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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
TIE ASS and. 1ptclliscpcer.
BEL AIR MD. JUNE 1903.
CATCHING AN EDITION.

A Reporters Efforts to Get His story
on the Wire.
News Of the blowing up and sinking
of d steamboat on the Ohio river reach
ed the office of Pittsburg paper one
evening some years ago. The city eul-
tor sent young reporter out on
search for the facts. The search de-
veloped into AZ adventure such as any
newspaper ma. may tumble into at
any hour of the day or night. Worlds
Work tells the story:
lie hurried to the station and caught
the first westward bound express.
When the train had started, he learned
that 1t did not stop within sixty miles
of his destination.
A cautious hint from a Pullman por-
ter appraised him of the presence of a
division superb tendent OH the train,
and in q few minutes he received an
order from the conductor to stop the
train for him.
Reaching the station late at night, he
asked the telegraph operator to remain
until he returned. Then he walked
several miles, got his STORY" and hur-
ried back to the station, only to find
that the operator had disregarded his
request and closed the Office.
Time was creeping into the morning
hours and he had the prospect of all
his work coming to naught unless he
secured an operator to get the story to
his newspaper office. He tramped
about the dark village and found that
the operator lived several miles away.
disappointing country folk could not
be induced to rouse themselves.
Thinking hard. the young reporter
walked back and forth on the platform
of the station. Huddled against the
station he saw the sleeping form of a
tramp. He kicked the hobo and Of
fered him S. to make the trip for the
operator.
The man got to his feet.
do you want an operators"
yes"
well, I'm bum, but l was an
operator. If you can get into that sta
ton, I'll send your stuff, but l won t
touch door or window myself
Knowing that the newspaper would
gladly pay damages. the reporter took
a cudgel, broke the window and CLAIM
bered i'll. The tramp clicked off the
story. and it reached the office in time
to go to press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
Mice That Subsist on Scorpions

NICE ThaS SuDsfSt On scorpions.
Among the queer forms of animal
life that inhabit Death valley is O
mouse that has acquired such a taste
for scorpions that they form its entire
bill of fare. The scorpion carries its
formidable armament in the end of Its
slender, elongated abdomen in the
shape of an exceedingly venomous
hooked sting. When disturbed, it ele,
Yates this in the air and goes in search
Of its disturber. But it Is comparative
ly slow in its motions, while mice are
proverbial for their quickness the world
over. The mouse learned many gen.
erations ago where the scorpion car,
ries its weapon, and when he meets it
he leaps at the uplifted abdomen, takes
off the sting at a single bite and pro-
ceeds to make Il meal of his helpless
prey. 1t is supposed to be the only an
imal that relishes scorpions.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.

An additional train will leave Cardiff
for York and intermediate stations at
Is A. M. Returning will leave York
at IL A. NJ.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Sunday trainsleave Baltimore for Delta
and intermediate stations at $50 A. NJ
and 400 P. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at II
A. M. and $50 P. NJ They will leave
Delta for Baltimore and intermediate
stations at 6.55 A. NJ. and $50 P. NJ,
stopping at Bel Air at 1855 A. NJ. and
4.30 P. NJ. An additional train will leave
Bel Air for Baltimore and intermediate
stations at $40 P. NJ, and Baltimore for
Bel Air at 10 90 P. NJ, arriving at Bel Air
at IL 20 P. M. and Baltimore $50 P. M.
An additional train leaves Bel Air daily
except Saturday for Baltimore at 21O
P. NJ. Arrives in Baltimore at g. 2OP.M.
Saturday leaves at $50 p. NJ. Train
leaves Baltimore daily at 1135 A. NJ.
for Bel Air and way stations. Saturday
only at 1.2O P. M.
CA. FIFER, General Passenger Agent
]. S. NORRIS, General Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
Earache.

