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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05
TOBACCO SALARIES.
A Custom of the American COloni


A Custom of the American Colonies
Before the Revolution.
Before tic Revolution, ministers Of
the Anglican church in those American
colonies where that church was cStaD-
liShCd by law were rcmuncrated in
kind instead of in money. Maryland
gave an incumbent forty pounds of to-
bacco Il year for every 1.-THE payer in
tie parish. whether churchman OF dis
scntpr, white or colorpi. These terms
were handsome enough TO secure the
pick Of the clerical market In Eir-
Siaia the stipCndS represented Il fixed
and UnVaTEinS quantity, by weight, of
the manufactured leaf. These stipends
We're rather beggarly in quantity. In
lad year even the sweet scented
parishes" where the minister's salary
was calculated on a high priced and
exceptionally fragrant tobacco, yielded
only about $500 Il year. The pariShion-
erS sometimes refused TO induct Il cler-
gyman unless he would consent to take
one salary for serving two parishes. In
1913, whe: the price of tobacco had
greatly risen. the house of burgesses
passed law fixing the cash equivalent
Of debts payable i'll tobacco at one
third their true value, thus wiping out
two-thirds of the incomes of ministers.
Patrick Henry made his first fame in
defending this law when a test case
WAS brought in behalf of the injured
clergymcn.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05
BIRTH OF THE BUS.
This Class of Vehicle First Appeared
In Paris In 1862.

This Class of Vehicle First Appeared
In Paris In 1862.
The omnibus appeared in Paris in
1862 as Il "carrossc Il cinq, sous" coach
for twopence halfpenny). by Authority
of Louis NV. under the management
of Pascal, the mystic AMI philosopher.
Whether this eminent thinker originat-
ed the idea is not clear, but there is no
doubt that his influence assisted in the
establishment of the service under the
auspices of Il royal decree.
Later on these earliest omnibuses
ceased to run owing to laclliof support.
and did not reappear in Paris until
1897, when Latitte the banker, who
was among the largest proprietors,
was credited with originating the re-
vived service.
The new coaches started to ply in
London on July /, 1929. when the first
one left Paddington for the Bank of
England, and another ran from the
bank to the Yorkshire Stingo, New
road. These first British busses were
known from the man who organized
them as ''Shillibeers," and the conduc-
tors of the first two IRE said to have
been the sons of Brit sh naval officers.
Three horses drew mem, and they car
ried twenty-five passengers, all inside.
London Standard.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05

Tic difference between the two we'll
known varieties of cement, the Rosen-
dale and the Portland. lies in the fact
that the first named is Il natural prod
uct and the latter an artificial. The
former is made by burning shady
limestone i'll kilnS and grinding the
clinker produced with bur stones To
very fine powder. which. when mix
ed with water, soon sets and forms
an artificial stone nearly as hard as
the original rock. Portland cement.
on the other hand, is made by com
binin" chalk or some other form Of
limestone free from magnesia with
SiliccOUS clay. these materials being i'll
tmatcly mixed and made into bricks
which are burned in kilns with coke
fuels ut Il very intense heat. The re
Sulting clinkcr is ground in the Samr
manner as natural cement and is much
stronger ana sets quicker than the
other
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05
HATS OF STRAW.
China Gets the Credit For Having
First Made Them.

China Gets the Credit For Having
First Made Them.
The earliest makers OF straw hats
We're unqucstionably the Chinese.
Their work WAS by no means rough
in character, but piaitcd and sewn to-
gether with considerable skill, as may
be seen today in the neiehborhoodx of
Canton.
In Europe hats were first madeAin
Paris by Swiss 80 early as 1904, and
we find mentioned among the entries
Of an inventory of the icffectS OF Sir
John Fastolfe. 1859, -four s1rawrn
hattes." showing them to have been
great rarities. CoryattJ mentions them
as worn in Provence. with a hundred
seams, lined with silver and curiOusly
worked.
Tuscany. with Leghorn as center,
took up the work early In the fifteenth
century and has maintained it with
considerable skill ever since. Bedford
shire, with Du.stablc and Luton as
centers, has been the Of
the industry in England ever since the
early part of the scCenteenth century.
london Mail.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05
T Eas and lntellisepcsr
BEL AIR, ND, AUG. S. 1904.
JOHN BANISTER.
An English VioIinist Who Won Fame
In the Seventeenth Century,.

