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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30
Reasons For Pride.

There was present at certain big
dinner in England an American wom-
an Of prominence who was somewhat
annoyed by tactless English woman
who undertook to banter her and who
said:
81 take it for granted that you have
no coats of arms in your new coun-
try"
"Of course no American family could
have one unless it was borrowed from
English ancestry" replied the former
American.
"For instance, has your family any
especial cause for pride over your
grandfather" persisted this particu-
larry tactlcSs female cad.
Then the American woman opened
up and replied as calmly as possible un-
der the circumstances. Not much, per-
haps. only that my grandfather on my
mothers side received Burgoyne's
sword when he surrendered Mt Sarato-
ga and my grandfather on my fathers
side received the sword Of CORVALLIS
at Yorktown"
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Your mothers just come out of q

Your mothers just come out of q
faint"
Mechanically she walked with him
down the narrow path, away from the
ruin that had wrung her heart. Finally
she could stand it no longer. She burst
into sobs.
John, John, the books are gone
toop
John put his arm about her.
"No, they're not, little girl. They're
In Dobson's hearse."
Lucy broke off in the midst Of sob
and stared at him in the moonlight.
"It's a fact, dear. When the fire got
beyond your mother and me, the books
were the first thing we thought of saw
Ing. Dobson's hearse was standing in
his barn, and we ran it right through
the fence, up against the library win
dow, and your mother showed the
books into the hearse as fast as piled
them out to her. Jimmy Dobson help
ed too
Lucy burst into laughter. The alb
surdity Of the situation reused her
from her misery. The Dobson under
taking establishment was next door to
their home, and the hearse, the only
one In town, was the glory of it's
owner.
II hope you didn't hurt It," she MUIR
INJURED.
THAT'S not what's worrying me. It's
how much insurance your uncle car
ried on the house and whether we
spoiled the chances of selling the
books. Some of them got wet"
Lucy and her mother remained that
night with the hospitable Dobsons and
the next morning, with John, went out
to look at the books and ascertain the
damage before the buyer appeared on
the scene. They made an odd picture,
the anxious group pulling the old vol
umes through the end doors of the
gloomy hearse. Suddenly Jimmy Dob
son, who by reason of his brave con-
duct of the night before was privileg-
ed to join the party, gave q long, low
whistle.
"Gee look at the money!
In one hand he held worn leather
bound volume, in the other ii hundred
dollar bill.
Mrs. Leyden clutched her daughters
arm and stared at the'wonderful green
back.
EMMY, there's thousands in 1t,
thousands! Those were his very
words. And he didn'timean books. He
meant money. real money. 1t was one
of his queer ideas to hide 1t there"
When the book buyer arrived. he was
graciously received by Lucy in the
Dobson parlor. There was a suspicion
of happy tears in her eyes when she
told him the offer was withdrawn.
She would reimburse him for his rail-
road fare and asked him to- accept any
volume he might choose in return for
the trouble she had caused him, where
upon that gentleman selected one Of
the rarest books In the collection and
departed with the mental comment
that women were certainly most
changeable creatures.
For how could he know that be-
tween the leaves of that collection
four excited people had. found that old
Henry Leyden was non false prophet?
There were thousands lin it. Neither
did the good people of Leydenville
know just how many bills had been
discovered on that eventfuI morning,
but this did not prevent their rejoicing
greatly over the turn inrevents or their
attending in a body the wedding Of
John and Lucy, which six months
later was duly solemnized in the First
church, the largest edificet in Leyden-
willie
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30

Years ago an elderly and brusque
jurist from Sandusky used to hold dis
trict court in Cleveland, and on one Of
his visits beautiful young woman was
tried before him and jury OH charge
Of stealing $S5 from a man. She was
clearly proved guilty, but the jury, i'm
pressed by her youth and beauty, found
n verdict of not guilty.
"Mr. Clerk" remarked the old judge.
"pay the $S5 to the prosecuting wit
ness, 1t having been clearly proved in
lis court that the defendant stole it
ON him, and you may also pay these
yelve fools their fees and let them
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30
WHAT HE THOUGHT OF HIM
A Postal Card Serial Story and a
Lost Suit For SANDER.

