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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07

David Jennings. a shoemaker OF
Montreal, Que. says he has proved his
claim to an immense estate in Eng
land valued at $27.0OO00O. Jennings
sailed for England in September with
the object of establishing his identity
as the heir of Humphrey Jennings. A
letter just received from Mr.. Jennings
by his family says that he has been
completely successful. that the Eng.
lish courts have recognized him as the
legitimate and rightful heir. and that
the obtaining of the property is a
certainty.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07

HE Pan-Amcri'un exposition end.
al nj T. o'clock Saturday night. The
financial loss viii he in the neighn0r
houd of $4,000 %. and ia less win fan
upon holders of the common stock.
Tie holders Of second mortgage bonds
and tile contractors VINO erected the
buildings. Two hundred and ten
thousand shares of common stock
WIRE sold ut $40 n SHARE The stock
WAS subscribed for 10y the citizens OF
Buffalo ana the Niagara frontier in
small lots Of from one share 20 one
hundred. 50 that the loss will net he
severely felt by anyone The total
number OF admissions for the six
months WAS close to S.CON.0OO.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07
Forepaush Circus Train Wrecked

The Forepaugh & Sells circus train.
which left New Orleans Monday night,
was wrecked one mile this side of
Baton Rouge at noon Tuesday. Four
cars loaded with animal cages were
badly wrecked, bat more of the cages
were torn open and none Of the ami
mails allowed to escape. A car load
of elephants was turned loose. but
after they had wandered about the
country a short time were driven into
Baton Rouge and corralled. Three
men were badly b,,~t
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07
a ,rnnin fnr ,inrhcr-

rhc nurse. Miss Toppan. who l.
oh d'Ged with the murder of Mrs. \. L
Davis. Of Bourne. Mass. and is Sus
pccted OF numbering three other mem
hers Of ;hc Davis family. that evidence
has lcen found. IL is claimed. which
VIII prove thar Miss Toppan owed the
Davis family for board ANA lodging al
ttcd t'alunut# home, and for money
she is alleged 10 have borrowed from
t!tcm.
Ills Sald that Miss Toppan could not
repay this money. and the state officer,
,dink She may have decided upon tie
deaths % The family as Il MEANS ..
wiping out The debt
Ahoilcr c,uim made hy ~ least TIVE
az the men Who have had To DO witt
Miss foppau'S arrest is thar she Is
mentally derangcd. and that her mania
is 10 cituSe Gcath #hy# poison
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07
Four hundred Di~rhnrwcd.

-Four hundred cmplOyeS Of tie III,
nois Central railroad working in the
shops al Burnside. near Chicago. have
been laid off The cause of the dis
charge OF 50 many iaen il not stated
10y the company officials \ large per
ccntagc of the discharged are union
men. ana some OF them nttrihutc their
discharge 10 the agitation last April
Wien the machinisis OF tho entire sys.
TEN made a demand far Il nine hom.
work day. threatening atTikr rhc
demand was withdrawn Ulea the
company subsequently, announced n
general increase Of 10 Per cent in
wages OF ail its employees.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07
General AIgcr Sot to tpolo.izc.

Gen Alcor viii sclA uo a;lalogy or
explanation to Richard Harding Davis
far til" paragraph III his wan book nj
which The newspaper correspondent
HIS seen fit#to take orreusc. There il
no orcnSion for my doing either" said
lc. NO reference was made to Mr..
Davis: neither was any intended. The
sane ,S TRUE Of Caspar Whitney. /
lad neither of them in mind ON the
contrary. | had high regard for the
ability ana courage Of both these gen
tlcmen. cannot understand how Mr.
Davis could apply#mys reference TO him
His account of the battle was not Such
a. criticised
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07

