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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
La Grippe Quickly Cured.

In the winter of 1898 and 500 was taken
down with severe attack of what Is called
La Grippe" says +. l.. Hewett, prominent
| used was two bottles of Chamberlain, S
Cough Remedy. 1t broke up the cold and stop
ped the coughing like magic. and have never
SlGe psst 1onpb Remedy Tr can awavs be de
pended upon to break up severe cold and
ward off any threatened attack ofpncumonia
1t is pleasant to take, too. which makes 1t
the most desirable and one of the most
popular preparations in use for these ailments.
For sale by the Bel Air Drug Store.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
Making Money In Prison

remarkable example of cunning has been
unearthed in one of our large prisons. A con-
vict had perfected n die and was making
silver dollars, and distributing them through
accomplices on the outside. Naturally the
officials were very much surprised at the dis
covcry. but no more so than the one who re-
ccivcs a counterfeit article In place of the
genuine. 1t is therefore very i'm portant when
you ask for Hostctter's Stomach Bittcrs to
see that their Private Stamp over the neck
is unbrokcn. if you value your health. For
fifty years the Bitters has been recognized as
the best health maker in existence, md If you
are sufferer from indigestion, dyspepsia
flautency nervousness, 1t Is
because you have never tried 1t. Try 1t at
at once.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
OBITUARY..
THOMAS n. SMITH.

Thomas N Smith, eldest son ofthe late
Nathaniel Smith, died ON Saturday of
last week at his home near Garland. He
was fifty-six years old and is survived
by one daughter. The funeral took place
on the following Monday, the intermcnt
being at Rock Run cemetery. Rev. f. p.
Nolan otficiatcd
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. Percy Hanway, son of County
Commissioner Hanway, is seriously i'll at
his home at Perryman.
Miss Irene Corbin, of Putnam, is a
guest of her cousin. Miss Mabel Csrbin,
Baltimore county.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
Dissolution Of Copartnership.

We hereby notify the public that the firm
heretofore existing Amos and Street, is
dissolved this day, January 2Sth, 1902. by
mutual consent, &c. All bills due said firm
are requested to be settled by April LIST, 19O2,
after that time all remaining unpaid will
be placed i'll hands of a collector.
n. T. AMOS,
SAMUEL STREET..
Id
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.

On the representation of the trustees
at 1O-1 that the poor attendance for the
last month was due solely to the condi-
ton of the weather, it was ordered that
the school be not closed for the present
in order that opportunity be given for a
fair experiment.
The resignation of Thomas {. Kearnc,
as trustee of 13-4 was accepted.
The Board agreed to bear the expense
of having Mr. John Price, of Medix Run,
Pa, acknowledge the deed to the school
property at 25-4, provided said expense
does not exec SO.
The usual library appropriation f$l 10
was granted ID on the prevailing con-
ditions.
A communication was received from
the trustees of III, in regard to the at
tendance of student in their district at
a school OF an adjoining district. twas
! ordered that the trustees be advised OF
their rights to refuse said child such per,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14

Notice is hereby given. that thirty days after
the first publication of this notice, application
will be made to the County Commissioners OF
Hartford county TO open new public road in
First District, commencing on the Mountain
road, south of Clayton Postof1ce, and running
thence through the lands of the heirs of William
Hall, John Bechtold, Christopher Rose. George
Freeburger. +. L. Robinson and J. B. Hanway,
to intersect the old Philadelphia turnpike at a
point near Joppa Station.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
A Correction.
EMMoRToN, March ID.

EMMORION, MATCH 10.
To THE .EGIS:
l wish to correct a mistake made by
Treasurer E. NJ. Allen in advertising me
as delinquent taxpayer, when in point
of fact have a receipt for the taxes,
dated several months back. 1t is hard
enough to be compelled to pay taxes
without being advertised as delinquent.
w, w. BRADFORD.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
DIR. MORDECAI PRICE.

