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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02
RISKED HIS LIFE.
How an EpterDriSing Reporter Got
the News For His Paper.


the News For His Paper.
Undoubtedly the boldest undertaking
on the part of n reporter to score
beat" ever known in the history Of
American journalism was when Thorn
ms b. Ficldcrs of the New York Times
lcaped from Il steamer in New York
harbOr at odds Of about 100 to l of
being drowned and brought in the first
graphic story of the loss of the ocean
liner Oregon. 1t IS the custom of New
York dailics to send reporters down
the bay to meet incoming steamers
when 1T is known there Is "blg news"
aboard. On the ground that 1t is bet
ter to be safe than sorry the editors
dispatch the reporters by special per-
init on Il government revenue cutter
or else on a specially chartered tug,
with view to catching their game
before the ship docks. 1t was known
early one afternoon that North Ger
man Lloyd steamer was not far out,
and every city editor in New York laid
plans for sending reporters to meet the
incoming liner.
Fielders was one of these. He man.
aged to get aboard the big steamer far
down the bay and went among the sur
vivors of the Oregon disaster and OBJ
tanned some thrilling tales Of escape.
He took notes enough to write book
about the sinking of the ship, with
minute details of heroic rescues and
plenty Of what newspaper men call
human interest" stories. Then time
began to wear heavy on his hands. 1t
was getting late at night and the ship
had not yet passed quarantine. To
make matters worse, the captain said
that he would allow no one to leave
the ship until she had made her way
clear of quarantine. Fielders vainly
| pleaded that he was not n passenger
and therefore was not amcnable to the
inspection of the ship by the health
| officers. His remonstranceS were I'M
availing. The captain was obdurate.
Ten o'clock came. The city editor Of
the Times paced nervously around the
night desk, repeatedly asking, where
on earth Is FieldersY'
Out there In the bay Fielders,
wrought to pitch Of anger almost
" IIlipCl an uDoA lAC
exacting captain, looked vainly at the
| dimpling stream of light from his tug
as she lay out in the darkened waters
waiting for him. The captain of the
steamer would not permit the tug to
come any nearer to his ship. FielderS
stood beside the rail, loudly remon-
strating with the man commanding the
big ship. lie stealthily placed one leg
over the rail, then the other Then
there was a splashing sound below.
and chorus OF shouts from the pas
| sengers. The reporter was overboardI
Out In the ripping light his body was
seen to rise, and as it did the daredevil
began swimming toward his tug. His
| comrades had thrown out line at n
signal from him previously given, and
he made for that line Would he ever
get it? Could they see him, mere
speck on the dimly lighted water? He
gained n hold on the rope, was pulled
aboard the tug and gave orders for her,
nose to be turned toward the Manhat-
tan shore with all possible speed. The
Times contained full and graphic
story of the loss of the Oregon the
next morning.-Remson Crawford in
Success Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02
Only Ono King Buried In Iceland.

In Iceland it is the boast of the ma
tive that only one king is buried
here" That was King Roerek Of Nor
way wide Snorri Sturiuson's Saga,
"Heimskrngia'O, whom King Olaf the
Holy shipped" with the significant
hint that he need not be in any. hurry
to return to his native land. Roerek,
who was shrewd, peaceably minded
monarch, took the hint, went to Ice
land and thousand odd years ago set
tied down to farming at little stead
height, Calfskin, where were but few
serving folk and there he dwelt and
on the fourth winter got the illness
which brought him to his bane. So,
it is said, he is the only king that
rests in Iceland"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02
4 Horses Age.

The age of Il horse cannot always be
told by looking at its teeth. After the
eighth year the horse gets no more
new teeth, SO that this method is use
less for horse more than eight years
old. AS soon as the set of teeth is
complete. however, a wrinkle begins
to appear on. the edge of the lower
eyelid, and another wrinkle is added
each year, so that to get the age of a
horse more than eight years old you
must count the teeth plus the wrin-
klcS
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02
ms md Outs,

Bronzcd by foreign suns, he entered
the office of his colleague, but the cash
ier's chair was vacant
rs Mr.. Smith OUT" he asked anX-
iously. Il am an old friend of his"
NO. sir" returned the clerk. Mr..
Smith is not out He won't he out for
sixteen years"
Here the clerk smiled grimly.
1.-THE firm Is out, though" he went
on, zone hundred thousand, Just, -
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02
Land Crabs.