EubOnic plague caused two deaths
IN Liverpool. Eng. this month.
The anarchistic cluus OF London
celebrated the clcctrocution of CZol-
cosZ by dances in honor of his noble
DEATH
II. &. Hall. veteran diplomat is dead
I'm Mllbury. Mass. He drafted the first
treaty for the building of the Nicara-
qua canal.
Thomas w. Cridler, third assistant
secretary Of state, has resigned. to be-
come European agent Of the ST. Louis
exposition.
Iucien Brown shot and killed Ollie
Allison and then committed suicide at
Henderson. rs. They were brothers
in.law and the trouble arose over u
lawsuit
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07
"straws show which Way the Wind

and the constantly increasing demand
for and steady growth in popularity
of St Jacobs Oil among all classes OF
people in every part of the civilized
world, show conclusively what remedy
the people use for their Rheumatism
and bodily aches and pains. Facts
speak louder than words, and the fact
remains undisputed that the sale OF st.
Jacobs Oil is greater than all other
remedies for outward application COM
bined. 1t acts like magic. cures where
everything else fails. conquers pain.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07

Walter Baker 4 Co, Ltd. Dorches-
ter, Mass, are the largest manufacture
ers OF cocoa and chocolate in the
world. They received gold medal
from the Paris exposition OF last year.
This year they have received three
gold medals from the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo. Their goods are
the standard for purity and excellence.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07

Fal>pr Race. his wife and two sons.
Twins near Massilon, O.. were tortured
Sunday morning by burglars until they
gave mp over S1.OW in certificates of
deposit and 50 i'm money. The burg.
lars set lire 10 the hair of their victims
and threatened to roast them alive.
one of Races SONS may not recover
The burglars escaped in vehicles stolen
frnm NJ Rnrn
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07

Oysters are wldey distributed
throughout the worl !. Their chef h b
itlts are in the United States and in
France, with scattering colonies in
England. Holland and other places.
But the VIII lie number in other parts
OF the world is incoasi lerable as com
pared with that OF the Un.tsd Sites.
Maryland alone produces twice as
many oysters as all the rest OF the
world put together. Oysters and pow
erty. Dickens says, go together, but ii
is not so in this country. b ltimore
cans an immense number for both for
eign and Domestic consumption. the
revenue from which is enormous. The
Indians OF the c0lst, b2fore the dis
covery OF America, used them in g;eat
quantities Near the mouth OF St
johns river, FloIi A. there is a forest
clad mound OF ever so feet in height
extending over many acres of ground
consisting enti;e,y of old oyster shells
0Ia
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07
Ladies Cnn NYenr Shoes.

One size smaller afterusing Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat
ing, aching feet. ingrowing nails, corns
and bunions. All druggists and shoe
stores 25c. Trial package FREE by mail.
Address Allen ). Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07

We have to guess what the future and
'he merchant who never advertises has in
store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07
General Health.

Gentlemen:--I used two bottles Of
BaXter's Man rake Bitters and il had
"a decidedly good effect along the line
of general health. | took IL for diges-
tive troubles and was much pleased
with the result. G.. A. Botsford, On
away, Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07

We sre always complaining that our
days are few, and acting rs though
there would be no end Of them.-Sen-
eca.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07

Mohammed was an epileptic. and
his visions were those OF Il diseased
mind.
Swinburnc. who writes very little,
makes 5000 q year 10y his poems.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07
DON'T TAKE Any CHANCES.
Homes for ap1.oon. 600.

Russ Bleaching Blue does the best work. al
good grocers. lOc. Avoid cheap limitations.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08

