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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-07-29
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss ses Of lZzHAzzzz1


The history of the casting of statues
is one long story Of patience. When
Benvenuto Celljni cast his great Per
seus, according to rules which his OWL
genius had laid down. overwork and
exposure had 50 undermined his
strength at the critical moment that he
was obliged to take to his bed and leave
the rest of the process to some faithful
worknen who understood his plans.
Finally. however. one of them came
rushing into his sickroom. where he
lay daZcd and grooming with pain. and
told him with many lamentations that
the process was failure and that the
metal was caked.
Cellini sprang from his bed, run
across the street and rapidly dragged a
load of dry oak wood back to his fur.
mace. He made a roaring fire, and
finding that the base alloy in his metal
hid been burned out. he threw in all
the pewter vessels of the household
Then the metal bubbIed, the great Per
seus was cast, and the maker and his
faithful friends exulted.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-07-29


on FOOT.
work except to draw his breath and
gamble and drink. The old folks
would have it so. and he was not fool
enough To object 10 Il good thing. They
wanted him 70 represent the family as
it once Was-proad. naughty, arrogant
and careless Of money. The role suit
eli him 10 Il dot. and Ii" represented.
No matter what .Iocasta thought of
himself or how proud his parents were
of the strut. even the Chinese dirt
digCCrS or the railroad bed held him
i'll supreme contempt. lie was Il butt
Of ridiculc with surveyors, bosses, cow
boys and ranclmcn and was not con-
Sidcred "-alnu" enough TO take Seri
uuSly He WIS generally referred to as
"ihc Peacock" and was looked upon
as harmless. ,Io"aSta was liar. His
father and mother were liars before
and after him. When lie could get
any one 10 listen to him he would
descend from his pedestal and tell of
The thousands of female hearts he had
broken and of the hundreds Of men he
had had to plant by the wayside. He
lied by wholesale and retail, and his
hearers laughed at his lies instead Of
criticising There was only one handi-
cap the first time he was caught
cheating ut cards the boss of that divi-
sion took him by the ear and said:
Don't try it again, my Jim Dandy.
The boys are on to your little game,
and next tiInc you will be shot full of
holes"
Thing went wrong with the family
after awhile. Other traders came In to
t'iviI2 the profits. the wife had scri-
our illness. and the father got hurt.
and there came day when the bitter
RES of death was upon the pair-that
IS. thry had To call JOcasta into the
shHuty ana say to him:
My son. il y0ur veins rlInS the
l,COd Of CASTLE. You represent what
W. We're i hundred years ago. We
have been proud and gimd. and we
woCid that You could keep il up; but,
alas. you hav2 to come off the perch
ANA 20 10 work at something. This
family is dead broke"
Il. with tIrs" white hands. these
small feet. this noble carriagc-I go to
work" ciclalncd Jocasta in reply.
Alas yDu'll have to or go hungry"
they told hin.
Jocasta couldn't tumble to the situa-
ton. lie had posed so long that the
idea OF anything like manual labor was
histastcful to him. he was good
rider and might make a good cowboy,
but the descent from CASTLE to COW
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-07-29

shes IL lovely girl and so simple in
her tastes. told her that | hadn't
much Of an income yet, but that
hoped could provide for her every
want"
And what did she say?"
she said that would lie all she could
ask "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-07-29
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
An. \. n. A. n. =. N. p. N.

