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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

The Rev. DIR. Mackenzie of San Fran
cisco was once calling on a new pa
rlshioner who had limb" of a boy.
She had invited the doctor to dine.
willie" she said to her hopeful. pass
Dr. Mackenzie potato"
Willie seized the potato between
thumb and finger. and before his moth
er could utter a Mortified remonStrance
he had tossed 1t across the table and
squnrely into the good mans lap.
Judgment" cried Willie.
Zone striker quoted the quick wit
ted clergyman.
willie. leave the table-' stormed his
mother.
MADAM" said the minister. do not
judge him harshly. See how beautiful
ly he put the sphere over the plate"
And from that time there wasn't
more earnest worker in all the big SUM-
day school than that same Willie.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
IN THE By
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Copyright, 1902, by A. S. Richardson

When Aunt Milly returned from her
visit to Boston, she was changed wo-
man. She had gone away u staid old
maid Of thirty-seven, with never a bit
of nonsense about her, and she had re-
turned f1ustrated-that is, she simpered
and giggled and acted "girly." She
took to wearing bows and jewelry, and
she was anxious about her eyebrows
and the mole on her chin. Her sister
Florence, a widow and the head of the
house, noticed these things with some
thing like establishment, but reserved
comment She argued that they were
the legitimate results of woman get
Of her country home and that they
would soon wear off. Her daughter.
Susie Warden, was the third member
Of the household. Susie had been de-
nounced as worldly by the old maid.
She had also been charged with Co
quetry. 1t had even been limited that
she was heartless. All this because she
cared more about her horses than for
the young men who bowed to her good
looks and her future financial pros
poets and because she preferred a walk
through the woods with n gun In her
hands and dog at her heels to sitting
on a rustic bench and flirting with a
callow youth.
Susie had never been in love or any
where near 1t, but Aunt Milly's symp-
toms did not escape or deceive her.
She judged them to be symptoms Of
love, and her curiosity was aroused.
What manner of man could have touch
ed this old maids heart? All sorts of
men might fall in love with girl; but.
according to Susie's reasoning, only
one or two sorts would fall in love with
an old maid, and especially homely
one. She thought things over until she
felt In q measure responsible for the
aunt who knew nothing of the pitfalls
Of the world and then she tackled her
one day with:
"Look here. Aunt Mllly, you are in
love, and want to know all about It,"
"My dear child, but what can you
mean" gasped the aunt as she blush
ed as hard as she could and bit her fin
ger nails.
Il mean that you fell In with some
man in Boston who talked soft to you
and that you are getting two letters
week from him and answering them
with exceeding promptness. 1t is n"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16


/ heard their prayers and kissed their
sleepy eyes
And tucked them in all warm from feet
to head.
To wake again with mornings glad sun
rise.
Then came where he lay dead
On cold. still mouth laid my lips Asleep
He lay. to wake the other side Gods
door,
My other children mine to love and keep,
But this one mine no more.
Those other children long 10 men have
grown
Strange. hurried men. who give me pass
ing thought.
Then go their ways. No longer now my
own.
Without me they have wrought.
20 when night comes and. seeking moth
err knee.
Tired childish feet turn home at even
tide.
fold him close, the child that's left to
me.
My little lad who died.
Irene Fowler Brown in Harper's Maya
zine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
snfut's Powder Recipe.

In Germany and Italy great honor is
paid TO st. Barbara, but until now no
one has been able to discover the exact
reason.
a German officer says that she is
honored because the invention of pow
der is in large measure due to her.
Berthold Schwarz, q monk. he eX-
plains, opened the Lives of the Saints"
on st. Barbara's day and read the
story Of her martyrdom, after which
he reasoned as follows:
"The heart of the Virgin was white
as salt. the soul of her tormentor was
black as coal, and it was sulphur from
heaven which punished him for his
cruelty. l will mix these three things,
and it will be wonder If do not dis
cover the philosophers stone"
He did mix them, and as soon as he
put the mixture in fire tremendous
explosion followed. Such, according to
German soldiers, was the origin Of
gunpowder.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

