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The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
FROZEN IN FORMS OF ICE.
Posters, Fishes and Flowers Put VI
For Purposes OF Display.

Posters. Fishes and Flowers Fut Up
For Purposes OF Display.
Artificial ice is commonly frozen i'll
blccks II by - by 10 inches weighing 320
pounds. Into such or even larger blocks
thcatcr posters are sometimes frozen for
the purpose of novelty in display, the
blocks being placed l.;ing flat or standing
on end upon the sidewalk. Even when
thus exposed block of such size will last
for Il considerable time Now and then a
florist hats IL bunch of flowers frozen in a
cake of ice for the same purpose. a butch
er may have II leg of lamb frozen in an ice
blccl;, and sometimes IL fish dealer has a
fish frozen i'll IL block of ice, which is set
on edge. the fish showing III it's putural
position in the center of the block.
Occasionally flowers are frozen in ice to
make decorative piece Tor Il dinner table,
the molds used for such purposes being
more or less ornamental in design or dec
orativc in effect One mold that is used
for this purpose produces an ice form hav-
ing IL square base slightly t;pcrinS, sur
mounted by Il dolic. This piece is about
IL inches square mt the base and about 30
inches in height. Another form used for
this purpose is IL pyramid, another is an
obclisk and still another is IL column sup
ported on Il base.
1t takes care and labor to freeze the flow
ers in the ice in attractive and suitable
shape. Separate buds may have to be held
in position i'll the water until the gr:idu-
ally freezing ice comes up to support them
where they have been held. Roses and
various other flowers are frozen i'll ice
forms in this manner. At an ice manu-
featuring establishment in the city at
Christmas time, there was frozen into Il
block Of ice for IL customer Il bunch OF
| holly. Decorative pieces for the table are
| of course set upon il suitable holder. Such
pieces will last without great deterioration
| for hours.
While ice in these various forms for dis
play and decorative purposes is called for
occasionally, the demand is not great
| New York Sun.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
SWELL GAMING.
1t IL Carried on With Great Luxury
In New York.


In New York.
The place where society CANDLES in New
York is q few steps west of Madison square
a fine old mansion, entered after short
| flight of brownstone.
The utmost caution PREVAILS, and the
| warder at the gates of this anteroom of
purgatorio scans every applicant with the
practiced glance of the gamblers Ccrbc-
rus, bowling obsequiously or thrusting the
applicant back beyond the pale.
Within, the brilliancy of the place quite
staggers after the density of the night.
There is an odor of gentility, even solem-
nifty, prevailing, and in the silence through
tho rift in the hum of voices comes the
whir Of the marble bounding against the
ceascless roulette wheel, the patter of
chips and the low drone of the dealers.
Over various games young men and old,
almost all in evening dress, are bent in
deep interest, like doctors at u clinic.
They one and all bc.r the aspect of men to
whom the loss or gain of a few hundred
dollars is an episode entailing no econ
omies in defeat, calling for no extrava-
gances in the smile of fortune. Many
smoke, their perfectos lifting fragrant in
cense before this shrine of the red 1iend,
while q few, wearied of play perhaps
Withdraw to cozy nook to discuss the
latest London fad or avenue scandal, re-
tail bon mot or con the prosy stocks.
At one end of a thickly carpeted cham
ber there stands broad table with shim-
mering plate and sparkling glass offering
bounties that would tempt an epicure even
in a sated moment The lighter wines and
liquors are ON free draft, and occasion
ally, when there enters little company of
young revelers given to more than liberal
excess, quiet hammered man seen wan
dcring among his guests gives signal,
and champagne flows generously. y.-Crl-
tnriOn
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

Beavers, the only warm bloodcd animals
which habitually do heavy transport by
land, provide fer all contingencies by cut
ting rolling ways" biting off all stumps
and obstacles and do their log rolling
along these toward the water. There is
very little doubt that were it at all neces
sary to their comfort other animals would
have hit on the same expedients. Thus
b.avers have three kinds of roads-their
ordinary tracks near the water, their
canals and the log rolling roads. This is
quite In accordance with the very high de-
gree of their social development as COM
pared with other animals.
Variety of roads is a mark of progress
among the beasts as among men. Even
in Europe there are many degrees OF this
exhibition of civilization. The Dutch are
the representatives of the beavers among
men. On the route from The Hague TO
Schevcningcn, for instance, there lie par
allel to each other a carriage road, u ca
nal, bicycle track, Il light railway, side
paths regularly constructed and in places
little tracks, or "katz- -passen," made by
trespasscrs.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
AGGGNTMlNOED CHOATE.
The Manner In Which He Forgot
Callers Presence.