An additional train will leave Bel All
on Saturday only at 8 =. NJ, arriving in
Baltimore at 9 P. NJ. Returning leave
Baltimore at As T. NJ, arriving al
Bel Air 12.45 a. NJ.
An additional train will leave Cardiff
for York and intermediate stations at
6 05 a. NJ. Returning will leave York
IT $40 T. NJ.
IN additional train will leave Balti
more for Bel Air except Saturday and
Sunday al II So A. NJ, arriving at Bel
Air at 10 So P. NJ. Returning. leave Bel
Air at 2 20 7. NJ, arriving at Baltimore
at $40 z. NJ. Train leaves Baltimore
Saturday only at 1.20 =. NJ. Returning,
leaves Bel Air at 800.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Sunday trainsleave Baltimore for Delta
and intermediate stations at $50 A. M.
and 100 M, stopping at Bel Air at 0
A. NJ. and $50 p. NJ. For Bel Air and
intermediate stations at 11.35 A. NJ,
arriving at Bel Air 1895 2. NJ Leave
Delta for Baltimore and intermediate
stations at 6.55 A. NJ. and $50 p. NJ,
stopping at Bel Air at 7.55 A. NJ. and
100 p. NJ. Additional trains will leave
Bel Air for Baltimore and intermediate
stations at 2.20 and $40 p. NJ, and
Baltimore for Bel Air at 10 90 p. NJ,
arriving at Bel Air at midnight and Bal
tinore at 8 90 and $50 p NJ
CA. FIFER, General Passenger Agent
!. S. NORRIS, General Manager.
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stops let off from Bait and points south stops on
trains leave Baltimore Union Station for IIayTe de Grace at rs 500
Sundays 12S S02
1908 Am, 49, 544 11.30
Philadelphia and York 1av de
Grace &c. 22 749 SAL and 1854 2O6 and o 67 757
Pm
Sunday at
FOG, 27,7 p.
Port Deposit branch PeyvIe 635 10 913
P Returning
9.45, 1913, 327 1873 and7 .5OP.M
GEORGE W. BOYD, General Passenger
WA General Manager
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
ALL KINDS OF PESTS.
Striking Characteristic of Those in
the rorm o. Hen.
Fellow W no Insists ON Repeating His
own Ssories--Ses eraI Varieties Of
the Comic O1~er-The Onen-
sINe Euaster.

Yes, w run Up against all sorts of
pests IN our business. SAID Precinct De-
tective George DOyu 10 a Washington
Star reporter.
One Oh these is the man who forces
you 10 ASA him questions. If he wishes
10 tell you thai he as reaGIng Mrs. Wigs
he ashs: What book 90 you suppose
l am reading? Although you have no
interest whatever in the matter, you are
constrained by politeness TO say: I'm
sure 90 not know. What is it?' There
upon he tells you, triumphantly. He
could nave given you the information
without any Oh this annoying parley, but
that is not his way.
The man who insists on repeating
his remarks two or three times is also
an annoying pest. His trick is to watch
your countenance, and as soon as he
notes any sign OF his having impressed
you, to go back on his tricks and give
you the whole discourse over again.
especially does he do this in telling a
humorous story. If you laugh you are
lost, for you must listen to the story
over and over again until he has wrung
~'NAJ uAOP VI HulhOI cut OF IL.
There are several varieties of the
comic story pest. Not more than three
men in fifty-seven are competent to tell
humorous story, and the rest ought
never to attempt it, for If there is only
one dreary thing on earth it is a good
story spoiled in the beginning.
Among the comic-story pests are the
man who puts too many immaterial de-
tails into his narrative; the man who
laughs at his own story before he has
given you the point Can exasperating
wretch; the man who exposes the point
at the start, and then completes the mar
ration after you have had your laugh;
the man who listens solemnly to you
telling story, and then remarking that
he knows the same story in a slightly
different and. he thinks. better form,
tells the same story over again and
laughs uproariously at it; the man who
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
FRONT oFLIMEKILN.

