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

Now. necessarily when the new girl
baby arrived there was much discus
sion among the memtsers of the family
as to what her name should be.
1--WE will call her Geraldina." said
the fond mother.
"Why not call her Esmeralda?" said
the first grandmother. Il saw that
name in n story once and always want
ed to try 1t on baby"
"Oh. nurmured the second grand
mother, that would never do. Let us
call her Fanchon."
"But don't you think Eltessa Is a
pretty name. and SO odd, too" put In
one of the uunts.
Excuse me. ladies'" ventured the
poor father. who sat near by, but you
seem to forget that We are trying to
find a name for a human being and not
for five cent cigar" - Baltimore
American.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

If you can't obligc people in any 9th
or way. you can at least let them alone.
Half the troubles of people are due to
idle and impudent interference in their
affairs. Half the time when you
make q vigorous kick there is no kick
coming to you. One of The worst habits
people have is making each other un-
necessary trouble. Life is hard enough
ut best. Don't be Il pest. If you can't
help others. you can ut least let them
alone.-AtchiSon Globe.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

This Is to give notice that the subscri-
bers have obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county, Md, Letters
testamentary upon the estate of
JANE r. JONES,
late of Hartford county, deceased. Allper-
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 October, 1902,
or they may otherwise by law be exclud-
ed from ali benefits of said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
qucstcd to make immediate payment.
Given under our hand and seals this
14th day of April, 1902.
WILLIAM X. JONES,
X. H. LLOYD,
Executors.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

There is no more interesting or curl
GUS sight on this earth than the interior
Of the extinct crater. Aso San, about
thirty miles from the city Of Kuma
motto. In Japan. This peculiar locality
is inhabited by 10000 people, who live
and prosper within its vertical wall SR
feet high. The inhabitants rarely make
n journey into the outer world. but
form. as 1t were, a little nation by
themselves.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

The Russians had an old law by
which any one who drew hair from an
others beard should be fined four
times as much as for cutting off fin
ger. and the Importance and value Of
the appendagc arc further illustrated by
the fact that, although the loss of leg
was estimated ut II shillings. the loss
of the beard was estimated at 90
London Globe.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
A Startling Tclegra m.

Ten girls in composition class were
told to write Il telegram such as would
be suitable to send home in case of a
railway accident while travelling. One
OF the girls wrote:
Dear Papa-Mamma is killed. ! am in
the refreShment room.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

1t is difficult to account for the enor-
nous velocity Of some birds flight
when migrating The northern blue
throat goes ut the rate of $40 miles an
hour. flying 1880 miles from Egypt to
Helgoland in a spring night of barely
nine hours. Virginian plover fly from
Labrador to north Brazil, $500 miles,
without stopping, going Mt the rate of
636 miles an hour and probably more
How can this speed be attained? The
birds resort to great heights. where the
resistance of the air is slight
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

Feminine FinancierinE.
ue-You owe me ten kisses! Pay up!
She-Eyplain. sir!
Hell won them! You know very well
I wagered dozen gloves against ten
kisses and won! l.
She-Oh, but kisses, you know
lie (firmlyl-k Kisses should be paid
just as religiously as any other debt.
She thoughtfully)-Just the same az
a note?
"Yes"
"Or checkF
"Yes"
"Or-or q draftp'
Certainly!
"Then. you poor fellow. I'll give you
n draft on mamma!"-Stray Stories.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

Soubrettr--The heavy tragcdian says
he gets rouSinG reception everywhere.
He says it panied him to leave the last
town.
Comedian You bet it panied him! I
understand they rode him ont on n keen
edged rail -PhiladcIpliia Record.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
TERMS OF SALE,
What Thin'Folks Need

Is greater power of digcsting and assimi-
lating food. For them DIR. Kings New Life
Pills work wonders. They tone and regulate
the digestive organs, gently cxpcl all poisons
rom the system, enrich the blood, improve
ppctite, make healthy flesh. Only 25c. at
all Drug Stores.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
ONCE IS ENOUGH TO SEE