A simple, harmless and infallible cure
for earache is effected by making a
small funnel Of stiff paper and saturat-
ing q ball of cotton the size of hick-
DRY nut with chloroform and dropping
it into the funnel; place the small end
Of the funnel in the ear, draw long
breath and then blow the breath into
the large end Of the funnel. The fumes
of the chloroform are thus carried into
the ear, and all pain ceases at once.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05

of notice let Bti
points SOUTH
Trains run daily
NIL P
6.33, rs p. Never
O6 P
at
15 Returning Deposit
AM; and
] B. HUTCHINSON General Manager = :
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Made Him Ashamed

The Chicago man had been talking
boastfully, after the manner of his
species, but the New York man took
him down several pegs very neatly by
observing:
"My dear sir. do you know that Chi
cagO time is actually one hour slower
than New York time?"
AS for the Chicago man. he was COW
cred with confusion and presently stole
away.-Smart Set.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
Literary Ennd Me Out.

can how did you fare ut the house
on tie hill?" inquired Wandering VIII
lie of MeandrriE.. Mike.
"Fipr," replied the mcanderer. The
lady gave me Il little of most every
thing you could E"ntion.'
"Not HASH"
"Nn. \ pocket dictionary.
land Plain pral@r.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05

Writers Whose Works Are Unread
With care and precision the journal
clerks of the senate prepare the daily
chronicle of the senates doings. They
are proud of their achievements, and
justly so. 1t is a cause Of sore disap.
pointment 10 the makers of that jour.
nal when some thoughtless senator
eager for the mornings business
moves to susp pend with the further
reading.
Other clerks around the desk enjoy
the joke ard when the proceeding is
concluded repeat in an undertone from
man to man:
Another insult "-Washington Post
NG~ranRcf.
do You think there is any danger of
America being dominated by Europe?"
mo. sir answered Mr.. MeeSton
with extraordinary emphasis; mot so
long as eminent Europeans continue to
marry American girls"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
Saddles Guess.

Teacher Can any little girl tell me
who WAS Columbus:
Sadie frar;ically swapping her fin
gcrSI--l kEuT.
Teacher Wen. Sadie?
Sadie Columbus. the gem Of the
ocean.- philadelphia Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
F. H. Iglehart.
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
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--"Once customer, always a custo-
mer." Special terms for large parties on
application.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05

"A great deal may be said on the
subject" said the proliX person.
That" said the weary author, sis
the one point on which you have con-
WINGED me. "-Wusbington Star.
I'roVIdenI.
The Cook - Would We mind giving
me recommendation, ma'am?
The Mistress-Why, you have only
just come.
"But We may not want to give me
wan when do be leaving."-Life.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
Roth Defective.

She You make love like a novice.
He-Then we're both defective.
ought to make love like an expert. and
you ought not to know the difference
Life.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
A Real Trouble.

Cordelia-I am always worried when
| am buying new clothes.
Cornelia-Why?
Cordelia-Oh, l can't decide whether
to look stylish and be uncomfortable or
to be comfortable and look u fright.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05

The day after he asks her to marry
him she goes around the house and
takes inventory of the gimcracks which
are hers and which she can take with
her.-Atchison Globe.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
e' sssss the Of lsMzZzzG
DOES GOLD GROW7
Seems to, In Its Wild State, but Not
After 1t Has Become Civilized.

