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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
But He Sent the Letter,

The following was sent by native
of Canada to a prominent bicycle
firm in the United States:
dear sir: I recev de bicycle which
I by from you alrite, but for why
don't no saddle, wat is de use Of de
bicycle wen she don't have no sad
die, am loose to my customer sure
ting by no haven de saddel and dats
no veree pleasure for me. wat is de
matter NIT you mister jones and COM
panee. is not my moneys no good
like anoder mans. you loose to me
my trade and l am veree anger for
dat an now tells you dat wunce you
are dam fools and no good mister
T. J. jones and companee. sent to
you back at wunce your bicycle to-
morrow for sure bekaws you are such
dam foolishness people. yours respek-
fulle. J. B. st. Donis.
''p since write dis find de
saddel in de box. excuse me-
Browning's Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
Cold Waves.

In a lecture recently delivered in
Indianapolis, Prof. Willis l.. Moore ex.
planned that a cold wave was not, as
has been thought by many, a great
mass of cold air that has broken away
from its abode in the artic regions,
but a condition in the ocean of air
which surrounds the earth, and at tle
bottom of which we live, similar to a
maelstorm in the ocean. In the latter,
the warm surface water whirls
around and pours into the vortex In
such volume that when it reaches the
bottom and spreads in all directions
a warm wave results. In case of the
cold wave the vortex is formed in the
air, covers large area, and is known
as al anticyclone. The down-flowing
stream is heavy, dry air from the up
per regions, where the temperature is
always low, and as the anticyclone
drifts across the country-always in
an easterly direction-the cold that
it brings is not from the starting point
of the anticyclone, but is being con.
stantly received from the regions i'm
mediately above it.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
Hiohest "JudiciaW Court

Two pretty girls visiting Washing,
ton listened with hushed attention to
the words of wisdom that fell from
the lips of their guide. He was their
Washington cousin, knew ali about
the capitol and was graciously ex-
planning its sights to them. "And
this" said he, stopping before a door
in the capitol, sis the supreme court
of the United States. That, You know.
is the highest judicial court in the
land There are other courts in diff
ferent parts of the country that are
just as high, but this is the highest
judicial court" Then they entered
and heard an argument delivered be-
fore nine judicial judges.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
EXPLORATION in Asia.

An interesting mission of explora'
ton in Central Asia is being under
taken under the auspices of the
French Geographical Society. The
object is to excavate the ruins of the
country beyond Thibet, with view
to laying bare the traces and evil
dcnces which can throw light upon the
ancient civilization which once -four.
isned there. This mission has been
entrusted to a comparatively young
man. His name is NJ. Peliot, and he
is professor of Chinese at Hanoi. Dur
ing the Boxer outbreak of 1900 NJ
Peliot was in Picking, and went
through the siege Of the Legations
distinguishing himself by several acts
of valour.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
Catches Mice With Her Tail.

did you know that if you cut
cats tail off she can't catch mice any
more?" asked young woman of an
other.
Il don't see wny," replied the other,
'and further, can't imagine what oc-
casion you have had for cutting off
cats tails to see"
81 haven't cut off any cats tails, but
an accident deprived our cat of its
caudal appendage. The feline became
as helpless as ship without a rudder.
When it tried to spring upon an OBJ,
ject it would alight far to one side.
The look of panied surprise Gil the
cats features was pathetic. After a
while it learned to jump straight
again, but it was long and painful
experience for the poor cat. The bal
ance of power and the power to bal
ance seem to lie in the tail of the
cat."-Kansas City Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
ODDS AND ENDS.

