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One of the Rangers won the broad jump at 16 feet, n member of the Dauntless Club taking second place.
 In the final heat of the 1O0-yard dash keub Sayles and Rex Tlcknor got away beautifully and dlstanced the others in the hrst 15 yards. Reub got first place in q close hnish-time II 3-5. George Graham won the two-mile run, in which a Daunt- less boy was second. The winners time was 13m. 2s. Wilbur Wheatley won the nlgh jump with ease, clearing feet 9 lnches. The second man, Robinson. of the Holueh Knights, could do no better than 1 feet inches.
 Perseverance's fourth successive hrs+ uos won by Jack Henderson, who hurled thf uiscus 7S feet Dick Ives getting second place. The scores of the several clubs were now as follows: Perseverance, IS; Golden knights, Q Rangers, 3; Invincibles, B.; Dauntless, 2
 heat of the 75-yard dash, beating ont Sands or the Golden Kingths, in an exciting fin. lsh. Robert Van Voort won.the pole vault second place going to the Invincibles. The Golden Knights took both places in the Zso-yard dash, making their total number or points 10, against 13 for Perseverance.
 Ihere were now but two events left tba t"o-mlie bicycle race and the interclub relay race. perseverance would have to win both to win the banner given to the cIuh scoring the greatest number of points.
 Ihe Knights entered Weston their cract rider, In the bicycle race. He had won prizes in a number of races and consa. quently, looked upon the event as an n assured victory. Charley Olmsted and George Ora. ham, who had practiced and trained faith. fully, but had never before ridden in n race represented Perseverance. At the crack of the pistol the riders shot off in a bunch George Graham very unwisely took the lead and paced the others for nearly the entire
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Filling A We'll.

Bucephalus Bump
 The King of the Pump, Was out of a job when the well became dry; So one afternoon
 He took balloon, And, searching for water, sailed up in the sky.
 Said he, Ut is plain
 This clouds full of rain, And so in my pocket IT! place it, you bet" But, though 1t was stout,
 The cloud wggled out, And, leaving the rain, left Bucephali.s wet. He then took bout
 With a tall waterspout, And conquered the aqueous serpent-giraffe; But the crafty airshp
 Gave the fighters the slip And sped far away with gaseous laugh. Bucephalus Bump
 Was way up stump More properly, also, was he up the spout. He clung to It fast,
 Like a star to the mast, And said: "oh, I'm knowing just what I'm
 about"
 So down to the ground, With q wet, washy sound, He slid, like the Monkey of Moopledoodell, And laughing aloud,
 He bowed to the crowd And thrust the poor waterspout into the
 well. LOUISE COOPER.
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OUR WAR SHIPS.

There seems to be no good reason why everyone should not know something abont the ships that are used by our government to carry on war or protect our shores.
 War vessels are of various kinds, each built for specific purpose. We have moni- tors, which are heavy boats that set low in the water. They are heavily armored, and are provided with powerful guns. They are not very speedy, are of light draught, and their primary purpose Is to protect the coast.
 Then there are our swift flying cruisers, the doings of the rest of the world and to come to the rescue of the battleships when needed. Cruisers are divided into classes
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Der of the company tried to do 1t and every one failed.
 Now. there is no particular advantage In a practical way, in being familiar with the flags of all nations, but there is satisfaction in knowing things, especially if they are things that the average person does not know Is there n boy or girl among our readers. for example, that would not be glad to be able to Identify every national flag on sighti This pretty recess or home game will help you to acquire this knowledge.
 Like most of the instructive games, 1t re- quireS some preparation. In all the large dictionaries and in many encyclopedias and gazetteers may be found all the flags of the nations, printed in colors. and they are usually printed on page all together. Lei some who has n box of water colors paint the flags on sheet of white card board putting number under each flag instead of the name of Its country. Then as many sheets of paper should be prepared as there are persons to take part In the game with numbers down the left hand margin of each sheet.
 When you are ready to play the game givt a sheet of paper to each player. tack tht cardboard up in plain view, and allow, say half an hours time for the players to writt opposite to the numbers the names of tho nations that belong there. No. l. for ex' ample wll be the United States; No. z Great Britain; No. 3, France; No. 4, Russiai No. 5, Italy, and so on.
 When the time limit has expired let the leader of the game collect the papers and check them on by key which he or sht has for that purpose, and the player thai has the most correct numbers wins the game If the game is played at home prize may be offeredZzsay small United States flag made of silk.
 It is not necessary that the flags should he drawn on the cardboard in Il really ar.
 tistic way though the more neatly it bs done the better
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TALES Or THE, CI'UR
BY JAMEs ALBERT WALES
HE PERSEVERANCE TRACK TEAM

