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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
KEYNoTES OF NATIONS.
Metallic ClangOr Is the Dominating
Sound of This Country.

Sound of This Country.
Not only is this period of history rightly
called the "age of STEEL" but the name of
the Gland of STEEP might as justly be
given to our own country, according to
the curious testimony of a resident of
this city. Mr.. B., whose wealth has not
warded off the infection of blindness. has
recently returned from Italy, where he
was for months under the care of IA
nous specialist of Turin. Like all those
deprived of sight, MIR. b. hns grown ny
preventative to sounds; but, being a man
Of broad education. his observations in his
perpetual night have also been of a wider
nature.
without hearing a word spoken" said
the gentleman, 81 am sure | could tell
whether was In Italy, France, England
or the United States merely by the roar
of their respective cities-by the grand
organ note of their teeming civilizations.
The sound Of Italy l could best describe
as wooden; it Is soft and rather soothing.
That of France affected me somewhat
like the rattle Of china. England had the
dull, heavy roar of an immense bell. But
for harsh stridence and metallic clangor
there was nothing resembling the nation
al sound of the United States. Here there
is always foremost the clatter of steel,
and, 10 judge merely by the sound. I
should say that the substitution of that
metal for wood has gone 20 per cent fur
Their In America than In the old world,
though of course can't speak for Ger
many, as did not visit that country.
81 do not remember that old Helmholtz
ever took up the subject Of national
musical note, but If he had 1t seems to me
quite possible that he might have made
discoveries in race affinities that have
even yet escaped the ethnologist and ety.
mologist. Rather odd, isn't it, that Italy,
so long the very paradise of sightseers,
should also prove the most comforting for
those deprived of sightr-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Scrub white sheepskin rugs with CASTLE
soap and water to clean them.
Mother of pearl may be cleaned by
washing 1t with whiting and cold water.
Use neither soap nor soda.
Absorbent cotton, it is sale, If applied at
ing left by oil. milk or cream spilled on
wooden goods.
Insect specks may be removed from
gilded picture frames by dipping a soft
cayDnPs hair brush in alcohol and apply
ing it to the spots
A leak in a gas pipe may be located
without the use of light by painting the
pipe with soap and water. Bubbles will
indicate where the leak Is.
You can drive rats out Of the house and
away from the barn or granary by scat
tering strong Quicklime in the runways.
They cannot stand its action on their
feet
To polish wood take a piece Of pumce
stone and water and pass regularly over
the wood until the rising Of the grain Is
cut down; then take powdered tripoli and
boiled linseed oil and polish to a bright
surface.
To make dinner plates and dishes hot
before sending to the table dip them in
very hot water instead of putting them in
the oven. This takes only little more
time than putting them In the oven and is
less liable to crack the china.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
AIRING THEIR ILLS.
The Flood of Experiences to Which
One Woman Listened.