Callers Presence.
A story is told of the ahsrntmindedness
Cf Joseph H. Choutc by Arthur Il. Aber-
ncthy, who says: while l was living in
New York, accommodating data for my his
tory, hat! occasion frequently to resort
to the libraries Of the prominent attorneys
and literary men there. l think. as II rule,
the finest libraries in the world may be
found i'll some of the law offices of New
York city. | read one day that very
rare work on the constitutional history of
the state had fallen into the hands of Mr..
Choatr. anS l WAS very anxious to read
the work | hurried down to Mr.. Choate' S
Office and, giving my name, was ushcred
into the private consultation room of the
great advocate. With no ether introduce
tion than my card l said: Mr.. Choatc, l
am writing Il history of New York, and
sec you have Il work want for reference.
Will you lend it to me, depending solely
on your rCputCd Judgment of human na-
turc for its safe rcturn?' He looked ut me
for IL minute; then, rising from his desk,
he said: You shall have the book. will
have to go to my library to find it,.
Il took Il seat and drummed on the desk
while waited the lawyers return. Five,
10, 10, 20, 30 minutes passed, and still
there was no return Of Mr.. ChOatc. Mean
while had grown tired waiting and was
amusing myself pcrusing Mr.. Choatc S
elaborate briefs and 'dcmurrcrS' and
pleas. and even the pictures on the wall
engaged for u dozen times my attention.
An hour passed. l began to suspect that
Mr.. Choatc had concluded to take IL second
discrimination on his Judgment of human
nature. About two hours later, us was
Just falling into doze of sleep in the big
chair of the great attorney, 1 heard the
cIattcr of feet i'll the hall and recognized
the voices of Mr.. Choato and another dis,
tinguishcd New Yorker as they came filing
into the room. Removing their silk hats
and ovcrcoats, the gentlemen continued
their friendly conversation, when Mr..
Choate's eyes fell on me. He looked aston
ishcd, walked over to me, demanded my
business, and when l looked surprised and
confused he exclaimed: OH It's George,
is it? Abby how are they ut home, my
boy?'
Then, realizing his mistake, the at
torney bluntly asked my business, and on
being told of the circumstances of my
visit loudly exclaimed. Well, upon my
soul, l forgot all about you! While
searching iii his library for the volume IN
question he had fallen upon book OF
Dcpcw's anecdotes, and, being reminded
of IL few good ones, had donncd his hat
and coat and driven over to Depew's office
for !; friendly chat 1t is needless to say
that l got the book and that Mr.. ChoatC
always remembered me after that time. u
PHILADELPHIA Times.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

Two bluejackets We're once overheard
arguing as to who had the least work tC
do ON board man of-war.
cts the parson, said one.
'Ow dye make that out?" qucried the
other.
Cos 'c's got no work to do and al
day to do it in
''You amt quite got it, Bill," retcrtcd
his friend, while an inspired grin illu-
mined his features 1T amt the parsOn.
It's the cap'n o marines" "
'Ow's that
"Wcll, as you say, the parsons got no
work to do and all ,,::y to do it in, hut the
cap II o marines 1t; no: hin to TO and all
dag to do it in and as :: l"w:cnit o ma,
riics to 'clp i'm 10 DO it!'--Cori:!,ill Nag.
mime
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
Giving Him Warning.

Father" said the beautiful girl,
"Gcorgc Fitz- -Montmorency will call on
you today"
The old gentleman started from his
chair and brought his fist down on the ta-
bic with violence that indicated great
Indignation.
For three years" went on the fail
girl, MIR. Fitz Montmorcncy has played
on tho rush line of his college football
team"
The old gentleman was about to bring
his fist down again and swear, but he
paused.
He is the champion boxer of his class, y
went on the girl, and he holds tho inter
collegiate championship for middleweight
wrestling"
The old man sank back into his chair
He will ask for my hand" said the
beautcCus maiden.
He may have it," returned the old
gentleman with what sounded like sigh.
Chicago Post.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
4 Doctors str.nEc Fees.