Lost Suit For SANDER.
A certain Kansas man, so the story
goes, wanted to tell a neighbor what
he thought of him without laying him.
self open to a suit for damages. So he
hit on the plan of sending him each
day a postal card with only one word
written on it In large hand, in addi-
ton to the date obscurely tucked away
in a corner.
The person receiving the cards rec
ognized the handwriting and, suspect
ing something, kept them until they
stopped coming, when he read them
consecutively in the order of their re-
ception. What he read was, "Ridicu-
lOuS old Bill Jones is the meanest cuss
in town." and he at once instituted n
suit for SANDER against the sender.
The latter's lawyer, however, called
attention to the fact that the postal
card containing ridiculous" though
mailed first, was dated the day after
the date of the card having the word
"tOwn." Moreover, n careful inspection
would show that after the word sri
dfculous" was an exclamation point,
and after the word town" was an in
tcrrOgation mark, so that the series of
postal cards might be made to read:
sold Bill is the meanest cuss in town?
Ridiculous" He claimed, therefore,
that instead of slandcring the plaintiff
his client had defended him from SIAN
der, and this plea was sustained by the
court.
But, all the same, everybody in town
insisted that the first reading of the
cards was the correct one, so that the
writer attained his object.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30

And that night came the deluge.
Lucy was Sitting up" with Mrs. Her.
derson's little boy, who had typhoid
fever. John was to call for her ut II,
when another neighbor would take up
2he task.
At 10 the fire bell rang. Something
told Lucy it was her home, and she
sprang to her feet. 1t was half mile
run, and when she reached there,
breathless, the bucket brigade, enforc-
ed by the one engine the town could
boast, had done its worst The parlor
was blackened and water soaked, the
dining room was charred, and the
library? Lucy pushed past sympathetic
neighbors and stared wildly into the
room. The shelves were bare!
The world seemed to spin around her,
and out of the mist came Johns voice.
Better come over to Dobsop's, Lucy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30
When Animals Are III,

Said a prominent veterinarian: "Ani-
mails when sick are the most helpless
and appreciative Of all creatures, and
the way Of administering relief and
medicine in many instances is as novel
as 1t is effective. The most savage and
revengeful animals during spells Of Sc
we're pain are as docile and tractable as
a child. Relief must come from q hui
man being, and come quickly, anG they
seem to know it. The most vicious
horse when groaning with pain would
allow n mere child to administer relief,
and many Of the wild animals when in
sickness seem to forget their savage
Instincts"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30

Frederick l. of Prussia was killed by
fear. His wife was insane, and one
day she escaped from her keepers and,
dabbling her clothes in blood, rushed
upon her husband while he was DOING
In his chair. King Frederick imagined
her to be the white lady whose ghost
was believed to appear whenever the
death of n member of the royal family
was to occur. and he was thrown into q
fever and died in six weeks.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30
OLD FAVORITES.

Heaven Alone IL Given Away.
Earth gets its price for what earth gives
us.
The bcggar Is taxed for a corner to die
in;
The priest hath his fee who comes and
shrives us;
We bargain for the graves we lie in.
At the devils booth are all things sold;
Each ounce of dross costs its ounce OF
gold.
For cap and bells our lives we pay;
Bubbles we buy with a whole souls task
ing.
TITS heaven alone that is given away;
IT'S only God may be had for the asking.
Lowell
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30
The Good and the Bad.

One ought to balance the good with
the bad and also the length of time
man has lived to form Il true estimate
of his character. Polybius. the Greek
historian. has an observation to the
same effect There is no reason" says
he, "why we should not sometimes
blame and sometimes commend the
same person, for. as none is always
right, neither is it probable that he
should be always wrong"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30

There WAS once man who Zealously
declared that woman has no right to
invade the field of wage earning men.
She should stay at home, where she
belonged.
Finally his four sisters. three cousins
and two aunts, who were without a
masculine protector, gathered about
him and inquired:
Whose home? YoursW
Whereat he perceived that theory
ends where fact begins.-Philadelph
Ledger.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30
In the Art Gallery.

