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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

out and cheved. yield the bloom yearned
after by the check of beauty Tie man
ner IN which nearly every woman finds it
possible 70 dIsarrauge and double one of
her underskirts. and present the fascina-
tIons OF q cnnoletto, Is SO comic that it
has been known 20 wiring a smile from
that gravest among men-a prison chap
lain. And a woman without a looking
glass, Only the austerest and severest
orders of the nuns renounce that. And.
perhsps, il is the female prisoners most
oppressive penance. for the relief of
which she is even willing to risk the i'm
position OF extra punishment--a task the
more. a meal the less Bv an accident,
which she declares she will regret for a
lifetime, she has broken window The
hole Is there, sure enough; but where is
the detached glass; Days after this il is
found concealed in a corner of her cell,
and behind II a strip of dark cloth, her
substitute for quicksilver And all for
what? There are no male hearts TO break
and few male eyes to see-only those of
governor, chaplain. and doctor. - En-
chance
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
Practical Ideas of Children on Marriage

Children are Ike keenest of observers
and the most practical deducers; indeed,
their deductions axe often more astonish-
ing than agreeable to their elders. Though
we laugh we do not always enjoy having
our weakness revealed by the babbling of
babies
Six little children were at play, and
whether it was tn they grew tired of
familiar games or that that innate prin-
ciple 1t is not good for man to be alone,
craved expression, they determined to
have wedding. John, aged eight, should
marry HAITI aged five, and Broth( +
Harry would speak the words that
bind.
Now, Harry had never heard n marriage
ceremony, aud was entirely ignorant of
the prevalent privileges, but was he at a
loss. Not be. He knew what papa and
mamma considered of paramount virtue,
and surely what they each so eagerly de-
sired must constitute the requisite of a
happy married life.
The candidates for wedlock were re-
quested to stand side by side, and grayely
obeyed
Hattie, will Won get up in the morning
and zee that John has his bre lkfast IL
time, and TINT he has good things to eat,
and never has to wait for his meals?"
John, will you give her all the money
she wants
That was all, but does it not contain
the quintessence Of married felicity?-
Kansas CtY Star.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

We have so often been called upon in
past years, says the London Grdphtc, to
announce the last, and the very last, and
positively the last of this magnificent but
generally useless ship, which has fingered
on, through an obscure and protitless eX-
istence, since her single voyages to New
York. New Orleans, and Melbourne
proved ii commercial failure that the
standard hull on the Mersey shore, ready
to be broken up for few thousand
pounds worth of old iron, may seem but
lemlniscence of the fate repeatedly de-
clared to be imminent and commonly be
lieved to be past.
1t is thirty wears since she FIST put to
sea from the Thames, and her passage
down the Channel was malred by a
shocking disaster-frOm the blow-up of
her steam apparatus. which cost ten lives:
but the laborious efforts to launch thi
enormous Leviathan, as she was at first
called, in 1857, from Mr. Scott Russell s
building yard at Mlllw8ll, had b. en-
ominous of i'll success. Men were killed
by the breaking Of the gear attached to
hydraulic engines that slowly pushed
her, broadside on, into the comparatively
narrow river. and Mr.. Brunei, the eminent
engineer, dying few days afterward, was
thought to be a victim of sore anxiety
and severe disappointment
One serviceable and honorable per
fomance-the laying OF the Atlantic tele-
graph cable in lsGG-Is set down to the
credit of the Great Eastern but ex-
perlence has shown that vessels of mod
crate size can do such work as we'll. 1t
is a sad chapter in the history of marine
architecture, and some people must have
lost at one time and another nearly a
million sterling by this immense mis-
take.
The Great Eastern might. perhaps.
have been converted into very commo-
dious floating hotel, moored in some tran
quill bay; she could nevsr have been a
good sea going ship, or competed in speed,
comfort or safety with the admirable
liners of recent construction. Her en-
gines, indeed, We're OF IN nife,tly insult
icent power, and she rolled grievouslv
for lack of a keel. The dimensions OF the
big ship were G9l feet long, So feet width.
and 90 feet depth; capacity, - 800 tons
burden.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
An AStOniShed Setter.

