingly, though he had fine ward
robe and expensive jewelry himself. 1t
wasn't so much that he was stingy as
that he just wanted to be ugly with his
wife.
well, one day she evened up with
him in fine style. She had been invited
to Il house party, and it was necessary
for her to have some new dresses, and
she figured on $1,000 worth as about
right and told him of it. He refused
fatty to permit any such expenditure.
She simply told him he would have to do
it, and slc went off and ordered what
she wanted. They were to be done on
the Thursday of her departure, and she
so notified her husband on the evening of
the day she gave the order. Each morn
ing thereafter she sent for him to come
to her room before he went down town
to business and told him she expected
check for $1,000 on Thursday morning,
and each time he told her to 90 to the
hot place or words to that effect. He did
the same oil the morning the goods were
to be delivered and paid for, and as soon
as he had left the house she sent out for
a furniture van, and into that she had
the servants put all her husbands clothes
and other effects and sent the load to
pawnshop of high responsibility. She
followed it there with his jewelry in 4
hand bag and had the whole lot piled up
on the floor of the shop.
81 want 81 600 on that she said
briefly to the astonished pawnbroker, and
he denurred because, as he assured her,
he never loaned money on clothes. She
told him he might think differently when
he had looked the lot over, and when she
told him who she was he concluded to
look the lot over. The result of the ne
gotiation was $1,000 in money and
pawn ticket. and she was ready to pay
the bills when the dresses came. That
afternoon she went away merriiy tp the
house party, but beSare she Left she
wrote a pretty LITTLE note to her husband
inclosiag the ticket. She came hoqie
after pleasant week in the country, and
her husband never said word to her
about the thkct-never a word, but she
noticed that during her absence he had
had burglar proof locks put on all his
closets. Now, that was the kind of a
woman that kind of man should have
had for a wife, wasn't it?"-Detroit Free
Press
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
WORDS, IDLE WORDS.
In One Novel the Author Uses 1S0
Synonyms for the Word "Said."

In One Novel the Author Uses 1S0
Synonyms for the Word "Said."
A writer in the Cleveland Leader has
examined modern novel from totally
new point of view. His interest, instead
of centerins in character or plot. has
been to discover in how many different
ways the author has been able to express
the simple word said"
He finds not less than 1S9 SYNONYMS
Tor this word, and these verbs begin with
not less thar % different letters of the al
phabet
In some fnstanreS the augmentation Is
small, but by dint Of insisting. thet men
and women hummed and hswled, ieered,
jerked out. laughed CENTRE senteaees), Ia
mented, negatived, Queried, quoted, quiz
zed and questioned, urged, vociferated
and vowed, and finally yelled, the alpha
bet is very nearly covered.
1t is shown that the people who talk in
the pages of the novel in question began,
continued, went on, ended and finished in
their conversation. They broke in and
broke out, burst out, without bursting in,
and also blurted out. They asked, appeal
ed, begged, besought, beseeched, demand
ed, entreated, implored, importuned,
pleaded, persuaded, requested and So
licited.
All these things they did in speaking,
and all these words are used as subst-
tutes for said"
1t is not strange that they answered, an
nounced, asserted, acknowledged, agreed,
affirmed and advised. But they likewise
gasped, aspirated, moaned and bemoaned.
They muttered and growled and thun-
.dered, trumpeted, roared and beloved.
At other times they snorted, suffered,
stammered. scoffed, sneered, snarled and
shifted. They sobbed, groansd and be-
walled. They screamed and swore; they
likewise shrieked, and some of them
walled and whined; others sighed or
grieved.
Voices were not lacking that sputtered,
stormed, fumed, grunted, grumbled, OBJ
jurgated, threatened, rallied and bawled
In lighter moods the characters of this
novel acceded, assented, bantered and
confded, as well as chimed in and cheer
ed. They greeted, gloated and gave, all
strictly in the manner of saying things.
They murmured, made reply and made
answer.
Some snickered and sniggered, but 9th
ers chuckled, dubbed and caroled. As
directors these characters corrected, child
ed, caviled, denied, deprecated, dissented
and demurred. They also expostulated,
protested, rebuked, reproyed and retort-
ed. They demonstrated, scolded and
snapped.
, On the other hand, they seconded, own
ed and echoed. Some evaded and fbbed,
but faltered. Others interposed, inter
dectsd. intsrveued and interrupted. .u1.SI
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
WHERE CYCLONES ARE BRED.
Drama of the Elements In the Rocky
Mountains.