One Woman Listened.
The young woman was half asleep In
the parlor of the hotel when she was
awakened by animated voices behind her.
81 had u temperature of 1906" one ex-
cited lady was saying, "and the dOctoi
said II 1t went one degree higher no pow.
or on earth could save me. Exactly ut
midnight r.
my little Robert had temperature of
l07 when he had scarlet fever, and he is
cs well as possible today. There were no
bad effects at all, though cur physician
suspected complications Mt first and in
sisted on having q consulting physician
from New York. He thought rheumatism
would fol-
"Oh, Mrs. Ransom, did l ever tell you
Of my dreadful attack of inflammatory
rheumatism? l was wrapped in cotton
wool for a month, and il any one crossed
the floor ! screamed with
II was simply incased In oil silk when
had pneumonia. 1t was terrible expe-
dence7
That's nothing compared to having an
ankle in a plaster cast for months. as
had when l sprained mine"
Our doctor says l can stand pain bet
ter than any one he knows. Why, when
my arm was broken
"a broken arm Is nothing to a sprain.
For two weeks never slept without OPT
ates."
81 couldn't sleep even with them that
time had Il neuralgia attack. DIR. Rob-
inson remarked to my husband not once,
but many times, That little woman is a
perfect martyr"
Neuralgia can't be compared so far as
pain Is concerned with tonsilitis. Four
times every winter, as regular as clock
work, my throat is so sore p
pooh! Just have the neuralgia once,
and you'll see."
"W'ell, just an ordinary headache pros
trates me for days. I'm very delicate"
'My doctor says I'm a nervous eng
ma"
. "You can't be as nervous as l am"
"Nor as r.
The young woman slipped out Of her
chair and. gathering up her skirts. start
ed out. Aren't they having a good
timer" she murmured to herself, looking
back at the group of absorbed women. II
just wish they could hear about the an
gina pectoris that is my most valued pos
session. Wouldn't 1t turn them green
with envy, oughP'-Baltimore News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
Personally Conducted Tours via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces the following Personally Con
Quoted Tours for the season of 1901
1902
Mexico and California.-A forty-ive
day tour will leave New York, Philadel-
phia, Harrisburg and Pittsburg February
IL The party will travel over the entire
route by the "Mexico and California
Special" the finest train that crosses the
continent.
Florida.-Three tours to Jacksonville
will leave New York and Philadelphia
February and Is, and March 4. The
first two of these admits of a sojourn of
two weeks in the "F1owery State"
Tickets for the three tour will be good
to return by regular trains until May 81,
1902.
Tickets for the above tours will be sold
from principal points on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. For detailedf
giving rates and fullinformation, address
Thomas E. Watt, Passenger Agent
Western District, Pittsburg; B. Courlaen-
der, Jr., Passenger Agent Baltimore Dis
trict, Baltimore; c. Studds, Passenger
Agent Southeastern District, Washing
ton; or George w. Boyd, Assistant
General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
Telephones In Thunderstorms.

Time was when every telephone bore
a conspicuous notice warning patrons
against using 1t during q thunderstorm.
The warning was a reasonable and neces-
sary one in the early days Of the art. but
today It no longer exists because the rea-
son for 1t has passed away. Methods
of protecting electrical c3euits against
damage by lightning have become so per-
feet that fear is no longer felt of any
accident or danger from this cause. The
telephone works practically as well dur.
ing a thunderstorm as at any other time,
and people no longer avoid the neighbor
hood of electric lights when they hear
thunder. Indeed people IN cities are no
longer timorous about thunderstorms, be-
cause the percentage of damage actually
done by lightning Is growing smaller
every year in the larger towns.-Elec-
trical Review.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
THE SUSPECTED CUSHION.
Embarrassing Experience of n
EnRliah Girl In a Garman CifH

Embarrassing Experience of an
English Girl In a German City.
A friend of Aaine had a most enbar-
RAISING experience In Freiburg- i'm Breis-
gau. She had received a notice announc-
ing the arrival of package from Eng
land and requesting her presence at the
headquarters of the octroi. The lady
with whom she was staying was bile
to accompany her, and Miss G., being in a
hurry for the ball dress which the parcel
contained, started off boldly alone not
withstanding her exceedingly limited
knowledge of German. After keeping her
waiting some considerable time one of the
employees deigned to hunt up the pack
age.
She watched the unceremonious ham
ding of her dainty gown with inward
qualms ns he shook out the folds. Sud
denly a vivid blush overspread her face as
she saw the man examining small cISh-
ion which was sewed under the back
drapery OF the skirt. Ladies who recall
the fashions of some years ago will re-
member the article in question. The pres
ence of two students In the Office and the
evident interest they were taking in her
affairs did not lessen her embarrassment
either. Had the cushion been stuffed with
all manner of contrabaRd goods instead of
innocent horsehair she could not have felt
more uncomfortable. Every word of Ger
man seemed to fade from her memory,
and not n syllable could she utter to aIlay
the officials suspicious. The burning flush
deepened as be ripped open the cushion
and exposed the horschair to the public
gaze. and an intense longing took possess
sion of her to box the ears of the two stu
dents, who were In commissions of sup
pressed laughter.
II never felt such fool in all my life"
she said to me when recounting her adj
venture, land il those two fellows are ut
the ball don't know what shall do"
believe they were there, but Miss g., who
was a very pretty girl and always had
hosts of partners, managed to enjoy her
self amazingly, all the same.-Continental
Chit-Chat
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
CLERICAL ANECDOTES.
cow the Parson IL Sometimes yVOrst.
ed by the Layman.

