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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26
AN EXCELLENT CHOICE.

Governor John Walter Smith has
appointed Mr.. Norval E. Foard, of
Baltimore, one of the commissioners
to the Charlestown Exposition. Mr..
Foard is a member of the editorial
staff of not only the greatest paper
in the State but one of the foremost
in the country. He has been con-
nected with THE SUN in many re-
sponsible positions for number of
years. AS editor of the State De-
partment he is dear to the heart of
almost the entire suburban press and
has frequently accompanied the as
ISOLATION on its annual outings.
Hartford feels an especial pride in the
Governors choice, for while the new
commissioner is not a native of our
county yet he has given evidence of
the high esteem in which he holds our
people, and we can we'll feelproud to
lay claim to the ''better half of the
appointment.
OPPOSED MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS.
Just before Calhoun's marriage he
had a long talk with thelegalcounsel
of his sweetheart's mother regarding
Floride's marriage settlement, and
directly thereafter, says George
Wolsey Symonds, in the May LADIES
HOME JOURNAL, wrote to his pros
pective mother-in-law on the subject:
From prejudice, or reason, I have
always been opposed to marriage
settlements. think experience and
reason prove them to be unfriendly
to the happiness of the marriage
and that they tend toproduce pecun-
iary embarrassment. In that state
there should be one interest, one hap
piness and.. one destiny. The entire
confidence, which is reposed by a
female in the object of her choice, in
placing both her honor and her prop
erty in his custody, gives rise to the
most sacred and tender regard. A
marriage settlement implies a dis
trust. 1t is no safety against in
evitable accident. 1t is guard
against the imprudence or miscon-
duct of the husband only. 1fsuccess-
full in life there is no benefit in one;
if unsuccessful, what more disagree
able than to have property, but not
to be able to pay just debts? 1t
would to me be wretched. 1t would
be splendid poverty"
The Tin Can Trust in arbitrarily
raising the price of cans, have shown
a short-sighted policy. 1t will of
course raise the price of all kinds of
canned goods to almost aprohibitive
point as far as the poorer class of
people are concerned. They are the
greatest consumers and while the
magnates can control the price ofthe
commodity they cannot compel the
people to buy the goods at an ex-
horbitant price.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26
BUSINESS NOTICES.

Eight cents line for the first insertion and
S cents line for each subsequent Insertion
seven words to a line, No advertisement in.
serted unless prepaid.
No advertisement inserted for less than Is
cents.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26

THE 1EGIs is the oldest established
newspaper i'll Hartford county. 1t has
1argerc circulation among intelligent farm
ers, Gamers and other business men than
any other newspaper published in the
county. These facts make it valuable
advertising medium for reaching all
classes.
All communications should be address
ed to THE EGIs AND INTELLIGENcER,
and all checks drawn to order of Finney
& Dashiell.
WNoTIcR TO CORRESPONDENTS
communications intended for publication
must be accompanied by the real name
of the writer, though not for publication
unless desired, otherwise they will re-
ceive no attention.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26

INSURANCE Department,
Commissioner Office,
BALTIMORE, March 4, 1901.
In compliance with the Code of Public
General Laws, hereby certify that the
above is true abstract from the sworn
statement of the Union Central Life In
surance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, to
December 31st, 1900, now on file in this
department.
LLOYD WILKINSON,
Insurance Commissioner.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26
ARBOR DAY.
TAYLOR SCHOOL.

The report received from Taylor school
was excellently written and would have
been published but for want of space.
OAKLAND SCHOOL.
The teacher and pupils of Oakland
school celebrated Arbor and Bird Day,
the exercises being much enjoyed by all
present. Those taking part were Miss
Maggie Mcdonald, Harry Palmer, Mabel
Shears, Mamie Kirby, Laura Taylor and
Iohn Hull
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26
Extensive Public Sale.