Gustave Dore's portrait Of Dante Is worth
seeing-once. But once L. enough. Some
such look you notice on the faces of those
who have suffered, and still suffer, much
physical pain; people subject torheumatism,
govt, neuralgia, periodic headache, lumba-
go, or pain from some old lesion. This pain
habit puts its marks on them, as the custom
of handling ropes crooks q sailors fingers;
or as too much riding of bicycle stamps q
worried expression on certain faces. No
wonder people said Of the italian poet as
he passed along, "Thers goes
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

looked upon as
a young woman.
B ut n a t u r e
knows nothing
of such stand
ards. When the
wonlanly func-
ton is establish
ed wonanhood
is attained ac-
cording to her
standards, a nd
there is need OF
wo m a II y care
and caution. II
Is girlish ignor.
ance or neglect
at this critical
tinewhich otter
results in long
years of after
misery.
Mothers who
perceive the evi'
dences of func'
tioual deranpe.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

ment in young girls should promptly
have them begin the use of DR.: Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t establishes reg
ularity, tranquilizes the nerves and tones
up the whole system.
UMy troubles started during my girlhood,'
writes Miss Flora l. Greer, OF Io7 Howe street,
Akron O., Ubut did not prove serious until 1893
From that time did not see well day;
suffered at every monthly period with terrible
headache irritation of the spine and pains In
my heels had soreness through my hips aud
ovaries all the time and constant backache
One doctor would tell me one thing allied me.
another would say something altogether differ
emit, but they only relieved me. l then wrote
you and followed your advice. took hive bottles
Of DR. Piercc's Favorite Prescription. four OF
Golden Medical Discovery and Eve vials Of
Pellets Have not had q single symptom o.
hard, and eat solid and substantial food with
out distress"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse the
bowels and stimulate the sluggish liver.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
lie Eas and Iptelliaepcer.
BEL AIR, MD. MAY 1e. 1902
The Opulence of Content.

The Opulence of Content.
I am not rich in heaps Of yellow gold.
But when the bubblng bobolink has told
His dreaming of the twilight i'll the
morn
My heart oertiows so much of Joy hold.
1 am not clothed in scarlet robes of
kings.
But when the crimson cardinal so sings
That song and raIment flash at once on
me:
have the ermine sweet without the
stings-
Not mine the learning OF some men thai
are.
But when | hear a lambkin from afar
Bleating and save 1t from the pit my
Joy
Is great as I had found an unknown star
| have not castles. lands nor gems OF art:
But not for these would ! my treasures
part.
Content enough to fill my soul with
peace,
An overflow of gladness for my heart.
-Aloysius Coll In Success
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16

The general standard of measurement
for womanhood is vgrown-up-ness."
When girl is einancipated from school
and arrives at the dignity of trailing
skirts and elaborate hair dressing she is
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-16
SUNDAY TRAINS.

SUNDAY I KAIN0.
Sunday trains leave Baltimore for Delta
and intermediate stations at $50 A. NJ.
and 400 P NJ, stopping at Bel Air at 10
A. NJ. and $50 p. NJ They will leave
Delta for Baltimore and Intermediate
stations at ESQ A. NJ. and $50 p. NJ,
stopping at Bel Air at 1855 A. NJ. and
400 p. NJ. An additional train willleav
Bel Air for Baltimore and intermediate
stations at $40 T. NJ, and Baltimore for
Bel Air at 10 90 p. NJ, arriving at Bel Air
at II 20 P. NJ. and Baltimore $50 p. NJ.
CA. FIFER, General Passenger Agent
]. S. NORRIS, General Manager.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17
DoWrY of Brides.

