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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-01
MYSTERY OF THE HANDSPRING.
Some Breakages Not Yet Understood
 Despite Much Investigation.

some Breakages Not Yet Understood
 Despite Much Investigation.
 Despite the Investigations regarding the structure of mainsprings and the efforts to improve them; desrite the experimentation and theorizi n the subject, some of the caJst tho breaking of mainsprings rei3 . un- solved mystery. Many, indeee, are the known causes responsible for breaking, such as faulty construction or tenn Rering, careless handling, leading to the formation of rust and poor fitting. but after all these whiek are recognized nave been eliminated there still re- mains the fact we'll known to watch makers that the best springs will, in spite of the most careful handling and proper adjustment, unexpectedly break, sometimes in number of places. It will thus happen that of two springs made at the same time by the same process, of the same material, tenn pered ill the same way and handled With the same care, one may last for years, while the other may break after two weeks use, or even while being placed in the barrel. When it is con. sldered that the spring is but from .00S to .009 of an inch in thickness: that the material must be subjected to a process which shall give it a high state of elasticity, and at the same time enable it to do it's prescribed work for years, slight molecular disarrange- ment in its structure may be expected to occur from causes too insignificant for observation. Many jewellers state that it is their experience that they nave many more mainsprings to repai. after a warm, humid day than at any other time. Others believe the break Ing to be due to electric disturbances, stating that after an electrical storm they find that many of their custom. CTS bring their watches to them for repair. The sudden cooling and con- sequent contraction of the tightly wound handspring, caused by the re- moval of the watch from the body on 8 cool night following warm day, is believed by some to account, in a meas ure, for the accidents mentioned. So far, however, no entirely satisfactory explanation has been suggested. The only conclusion to be drawn from the acknowledged facts of the case is that 1t is not safe for the watcnmaker tc infer, merely from the breaking of handspring, that it Is of all inferior grade, nor for his customer to believe the watchmaker deficient in skill be- cause the handspring of his time piece has snapped shortly after being replaced.
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4 Curious Rescue.

< curious rescue was effected recent
 Iy in the County Wicklow, Ireland
 Some time in April last an unfortunate sheep became imprisoned on a part of the rugged cliffs arising from the
 banks of the Upper Lake Glendalough,
 and though many plans were proposed to get it down, no one was found will-
 ing to undertake the risk, when a gen
 tleman from South Africa volunteered
 to rescue the poor animal After an
 arduous and exciting climb, he man. aged to reach the spot, and, having at
 taehed rope to the sheep, it was
 lowered to the lake, where boat was
 ready to receive it. So hungry was a-a poor brute that when dangling in the air it tried to bite at the tufts of grass on the face of the cliff. It must have died of starvation in a very few days more, s@ every bit of herbage Hwithin reach was nibbled to the earth. sSome idaa of the risk this rescuer ran may. be gathered from the fact that 8this particular spot has always been considered inaccessible, and that II took the gentleman fully two hours .to make the ascent. The lake lndei athe cliff Is forty fathoms deep.
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CHINESE HISTORY IS ANCIENT.
Dates Back to the Time When Nineveh Was a Great Metropolis.

The authentic history and biography of China is doubtless the oldest in the world, even arteaating that of the Jews. Those with it's chro- nology tate t traces a period from lhe year IT era back to the remote pe. o97 years before Christ. The historians of China em- brace a succession of uninterrupted series of more than 2,400 years. The full and continuous history of the em- pire was compiled in the second cen- tury of our era. The great libraries of Pekin contain volumes of books numbered by the hundreds of thou sands. In the archives of the govern meur an still to be found the ancient predictions of eclipses made with great accuracy, together with works on as- tronomy which show fair knowledge phies, very sueeinetly written, of the emperors of the most ancient dynas- ties still e2 st, and written works of learned men are as yoluminous as those of European nations. And all this learning and love of learning has been acquired without help or sugges- ton from any foreign people. If their authentic histories reach back nearly five centuries ago, mythical history reaches still further back into the very night of time. When Nineyeh and Babylon were in the splendor of their might men in China were pre- dieting eelipses, making catalogues and giving names to the stars. But Nineveh and Babylon were mere mounds of earth and rubbish when China was great, and to this date the civilization and life of the empire are the wonder of the world.
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Blew Open the Safe.
Frauds in the Mails.