The undersigned, having purchased the
property of Rudolph King, will offer for
sale, on his farm, leading from Nelson's
Mill to Flies Saw Mill, without reserve,
On Tuesday, May 9TH, 1901,
At 1 o'clock, P. NJ, sharp, the
Following PERSONAL PROPERTY:
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26

One Sorrel Mare, 1 Bay Mare, Grey
Mare, all good workers and drivers; 6
Cows, some fresh, Others fresh by day of
sale; 8 yearling Heifers, Jersey Bull, 1
Brood Sow, two-horse Wagon, two
horse Spring Wagon, carry about ton;
1 Milk Wagon, 2 Wagon Beds, Horse
Rake, 1 good Buggy, 1 Sleigh, Spring
tooth Harrow, Oliver Chilled Plow,
new; Wheat Drill, 1 Grain Separator,
1 Grain Fan, 1 Bob Sled, set Stage Har-
ness, Single and Double Buggy Harness,
several tons good Wheat Straw, stack
Timothy Hay, about so barrels Corn, /
new Hay Carriage, 2 Cultivators, 2
Shovel Flows, 1 Meat Cask, Milk Cans,
Cow Chains, Shovels, Picks, Mattocks,
Forks and many other articles too num-
erous to mention.
TERMS OF SALE.
All sums of SIS and under cash; all sums
over that amount credit of months
will be given, purchasers giving their
notes, with approved security, bearing
interest from day of sale and payable at
the Savings Bank of Bel Air.
pH-No goods to be removed until set
tied for. If stormy the next day.
WILLIAM M. GLENN.
]. R. Strawbridge, Auctioneer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26

Theexercises at Hartford Seminary were
held III connection with the Irving
Literary Society. Those taking part
were Mamie Ryan, Wilton Gilbert, Jennie
Cullen. Jeanette Knight, Agness McGon-
igall, Isabel Gilbert, Mamie Hewlett,
Elizabeth Gordon, Stella Knight, John
Cooley. Two trees were planted.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26

a For Rent.-Twelve-R House,
Stabling and Outbuildings all in good re-
pair, with Prime Orchard, Pasture Lot
and good Water near Darlington. H. S.
McIlyaiu,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26

w-Freight and passenger deliverer in
Bel Air and throughout the county, John
S. Maddox, Bel Air
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26

W-For Sale.-A complete Corn Pack
ing Outfit, including ffty-horse-power
Boiler, 2 Process Kettles, Silker, etc. G.
Alfred Mitchell, Boothby Hill, Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26

~Found-On Main Street, Bel Air,
an Initial Silver Cuff Button. Owner an
have same by applying at this office and
paving cost of advertisement.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26

@@For Sale or Exchange.-Property
on southwest corner of Broadway and
Franklin street. Inquire of the owner,
Broadway and Franklin street.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-04-26
Public Sale.

The undersigned, will sell at Public Sale,
at her residence in Bel Air,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
THE HABIT.

We are sometimes Inundated that
we have shown so little appreciation
for kindness done to US. We are
often amazed that others think so
little of attempts to serve them.
We are often amazed to see how
much some will allow US, and other
people, too, do for them without a
word of thanks. Sometimes this is
due to a lack of appreciation, some
times to thoughtlessness and some
times to pure neglect. The thank
you habit is a good one to acquire.
We need to get into the way of al
ways thanking those who serve US
even though the service they rem
der is small, and unimportant. It
nay be a greater service in their
eyes than in ours, they may have
taken great pains, and they may be
looking for the ~apprecative word.
We are not advocating fattery, and
we have no patience with gUsh,
but we do think those who serve US
should be thanked. And the more
humble and lOwly the n is who
serves the more readily should they
be thanked. Yet our obse rvatiOn
goes to show that those who are
less about such things T the very
ones we are careful to thank, while
those whose faces would light up with
a smile of qualification if we should
bestow u hearty thank-you upon
them never receive it. It will be
good for us and for those who are
about us if we should acquire the
thank-you habit. Put it into prac-
tice with the children and servants
about the home and you will not
likely neglect it when you go out
into the wOrld.-Selected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
BUSINESS METHODS.

1t is strange that so many people
never learn the Importance of con
Quoting their business by methods
universally conceded to be sound
and safe.
No status of business is wise if not
in accord with law. "Set thine house
in order" embraces in its sweep an
injunction to keep secular affairs in
such shape as will involve no loss to
ones family or to any else or any
painful litigation after death. Many
people allow their business to fall
into d shape that can entail no con
tentiOn while they live, but must do
so after death. 1t is a well-knOwn
fact that the state of the private
business of very many is in such
condition that at death the heirs
and just benefCiaries of their estates
that have been accumulated by a life
time of toll must lose all or a large
part of them. A proper recognition
of the value of doing business of all
sorts according to the requirements
Of the law would avert such mis-
fortunes. Even titles to reality are
felt to be matters of little concern.
A very large number of the tracts of
land in this country are held by titles
that will not stand the test of the
Investigation by our courts. All
these things r. admittedly true,
and yet men go on in the WAYS of
unbusinesa-like and illegal methods.
-RObesonian.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
P~AN-AMERICAR SCULPTURE.