Crabs are generally supposed to live
in the ocean, but there Is one species
that lives on the land. 1t Is found "a
the island of Jamaica, in the West In
dies. 1t burrows in the sand some
times two or three miles from the sea-
1t has two long claws. In attacking an
enemy 1t binds it with one claw, which
Is then thrown off, and then continues
the fight with the free claw. The
crabs stay in the ground during the
day and hunt for their food at night.
They visit the ocean once year to ley
their eggs. They travel by night, when
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02
Nests on the Water.

1t is almost unthinkable that bird
should build nest on the water. Yet
that is exactly what the grebes always
do. With reeds. grass and plant stems
the grebe makes n regular floating is
land, somewhat followed out on top,
usually near the open water Of a
marshy or reedy lake. We have sew
eral kinds Of grebcs, but their nests
are much alike, sometimes moorcd to
the reeds, but usually floating freely
on the water-St. Nicholas.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02

With infinite toll he raised himself out
Of the water inch by inch until at last
he crouched on the great stone and felt
the lettering plank.
Then on hands and knees he started
for the shore Blinded by sprays, the
planks half turning SO that he could
only pause, struggling with rigid mus
clcs for balance. IIarvcll crawled along
the foot wide planks. And with each
pause came new encouragement Mar
garet would surely be gone. In Il
panic of haste he slipped and fought
his way, now half in the boiling water
half on the Shiny rocks, now again on
the plankway, gaining toward his goal
foot by foot. At last one final spring.
and he felt again the solid earth be-
meath him. Without thought of his
dripping clothing he started on his
half mile run through the woods to the
bungalow.
IF the moon would only come upr'
he thought as he tore his way through
the heavy umderbruSh. Tiff only
am not too late. | am going to tell her
anyhow, Just to prove to her that l am
a fool l suppose Oh. here is the
stage road"
On up the sandy road. his clothes
half dry with his rapid pace, then with
the great edge Of the summer moon
peering over the top Of the pines, he
perceived Il dim figure standing by the
| roadside The figure shrank back Il lit
r Crht Of or I'm ~
up the road. Harvell passed.
"Margarct," he cried.
YES" answered quietly the sweet,
| clear voice that never failed to thrill
him.
"Margarct, why do you go:"
Margaret, too surprised by his sudden
appearance to he startled by his knowl-
edge of her movements, made no reply.
Because" Harvell plunged OH, Il
annoy you with attention. because
| hang on your every word and glance,
because am an ordinary chap with no
ancestors, and you are the personifica-
ton of culture and delicacy-is that it,
| Margdret?"
You have no right to speak that
| way, Paul." said Margaret, in her quiet
| voice.
NO, but isn't that true:" persisted
! Harvell The moon was well above the
trcetops now. BY its light he could
| see the look of pride with which Mar
| garct drew herself up.
so you think me snob? You know
me well indccd"
Know YOU" replied Harvell miser-
ably-'no, | know nothing. except
that l love you and that l can never
hope to marry YOU
There was Il long pause. The sum
mcr night was very fair around them
The girl before him seemed to Harvell
part of the wonder of the night.
You think then said Margaret,
that am too brainlcss to admire your
fine mind. your splendid physique:
Being. you say, we'll born, must be a
Snob."
Iarvell drew Il long breath. Mar
garet," he said, will you marry me
Will you say yes, Margaret?'
Not until have told you," answered
the low voice, that l was born and
bred in poverty i'll the mountains of
Tennessee, that l am finely born only
as every American is finely born and
am proud of it,
The sound of stagecoach wheels came
up the road. but already the two
figures were far up the path that led
to the bungalow.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02
o.
Noblest Birth
BY E1onorc Willsie