THE PERSEVERANCE TRACK TEAM.
 The defeat of Perseverance in the dual tennis tournament was a subject of discus sion at one of the weekly meetings. The members had just voted to build track and form track team. Jack Henderson WAS addressing the meeting.
 Its easy to see what was wrong," said Jack. "The players were too confident and they lost because they did not practice and train faithfully. Now, If we are to have n track team its members must not be de- ceiyed Into thinking that they can win sim ply because they wear the Perseverance colors. I should much rather we had no track team al all lan one that would not train enough to insure at least creditable record. We've got to work If we want +o win!'
 Jacks views were shared by all and there was general determination to make the new team thoroughly representative of the best the club was capable of putting forth. At this meeting the regular semannual election of officers was held. Reuben Sayles declined renomination to the presidency and Jack Henderson was unanimously elected his successor. Wilbur Wheatley was elected vice president and George Graham secretary. Charley Olmsted was forced to accept reelection, for hls services as treasurer had made him the only worthy candidate for the position. Wilbur Wheat ley was elected captain of the track team and Roy Rogers manager. Manager Rog. CTS was authorized to arrange for the hold. ing of track and field meet Saturday, June S. open to all boys clubs having mem bers not over 16 years of age. As a track 'or training and exhibitions was necessary, he manager secured the use of large tract If ground just south of the clubhouse which the boys converted into an athletic field.
 The track was to be oblong in shape, eight aps to the mile. At one end there was to
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distance. The result was that the others. remaining behind, were comparatively fresh when the sprint began.
 As the bell rang for the beginning of the last lap Weston jumped his wheel to the front, with Charley Olmsted close after him. These two distanced the others immedi- ately, for their pace was too hot to hold.
 Weston was slightly In the lead as they raced for the tape. Charley leaned over his handle bars, rose from his saddle and dug into his pedals In one last effort. With a magnificent burst of speed he spurted past his rival and crossed the tape a tires width ahead, amid the frenzied shouts of the crowd.
 It was now 1915 in favor of the Knights, and the relay--race would decide the meet During the first half mile the representa- tives of the five teams remained close to- gether. Harry Hanford took up Persever- ance's third relay, but Dick Ives, of the h. vincibles, started off at brisk clip, which left the others behind, although Harry was slightly ahead of the other three contestants at the end of his relay. AS Wilbur Wheat ley touched Harry and took up the final relay, the Inyincible runner was yards ahead and the other three runners were right at his heels.
 Wilbur ran as he had never run before, for he realized that his club depended on him to win the race, and with it the meet He made up his mind that he would over take the runner ahead of him at any cost He started to sprint the entire relay, as if 1t were a short dash instead of quarter
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The MOtOrman
 And His Crank.
A Lesson in Magnetics.