For the world west of the Mississippi
the Rocky mountains aH the points of
origin not only of the rivers aud water
flows, but of the condcnsing of til" noiS-
ture of the air. the banked SHOWS. the
suhtcrranean currents which form III"
basis of the cntir" watershed. Their cold
attitudes seem 10 ,.hcd the waves of air
which cuntli..l Nth ln, warmer waves III
the plains hrlnw and i'll their battles gen
crate the e: Clones and the lesser windy
terrorS which i"vastatr the western
plains. TIcy ara the ureinuin" Of the
hearthrr;t!:iH. tl.:ZaId,: W:iC.i lie Up tie
traffic OF thr metropolitan >trCciS or chill
beyond r,.luraItcr tlic homes OF t.ic poor.
They ar. in Il word. the atmospheric top
of the coi:tiu"al, AMI one would v:.pact u
find aIinng th-li the .amc CNc":Srs If
NATURE that are 81; II on Il smaller scale
when the wind Whips the flag on tax
roofs OF LOFTY huiiIing; or wien G:t::;
clouds lower over the Jersey hills or the
gentle mountain, Of the Cumb, il.,::d.
Yer. though the Rocky mountain: arc
the he@:.iun% uf such awful ihiMa-- ~
cyclones and lliZna'd>. they are :ular-
ly imEIunr fruIi tilr Terrible r..rcG,; of
these phenomenal when they reach their
full growth Gu the plains hriuW. The
storms are sharp. strGmg and Iy.'ical.
They are dramatic. But, hacking; III the
chance OF 4 long run across the plains.
where force is constantly accumulated
with each successive mile of progress,
their life is usually of short duration
and their immediate sphere of action
small. They are az if all the phenom
eua. the storm from its genesis TO its
conclusion. were given in miniature. IN
x.ff H., D.N.l-i
differ from those of the Swiss Alps. The
latter are severe, protracted and full oil
catastrophe. The former complete them
selves briefly and then let the bal2nce of
the continent wrestle with what they
have given forth.
Probably nowhere are storm and climate
so varied. All phases of natures cata
clysms alternate with all phases OF na
lures peace and pleasure. The entire
gamut from sunshine to black gloom fire.
quently is run within single day or an
hour. 4 morning will open clear. with
the sun warm. Perhaps at noon the
clouds will gather and heavy rain be-
gin. In few minutes this will turn to
sleet and then to hail. Fifteen minutes
after the storm begins it will be Snowm"
heavily, and an hour from the time the
first cloud appeared the sun will be shin
ing again. The whole shower. rain. hail
and snow will have been accompanied
by thunder and lightning.
Two wayfarers were recently driving
through the mountains i'll the South park
nf Colorado when just at nightfall ter
rife storm came uR. 1t lasted only about
ID minutes, but during that time. the
thunder and lightning were continuous.
After it was eyer q dozen t1ee stunps
were seen biazidg Iike beacons ON IL
neighboring hill. G. Knowles In Aims
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
TO NE YOUR HEART 10 MUTE.

10 me your heart is mute; all pleading words,
All passionate prayers OF mine are breathed 10
vain;
have no power TO make its silent chords
Tremhle with exquisite Joy or tender pain.
Yet. soon 0r late LIES paths for you will change
As il by witchery. to enchanted ways;
A woadrous radiance, new and sweet and strange,
Will cast its subtle glamour DER the days
1t may be WHEN the year is growing old
Or at the time that purple volets blow;
1t may be mid the summers green and gold
Or when the blossoms sleep beneath the snow
The Prince will come and with his magic key
Unlock your heart and its music free.
e. Matheson in Chambers Journal
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
THE KINGS EXAMPLE.

Once Sultan Nushrvan tic just, hunting,
Stopped In an open field to take lynch.
lie wanted salt, and TO a servant said,
60, get some at the nearest house. but pay
The price the peasant asks" Great king" q
claimed
The servant "thou art lord DER all this realm;
Why take the pains TO bay little salt?''
cit is 4 little thing said Nushirran,
and SO at first was all the evil whose
Most monstrous load now presses 30 the world.
Were there no little wrongs, no great could be.
II from of a poor mans tree should pluck
A single apple, straight my slaves would rob
The whole tree TO its roots. Ii should seize
Five eggs. my ministers once would snatch
A hsLdred hens. Therefore, strict justice must
l, even in unimportanr acts, observe.
Bring salt, but pay the peasant what he asks"
-Herier.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03

"Cancer of the lip" a physician stated
recently. "is caused more frequently than
one would think by the toothbrush. Let
me illustrate this by typical case which
/ am treating now. John Blank smoked
a good deal, and to keep his teeth white
he cleaned them hard three times a day
with q brush whose bristles were like
wire. He brushed little patch of skin
from his lower lip. Afterward he was
careful, and the sore spot healed. But
then he forgot, and the spot became sore
again.
'This went on year or so. Two days
out of the seven this one place in Blank s
lip was sore. Finally it began to pain
him. 1t hurt all the time. 1t smarted
even when apparently healed. He would
awake i'll the night with the sharp. pinch
ing pain there, and the pain was like the
clutch of crabs claw. for he had can-
Ger now-cancer due to the irritation
which he had applied thrice daily for 4
year TO that one spot with his stiff bris-
tied brush.
''No wonder he had cancer, and no
wonder there are many such cases. Peo-
pie wont learn that tooth cleaning may
do harm. They are proud of il. as of
bathing. and they can't believe that any
little pain or irritation due to it can he
..t.Ler than of benefit. "-Philadelphia Rec
A fayorite way Of doing lot OF work
Is to lie in bed in the morning thinking
about it.-Atchison Globe.