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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
Changes in words.

Less than a century ago, the aris-
t0cratic pronunciation Of James,"
"Rome" and god" was "Jeames, J"
Room" and "goold." A chariot"
was "charret," the trisyllable being
deemed vulgar. "Obleege" was very
common, fifty years since, with other
pronunciation now quite gone out
Of use. "Picter" for picture" was
not a mark of want of education,
as it would be now, while the old
pronunciation shore" for sewer"
was quite common. There was no
rule for the quantity Of the penult in
balcony" We all remember how, in
Cowper's "diverting history" at Ed
monitor Mrs Gilpln
From the balcony sped
Her tender hus band, wondering much
To see how he did ride;
while Swift, when describing Clever
Tom Clinch's triumphal procession to
Tyburn, writes:
The maids t. the doors Of the balconies
ran,
And cried, "Lackaday, he's proper young
MANI
There never has been any general
rule as to nouns ending in "ator.
In Scotland the mode differed from
the English in more usually throwing
the accent back Was it not Frs
kline who in his earlier days, having
spoken of a Curator" making the
word dactyl, was interrupted by
the judge before whom he was plead
ing with Curator if you please,
Mr.. Erskine; a Latin word with a
long penult!" Thank you, my lord,
was the ready retort, "for your cor
rectiOn. l bow to the authority of
so distinguished senator and or
dtor' as your lordship"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
Utilization of Coal Dnst-

The London Times gives an ac-
count of process by which anthra-
cite coal bricks are now being manu-
featured by the London Coal Brick
Syndicate, The bricks are made of
grains of anthracite dust, which are
forced to cohere by means of spe-
cial cementing compound and by
great pressure. The coal dust is
mixed with the binding material in
tho proportion of 95 per cent. Of the
former to 4 per cent. of the latter.
The compound is fed into mixer,
where it meets jet Of steam, a stiff
paste being formed, which is deliv-
cred successfully into a series Of
molds under pressure of $500
weight AS the mold plate revolves
the charge in each mold is brought
between two rams, which exert a
pressure of two tons per square inch
on each side of the charge, forming a
very dense and homogeneous coal
brick. The brick, still In the mold,
passes on to the delivery ram, by
which it is pushed out on to table,
and is removed for the market.
These coal bricks are said to make an
excellent fuel, and to POSSESS a very
high efficiency for steam-raising pur-
poses. The Times thinks that with
such fuel at the disposal of the
public there is room to hope for a re-
duction in the pollution of the at
mosphere Of towns.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
Worthy OF Admiration.

In a hundred instances the French
have turned the lesser things of this
earth to good account. The thrift
Of a nation which can convert the
vermin of its cities into objects Of
produce is worthy Of our admiration,
If not of our imitation. The town
rat, which of all animals is generally
considered the one most outside Of
our affections, is converted into a
useful member Of society in the
Partisan capital. The rodents are
collected and placed in the great
pound where the carcass refuse of
the city is thrown. These remains
are quickly demolished by the rats
who leave only untainted skeletons
or bones behind them. The de-
molishers are in turn destroyed them
selves. Four times year a great
battue Is effected, and when next
the little creatures appear it is in
the form of that article of world
wide admiration-the Cant de Paris;
indeed, no skin is superior to theirs,
the piability and strength of it
rendering it the most suitable for the
glove market.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
Camphor Poisoning.

CamphOr is a household remedy
put to many purposes. The medicl-
nal uses are principally in headache,
cold in the head, and in nausea and
fainting. In such cases camphor in
solution is held to the nose, and the
vapor inhaled. AS long as 1t is used
In this way 1t can do no harm; but,
unfortunately, many people take it
internally 10 some form or other,
and often run some risk in doing so.
Camphor as medicine is generally
used by laymen either in the form Of
the spirit OF camphor or as camphor
water But few know wherein these
dI fer; hence, one ~ the greatest
dangers attending the drug. Spirits
OF camphOr Is made OF camph0r ten
parts, alcohol seventy parts, and
water twenty parts; the dose Of this
Is from i've % ten drops; whereas
camphOr water a. now usually made.
lswater altered through cotton moist.
enod with a strong tincture of cam-
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spoonful ~ a Tablespoonful n s
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15