DR.. Mordecai Price, aged eighty years,
died on Wednesday OF last week at Gov
anstown. DR.. Price was formerly a we'll
known dentist located ut Fallston. He
afterwards was in the storc-keeping
business at that place. He was promi-
nent member of the Society of Friends,
and his funeral took place at Friends
Meeting House, at Fallston, on Friday.
DENNIS SULLIVAN.
Mr.. Dennis Sullivan, aged fifty:six
years, died at his home at Hartford Fur
mace on Sunday. He is survived by one
son, Mr. Michael Sullivan, and one daugh-
ter Miss Mary Sullivan. His funeral
took place on Tuesday morning, the in
terment being at st. Francis Church,
Abingdon. Rev. Father Clements Off
ciated. The pail bearers were Wakeman
Martin, Daniel Lynch, Thomas Sullivan,
Michael McNulty, David Swartz and
David Callahan. ii. X. McComas was
the undertaken.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
MARTHA S. GILBERT,

This Is to give notice that the subscriber
has obtained from the Register of Wills of
Hartford county, Md, Letters of Administra-
ton upon the estate of
MARTHA S. GILBERT,
late of Hartford county, deceased. All per-
sons having claims against said deceased are
hereby notified to exhibit the same with the
legal vouchers thereof,
On or Before the 18th Day Of August, 1902.
or they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment.
Given under my hand and seal this 18th
day of February, 1902.
GEORGE A. GILBERT,
Administrator.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
THE BIGGER THE.
BUSINESS IS,
THE CHEAPER 1T CAN BE RUN,
AND
THE BIGGER THE BUSINESS,
THE LOWER 1T CAN MAKE
DDITES

You know this as we'll as
we do, and while we feel that
we have the biggest business
of any store in the county,
we want more, and we are
going to resort to every fair
means to get it.
1t is a good thing to deal
where you not only have the
advantage of a large stock of
the Best and Newest Things
on the market to select from,
but also the advantage of the
very lowest prices, of not a
few things, but everything,
all the way through the entire
stock. No store but one con-
Quoted on a CASH basis can
do this. in other words you
do not have to pay for the
losses that every credit bust
ness man must make.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
Would Smash the Club.

Ifmembers of the Hay Fever Association"
would use DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, the club would go to pieces, for it
always cures this malady, and Asthma, the
from the system. Thousands of once-hope-
less sufferers from Consumption, Pneumonia,
Bronchitis owe their lives and health to it.
1t conquers Grip, saves little ones from Group
and Whooping Cough and is positively guar
anteed for all Throat and Lung trouble. SOC,
81 90 Trial bottle free at all Drug Stores.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
Can't Keep II Secret.

The splendid work of DIR. Kings New Lie
pills is daily coming to light. No such grand
remedy for Liver and Bowel troubles was
ever known before. Thousands bless them
for curing Lonstipation, Sick Headache
Biliousncss, Jaundice and Indigestion. Try
them 25c. at all drug stores.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
Road Notice.

Madonna, Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-14
Trustees Sale.

BY virtue Of decree OF the Circuit Court
for Hartford County as Court of Equity,
the subscriber, as trustee, will offer at Public
Sale, at the Court House door In Bel Air,
The Washington times., 1902-02-23