y correspondent has sent us an extract
from letter received from his brother, q
medical missionary in iccchucn. one of the
Inland provinces Of China. Il had," he
writes, IL very distinguished patient this
aftcrnoo:: She is the wife of Sal Tai of
1iun-tsin, in Chih Ii province, IL man
who governs an area probably equal to
half. dozen English counties. She brought
her fec with lic"-a towl, Il duck. 60 eggs,
TWO pounds of cakes ard Il leg OF mutton
Last time she came she brought not quito
50 much, but since then she has sent over
eight stocks OF beautiful chrysanthe-
NUNS ''-Driti,;h Mclrcal Journal
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

"Hc didn get the better of me, " tri-
umphantly remarked the nan whose cci-t
sleeves are always tou short.
"You mean the book agent who just
left:'
"Ycs; 1 stood firm, dit.n't T."
IL tel yoa, it was hard work, for he is
u mighty persuasive man. And. besides,
Iwantcd those books the worst l:i:!d, AID
Pm going to get them next week. Il
have to pay several dollars more than he
asked. But l was bound he shouldn't get
the best of me. .''-Washington si;::r.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
THE UNTRACEAsLE POISON.
A Famous Chemist Not Allowed to
Nur,Is, Ii Iu Court.

Ehrrc WAS IL sirnnuS poisoning caSH III
ENGLAND many wears a.'n in which the
stru!,. I,NiMr If the driyn%c was To show
th::t iirr ;tC..IIard. who WAS rIi expert c.riu-
list W, uld not have uSrl Il poi ;un which
cOIti,, he 80 easily fuund after il had been
taken into the human Sys.rrl. Sir Robert
ChristcsDn, professor i'll Edinburgh uni
ycrSity, = famous expert Oh tu"iCOlUtgv,
whose works are sill standard on that
subject, w,iS pat ON the stand to prove
this p3irt When Ia declared that u cEcm-
ist would certainly usC s,::ic poison which
, would leave L. trace the pr scouting at
urn2y asked hiin if he meant IL say mat
there were s.ich rni.,nE.
Sir Ro!Icrt replied i'll tn" affirmative
The prosecutor ASKED, Maine tkcm!'
Nor shouted the judge. Il forbid
yo;! to answer that question:
II spite of the protests of the prosecutor
the judge would not allow the expert pub
iicly to give the name of II poison which
would leave no trace, and the question
remained unanswered.
Now cones the curious part OF the story
During the next two years Sir Robert re-
ccivcd more than 1000 letters from all
parts of Ill" world asking, hcgTinG, offering
to buy, the name of the Untraccahlc poison
alluded to in his testimony. Many Of these
he Kept as curioGitics, showing them TO
his friends as evidence of the Gcpravity of
human nature Some of the excuses for
wanting the name of the poison were very
ingenious. One man WAS writing IL novel
based on IL poison plot and wanted To
make use of the untraccablo poison idea.
He did not want to give the name of the
poison in his book, but just wanted to
| have it by hiEI III case any scientific critic
should deny the possibility of such poisons.
when he could send him the name in Il
private letter and quote tkc" distinguished
authority" from whUm il came, etc Sew
cral persons profcSscd 20 bc studying chem
| istry and asked for the Information on
the ground of professional courtesy. To
| all such Sir RoErrt would scrd the advice
| to pursue their studies and they would
| soon know aS rluch alout it as he did.
| Many offered large sums Of money for tkg
| secret, usually pretending they had bet
| still larger amounts that they could find
| it out in II given time and were willing
to share their profits libcrally with Sir
Robert
The thing which most impressed SiI
| Robert was the number of persons all over
the world who seemed dcSirous of possess
| ing the secret of an agent that would Kill
| but leave no trace, and the amazing false.
| hoods to which they would subscribe thciI
names in order to obtain the information
| 1t is said that whatever poison Sir Robert
| had in mind ut the trial he never men
| toned it, rot even to his classes, so strong
| ly was he impressed with the danger OF
letting such thing become matter of pub
| lie knowledge.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

: crank came running into the Office
and sni:l that II man swallowed Il two foot
rule anal died bY inches. The editor start
ed out ut orce to learn further particulars
ot the death and. meeting Er. Martin, told
him about the case. He said that's moth,
ing; that he lad :: patient once who swal-
lowed = thermometer and died by degrees.
A couple of hystandcrs just then chipped
in. One Of them said it reminded him OF
IL fellow down iii Kansas who swallowed Il
pistol AID went off easy. Tho other one
said Ec had IL friend in L;;con who took a
quart u: nprlcj"ck and died i'll good spirits.
-Lacon (lilS.D Journal.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
"Next Savrbath. No Surbnth."

