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receives to be applied to the menacing ten
denotes of the hour

The principal source Of Republican anx-
iety in Kentucky just now appears to be a
fear that the Federal authorities may hesi-
tate to rush to their relief, after de facto
Governor Taylor denounces the legislature
and court of appeals as a mob and orders
the Republican militia to disperse them.
Some of the leaders, civil, military, and
mixed, affect to have information that the
regulars will appear promptly on the scene
when needed; but there are prominent
party men who dread the worst, from the
probability that the Administration may
feel compelled to consider other interests
besides those of the organization in single
State. The use of Federal troops to main
tain in power a government declared ille
gal and usurping by the constituted author
tiles of the State, both legislative and judi
cial, might be resented by the American
people generally, even where there was
color of excuse for the exercise OF such an
invasion of State rights
The evening times., 1900-01-12
A Bargain.

(From the Philadelphia Press.)
sIay-How on earth did you come to accept
him?
Fay-oh he looked so cheap when he proposed
couldn't help taking him!
The evening times., 1900-01-12

on questions of tariff, and that issue will
soon disappear from party politics. 1t is
edifying to see a Republican Administra-
tion lighting side by side with Democrats
for ratification of reciprocity treaties. and
the emancipation of Porto Rico from Ding
leyism, while Republican Massachusetts
manufacturers swarm the lobbies and howl
for Chinese exclusion against our Ameri-
can possessions, France Jamaica, and so
on. Object lessons are many and gaudy
at the present time.
The evening times., 1900-01-12

Mr.. Davis Is Out.-A prominent OF
cial Of the Interior Department has receiv-
ed a letter from close friend, in Missouri,
Of Assistant Secretary W. bster Davis, which
contains this sentence: Il am sorry Web.
Davis has run away from his enemies and
has concluded to quit the fight, but | guess
he knows what he is doing This is taken
10 mean that Mr.. Davis trip to South Az
rica was made on an indefinite leave OF
absence granted by the President in lieu
Of his resignation from the department. II
is known that his relations with Secretary
Hitchcock have been unpleasant for a con-
siderable time II is also known that Mr..
Davis and Pension Commissioner Evans
have been at daggers points over pension
rulings ever since the G.. y X. commenced
to complain Of Mr.. Evans. The presump-
tion is that Secretary Hitchcock and Com
missioner Evans doubled teams against Da-
Wis. and that the President yielded to their
demands that the Assistant Secretary must
go. To let him down easily it is said Mr..
Mckinley advised Mr.. Davis 10 take a trip
to some quarter of the globe that would
involve an indefinite leave of absence. II
Is. therefore. believed that Mr.. Davis will
remain away from Washington for several
months.
The evening times., 1900-01-12

John Campbell. of Ohio, who makes
Washington his winter home. and who is
totally blind, may be seen at the Capitol
almost daily. He goes about the confusing
corridors of the great building with TO
more assistance than his tTUsty stick. There
is not place at the Capitol. or, for that
matter. about the entire city, he may not
with ease visit at his will.
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Senator Begeridge appeared this morning
minus his Prince Albert that made him
"a thing of beauty and Of joy forever but
a few days ago. He has dOnned a short
ordinary sacque coat, and the transfcrma
tion is depressingly noticeable. Few people
to look at him now would believe him to
be the same statesman who but few days
ago shook the universe with Oratorical and
declamatOry outbursts.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09
NIAaARA falls wild sE RAPIDS.
In 1880 Years Our Great Cataract
Will Have Vanished.