mace this winter. He is thoroughly ca
pable and reliable and splendid butler.
Now / expect to entertain great deal
this season, and it is necessary for me
to have the services OF an experienced
butler. To be perfectly frank, | cannot
afford flrst-class man unless | can OBJ
tain some outside work for him in the
neighDorhood that will pay him well. /
thought if could get the ladies' in this
row TO employ him as furnace man, he
could make enough extra money to come
to me as butler. Now don't decide the
matter just this minute. Wait and think
it over, and If you can possibly oblige
me by engag ing this man. | will consider
it no end OF favor and appreciate it i'm
mensely. You will be doing really
friendly, neighborly act. | must iun on
now for | want to catch the other ladies
in the row before they are OFF for the
morning / will send the man. Jim, in
tonight TO get your answer. Good morn
ing. So glad to have met you. Come in
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tied occasionally. Not long ago a wo-
man living on Sixteenth Street was max
ing ready for a Sunday night dinner party
of twelve. She had been to the stationers
for a dozen menu cards. to the florists
for a dozen corsagc bouquets and bouton
nieres, to the market for dozen birds,
to the caterers for dozen Individual ices,
and to the butcher, the baker, and the
candlcshade maker for various things in
dozens. All day Saturday she was order
ing one dozen of this, that and the other
thing until the dinner doomed up in her
Imagination like a gigantic number II.
Her last order over the phone on Saturday
night was for oysters.
Sunday dawned, the dinner hour drew
near, and the hostess was summoned to
a conference with the butler
What's to be the first course, please
madame?" said he.
oysters ON the half shell Haven't
they come" answered his mistress.
Beg pardon. madame, but there are
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us in the row-for she only moved into
the corner house in October. but one
morning early in December she tripped
into my house with all the friendliness
Of an old acquaintance. She hadn't any
gloves on-was doing the near-neighbor
act, you see-and she would not take time
to sit down, but said her little say, stand
ing, with her hands plunged into her rag
Ian pockets. Tom hadn't left the house
yet-he was taking final cup of coffee
in the dining room, and he overheard the
following speech:
I know you will not mind my making
my first call very Informal began Mrs.
Pushing I believe in neighbors being
friendly and mutually accommodating.
and all that, so / have come in to see
you upon rather a personal matter You
must not think me ofiicious for believe
my little scheme may prove entirely
agreeable to US both. You see | have
very good experienced man whom ] wish
to recommend to take charge Of your fur
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1T is such fun TO sit around punch
bowl and scandalize society. One
i hears so many good things about
ones friends. The presence of a
man is runous to satisfactory gossip. but
when a party of women get together late
In the afternoon, say about half after five,
when 1t does not seem worth while TO at
tempt further visiting, and when turs and
wraps have been laid aside out of re-
spect to the blazing gas logs and one has
succumbed to the sailed nuts and bon
bons and has taken just enough of the
sparkling beverage TO set ones tongue
a-wag, then, l say, il is satisfying TO the
feminine soul to get out the little hammer
and rap the absent. At such time we
hear how Mrs. Pushing acquired the SER
vices of a butler this season. 1t is too
good a story to keep and we howl and
gloat genteely over it. neghbor of
Mrs. Pushing gives US the tale and here
are her words as nearly as l can recall
them.
I'VE hadn't met Mrs. Pushing-any of
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gowns of this kind is that of pale pink
mousseline shown in the photograph. 1t
looks as if it might have been copied ex-
actly from one of those gracefully ROBBED
figures In THE Golden Stairs" and it was
really designed TO produce this effect.
From a lace bolero threaded with gold
the soft mousseline draperies fall in
beautifully simple lines and about the
bottom there are no frills and hounces,
but instead several fiat entire deux Of
Valenciennes. The bolero is cut up in
a point at the back and from here there
are broad gold ribbons coming forward
under the arms and tying over the bust,
then letting their long tasselled ends fall
almost to the hem of the gown. Not the
least picturesque part Of this robe is the
sleeve-angel sleeve. | suppose it might
be called. for it is nothing more or less
than loose flowing drapery fastened in
the armnole. II is designed so that
when the sleeve falls back, the soft
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fabric is adapted to this style. but it is
not nearly so effective a sleeve when
made of that favorite teagown material
-mousseline de sole
There are sheer embroidered batistes
and mousselines which make exquisite
teagowns, and among the newest fabrics
might be mentioned crepe meteore, which
bids fair to rival all the other light silks,
not excepting that popular variety-fou-
lard. Crepe meteoTe is expensive, there
fore il is desirable. and the woman who
wants truly handsome house dress will
not hesitate to pay five dollars yard
for something extremely lovely and be-
yond imitation.
Perhaps the greatest novelty at present
In the way of feminine apparel is the
dinner coat, which seems to include every
sort Of covering for the neck and Shout
ders. from fancy yoke effect to a long
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to see me any time. Don't stand on cere-
mony, am not at all formal
when this hurricane swept out. | went
in to Tom and We just stared at each
other in gasping wonderment; then nay
husband went of into Dcals of laughter
and | rushed to the window to witness the
assault upon the other houses on the
block. You see, Mrs. Pushing was not on
to the :act that keep a permanent man.
which was one reason why found it i'm
possible to oblige her by taking shareg,
as II were, in her butler. Later in the
season | noticed Jim at her front door
and caught sight OF him frequently skir-
ping from one basement door to another,
so | concluded Mrs Pushing engineered
her scheme through successfully and had
the satisfaction of employing a butler to
serve up her company dinners. They
we're always given late, after jim had
banked the nelghborhood furnaces for the
night"
Even an experienced hostess gets rat
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The I|EBred Stare Ond lis DiSCOurtcSN