Elaborate and Beautiful Decorations Upon
the Grounds Of the Exposition at Buffalo.
The sculpture of the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition at Buffalo is upon a
most elaborate scale. There are some
1875 original groups and many other
pieces of statuary, numbering in all
about 500. The buildings and grounds
are so profusely adorned as to const1-
tute in themselves a vast art gallery.
The sculpture is used chiefly about
the fountains, in the courts, the en-
trance to the principal buildings,
uson the Triumphal Bridge, the Elec-
trio Tower, Plaza, Propylpa, and
along the main thorOughfare called
The Mall, which runs between sew
eral of the principal buildings.
A harmonious and poetic sculp,
tural scheme, carrying out many al
legorical ideas, was devised by Mr..
Kari Bitter, Director of Sculpture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
The Home Circle.
AFTER ALL.

We take our share of fretGng,
Of grieving and forgetting;
The paths 1T often rough and steep, and needless Tee may IaI;
But yet the days are CHEEKY,
And night brings rest when weary
And somehow this old planet is a good world, after all.
Though sharp may be our trouble,
This Joys ar mOre than double.
The brave surpass the towards, and the leal are like a wall
To guard their dearest ever,
To fail the feeblest never;
And somehow this old earth remains a bright world, after all.
There's always love that's caring,
And shielding and fOrbearing,
Dear womanis love to hold US close and keep our hearts IN thrau;
There's home to share together
In calm IT stormy weather,
Aud while the hearth-fame burns it is a good world, after I'LL
The lisp Of children's voices,
The chance of happy choices,
The bugle sounds of hope and faith, through fOgs and mists that cal;
The heaven that stretches DER US,
The better days before u.s.,
They all combine to make this earth a good world, after all.
Margaret L. Sangser, IN the JHy UOmans Home Companion.
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so n

After they had kissed each other,
and each had disposed of a chocolate
to show that there was no i'll feeling
between them, the blonde said:
$50 Mabel is married?"
$50 I've heard, returned the bru-
nett.
"Nice girl" ventured the blonde.
ooh, yes" returned the brunette.
81 wouldn't say a word against
her for the world"
"Neither would L. How do you
suppose she ever got him?"
I'm sure I don't know. Do
you?"
ono; I would give onything to
know"
$50 would L. 1t certainly wasn't
her beauty"
ooh, no"
"Or her ~cleverness."
1.-THE idea is absurd"
Il can't understand it at all. They
say she was married by the registrar
first, and afterwards at the church"
81 shouldn't wonder she natur-
ally wanted to make awfully sure of
him."
"Of course it is the only way she
could keep him. But 1 am glad she
has caught some one Mabel is q
dear girl, and it would be cruel to
say anything against her.
"Indeed it would l wouldn't do
it for the world ~
"Neither would NEW York
Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09

ting the health and purity Of the
compilations.
I am reminded here of a young
girl who has happily been cured OF
some very disfguring pimples OF the
chronic type which physicians had
prescribed for in vain. One intoler-
ably hot day she tried to catch a nap
in the attic where the temperature
eoualed the hot room of the Turkish
baths.
A member of the family called her
to come down to cooler quarters.
"Oh, no, mamma" she replied,
ssthis is part of the cure! I am told
that 1 must perspire - and she reso-
lutely turned a deaf a to all expos
tulation. When last seen, that girl
had a complexion without a blemish.
Stella Stuart, in July Ledger
Monthly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
GOOD SUGGESTIONS

We predict a long, unusuaIIv :,
summer, attended by severe sto DO6
The crops will no doubt be oraaI lS'
benefited, but, we beg to ranoo sly
where great are is not taken oos'
sickness may be expected. n n
weather over-eating and drinL tou
must be avoided, and frequent bau
ing INDUCED in. ~
Sprinkle lime on the premises ..
round about the house. esnoo;s %uo
in cellars. This will DESTROY
a disease germ as we'll as NAM -
sects of more or less annovino -
clivities Raleigh Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
TO NON UBsCRIBERs,