small so as to choke. The opening at the
bottom on the face side is made the
shape of an inverted V, running to the
back of the opening. They build two
of these side by side, only having par
ttion between them; then draw one
while the other is burning, and that
Keeps the men employed all the time
One single arch costs about SITS, or
double one $780, There is wood laid in
the throat sufficient to start the fire;
then put in layer of coal and then OF
limestone, continuing until it gets to the
top of the opening This is worked in
this way when it is done for a general
business. but IL it is only for farmer
who owns his own stone and wants lime
for his own use he can do ii much
cheaper and without building the kiln
by laying upon the ground floor OF
logs and timber, enough to make a good
bed; then lay on the wood and stone the
same as in the kiln and build il up as
hay stack but aattsr at the top. as you
get in more stone in that way, or II can
be built long and not round as wished
This is the way for home use; 5000 to
10000 bushels can be burnt in a heap OF
this kind. People use coal (buckwheat)
here for the purpose, but | suppose tbs
same can be accomplished in using wood
and will be cheaper if wood is handy
The cut shows the mode OF building
The kiln built as describe will furnish
its own draft and regulate itself II
takes about two or three days and nights
to burn It and needs little attention il
burned in heap. 1t is saving of the
stone, or burns up more of the stone by
covering the entire heap with clay OF
soil of some Kind except the extreme top.
Rural New Yorker
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
THAT LASHING AT SALEM.

The Geographic report from SALEM
VA. under date of the 9th inst. tells of
the barbarous lashing of colored man,
named TAYLOR FIELDS.
1t was alleged that he made some dis.
paraging remarks vita reference to the
SHIELDS assault az ROANOKE, VA, and
on this account his house was visited
and not being found there, be was
located at the house of his nephew, an d
made to come from under the bed where
he mad secreted himself.
He was threatened with pistols. a
rope placed around his neck and he
was conducted TO the public square, his
SHIRT removed, bare back exposed and
he was numerically dashed with electric
wires. He was told to leave the town
and shots were fired at him as he ran
This took place at midnight of the 18th,
inst. and about $50 lawless white men
composed the mob. 1t is mildly limited
that other colored people are liable to
similar treatment.
Itmay be we'll to state too that TAYLOR
FIELDS is said to be bad character.
Be chat as it may be, he had committed
no crime in this instance and if he had,
there are enough laws upon the statute
books of Virginia to punish him.
We only regret that he was not a
character that entitled him to respect,
or If he was as represented that he Gid
not have the nerve aud backbone to do
what the town of Salem failed to do for
him.
Colored men should talk less and do
more. A man or men, who cross the
threshold of a colored mans home for
the purpose of humiliating him, either
by lashing or hanging, should be made
to pay the penalty of their folly.
As a rule towards compose these as
sassin-like mobs, and they are reason
bly, sure of immunity from the injury
before they start on their mission
When lawless conditions obtain as are
now noticed in Salem and Roanoke, it
behooves every citizen to be prepared
for all emergencies ana be ready to die
with his boots on.
One sure aim from the muzzle of a re-
peaJing rifle or the blackened recesses of
a shotgun would have made FIELDS a
hero, while the cur-like submission to
punishment on his par, has stamped
him as a craven.
Death is but death, and the sooner the
colored people realizs that religion is
intended to teach us how to die, the
better it will be for all of us who may
be made sooner or later the victim of a
similar attempted outrage.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
SPIDER WAS SMART.
noy Made Insect Play Part of Robf.-t
son Crusoe md Was Aston
isheJ mt Results.

A writer in the Hearth thus tells whaf
ne old with spider when he was n
boy ore day when he grew tired of read
Ing Robinson Crusoe;
TOOK wash basin and fastened uu
SUCK In 1t Ike vessels mast. and
'neh poured in water enough TO turn
the mast into an island for my spider.
whom named Crusoe, and put him ON
the mast. As soon as he was fairly cast
away, he anxiously commenced running
around to find the mainland. He'd scam4
per down the mast TO the water. stick
out foot, get 1t wet, shake IL, rum
rouno the stick and try the other side
and then run back to the top again.
Fretty soon 1t became serious mat.
Ter 10 Mr.. Robinson, and he sat down
10 think 1t over. AS, in a minute, he
acted as II he were going to shout for q
BOAT, and was afraid ho was going Tor
be hungry, put treacle on the stick.
A hy came. but Crusoe wasn't hungry
for flies just then. He was homesicEr
lot his web in the corner of the wood
shed. He went slowly down the pole
TO the water, and touched It all around.
shaking his feet like pussy when she
vets her stockings In the grass. SUD-
denly thought appeared to strike him.
Up he went, like rocket, to the ton.
and commenced playing circus. He held
one foot in the air, then another, and
turned round two or three times.
He got excited, and nearly stood on
his head before l found out what he
knew, and that was this: That the
draught of air made nv tba fro -,o,iA
carry line ashore, on which he could
escape from his desert island. He pushed
out a web that went floating In the afr
until it caught on the table. Then he
hauled on the rope until It was tight.
struck It several times, TO see II Il were
strong enough TO hold him, and walked
ashore.
| thought he had earned his liberty,
and l put him back in the woodshed
again.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20