Il DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF THAT MAN. :"
use to try to deceive me, for You can't
do it. This glggling and simpering
around and writing for hair dyes and
complexion powders mean love. Who
is the man%
Aunt Milly blushed some more and
fenced some more and then owned up,
somebody to share her joys and antici
pations, and she was glad of the op
portunIty. Yes, she was in love. 1t
wasn't the wishy washy love of a
young girl, but a strong, deep feeling,
founded on respect, admiration and
friendship. She had been introduced to
a professor while In Boston, Professor
Holden. He wasn't connected with
any college, but WAS progressing" on
his own hook and delivering interest.
ing lectures on physiology. He hadn't
called her an angel and fallen In love
at first sight. On the contrary. it had
taken him five or six days to discover
that he had at last met his affinity, and
he had skipped her face entirely in
buulLllIS UP HcT CRUCES. All tHlS anu
much more the blushing aunt related
to the inquiring niece. and the latter
finally demanded:
"Now show me this mans photo
graph. know you've got it,
Aunt Milly almost lied about 1t. but
finally produced cabinet photograph.
She was of course wearing it over her
heart IT was the typical professor"
or rather more so. and after n long
look at the picture Susie handed 1t
back with the remark:
81 don't like the looks Of that man,
and I'm going to keep an eye on things.
If he doesn't know more about corn
cures than physiology, then his photo
graph is way off,"
Aunt Milly was shocked. upset and
angry. and her defense Of the professor
was vigorous and decisive. They were
not actually engaged as yet, she ad.
mitted. but be was coming on soon for
Q visit and would then doubtless pro
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
Cure For HiccOugh.

Hiccough usually attacks persons Of
nervous temperament and young chill
dren who have overloaded the stom-
nch. 1t may also be induced by eating
foods which have been too highly sea-
soncd.
The most useful remedy and perhaps
the most inoifensive and the best con-
has previously been stepped in vinegar
or drinking Il spoonful of good vinegar
in which some sugar has been dis
solved.
If this is not at once successful, a
second spoonful is certain to be so.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
pYIy AnsuHed Them.

James had been an autocrat In his
home. and when he went to school he
was greatly astounded to be told that
he must do this thing and that he must
not do that. After disobeying every
rule of the school and being reproved
he wanted to know the why's" of It.
Because you disturb the other boys"
he was told. 81 don't think | disturb
them" he replied thoughtfully. 81 think
| umuse them."-New York Press;
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
How Convict. XIII Time.


II Is at once interesting and pathetic
10 go through the cells Of the eastern
penitenhary and to note the objects
which, with tedious pains, the prison
ers have made to while the time away.
Here a mantel will be hung with a
lambrequin deliberately fringed. the
fine knots and delicate patterns Of the
threads comparing with the work of
the French lacemakers. The lambre-
quin Is Of an odd blue hue. and the WIS.,
itor Is told that 1t Is made Of an old
pair Of prison trousers.
On a little gilt bracket Is a small
stuffed animal. The bracket, SO deli
cately turned. Is of newspapers pasted
together and gilded, and the animal Is
a rat, caught In a homemade trap,
stuffed with rags and with pieces Of
chewing gum colored with shoeblack-
ing for its eyes.
A wall is completely covered with a
really artistic decoration Of reeds. on
which are perched at least 200 birds,
each accurately colored and drawn.
There are also numberless checker
boards and sets Of chessmen that in
the delicacy of their inlay work and In
the intricacy Of their carving would do
honor to the craftsmen Of the orient
Philadelphia Record.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
The Wedding Gift,

1t Is golden rule to send wedding
gift In good time. the first to arrive be-
ing much more appreciated than that
which Is one Of the many pouring in
from all quarters during the last week.
By adhering to this rule one will be
saved the annoyance of hearing that
the saltcellars are charming-the third
set already received.
A month before the wedding day is
not too early to send the present, which
should be accompanied by visiting
card.
The package should be addressed to
the bride. If one Is intimate with the
happy couple. and to the brides house.
addressed to the bridegroom. if it is he
with whom one is best acquainted.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
The Diagnosis.

There are things that only doctor
can successfully accomplish. and
there are other things which the ply
stefan may safely relegate to a compe-
tent assistant
81 understand the doctor has just
been to see your husband. Mrs. Nc
Carthy." said Mr. McCarthv's employ
er. HAS he made diagnosis?"
For a moment Mrs. Mccarthy was
submerged in n sea of doubt, but she
rose triumphant.
mo, sorr." she said confidently, che
left it to me, him saying | was well
able to do it. sofr. It's to be made
wild linseed on q shtout muslin. sorr."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
A Hungry Musician.

During the siege of Ladysmith an Of
1lcer who was organizing a concert to
keep up his mems cheerfulness heard
OF q sergeant in the Gordons who was
said to be performer. He found the
said sergeant and asked him to con-
tribute his services.
The sergeant was sorry, but said he
couldn't"
why" said the officer, "you do play
something, don't you"
81 did. SIR
"Well. what's your Instrument" I
1.-THE bones, sir-but I've ate 'emr' =
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

"And now" he said, Eve viii see
what our old friend the apostle Paul
has to say. Step up here, Paul. and
give us your testimony"
No. the speaker wasn't a flippant
prosecuting attorney in the celebrated
trial before Felix.
1t was the Rev. Mr.. Seventhly, the
popular pastor of the Blank Avenue
church. who was preaching u doctrinal
sermon.-Chicago Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
The Shock Too Severe.