deepcned into madden and brown, and the
gas lamp shed pale light upon the girls
head, making her look white and iii. One
shrinks from trying to picture the suffer
ing she endured, as great perhaps as that
Of abraham on his way to offer up Isaac
as q sacrifice to the Lord. For half an
hour she must have remained in the same
passionless attitude and then reused her
self as firm steps rang from the main
road.
Two firm hands grasped her shoulders
and turned her quickly round; two steady
brown eyes looked squarely into hers: two
lips were pressed upon her unresisting
mouth. With little sob of Joy and great
relief she put up her hands and hid her
face upon his breast, while, for a mo-
ment, the big man was too glad, too
moved, to speak.
you've waited for me, Jessr
No word Of reproach for his silence fell
from her. Explanations might come BY
and by. It was enough that jamie was
here.
you're only Just in time." she whis-
pered brokenly, and In answer to the look
of inquiry upon his face she said: 'They
want me to marry Christie Hall. the dai-
ryman, and 1t would have been the only
way to save them from the parish. Gran.
MES never asked me, but she looks at
me till daren't 60 near her. and tonight
granddad's been begging me again to
take him for her sake. He'd have allow
anced them, and tomorrow I'd have said
Yes"
The man stroked her hair.
"You don't love him. dear"
Her answer was a passionate caress.
"And you love me just as much as you
did in all my war paint?"
Jess smiled through her tears.
81 love you better without 1t. It only
meant you were the queens man then.
In these clothes you are mine" She
laughed at q recollection. "Granddad
said just now that the scarlet and gold
was as useless to you a. 1t Ii to these
dahlias."
She snapped two from the bushes and
put them In his coat.
"Granddad said that, did hep said
James. well, I'm of scarlet now; but,
thank the Lord, there's more gold than
there was. Take me In, Jess, and let me
ease his mind"
And presently they went indoors to-
gether.-Mail and Express.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
RIGHT up TO DATE.
(Bsnson'S Plaster Is Palms Master)

These are days of records and of the beat
ing of records. Benson's Porous Plaster, for
quiokness Of action and thoroughness of
cure, has no records to beat except its own.
Benson's Plaster, always the best, ALWAYS
the leader, Is to-day better than eper. It
sticks to the skin but never sticks in its
tracks. It marches on.
The people not only want to be cured
but cured quickly-and Benson's Plaster
does 1t. Coughs, colds, lumbago, asthma,
bronchitis, liver and kidney complaints,
and other ills approachsble by an external
remedy, yield to Benson's as Ice does to heat.
Neither Belladonna, Strengthening or
Capsicum plasters are to be compared with
Benson's. People who have once tested
the merits Of Benson's Plaster have no use
for any other external remedy.
More than 5000 physicians and drug.
gists (and q thousand times as many NON.
professional persons) have called Benson's
Plssters one of the few % home remedies
that can be trusted.
Fifty-fve highest awards have been made
TO 1t in competition with the best known
plasters of Europe and America. Better
proof of its merits Is inconceivable. Be
sure to get the genuine.
For sale by all druggists, or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered In the
United States, on receipt of Csc. each.
6ssbzsy B johnson, Mig. Chemists, R.X.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
Handa and the Mnn.

The position in which you hold your
hands will reveal your character to those
who are versed In the art If. when a
married man clinches his hands, the
thumb Is nicely tucked away between
the finger and the palm, he is under the
dominion of his wife.
The mere clasping Of ones own hands
10 an indication of strength or weakness
of character. Interlace your two sets
Of fingers spontaneously and see wheth-
er the right hand or the left hand set
are nearest to you. If your left thumb
Is In front of your right thumb. your
left forefnger In front of your right fore
finger and 80 on, then you are effemi-
nate.
The ordinary woman clasps her hands
in that way, and so does the weak man.
The man with the strong character and
the masculine female clasp their hands in
the opposite fashion, so that the right
hand thumb and fingers take precedence.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
THE "PlGTAlL" IN CHINA.
Certain Sects Believe 1t In Essentis
to Salvation.