Not one boy or girl in a thousand, per. haps, understands how the motorman on trolley car is able to control the electric current so as to increase or diminish at will the force applied to the motor. This Is one of the common things that no one thinks 1t necessary to explain in print.
 The upright cylindrical box near which the motorman stands, and the crank of which he is constantly turning back and forth Is the controller" It is through that box that the current comes from the overhead wire and goes down into the mo- tor. Attached to the inside of the box are several brushes, and in the central hollow space Is a wooden cylinder, placed upright, to which is attached the crank that the mo- torman turns.
 Around the surface of the wooden cylinder are fixed metal plates, which are susceptible of being formed Into various combinations of electric force. To these plates comes the supply current by means of wires that con meet them with the trolley. Now, when the motorman turns the crank, Of course he turns the wooden cylinder, and the turning of the cylinder brings the plates, or rather a certain combination of the plates, In con- tact with the brushes that are attached to the inside of the controller.
 The brushes receive the current from the plates and transmit It to the motor, the electric force transmitted depending on the combination of plates touched by the brushes. There are marks on the top of the controller telling the motorman how to apply greater or less force, just as the ig- ures on a steam gauge tell an engineer how much pressure he has on his boiler.
 When the motorman turns his crank to the word "off' on the top of the controller. there Is no contact between the plates and the brushes, and hence no current Is then transmitted to the motor; when he turns 1t in the opposite direction as far as 1t will go, he puts on all the force possible. Be- tween those two points he can regulate the force to suit his needs.
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AS soon as the track was in final condition the boys got out for practice Every mem Der of the club tried for at least one event, and several essayed four or five. There were sprihters, distance men, hurdlers, jumpers pole-vaulters, weight-throwers and bicycle. racers. Low hurdles were used in the hurdle events, as the boys were not capable of talk Ing the higher ones with ease. The treasurer bought 12-pound hammer, 12-pound shot and light discus for the weight-throwers.
 Captain Wilbur formed relay team from the four best quarter-mile runners, including himself, Reub Sayles, Harry Hanford and Walter Gladwin. In a relay race one mem Der of each team runs a quarter of mile, then touches another man who waits for him and takes up the contest, and so on till the four runners have completed the mile, the winning team being that which is repre- sented at the finish by the leading runner.
 In training the team, as well as In laying out the field, the boys were advised by Mir. Stuart Foster, the young college graduate who had so kindly coached their baseball team. The boys had a shower bath and a rub down with witch hazel after each days practice. Immediately after exercising they donned sweaters, to prevent taking cold while overloaded.
 Roy Rogers, the manager, received entries to the meet from members of the Dauntless Club, Golden Knights, Rangers and Invin- cibles, each of which clubs entered relay team. large crowd from Riveryiew at- tended the games, and each of the four visit Ing clubs brought a party of friends to en- courage them.
 Members of the five contesting clubs were chosen as officials, including a referee judges of the finish, starter, timekeepers, scorers and measurers. The Perseverance Club offered inexpensive silver and bronze medals for first and second places In every event a special medal for the athlete SCOT Ing the most points, a handsome silver cup
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A Bit Of ParlOr Magic.

Cut from fourfod piece of paper an ar row shaped like the illustration; then place this arrow on the point of a needle, vertic ally situated in cork, at it's center part marked x, but without causing the needle to pierce the paper; after the cross has been properly balanced on the needle, cover the whole with q common glass, thoroughly dried.
 Now get dry woolen cloth, and by plac- ing your hand or finger on top of the glass to insure it's steadiness, rub the cloth briskly the points of the cross and the pointed end
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A Pretty Party Trick.

It Is very pretty trick to present little girl with a white rose, telling her that though the flower looks pale, it will revive and glow with the blush of health If she will wear It few hours.
 In order to make your prediction true you must select not naturally white rose, but a red one, which you have bleached In the manner illustrated In the picture-by hold ing 1t over the fumes of burning sulphur.
 The rose can be bleached almost or quite white in this way. but the natural color re- turns after few hours exposure to the air.
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Icloser together. This is just what we saw from the car on the avenue. The lights spread apart in front and closed up behind. If 1t Is true that the stars thus appear to open In front, then the sun. tho earth and all the planets must be moving off somewhere Into the vast dark spaces of the sky. We do know that the sun appears to be travelins in some giant circle round some unknown center and that he Is carrying us along with him. We do not know where he Is bound, but we do know that we are likely to have the pleasure of his company wherever he goes CHARLES BARNARD.
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A PATCHWORK PUZZLE.