According to Ralph S. Tarr. In a paper
on the physical geography of New York
state, printed in the bulletin of the
American Geographical society, future
generations will know of the magnifi-
cencc of Niagara falls only from the de-
scription handed down to them and from
photographs and paintings.
After describing the changes that have
taken place in the falls during the past
ages, Mr.. Tarr continues:
Upon the assumption that the condi-
tons at present in existence are to con-
tinue, it seems evident that in time the
American falls will be robbed by the
Canadian aud that there will be another
dry platform where now the water
rushes to the brink of the smaller fall.
Moreover, when the cataract retreats
up stream and reaches n region where
the limestone becomes much thicker, its
rate of retreat will decrease, and finally
the cataract will probably change to a
series of rapids, while Niagara falls will
disappear.
But there may he some interference
with this normal future. Leaving out
Of the question what man may do, ii
is by no means impossible that the wa
ter of niagara may be entirely with
drawn from the present river.
There is evidence enough that the
level of the land is very unstable and
that this very instability has previously
caused the withdrawal of the water
from the Niagara channel by opening
n lower outlet for the great lakes.
professor Spencer brings forward evil
dcnce that the region near the Niagara
river has been recently changed in level
| and concludes that there is an uplift still
| in progress at the rate Of about one and n
quarter feet u century. II this rate should
| continue in the future, as Spencer be
| lievcs it has for the past 1,5O0 years
| the great lakes will discharge into the
Mississippi past Chicago in about 5000
| years from now.
professor Gilbert has more recently
reached n similar conclusion. AS the re-
suit of very delicatcly made survey he
finds that there has apparently been
change in level in the time since certain
bench marks were located near the
shores of the great lakes. This recent
change amounts to six inches century
ut Duluth. nine inches at Toledo ant
| nine to ten inches at Chicago"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09

The silkwerm was originally found in
China. and fabrics of this material were
made in that country about 2TG0 Il. &.
About 800 yards of silk are produced by
single worm. and there are nearly Is
pounds of waste silk. designated as
thrown silk" for every pound of good
silk. Thrown silk. although known as
waste silk, is not by any means useless
for delicate and intricate modern ma
chinery now converts it into fit material
for the manufacturers use. The chief
waste in silk culture arises from defect,
i've cocoons. and the material secured
from them is real waste silk"
The elasticity of silk is remarkable.
The great diversity in the diameter OF
the tilament produced by the silkworm is
the cause Of much difficulty in maintain.
ing uniformity in the dimensions of tho
reeled silk. Ii. for instance. the operative
starts off with six strands from as many
cocoons. the product from each will di.
minish more or less in diameter. Conse-
quently In order to preserve, the standard
regularity it becomes necessary to add or
take away the product of one or two
more worms. which operation calls for
considerable skill and judgment.-Manu-
fQcturpr
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09
.wasner,s sense Of Humor.

When Wagner's energy was not ex.
pended in his art work, it found vent
in many humorous sallies. Once he stood
on his head for Praeger. That was
physical humor. But he was also fond OF
joking. He once quoted his teachers
remark that he would never learn to
play the piano. But" he added, IL
play a great deal better than Berlioz u
The waggishness of this remark lies in
the fact that Berlioz could not play at
all.
During rehearsal of the "Ricnzi
overture in Dresden the trombones were
too loud. Instead of rebuking them an
grily. he said with laugh. "Gentlcmen
we are in Dresden, not marching around
the walls of Jericho" After Tam.
hauscr" was brought out II German com.
poser of little note, named ChrlInrtl. said
that the Song to the Evening STAR" was
wrongly harmonizcd and suggested Ger.
tain harmonics which should be sub,
stitutcd for those employed Ey Wagner
When Wagner was among friends. il
was one of his favorite diversions to seat
himself at the piano and sing the Song
to the Evening Star" a Ia Chellard.--
Gustav kobbc in Forum.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09
INDIAN MAGIC.
Wonderful Feat Performed Before
the Late Lord LyttOn,