do not vouch for the truth of the tale,
but man whose reputation for veracity
is at least reasonably good declares that
he saw on the street in Boston the other
day an electric wire accident which was
certainly singular. His attention was at
tracted 10y the barking of a red Irish setter
to an English sparrow which was pcrched
upon the electro light wie, high above
the beasts head The animal had evil
doutly been amusing himself in the fruit
less sport of chasing he bird, and when
ii had taken refuge on high had endeay o
ored to get some consolation out of yclp-
ing Justify. The day was windy, and the
wire swayed to and fro, the sparrow APP
parently enjoying its swing, until in a
fatal moment the tail of the bird came in
contact with another wine near by. Then,
in the twinkling of an eve, the unlucky
sparrow came tumbling down stone dead
at the feet of the noisy dog, who was so
astonished at this sudden turn of affairs
That he did not offer to pick the creature
up, but simply stopped barking and stood
staring ut his prey in Advertisements
Providence JomRoPs Boston letter.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
In Odd Stick.

Every old town. and especially every
old seaport, mas its proportion of odd and
romantic characters. The author o.
~Rambles About Portsmouth mentions
many such. but none whose adventures
were more curious than those of Captain
Josiah Shackford. Like many another
New Hampshire boy, he could not be
contented TO remain at home. and hay
ing the misfortune of discomfort with
his wife" as the old record quantity puts
it, ne took a sudden departure for Suri-
ns-a.
Here he took command of a vessel for
Europe, where the owners of his craft
seem to have been so highly pleased
with his services that they presented him
with cutter built sloop of about fifteen
tons In this he determined to return 20
Surinam.
he engaged a man to accompany him,
but as they were putting out of the har-
Dor of Bordeaux, the sailors heart failed
him at the thought of crossing the ocean
in this manner, and he jumped into the
water and got on board pilots boat,
leaving Captain Shackford alone on his
cutter.
The Portsmouth man was made of
sturdy stuff. Instead of turning about
he resolved to undertake the voyage Of
three thousand miles alone.
See him, exclaims the author of the
"Rambles. So who cannot restrain his ad-
miration, see him on the boisterous mid
ocean alone in his little bark thouand
miles from any land, without human
being to consult when awake. or to aid
in keeping watch while he slept; without
a hand to aid when the storm beat about
him, and his little boat was hid between
mountain swels.
The voyage lasted five weeks. at the
end of winch he put into his desired
haven in Surinam.
| The arrival of a vessel from Europe
with only one man on board naturally ex-
cited much comment, and even some
! suspicious of foul play. The authorities
| took up the matter. The Captain pro
duced his papers and journal, which
seemed to be correct IN all particulars,
and finally it was agreed that he should
! take his craft down the harbor and back
again, to prove the possibility of its being
N naged by a single man.
The trial was a complete success, but
some never became really satisfied of the
truth of the Captains story until indie
pendent advices were received from
Europe.
This voyage appears TO have occupied
in 1877. Some years after~ard Captain
Shackford went back to Portsmouth,
took tea with his wife, in tie evening re-
turned to the hotel, and the next morn
ing went away never to return.
He was next heard from in Ohio. Here
he bought large tract of the wilderness
and laid out township, which he called
in honor of his birthplace, Portsmouth.
Like other wande1s he loved the home of
his toyhood, though he could not stay
there.
He built houses, mills, and stores, and
lived long enough to see his new settle
ment become a place of note and the
chief county town But he never lecov-
cred from his @discontent with his wife
No woman was permitted to enter his
house, even his washing and mending be-
ing all sent out and Brought back by ,
| boy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
A Pleasant DeluSion.

When Russian decorations are given
10 foreigners they usually take the form
Of medals, which at ST Petersburg are
the reward of faithful domestics of the
courts. Dumas pere received the medal
Of st. Anne after lie had written story
of Russian life but. hearing that such
decoration was Of no social value. he
returned il to 81. Petersburg wher,upon
cross of the second-class Of that order
was dispatched TO him, with an apology
for the mistake, "a, It was termed. A
famous singer Was once rIdlculed no st.
Petersburg when he walked al out wear
ing the medal Of st. Andrew which he
innocontly regarded as being yer, nearly
equal TO the light-hlue ribbon. gold col
lar chain, and eight-pointed star. With a
blue eagle on 1t. of that famous order,
which rank with the black eagle OF
Prussia and with the English garter The
medal however, Is an upper servant S
decoration. and Russians laugh in then
sleeves Wien they see foreigners &c
whom il is given 10y dozens wearing II
as mark of high distinction
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