He very occasionally gets it In church,
as in the classic case instanced by the
late Dean Ramsay, who relates that OIL
sultry summer Sunday afternoon a
country congregation felt and yielded to
the temptation to drowsiness with re-
mnrkable unanimity Almost the only
person apparently wideawnke was the
village idiot, who sat in the front of the
loft" with steady gaze fixed on the min
lister. Singing him ont as an example,
the parson sharply rebuked his flock for
their sleepiness. why" he exclaimed,
"even the poor afflicted one, Daft Jamie,
as ye call him, can manage to keep
awake" AYE; but, minister" retorted
jamie not quite comprehendiRg the stu
alton, but dimly resenting the sudden
publicity given to his doings. eff hadna
been an idiot I wad ha' been sleepin'
too"
In a small church In Yorkshire we'll
known to the writer one of the most regu-
lar and attentive attendants was coun-
tryman who always closed his eyes to lis
ten to the sermon. It helped him to think,
he used to say. and that he really listened
no one who undertook to question him
about the discourse could doubt. On one
occasion when tne pulpit was OCCupleu ny
n youthful cleric from a neighboring
place there came a pause in the sermon.
Suspecting what 1t meant, but not trou-
bling to open his eyes, old John said:
"Tha can ger on WI thy preachin'. I'm
moan asleep"
Out of church the parson sometimes re-
ceives nasty one" deliberately admin
istered. l regret to say that my own
grandfather once, In a momepA.of angry
outspckenness, likened his vitHr-in the
presence Of that worthy-to the guide
post at the cross lanes In the parish;
"for," said the irate and blunt old man,
at points people the road. but doesn't
travel in it itself" The astonished vicar
was too much taken aback to reply while
his censor was within hearing, or he
might have made the retort which was
made by Kentish clergyman to similar
charge. What" said he. "Why, you're
never content Here ] tell you what you
ought to do ON Sunday and show you
what you ought not to do the rest of the
week. What more do you want? You're
never satisfied. Journal
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
HARTFORD COUNTY
TELEPHONES.
Connectedwith the Maryland Tele.
phone Co., of Baltimore.
Over 500 Subscribers
In Hartford County.

And these 600 subscribers
in Hartford county are con-
nected with over 5000 bust
ness firms and private resi-
dences in Baltimore city.
Whether you live right in
town, or a short way out, you
ought to have a phone. The
only one that is any good to
you is the Hartford County
Phone, because it is the only
one that gives you communi-
cation with enough people to
make a phone of any value.
Possibly-like a good many
other people-you've an idea
that telephone is expensive2
Just see Mr.. Richardson and
have a talk with him, and
you'll be speedily convinced
that without a phone you're
simply camping out.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
81, IS, Sc, So and SO.

PIT, Qo, POI po dIlo 9pO.
We are showing full line of American
Hosiery Company and Norfolk and New
Brunswick Underwear.
Fowne's Dents and PERKINS, Gloves.
Manhattan Shirts, i'll White, plain and
full dress, and all the new Black and
White stripes.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
THE EAGLE HOTEL,
CHAS. A. MCCAIN, Proprietor.
BEL AIR, MD.

The undersigned has assumed charge
of this old and well-known hotel and
proposes to cater to the travelling public
in the most approved manner. To those
who know the situation and advantages
of the "Old Eagle" no comment is ncccs-
sary. 1t is unsurpassed for its quiet,
beautiful and homelikc attractions. AS
a summer boarding place it is unexcelled
and its reputation as a stopping place
for commercial men and tourists will be
carefully nurtured. Everything will be
under the personal care of the proprietor,
and his ambition is to make the saying
true-"Once a customer, always custo-
mer." Special terms for large parties on
application.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
A Million oices

Could hardly express the thanks of
Homer Hall, of West Point Ia Listen
why: A severe cold had settled on his
lungs, causing most obstinate cough.
Several physicians said he had consump-
ton, but could not help him. When all
thought he was doomed he began to use
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton and writes-"it completely cured
me and saved my life. now weigh 227
pounds" It's positively guaranteed for
Coughs, Colds and Lung troubles. Price
SOC and ST. Trial bottles free at all
drug stores.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
Alike In One Respect.