The firt loves to captivate, but cap
ttvateS not to love.
1t doesn't take criminal lawyers long
to become caSe-hardened.
Too many of our coming men never
get any farther than the background.
Every man knows some other man
tend.
After marriage many a girl dis
covers that she trifled with the wrong
man.
Some women's idea of economy Is
to spend less money for food and more
for clothes.
Certain men make a speciality of
hope to raise money.
Rather than pass through a gate the
average boy will go out of his way u
climb a fence.
It's waist of time to pray for tho
heather if you are not on speaking
terms with your neighbor.
A man is like a razor; he must be
completely strapped once in awhile n
order to show how sharp he ts.
People wouldn't lie half as much n
they ought to-
When woman has an ideal nu..-
band it is only dream.
It's mighty interesting what lot
of kissing little mouth can do
Because a man gets damned br
everybody doesn't necessarily mean ~
| is fitted for public life.
One way to convince a woman 70.
| think she is pretty is to conviEos h~r
1t seems to make a man awful rest
| less to get married.
It's terrible easy to dream you s"e
| making money.
A woman would have more faith in
| her husband if nobody else did.
Men would take a lot more vacations
| if their wives didn't go with them.
| The nearest the average man comes
| to being happy is to dodge unha npi-
! ness.
| Only the survivors believe In t.. sur
| vival of the fittest.
/ The poor we have always with us
| especially poor excuses.
| Enthusiasm sets the pace. but COM
| mon sense wins in walk.
| Perseverance works wonders, but 1t
can't convert bad eggs into chickens
| 1t is easy for man to behave after
| he breaks into the haS-been class
| You have to keep pumping steady
| stream of fayors into gratitude 20
| keep it alive.
| When a mans business isn't going
| right, his wife wants him to call the
| doctor or go to church more regularly
| You would think it would make a
| woman ashamed to figure how many
| boxes of good cigars a spring bonnet
| costs.
! A bridal couple can lose a lot Of
money getting wedding presents for
| which they will have to give better
J ones.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
More Alcohol EnoInes Now

There are now in operation in Ger
many between 5000 and 5000 alcohol
engines, and it is estimated that with
alcohol designed for such purposes in
the United States free from govern
ment tax a much larger number will
be used here. Internal combustion
engines using alcohol as motor fuel
are coming into general use on farms
for running all kinds of farm machin-
cry. By the use of alcohol of 20 per
cent. more power can be secured on
given engine than can be obtained by
the use of gasoline, as alcohol can be
compressed to much higher degree
than gasoline without danger of spon-
taneous combustion. 1t is used also
in running light machinery in work
shops.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
Lead Production in Canada.

The lead production in British Co
lumbia during the last year and the
bounty paid by the Dominion Govern
ment are just available. The returns
of shipments to the Canadian reduc-
ton works at Trail from July l, 1904,
to June 80, 1905, show that the st.
Eugene mine produced 6,247,50S
pounds of lead and the North Star
2,O82, 900 pounds. The total shipment
of the Province was 29,S74,7 56 pounds.
The total lead produced and treated
amounts to 33,73O,546 pounds and the
bounty to S240,2SS. The amount ex-
ported was 2,197,29S pounds, on which
the bounty paid was 500, 5f9.-Electri-
cal Review
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
Wire Rope $500 Feet Long.

In a short time Caiumet may justly
claim to have the largest steel wire
rope in the world. The new rope will
be used in the No. shaft of the Calu,
met branch of the mine.
The rope will have length of $500
feet which is not quite two miles in
length. The diameter of this cable is
l 3-S inches, which is somewhat heavi-
er than the ordinary ) 0pe which is
used in the mine work. At the pres
ent time the Calumet and Hecla has
some cables which equal the one to be
secured in length, but they are not
as heavy as the new steel rope. 1t can
be safely said that the new rope will
be the longest of this character and
thickness in the world.-Calumet cor
respondence Detroit Free Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
Tea liable Eancies.