takes your story out of your mouth by
bawling out the point before you are
ready, and finally tells you puerile an
ecdote without the least bit of attic salt
about it, and is offended because you re-
ward him with nothing but slight sim
per.
Women, as a class, are poor story tell
ers, but good listeners. mans stock
of old stories is fresh enough for most
women. In telling stories to women,
however ii is necessary to avoid those
whose point depends on illusions to
facts which are common knowledge
among men, but about which women
know but little or nothing. Political
stories are likely to fall fat in an audi
ence Of women.
"A common punster is about the most
offensive of conversational nests, al
though he is hardly any more despicable
than the tlippant person that breaks into
grave discourse with cheap facetious-
ness. Real Wit is generally like beauty.
its own excuse for being, and a man
might be forgiven for joking at his
mothers funeral provided he made good
jokes. A troublesome, though not ma
licious creature is the man that inter-
rupts his conversation with little quer-
les. such as Isn't that SOP and Don't you
think SOP which you are Obliged to an
swer before he will continue.
'In addition to these pests we have
always with us the standard bores, such
as the man that tells anecdotes about his
children and the man that insists on your
trying his remedy for cold There IL
the pest that interrupts you with rapid
criticism Of weather when you are read
Ing. A pest that has not been classified
is the one that always makes the obvi-
Gus remark and takes pains to prove py
long argument what is perfectly plain
without it,
"As each of these pests is ANNOYING
and therefore rude, 1t is justifiable to
tell him plainly of his fault and ask him
to correct it. Bores are encouraged by
the tolerant kindness of their victims.
AS rule they are well meaning persons
and quite unaware of their conversation
al vices, and it would be as truly a kind
ness to let them know their vices. so that
they may correct them, as II is to let a
man know that there is a tag on his
clothes or a woman tina. her hat is
awry"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20

seen to this day hanging in the dock OK
the crown court at Lancaster castle, In
England. The prisoners left hand was
thrust into the holdfast and there locked.
while the jailer seized the red-hot iron
and pressed 1t with might and main on
the malefactor's thumb, thus marking
him for life, and preventing honest men
from giving him employment on his re-
lease.
Prisoners appearing in this court were
invariably compelled to hold up their
left hands, in order that the jury nigh.
see whether there was a previous con-
viction against them. 1t is 100 years
ago since this barbarous punishment
with the branding iron was melted out
in Lancaster castle.-N. Y. Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20

weed, serious pest I'm pastures and
meadows. could be destroyed without
injury to the grass by sowing salt over
the land at the rate of 5000 pounds per
acre. Many experiments have since
been conducted at the same STATEN with
other chemicals for the eradication OF
weeds in walks, drives. courts, etc.
Among the chemicals tested were salt.
copper sulphate, kerosene, liver-of-sul-
phur, carbolic acid, arsenic and salsoda.
arSenate of soda, and two commercial
weed killers, the active principle of
which apparently was arsenic. The
weeds which ii was sought to DESTROY
were plaintains, dandelion, chicory.
raSweed, knotweed and various grasses.
All the chemicals were applied in solu-
ton except the salt AS In the case of
the hawhweed experiments, salt was
found efficient in destroying all the
weeds when applied dry and in large
quantity. When salt is used for this
purpose adjacent lawns should be pro-
tected against washing, or they NAV be
injured. Crude carbolic acid, one pint
in four pints of water. applied at the rate
OIL eight gallons per square rod. was very
ef1cient The various arsenical prep
arations proved valuable as weed de-
stroyers, and choice between them was
largely a matter of expense All things
considered. the arsenate of soda and the
caroolic acid solutions proved the most
valuable chemicals for weed destruction
under the conditions of these expert
ments.-Farmers' Review
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
CARLO, THE DOG HERO.
BROKE Away from Tramp who Had
stolen Him and Saved His Mas
ter from Drowning.