The great speed will not result, I'D
says, in the generation Of heat in
either car or the bearings of the
wheels. Engine 500 of the New York
Central Railway recently ran 100
miles an hour and the journals,
though carrying the fifty tons weight
OF the ponderous machine, did not
become overheated. The extremely
small burdens on the aerial electric
road would lessen immeaSurably the
chances of heat by friction. Metal
for journal bearings is tempered so
that it will stand a minimum of
$500 revolutions a minute, whereas
the speed of 500 miles an hour by the
aerial electric car would require less
than 5000 revolutions per minute of
its 2-fect-6-inch driving wheels. The
point of contact between the wheels
and rails being changed with IA
pidity almost inconceiyable, there
would be no danger of heat by fric-
ton. A cannon ball travels with an
initial velocity of 100 to 1000 feet
per second, or about 200 miles an
hour, and does not heat, and so there
can be no possibility OF the electric
car becoming heated at speed of
only 800 miles an hour.
In fact, Mr.. Widdis thinks he has
overcome the obstacles and impedi-
ments to the transportation of loads
of 1000 pounds or less at speed of
500 miles an hour. Should the
freight-carrying project succeed as he
feels certain it will, Mr.. Widdis will
proceed at once to devise car in
which passengers may be carried safe
ly at the same tremendous speed.
Then man can live in Chicago and
go to business daily in New York-or
vice versa
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
FIRST TO SAIL TO CHICAGO.
1t Was the Schooner Tracy, Which Arrived
There Ninety Years Ago.

1t Was the Schooner Tracy Which Arrived
There Ninety Years Ago.
The first vessel that arrived in this
port was the schooner Tracy, in the
year 1903, with man named Dorr
as master, says writer in the De-
troit News. This vessel was either
owned or chartered by the govern
ment, and conveyed Captain John
Whistler L. S. A, and his command,
together with supplies and material
for the construction of a fort at the
mouth of the Chicago River. He
built Fort Dearborn, which was 10.
Gated at the point which is now the
corner Of Michigan avenue and River
street. Captain Whistler remained
at this post, | think, until 1909 or
1910, when he was relieved by CAP
tain Head and ordered to report at
Detroit, and was with General Hull
at the time of the surrender in 1912.
Captain Whistler was the father
of the late Mrs. Judge James Abbott,
Mrs. Major Hamilton, and Mrs. Cap
tain Phelan, all old residents of De-
troit. Mrs. William r. Wood, another
daughter, was well known in the
early society of Detroit as a young
lady. She was born in Fort Dearborn
about the year 1905. Colonel William
Whistler, son of the Captain, will
also be remembered by many old De-
trOiters, having been stationed there
with his regiment for several years.
General Z. 5. Grant was a lieutenant
in his regiment at the time. The
Judge and Mrs. Abbott were married
at Fort Dearborn, and their bridal
trip was made from Chicago to De-
trolt on horseback. They camped
out at night and followed the Indian
trail, which was afterward known as
the Territorial road, through Michi-
gan. The steamers Sheldon Thomp-
son and William Penn were the first
steamers that stirred the waters Of
Chicago harbor. They arrived here
together on July 8, 1881, having on
board General Winfield Scott and
soldiers for the Black Hawk war.
At this time eighteen years after
Captain Whistler and his troops first
set foot upon Chicago soiD the city
Of Chicago could boast OF only five
houses, and three Of these were built
Of logs Chicago Herald.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15

the lower jaw of medium-siZed skull
(they can be removed without diff
Guilty unlike the most of ours is
bent into nearly semi-circle, and
measures five inches along its outer
curve. Only one inch of this length
projects from the skull. The cores
pOnding one from the upper jaw is
bent into more than a complete half
circle, and measures upon its outer
face four inches, of which less than
an inch protrudes from its bone cas-
ing. In width each tooth is five
eighths of an inch. Examination Of
one Of them reveals the secret of how
beaver can perform such feats as
ch0pping down a birch-tree sixteen
inches in diameter, not to speak Of
softer woods, like the Eastwood, Of
much greater size. The tooth is COM
posed of two materials. Along the
outer face or front Of the tooth is a
thin plate Of exceedingly hard enamel;
on the inner, forming the body of the
tooth, is a substance called dentine
The dentine, being softer, wears
away with use; the thin enamel re-
mains comparatively unworn, so that
the tooth assumes the shape Of a keen
chisel that never grows dull. The
tooth is hollow at the base for half
its length, and is filled with a nour-
ishing substance which keeps it con-
stantly growing. Thus, not only is
the natural wearing away provided
against, but certain amount Of
wear becomes an actual necessity.
With such instruments, the beaver is
admirably fitted for obtaining its
natural food, the bark Of shrubs and
trees. ST Nicholas
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15

against an arm extending from a post
yet up by the track the shelf Is de-
pressed, the mail bag falls to the
.yTOuDd or on the platform OF the sta
zion or into net, while the car flies
Oh. and the shelf, released from the
action OF the lever, returns autOmat-
.cally 20 It's former position, ready
fur another load when IL is desired
~ shunt ears from the main line % u
aterl branch the same principle Is
ased to 0pen and close the switches
These devices render the system al.
most automatic IA H. operation
The advantages claimed TOE This
aeN method pf transportation are
First speel Wbleh ean hr easily
aIesd up in 300 mllea an hour sees
fa4 AfrtF b0rWse che tuck being
slesaiei Rtfi.eaa 4Fe mmuIhle.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
Five Hundred Miles an Hour.