An English NiOlinist Who Won Fame
In the Seventeenth Century.
Public concerts owe their direct en-
enlargement to John BumSter, who
had won fame by his playing on the
violin and who succeeded the ccle
DRAFTED BaltZar as leader of Charles ii. s
band of twenty-four violinS. PepyS, in
an entry in his diary for February,
HGI, tells lis the court gossip of the
Iay-"hOw the kings viallin Banister
is mad that the king hath Il French
man come to be chief OF some part of
the kings musique.'
BuniSter's concerts at the close of the
year 1872 were advertised i'll the Lon
don Gazette rs follows: These are TO
give notice that ut MIR. John BaniSterS
house tnow called the MlISick School.
over against the George tavern in
White FryerS. the present Monday will
be musick performed by excellent mas
tiers, beginning precisely at t of the
clock in the afternoon, and every after
noon for the future precisely at the
same hour
-Four years later on We read again:
AT the Academy i'll Little I.incolns
Inn Fields will begin the first part of
the Farley of Instruments. compOSca
by Mr.. John Banistcr." The admission
was mt this time as IL rule Il shilling
and these concerts seem 10 have been
held pretty regularly down to within Il
short time of Banisters death, which
took place in 16T9.-Chauhcrs' Journal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05

4 prominent physician tells this story
at the expense OF the modern craze for
specialization in the medical profess
sion: \ poor woman from the east side
of New York went to a nearby dispcn-
sary to ask aid for her little son, who
had had one of his fingers smashed
by baseball bat. At the first room
where she applied she was told by q
curt attendant that the boy could not
be treated there.
Wrong place." he explained. "This is
the eye and ear department"
were is der thumb ind finger depart
ment:" inquired the woman simply
Harper's Weekly
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05

as that your mulc?' asked the man
who was going fishing.
"Yas, sir" said the coIored man who
was sitting on log by the road.
Does he kick?"
"'Deed, mistuh, he amt got no cause
to kick. He's gfttin' his own way
right along. I'm de one OATS havin'
de worry an difficulty. "-Exchange.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05

TIM Publisher The insolcnce of these
authors. Here's SpifIlrs demanding to
see tie Illustrations before he writes
the story for them. His Partncr-Ab-
Surd. First thing one knows they will
be ASKING to have thr illustrators read
the It"ld"; before t!Iry draw the pic
lures for en-. Broo!;lyn Life
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05
Sneak Thieves In Churches.

An old sexton was discussing the
amount of stealing that is done in
churches. Scarcely Il day passes,' he
said. when the church Is open with
ont some distracted woman coming t.
he bowed down with grief because
somebody has stolen her purse. Their,
are certain contemplate thieves Wig
prey on unsuspccting women whu
pray SO hard that they forget to look
after their pCc;rtbo0ks. The thief
watches until the woman is deep in
prayer and then leans over. grasps the
Record
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05

"rhr weather man said it would rain
toIHy. and I'm glad | carried my uni.
Errlla."
VIII. it Gi'ln't rain at all today"
go: course it didn't. but | met the
weather man Oh the street. and | used
the umbrella to bang him good and
hard"-Catholic Standard and Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05

stops to let of passengers from Bait more and points south stops on
Express trains leave Baltimore Union Station for layre de Grace at Is SOP
1905 M 11S, 30l 4.2O, 11.30 NJ.
Philadelphia York Have de
Grace at - &c. 221 $685. % SAT- and 1854 2OG and 5O9 62 757
Nj.
Sunday trains leave Ha de Grace 1886 49, s47 1854
20G 627. 1871
Trains for Port Deposit branch leave revie 635 $50 913 II
80 and
GEORGE W BOYD, General Passenger Agent.
". ". ATTERBURY, General Manager
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05

"What did you think of my speech
asked the orator.
at was beautiful" said the youn"
woman. 1T made me think Of m.y
commencement essay" - Washingtos
Star.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05