"Ah," exclaimed Mrs. Oldcastle, who
was again enjoying the splcndOrs Of
her new neighbors' art gallery, "a
Corot, seer
"Wherep asked her hostess looking
doubtfully at the canvas which seemed
to claim the others attention.
"Thcrc," answered Mrs. OldcaStle,
pointing with her lorgnette.
well, now, declare. can't see a
single crow anywhere around. You
don't mean them little black spots in
the left hand corner, do you? Them's
cloudsr-Chicago Record-IIcrald.
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ne Eals and lntelllsencer.
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Transient advertisements. Square
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30

Gladstone told Lord Ronald Cover
that once when he visited Rome he &C
cidentally met Macaulay, who intro
duced himself to the statesman. On
Macaulay's telling him that he took a
daily walk in st. Peters. Gladstone
asked him what most attracted him in
that place. THE temperature" was
the answer
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30

Queen Elizabeth used to carry about
sith her suspended by a chain of pure
Did a book called The Golden Manual
I Prayer" a dainty volume of 300
ages. bound in Hammered virgin
old" One side of this costly volume
ave a representation of the Judgment
= Solomon, the other the brazen SER
cent OIL the cross In the desert.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30

Mrs. Jones-Just think of it! That
fellow came in and actually stole the
clock right off the mantelpiece.
Mrs. Brown--And your dog was in
the very same room.
Mrs. Jones-Ycs. but that didn't
count. Fido is only n watchdog, you
know Boston Transcript.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30

"Thank you. my little man." said
Miss Passay to the nice little boy who
had given up his seat i'll the car. And
have you been taught to always give
your seat to ladies?"
"Nom," replied the bright boy; ''only
to old ladies. "-Philadelphia Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30

q A Boston editor, asked to define the
difference between n cult and fad.
rose to the emergency in this manner:
"A fad is anything that arouses eva
nescent mentality. while a cult is any
thing that inspires permanent mental
ity"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30

No one can read the Bible out loud
in the same voice in which he would
read n selection from newspaper
AtchiSon Globe.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30
Reveals a Great Secret,
Ssaboard INTERCHANGEABLE MILEAGE Ticket.

Scaboard Air Line Railway has placed 1 600
Mile Tickets at $500, which tickets are
good over it's entire system, and also over
the lines of it's important connections, repre-
scnting. in all approximately $4,000 miles.
Full information as to these tickets may be
obtained upon application to any agent or
representative of the Company.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30
To Cure a Cold in One Day


Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails TO cure.
E. w. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
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Visitor-That painting is by an old
master. | see.
Mrs. McShoddic (apologetically)-i-e-s,
but the frame is new.-New York Week
Iv
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-30
Stops the Couch and Works off hhe Cold.

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure n cold
i'll one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 20 cents.
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This signature is on every box OF the genuine
Laxative BrOmO=Quinine Tablets
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THE EAGLE HOTEL,
CHAS. A. McGAW, Proprietor
BEL AIR, MD.

The undersigned has assumed charge
of this old and well-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 homelike attractions. As
a summer boarding place it is unexcelled
and its reputation as a stopping place
for commercial men and tourists will be
carefully nurturcd. Everything will be
under the personal care of the proprietor,
and his ambition is to make the saying
truc-"Once a customer, always custo-
mer." Special terms tor large parties on
application.
The Washington times., 1902-05-25
PRACTICAL RELIGION.

Faith the title of volume Of addresses by DR.
W Rainsford whom particularly
cal honest sensible
type lies the
and without
afraid
read by literature
| people of own
Among the
Heart Gods Image Civ
| nization."
Two characteristic p
! teal are Is
Of dislike
of the chief
like is that have
a we have said them We will shut cuchgong
won't church shall
position work.
under the tremendous rule Cromw
Anyone approve present
saloon pererts what said God Forbid
New York could be closed
en saloon bad
which
ippine question :
in nations hcd
Of dealing with subject peoples
declaration,
honestly made Now Id is
harous method "a" nr dream that would have been nehbor
away
fnsee aenln of
say
the example of those who left
the other side"
Creation and the Fall" there are some sentiments
which would undoubtedly
which example,
And what is the
s the fa In the moral sphere there physical
That is all understand about it, Physical excellence
o,her
possibility you may the
righteousness
understand IT nothing in the
teachings of Christ the Apostles
Men never fell con
scionsly from a INTO lower
1t is in short, an
epi'one of Dr. ainSforf teaching ew York: Doubleday
The Washington times., 1902-05-25