Ibid the coroner's jury ascertain what
caused BowersoX's sudden death"
Eyes. 1t appears that he received a
plumbers bill In his mornings mail"
"But surely that did not kill him?'
"That wasn't it. but about noon the
plumber himself called and said there
was an overcharge in the bill that he
wished to correct."-Detroit Free Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
TunS Pc and Teamaking.
There is but one way of making tea,
Unless the water boiling be
To pour on wafer SDOils the re

Tor
Unless the water boiling be
To pour on water spois the tea.
The teapot itself should lie heated
very hot before the tea is placed in 1t
and the boiling water poured on. 1t
should be scalding hot water, or the
leaves will float to the top.
No less authority than Tung Pc, the
Chinese poet, is quoted for a recipe for
teamaking. He says: whenever tea
is to be infused, take water from a run
ming stream and boil 1t over q lively
fire. 1t is an old custom to use running
water, boiled over lively fire. That
from springs in the hills is said to be
best and river water the next, while
well water is the worst. 4 lively fire
is clear, bright charcoal fire. When
making an infusion, do not boil the wa
ter too hastily. At first 1t begins to
sparkle like crabs eyes, then somewhat
like fish's eyes and lastly it boils up
like pearls innumerable springinG and
waving about. This is the way to boil
water"
A teaspoonful of tea for two cups,
with one for the pot, is the rule.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
Very Dark,

Yeast-They say the darkest hour Is
just before the dawn.
CriHlsonbeak-Yes Well, know
when I've gone home In the morning
and knew my wife was waiting for me
things have looked unusually black
Yonkers Statesman.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
He WnR Warned.

Miss Palisade-I was very much sur
prised. Mr.. Cleverton, that you were
not at church this morning to hear me
sing the solo. Didn't your friend Dash
away tell you about 1t beforehand?
Cleverton- Yes: he was good enough
to,-Hurlem Life.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
re Eeis and lp,el'lseacer:
Is. Published Epery Friday.
FINNEY & DASHIELL.
TERMS.-$1.OO A Year In Advance.

3 insertions or less $1.50. Each subse-
quent insertion 25 cents. Longer adver-
tisements in the same proportion. A
space equal to six lines makes square.
Figure work double price.
Obituaries and Personal Communica-
tions will be inserted at 5 cents per line.
Yearly Advertisements at Special Rates.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

Hotel Clerk Ito Colonel Cutter of
Kentucky>--Win you have pitcher of
water sent to your room?
The Colonel-Water! Great guns,
tint there any fire escape?-Indianap-
oils News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
Mexican POliteness.

Foreign Visitor Tin Mexico)-What!
Do you still have those barbarous bull
fights in your country?
Native-Oh. yes; so many American
travellers want to see them. you know,
that we have to give one now and
then-Chicago Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
Eccentric.

Mrs. Hunt-I suppose Jane Porter is
Why. verify believe she would tell
the truth even about her age.
Mrs. Pike-That wouldn't be truthful
ness; it would simply be eccentricity.-
Boston Transcript.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
THE EAGLE HOTEL,
CHAS. A. MCCAIN, Proprietor.
BEL AIR, ND.

The undersigned has assumed charge
of this old and wcll-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 neces
sary. 1t is unsurpassed for its quiet,
beautiful and homclike attractions. As
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-"On customer, always a custo-
mer." Special terms tor large parties on
application.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
Reveals a Great Secret.
Seaboard interchangeable Mileage Ticket.

Seaboard Air Line Railway has placed 600
Mile Tickets at $25.oO, which tickets are
good over its entire system and also over
the lines ofits important connections, repre-
senting in all approximately $4,000 miles.
Full information as to these tickets may he
obtained upon application to any agent or
representative of the Company.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
F.H.IGLEHART,
General Provision Store,
MAIN ST., BEL AIR.

have contracted and will soon
have erected a complete Refrigerator
Plant for the purpose of preserving
MEATS, POULTRY and PERISH
able my customers to always obtain
the very best articles, which will he
sold at living profit only.
EJy-Give me n call.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-10-25
Monster Leather Belt.
From New York Commercial.

from new 1Ork COIuutIcldi
There is but one larger leather belt in
the world than that just completed for the
big drive wheel at the Twin City Rapid
Transit Companys new power house now
in process of construction.
The belt is 100 feet long, weighs 1000
pounds, is 80 inches in width and three
ply. 1t cost approximately $500.
There are eight hides to every four feet
of the belt, which means 200 head of cat
tie, respectable herd for small stock
farmer, were required to furnish enough
leather for this enormous belt.
Throughout the entire process of con-
struction no fasteners of any description
were used outside of special belt cement
of high adhesive power. Altogether it
took fifteen men more than month to
fashion it. The size of this belt gives an
idea of the diameter of the big wheel which
will before long be furnishing much of the
street railway motive power.
The biggest belt was in use at the Ana
conda copper mine, at Anaconda, Mont
1t was 190 feet long, &C inches in width
and four-ply. Itrequired 300 hides and
weighed 5000 pounds, driving from 28-
foot diaemter pulley to an S7-inch driving
pulley. Its speed was 5000 feet per min
ute, and it transmitted an average load OF
1900 horse power.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-10-25
Evils of Eating Quickly.
From London Doctor.