If the person to whom this copy u
The Progressive Farmer is sent IS no'
subscriber, this numbers sent as
sample, as an invitation to su0scrlDT.
The small sum of two cents per WVVA
will make it a regular visitor "
your home-three months, % Gems
six months, so cents; one year -
And any Carolina or Tennessee Ia
mer subscribing now who teelS .,
expiration of subscription that he na9
not received full value, may. have -
money back for the asking.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

The last session of the University
was the most prosperous in its MS
tory and everything points to an H.
creased prosperity and usefulness
during the coming session. Inc
faculty has been greatly streng'n-
ened by the addition of eight ne"
teachers, making forty, three IN all
There are two new domitories, ne"
recitation rooms, water work, cen
trail heating plant and electric hgn'S'
Board, lodging, heat and lights can
be secured at from $40 to $l2.20 POI
month. The session opens 6eptS~,
Der 18th. Examination for entran00
September 9, 10, II.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
DON'T BE A "PORCHEP,

At every summer hotel there
be seer an army of woman
girls who have been named a,noSaI 1
ers." Don't be a ''porcher,
though you have to spend vour lo7.
days at a hotel. The "porcbarH
we'll, she sits on. the porch. Tho,
all. Perhaps she crochets idIr
dawdIes over a bit of lace or mre,-
which she misnames her wo,L
"Dressed up" and ready for insnoo
tian morn, noon and night ~.
"porcher' sits and rocks in her cboir
meanwhile gossiping over the rean1,
live people who come and % no
tween her and the rest of the world
Ny dear girls, run about on tho
grass, in the woods, along the conn.
try roads, afoot, awheel or on horse
back row on lakes, drift on streams
and rivers, dip in the salt sea; camn
in the pine woods rejoice in the
natural life of the farm journey the
world round, or stay in the sugar.
camp cabin with a jolly party Of
friends, and be happy in whatever
you do, finding change, exercise,
happy companionship and rest b7
never never be a 'porcher n'-Ada
@. Sweet, in the July Womans'
Home Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09

strung a wire OF It's own, that Super
intendent chose candy as "clerk
and OPERATOR" and subsequently as
train dispatcher, at $35 a month.
What a fortune vas this to come
with his sixth step upward! The
family, with money from other
sources, was doing nicely with his
$500 a year; but here was $780,
tremendous sum! One Saturday
night the hoard in the drawer was
augmented by a whole two dollar
bill, later by a crisp fve-dollar note,
and finally so we're deposited in a
lump. Thus, by dint of "Andy's"
persistent work, did the Carnegie
family rise.
With the seventh step Andrew
Carnegie became a shareholder in
the Adams Express Company, and
for the first time he earned money
by other means han work. He was
told that a man had died who owned
ten shares of the Express Company
stock, and that the shares could be
had for $50 each. Carnegie, then
past twenty, jumped at the opportu-
nifty. But how vas he get the 5000?
He went home, and the family, in
Joint session, decided that the brave
son must be given a start. They
had bought a home in order to save
rent. Mr.. Carnegie's recollection is
that the house cost $500 anyway,
they mortgaged it, and thus, with
what candy took from his bureau
drawer, the $500 worth Of shares
were paid for in cash. The Express
Company was then paying monthly
dividends of n per cent. The day
on which he received his check for
the first two months dividend
ANDY" understood that he was a
capitalist.
His First $1,000 IN Sight.-Mr.
Carnegie remained with the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad for thirteen years.
The important incident, the eighth
step, which led to Ibis first $1,000, ;"
occurred on a train as it rushed to-
ward Altoona. A tall, gaunt man,
who looked like Il farmer, came and
sat besides Mr.. Carnegie, and handed
him a model of the first sleeping
car. Tho tall, gaunt man was Mr..
Woodruff. Instantly Carnegie IN
derstoOd it's value. He took it to
his employer and friend, the Super
intendent of the road, and d contract
wa3 made with the inventor, who
thereupon offered Carnegie d share
in the enterprise. He accepted but
to his dismay he was told that his
first monthly payment would be
$217.5O.
Perplexed, yet determined, he
went to the local banker, who knew
him we'll, and boldly asked for the
loan, declaring that he would re-
turn the money in small monthly
payments. The banker agreed, and
Mr.. Carnegie signed his first note.
The receipts from his sleeping-car
investment more than covered the
monthly payments due at the bank,
and within two years Andrew Car
negie, free of debt, had to his credit
in that bank his first $1OOO.-Satur-
day Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
LITERARY NOTES.

