The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-04-20


descended therefrom Z That is, accordin!
to the theory of Mr.. Darwin, and MI
Darwin is, as Thomas Carlyle says, a yer,
good sort of man, though of very little in
tellect,li The monkey, in truth, was yer,
suggestive to us three. 1t brought to GU
minds "protoplasm," origin OF. species,
survival of the fittest," and the fact tina
the whole family of the Darwins-grand
father, father and son-were eccentric il
their notions. For the latter statement
we have the authority of the learned
Scotchman, who tells us that among the
effects of the first Darwin, was found a sea
engraven with this legend, Omnia ca
conchis "-everythipg from clam shells
This legend, if true, to break the continue
ty of our subject somewhat, eleva es the
clam shell to great dignity, and tends to Il.
lay our prejudice against our friends along
the coast who patronize clam bakes in.
deed to mitigate the severity of our censure
against our fellow citizens generally "witll
whom frog spawn and the gospel of dirt is
the order of the day." In the character
the whole intellectual, social and moral
condition OF the monkey-our interest was
stronger. l call the monkey intellectual,
which he assuredly is; that he is intensely
social is true, and that he is moral is OBJ
vious, as he is given to theft. A gentle
man OF spectacles, gold at that, either be-
cause he was near-sighted or possessed of
larger share of curiosity than was use
full, approached too near the cage of the
monkeys. A facetious resident thereof, OBJ
serving his opportunity, seized his glasses,
and in the true homo style sought to adjust
them to his temples, and finding that they
did not fit, violently pressed them to his
face, making an awry spectacle Of the
spectacles, and then passed rapidly to a
distant part of the cage, leaving the be-
reft gentleman in state of amazed bewil-
derment. The conclusion logically is, the
monkey is moral, and not less moral than
the Christian statesman who robs Indians
and steals the hard earnings of African
freedmen.
Query: What estimate would that
unique specimen of the ourang- outang, the
carpet Dagger, put upon these denizens of
the monkey house? Would he recognize
the relationship, or ifnot affinity to him
self, to his dusky constituents of the land
of the orange and the cane, and appreciate
them accordingly Would he fatter them
as Abb Ishak Assibi ilattered his slave
Yuma "Black msbecomes you not, by it
you are increased in beauty. Black is the
only color princes wear. Were you not
mine, should purchase you with all my
wealth. Did l not possess you, should
give my life to obtain you" To secure
the votes OF the monkeys lie certainly would
Otherwise he would not ally them with
human
Civilizations agsnies
And love, and mans unconquerable mind.
One of these gentlemen ofadventure, whose
theatre of political rascaiity was the ex.
treme South, was in the habit, when speak,
ing to confidential friends, of calling his
sable patrons cusses quite dignitied for
a Governor and would-be Senator of the
United States of America. The monkeys
would have received no higher compli-
ment. The crime is the deception prac-
tlsed upon the ignorant and credulous.
The sea-lion was observed with interest,
and this interest was heightened by the
fact that we have in it Il show of develop
ment in lower stage. This water animal
was certainly protoplasm at much later
period Of geologic history than the mon
key, or the process of development from
causes has been slower and
on account of which it may be compensat-
ed by its ultimate evolution to q very high
order of being, perhaps an arch-angel.
The further consideration of which may
very properly be left to our friends of the
" superior civilization"
The snakes claimed a share of our atten-
ton. Not because they are attractive in
but rather because oftheir SYM
bolical character, the serpent being used
in every age and by all people as signifi-
cant symbol. There were all kinds of
snakes, from the boa to the little nameless
thing crawling on the floor of the cage.
To the credit, however, of the reptiles, there
was not among them all snake in the
grass" That monster of hideous mien is
to be seen only as a developed ape. A
phenomenon we witnessed in the snake
house was curious. Upon each cage was
posted printed card, warning visitors not
to irritate the snales. Now this very rea-
sonable and necessary request was com.
piled with generally, ifnot entirely, by men,
while with the other sex there were fire.
quent violations. Could not the ladies
read ? or were they simply following ma
ture-t their ancient mother Eve having
been fascinated with the beauty of the
snake and deceived by its subtlety Or
was it simply an illustration and confirma-
ton of that law of her mental nature, that
opposition doth but confirm her in her pur-
pose.
And the bears, grizzly, cinnamon, black,
WHITE painfully reminding your cores
pondent OF perilous adventure that he
had in his volatile days with captive
bear, and in which he learned the lesson,
don't unchain the bear" In the gardens
were representatives of the fauna of every
latitude, all developing Darwinianly into
things more wonderful. 1t will really be
earth in billion years from this time
and look upon the fruits of the survival
of the fittest." Unhappily our brethren OF
the evolution school are monastic in theo-
ry-all that we see being the fruit of one
essence, and that material. We shall not
be here nor anywhere to see. Seriously,
the glory of our land was its conservatism,
in politics, in religion, in science. Now it
is to be deplored that protoplasm, origin
of species, survival of the fittest, and d.
vers other novelties that rule out the In
finite Personality in whom alone is the
promise and potency of every quality of
life, do very much abound. The world at
its age, will slough off these deformites of
science, falsely so called, and men with un-
obstructed vision shall perceive the truth
This earth, like the moon, shall yet hang
uninhabited and uninbabitable in the
heavens, changed, worn-out, senescent
body. The lifetime OF the systems of
worlds is but finite span in boundless
eternity, but God changes not, and His
years are eternal.
HARTFORD.
ToBAcCo.-Dr. Willard Parker says that
those who are much addicted to the use of
tobacco, or who work in the manufacture
of snuff or cigars, never recover soon their