In almost every country but America
there are restrictive conditions in force
with regard to the marriage of army
officers. In Russia especially Is this
to be found. as no circumstances will
permit the marriage of an officer under
the age of %, and not even between
that and % years, unless the brides
dowry is a sum sufficient to allow him
to keep his money for his personal use.
The limit of this dowry is fixed by
the government.
In the Austro-Hungarian army the
number of officers authorized to marry
is limited by a fixed proportion in each
grade, and when these totals are
reached further marriages are prohib-
nted until vacancies occur in the mar
ried ranks. The Italian army regula-
tions fix the limit Of brides dowry,
but the law is frequently broken, for
it has been recently estimated that
only about one-eighth of the mar
riages have occurred under the proper
conditions. The other seven-eighths are
attended with all the inconveniencies
Of a marrige not recognized by the
civil law.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17
FRENCH FADS.
One Seems Altogether Without Rea
son; Another Is Reverse.

One Seems Altogether Without Rea-
son; Another Is Reverse.
The women of Paris are just now en-
gagged in rivalry in regard to who shall
own the prettiest fox cub. Every So
ciety woman has one. with the result
that the little creatures are valued at
from $50 to $25. When they become too
large to handle they are sent to the
country and are there set free on the
great estates of the rich. Fox cubs are
very clever and very playful, but they
never are quite tame. and hence are
only temporarily safe house compan-
ions.
When invited to spend the night at
the home of friend, it Is now imper-
ative to add to the nightrobe and the
toilet auxiliaries a set of clean sheets.
Really fastidious people do so. When
the Car and Czarina were invited to
be the guests of Paris, their couches
were fitted by France with linen from
the stock of royal napery accumulated
during the emperorship of Napoleon
III. The imperial guests calmly and
quietly directed their attendants to re-
move the French linen and substitute
for it the pieces wrought with the
arms of the Romanoffs. This, it was
explained to their perplexed entertain
ers. was the Gear and Czarina's invaria-
BILE custom, and it seemed to them to be
as imperative a piece of refinement as
the owning of individual toothbrushes.
Now all the smart set pretends to have
been ever scrupulous in regards to indt
vidual bed linen, and drapers are hap
py because it increases the quantity
and enhances the quality of their sales
since their patrons consider that only
exquisitely fine, monogrammed or
crested sheets, ingeniously hand
stitched, are good enough for use when
going a-visiting.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17

the auburn hair?" she said presently,
that's Edith Sinclair; haven't you met
her yet? She's Conservatory pupil"
MY brother. Mark" said Miss Boyn-
ton, Miss Sinclair.
A tide of red surged over Miss Sim
clair's perfect face as her eye met
Marks. "You!" she exclaimed. with a
Mortified little grasp, 1.-The man who"
Exactly" responded Mark, ':the man
who-thought he had hired you to play
here to-night-and hadn't-evidently."
Miss Sinclair laughed. You took
me for Barbara Sturm. didn't your"
she said. Il guessed as much when
she told me a gentleman had engaged
her that evening. Miss Sturm had an
engagement and couldn't find a SUBJ
stitute, So for lark | got leave from
the Con- and took her place-but
aren't you going to play whist?" drop
ping her eyes from Marks intent gaze.
II don't know" said Mark, in mock
despair, Il haven't any partner-l new
er had a Lady of my own you know"
audaciously.
The red flashed back into Miss Sim
clair's cheek, but she looked straight
into Marks earnest eyes. wouldn't
| do" she answered. saucily, ''for a
partner r?"-Indianapolis Sun.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17
SagaCiOuS Cats.