Here Is a puzzle which will tax your brains to solve and which will give you good hour of pure fun when you try 1t, especially If you do 1t with some little friend. In the first place, the figures and their positions are so unusual and different from those you usually see that there is n lot of novelty in the ways you can arrange them. You should cut out each piece care
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of the cross will slowly but surely move toward or revolve on the needle until 1t points to the place on the glass where the cloth Is being rubbed.
 The point of the cross Is attra acted by the electricity which Is generated by rubbing the glass with the woolen cloth.
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fully and then fit them all together. When each piece Is In its proper place you will have n complete picture.
 There are several ways of arranging the pieces and several pictures you can make out of them. and each one Is very funny, in- deed, as you will find when you have tried It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-22
A New National Game.

In q certain company of grown-up and well educated people not long ago prize of S10 was offered 10 anyone who could give a brief description, or even name tho colors, Of 15 different national flags, Every mem
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-10-24
HELPING OUT THE HERO.
A Realistic Scene That Was Not
Down on the PInybiI;.

A Realistic Scene That Was Not
Down on the PInybiI;.
In the old days, when Il certain Tex
as city was not exactly the charming
place it is now, was playing in Mon
te-Christo" to a crowded house. All
afternoon the cowboy Of his type of
the day had been coming into town fol-
the performance. | could see him well
in evidence in the trent row CT the bal
cony, his skin jacket shining and his
pistols glistening in his belt. The arch
villain was facing his fate in the final
act, and I spoke my lines. Your time
has come" Suddenly cowboy stood
up in the front rank in the balcony.
drew his pistol and drew bead on the
villain of the piece. IF you don't fix
him." rang out his voice. 81 will"'
There he stood ready to put the threat
into execution.
Kill me quick! Kill me quick"
cried my fellow actor under his breath,
trembling at the prospect of mere re-
alistic end from the gentleman in the
balcony But the joke was too good Il
one for that. l prolonged the duel as
much as possible. but presently the
arch villain took his first plausible OPP
portunity to expire at my feet.
That's right; served him right. II
you hadn't done it, would" came ap-
provingly from the voice in the bal
cony.
But that circumstance lPsscned my
chances to get any one TO play the part
later. Actors would come to me for
an gagement in the Villains role and
ask, Are you going to play in Texas
next year, Mr.. O'Neill"'
yes"
"Thank you.''
That would be the end of it, for each
would say, Good day"-JaEes O'Nelll
in Saturday Evening Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-10-24
Niagara Falls,

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
run its remaining popular ten-day excursions
to Niagara Falls from Washington and Bal
timore on September r and Is, and October
2 and 16. a special train will leave Wash
ington at y i. M, Baltimore 9.O5 A. NJ,
York 1915 A. NJ, HarriSburgh IL 40 A. NJ.
MillerShurg 22O Z. NJ, Sunhury 12.5S +.
M. Willia1nsport go p. NJ, Emporium
Junction sos p. NJ, arriving Niagara Falls
at 9.35 p. NJ.
Excursion tickets, good for return passage
on any regular train, exclusive of limited ex-
press trains, within ten days, will be sold at
so from Washington and Baltimore; 1885
from York; 81 o from Littlestown; $40 from
Oxford, Pa. so. 80 from Columbia;$S 80 from
Harrisburg: so from Winchester, Va; $50
from Altoona; $40 from Tyrone; S6.45
from Bclefontc; $50 from Ridgway; $3.50
from Sunbury and Wilkesharre; 1918 from
Williamsport; and at proportionate rates
from principal points. A stop-over will be
allowed at Buffalo within limit of ticket re.
turning.
The special trains of Pullman parlor cars
cursion running through to Niagara Falls
An extra charge will be made for parlor-car
seats.
An experienced tourist agent and chaperor
will accompany each excursion.
Side-trip tickets will be sold from Niagara
Falls to Toronto and return at rate offs 90
affording opportunity to visit the Toronto
Fair to be held September to 3.
For descriptive pamphlet, time OF connect
ing trains, and further information apply to
nearest ticket agent, or address George w
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent
Broad Street Station. Philadelphia
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I6s Aas end 1nteuissacer
BEL AIR. MD. OCT. "a 1902
UPSET THEIR PLANS.
rhe story of a Hurry Call For