Copyright, 1906, by C. II. SutclifFe {
Harvcll lay in the bottom of his ca
noe. The canoe was tied few feet out
from the shore, and the river, deep,
powerful and mysterious. tugged at the
frail little craft. But Harvell did not
heed the call. The darkness was deep,
yet luminous. with the promise of an
early moon, and the night wind that
swept from shorcward was sweet and
heavy with the fragrance of blooming
PUSHES
Harvcll stared upward to the stars,
every sense as keenly alive to the
beauty of the scene as if mind and
heart had not been given over for days
10 the problem which he had thrown
himself into the canoe to solve. Final.
ly he stirred rcstlcssly and said half
aloud:
NO. It's no use. l can't do It, She is
too fine and thoroughbred for Il great
common born chap like me to marry
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02
Tie ,Eets ard intelligence.
IS Published Epery Friday.
JOHN D. WORTHINGTON.

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OIiRRnR.

Yes" SAID the gay Lotharlo, Il call
ed on four ladies last night"
Huh. You must be a gutter"
snorted the poker friend. I'D keep
on raising all night if l had hand like
that. Exchange.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02

Miss Mugley-Did Mr.. Knox seem
surprised to hear that l was engaged?
Miss Cutting-Oh Il little bit Miss
Mugley- Did he ask when 1t happened?
Miss Cutting No, not when" but
'how On, earth. london Express.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-02

The mind is found most acute and
most uneasy in the morning. Uneasi-
ness is, indeed, species of sagacity--
a passive sagacity. Fools are never
uneasy,-Goethe.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
How to Make q Housewife.

A small housewife is an acceptable Christmas gift, for 1t Is useful to tuck in a travelling case, to use at the church sewing circle or in the pri- vacy of ones boudoir. It may be no larger than the space occupied by the Spools of thread laced between its covers. These are of pasteboard GOV e"ed with figured silk. The top cover has m ivory bodkin run through the loops of ribbon where the spools' are laced to the top and bottom of the case. An extra top is covered with silk and has three pieces of flannel sewed to one side for needles. On the top Is a bow of ribbon. Some times a tiny bag is made in each of the ends of two ribbon loops, one for q small pair of scissors and one for the gold or silver thimble. which may accompany such q housewife.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
A ROYAL POKER GAME.

How King FaIalsnua Wound Up His
 New Years Festivities.
 c. R. Mackenzie, describing in the St. Louis Republic New Years day in old Hawaii, says:
 After dinner we adjourned to the royal library, where we found card tables duly equipped. We generally wind up an evening of thls kind with a game of poker said Kalakaua. Are you all contentr Every one was con tent, and 1t was my luck to be seated at the kings table.
 "Next morning when at breakfast at the hotel one of the kings equerries came to my table and placed a chamois bag containing forty ten-dollar pieces in front of me, saying the king had sent them with his compliments. One of the ladies of our party who had witnessed this somewhat unusual pro ceeding asked me why the king should send me such present
 "'Madam.' l replied, the shillings and siXpenccs which in the days of my youth l cast upon missionary wa. ters to buy popguns and blankets for the Sandwich Islanders have this morning been returned to me hun dred fold
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
Christmas Cakes.

Little cakes that will please the chil- dren either at the table or on the Christmas tree are made as follows: Bake the cakes in little patty or muffin pans and frost the tops with a white icing. Dip a small new paint brush in melted chocolate and draw a face on each. Make some crying and others laughing. the different expressions be- ing made by the curve of the mouth line. The merest outline will be suffi- cient. Cut a circle of tissue paper of white or any other color liked two inches larger than the cake, pink the edge with scissors and run a thread round one inch from the edge. Put a cake in the paper, draw up the thread, and a cunning little cap is formed. The pleasure of small children will well repay the trouble of making these little cake babies.-Pittsburg Press.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
A Change of Dress.