Before the greeting is achievel- and
now cordial and gracious she can be-
her stock taking gaze has meandered down
to your nethermOst extremities and you
feel that all your little toilet subterfuges
are an open book to her. Not that il is
so necessarily. The starer often stares
mechanically, without taking mental note.
But the unhappy effect upon the victim is
just the same.
Stare not at all. Give your neighbor Il
frank, sympathetic regard in the middle
Of his eyes, and scan no further. Be OBJ
livious to clothes-or rather, produce the
effect Of utter oblivion If you have any
tact at all. II you must size up the outer
man, there are plenty of ways to see
without seeming to see,
The Washington times., 1902-02-23
Winning The LoUe of Ones Children.

after fashion, but not as you would like
TO be loved. Your little girl is the light
OF your eyes You stint yourself 10 make
her happiness-you would go down to be
walked on If it would serve her need.
But you are not the light of her eyes,
as you would like to be. And WHY not?
Simply because in the case of both you
have atrophied their power OF love by
depriving 1t OF opportunity of service
You are necessary to them-so is the
dining table-but they are not necessary
10 you. Now make them SO. Lean on
them. Deny yourself some OF the luxury
of self-denial that they may have a share.
AS your love grows by their dependence
so their love must grow and grow fully
in no other manner.
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The good woman knew not whether to
cry or laugh, for. as she explained she
had allowed all her servants to 20 out for
the day, and there was no one but her
self in the house to DO what was neces-
sary.
''An the better" good naturally said
the Empress. We shall be all the mer-
rier. My boys and | will make the tea
And. true to her word. they did.
The Crown Prince made up a roaring
fire. the second boy set the table, and
young Oscar cut the bread. There wasn't
a happier party sat down to tea in all
Germany that afternoon. and as the EN-
press kissed Frau Frommel good-by she
exclaimed: Il haven't had such pleas.
ant afternoon for months!'-.
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is conscious of sartorial shortcomings
And when is even the best dressed among
us confident of every detail. Are seams
unimpeachable in their strength, or hooks
and eyes warranted to be true.
But. oh. the agony when your gloves
are frankly shabby. and yotIr coat has
year before lasts sleeves cut down!
She advances toward you with her eyes
upon your hat. Next your veil Is inspect
ed. You wonder nervously II your nose
Is boring through a possible weak spot in
the middle of ii. She extends her hand
with survey of your neck arrangements
that makes you squirm in guilty con
seriousness of that white pin you stuck
into black ribbon in a place where 1t
would never show.
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There is no such thing as well bred
stare"
Not that II isn't true that The well bred
stare; but they are not well bred when
they do ito indulge in a bit OF a para
dox.
Nothing is well bred that makes a fell
low creature uncomfortable Therefore.
the woman-and there are too many like
her in this impolite world that calls itself
poiite-that visibly takes an inventory
when she meets you, of every detail of
your appearance, to your own secret dis
comfture, entirely 'forgets her raisin'."
The ordeal, at all times disagreeabie,
amounts to cruelty when the scrutinized
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TERE is something which every
" parent should know. 1t is the Sc
i i cret of attaching children to them
selves in an abiding and devoted
love which will be a delight all the days
OF the life of both the child and the par
ent.
There is nothing difficult in the method
IT is simplicity itself, for II is merely the
art of allowing the child to love by
service.
necessary to the child. Your boy leans
on you. He looks upon you as a full
sponge that he has only TO squeeze and
goodness Will flow out. He loves you
The Washington times., 1902-02-23
TIE German Empress Is Loved by Her People.