An old superstition is that if the
lid is forgotten when the tea is put
in the kettle to steep there will be
visitors.
When a girl receives two spoons with
her cup of tea she will be married
within the year.
Those who help themselves to the
milk or cream before putting in the
sugar will be crossed in love.
A tealeaf floating on the top of a
cup of tea means that the drinker has
an admirer If the tea is stirred
quickly and the spoon held upright in
the middle Of the cup, the lover will
call that day if the tealeaf is attract
ed to the spoon. If, on the contrary,
the leaf clings to the side of the cup,
he will not come until another day.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
ICHAPTER 712.l

s lCdAHI Elk 1lz.
AN ACT to repeal Section 164. of Ar
eral Laws. of Maryland Gas legaliz-
ed by the Act of 1904, Chapter 72),
title, Revenue and Taxes, sub
title, Tax on Gross Receipts of Ger
was enacted by the Act of the Gen
eral Assembly of 1896, Chapter 120
Section l. Code Section 1874, and to
re-enact the said section with
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland. That Sec
ton 164 of Article 81. of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland. (as
72l, title, Revenue and Taxes" sub
title, Tax on Gross Receipts of Ger
tain Corporations" as the said section
was enacted by the Act of the Cen
Section l, Code Section 1874 be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, so as to read as
follows:
Section 1874 A tax or a franchise
tax is hereby levied annually upon
the gross receipts of all railroad COM
panies, whose roads are worked by
steam power, incorporated by or under
the authority of this State or any
other State, Territory. District of
Columbia or Foreign country, and do
ing business in this State. such State
tax being as follows. to wit: One and
one-quarter per centum on the first
Sic per mile of gross earnings. or
on the total earnings if they are less
than $1,000 per mile, and two per-
centum on all gross earnings above
$1,000 and up to $4,000 per mile. and
when the earnings exceed $4,000 per
mile, two and one-half per centum on
all earnings above that sum; a State
tax. as a franchise tax of two and
one-half per centum upon the gross
receipts or earnings of every telegra pFl
or cable. express or transportation par
lor car, sleeping car, safe deposit
and trust company incorporated un-
der any general or special law of this
State and doing business therein; a
State tax as a franchise tax of two per
centum, is hereby levied annually up
on the gross receipts or earnings OF
all telephone and oil pipe line com
panies and all guarantee and fidelity
companies, title insurance companies
incorporated under any general OF
special law of this State and doing
business therein; and State tax as
a franchise tax of one per centum
upon the annual gross receipts or earn
| ings of all electric light companies incor-
porated under any general or special
law of this State and doing business
| therein; and State tax as franchise tax
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

OF one and one-half per centum upon the
annual gross receipts of earnings of
all electric. construction and gas COM
panies incorporated under any general
or special law of this State and do
ing business therein; and every guano,
phosphate or fertilizer company in
corporated by or under the laws of
any other State. Territory District of
Columbia or foreign country and doing
business in this State; if any such
railroad company has part of its road
IN TINS state and part thereof in
another State or States, such company
shall return statement of it's gross
receipts over it's whole line of road
together with statement of the whole
iength or It's line and the length of
its line in this State. and such COM
pany shall pay to the State at the said
rates hereinbefore prescribed upon
such proportion of its gross earnings
as the length of its line in this State
bears to the whole length of it's line;
and similar statements shall be made
by each oil pipe line company, and
each sleeping car, parlor car express
or transportation company, telephone
or telegraph or cable company, so that
the proportion of the said gross earn
iings ot'the said companies, respective
ly. ACQUIRING, coming from their BUSH
ness within this State, may be accu-
rately ascertained, or said statement
may be made in any other mode salts
Tax Commissioner; the said gross re-
ceipts taxes shall be due and payable
at the treasury on or before the first
day of July in each year. All the pro-
visions and requirements of this sec
ton shall be in force and applied to
all corporations of like kind TO those
above enumerated which are doing
business in this State. and which are
incorporated by or under the laws of
any other State, district. territory or
foreign country. Every un-incorpora-
tedassociation, partnership or individual
engaged in any one or more of the above
specially enumerated branches of bust
ness in this State. except guano. phos-
phate and fertilizer companies. shall
be subject to said gross receipts tax.
and shall comply with all the provi-
sions of this Article with reference
thereto as fully as if such association,
partnership or individual was a cor
poration.
Section 2. And be it further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved April 5. 1906
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
JOSEPH 3. SETH
President of Senate
CARVILLE D. BENSON,
Speaker of House of Delegates.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
Horses and Mules in the West.