A woman's dress is her source of greatest personal comfort or other wise. All the way from a fresh rib bon in her lingerie to her best street costume she cannot undervalue the importance of taste and neatness and comfort.
 One thing of first consideration is the ~hange of dress. This has more to do with her peace of mind than she usual ly realizes. Cleanliness Is the keynote to everything healthy and everything beautiful. No less is 1t the keynote to everything comfortable.
 If one would stop and think of all the virtues of "change'-of all the ways In which 1t Is preached-one would begin to place some confidence in it. There Is change for the eyes, the mind, the nerves, the muscles, the stomach. Then why not the dress as often as 1t is practical and comfort able? Clothes certainly last longer through frequent rests.
 Nothing is so refreshing after con- ing in from a country tramp or weari- some journey through city streets as a pair of cozy slippers, a soft evening blouse, trailing, dainty skirt and hair combed and smoothed into order. The more complete the change of costume the greater the comfort. The greater the comfort the better the health. Mus cles relaxed and q clean soft skin, flesh soothed by change of material, all ex- ert restful and freshening influence over the body
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20

are carelessly left, one raised, the other lowered. Lace curtains should be pin ned carefully into place for a week or two after they are first hung until they settle into the proper lines; otherwise they soon get dragged out of shape and have a most untidy, ungraceful drape, which Is particularly noticeable from the outside. A woman would do well to view the effect from the op- posite side of the street after putting up her window draperies, for she must remember that she should regard the external appearance of her house quite as much as the inside, and curtains are fundamentally intended as shields from curious eyes without.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
How to Decorate With Holly.

Just why holly has become recogniz- ed as carrying the Christmas spirit in its red berries and its stickery leaves cannot be told. but it is a whole Santa Claus to most people. A scrap of 1t on an ordinary cake or pudding or even an ordinary, prosa!c pasteboard box transforms the article into something that smells of Christmas. This year home decorations will mark the change in the fashions, and instead of festoons and punches behind pictures it will be tied in punches, like bouquets, and fastened to portieres, curtains and draperies to hold them In place. and in each case there will be bow of wide satin ribbon to match the red. For table decoration 1t will be laid in a loose, rather fiat pile on the middle, with the inevitable bow of ribbon. A small bit of holly may be laid at each plate, with a menu card bearing a verse suitable for the occasion and tied with narrower ribbon A loosely tied bunch of holly hung In the window will take the place of the stiff wreaths. This abolishment of the ugly wreaths gives much latitude for far more ar tistic arrangement of the festive holly with its concomitant ribbon.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
Fortune Telling on New Years Eve.

Fortune Telling on New Years Eve.
 Fortune telling obtains in rural Ger many on New Years eve. The young people, who gather to peer together in- to the future. melt little lead in a long handled ludle. The person who grasps the handle then pours the mol ten metal Into a pail of water, stand ing well back so as not to be sealded by the splnshing water and steam, for the striking of the lead upon the wa ter produces almost the effect of an explosion. If the lead congeals into any shape that can be construed as like star it is a good augury. If a tllm gathers on the surface 1t means money. Any old woman who is an ex- pert seer can see in the metal and water sure signs of coming marriage, long journeys. sickness or death. The ability to read these riddles is supposed to descend by inheritance from mother to daughter.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
pruncs.

How many housewives know that prunes require absolutely no sweeten- ing; that if they are cooked slowly for hours and hours" there Is a sugar from them that nature provides as q sweetening? In other words, they sweeten themselves and if cooked long enough are covered with a rich sirup without one grain of sugar being add ed to them. The flavor is also improv- ed by this method of cooking them, and the oftentimes despised prune sauce becomes an enjoyable addition to the table
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
MILLERTON

Hoysradt's market is now in the Wheeler building.
 George Roger, who is about to move to Canaan, has been succeeded as village clerk by w. H. Temple ton.
 The sash weight factory at State Line, to be operated by John Demp- sey Jr., will, it is expected, be ready for operation in about three months.
 J. L. Barton has been in the grip of the grip.
 H. S. Smith, employed by the Bor- den Company, who moved his fam lily to this village from Otego, N. Y, now occupies the Sullivan house.
 On Dec. 10th daughter was born to Mir. and Mrs. William Williams.
 Mrs. A. F. Hoag has been visiting her sister in PouT Thkeepsie.
 Miss Frances Gardner of Auburn, N. Y., has been visiting at James Hamblin's.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20

 7sSSyN NWOMANSI I
 M<S WORLD a &MhAkR
MRS. ANNA F. BOSTON.
Inventor and Maker of Distress Sig,
 unls Used at Sea.