or the human mechanism an end comes
To its usefulness, but ii has not actually
";tOyE OFT" Mans system at times gets
rusty like the wheels of the watch and
only needs a little cleaning and oiling TO
PIT il i'll shape for life's battles.
An imitation of NATURES method of re-
storing waste of tissue and iulpoverish-
meut OF the blood and nervous force is
used when YOU take ,an Alternative extract
OF herbs and roots. without the use of alco-
hol, like DR. Piercc's Golden Medical Dis
covcrv. This vegetable medicine coaxes
the digestive functions and helps in the
assimilation of food, or rather enables the
organs to take from the food just the
nutrimcnt the blood requires.
Hon John T. Suit. Registrar of Deeds Court
House. Durham n. c.. writes: ave have
used Dr.. Picrce's Golden Medical Discovery i'll
our family. and have known of some OF our
i:cichbocs using it. We have always found it
to do all that is claimed for it, and feel couiident
that it is a splendid rtsnedy."
Mrs Rcttie Mill. of Cotton. " c.. writes
II procured DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery and tool: it for my cough. The medicine
acted like charm cured my cough all o. X. !
feel very grateful to you for your kindness. Use
my name i! ycu choose"
Accept no substitute fol" Golden Medical
Discovery" There is nothing Just as
good for diseases of the stomach
Dr. PicrGe's Pleasant Pellets, the best
laxative for old people. They cure con-
situation and biliousncss.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05

1t is too bad that there isn't sous",
way for always having girl hal%T
Just three years old in the family
AtchiSon Globe.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05
The Secret of Long Life and
How to Overcome Waste.

TO "HRO50 MJSeif," is to take advantage
of lifc's secrets and equip ones self with
an armor which will successfully resist the
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05

attack OF disease IN
the battle of life.
The old idea of fate
or "kismet," and
that a person al
ways dies when his
time comes, is now
exploded. Every
mechanism whcth-
er made by God or
man. has a definite
amount of wear
and its life can be
! t n Ct Il e ned or
shortened accord
ing 10 the care that
is given it. If ac-
cident or careless
ness destroys the
works of the watch
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.

An additional train will leave Bel Air
on Saturday only at < p. NJ, arriving in
Baltimore at p. NJ. Returning leave
Baltimore at 11.45 z. NJ, arriving at
Bel Air - 10 A. NJ.
An additional train will leave Cardiff
for York and intermediate stations al
& % A. NJ. Returning will leave York
at 30 =. NJ.
An additional train will leave Balti
more for Bel Air except Saturday and
SUNDAY ri II So A. M, arriving at Bel
Air at 1855 p. NJ. Returning. leave Bel
Air at 2 20 =. NJ , arriving at Baltimore
at $50 7. NJ. Train leaves Baltimore
Saturday only ut 1.20 p. NJ. Returning,
leaves Bel Air at 800.
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SUNDAY TRAINS.

Sunday trainsleave Baltimore for Delta
and intermediate stations at $50 A. NJ
and 400 p. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at l 0
A. NJ. and $50 P. Nj. For Bel Air and
arriving at Bel Air 1875 p. NJ. Leave
Delta for Baltimore and intermediate
stations at 6.55 A. NJ. and $50 2. NJ.
stopping at Rel Air at 7.55 A. NJ. and
400 2. NJ. Additional trains will leave
Bel Air for Baltimore and intermediate
stations at 220 and $40 p NJ, and
Baltimore for Bel Air at 10 80 p. NJ,
arriving at Bel Air at midnight and Bal
timore at 800 and $50 p. NJ.
CA. FIFER, General Passenger Agent
]. S. NORRIS, General Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-05
Old Stone Livery Stable
Cor. Bond ST.. and Baltic. Turnpike.
BEL AIR. ND.
HERBERT S. FLOWERS, Prop'r.

respectfully solicit public patronage
Jurymen and others visiting Bel Air can
have their horses we'll fed and groomed
and their vehicles washed at moderate
prices.
Horses taken at Livery by the day OF
month, and Riding and Driving Horses
and Vehicles of all kinds for hire.
nsyaI have also handsome and com.
riodious Wagonette, suitable for large
fishing parties, pic mic parties, &C., at
reasonable rates.
HERBERT s. FLOWERS.
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SOUTH.
STATIONS,

pcni rSuae xprss,s south a nv
I21, A NJ; g. p. NJ.
!'enn express,n nor leave Baltimore p NJ
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16
Nov. 9th. 1903.

The editor Of THE DISPATCH is
again convalescent after a two
weeks seige Of malarial fever,
thanks to the skill, gentleuess
and kindness of his physician,
DR.. j. ". Lipscomb, whose sue
cess in the treatment of all ma
larial troubles has been especially
pronounced in this section. AT
ter ten days spent at Castalian
Springs, THE DISPATCH man
hopes to get in harness again.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

Letters o. administration having been
granted TO the undersigned bv the Chaucery
Court of LOwndes County Mississippi on the
DIST. day of MAY 1904 on the estate of William
B. Williams. deceased Notice i~ therefore
given that an persons having claims aEain-t
said estate are requested to have the same
prObated and registered by the Chaucery
Clerk OF said LOwndes County within one wear
from this date. That failure to probate and
register for one year VIII bar the claims.
ANNE B. WILLIAMS.
Administrators estate of illiam 3d. Williams.
May % 1904.
4t-E.
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NINETEENTH COMMENCEMENT
Of Mississippi Industrial Institute and College Celebrated
With Appropriate Exercses.--t1undreds from
All Over the State in Attendance.