The Kansas City Star tells of Kan sas girl who sent s1 to New York Specialist" for "sure cure for freck- les.' This is the recipe which she re- ceived: Remove the freckles care fully with a pocketknife; soak them over night in salt water; then hang up in the smokehouse in good. strong smoke made of sawdust and slippery elm bark for week. Freekies thus treated never fail 10 be thoroughly cured T
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mohammedan women Medical Patient.

On those rare occasions when the aid of the European physician is sought for female member of any Moham- medan family of distinction, the only part of the patient which the doctor is permitted to see is the hand, which is thrust for that purpose through a small opening in a curtain. This has had the effect of making medical men able to give fairly respectable diag- noses based upon the sight of the hand alone.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-01
Britisp Tars Row Against Marays.

In the harbor at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, the other day, an interesting boat race was held, crew of British bluejackets being pitted against some Malay fishermen. The five seamen who represented the British navy were se- lected from the crew of the cruiser Doris, the flagship of Rear-Admira Sir Robert H. Harris, one of the smartest hdmirals of the navy, and now in con- mand of the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa squadron. If the seamen thought they were going to have a walkoyer they were greatly mistaken. The MaIays gave them a goot race; sometimes the naval men led, and then again the Malays would overtake them. Toward the finish, however, the seamen obtained tac- tical advantage and managed to win with about a dozen lengths to spara- Chief Justice Of New Zealand an Atheia,
 Sir Robert Stout, the new chief jus tice of New Zealand, is singular among occupants of high judicial office in be- Ing an avowed atheist. He was for merly known as the "Bradlaugh of the Antipodes," and he once presided over secularist congress in Melbourne. He was born in the Shetland islands fifty, five years ago, emigrated to New Zea- land in his nineteenth year, became a schoolmasters studied law after school hours, and secured the right to wear a wig and gown at 27. At 31 he was an NJ P. and at 34 attorney general in the government of Sir George Grey. In 1884 he became premier of coalition government in association with Sir Julius Vogei
 Thoughtfu1 Generosity.
 A fine exhibition of thoughtful gen. e:osity is that displayed by the widow of M. Heriot, who was one of the founders of the great dry goods store. the Louvre, in Paris. She has an- nounced her intention to give $200,000, to the present company for the crea- ton of a pension fund exclusively for those women employed in the store, who, by reason of age or infirmities, can no longer work. Only those whose salary has not exceeded $1, 1000 a year can be candidates for this pen- sion. Mme Heriot was herself em- ployed in the Louvre before her mar- riage. She, therefore. knows by ex- perience the benefit that such pen sion fund would confer on class of hard-working women.
 Blew Open the Safe.
 A wealthy but absent-minded resi- dent of MePharson. Kas., recently bought safe in which to keep his valuables, and, being unable to remem- Der the combination, scribbled it on the plastering of a nearby wall. Sub- sequently he ordered a calciminer to put new coat on the wall. The memorandum was obliterated, and it became necessary to have the safe blown open.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-01
Arkansas Midland PaIb0ad Lauds

5o,ooo acres of good timber lands fof sale 2,ooo acres of cleared lands for sale, along the line of the Arkansas Midland Railroad. Free sites for factories and mills.
 For farms or timber lands, ad- dress,
 c. T. UPDEGRAFF, General Freight Agent,
 Helena, Arkansas
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TO STOP BLEEDING.
Electricity Now Declared to Be the
 Best Relief.

