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MUSEUM WITHIN A MUSEUM.
PeansyIvGnia InstitutIon Has \ snail
Bat VaIuRbIe Collection Of
Sixth Cens1ry Relies.

Il is q long reach from the sixth cen
tury before Christ to the present day,
but the University Of Pennsylvania
museum has just incorporated q mus
cum Of that date which was discovered
By Prof. Helprecht. The museum il
not very big, being entirely contained
in large earthen jar, but the contents
are very valuable from an historical
standpoint, and show that the ideas Of
the early curator were very much like
those of present curators, reports the
Philadelphia Record. Whether the
specimens were excavated or pur-
chased is not known, but they undoubt-
edly represent q collection which must
have been made during the time Of Bel
shazzar, since it was found in one of
the upper strata at Nippur. The best
specimen in the jar is an inscription
containing the titles of Sargon the
First, who lived about $500 B. C. There
is a black stone votive tablet of Ur-
Cur, 200 B. C., which tells that this
king built the great wall around the
city Of Nippur. Then there is terra
Gotta brick stamp of Bur-Sin. which is
the first yet found Of that king. An
other tablet states that the large hall
Of the temple was called Emakh. and |
also that there were "a other shrines to |
gods in the temple besides the ones that
have been found of Bel and his consort |
BELTS. An interesting tablet gives |
some astronomical observations on |
Virgo and Scorpion. The little mus
cum contains 19 pieces in all, and the
collection win be placed separately in
the university museum.
AFoItrEF<.
The weather man doth prophegy,
Because our minds It pleases;
But, none the less, a cloud sails By,
And does just what Il pleases.
-Washington Star.
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SPARKS AND FLASHES.

Incandescent bulbs are supplied to
Spain at cents each, delivered by Ger
man manufacturers.
NJ. BateIh, of Geneva, by combining
massage with electrizatiOn. has revived
dead dogs and kept them alive for as
much as "a hours.
For suburban service, where great
pull at starting is needed, the weight
Of the locomotive is now concentrated
on the smaller drivers.
The trolley car is not drawn or
pushed by the electric current at all,
but is lifted again and again by the
attraction of magnets for the arma-
ture coils of the motor.
Waller has studied the electrical
reactions in living matter which do not
occur in dead matter. The time in
which there is evidence of life in eggs
in an incubator, artificial or natural,
is "a TO 62 hours.
a device has recently been perfected
to break the ice on the third rail Of
electric railways, consisting Of poly
gOnal wheel with angular or wedge
shaped faces in the tread, which cracks
or breaks the ice or sleet on the rail
in advance of the brush.
There was a nearly even number Of
electrical and gasoline motors in the
National German automobile expOsi-
tiOn just closed in Berlin. With
an exception the vehicles car
ried the motor in front, high above the
axle. A new feature was rubber tires
with steel soles
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DON'Ts FOR THE EYES.

Don't use the eyes before breakfast.
Don't read in reclining attitude, or
in bed.
Don't use the eyes when they are
/ tired or weak from illness.
Don't bathe eyes that are infamed
with cold water. Use warm water.
Don't wear a veil with black dots.
or one woven with double threads.
Don't open the eyes under water
when bathing, especially in salt water.
Don't neglect to bathe the eyes oe-
easionalfS in salt water. A weak So
luton is best.
Don't look too steadily from a car
window at objects that are constantly
flying past you.
Don't sleep opposite a window, or
where a strong light will strike the
eyes on awakening.
Don't work longer than two hours
without closing the eyes and resting
them for five minutes.
Don't expose the eyes to a strong
light at any time, such as sunshine
or gas or lamp light.
Don't sit facing a strong light II
possible, let the light fall on the work
or book from over the shoulder.
Don't have eOlOred shades on the
lamps. Use white or ground glass.
If you must have a colored shade, let
il be green.
Don't rub the eyes by outward mo-
tiOn, but toward the nose, which
rounds the ball and preserves the
normal shape.
Don't fail to consult an oculist if
you find that your eyesight is growing
dim, or hesitate to wear glasses, if
You need them.
Don't try TO get cinders out of your
eyes by rubbing. Dip tiny came's-
hair brush in oil and draw gently
across the eyeball.
- Don't fail TO wash the eyes every
night before retiring, so as TO remove
any dust that may have gathered on
the lids during the day.
Don't give up in despair when told
that a cataract is forming. In these
days Of advanced surgery il can be re-
moved with little or no danger to the
vision.-St. Louis GIobe-DemOcrat.
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STRAY THOUGHTS.