Fhe Story of a Hurry Call For .
New York Ambulance.
A young physician tells an amusing
experience of the days of his ambu-
lance service. y hurry call was re-
ceived one day, and he with the am
bulance was dispatched with great
haste to a tenement in one of the poor
er parts of the city. He climbed sew
eral flights of stairs and found ut the
top a family gathered in Il dismantled
room, surrounded by their goods and
chattels. evidently ready to move.
The patient had becN burned, the
doctor knew, but he failed to discover
signs of one until the mother of the
family explained that she was the vic
tim and amiably volunteered the in
formation that she was ready to go to
the hospital at any time. She was
remarkably healthy accident case. and
the young physician explained that he
would have to make an examination
and learn the true nature of her inju-
ries before taking her off.
She demurred somewhat wrathfully
at this, but finally uncovered one arm,
where was to be seen bad but not
serious burn of week before. 1t was
not a burn requiring hospital treat
ment. and the doctor departed. Il severe
tongue flashing from the would be pa
tient following him as he hurried down
the stair, glad to get off with nothing
more serious.
The woman's wrath had good cause,
he found upon inquiry. The family had
been diSpossessed, and it had been de-
cided that the husband and children
should go for time to one of his rela-
tives, while the wife would seek refug"
in the hospital. In this way they would
tide over their troubles, but the doctor
unforeseen refusal to play his part had
upset their plans seriously.-New York
Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-10-24
LAW POINTS.

A female over twelve years of age
may during her minority make will
disposing of her personal property. Ill
Southeastern Rep, South Carolina,
Judge Gary. SIS
An ordinance prohibiting the making
of public address in any of the public
places of the city within 4 half nIiir of
the city hall without license from
the mayor is held, in Love versus
Phalen OIich.), 90 l.. Il. \. GlS. to lie
reasonable.
The requirement of the statute OF
frauds that all elements OF Il contract
must he in writing, if it is not to be
performed within IL certain time. does
not require that they should lie in q
single instrument. but they may be
contained in a correspondence between
the parties az y Y. s Ron. ! 80
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-10-24

Captain Hobson is destined to be
come Il very rich man. He saves some
thing nearly every day.-St. Louis
iobeDemocrat.
The Hon. Mr.. Devery of New York
is becoming known as the Lindley
Murray Of political phraseoiogy.-Bal-
timore American.
Poor General Butler seems to be
hunting vinGication about as hard and
as fruitlessly as he hunted the Beers
indianapolis News.
Mrs. Clarence Mackay is just now
being exploited as an elegant faddist.
She has made babies fashionable in the
smart set.-Duluth News-Tribune.
Lord Kitchener is called the bravest
man in the British army. but has never
been able to summon up courage
enough to get married.-Louisville
Post.
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off
and south.
Trains marked thus
1908 Is 30s 20 $50 and
1908 A M, LIS, 3OS, 420 $50, 1135 NJ.
Express trains for Wilmington Philadelphia and New York
Grace at 1241 221
6 49, 757 M. day
at
215 400, els,
A M and $50
- J. r. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
J. B HUTCHINSON, Manager. o
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Reduced Rates To Des Moines, Iowa.

For the meeting of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, l. o. o. F.. to be held at Des Moines,
Iowa, September Is to 20, 1902, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company will sell special ex-
cursion tickets to Dcs Moines from all
stations on it's lines AT reduced rates. Tickets
will be on sale from September II to IL, in
elusive, good to return until September 22.
when properly executed by Joint Agent and
a fee of % cents paid. By depositing ticket
with Ioint Agent at Des Moines between
September Is and %, inclusive, and the pay
mcnt of 80 cents, an extension of return limit
to October 10 may be obtained.
For specific rates and further information
apply to nearest ticket agent.
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Memory.

Scientists have discovered that the
memory is stronger in summer than
in winter. Among the worst foes of
the memory are too much food, too
much physical exercise and, strangely
enough, too much education.
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Experiments upon 1,220 children
Show that 80 per cent began TO walk
under the age of twentyfour months,
a little over half under eighteen
months. onc-third under twelve months
and 10 per cent under ten months.
Three babies cut of the whole number
began to walk under eight months.