Electricity Now Declared to Be the
 Best Relief.
 The arresting of bleeding in surgical operations has always been one of the difficulties in certain cases. and the electric current has been used before this with view to bringing about that condition of heat which is necessary in order to cause the blood to clot and so act as block to the.mouth of bleeding vessels, arresting hemorrhage. This. indeed, has resulted in the utilization of the electric cautery, as 1t is called in certain operations, the platinum wire at red or almost white heat even sup planting the knife, because 1t burns through the tissues and at the same time prevents the wound bleeding to any great extent. This effect of heat was, indeed, known to our ancestors, who used red hot irons or boiling pitch, to scar the surface of the flesh after their operations, thus causing an im- mense amount Of suffering to the pa. tient, before the days of ch,oroform A new adaptation of this use of elec- tricity, for the purpose of stopping bleeding has been devised by inelosing platinum wire in a pair of forceps or other instrument, the wire being insu- lated in bed of burnt pipe clay, and as soon as the bleeding vessel Is seiz- ed by the forceps and compressed in the ordinary way, an electric current is turned on, whose effect is so great ha 1, blood vessels are all agglutinated, SC that the blood is no longer able to pass.
 Cook Stove as a Monument.
 William McKillip, at an early day 6 citizen of Traverse City, but for many years a resident of Muskegon, tells a curious coincidence which came in ths list of his experiences MT. McKillip is native of Washington county, New York, leaving it in 1S46, and in a eeme- tery there with which he was familiar in early life there were deposited the by. AS monument to her memory there was placed over her grave a common castiron cooking stove, on the top being a marble slab, with the ap- propriate inscription of name, etc. The peculiarity of the cook stove monu, ment naturally impressed itself upon his mind, aside from the fact that he was acquainted with the man who sought in this manner to perpetuate his wifes memory, but he was des- tined to see another monument of the same sort. Happening to be in Spring field, H., in 1852. he found the Sab bath somewhat lonely among stran- gers and to kill time wandered out to the cemetery. In looking about he came upon the counterpart of the cook stove memorial, and, upon reading the inscription on the slab, found that wife No of Aaron Crosby was rest ing below. No doubt both ladies were excellent cooks, and the appreciative Aaron knew no more appropriate way to perpetuate this great qualification Traverse City Eagle.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11

In the mountain district of Tennessee
there are many people who never saw 4
train, and when Il railroad was surveyed
and constructed through 4 wild part of
the state but little work was done by the
natives for q year. They put in the
greater part of their time watching the
workmen, but the greatest event of their
lives was when the first train came
along. Some of them were afraid of the
engine and gave it wide berth. The
track was finally laid as far as the Cum
bcrland river, and, owing to the delay in
the arrival of the bridge material, the
workmen crossed the river and began the
construction of tunnel.
One day tall, rawboned Tennesseean
stood watching the work. There was a
puzzled look ON his face, and he finally
said, 'They may be able to hit that hole
every time, but IL they miss it there will
be the mischief to pay"
The man actually believed that no
bridge would be built and the trains
would make flying leap across the river
and dash into the tunnel on the other
side.-Hermann Advertiser-Courier.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11
TIE. Egis and .1ptelligeQeer.
BEL. AIR. ND. MAY II, 1900.
THE IMPOTENT SINGER.


Oh, t. DC 81 pyyr Of phrase. dull OF speech, SO
Tongue tied,
When / look into her eyes, when ! touch her
nlnd.
Oh, for word to reach the heights my solitary
song tried
She would list what l would say, she would
uEdorstaId.
What is in my thought Of herH Summers spice
and rose tree,
Breath and fire and beating heart and earth
and sky above.
Two twin traitors are my lips, for, oh, wherever
goes she.
All they know to cry to her is Love. love.
love-"
Very quecriy bends her head to lovers who would
sigh long;
Oft and oft she hears the same sung in many
keys.
Can her ear catch only mine, hearken but to my
song,
When it fades before the wind and browns in
swollen seas?
Oh, to strike the harp again, to call q chord to
throb low
Tender. soft and murmurous that all her hoart
must novel
note to call her self to me, that will not only
sob so
And tire her soul with ever echoed "Love. love.
Lowell!
Post Wheeler in New York Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11
The Gambling Instinct,