The best way TO get even is to forget.
What the fool cannot appreciate he
dePreeiates.
More people try TO learn by taking
than by listening.
Failure is success If there is a grow
ing intelligence in It.
Better be alone than be in bad com
Pany.-SPanish proverb.
He who foresees ealamities suffers
them twice Over.-Porteus.
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Certain substances which are dead
in their effects upon men can be TAX
en- by the brute creation with i'm
punity. Horses eantake large doses
Of antimony. dogs Of mercury. goats
Of tobacco. mice Of hemloek and rab-
bits Of belladonna, without injury. On
the other hand. dogs and eats are
much more susceptible 10 the fnflu-
enee OF ehloroform than man, and
are much sooner killed BY IL
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SEEN IN THE SKY.

Mars has a day Al minutes longer
than our own.
Our sun at the distance Of Arcturus
would be invisible to us.
More meteOrs have been found in
Mexico than in any other country. The
ten largest known Mexican meteOrs
have an average weight Of s1-1Oth
tons.
During the year 1901 - groups Of
spots were noticed on the suns sur
face. There were in all 392 separate
spots, and only on 60 days were there
no spots visible,
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-. q - o..

Hixon-You are certainly one Of for
tunes favorites. You have succeeded
In everything.
NixOn-Yes, everything except love.
Hixson-How's that?
Eixon-The first woman ever loved
gave me the frosty init, the second
elOped with a hghtning-rob peddler,
but the third proved the worst of all.
Hixon-What did she do?
Nixon-She married me.-Chicago
Daily New.
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DuIhead-Why did you fellows de-
eide TO omit wine from your next an
nual banquet2
Sharpe-SO as to make sure of the
attendance of the finest after-din-
ner speakers in the country. We
have invited them, and they won't
dare stay away.
"Why won't they?"
''Their wives viii think that it's be-
cause there is no liquor."-N. Y.
Weekly.
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Say, pa" queried little Johnny
BumPernickle, what is fiattery?"
~Flattery, my son." replied the old
man, SIS the art of making others
believe you are interested in their re-
marks when, in reality, they give you
that tired feeling. ng."-Cincinnat En-
Quirer.
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'Sir," began the caller, Il would like
to marry your daughter"
"What?" cried old Roxley. You're
a perfect stranger tome; besides she's
engaged"
'Sir, did not say wished to be mar
ried to your daughter, but to marry
her. I'm a clergyman, sir, and 1 need
the fee. ee."-Philadelphia Ledger.
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Departed the Same Way.

"How did you get imp" asked the
manager.
Il came in on my face" answered
the deadbeat.
When he landed outside he passed
his hand carefully over his scratched
and bruised face and remarked: at
looks as If I came out the same
way."-Chicago Post.
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"HOw are you getting on with your
inEention?"
Beautifully" answered the enthu-
siast. -The advertisements are all
completed and in fine working or
deF."-Washington Star.
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Cat.

Miss Angles-While I was shop
ping to-day 1 happened to stop in
front of one of those convex mirrors
at Bargen's. 1t was laughable; it
made my figure look so ridiculous.
Miss SPeitz-Are you sure it wasn't
just an ordinary mirror, dear?-
Philadelphia Press.
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First Fashion Leader-Why not
adopt this style? 1t is very becoming
to both Of us?
Second Fashion Leader-Yes,i lis be-
coming TO US, but it does not make
other people look ugly enough.-N. Y.
Weekly.
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strInrInr 3 Do chnIn.

Bead chains are so popular these
days that bright suggestion for keep
Ing them viii be welcomed By
many. String them on the finest fiddle
strings. instead Of six thread, and
they viii stand an unusual amount Of
war and tear before breaking.
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PIsanant for the VacfIms.

