The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-10-03

he right direction. He would have
been restoring to the Nation Con
stitutional government, about which
there could be no contention nor
difference of opinion as to what the
Congress can do, and can not do,
whether the question arises i'll the
Supreme Court of the country or
the plain people of the land.
Let the Democratic party profit
by the omission Of the President. 1t
is an issue that must be settled some
day.
POULTRY IN JOURNALISM.
The Baltimore Sun, in commenting
upon the Unsuitable appetite Of the
editor of the Williamsport Leader
for chicken, philosophers upon the
possibilities of poultry in journal
ism;" and congratulates the people
of Washington county in the follow
ing:
"The good people of Washington
county have a rare opportunity pre-
sented to them. The editor of our
esteemed contemporary, the Viii
Transport Leader, publicly offers the
Leader for a whole year in exchange
for four young chickens. And the
editor modestly adds that the Leader
is the best weekly paper in the county,
and, further, that 1--WE are mighty
fond of chichens. The full text of
this generous offer is as follows:
COVE are mighty fond Of chicken,
and any farmer who wants the
Leader, the best weekly paper in the
county, can get it for a whole year
for four young chickens. Send 'em
in
This is a remarkable manifestation
of the conservation of emery" Peo-
pie have long been familiar with the
conversion Of heat into power and
power into heat, but the conversion
of chicken into literature of the high
est order is new development. If
the inhabitants of Williamsport and
its vicinity are in any reasonable de-
gree alive to their opportunities, they
will speedily get their incubators into
active service. Then they will be
supplied with the choicest literature
in great abundance, and our friend,
the editor of the Leader, will be pre-
pared to entertain all of his clerical
friends. Williamsport will be speedily
the most popular conference town in
the whole broad land. The posi-
bilities opened upby this liberal an
nouncement are extremely pleasing.
1t has been said that some of the
public school teachers in Washington
county have resigned because they
are not sufficiently paid. 1t is also
said that some of the wealthy citi-
zens of that delightful portion of
Maryland object to free schools and
public education because it is a
method of dividing up the hard-earn-
ed savings OF the prosperous among
the lazy and improvident With the
plan of our friend of the Leader in
successful operation, there will be no
need of schools. The fat souls Of the
prosperous and thrifty citizens
who have no children will be able
to retain their fairness. Every citi-
zen will be able to have a Leader
for the education of his family.
People will be attracted to Viii
Transport as a center of brain ac-
tivity; it will become a conference
town and religious fountain head;
it will promote the poultry industry
and the business Of manufacturing
incubators. 1t will not be long be-
fore the Leader will have an annual
income of many thousand chickens,
and, if the editor should continue to
crafty his taste for poultry, he may
he able before the cold weather sets
in to grow fine suit of feathers and
bid defiance to the coal strike. Then
he will doubtless crow over his less
fortunate neighbors. Later on he
may add a duck department to his
circulation, and he may even receive
geese in exchange for Leaders, in
which case he may be able to gather
in those who are opposing the public
schools and pluck them we'll.
We extend to our friend Editor Nc
Cardell our congratulations at his
prospective prosperity. Just think
of an editor who can have chicken
pie whenever he wants it; can have
chicken soup for dinner every day,
with plenty of gizzards to make him
look pretty! The danger is that such
an era of prosperity may make him
naughty and develop a high look and
a proud stomach"
1t is rather late in the season for
young chickens, but if brother Nc
Cardell's appetite in that line keel
in its normal condition, and he will
trade coal for poultry, he can, no
doubt, be amply accommodated BY
some of our city editors.
THE POSTAL CURRENCY.
No such simple, safe and inexpen-
sive method of mail remittances has
ever been devised. and its advantages
20 the masses of the people are so