Certain Sects Believe 1t In Essential
to Salvation.
Every one knows how sacred q cue or
"pigtail" Is to John Chinaman. To lose
his cue Is almost as bad as to lose life
itself. Should a Chinaman return to
China without his cue he would become
an object of scorn and derision.
Dress, like other things, undergoes Its
change In China, but the style Of the
pigtail has remained the same for centu-
ries and Is handed down from parent to
child without fear of change.
For many years prior to 1914 the ma
tive emperors Of the Chinese dynasty
hair over the whole head and to twist it
into a tuft or coil. The first emperor of
the Mantchoo dynasty, who assembled the
throne In 1914, determined to make the
consul of Manchuria the token Of the
submission of the Chinese Of the entire
country to his authority.
Shortly after his accession to the
throne he ordered his subjects to shave
all the hair from their heads except on
the crown and to allow the hair on that
particular part to grow long and dress
1t according to the traditional custom of
Manchuria.
This proclamation was received with
universal disapproval, except In Man
churia. But 1t had to be obeyed. Final
ly the custom prevailed throughout the
length and breadth of China. and the
style then adopted as duty is worn now
by choice. $50 much a long communion
tends to make US what we are"
As a reward for punctuality and ODE
dience those who were first to conform
with the new capillary rule were award
ed a tael of silver. In such reverence
has the pigtail come to be held that GER
tain sects believe that they cannot be
saved without the aid Of the pigtail.
They believe that after death Confucius
will lift them by their pigtails into the
regions Of celestial bliss. Consequently
no pigtail. no salvation. Is It any won
der, then, that John Chinaman sticks TO
his cue? 1t is the Jacobs ladder by
which he will make his ascent into
heaven.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
Even When a Little Boy His Genius
Was Extraordinary.

Even When q Little boy HIS genius
Was Extraordinary.
I last night NOV. Is, It'll supped In
Mr.. Walter Scott's. He has the most ex-
traordinary genius of a boy ever saw.
He was reading a poem to his mother
when l went in. / made him read on.
1t was the description of shipwreck.
His passion rose with the storm. He
lifted his eyes and hands. There's the
mast gone" says he. Crash it goes.
They will all perish" After his agita-
ton he turns to me. "That is too melan-
choly," says he. 81 had better read you
something more amusing"
preferred a little chat and asked his
opinion of Milton and other books he was
reading, which he gave me. Wonderful
indeed one of his observations was how
strange it was that Adam, just new
come into the world, should know every
thing, THAT must be the poets fancy"
said he, but when he was told he was
created perfect by God himself he in
stantly yielded. When he was taken to
bed last night he told his aunt he liked
that lady. what lady| says she.
"Why, Mrs. Cockburne. for think She
a virtuoso like myself" Dear Walter"
says aunt, what is virtuoso" Don't
ye know? Why, it's one who wishes
and will know everything"
Now, sir, you will think this a very
silly story. Pray, what age do you sup
pose this boy to be? Name it now be-
fore | tell you. Why. II or IA? No
such thing. He is not quite years old.
He has a lame leg, for which he was a
year in Bath, and has acquired the per
feet English accent which he has not
lost since he came, and he reads like a
Garrick. and Memoirs of Her
Own Life" by Mrs. Alison Rutherford
or Cock burne.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
A PEARL FROM A KING.
The Bunko Game That Was Played
by O Fiji Monarch.