Affable Passenger-Indecd and you are
a music hall artist! am banker, and
think it must be at least twenty years
since was in music hall.
Music Hall Artist Cregretfully)-And
I'm quite certain. sir, it's twenty years
since | was in a bank.--London Tit-Bits.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
A Great Opportunity.

The burned district of Jacksonville,
Fla, is to be rebuilt at once, offering an
opportunity of employment to workmen,
and excellent prospect TO contractors
and capitalists. Jacksonville is reached
from all directions by the Seaboard Air
Line Railway System, which offers un-
excelled facilities in the way of schedules
and through car service to that point.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13

-"My hair now measures just feet 6
inches in length. What Ayers Hair
Vigor has done tor me certainly believe
it will do for others chccrfully recon-
mend it to all who wish abundant, beauti-
full and long hair. AMELIA PETTEGREw,
Oelrich, S. Oak.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13

"Don't put much 'pendence on borrow
ed money" said Uncle Eben. when
yoh credits bad, you can't git IL, an
when yoh credits good you don need
it"-Washington Star.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13
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the FUGITIVE.
A hunted thing, through eopse and wood
Night after night he skulked and crawls4
To where amid dark homesteads stood
Ono gloomy garden locked and walled
He paused in fear each step he took
And waited till the moon was gone,
Then stole In by the little brook
That still laughed down the terraced lawn
And up the well known path he crepa
And through the tangled briers tore,
And he, while they who sought him slept,
Saw his ancestral home once mora
There song and lights were still astir,
And by her he could see one stand,
And he had Jared so far to her,
Who spoke with her and took her hand.
Then back by copse and wood he crepk,
While yet the dawn was cold and dim,
And while in her white room she slept,
Twas his old hound crawled back with him
Arthur Stringe1 in Century.
The age-herald., 1901-10-24
LUTHER WHEELER
 IS UNDER ARREST
MAN WHO SHOT JOHN M'sWAIN GIVES HIMSELF UP-ATTAckED BY BROTHER OF DEAD MAN AT oPELlkA.

Columbus, Ga, October 23.-(Special)- Luther Wheeler, the man who shot John McSwain Saturday night, according to the statement of Mrs. Maggie Everidge, who was with him, surrendered today at West Point to Officer B. H. Willis, who had been sent to look for him, and was brought to Columbus tonight and placed in Muscogee Jail.
 Mrs. Evertdge left Columbus this after noon on the Birmingham train, and 1t was conjectured by the authorities that she was going to follow Wheeler, who at that hour had not been arrested Nc Swain's cousin, Will McSwain. went on the same train to note her movements and thus locate Wheeler if possible.
 Quite a scene occurred at Opelilka to- night during the wait between trains. Me Swain's brother from Tallassee, Ala, Pol McSwain. who had heard of the killing and was en route to Columbus, learned that Wheeler was in the city and went to the depot and made a desperate effort to attack him, cursing him bitterly at the time. It was all that Officer Willis could do to keep the infuriated brother off his prisoner. and at one time he thought he would have to shoot him.
 McSwainabecame so viopent that he had to be placed under arrest by the Opelika authorities.
The age-herald., 1901-10-24
AMUSEMENT IS.
Richard carveI.