Ecclesiastical Curiositics, caitcd by Mr.
William Andrews, contains y paper on
''Curious Announcements l.! Church,
from which the following i:rc cxtra"tS:
Next ;Sawbath," said IL worthy Scotch
bcadlc, I'VE shall have TO sii!y:h.:th, for
the minister's house is having spring clean
ing, and as the weather is very lad tho
minister's wife wants the kirk to dry
things ill.,"
Next Sunday" declared the uEcon'
sciously amusing WclShm:;n. "tEcre'll be
no Sunday, as we're going TO whitcwash
the church with yellow ochcr."
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
DRAMATIC AUTHORS.
The Money That Is Earned by Writ
ers For the Stnge.

Wonderful stories are told of the amounts
paid to dramatic authors. If they were
true, they would prove that the quickest
way TO get rich was to write a successful
play II takes about two years, however,
for skilled draratist to make a play,
and he cannot guarantee that it will be
liked by the unfathomable public The
typical pay of dramatic author is per
cent of the gross receipts weekly, but there
is no fixed standard of payment. Some
playwrights get certain sum down and
the usual royalty of per cent. Others are
paid on sliding scale
One noted pair of collaborators received
for one Of their productions per cent of
the gross receipts up to $4,000 and per
cent additional of each $1,000 over that
figure. As their work drew $40, 900 a week
for the first six weeks their manager had
to pay them S700 week for the use of
their work. In the case of purely theat-
rical hack work smaller prices are paid,
and the rate is often fixed at SO much a
night, S25 being good fee.
For adaptations royalties are seldom
Paid in this country. A manager usually
hires a hack dramatist and pays him u
lump sum for his work. For operetta
adaptations very small prices arc paid.
That is why the adaptations are usually
s;,ch Door trash. No man who can do
good work can afford to accept the terms.
Original opercttas, if successful, pay
botn managers and authors very well.
D'Oyly Carte offered Gilbert and Sullivan
10000 down for the exclusive English
rights to the Pirates of PenZance." They
declined the offer, accepted their custom
airy royalties and got 912,000.--W. j.
Henderson in Scribncr's.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
A TRAGEDY.

Che pasSrd me in the rrowCrd square,
And on her lutte i?'" f"rlv.n
caught dinner &c G's"air
Her childish i,ruw h:,,i u"rUr N.c:u.
Yet ~ :,ht I..htIv S'.ii =; IA"
saw l!Ir Il hal! wi.,.-rl III
Still lurkirI ~ hrr So llU" "-"5,
For had known her lis Il ch!!I,
And ere sine grew so wurluly wise,
When she was like Il flower and fair,
We two had wandered. free and Wild,
Down hills that f;.rcd the sea.
On, she who seemed IL flower Cf old
And knew each hill and highland place
From April green to autumn gold
saw go through the drifting rain
With rCuge upon her childish face
To hide u shadow Of the pain
And all the aging sorrow there!
Yet with the same old qurcnly tread
She faded down the darkCnin; square
amid the night She knew too we'll,
And like the sta:ulirst flDwr:' that grows
She held her qucenly little head,
And still, it Src.Acl, from at poor rose
An old sweet perfume fell.
J. Stringcr III Harir"r's Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

One of the stran%c:;t beliefs Of the Sia,
mcsc is that they must under no circum-
stances take life, and the Buddhist priest
goes SO far aS to strain insects out of his
water, not because he thinks them nasty,
but because it would be wrong to kill
them.
Another is not to bathe after dark lest
he should crush insects while drying him
self. Yet he docs not mind eating meat
which others have killed, and he has no
objection to taking fish out of the sc; and
leaving them to die.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
A Profitable Customer.

y stranger dropped into one of the
Woodward avenue groceries one day and
inquired of the clerk if he had any nuts.
Tie clerk answered in the affirmative.
"What kind do you WANT" he asked.
II don't know. just namc them over
to me, will you:'
"Well, we have hickory nuts, pccans,
beech, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, and he
ratified off number of other varieties, but
the stranger shook his head.
"Filbcrts:" suggested the clerk.
"No; something like that, but not fiji
berts'
'Buttcrnuts:"
Tho stranger smiled. "Thats it, thank
you"
How many do you want?" asked the
clerk
81 don't want any. I've been trying to
think of the namo of that street for an
hour, and thought that would be good
scheme to help inc out. 1 want to get to
Butternut street. What car do l take?'-
Detroit Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
A Big State.