Tho BunkO Game That Was Played
By q Fiji Monarch.
The King-You Merican, you, your
I-yes, your majesty, am glad to say
that l am an American citizen.
IVA, halajaa ku Fiji?" (How do you
like FijiD
Eyes, your majesty, am most pleased
with this beautiful island. Like the 9TH
er islands of the south sea, 1t is an earth
ly paradise"
"You ketch him bacocor' (tobacco.)
ayes, your majesty (deferentially),
have plenty of tobacco-some fine old Vir-
ginia leaf. Maybe your majesty would
like someP
you give me bacoco, 1 give you my
pearl"
A pearl from a king! The deal was
closed. Immediately dispatch man to
the hut where my trunk reposed and told
him to bring me all the tobacco he could
find. But surely there was not sufficient
for q kings pearl, a priceless jewel! I
tried to demur-to change his majesty's
mind-but he would not have it other
wise. Presently the man returned with
three large boxes of long cut and bunch
of Manila cigars which had bought for
moth determination. The lot would have
brought about $4 In the Fiji market, and
l reluctantly passed 1t over to his males
ty, who took 1t with that cry of delight
that comes only from the breast of the
man who has found gold after years Of
poverty. Then he muttered some unin-
telligible words in the Fill dialect and
from the deep confines of his coat brought
forth a thin ball of cotton. He unrolled
it with a particular caution and picked
up the pearl-white, dainty. supreme. He
held 1t between his thumb and forefnger
for a moment of admiration and then,
with uncovered head, placed 1t in my
outstretched hand.
shall never forget how, many months
later, when l landed In London, / went
to the purser and got my cherished pearl
from his strong box. l was going to have
it mounted as pin. I shall never, never
forget how the jeweler listened to my
story, clapped a magnifying glass to his
eye, looked at It closer and closer and
closer, and then said in a tone that pierre
ed my heart:
my boy. this isn't pearl. It's ish's
eyev'-Robert Mackay in Success.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
OutdOne,

In almost every small town there is
some person who is known and despised
for his inquisitive habits. Even children
delight in thwarting the purposes of such
a man, as Is shown by the following in
cident which a correspondent furnishes:
Mrs. Stocken wished friend to share
her cider vinegar and sent her Swear
old son to deliver it. He returned quick
ly, his face wearing a satisfied smile.
Mrs. White was much obliged, ma,
but met Mr.. Perkins just before I got
here. He said: Hello, bub! wonder
II you've got molasses in that jugT And
i said, No, sir. Mr.. Perkins, He said,
Got vinegarT And l said, No, sir, Mr..
Perkins Then he asked, Got cider? p
And told him. No, sir, Mr.. Perkins,
Last he said, We'll, that's a jug in
your hand, amt 1t. CalebT And | put
my jug on the ground and said, No, sir,
Mr.. Perkins "-Youth's Companion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
y THE SUN so,,
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
Those "Good Old Times I.

Grant, IL you think, that this is an age
Of shoddy, of popular intellectual super
hciality, Of blind social antagonism, Of
selfish warfare and Of aggressive mate
rialism, nevertheless this world is not "all
q feeting show" whatever Diogenes.
Schopenhauer, Calvin, Moore and the
rank and file of pessimists in prose and
verse may say to that effect. On the
contrary it is a very desirable world, and
this is the very best age that has ever
come to the children of men. There has
never been time in human history when
there was SO much enterprise. knowledge,
wisdom, heroic self sacrifice and love to
God and man as there is today. The
"good old times" compare about as ia
vorably with these times as tallow can
die with an electric light.-Good House
keeping.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
Remote Possibility.

"You have never had wife, pre-
sumo" said the generous matron who
had taken pity on him to the extent of
supplying him with some cast off clothing
and plate of victuals.
"No, ma'am." answered Goodman Con-
rong. "An / don't reckon ever will have
onless ! run acrost some woman who
wants to make the experiment of marry
In a man to reform him. An that amt
likely to happen" he added, with his
mouth full of baked beans, "'cause she'd
hev to be young an harnsome. "-Chicago
Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
Feline AItruism.

I once had cat which always sat up
to the dinner table with me and had his
napkin round his neck and his plate and
some fish. He used. his paw. Of course,
but he was very particular and behaved
with extraordinary decorum. When he
had finished his fish, l sometimes gave
him a piece of mine. One day he was
not to be found when the dinner bell
rang. so we began without him. Just
as the plates were being put around for
the entree puss came rushing up stairs
and sprang into his chair, with two mice
in his mouth. Before he could be stop
ped he dropped a mouse on to his own
plate and then one on to mine. He d.
yided his dinner with me. as / divided
mine with him.-St. James Gazette.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-03-08
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