The dramatized novel which had it's vogue in the East last season is now having it's run in the South ssvanity Fair" has come and gone and last night dramatization of Winston Churchilrs novel, Richard Carvel," with Andrew Robson in the leading role, was presented at the Jefferson Theatre, "Richard Ca<vel" is a stirring tale of the days of swords and powdered wigs-the reyolu- tionary period. It begins in Maryland at Carvel Hall with pretty love story, takes the auditor to. London to let him see the machinations of an ambitious father and wealthy duke foiled in their efforts to force the beautiful daughter Dorothy Manners-into loveless mar riage. Richard Carvel is the hero of the story. He is a hot blooded American and plenty of opportunity is given him for a patriotic flow in defense of the col onists. The dramatist has made a play for the star and Richard is here, there and everywhere at the right moment just as a hero should. From London the auditor is taken back across the water to Carvei Hall to witness sweet re- union.
 MT. Robson has clear voice-an ad- mirabie stage figure and with the excep- tion of William Mcvay as the Duke of Chartersea does the only work deserving special mention. But Mir. Robson's work alone renders the performance pleasing The charm which should surround the many love speeches between Richard and Dorothy Is lost in q large degree by the inability of Miss Ruth Berkeley to prop erly sustain her part These scenes are constructed by the playwright q . de-
The age-herald., 1901-10-24
FLORENCE

Florence, October 23. - Especially = The Fidelity and Deposit Company of Mary land has brought suit against the firm of Smith 6 Nicely, contractors. for the recovery of $sO0o. The roadbed of the Florence Northern Railroad has been at- tached to satisfy the claim growing out of the failure of the contracto ors to com plete the courthouse in this city, which was done by the bond company, who now sue to recover.
 The Florence Northern was projected during the boom of 1889 and was graded and bridged into Tennessee to a point thirty miles north of this city, but was never completed. Col. Jere Baxter and his associates contemplated using this line for the road projected from Florence to this city last year, but the project fell through. The roadbed runs through some of the richest brown ore beds and best timber lands in the South.
 The Rev. John D. Barnard, the noted Baptist evangelist from Anniston, closed his meeting yesterday with nearly a hun dred conversions after eighteen days of labor. The meeting has stirred up East Florence and has been productive of much good.
 Planters in the lower end of Lauderdale bring encouraging reports that as large a crop of cotton as last year will be made. Last years was an 80 per cent crop. This will not be the result in all neighbor- hoods. The warm dry weather is open ing the late top crop and will help out the shortage if the weather lasts a couple of weeks longer. The largest acreage of wheat ever planted in the county has been sowed this fall.
The age-herald., 1901-10-24
DECATUR.

Decatur, October 23.-(special.) )-Chariie Louie, naturalized Chinaman, was the victim last night of wouid-be sharper's scheme to get $50. When arrested the sharper gave his name as Blunt Hood. Hood. it is said, went into Louie's place and told the Chinaman that he was a secret service man and wanted his boy brother for evading the immigration laws, seizing the boy and pretending to hand cuff him. while intimidating the China man with a pistol. The boy had had some trouble getting back into the United States about year ago after a years absence not being recognized by the of- ficials. and Hood seems to have known of this, telling Louie it would cost him $500 to get free, but if the Chinaman would pay him $50 he would turn his brother loose. The Chinaman paid the m oney and Hood was about to escape out of town when arrested by Marshal Young. Hood is now in jail without bond.
The age-herald., 1901-10-24
SCOTTSBORO.

Scottsboro, October 22.-(Special. )-Miss Jessie Lee Brown daughter of Hon. j., E. Brown of Scottsboro. and Fred Arn of Chattanooga, were married yesterday evening in St. Luke's church. the Rev. Dr. Bannister of Huntsville officiating.
 A. N. Holland, the new postmaster, takes charge this evening. He will have as his assistant Miss Matte Arn. The of- flee will be moved from it's present quar- ters to the Jackson County Bank build ing on the public square.
 A fine barn, costing $250o, the property of Frank Washington, was burned last night. MT. Cammeron, who had rented the place, lost two thousand bundles of oats and fifty wagonloads of fine hay besides farming implements. The origin of the fire is unknown. MT. Washington carried no insurance.
 Hon. John F. Proctor of Scottsboro and MT. Lowe of Moulton left today to ad- dress the citizens of Dutton and Pisgah on the new constitution.
 Mrs Virgil Bouldin was summoned by telegram this morning to the beside of her father, Judge Jacoway at Dardinell, Ark, who was reported to be dying.