PompOus Customer-That insect
powder you sold me the other day Is
no good. The coclroaches fatten on
It.
Ahable Salesman-Yes, sir. That's
the first stage. They get fat on 1t and
then die of apoplexy. Come round next
week and report again. Anything
can do for you, ma'am?-Tit-Bits
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First Office Boy-AYhy do yer t'ink de
@old mans" wife is in Europe?
Second Once Boy-Why, I jes' seen
him put a check in letter, swear like
sixty, an den put a fiEe-cent stamp on
ft.-Judge.
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You are discharged" said Judge
Henpeck 30 the bigamist in the dock.
The possession Of two motherB-in-
law Is. in the opinion Of this court, suf-
heient punishment for your crime
\. Z. Herald.
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NeIl-A girl seldom marries her
ideal. does she2
Belle-No; some other fellow gener-
ally comes along with lot Of money.
-Philadelphia Record.
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The moth he is an epicure
Who eats full Oft with dainty zeal
He eats his I'LL,
You foot the biIl
For HIS nice ffty-dollar meal.
Washington Star.
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Jones-So you think smoking is good
for a headache?
Smith-Yes. Ny mother-in-law al
ways leaves the room when I smoke.
Judge.
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Browninsly-That fellow Blank is
rather dense, isn't he?
Smithovieh-Well, guess yes. The
only time he ever gets next is in bar
Der shop.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Applicant-T'm graduate of a cor
respondenee school, sir.
Merehant-Well, won't count that
against you. III give you a trial,
young man.-Puck.
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Mrs. Newlywed-But even if my hat
did cost 500, don't you think it is
perfectly killing?
Mr.Newlywed-Yes, killing the goose
that laid the golden egg that bought
it.-N. Y. Times.
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Georgia., is boycott a thing for
3 boy TO sleep on?
Pa-No, George; it's a thing that
puts a mans business to sleep if he
doesn't lnuclzle down.-Yonkers
Statesman.
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Philosopher-YOu say y is an un-
lucky number; now, would you rather
have SO or Sl23
Flaneur-rd rather have SO, dear
boy.-ToWn Topics.
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Mke-How did Casey lose his job az
posfman2
Pat-He stopped Wurrk the first
toime he blew his whistle.-N. =.
Times.
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Valuable TimepIece

George, your watch should be
worth a mint Of money to you"
''Why SOP
"Gains time steadilyP"
eyes"
well, time is money."-Yonkers
Statesman.
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He-Did you ever notice how hiEh
1liss Eeurieh carries her head2
Ehs-Yes, poor girl; she has 8 neclr
Hize 3 girade.-chieago Daily EeWs.
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Weary Willie-You'd hardly tink II.
nam, but was oncet grand vizier TO
de sultan Of Toikey.
Mrs. Farmer-And what reduced you
TO this?
Weary WiIlie-Buyip' bonnets fer me
harem, nam. - Louisville Courier
Journal.
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'.NOw. Johnny. can You ten me who
built the ark9"
NO"
That's right, Johnny-it was Noah.
Ella, give Johnny the prize picture
eard.-Baltimore News.
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The weather man doth prophesy,
Because our minds Il pleases;
But, none the less, a cloud sails By,
And does just what Il pleases.
washington Star.
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Enssssd At tGs Po-t offies At chiAgO,
M a Sesond-sIss Matter.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-08-28

nominee who can carry Kentucky or
Tennessee can carry Maryland. 1t
is, indeed, the belief of the Mont
gomery advertiser that any other
Democrat, likely to be put forward
by the national convention Of his
party, would get more votes in Mary
land itself than would Mr.. German.
eve believe it to be true that the
Democracy, in selecting Il candidate
for the Presidency, would do well to
keep it's eyes fixed upon the States
which proved pivotal in 1876, 1884
and 1892, when it was victorious.
At the same time, while disposed to
question Mr.. GoIman's availability,
we cheerfully concede that no one is
better qualified to point out the
measures and policies upon which
the Democratic party can be most
ehectually reunited. While the DEM
ocratic party should put forward in
1904 candidate capable, or be-
lieved to be capable, ofdrawing votes
from the Republicans, and of carry
ing the States of New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana. it
might do wisely to heed Senator
Germans counsel with reference to
programme, and to make, first,
tariff revision, and, secondly, honesty
and economy in public administra-
tion, the chief planks in its platform.
As leader of the Democratic minority
i'll the Senate, Mr.. German will play,
and ought to play, great part in
shaping the course of the national
Democracy during the coming twelve
month"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-08-28
The Heart Not The Chief Vital Organ.