Seemingly, for certain wretched invalds who
toddle feehly along, though always looking ms il
they were going to die, but emitting to do it,
They dry up, wither, dwindlc away finally. but
in the meantime never having robust health,
know nothing of the physical enjoyment tho
zest Of that existence to which they cling with
such remarkable tenacity. They are always to
be found trying to mend by tmkering at them
selves with some trashy remedy, tonic or pick
me up" to give II fllip to digestion or help the
liver II such misguided folks would resort
and adhere to Hostettors stomach Bitters it
would be we'll with them This superb mvgor-
ant supplies the stamina that the feeble re-
quire, by permanently re-enforcing digestion
and assimilation. 1t overcomes nervousness,
insomnia malaria kidney complaints bilious
ness, constipation, rheumatism and neura lgia
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
Female COnyicts.

Compulsion is the woman convict IS
drop of bitterness The complete morti-
fcaliou Of that harmless sort Of vanity
winch fills so much of % womans life
makes her durance doubly vile All her
fine feathers are saciihced ruthlessly.
Her hair which she has apostolic author
ity for regarding as an ornament, Is shom
of its last locks as soon as her cell has
been allotted 10 her. and the face which
has gazed with perfect passiyeness, al
most to arouse "a countrys admiration,
and the tongue that has been mute under
the finding of Jury and sentence of Judge.
are raised % plead patheucully with the
holder Of the SCISSORS. while the corii-
dol- sometimes ring again 10 the piercing
cries for sparins pity as the memorable
sGeaf0rs gather their harvest OF cuIl
but spring returns and the hair reuews
itself ANA before the next shearue-duy
the girls Wumble tlHt f tnoughtless ad-
MIN stfatIou provides them UIth 30 halr-
Ilu- uue woman aEu-a hlIf continued
to De- spuoUN rgrIgHisut Dr. Of
Ha.tssIF after NUtAH of incarceration.
$40. sH object uf some aouIe.m.ut. even
81 tbe .HaTlaiH HHHI H. explained 10
lM IH .aEHiaU.. t0st she a.|of.I H.r
IHu.H 90 .f.a .uo| .HI then skinned .H
HHe ttt 81 glitter .H Hef .faaH ot HI#ff
AH..E.E eFI ...tH..E HaH.H aHI u...
.0.. H..y cd ta. Ea..0f ut rH .uH
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
His Bullying POcketbOOk.

The travelling representative of large
Boston machine works showed me yester-
day big, bullying pocketbook filled with
greenbacks, says a writer in the Boston
Advertiser. On my demonstrating with
him for carrying so much money he aid
in'the first place, that 1t was necessary
for him to carry large sums when he
travelled west of the Missouri River bat
he added in a very mysterious way that
if he had no more money than was con-
tanned in his portemonnaie he would be
destitute indeed. Upon being cross-exam-
ined he stated that the bills he had shown
me were green goods "-outlawed bank
bills of ante bellum times; thet he car
rled them as a means of escaping robbery.
He had a special pocket made for his
genuine money, aud carried the outlawed
bank bills where they could easily lie
found in case any attempt was made to
rob him. He stated that the idea was
not original with him, but had been in
quite common use for some time and
that it was the best means of protection
against footpads and train robbers that
had been invented
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
What Everybody SAYS

must TO true and the universal verdict Of
tuose who have used HiDba~ds Rheumatic
syrup and Strengthening plasters is that
there is no dottDt Of their curative quail
ties. L. Larzeiere. agent NJ {. Il. r., Al
bion, Mich, says ne was cured of BGght's
di-ease' 10y the use OF HiDbard's Rheumatic
Syrup.
Mrs. N. i. Jones, Prairie City, Iowa,
says; For three wears | have been afflicted
with inhammatory rheumatism and. kidney
and liver troubles. | have taken Hibbard' $
Rheumatic Syrup and applied their Plas-
tiers over my stomach and am entirely cured.
1t is the greatest remedy that have ever
used.
Fins. ask your druggist; should he not
keep it. we viii send On receipt of price, 81
per bottle or six for -.
RHEUMATIC SYRUP Co.,
JHcksnn. Mlch
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
Cultivation of Cork.