The following story of Indian magic
was told me by the person to whom
It was told by the late Lord Lytton.
When in India, Lord Lytton often sought
out conjurers, but never saw any but
the usual feats, such as the mango tree
trick and the basket trick. The method
In each case is known, or, at all events,
plausible explanations have been given
BY Mr.. Maskelyne and other experts.
On one occasion Lord Lytton liked
something in the looks of the conjurer
who was performing il the open space
I before his house. After the ordinary ex-
hibition his lordship asked the magician
| if he could not do something more out Of
| the common way. The man said he would
| try and asked for ring, which Lord Lyt-
ton gave him. He then requested an Of
6ccr to take in either hand Il handful of
seeds. One sort was sesame. The name
| of the other sort my informant did not
| know. Holding these seeds and having
the ring between his fingers and thumb,
| the officer was to go to well in the
| corner of the compound. He was to dis
| pose of the seeds in certain way-l
| think on the low wall around the well,
into the depths of which he was to throw
| the ring. All this was done, and then
| the magician asked Lord Lytton where
he would like the ring to rcappear. He
| answered "in his dispatch box" of
which the key was attached to his watch
| chain, or, at all events, he had it with
him on the spot. The dispatch box was
brought out. Lord Lytton opened it. and
there was the ring.
| This trick would be easy if the British
officer was a confederate of the juggler
| and if he possessed duplicate key to the
dispatch box. In that case he would not
throw the ring into the well, but would
take it into the house. open the box and
insert the ring. But this explanation in
wolves enormous opportunities, while it
is unlikely, again. that the conjurer man
aged to insert a duplicate ring into the
dispatch box beforehand.
Lord Lytton then asked the juggler if
he could repeat the trick. He answered
in the affirmative, and lady lent another
ring. Another officer took it. with the
seeds, us before, and dropped the ring in
to the we'll. The countenance of the jug
gler altered in the pause which followed.
Something, he said, had gone wrong, and
he seemed agitated. Turning to the sec
ond officer, he asked, did you arrange
the seeds rs l babe your NO" said
the officer; II thought that was all nom
sense, and threw them away" The Jug
gler seemed Mortified. 'Do you think
do this by MYSELF" he said. and. packing
up. he departed.
The well was carefully dragged. and at
last the lady's ring was brought to the
surface. That ring, at least, had certain
ly been In the water. But had the first
ring been as faithfully consigned to the
depths? Experts will be of various opin.
ions us to that, yet the hypothesis Of con,
federacy and of duplicate key to the
dispatch box Is difficult. - Longman's
Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09
MADE WITH TANSY.
Dishes That Used to Be Favored
With the Herb.

In old world cookery books we always
find recipes for various puddings and frit-
tiers made with tanSy. From time to
time these recipes are quoted in papers
devoted to cookery, though it is doubtful
whether modern housewives know the
use of this plant in any way whatever.
Moreover, it is open to question whether
the writers of these papers know what
manner of delicacy they are recommend
ing to their readers.
For one thing. tansy is extremely bitter;
indeed SO much so that it used to be eat.
en- as a representative of the bitter herbs
which the Israelites were commanded to
eat at Passover. 1t is easy to believe,
therefore, that tansy was more used as q
tonic or as q modification to the flesh
than a tasty pudding or a more frivo.
lous fritter. Yet in an old cookery book
of 1892 we find recipes for both delica-
cies. But having mixed such good things
together as milk, bread crumbs, ratafia
essence, lemon, eggs and butter it must
have been a grief to spoil them by adding
as much ''tansy juice as would give it q
favor" A wine sauce. moreover, was te
be served with the fritters after cooking
them in boiling lard. The spinach juice
" luuhc Tue lEllttES green, HiBul ulSS
well have been omitted. But then, how
ever. they would not have been tansy frit
tiers.
Tasty pudding was made with Maple.
biscuits, cream, eggs and a little sugar
a few tansy leaves and spinach to make
1t green. The mixture was stirred ovel
the fire till thick. then put in a cloth
Toured and buttered, boiled three-Quar
tiers Of IN hour and served with wine
sauce.
The tansy is a plant which grows two
or three feet high, with dark green
feathcry foliage and neat buttonlike flow
ers of bright yellow color. Every par
of it is bitter and aromatic and is used il
medicine land good for the stomacke,
as an old writer says.
1t is said to be good for the govt, alst
that il meat be rubbed with tansy wan
dering bluebottles will strictly avoid it
This might be useful, but what abou
the meat? Would cooking obliterate thu
bitter flavor? 1t is possible that W.
might have to sympathize with the blue
bottle. A garden variety is smaller il
stature and has very much crisper 70
liage. 1t is quite hardy and will grow il
any soil.-Chicago News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09
MAGlCIANS AND CARDS.
SIeight of Hand Experts. ms n Rule.
Poor Poker Players.