Seems to, In Its wild State, but Not
After 1t Has Become Civilized.
Some reasons for answering this
question in the affirmative are given
by Popular Mechanics" which warns
the reader, however, that he must not
expect to grow gold eagles from dol
lars. Says the writer:
ut has been found that gold nuggets
under favorable conditions actually ill.,
crease i'll size. Gold is known to have
grown on mine timbers which have
long been immersed in mine water. In
the California State Mining Bureau
museum there is Il specimen of piece
of jointed cap and post taken from the
Comstock. where it had been under
water for years. in which gold has
formed in the joints and pores of the
wood. Gold is constantly being formed
in rocks and veins and placers. Just
what it is that the baby gold formation
feeds on TO effect its growth is not
known. If it were. new and wonder
fully lucrative industry might be born,
and all other kinds Of farming save the
growing of gold might temporarily be
abandoned. The formation and growth
are due TO mechanical and chemical ac-
ton. AS in the case of the animal or
vegetable the gold has existed In
some other state before assuming its
present form. Waters which percolate
through the carth's crust are said to
contain substances from which gold is
formed. Thus gold. like the animal and
vegetable, must have water in order to
thrive. The gold i'll the water Is de-
posted when it meets the proper pre-
cipitant. The precipitant may be an
earth current CT electricity, some vege-
table growth or chemical in the rocks
1t has been claimed that the nuggets
found in placerS are the formations
from the waters that percolate through
the gravels. and are not from decoln-
posed quartz, as generally supposed.
Those who so contend cite the fact
that in the center of nuggets can be
often found q small grain of iron sand
This was the nucleus around which the
earth current of electricity created or
deposited in electroplating. During
long ages this influence was at work
causing the gold to form around the lit
tie grain OF iron ore and then grow to
become bright, shining nugget of
gold much larger and purer than any
ever found IN tie vei-G of 60
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05

Mrs. Crusty-Do you remember our
first quarrel?
Mr.. Crusty-Let me see. Was that
going into the church or comin~ u;!t?
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
-:s Tattered Tboupn,x

sometimes" salu the poet. 81 have
thoughts that struggle for expression. -
And some Of those you have given
to the world show evidence of the
struggle" replied the critic.-Chicago
Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05

A Famous Portrait Painters Opinion.
The famous artist Won Lenhach had
one great dominant principle-that out
CT nature one should grasp and hold
fast but one thing in portraiture, the
head: that this exponent of the soul
must stand out in utCis;urbed uiityi
that accessories of whatever kind,
whether dress or form. must distract
and weaken the impression that the
head should produce: that portrait
10 attain its highest aim and signiti-
canoe must look cut from 4 background
of nothiHgi:psS ard must be slorn OF
every detail that intprfcres with this
unity of purpose. -Cosmcpolitan.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05
Do You Enjoy
What You Eat 2

You can eat whatever and whenever you
like II you take Kodol. By the use of this
remedy disordered digestion and diseased
stomachs are so completely restored to
health, and the full performance Of their
functions naturally. that such foods as would
tie one into a double-bow-knot are eaten
without even "rumbling" and with posi-
tive pleasure and enjoyment. And what is
more-these foods are assimilated and
transformed into the kind Of nutriment that
Is appropriated by the blood and tissues.
Kodol Is the only digestant or combination
OF digestants that will digest all classes of
food. In addition to this fact, II contains, in
assimilative form, the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties.
Kodol cures indigestion. dyspepsia and al:
disorders arising therefrom.
kodol Digests What You Eat
Makes the Stomach Sweet.
Bottles only. Regular size. 81 90. holding az times
the trial size. which sails for SO cents.
PTses1sd ss y, q. UsWlTT D co.. Chicago. u,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05

Trains marked thus daily.
Peninsula A M.-week days
Additional Baltimore Washington
124, s59 On Sunday 124
AM
Peninsu la s,northl leaves P M.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05

regularity, dries unhealthy drains, heals
Inflammation and liberation. and cures
female weakness. 1t makes weak women
strong and sick women we'll.
"A little over year ago wrote to you for
advice" says Mrs. Elizabeth ]. Fisher, Of Diana,
w Va uYou advised me to use DR.. Pierces
Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Dis
covery' which i did. and with the most happy
result I was troubled with female weakness
and bearingdown pains Had a very bad pain
nearly all the time in my left side, nervousness
and headache Was so weak 1 could hardly
walk across my room. Could not sit up only
Just little while at time. My husband got
me some of DIR. Pierce's medicine and began
its use Before had taken two bottles was
able to help do my work. I used three bottles
in all and il cured me. Now 1 do all my house.
work. 1t is the best medicine ever used"
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of
Fl one-cent stamps to pay expense of
mailing only. Address DR.. R. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-05

NORTH.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
WIS WORDS.