To look at Mrs. Anna F. Coston as she sits at her desk in her little office in lower New York one would never guess that she is an inventor and man. ufacturer of so grim, so unfeminine. so implicitly tragic commodity of merchandise as distress signals for use at sea-signals of such conspicuous ex- cellence, too, that they have been adopted by the army and navy, the revenue service and the life saving and lighthouse bureaus, besides being ap- proved and recommended by the de- partment of commerce and labor. With her fresh complexion, laughing blue eyes, carefully marco. ed pompadour and dainty lingerie vast, Mrs. Coston might be anything on earth sooner than the head of commercial enter prise and the inventor of a signal that goes wherever sails spread and steam drives on the waters of the navigable globe.
 q was born and educated right here in New York; said Mrs. Coston. ''As a girl did q good deal with chemistry and later I worked at it with q tutor in Germany. After my marriage my husbands poor health made 1t desir- able that I should famlliarize myself
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
New Years Eve In Italy,

Don't you wish you were an Italian on New Years? Promptly at the stroke of 1o on New Years eve there are rustling and bustling and merry laughter as each maiden kisses all the young men she can catch. It is the only moment in the year when custom permits her such liberty. and she Is not slow to take advantage of it Then, the new year having made its bow. the party breaks up. the young folk take n walk. and the first person of the ops posite sex which each roisterer meets Is considered destined to bc that mer- rymaker's future partner in l,ce.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
Fitting a Bodice.

After the waistband is properly ad- justed see that there Is a sufficient amount of fullness across the bust line. Formerly, and in many cases still, the amateur in order to give suf- ficient fullness at the bust will let the waist out from the underarm seams. This should not be done. All needed fullness at the bust should be let down the center front seam and the under arm seams made to fit snugly. This Is necessary in order to keep the sleeves in their proper position.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
The First Teeth.

Children's first teeth should be well cared for. It Is great mistake to think they do not matter. as on their preservation the strength of the second ones depends. The roots of the first teeth are absorbed by the second. This releases the crown of the first, allow ing 1t to come out as easily as If the first tooth had only been stuck on the gum. Even quite small children should be given q toothbrush and taught to clean their teeth night and morning. This will help to keep them in good state and free from decay aud tartar.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
MRS. ANNA E. BOSTON.

with the details of marine signal man. ufacture, and when in 1901 he died as the result of an accident in his labora- tory I was able to step into his place. The Coston signal-the red flare, burn ing more than a minute on shore-had been in use by the United States life saving service ever since that service was organized, but what first brought to my mind the necessity of adapting 1t to the uses of q distress signal for use by ships at sea was the disaster to the Bourgogne, when her lifeboats were out three nights, unable to sig nal any passing vessel.
 II consider the development of our distress outfit my most important work. All passenger steamships, freight steamers, tugboats, barges, ex cursion steamers and merchant ships are compelled to carry it by order of the board of supervising inspectors.
 -I have also invented q telegraphic code of night signals that has been adopted and Is in use by the United States weather bureau and the army signal and transport services. Carry ing out my husbands work, I devel oped a code of steamship night sig nais which the companies have regis tered at Washington the same as their funnel marks and private flags. They constitute in part the brands or trade marks of the various concerns and are guarded with the utmost jealousy" Mrs. Coston's laboratory and factory are on Staten Island, and the work in these busy places receives her personal supervision.-New York Tribune
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
Planning the Mealn.

Fully half the drudgery of planning twenty-one meals a week may be say ed by planning all of them at once at the beginning of the week. Take ad- vantage of a leisure hour and write down little menus for each one of the seven days. You will find yourself getting more variety into the meals and unconsciously thinking up new combinations. Stick to it fairly closely in your marketing, though of course you will have to adapt it more or less.