IOOr HOAer ringers.
A group Of old time sports were telling
poker stories few nights ago. and some
body remarked that the elder Hermann.
the magician. might easily have made
fortune had he turned his attention to
gambling.
"I've heard that BEFORE" said one of
the party. chuckling. land it always
amused me. Why. my dear sir. Alexan-
der Hermann was one Of the poorest
poker players that ever drew to n bob
tail. He liked social game and plugged
away at it all his life, but keHHas never
anything but q raw amateur. Good
poker players are born, and it simply
wasn't in him. AS far as being able to
manipulate the cards was concerned, he
couldn't do it, even had he been so dis
posed, which of course he wasn't. He
could perform wonderful tricks, but that
class of work is something entirely diff
ferent from what is called advantage
playing. ! have known four or FIVE fine
sleight of hand performers, and not one
of them could do thing with the deck
in an ordinary game. To do successful
crooked work in short cards requires not
only great dexterity of a kind entirely
distinct from stage tricks, but also n Pc
became famous for that sort of thing in
the old days were of the same general
type. and, when l come to think about it.
those / knew looked more or less alike.
They could perform extraordinary feats,
but it required years of practice and set
ting everything else aside. No profess
sional juggler could spare the time to
learn.
1.-THE best proof that Hermann was
unfamiliar with the tricks Of the card ia
Bile is that he was continually being made
the victim. He made no secret of the
fact that he had been fleeced time and
again, and | happen to know personally
that he was once swindled out Of con-
siderable amount by one of the oldest and
stalest devices known to the fraternity.
When the thing was explained to him
afterward. he was deeply Disguised, but
he had never suspected II at the time
New Orleans Times-psmocrat -
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09

There is solid comfort in life IL people
only knew enough to take it. but to have
comfort one must forsake ambition. With
just enough to eat and decent suit to
wear. what does fellow need besides
but to find n quiet spot where. with a
good novel, he can. in his mind. be rich
Us Crpsus or in a position to sympathize
with Lazarus, where he can read il he
wishes or can lay down his book aud
watch the ever varying phases of nature,
where he can be as lazy as he chooses
and it is nobody's business. where he has
toll and no trouble and is only aroused
from his rcvcrie by the ever hungry chill
dren calling him to supper. Such exist.
cnce is pleasure, but it only falls to the
lot Of old men who have no care to he
rich or great.-Central City (Neb.) Dem.
nnrnf
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09
Fiction md Renl Life.

"paul Patoff." it will be remembered.
treated Of the disappearance 1T a man
in Constantinople and the ultimately sue
cessful search of his friends. In the
story Paul Griggs brings his influence to
bear upon the private secretary of the
sultan, with the result that after long
and arduous search the missing man is
found.
About Il year after the publication of
paul Patoff'' Mr.. Marion Crawford,
who is pretty generally known as the
Paul GrigCs of his books. had 4 friend
visiting him at his house in Sorrento.
The friend in question went thence to
Constsntinop,e and soon afterward dis
appeared mysteriously. The story told in
the novel was played out detail by detail.
Mr.. Crawford secured the assistance OF
the original of the sultan's secretary in
the book. They followed the same plan
and had the same suspicious. There was
but one difference. 1t was that in actual
life the man was never found.-Book-
man
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09
ROMAN FISH MANIACS.
Fortunes Were Lavished Upon the
Finny Pets and Their Ponds.