"A pair of big, fine young mules are
easily worth $500, and they are nard
to get even at that high price," said
Mr.. L. B. Foreman of Cincinnati.
Kentucky is the great mule produc-
ing State, and one county alone in
that Commonwealth had $4,000 mules
on its tax rolls last year. There is
good money in breeding them, but
not in localities where land is very
high priced Horses of high quality
are also very scarce in the West, and
the demand for them is even keener
than in the days when automobiles
were unknown. Good horses, in fact,
are so nigh that sales are exceeding
ly dull. "-Washington Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
[CHAPTER 1861


AN ACT to repeal Section 5 of Article
81 of the Code of Public General
Laws. entitled. Marriage" and re-
enact the same with amendments
Section /. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland That Sec
ton of Article 60 of the Code of
Public General Laws, entitled Mar
riage" be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted. so as to read
as follows:
5. That before the clerk of any Of
the Courts aforesaid shall issue any
license. he shall examine on oath the
person making application for same. to
ascertain. first the full name Of tho
parties: second. their place of resi-
dence; third. their age; fourth. their
color; fifth, whether married or sin
gle; sixth. whether related or not. If
so. in what degree of relationship
seventh. if ever divorced which facts
shall be set out in printed form to be
signed by the person making the APP
plication.
Section .. And be it further en-
acted. That this Act shall take effect
on January 1st 1901
Approved April ). 1906
EDWIN WAKEFIELD.
Governor.
JOSEPH Il. SETH,
President of Senate.
CARVILLE D. BENSON
Speaker OF House OF Delegates
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

According to the census of 1901
there were 19,73S,46S Hindoo widows
in India, of whom 321, 740 were under
fifteen years old.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

Spain receives more sunshine than
any other European country. The
yearly average is 5000 hours, while
in England it is 1,40O.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

That the Rockefeller millions may
bear an inheritance tax later does not
make 1t any easier for the consumer
to meet that new rise in the price Of
kerosene, comments the Chicago Daily
News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

In order to advance the price OF
sugar, weakened by general overpro-
duction, systematic reduction of the
cultivated area has been encouraged
in France.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

AS to the dissipation of large for
tunes, says the Indianapolis News
um-m-m, well, the boys with the ex-
ception of a few like Johndee junior
of course) are doing their best.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

YWoRIHL QuorINS
&2- -SSA,

DIR. Douglas Hyde, founder OF the
Gaelic League, says he believes there
will be 50O,0O0,O00 inhabitants of
America in two generations.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

The Railway Age says there are
1904 miles of railroad under con-
tract or construction, with 8,433 miles
in live projects still to come. The
new mileage of 1906 will exceed that
of 1905.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

Kent, Ohio, is conspicuous because
a letter has gone there addressed to
Stefan Brescztransuperczacm
sky. Anyone can have it, who will
call for it, the postmaster says.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

The advance in democracy by
France was curiously illustrated in
the naval program of 1900, when five
large armored vessels authorized
were named the Leon Gambetta, the
Victor Hugo, the Jules Ferry, the
Michelet and the Ernest Renan, OBJ
serves the New York Herald. Ashore
these are, of course, titles to conjure
with, but it must be confessed tnat
their relatively to the sea or naval
tradition, except in the case of Hugo,
is nothing if not remote, The last
of these ships was launched at st.
Nazaire, and, fittingly enough, the
ceremony conceded with the accept
ance of a new and an important naval
program.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

The wearing of women's hats in the
theatres of Paris has tried the pa
thence of Frenchmen, until cores
pondent of the Temps" writes that
he and mis- friends, tired of not being
able to see the stage, are forming
league to achieve the removal of wo-
mems hats. They propose always to
wear their hats during performances.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