1t is mistake to eat quickly. Masti-
cation performed in haste must be imper-
feet even with the best of teeth, and due
admixture of the salivary secretion with
the food cannot take place. When crude
mass of ipadequately crushed muscular
fibre, or undivided solid material of any
description is thrown into the stomach, it
acts as mechanical irritant, and sets up
a condition in the mucous membrane, lining
that organ, which greatly impedes, if it
does not altogether prevent, the process of
digestion. When the practice of eating
quickly and filling the stomach with un-
prepared food is habitual, the digestive or
gan is rendered incapable of performing its
proper functions. Either much larger
quantity of food than would be necessary
under natural conditions is required, or the
system suffers from lack of nourishment.
The matter may seem small one, but 1t
is not so. Just as man may go on for
years with defective teeth, imperfectly
masticating his food, and wondering why
he suffers from indigestion, so man may
habitually live under an inAiction of hur-
ried dinners and endure the consequent
loss of health without knowing why he is
not well, or how easily the cause of his
illness might be remedled.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-10-25
Crank and Treadwheel.
From the London Chronicle.


The abolition of the treadwheel and the
crank in English prisons is now an accom-
plished fact. 1t was Sir w. Cubitt who,
about 1920, devoted his engineering talents
to the perfecting of the first of these penal
contrivances, the very sight of which filed
even the most hardened criminal with dis
may. By the Prison act of 1865 every
male prisoner over 16 sentenced to hard
labor was ordered to undergo three months
of labor of the first class, which included
the use of the treadwheel and the crank;
but in 1877 the period was reduced to
month. The treadwheel was a hollow
cylinder of wood, with steps about eight
inches apart on its outer circumference,
working on an axle Each wheel had the
honor of separate compartment to itself in
order to prevent intercourse between prison
ers. Work resembled the continuous ascen
of flight of steps under difficulties. The
normal speed was at the rate of thirty-two
feet minute, so that, allowing for six
hours treading day, with stated intervals
for rest, the prisoner had climbed over
5000 feet at the end of his spell. And
there was no view to reward him at the top.
The crank, on the other hand, could be
worked in the prisoner own cell. 1t re-
sembled the process of raising bucket
from well by means of handle, the re-
sistance being derived either from brake
fitted on the wheel, which was revolved
by the handle, or from machinery applied
to grinding corn, pumping water, or some
such other purpose. The pressure on the
wheel was, as far as possible, limited to
twelve pounds, and the prisoners had to
make in six hours 5000 or 10, 900 revo-
lutions, according to his strength. There
was no way of lodging the work, for the
number of revolutions was recorded on an
infallible dial There can be no doubt that
both the treadwheel and the crank came
pretty near to being instruments of torture,
and it is curious comment on our Wanted
civilization that the proposal to abolish them
evoked the bitterest opposition.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-10-25
THE UNCROwNED KING.

The free born citizen gets up when dew is on the
And sees himself reflected in trustmade looking
glass.
A trust controls the soap he finds at length upon
the stand,
And through the favor of some trust he takes his
comb in hand.
His Shoes suspenders shirt and socks, the buttons
on his coat,
His handkerchief, his necktie and the collar round
his throat
All from factories that trusts permit to operate
trust allows him to have coal to pile upon the
CRATE
By yielding to the Sugar Trust he makes his coffee
sweet
By bowling to the Beef Trust he may have steak
to eat
The Cracker Trust the Flour Trust, the Coffee Trust
likewise
Take tribute from the man who dwells where Free
dom's banner flies.
He rises from the table which trust leaves in the
care,
And on the trust-made halltree finds trust-made
hat to wear.
Now see the free born citizen upon the trustowned
car,
By paying tribute he may ride to where his duties
are.
He sits before trust made desk-a trust has said he
may
And being free and equal he tolls for the trust all
day;
At night trust provides his light, and when his
prayers are said,
The uncrowned king devoutly kneels beside trust
made bed.
Thus all his trusts bound up in trusts that treat
him as they please.
He lives through favor of the trusts, to them he
bends his knees;
All, let US trust that when he dies and leaves this
world of care,
Same trust will watt him to the skies and give him
glory there