E1nny PctB ana 1ne1r fOnubs
Fish were in great demand at Rome,
and incredible sums might be made by
fish ponds or wasted on them. The hum
Bile fish pond of the people, supplied with
rainwater and replenished by fish taken
out of rivers or lakes, brought in large re-
turns. The aristocratic fish pond, fur
nished by Neptune and constructed with
elaborate art, was more apt to empty
pockets than to fill them. 1t cost a for
tune to build it, to stock it and to feed the
fish. One possessor of such q fish nurs-
cry made nearly 1900 q year by it, but
it cost the whole profit to keep it up.
They were expensive toys rather than Sc
rious investments. Varro once saw q sa-
cred tank in Lydia containing fish which
came to the edge at the sound Of flute
and which no one was allowed to touch.
The fish Of the Roman noble are, he says,
nearly rs sacred.
Hortensius, who had spent a mint of
money on his salt water fish tanks at
Baulos, was found out in buying all the
fish for his table at Pozzuoli. He fed his
fishes himself and was much more anx-
ious lest they should be hungry "than l
am about my asses, which bring me in q
good profit" Varro scornfully remarks.
Half the fishermen Of the place were en-
ployed in catching small fish to give to
the big ones, and sailed fish was provided
when the sea was too rough for the boats
to go out. Hortensius would make you a
present of team of mules sooner than OF
a single one of his mullets.
Lucullus gave carte blanche to his ar
chitect to ruin himself if he could man.
age, by means of subterranean passages,
to contrive a sort of tide in his tanks al
Baiae, so as to keep the water cool in
summer, when fishes in confinement suf.
fer much from the heat, as ! have been
told at the Naples aquarium, beautiful
and wonderful place, surprising the
dreams even Of Roman fish maniac.
Varro speaks of some one who was
more anxious about his sick fishes than
about his sick slaves, but the story Of the
Roman "who fattened his lampreys or
his slaves" belongs to after times. Like
other stories which are told for the bene
ft of youth, it lacks exactitude. Thi:
seems to have been the truth: A million.
aire freedman of the name of Polio We
dius was entertaining Augustus at sup
per when slave broke a crystal goblet
Polio enraged, ordered him to be thrown
to the fishes. The slave appealed to the
emperor, who asked his host to pardon
him, but Polio refused. Augustus thef
pardoned the man himself and had all Of
Pollios crystal goblets broken and the
fish pond filed up.-Contemporary Re
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09
Not Hurt. hut Mind.

The way in which native logic triumphs
over inculcatcd dogmas is neatly illus
trated by Il true story | have heard. 4
little child between 5 and / years of age
whose parents were firm believers in
Christian Science had become good deal
imbued with the doctrine Of that sect.
One day she was left with her aunt, q
nonbclevcr. Meeting with a fall and ev-
identity good deal hurt. she cried bitter
ly.
Her aunt, having in mind her training.
said to her, Are you hurtY"
NO; am not hurt" he replied some
what petulantly.
"Then why do you cry?'
Il am crying because | am mad"
"What are you mad att"
81 am mad because | can't feel that !
amt hurt!'-Boston Transcript.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09

The adoption Of the shamrock as thu
emblem OF Ireland is placed in the cen
fury when ST. Patrick. the great apes
tie of Erin. was preaching to the Celt'
and laying the foundation for the spreat
of Christianity in the Green Isle" TIL,
story goes that he was prcuchins ont
day ON the hillside. and. wishing to illus
trate from nature the doctrine Of tn,
trinity to his pagan hearers. he ben
down. plucked a piece Of shamrock ant
held up It's tripartite leaf ns symbol o,
the Almighty-thrpe in onc.-Journal o!
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09
Why the Cook Gave Notice,

81 see you printed something the other
day about the disadvantages Of myopia-
nearsightcdness. you know" said the
man with glasses yesterday. Now. I'm
afflicted that way myself. A few nights
ago when ] went home it was raining
hard. My umbrella was wet. and car
ried it Immediately to the kitchen Ia
drain. Casting about for something to
stand il In. my eye caught some sort OF
receptacle Oh the floor near the stove
which took to he the coal hod. so st oGd
the umbrella in it and went To bed. The
next morning the cook gave notice. She
had found my umbrella standing in hel
shoe. Post Standard.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-02-09
His Rebuke.

It costs nothing to be ordinarily polite.
even under adverse circumstances, and
1t generally pays. A passenger in a
sleeping car. who was tired and sleepy
and wanted to go to bed. called out te ?
man who had just entered the coach and
was hurrying through it:
Say. isn't it about time to have these
bertbs made up?"
"What do you take me for? angrily
replied the other. stopping and coming
back. do l look like a sleeping car
CONDUCTOR"
"No." rejoined the tired passenger,
looking up at him YEARLY. "You dn not
beg your pardon. My observation ia
that sleeping car conductor is always 8
gentleman" Companion.