Lies reals depend on, religions
ldeals.-Ram's Eorn.
Write it on your heart that every day
Is the best Gay Of the year.-Emerson.
The road to ruin is n down grade, not
leap over Q precipice.-United Pres
bylerian.
The sweetest music is not in orations.
but in the human voice when it speaks
from its instant life tones OF tender
ness, truth and couraSe-Hiram Car
son.
TO be everywhere and everything in
sympathy and yet content to remain
where and what you ares not this TO
know both wisdom and virtue and to
dwell with happiness?--R L. Steven
son.
Nothing can lessen the dignity of hui
mainly so long as the religion of love,
Of unsolhshness and of devotion en-
dures. and none can destroy the affairs
OF this faith for us so long as we feel
ourselves capable of love. Amiel's
Journal,
The greatest man is he who chooses
the right with invincible resolution,
who ressts the sorest temptations
from within and without who bears
the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is
calmest in storms and most fearless
under menace and frowns, whose re
lance on truth, on virtue on God is
most unfalterlng.-W e. Claiming
1t is easier to see a fault in another
mans course than to perceive his good
qualities. Hence a man measures hini-
self by his measure Of others. The
fault finder and the sneerer is common
ly a small man. AS a man approaches
greatness he grows generous and gra-
cious Not what he thinks of himself,
but what he sees in others, shows what
he really is. 1t is well to have this
truth in mind as we pass judgment on
our Notwithstanding School Times.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
GRArEvINE root WoRaI.

Cultivate thoroughly when the great
majority Of insects are I'm The pupal
stage which can be determEned by
careful observation. Especial pains
should be taken 20 thoroughly disturb
the soil rear the stems for best results
in destroying these pests. The admit
beetles can be collected to good adyan-
tago during the first week or ten days
after they appear. Farmers should not
place too much dependence on spray
ing the vines for the destruction Of
these pests, as recent tests have not n
ways been satisfactory along these
lines.
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lsrsmUs os rfHuA07EPsc
4 short Route Tor shipments 20 ihe ~
East.


The completion Of the extensive rcrt
works at Coaizac0G'ces. en- ,hp Gnll
aud Saliua Cruz ON the pac.uc sizes
connected by a well equipped lairou1
ACROSS The narrow lsthmus of TChua.-
lepcc, promises 10 provide q short route
for shipments 10 Pacific coast ports
and the Far East that VIII DE an lm-
portant factor long before the question
of an isthmus canal Is settled TIE cH
operation OF The Mexican Government
IN the building of this uunsconurental
line is q satisfactory guarantee that
The extensive undertaking viii De care
RED TO q successful end The location
os connection between the great
oceans is a question chat does not NJ.
feet 20 any great degree shipping DE.
tween North Atlantic and Southern Pa.
ciac ports. bat when tae saving IN time
between Atlantic ana Gulf points ANA
Central and North American coast
cities and In shipments to Asia are
considered the advantages Of the NORTH
crn roGte are striking.
From Panama 10 Saiina Cruz The dis
lance Is 1908 miles, which is a clear
saving for freight to northern ports
shipped via Tohuantcpec. The saving
will be made upon all shipments 10
Central American ports, varying IN inn
portance from 4J4 miles to Junta Are
ras. Costa Rlca, to 1902 miles to san
Jose de Guatemala From Salina Cruz
TO San Francisco the distance is only
PHO miles, and shipments to the Orient
will save over 1000 miles by the use
of the Mexican rail transfer to the Pa
ciic in preference to going through 4
Panama canal 1t is a fact not gener-
ally known that from New Orleans to
san Francisco by the Mexican isthmUs
II is 100 miles shorter than by the line
IF the Southern Pacific Railway. With
such shipping facilities rs it is intend
ed TO establish the Mexican short cut
across the backbone OF the continent
will Doubtless divert much commerce
from al-rail lines. 1t will from the
start furnish nm attractive route for
the growing export cotton trade Of tine
Southern American States to ;he
Orient. and ii VIII at once become n
powerful factor in the development c.
NeE;co's rich west coast. - Me-
Mexico.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

USE LARGE FLOWER SEEDS.