The same genial humor lends SAVIOR
to every page. Mr.. Joline explains, n
little further on. that he has made a
speciality OF Revolutionary autographs.
and pauses by the way to tell this story:
Verify. the paths of the collector of
Revolutionary Americana are far from
being paths Of peace. ! remember well
that In the callow days of youth / was
nightly beset by the desire to acquire
as my own the sign manual OF one ST.
mon Boerum, who enjoyed the listinc-
tion OF being such an obscure continent
al Congressman that he became valuable
by reason of his unimportance. There
Is an eminence Of smallness as well as
of greatness. and Tom Thumb attained
fame while many contemporary persons
of much greater stature disappeared
from life unhonored and unsung Think
OF the glory of being absolutely the most
insignificant human being on earth, ST.
We may call him Simple
just that; and when re-
joiced in owning an innocuous deed of
and subscribed his harmless certificate
OF records. far back in 1863. when he
was the clerk of cur county of Kings.
thought was the happy pos.essor of n
gem OF great price; for the price was
great, as a certain well-known Nassau
The Washington times., 1902-05-25
SEA TALES.

"Deep-sea by
of
painfully thin the simple
In this
o
lon
Bullen
5 the of the whaling ship:
considerably The popularity
completes his facial
bearke shuttle whispered in the
whisper dying might be supposed
at
passing his head would
than the @ n
pebah whale chased
of the sea That is the story.
dialect which
them New York: D. Appleton Coy
The Washington times., 1902-05-25

under the electricks which makes 'em
pale an. like fish bellies-same as tor
pedo men an engine-room artifcers.
This Is my explanation an affidavit an
! am
Most respectfully yours to command.
"RUDYARD KiPLiNG."
There is one particularly refreshing
thing about this book. and that is that
most of the anecdotes are new. few
of them have been floating around news
paper offices for good many years. as
in the case of the story of the angry
letter which Greeley once wrote dis
charging a printer. and which was used
by that same printer as 4 recommenda-
tion for another job; but even these will
be new to the general public. Another
nice thing is that the author respects
his own hobby while able to excuse 9TH
er people who do not ride. He says In
ore of the later chapters:
1T may not be generally known. but
announce 1t with pardonable pride.
that the autograph -manuscript-col
world, and is almost coeval with his
toric man. / am not aware that It was
prevalent in the Stone Age. but It GER
tainly existed among the Greeks in the
palmy days of their civilization. 1t is
.elated that the third Ptolemy refused to
The Washington times., 1902-05-25

Victoria TO Ruskin and Robert Burns
The frontispiece is a reproduction of a
portrait sketch of Charles Lamb by his
friend. Brook Pulham.
The whimsical mood of the author i'm
mediately communicates itself to the
reader, and that is a pleasant frame of
mind in which to peruse a book. He
begins his first chapter in this fashion:
1T is a pleasant thing to sit here.
this rainy afternoon. with the books and
the collection close at hand. | have
certainly been arranging that collection
FOR ten years, and IL is not arranged
yet. If these things continue to in
crease in numbers ! shall have TO resort
TO the methods of that old opium swil-
ler, De Quincey-lock the door, abandon
the accumulation, and seek a new lodg-
ing. where ! may begin all over again.
/ believe there is tribe of Indians
in Alaska who have the
pleasing custom of burning their wig
vans that they find that their goods
and chattels are becoming oppressively
overcrowded, and starting life afresh,
by personal property. /
think | will go to Alaska and collect
totem poles"
The Washington times., 1902-05-25