South of Fulton street, in New York
City, the cat is not pet but a bust
ness investment, an insurance policy
against the river rats. Yet, wild as
some of these animals are, there is
one man, says the Tribune, whom they
regard with approval. That is the cat
meat man.
81 don't know all of them," he says.
'No man could; and, besides, there are
changes all the time. But If l don't
know them they all know me, every
last cat Of them.
"And they're wise; cats are as wise
as any beast that lives. Every cat on
the block runs to meet me, but they
are always on their good behavior.
"Now, here's a place where l leave
meat for six cats. They all follow me
in when 1 give it to the porter. They
are the cats that belong here, and all
the rest of the cats are waiting peace
ably for me to come out. Now, see
those four cats run ahead and into the
next place; they're the cats that belong
there, and they line up to meet me.
But that is small part of the wis
dom of these cats. Five mornings in
the week l get around my beat be-
tween seven and eight o'clock, but on
Saturdays 1 am always late, and never
reach this block before nine. Well,
on Saturday mornings the cats know
that I'm late, and they don't put their
heads outside the doors until it lacks
only a little of nine.
you see there are calendars hang
ing up in every Office to tell the day of
the week. and clocks, too, and there's
nothing to hinder the cats from con-
sulting them. If they don't find out
that way, how do they know when it's
nine o'clock Saturday mornings?'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17

bis son. General Grant. for an instant.
The generals father arrived. and was
very much pleased to accept General
Dickie's hospitality. not knowing what
1t involved.
General Dickie entertained him most
Hospitality. but stuck to him very close
ly. II the elder Grant found himself
alone and FASTENED to see his SON, there
he found General Dickie.
Four or five days passed. and he had
gained no opportunity for a private in
terview, and no chance to force one.
For nearly ten days he kept up the
attempt. but had to go away at last
without having accomplished his err
rand. When he was gone Dickie was
restored to his cavalry duty. The sub
ject was never again referred to be-
tween Grant and Dickie. but General
Dickie. shortly before his death, told
the story to Chicago lawyer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17
ALASKAN GOLD,

A million years in the smelling rots
OF the great earth's furnace core,
1t bubbled and boiled as the old gods
toiled
Before it was time to pour.
"A million years in the giant molds
OF granite and mica-schist
1t cooled and lay in the self-same way
That into their hearts it hissed.
A million years, and the clouds of steam
Were rivers and lakes and seas;
And the mastodon to his grave had gone
In the coal that once was trees.
When the Master MoIder raised his
hand,
He shattered the gray rock mold
And sprinkled its core from shore to
shore,
And the dust that fell was gold.
Youths Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17
A Cripple Creek Incident.

He was just in from the East, and
the pattern of his trousers were such
that even the dogs regarded him with
suspicion. He was walking ahead Of d
fair girl, his Cripple Greek cousin, and
as they climbed the hill he caught his
breath and held it with an effort. The
beautiful girl behind him was the first
to speak. She had been debating
whether to call him down for walking
in front of her or heave a bowlder
against his shoulder blade. Finally
she took another course and got him.
This light air don't agree with you"
she observed, sweetly."
Perfectly" he gasped, using all the
atmosphere he had on his person.
''Is that so?" she gurgled, sarcasti-
cally. why. your pants are so loud l
can hear them clear down here"
The man started slightly, intending
to freeze her with a glance, until it oc-
Cured to him that such a course might
require air, and, so thinking, he dragged
his leaden limbs skyward.-Denver
Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17

Paris Of recent years. Formerly. as
ancient Casimir points out, the crea-
tion Of a new soup or sauce or dish
was an event of equal Importance with
the production of a new play.
The grandest day in Casimir's life.
says the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser, was that on which he invent
ed or discovered potage germiny. a
soup made with the yolk of two eggs.
cream and sorrel. The potage was
prepared for a dinner given by the
Marquis de st. George. author of the
Mousquetaires de la Refine. Casimir
was as nervous over the reception of
his soup as a dramatic author or a
composer on a first night. He had his
reward when the marquis sent for
him, and before the assembled guests
pressed him to his bosom and ex-
claimed: "Casimir. 1t Is not soup;
it is a great work, a masterpiece"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17