The car was crowded-the standing
room only" sign should have been put
out. A young fellow and a more mature
man with gray hair were standing Mt the
back door. After while a woman occu.
plying a corner seat left the car. 1t was
n toss up whether the young man or old
man was nearest the vacant seat. Tho
young man. however, made way and mo.
toned to the older man to take the seat.
NO, no; you sit down." said he.
''Oh, no; you are an old man. Take the
seat"
Nonsense" retorted the older man
with some feeling, sit down. | guess
am as able to stand as you are"
Il can't do it. sir. would much prefer
you to have the seat"
I'll match you for it, then"
Forthwith the old man produced coin
from his pocket. The young man did the
same, smilingly. The coins were Tipped
The young man won and took the dis,
puted scat. The old man opened his pa.
per in q satisfied manner. and just then
some one remarked aloud, Dead game
sport. "-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11
APPRAlSlNG OLD BOOKS.
A TOilsOnc Task That Book Owners
Have to Pay For.


Have to Pay For.
Can You tell me whether this is val
liable book?" or How much is this book
worth:' are questions often asked at the
chief secondhand bookstores by patrons
who think they have picked up some rare
old edition or who think they can per-
haps dispose to advantage of some vol
ume which they own and believe to be
priced by collectors. If the book is obvi-
Ously worthless, their inquiries can be an
swer"d shortly and positively, but in a
great number of cases the information
they seek is such that no book dealer,
however well informed, can give it cor
rectly offhand. And just because inves-
tigation is necessary to determine it such
information is worth money. The owner
of the book will not in most instances OBJ
cain the market quotation on his proper
ty or even perhaps find out whether there
Is any considerable value in it without
paying for the knowledge.
Not all dealers will or can appraise
books in this way for patrons, for the
work requires that they shall have large
facilities in the line of catalogues to con-
suit and shall be able to spare the time
of one man for hours, days or perhaps
weeks to search carefully through all the
lists. All catalogues of auctions of rare
books which have been held in recent
years in various parts of the world are
valuable in assisting in such work, and
the last one examined might be the only
source of the desired statistics.
The prices charged for the work vary
greatly, as might be expected, according
to the amount of time which has to be
spent. One dealer who does q good deal
of this appraising seldom undertakes to
look up book for less than 81, and his
charges may run from this up to $50 in
rare cases, when the edition is particu-
larry hard one to trace. The charges are
not necessarily based, however, upon the
value of the book. for frequently one
worth comparatively little requires just
as much labor ia the search as one which
proves to be a rare prize. The patron
takes the risk of this, and when it hap.
pens he is obliged to pay for the work
and stand the loss.-New York Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11
THE MARRYING AGE.
When Should n Man Start Out to
Find Il Wifcs

IL
At what age should a man marry
That depends upon the man. Some men
are more fitted for the responsibilities Of
matrimony Mt % than others are at 30.
If marriage, however, be postponed until
after this last figure, man is likely to
get into what may be called the habit OF
celibacy, from which, as from other bad
habits, it is hard to break away. In this
habit of celibacy he will continue until he
is about 60 years of age, when a great
desire will come over him to try what
matrimony is like just before he dies, and
he will propose right and left to every
thing in petticoats, until at last he is
picked up, not for himself, but for his
money or his position, or because some
one is tired of being called miss" and
wants the novel sensation of writing
Mrs" before her name.
An old man told 4 friend that he want
ed to marry before he died, if only to
have some one to close his eyes. Per
haps," suggested the friend, you will
get some one who will open them" 1t is
not natural for young girl TO wish to
marry an old man. \ father said to his
daughter: "Now, when it is time for you
to marry, / won't allow you to throw
yourself away Oh one of the frivolous
young fellows see around. shall select
for you n staid, sensible, middle aged
man-what do you say to one about SO
years OF age?' well, father" replied
the girl, "if it's just the same to you,
should prefer two Of 25.'
Perhaps the best advice one could give
q young man in this matter is to say,
wait until you cannot wait any longer.
Wait-that is to say, until she-that moi
impossible she-comes with smiles SO
sweet and manners so gracious that you
cannot wait any longer, then marry, and
you may be happy ever after. As to the
age at which women should marry, l am
afraid of burning my fingers with that
question. All l shall say is that if some
women are not worth looking at after &c
years of age. there are quite as many not
worth speaking to before it. Let a man
please himself, but let him not marry
either a child or an old woman.-Chicago
Times-Herald.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11