In Germany everybody loves tn EN-
press with the same love that English
people give 10 Queen Alexandra. She is
held up by every mother in the Father
land to her children as ali example of all
that is good.
In quiet little house in the suburbs of
Putsdam there lives a widow, Frau From
mel by name, whose husband was a
pastor to the Emperor's children One
afternoon quite recently carriage drove
up 10 her front door. and out of il stepped
the Empress, followed by three OF her
sons.
We have come to take tea with you,
Frau Frommel,' said the Empress, smil-
ing.
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a lady of extensive avoirdupois, living
not many leagues from Dupont Circle, is
chaperoning one of the seasons debu-
tantes on trip South. They went by
themselves. but the chaperon being an
experienced widow and the debutante
beautiful, they are scheduled to work
heart havoc at Palm Beach.
l repeat. they went by themselves, but
note the irony of fate, or the paragraph
compiler, when a personal appeared in a
local paper relative to the departure of
the debutante. and it read thusly: Miss
Rosebud has gone South with a large
party"
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of the other gown. the sleeve of this is its
most striking feature and Instead of open
ing to show the arm. in this instance, the
long full puff droops very much over a
tight wristband of lace and ribbon.
There is only one drawback to sleeves
OF this kind. and that is their limpness
when the arms are dropped at the sides
Of course the drooD is graceful. if the
The Washington times., 1902-02-23

into the dining room, was to count out
herself entirely. 1t was horrible stu
alton. everyone with a seat except the
hostess. and il it hadn't been for the little
debutante sister-that was There would
have been a tutti-frutti of a time. As it
was had TO retire gracefully from fes
tive scene under the smiling eyes of the
entire company. l do assure you, the
incident is among the choicest of my de-
butante recollections.
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<nokT JA<KET sFlAE

fon skirts give the proper clinging effect.
is ornamenteG around the bottom with
wavy rows of narrow satin ribbons and
incrustations of cluny. As in the case
The Washington times., 1902-02-23

And that reminds me that the first
luncheon given by my newly married sis
ter was hoodooed by the same fatal mum
Der, u.
Like all brides, she had one dozen of
every conceivable thing in silver, china,
cut glass and linen and so she decided to
give a high noon entertainment for that
number. Accordingly she sent out invi-
tatiCns to twelve women, ordered every
thing to eat in dozens. exactly after the
manner Of the Sixteenth Street woman,
only she made no such careless mistake
about the oysters. No. no. not she. She
was entirely too clever to commit such
an error of that sort-my brilliant bride
OF sister-but what she did do, and she
never realized it until everybody filed
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rounded arm is exposed almost from
wrist to shoulder. Can't you fancy what
a stunning picture this gown would make
when worn by tall and slenderly grace
full woman of the Burne-Jones type?
The other peignoir is Of less pictur-
esque style and is fashioned Of pale blue
There are no stiff petticoats
worn with this; instead several blue chif-
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only two portions. But one dozen oysters
man living on Sixteenth smiled grimly TO
herself, realizing that in giving her nu-
merous orders for things in dozens, she
had capped the climax by ordering one
dozen oysters ON the half she'll for a din
nsr Of twelve
The Washington times., 1902-02-23

Even an experienced hostess gets rat
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-11-05

Majority per democrats 49,. s,184
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-11-05

The election of all democratic
candidates in the county is conced-
ed, except that of Atenogenes Oribe,
for commissioner of Precinct No. 1
Point Isabel) in which the repub-
licans ran w. E. Wren for that Of
flee, being still in doubt, with two
or three more boxes to report.
The entire returns in tabulated
form will be published as soon as
received.
LATER:-Olmales precinct gives
Scott a majority of &c votes, the re-
turns received at two p. m. show
ing the following figures;
Garner 81, Scott l1S. This pre-
cinct in the last election cast 246
votes, giving republican majority
of As.
In Justices Precinct No. 3, w! S.
Corckill, democrat, was elected JUS
tice by a majority of one vote.
In Commissioners Precinct No.
1 opt. Isabel Oribe, democrat, was
defeated by II votes, w. E. Wren,
republican, being elected.
A party arriving from Yescas re-
ports a democratic majority of 81.
Arroyo this afternoon reports n
republican votes to 6 democratic.