The Autobiography of Jacob A
Riis, published under the title OF
''The Making of an American, which
has been running for several months
in The Outlook, continues to hold
the attention of it's readers, and the
installment in the current number
is of especial interest as Mr.. his
tells of his first work in Mulberry
street as a reporter on the Tribune
($3 a year. The Outlook Company
287 Fourth Avenue, New York;
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
A DEAD POET.
Monthly

At the age of sixty-fve Theoph1lus
Hunter Hill has passed away at his
home at Raleigh, the town OF his ma
tivity. The writer only few weeks
g had sent him by Mr.. Hill a poem
that may have been his last, and it's
subject and sentiment not only man
Tested an abiding trust and IN
clouded hope as to the better life
beyond, but the poem reads now IN
the view of his death as if he may
have had a provision Of a speedy
close of life and the coming glory
that awaited him. His last stanzas
were these:
'EFOr I know that his mercy endur-
eth,
Else it never had waited for
me
His life my salvation ensureth,
And thine, for he waiteth for
thee.
GAS of old, ever new the sweet story
Of Christ-the Redeemer of men /;
When grace is TRANSPORTED to
glory
May we sing it together again -
We trust and feel assured, that his
immortal spirit is now with the God
who made it in the realms of the
sanctifed and glorifed. We knew
Mr.. Hill since about 1858. In that
year or the year later we read his
first volume of verse, and wrote of
it at some length, perhaps as much
as two columns in a newspaper. He
was not a prolific v%ersifer, but he
produced some poems of true
melody and grace, and with original
inptiration of their own. We think
Mr.. Hill was a genuine poet, not of
a commanding or very original
type, but he sang sweetly, sometimes
pathetically, and there is to be found
in his best work something of gen
uine lyrical excellence, and a careful
art as we'll as the sincere utter
ance of one who was blessed with a
GOd-given inspiration and poetical
refinement. He had the poets
touch and the swallows song" If
he was not a poet then we fear
North Carolina is poor indeed, with
out one poet to strike the Tyre. We
mean that he has no superior among
our natives singers with their "woOd-
notes wild" Indeed, upon a re-
casting of Judgment we incline to
the view that Theophilus Hill was
the best of North Carolina poets.
We are not essaying to write u criti-
cism, for that was done by us long
ago. We add merely that like all
poets he had moods. Sometimes he
was oven gay, something rOllicking
in his humOr. But the more prevail
ing qualify of his verse leant to
pathos with much of a religious
tone. There may be found, we dare
say, a phase of melancholy in his
writings. He certainly produced
some memorable poems. He had
smoothness, felicity, natural grace
and form and was careful in phras-
ing, knowing the artistic use of
words.-Dr. T. B. Kingsbury in Will
mington Messenger.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
A COOL ONE.

We have received a poem from
southwest Georgia which strike:
the warm weather favorably. Fol-
lowing is an extract:
81 would not rest, with burning soul
Beneath a weeping willow;
But let me roll
From pole to pole,
With an iceberg for my pillow!
Oh, when they come to layme low,
Be it upon a bed of snow,
With icicles a-hangin' low,
And an iceberg for my pillow
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
SUMMER PRESENTATION NATURES BEAU
TIFIER.

The summer time is the golden
opportunity for the girl troubled
with pimples and comedones. The
tOrrid heat offers an eficaciOus sub
stitute for the Turkish or Russian
bath. The healthy streams of perspi-
ration with which Dame Nature
strives to eradicate these facial
blemishes should never be damned
by the opposing powder rag. Rather
encourage the very friendly drop
which adds it's tiny share in promo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09

Every society has a right to fix the
fundamental principles of it's asso-
citation and to say to all individuals
that, if they contemplate pursuits
beyond the limits of these principles
and involving dangers which the So
clety chooses to avoid, they must
go elsewhere for their exercise
Thomas jefferson.