Standing IS it were. as a path
finder in the world Of woman 5
education, furnishing opportuni-
ties undreamed Of in an earlier
time, the Industrial Institute
and College is always an object
of interest not only to Colum-
bans who feel a peculiar and
personal pride in the splendid
achievements, not only to Mis-
sissippians who have generously
fostered it, and who share this
pride, but also to the entire
South which recognizes it as a
model, giving inspiration and
plans for similar institutions in
sister States. It's commence
ments, bringing the work of the
year in review, are therefore the
focus of public attention, and the
nineteenth commandments, eel
ebrated with appropriate eXer-
cises Sunday and Monday. was
of a piece with the charm Of
like occasions that have made up
so memorable a part of the his
tory of the school. The program
as originally outlined was abbre-
waited, the annual concert of the
Bach Society and the lawn fete
being abandoned for reasons al
ready announced, and the initial
exercises began oD Sunday morn
ing, a perfect June day, with
light breezes and floods Of sun
shine. At eleven o'clock, the
hour appointed for the services,
a well rendered professional
played by Misses Wallen, Critz,
Mabry and Hand, served to open
the exercises; then followed a
congregational hymn which man
ifested to advantage the chorus
work Of the students. A read
ing from the Scriptures and a |
prayer preceded the Commence
ment Sermon, delivered by the
Rev. !. B. Hutton, of Jackson, |
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, fine discourse, earne st
and sincere, that left its impress
upon his hearers. Taking as his
subject, Heart Purity" Dr. |
Hutton found his text in the
eighth verse of the fifth chapter
of Matthew, Blessed are the
pure in heart, for they shall |
see Cod" and in the beginning
presented a striking picture of
the scene where the Sermon on
the Mount was delivered, the
sermon still matchless after the |
flight of twenty centuries. He
pictured man as the high priest |
of the world to whom the great |
est gifts, the greatest response |
bilities were given. destined as
he was to represent the creature
to God and God to the creatures,
woman was the climax of human
opportunities, and upon both so
endowed rested a call to all that
is worthy and best, while purity
naught more, naught less, must
be the passport 10 the King
Eternal. He then traced the
kinship ever existing in the
highest sense between beauty
and purity. Emphasized every
where, in the material world, in
the world of thought, the spirit
ual world. Beauty is princi-
pie running through the entire
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O'Clock the corner stone to the
new Music Hall was laid with
impressive Masonic ceremonies.
Hon. It. u. Sisson of Winona,
Grand Master of the State, Of
fciated on this accession and was
the orator as well, making a
forceful speech. in which at the
outset was happy reference to
music and it's influence. He
then told of the Masonic support
of education, and gave assurance
that the twelve thousand Masons
in Mississippi might always
be counted upon as loya al
friends of the College. who be
lieve the wealth of the State con-
sists not in its material resources
but ia its manhood and its wo-
manhood.
The graduating exercises Oc-
Cured at eleven o'clock in the
Chapel, which was very effective
~ decorated in white and gold
with vines of smilax festooned
alOns the walls. and palms and a
variety of potted plants adorning
the stage. The graduates, TWEEN
ty three in mum Der, presented a
pretty picture as they entered
and took their places on the rost-
rum. Just after the opening
march they received a pleasant
tribute from a gay troop of
SOphOmores, whose voices were
heard from afar, and as they
advanced with clever college
songs they bore ON their should
ers rope of daisies, which was
their final gift to the Seniors of
1904. The baccalaureate address
was delivered by Hon A F. Fox,
of West Point, whom President
Kincannon introduced as the
eminent lawyer whose genius
is seel upon the legislative enact
ments of Mississippi, the states
man who has added to the fame
of his State in the national halls
of Congress. Within the limits
of this article, it is regretted
that only the leading points, the
general trend of Mr.. Fox 5 strong
and thoughtful address can be
given, an address in which was
embraced so much of value and
which was listened 10 attentively
by large audience. He alluded
in the beginning TO the pathOs
and the gladness that struggled
for supremacy as one looked up
on this, the parting Of the ways