Street expert can testify. But not
many years later that genial Democrat
ic statesman OF the tribe of Dan, who
successfully combines politics and the
pursuit of autographs, raked Long Is
land with n comb, and now every child
who gathers pebbles on the beach may
have his Simon Boerum If he cares for
such thing.
"A plague, / say, on these mousers
who go indiag new and hitherto unsus-
pected continental Congressman. Just
when | thi2k that l have finished my
set. some new man turns IN who never
served. Of course. and never showed his
classic cOuntenance in Philadelphia: but
somebody once said that he might pos
sihly be chosen to represent his state.
and that is enough. Ills name goes
laundering down the ages and there is
a blank in my catalogue. TO be filled
only after long. tedious and prayerful
waiting. This sort o: person generally
turns W as u. s. document signcdI.
He could rot write q letter. and If ilc
did the man who received IL burned it
promptly. He usually halls from North
Carolina or New jersey Ny study Of
history tells me that North Carolina
devoted most OF her energies during the
Revolution to choosing Congressman
who were unwilling to write am
The Washington times., 1902-05-25
A BOOK OF "REMINISCENCES.

"Meditations of an Autograph Collec-
tor" by Adrian II. Joline. is a gossipy
collection of "reminiscences and auto
graphs and comments, which is likely to
interest all of the many people who care
for literary chat. The publishers say of
Mr. Jolinc:
He is 4 member of New York law
firm equally celebrated for its legal
skill and its literary reputation. One
OF the partners of the firm is William
Allen Butler, who wrote Nothing to
Wear" the celebrated poem which de-
tails the dolngs of Miss Flora McFlim-
sey. of Madison Square. This poem first
appeared in 'Harper's Weekly in 1857.
and at once became popular. The Ned
itaiions' is the first book Mr.. Joline has
done though from his earliest years he
has had pronounced leaning toward
literature, and a marked capacity for
making literary finds in the way of
autograph letters, many of which are
reproduced in his book. Mr. Joline is a
Princeton man"
In the book are facsimile letters from
all sorts of celebrities. from Queen
The Washington times., 1902-05-25

seriously contemplating besieging Con-
gress for legislation to prevent further
additions to the roll.
Autograph letters are sometimes un-
dignihed Here IS one from stephen
Crane-spelling and all:
Dear Sir: don't thing it possible
to get my photograph. They have been
mostly ameteur things.
Very truly yours.
STEPHEN CRANE"
There is an autograph letter from
Kipling to Bret Harte which is a spicy
thing. 1t is obviously apropos of some
criticism made by Harte on Kipling's
barrack room ballad of Soldier and
Sailor Too" 1t is as follows:
April 2. 1898.
"Sir: ave received yourn O. the 2Sth
March an the pailphllck likewise, an
am 'ighly pleased to think you as an ex-
jolly consider my verses suitable an IN
structive to the core, fer which | ave
always 'ad an ever shall old the 'igh-
est respeck. At the same time | takes
my pen to deny emphatic, same as Pc
ter, that ever / spoke even quasi-con-
tempshus of the core in anything | ever
done; an the Boston paper don't know
anything about it. When alluded to
them as 'bleached' | meant them as
swings their 'ammicks on the lower deck
The Washington times., 1902-05-25
Some French RomanCes.

"Rcvcs ct Cauchemars. by Or. II. H..
Kane. has the distinction Of being a
collection OF French stories written by
one who ls not a Fronchman. and they
are moreover, rs an Englishman would
saw. not half had. Some are grucsomc,
some pathetic. some weird, and one or
two simply interesting. The illustra-
tions are piquant. and one. which forms
the fron;ispicce Of story told by
lawyer, and dealing with a girl who
was tho bctrothcd OF death, is the
portrait of an uncommonly charming
woman. The scene of this ana OF some
OF the others is New York. tNcw York:
International Publishing CompanyD
The Washington times., 1902-05-25
Mark Twain's Aesophqgus.

In his Double hurreled Detective
story" Marx Twain stated in the middle
Of beautiful piece OF rhetoric that far
in the empty sky a solitary aesophagus
slept upon motionlcss wing" Since then
people have written and asked him
about it, one correspondent a profess
sor in New England university says
he will be "etcrnally. cO-etprually Cuss-
cd Il he can make 1t out" In self-Gc-
fcnse Mr. Clemens row explains that
he was only having little fun. bu, that
it is not as much fun as he expected.
because sc mSay people are bothcring
him about It. In short. tn, acsophagus
was, as Artemus Ward would say, u
"goak." and Mr.. Clemens critics will
now proceed to feel foolish.