Corks are an article Of convenience to
which little attention Is commonly
given. and yet immense fortunes have
been made IN their production. Their
cultivation and manufacture form an I'M
portant item in the industries Of Spain.
An account of tins from Mr. Days work
ON that country Is of interest.
The cork tree is an oak which grows
best in poorest soil. 1t will not endure
frost, and must have sea a r. and also an
altitude above the sea level 1t is found
only along all the coast Of Spain, the
noythern coast of Africa, and the north
ern shores of the Mediterranean.
There are two barks TO the tree the
outer one being stripped for use. The
cork is valuable according as it is soft
and yelvety.
The method of cultivating il is inter
estng. When the sapling is about ten
years old il is stripped of ITS outer bark
for about two feet from the ground; the
tree will then be about five inches in di-
ameter, and say six feet up to the branches.
This stripping i, worthless. The inner
bark appears blood-red, and if it is split
or injured the tree dies.
After eight or ten years the outer bark
has again grown in, and then the tree is
again stripped four feet from the roots.
his stripping is very coarse, and is used
as floats for fshing-nets. Every ten
years thereafter it is stripped, and each
year two feet higher up until the tree is
forty or fifty years old when it is in Its
prime, and may then be stripped every
ten years from the groundto the branches,
and Will last two hundred years. 1t is
about twenty years before anything can
be realized from the tree, and for this
reason the Spaniards who are not fond
of looking after posterty plant few new
trees.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

A REMARKABLE funeral procession pa
raded the streets of Picking few weeks
ago. 1t was the formal public celebration
of the burial Of Tsching Tschu, % grand
chamberlpu and brother u-law Of Prince
kung. The bier was carried by eighty
men, preceded by forty-siy nag bearers,
eight camels and tweutv-iour white
horses. one hundred aud sixty men fol-
lowed bearing sixteen red plauks 0u
which we're painted IN many coIored lot
Ter, the name aud titles of the dead no.
bleman Tho whole procession was "a
mile and half long
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
TOMMY LOVES GOOD BOOKS.

His Father Was Open 10 Argument ami
the Museum Was benefited Accord
ingly.
Say, pa, said Tommy, did yoU ever
read book called The Duties Children
Owe TO Their Parents
No, Tommy" answered his father. 4
do not think that l have ever read it;
from the title should think It was good
book, though. Why do YOU ask
oh, nothin' much. said ommy, only
Miss Handsome. the mistress OF the
soAscl where You took me, said it rs 9
good book, which she hoped every boy in
the school would read.
You may have it some time, said his
= father, as he settled himself comfortably
in his chair, lighted 50-cent cigar and
turned to his newspaper.
Say, pa, said Tommy again, after a
few minutes silence, Miss Handsome
has been good to me lately, an yesterday
she told me all about YOU.
Is that So Tommy" becoming inter
ested)
Yes, she said that when you was a boy
you had to work a good deal harder Il
most Toys do nowadays, an that you
never had any of the advantages of edu-
cation like have, an then she asked me
if l appreciated how much | owed to you,
an l said You bet l do; I've got the
best pa in seventeen counties at this
Tommys father looked sharply at his
son, but Tommy never winkedl, an then
she kinder clasped her hands an said
An Tommy, Just think what a fine,
young looking man your father is, even
after all he has gone through, an | said
yes, an l guessed twas because Nou
laF Oh 1aI
that you never went out nights to the
clubs, but jus stayed home an she said
she guessed that must be the reason, an
then she had kind of a PARKWAY look in
her eyes, an she said jus quietly to her
self, I wonder what the future viii
bringY an then, after little while, she
said to me, An Tommy, your pa thinks
too much of his boy to make him work
like he did when he was a boy, but he
buys books for him SOS he can Learn
from them what he had to learn by ex
perience, an | said, yes, you always
brought me all the books YOU thought
was good for me- an she said to let hel
know when | had read the book an l sale
! would, an then she jus put her arms
around me an kissed me, an pa, it's nice
to be kissed by nice woman like MSS
Handsome, AM"
How much did you say the book woult
cost, Tommy"
A dollar an a. half Quickly, an"
Here's the money, Tommy" kindly
and now run along and let me read my
paper for little while.
Thanks, pa, said Tommy, as he movey
toward the door. Then he reached The
street at bound and SHE'D around tn,
corner, where boy of about his own ag'
was standing.
Hi, Jimmy" he called out, I got nuf
from pop for two reserve seats down t.
the museum, an more n huff to pay car
fare and buy cigarettes besides Me-
York Tribune
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
He MnnfeI ONLY fhn Rest.