Carlo was Frank McMillan's cog, and
a fine specimen of the canine he was.
Mr.. Mcmillan had brought him from
Scotland. He was a Scotch collie. anC
was only few months old when he
landed in America. Carlo was afavorite
with the whole family, especially
with the two boys, William ano George.
who had not yet reached their teens.
They delighted TO speak of Carlo as "a
gift from Uncle George, Of old Scot
land"
The pup was strong and healthy, and
soon developed into a large, muscular
dog. His intelligence seemed to be
above that of the average. No pains
were spared to teach him, and as a
result his training almost equaled that
of a performing dog. Mr. Mcmillan
lived near river, and the boys great
est delight was to throw sticks and
other small objects that would float
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him aud wreak upon him all of the
punishment permitted by QUE laws
, He has SACRIFICED all of his rights Co
liberty and happiness aud no colorei
man will she'd tear or expsnd sym :
pathy when the sentence is im posed by
the presiding judge of chat locality.
Sad indeed have been the happenings
In Roanoke. Goo grant that our peo
pie may be able durin the coming
years TO devote their best Efforts 90 the
curbing of this lawless element am IN = st
us, to the end that it may slave itself
out within the walls Of prison rather
than be permitted to embarrass aud
handicap us on the outside in tho m dst
of ur peaceful pursuits as Christian
and law-abiding psople.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
WILLIAMS CONFESSION.

We have talked with HENRY WILL
JAMS, the colored man, admittedly gull
ty OF having feloniously assaulted Mrs.
GEORGE ]. SHIELDS, (white) and her
child at Roanoke, Va, Saturday, Jan
nary 3Oth, 1904. and we have gwen to
the public the graphic details of that
interview. The details are horrible
and the only partially redeeming fea-
ture of the whole affair is that he did
not rape her.
Still, it is bad enough without that
and shows to what extent some of the
ignorant, brutal members of the hu-
man race can exercise their brutal in
stinCts. Such a man is not fit to live
and he is not fit to die.
There is not a colored man of intelli.
genoe or responsibility in this state who
does not loathe such character, and
who will not say, "Amen" when the
Law has mesed the punishment. This
hoodlum, ignorant, vicious element is an
incubus upon the race and does much
70 hinder our progress among the peo
pies of the world.
We cannot but extend sympathy Il
this lone, white woman, who was sc
brutally treated in the broad daytime
by q man, whose environments and
Surroundings should have taught him
better, even though he may have beer
ignorant and vicious.
We sympathize, Zoo, with Mr.. GEO
J. SHIELDS, the we'll nigh distracted
husband and father, assuring him, too
that the better class of colored people
ask alone that the law and not the mol
Enete the punishment to the felon.
Despite the sway of passion, and the
disposition to wreak vengeance, it must
mot be forgotten that it IS the certainty
of punishment and not the severity of il
that checks crime.
Our people know how to sympathizt
tor they have felt, the full effect O.
these outrages. The. vicious clemens
of the white race have forced deep int
their flesh just such untrages and they
have felt all of the indignation tina
Ir. SHIELDS now feels.
You have HENRY WILLIAMS. TAX,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
Starting Steer. ON Grain.

In starting steers on feed there are
several methods in vogue. Some feed
ers give heavy grain ration right from
the start. using a pound of meal for
every 100 pounds of live weight daily
of a pound to every 100. increasing grad
ually until two-thirds of pound is
reached. The latter plan usually gives
the cheapest grains. and a half cent
gained on every pound means consid-
cradle profit for big bunch OF steers
Midland Farmer