In some New Mexican tests &c was
shown that much better results were
obtained from using large seeds of
sweet peas, castor beans, morning CLIO.
ries zinnias, hoiIyhocks and the Ike.
This was thought to be due largely 20
the iact that the air IS extremely dry
and the soil light during spring, maxi
Ing Ii difficult for tho plants to grow.
The plants from large seeds are more
vigorous and make a better start and
are usually able to withstand these PIE
yailiHg conditions.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

Mensa, a native African, who accom-
panied Mr.. A. r. Freeman on his jour
ney through Ashanti and Jaman,
seemed to regard all the hardships and
dlscomforts the party encountered as
a joke lie had once been a laborer
on a steamer, and was very found Of
personating a ship, to the amusement
Of the other carriers. Mr.. Freeman
describes this joyous African as fol-
lows:
AS he sat on the ground devouring a
plantain he would inform the as
sembled company that he was taking
IN cargo; then he would sit for while
and set up steam, and when the bugle
sounded the advance he would rise and
take up his load and start himself with
a great ringing of imaginary bells and
loudly spoken orders to so full speed
ahead, and finally trudge off with his
machinery clanking and his propeller
humping an imaginary sea.
When we waded across the streams
he usually took soundings with his
feet. and announced the depth by
shouting in genuine nautical style
"And a half-fve," or whatever he con
sidered the depth to be; and once
when he slipped oyer head and ear:
into a swamp, he emerged dripping
and grinning, bawl NO sound
, ings."-YoCth's Com
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
PRUNING N TIE SPRING.

The time to prunc fruit trees IS from
February to April. or before the sap
begins to fow. This viii depend upon
the climate. Tho wounds viii then
heal rapidly without leaving dead wood
or scars. Much pruning may be saved
by pirching. and rubbing OF superhu
GUS sprouts during the growing season
The first pruning Of young tree is q
very important process, for it is then
that the future shape OF the tree and
the number Of branches it will possess
will be determined. Some trees Will
stand severe cutting back. but all frees
should be so prUned as TO permit Of
abundant air and sunlight.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

FORK and also the oldest.
In 1899 The Sangerust celebrated its
iiitieth anniversary with a large celebration
in New York City. The following is his
testimony:
About two years ago / caught a severe
cold while travelling and which settled
into catarrh of the bronchial tubes, and 50
affected my voice that | was obliged to
cancel my engagements. In distress / was
advised to try Peruna, and although 1
had never used a patent medicine before,
II sent for a bottle
words but lily describe my surprise
to find that within a few days was
greatly relieved, and within three weeks
was entirely recovered. | am never with
out it now, and take an occasional dose
when l feel run down. "-Julian Weiss.itz.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use Of Peruna
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement Of your case and he will
be Pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitariam, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
POINTS ON LAWN MAKING.

POINTS On LAWN MAKING.
A rich soil is one Of the essentials tc
success. No matter what the extent OF
the lawn it should be evenly moist and
well drained. The general slope should
be away from the residence ON all
sides. Seeding the lawn yields better
results than sodding. Kentucky blue
grass is the most satisfactory known
seed for the majority of locations, but
in the South, Bermuda grass, st. Lucia
and Texas blue grass are extensively
employed. April is good time in the
North to SOW, before the usual light
showers. The ground should be raked
as nearly perfect as possible before
sowing. Best results are obtained by
sowing thickly. Four bushels to the
acre is the usual allowance, but in
small plots double the proportion may
be used to advantage. After SOWING
work seed into the soil with a rake. Nc
clipping should be done till the grass Is
above three inches in height, and ii
should be kept at about this height dur
ing the FIRST summer Avoid clipping
at all soon before frost is expected
The Dei.ncator.