Says The Manufacturers Rccordi "How
big is Texas, did you ask2 Well, won't
try to tell, but when you arc in the north
ern end of the state you arc closer to st.
Paul, Mimi, than to the southern end OF
the state. They tell story of n man down
there who had reasonably large ranch
not one of the big ones, just moderate
sized one-on which the front gate was 20
miles from the house, n very convenient
evening walk for lovers who want to
swing on the gate before saying good
nirht -
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

The pcrambulating breakfast vender is
feature in Havana. Men are seen about
II o'clock in tho forenoon traversing GER
tain portions of Havana with breakfast
buckets made after the fashion of the
American laborer's apartment bucket, in
which are carried to the door fish, one
kind of meat, potatoes, bread and butter,
coffee and perhaps eggs or some other ad-
ditional article. BY this practice many
families avoid the necessity of cooking
the midday meal The breakfast vender
is not always an inviting looking charac-
ter but this matters iittlc with those peo-
pie if he sells Il fairly decent meal and if
they can avoid having to cook for them
selves. In vcry hot weather the practice is
said to he much in voguc.-IIavana Let
ter to Chicago Record.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

She-How raa you he so sure that you
are in lovo with me and with no one else:
Even | wonder at times whether there is
possibility of absolute certainty i'll such
| matters.
Hr-You lack experience and the conf.
dencc it bcgcts I've been in love 10 times
and know every symptom. detroit Free
Press.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
Medical Wit.

"Whcre is the pains" asked the physi-
clan.
''Oh, 1 don't know, doctor!' groaned
the patient. ut hurts SO 1 can't tell
where it is!''
Just so, said the doctor, proceeding
to fill II small vial from larger one. 1T s
wiscacre who knows where he aches. -
Chicago Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

In learning the list of presidents from
Washington to Mckinley one nlmc is al
ways omitted David Rice Atchison was
at tic head of the government between the
terms of Polk and Taylor. Atchison was
president of the senate, ant: when Polk S
Germ expired, ..arch /, 1919, it WAS Sun
Iay noon. Zachary Taylor did not like to
begin business on Sunday, SO there We're
I'll hours 10 bc taken care of by somebody
Mr. AtchiS"n dii: it.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

Have you not found yourself frequently
with more to say than you had breath
with which to say it? 1t is quite as great
fault in talking to have to interrupt the
utterance of a word to take breath as in
singing, unless of course, it be done to ex-
press some special emotion. The rcpose or
control, which is the outward and visible
sign of self control, can never be acquired
unless the breathing is regulated. Prac-
tlce will help you to regulate it, Repeat
these sentences, first aloud, then whis-
pered:
"Thc weak eyed bat, with short, shrill
shrieks, fits by On leathern wings"
''Thc wind ceascth, and the wave dis
misscth Us all. p"
II saw an old man roll railroad irons"
Katherine +. Junkermann in Woman's
Home Companion.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

IN Ulster ynu ":,a fla TIC "I.i.i" flour.
ishing. Here l. IL Fr>:;y CX;I!aI i2 of th,
acted bull: y certain :,li:irc lid just
set up with great pains and elaborate
mathematical c,:!yI:iati MS II sun dial il
his garden and VAS n:.t;:!i!lya Ettlc rrGut
o. it. One day, as il 50 happened, being
clcsc 10 the garden, Er Was il doubt as tC
the right time and told IL boy who was
with him to run down AID s.rt him the
time from the dial. Al;rr IL few minutes
the boy appeared dragging with him some
thing heavy.
"Hcrl she is, yer EoEor, an hard set All
was to get her up" He had torn up the
dial from its setting and dragged it up the
hill.-Spcctator
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14
Diplomacy.

Portly Dowagcr-INo called sir, to
learn what the future has in store for me-
Eminent Fortune Teller examining
palm)-Ah. madam. the lines of fate run
so smoothly in this fair palm that l shall
have to apply IL magical compound of
wonderful powers to bring them out more
distinctly. (To attendant, in Frcnch)-
Cleopatra dip the end of towel in soap
sudls and bring it hcrc.-ChicHgo Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-04-14

A funny man, III illustration of the tie.
nacity with which IL cat clings to this life,
which is the best life Il cat knows anything
about, says: "A Norwich couple who had
Il pet cat which had grown helpless from
age and extremely fifty put it out of its
misery by the agency of chloroform. They
buried it III the garden and planted Il rose
bush over the remains. The next morning
it appeared at the door to be let in, and
had the rose bush under its arm