The stomach, not the heuIt. is the vital CEN
ter of the human body. What effects the
stomach affects every organ OF the body be-
cause from the stomach comes the nutrition
which suStainS life. II by reason OF disease
the digestive and asslniilativc processes of he
stomach and its allied organs are impaired.
that means the impairment of every organ OF
the body which must suffer from diminished
sustenance.
1t is n remarkable fact that people tritie:
with the stomach with no other physical
organ. They let 1t grow ~ eak, know that
it's functions are failing and will do little or
nothing to cure themselves. Let symptoms
of disease manifest themselves i'll the heart.
liver kidneys or lungs and there is instant
anxiety. They begin to doctor" for weak
heart, liver trouble" kidney trouble,
or lung trouble as the case may he.
And still they neglect stomach trouble which
is probably the cause of the disorder of other
organs. That Is the reason why SO many PEG,
pie doctor without success for diseases OF
heart, liver. kidneys, lungs. etc. They are en-
ii ely negecting the cause of disease which is
in the stomach and which results in physical
weakness because oflack of nutrition. And as
the body az a whole is made up fits several
organs and members it is evident that phys
ical weakness i'll general means weakness dis
body, heart liver, kidneys and lungs. each
BEARING its share. II there il special prcdiSpO
sition T. disease in any one organ, that organ
will probably be the first to develop Synlp-
toms of disease.
The reason why DIR. Picrcc's Golden Medical
Discovery cures so many various diseases IS
that so many diseases nave thelF origin III us
ease of the stomach aud other organs OF diSeS
ton and nutrition. When the diseased st ON
ach Ii cured diseases of heart, liver. kidneys
lungs, ETC., caused by disease of the stomach
are cured also.
The reason why &c olden Medical discovery
cures when doctors have failed and other
medicines have been tried in vain, is because
the ordinary medical treatment ignores the
stomach, while DIR. Picrcc'S Golden Medical
Discovery begins by the cure of diseases oi
this vital center and progresses to the cure OF
diseases of other organs remote from the
stomach but Influenced by 1t and dependent
upon 1t.
Remember that food Is the material that
ustains liie but only when it is perfectly
digestcd and assimiIatcd. II is By curing the
diseases or the stomach and its allied organs
which hinder digestion and assimilation that
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery EN-
ables the building up of the body into vigor'
gu. health and strength. through perfect uu
triton derived from food; the only source Of
MYSTICAL strength and vigor.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-08-28
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

The teachers of Hartford county will
be gladly welcomed by the citizens of
Bel Air, on next Monday, when they
will convene to hold the fourteenth
annual session of the Teachers In
stitute During the five days session,
many useful and beneficial topics will
be discussed by the teachers and sew
eral eminent speakers from other
parts Of our State. Addresses will
be delivered by NJ. b. Stevens, State
Superintendent; 6. W. Joy, Examiner
OF St. Mary's county; W. H. Dashiell,
Examiner of Somerset county !;
Charles T. Wright, Examiner of Har-
ford, and former examiners J. d..
Worthington and T. c. Galbreath.
The music is expected to be of a very
high character under the instruction
of Prof. Gibson, of Pennsylvania.
The reasons for holding these annual
sessions are to elevate the teachers
in their profession, and exchange
views on the different methods of
teaching and governing their schools.
Special instruction in reading will be
given by Miss f. Smyth, of the
Maryland State Normal School; also
during Wednesday and Thursday
afternoons classes will be conducted
in the Graded School building to show
the actual work that may be carried
on in the every day school.
After the week has been spent in
this beneficial work the teachers may
leave feeling they have been strength
ened by their meeting together, and
go forth believing they are better
prepared to go to work, next Mon
day, than ever before.
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Hall 4vM be Full of Exhibits.
oA Splendid Display of Horses and Cattle.