for many young lives, of the
high hopes they cherished and
the realities they must face, of
the inevitable clash between the
ideal and the real. With a recOg-
milton of the dignity of man, a
steadfast belief in his immortali-
ty he rejoiced with Browning
that A spark disturbs our cIOd;
nearer we hold of God who gives
than of His tribes that take,
and in this belief there is a cor
responding obligation. We must
strive to effect rather than re-
ceiye, to make education not an
end but a means, not alone to
acquire knowledge but to apply
it, to ID things rather than to
be things" in answer to the
need of the age to give, to teach,
TO be torch bearers. In the di-
vision % labor, man : sphere and
woman's sphere are distinct,
uncrOwned queen.
The music of the morning
showed conscientious rehearsing
and was given with sympathetic
and understanding interpreta-
ton Miss Waller, whose re
cital a few weeks ago revealed
pianist of unusual ability, played
delig h fully Mendelssohn' s
'Capriccioso. Miss Mabry' s
rich voice displayed careful
training in difficult operate Sc
lections by Meyerbeer, and
trio from Donizettis Lucia"
sung by Miss Dixon, Miss Ma
| brv and Miss RaSt vroS Yooo;,y
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in every human being, yet the
soul of beauty is beauty of soul, -
a thought repeated in one form
and another and beautifully H.
Illustrated. The life of Florence
Nightingale was given as an ex-
ample; two armies were brought
into vivid contrast. the one with
ali its gold and glitter appeal
ing to a love of the beautiful, the
other in faded gray, with tat
tered banners, a wreck of the
past. beautiful in a far, deeper,
grander way for what it repre-
scented. The woman of today
and the woman of yesterday
were sketched and her broadened
field encouraged, though with
regret that enlarged opportuni-
ties. advanced equipment had
not always meant real progress,
and with an urging of the
thought that anything is valuable
only in the measure IN which it
accOmplishes that for which it is
designed. In closing, DIR, Hut
ton drew a picture of Mary of
Nazareth as the ideal woman,
ideal ia her motherhood, her
love, her courage, fOrgetfulness
of self, her meditative piety and
left as his watchword that life
holds no higher mission than the
making of Christian homes, the
lettering of human hearts.
Sunday evening the exercises
were conducted by the Young
Women s Christian Association
and was distinguished by the
presentation of the Senior Me
mortal. magnificent gift to the
college from the class of 1904.
1t is customary with each class
in its leave taking to donate to it's
Alma Mater something to hold it
in remem brance. The grounds
have been beautified by gifts from
successive classes, a scholarship
has been established. The class
of 1904 gives a living memorial
IN general secretary to the Y.
w. G. A. for whose salary they
pledge themselves and whose
duties will be to assist the officers
of the Association and direct it's
work. Miss Stennis, one of this
year s graduates, has been select.
ed for this Office and is now in
Ashville preparing herself to
meet its demands Miss Helen
Brownlee on behalf of the class,
gracefully presented tie memo
rial which was accepted by Miss
Critz as a representative of the
Association, and by President
Kincannon who warmly com
mended the gift and acknOwl-
edged its great value to the in
StitutiOn. n h e admirable
parts of great whole, complete
when each so views it. In clos
ing, he spoke with glowing praise
of the American woman in her
intellectual strength, her gentle
qualities Of mind and heart. an
addresses of Mrs. Abel of the
Faculty and Miss Comfort a
member of the student body,
many interesting facts were
CLEANED in regard to the College
Association which is the Oldest in
the South, and the first to en-
ploy a general Secretary, there
being only twenty Universities
in the East and West that are at
present able to maintain such an
office. A brief out helpful talk
upon "Consecration" by DR.
Hutton was a feature Of the even
ing exercises, and the musical
program was especially attract
i've. A trio "Oh TIL u
From Whom All Goodness
F Flows 81 was sung b Y
Misses Dixon, Mabry and Best. "
Miss Emm Simrall's exception
ally sweet voice was heard in
Ambrose's One Sweetly Solemn
Thought, " and Miss Eugenia
Dixon. a universal favorite with
1~x-0x-s~
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Notice

Positively no hunting or tres
passing on any of my lands.
CHAS. R. SMITH,
Artesia, Miss.
Nov. 9Th. 1903. W1yr
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