The car and repair shops of the
railroad companies are the third larg-
est manufacturing industry in Kan
sas. Their number decreased for
some reason from 81 to % in the five
years, but the value of the work turn
ed out increased from $6,SOO,00O in
1899, to $11,5OO,O00 in 1904.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

The Old Mole that speeds around
underground, humping itself regard
less. is a scientific puzzle. Where it
matches itself, where it gets its dyns.-
mic "go'' and where and when it will
bob up next may be known to those
who 'know it ALL" but the learned
investigators of the world are still
specializing on the subject.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

Matteucci, the brave, devoted d1rec-
tor of the observatory on Vesuvius, Is
not only a scientist but a poet. Hear
him. 'I love my mountain. l could
not leave her. My few friends say
that her breath will seorch and wither
NV poor life one of these days; that
she will bury my house in streams
of LIQUID metal or raze it to its foun-
dations. Already she has hurt me,
has injured me sorely. Yet 1 forgive
her; I wait upon her; 1 am hers a
ways"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18

Of 1850 fires in New York in 1905,
bringing losses of more tnan $4,000
900, carelessness with matches caused
1,OO1; carelessness with lighted CT
CARS, etc., caused 404; carelessness
with candles, etc., caused 256; care
lessness as to curtains near gas Jets
caused 217. What premium might we
not afford to pay on good, ordinary
sensible, everyday care!
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Make Known Star Want Ad VIII Serve Your Purpose
STAR BRANCH OFFICES.

II not convenient to call at Tho
Star Office, 18th street and Pennsyi-
vania avenue. leave your advertise
ment at any OF the following
Branch Offices:
NORTHWEST BRANCHES:
Gentner's Drug Store. 14th and q sts
Eppley's Drug Store, 14th and yelling pL
fortmsn's Drag Store 18th and R. l. sss;
Holtzclsw.s News stand. 17o5 Pa. ave.
Herbst's Drug Store, 25th and Ia ave-
Criswell's Drug Store. eth and T SITS.
Postal Telegraph ONCE, 1925 Conn. ave.
p p Tsssraph One s n; r .nn a .ts
Postal Telegraph Once Penn. R. r. Station
s. Kann & Sons. Information Bureau
Interior Dep, sth & sts, Telegraph once.
ycnifer bldg. 7th & D sts.. TELEGRAPH olies-
Commercial Bank bldg. Telegraph once-
Skaters Pharmacy. 9th and New York ave:
Goldenberg's Department Store, elZ-ze SUD
St. Bureau Information.
The. Hutchins- Kenner Drus CO.. 17tt & Que
Butler & Field. Druggists. I'd & Indiana ave.
Louis B. Castell Pharmacist. 800 1lth 81
GEORGETOWN:
oBonnes Drug Dug Store Store saa AND and Sta
Adams Express ofice. 1922 32d st.
Prfde's Pharmacy. 2sth and r SITS.
NORTHEAST:
kenealy's Pharmacy. n. Capitol and Sta
Hsley's Pharmacy. 18th and f. Capitol sts-
Nilburn's Pharmacy. 18th and Fl SITS.
Dotter Z fodrmacy, 4th ana stanton place.
SOUTHEAST:
Bradley's Drug Store Sth and sts-
o'Donnells Drug Store. Sd and PA. ava
SOUTHWEST:
suhtysn's Drug Store 7th and d SITS.
Eleventh Street Wharf, 0'Brien & Hall
Chas. S. Walter. e0i ~ st
AEACosTIA:
C. G. Lohr. IS Monroe st.
ALEXANDRIA,:
A. 8. Doniphan. 727 King St
BRIGHTWooD, d. c.:
WIN: Thomas. Brightwood ave. and Loa6-
fellow st
TENLEYTowN. D. O.:
Andrew Burga. Druggist
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