The directors have spared neither time expense in
making the Fifth Annual Exhibition of the reorganzed Ha
ford Agricultural Society," the best that has been
given The Board realizes that it must in favorable
competition with progressive neghboring fairs, and that in
order to do this is necessary to have every department
managed in modern The early dates will give
people opportunity to take personal interest and their
cooperation respectfully solicited The Entry Books
open August 10th at the office of Mr. James w. McNabb,
Secretary in the old Second National Bank Building Bel Air
sECata1ogues ready for distribution.
JAMES W. McNABB, Secretary JOHN G. ROUSE. President
BEL AIR, MD.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-08-28

THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

All three of the local tickets are
now in the field, the Prohibitionists
having made their nominations on
Saturday, and from now on until
election day it will be contest for
political supremacy. The dominant
party, the Democrats, named their
ticket by the Crawford County sys-
tenn, which is the most free from
control of what is termed the bosses,
than is the Convention system, which
was used by the Republicans. The
drift ofpublic opinion has oflate years
been favoring the Crawford County
System and should the primaries be
legalized by the next Legislature, is
more than probable that this system
will be adopted by all parties. 1t
seems to be the fairest and most ac-
ceptable to the people at large. The
recent experiment in Baltimore City
was entirely satisfactory to every
one and a number of the local offices
there will be filled this fall in the same
manner.
With all the tickets in the field the
campaign is in excellent shape for
opening and it is more than probable
that the different political parties
will get down to hard work very
soon. So far as the Democrats are
concerned the details will be conduct
ed in quiet orderly and businesslike
manner and it will be their effort to
have everything run entirely on
political lines. Personalities should
never be injected into such matters
and we hope that our friends, the
Republicans, will take similar view
of the matter.
The Democrats by this time realize
that a concerted effort will be made
to weaken portions of our ticket by
combining on what they consider as
the most vulnerable points. Doubt,
less their attention will also be
directed by the national significance
that this falls legislative ticket
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TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
LEAVE.

An additional train will leave Cardiff
for York and intermediate stations at
Is 10 A. NJ. Returning will leave York
at 8 II A. NJ.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Sunday trains leave Baltimore for Delft
and Intermediate stations at $50 A. Nj
and 400 p. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at @
A. NJ. and go p. NJ. They will leave
Delta for Baltimore and intermediate
stations at G.55 a. NJ. and $50 p. NJ,
stopping at Bel Air at 1856 A. NJ. and
400 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 al Bel Air
at / 1 20 P. NJ. and Baltimore $50 P. NJ.
An additional train leaves BelAir daily
except Saturday for Baltimore at 2.1O
p. NJ. Arrives in Baltimore at 3.2OP.M.
Saturday leaves at $50 7. NJ. Train
leaves Baltimore daily at 11.35 A. NJ.
for Bel Air and way stations. Saturday
only at 20 p. NJ.
CA. FIFER, General Passenger Agent
J. S. NORRIS, General Manager.
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%iu
Nj tho last session he Legislature
had an opportunity, as VIC believed,
to increase the wealth of the State
and to make good roads without
cost to the taxpayers by passing the
Hannah Oyster Bill. That opportun-
itv will be again presented to the
next Legislature. The Hannah bill
provided for leasing certain barren
bottoms Of the Chesapeake Bay at
rental which would produce about a
half million dollars a year or more.
As there are % counties i'll the State
the average amount going to each
county annually would have been
over $4,000. Are there any tax
payers in Maryland who would vote
to reject that sum for road building
if someone would make them a pres
ent oft? Are there any farmers i'll
Maryland who are so pleased with
the present condition of their roads
that they do not wish to make them
better? When it is considered that
the revenues from such a law would
cost the taxpayers in the counties
nothing, and that it would come to
them in the nature of a gift, it is
difficult to see how the next Legisla-
ture, if the members are at all i'll
touch with the people and responsive
to their demand, can reject measure
based on this general principle. For
more than half a century Maryland
lavished millions upon railroads and
canals. That work is done, and now
it remains to build good wagon roads
so that the people can reach therail,
roads and the markets. baltimore
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