Yes I have subscribed for your paper
now nigh onto two years bat N a-golu
to quit.
I'm sorry Nh. Plowhe!d What is the
matter"
Wal. don't want luthiu hut Whit
is fust-cIass We knoved an long that
your paper wasn't no great shucks. but /
alters supposed yoa considered il some
thin putty good. ana now here YOU have
come right ont aud printed it, Entered
at the rostoHce a. socoud-class matter.
You can pat no secoud-class truck of
on me. -amtri.au Commercial TrareL
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
Deserved q Rednclinn.

Have you anything to saw" asked a
Judge OF q prisoner upon whom he was
about to pass sentence.
Yes was the reply of the prisoner.
whose penalty had been assessed at i'm
prieonment Tor life. Il think the time
wasted in that long winded speech by
that young galoot you appointed to de-
fend me ought to be taken out of my
sentence. '-LoHdop Tid-Bds.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

GosPATN ArosroLoFF, avomg Cos
sack engineer, has designed bofcoa
ptoRgGn which will dive into the Allan
tic of the English coast and come mp in
New \ ork harbor twenty six hours later.
1t is the old story of being shaped like a
fish, with spiral ridge on the outside
running around II tw &c, which in some
way or other will be made to reyolve.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

IhoV N0W0d % EUII0 M pa NN0Ye awCot.
1t need not be i'm many cases. An about
us women are dying daily whose lives might
have been saved. 1t seems To be "a wide
spread opinion thar when dWomau is slowly
fading away with the diseases which grow
out Of female weaknesses and irregularities
that there is no help Ter her She is doomed
TO death But this is net true. Or. ricrcc's
Favorite Prescription is constantly restor-
ing women afflicted with diseases OK this
class to health aud happiness. II is the
only medicine for these ailments. sold hy
druggists under po$jttrc guarantee from
the manufacturers of ITS giving satisfaction
in every case, or money paid for it will bo
refunded
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

AN EXTENDED POrUT AEITY. -BEowN's
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs have for many years
been the most popular article I'm use for re-
heNlng Coughs and Throa; troubles.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

Dir. PlrECE's PELLETS, the original and
only genuine Little Liver Pills, 70 cents
vial: one a dose.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

THE sleeping apartment of n musical
college ought to be called the do-re-me-
tory
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
MANY initiate ~Tansilrs Punch" Sc. Cigar.

BRoNCHIrIs IS cured by frequent small
doses Of Pisos Cure for Consumption.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

IHI feat q, playing twenty games of
checkers simultaneously and winning an
bat one. which uas "a draw. was accom-
plished tv CHreuc. a. Freeman u pfovi-
deuee j. J.. % few days ago. Hi- con.
testants were experts from an over Rhode
Island lhe play lasted enc hour aud
forty minutes.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

VT"LWII' INC TNINUINe OI TNInVTs,
Mild, oquahle climate, certain and abundant
crops Best fruit, grain grass, and stock couu-
try in the world Fun information free Address
the Oregon immigration Board Portland, Oregon
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04
Helpless 40 DAYS

For twenty-five years have suffered with sciatic
rheumatism. Last November | was taken worst
than ever, and was unable u get ont of the house.
almost helpless Tor forty days, suffering great
agony all the time. In December ! commenced
taking Hoods SarsaparIa. After the second bottle
Twas able TO be ont and around and attend bust
ness ] took five bottles and am now SO tree from
rheumatism that only occasionally feel it slightly
on a sudden change of weather. I have great con
tdence in Hoods Sarsaparlla.' CHARLES HANNAH,
.til IL,