Among other lessons. this should first
be learned-that we never affect any
strange inkhorn terms. but to speak rs
is commonly received, neither seeking to
be overtime nor yet living overcarcess.
using our speech as most men do and or
dering our wits as the fewest have done.
Some seek so far for outlandlsh English
that they forget altogether their mothers
tongue. And dare swear this-if some
Of their mothers were alive they were
not able to tell what they say. and yet
these fine English clerks will say that
they speak in their mother tongue IL a
man should charge them with counter
feiting the kings English. - Wilson's
System of Rhetoric, 1858"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11
RURDEMED WOMEN.

We look in anazement at the burdens
some women carry upon their heads.
Yet how light they are compared with
the burdens some women carry upon
their hearts. There are childlessiwomen
whose hearts ache ceaselessly because of
the chi1dless home. That burden of
childlessness has been lifted from the
heart of many a woman by the use of
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Many
Of the obstacles to maternity are remov-
able. Such obstacles are entirely re-
moved by "Favorite Prescription" It
contains no alcohol nor narcotic
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11

"What, singing so early in the morn
ing" exclaimed the boarding house land
lady as she encountered Mr.. Marbles in
the hall. Don't you know it's unlucky
to sing before breakfast"
Perhaps it is" replied Mr.. Marbles
"but somehow / never feel like singing
after breakfast" -Chicago News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11

A gentleman OF the old school said SOM
years ago: When ! was young. two gen
tlcmrn meeting in the street took OF thei
hats to each other A few years later
and the bow had ceased. Then came
time VIXEN they merely touched the brin
Of their hats. and row Il jerk of the Chi
and little grunt. HIN. him. is consid
cred sufficient snIhtntiun between twi
men of quality and fashion"
The habit of remaining uncovered II
the presence of ladies died hard. but il i
a coed many years since the late I.or,
ID. WAS conspicuous as the only man VIII
always stnnd barchraded in the crush
room of the opera.-Cornhill Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11

"The last chapter of my book surprised
fou, didn't it?" said the young author.
nHappier ending than you expected. eh?'
"Well," replied the long suffering
friend, II certainly felt sense of relief
when ] read it."-Pbi!adelphia Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11

Sunday trains leave Baltimore for Delta ara
Intermediate stations at $50 A. d. aad 30
P. ~, stopping at Bel Air at 10 a N. Ind 5.;;f'
P. NJ. They will leave Cardiff for Baltimore
and intermediate citations at 6.56 A. N. and
$50 p. NJ, stopping al Bel Air at 7.55 A. NJ.
and 40 p. M. An additional train will leave
Bel Air for Baltimore and intermediate sta
lions at 8. 10 2. NJ, and Baltimore for Bel Air
at $50 P. M, arriving at Bel Air at 8 P. N.
and Baltimore $50 p. NJ.
J. r. KLINEFELTER, Gen. Pass. ARt.
VA MOORE GENT Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
SUNDAY TRAINS.

An additional tram will leave Bel Air, for
Baltimore and intermediate Stations, at 7.15.
en- SATURDAY evenings only. Returning,
will leave baltimore the same evening at 30,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-11

Rich Lady-Can | engage you to paint
II portrait Of my poodle. Mr.. Dabbs?
Mr.. Dabbs-Ccrtainly. madam, If you
will hold it in your lap.-Chicngo Record.