with "the way to do it all yourself" :"
A better acquaintance will come with
the camera. and there will be deeper
interest in it's capabilities where one
does the developing and attends to the
details. Often it is said: "Oh. haven't
patience" That's nonsense. Practice
patience. You have no idea Of what can
be done with very limited convent
ences, and well done. too. II you are
really interested and try. The bottom
shelf in a pantry. or one put in the end
of chest, pail of water. couple OF
pans. small red light, developer and
hypo. and there you are.
There is a wide field from which the
amateur anxious to do something can
choose. Portraiture. perhaps, Is at the
top of the list; but undoubtedly most
difficult Of ALL Genre. hardly less exact
ing and more generally interesting as
active human nature always Is; land
scape with figures and figures with
landscape, each different from the 9TH
er, and both requiring much careful
study and thought, especially as to the
suitability and placing Of the figures.
Street scenes as pictures Of everyday
life; marine subjects. with the ocean
or the lake in all their moods, and the
happy combinations Of the always in
teresting fisher folks, and the, to some
at least, equally Interesting yachts and
yacht racing. Architecture also offers
great opportunities. although in this
country not so great as in some others;
and last, although perhaps not least.
flowers and fora generally. although
generally .classed as the lowest phase
of art, have brought fame to some and
may do so again to those who really
love and know how to arrange and pho
tograph them. Whatever phase may be
selected it should be stuck to. and stud
led in all Its bearings. Especially should
the artist make himself acquainted
with all that he possibly can of what
has been done before In that line; exam
lining and analyzing the work that
pleases in our picture galleries and in
the higher class magazines. not with a
view to copy 1t, but to become SO sat
urated with 1t as to form style Of his
own by which his work shall be recog
nized as unmistakably his.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17
GEN. GRANT AND HIS FATHER.
Elder Gentleman, Visiting His Son,
Was Entertained hY Gen. Dickie.

Elder Gentleman, Visiting His Son,
Was Entertained by Gen. Dickie.
On the authority of the late Judge
Dickie, for some time chief justice of
Illinois. and during the Civil War chief
Of cavalry under General Grant while
Grant had his headquarters at Mem
phis, the Chicago Times-Herald tells a
remarkable story. 1t shows how Cen
eral Grant once fulfilled his sense Of
honor in a matter in which he believed
his own father was improperly concern
ed, without hurting his fathers feel
ings.
While at Memphis Grant had re-
ceived word that his father was
coming to visit him. His staff
might have perceived that the pros
pect of this visit did not please
him, but it passed without comment.
One night very soon before the date set
for his fathers visit, General Grant
summoned General Dickie to him, and
said:
81 have sent for you as a personal
friend. My father is coming to visit
me, and what have got to tell you
about that visit Is not pleasing to me;
but something must be done. Some of
the money sharks and cotton specula-
tors have gained an unwarrantable in
f1uence over him, and he is really COM
ing down here to use his influence over
me to gain favors for them.
This cannot be. l do not wish to
wound his feelings. l do not wish him
to know that understand the object
Of his visit. / have prepared plan of
action which wish you to aid me in
carrying out"
He then relieved General Dickfe of
duty as commander of the cavalry, and
told him to devote himself wholly to
Mr.. Jesse Grant during his stay-to
take him to his own tent and entertain
him there. and above all to prevent the
old gentleman from being alone with
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-17
Brother Dickey,s PHILOSOPHY.

In dis day en- time nobody is in favor
er gwine ter heaven in a cherryoot er
fire; but some er dem III go de yuther
way hollerin' fer refrigerator.
Adam wuzn't so fond er apples. De
trouble wuz his experience in de fruit
business wuz limited.
When de devil calls on some folks
dey feels in duty boun' ter put on dey
bes' cloze en- return de visit.
Eff you'd only tiptoe sometimes you
could reach heaven en- write 70 titles
clear wild a quill pen fun a angels
wing.
Eff dey wuz ter leave hell out de Bible
what in de worp would some er de
good folks do fer consolation ?-Atlan-
ia Constitution.