One who would propose, speaking
seriously, to transfer parcel or a
letter from New York to San Fran
cisco in eight hours, causing it to
traverse the intervening 1000 miles
at the speed of 500 miles an hour,
would be considered by most persons
to be highly imaginative or grossly
anveracious Yet this seemingly i'm
possible task is precisely what Albert
Leslie Widdis, of Detroit, processes
20 be able to accomplish with his re-
Gently invented aerial electric rail-
way. Mr.. Widdis' rapid transit de-
vice. model Of which is now on
exhibition at the Worlds Fair, is an
elevated railway, with electricity as
its propulsive force.
In appearance the car designed by
Mr.. WIddis resembles a long, square
box, terminating at one end in a
pyramidal projection running to a
sharp point This is the forward end
OF the car and is intended to pierce
che air at tremendous speed, with
a minimum of resistance. This car
is suspended by iron hangers from
four wheels feet inches in diane
Ter, which in turn rest on single
bar of ordinary railway Trail
stretched on arms projecting from a
line of poles arranged exactly like
telegraph poles. The patent cash
carriers in use in many large shops
closely resemble the method of
suspension from a single rail en-
ployed by Mr.. Widdis. Below this
Trail is another of the l pattern,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
PIGEONS ON BOARD SHIP.
Carried out of Sight of Land, They soor
Become Tame Pets.

beCOfne refs.
On the return OF the training ship
Portsmouth to the Brooklyn navy
yard from voyage to the Mediter-
ranean she had a large number of
pigeons aboard. The birds were of
the common variety and lived in a
coop on the hurricane deck near the
forecastle. The boys had procured
them at some port while the vessel
was still cruising abQdt. One day at
sea, when all traces of land were
lost, the birds were released from
their prison. The crew gathered on
deck to see what they would do.
Some thought they would not leave
the ship; others expected TO see them
take their bearings and then, like
carrier pigeons, fly laDdward. All
were mistaken, says the Youths
Companion, for after joyous sail
over the blue ocean they returned
to their cage and settled down to
everyday life. They became tame at
once and fond of the seamen and
boys, who fed them from their hands.
They constantly fitted about the
decks, at times even causing annoy
ance by walking about the gangway
under the busy sailors feet. At
other times they would perch In the
rigging seemingly content with their
nautical lives In port they would
fly ashore, but always returned at
night to roost in their coop. When
at last the orders were given to hoist
anchors for home many of the pig
cons were out on their daily fly. The
sails were spread and the big ship
was waited away. The boys and
sailors all felt very sorry for the dis
appointment the birds would meet
that evening when they returned
and found the ship had sailed. But
before night, when the land, like a
tiny green speck, faded from sight in
the twilight, there was suddenly a
futter in the rigging and the missing
birds dropped down and entered their
cage. The hearts of all the home
ward bound ships company rejoiced.
Upon their arrival in Brooklyn the
pigeons showed themselves as much
1T home in the air around the great
bridge and over New York City as in
any foreign port
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
CHICAGO EAGLE.

to kill is not known; but one author
states that 30 grains have caused
death in an infant, and l64 grains in
a woman. OF course, the greatest
danger attends its use in children.
All things considered, camphor is
an agent which should be limited to
external use and to inhalations, I'M
less ordered by PHYSICIANS
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
Diphtherlc Poison from Apples.

Attention is called to the fact that
apples stored in cellars or elsewhere
are invariably covered with mold or
mildew-often invisible, but just as
real. The mold consists mostly of
microscopic plants, including numer-
Gus species OF fungi, all Of which are
more or less poisonous. Physicians
say they have traced cases of diph-
liberia in children to the use of
moldy apples. Mothers are in the
habit OF giving little children apples
TO play with, and the babies try 70
eat them. In such cases the mold
should be carefully removed from
the apples Troy Times.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
A Beavers Teeth.

AS in every "gnawer," the beavers
skull is armed with two long chisel-
like teeth In each jaw. These teeth
are exceedingly powerful, and are to
beaver what an ak is to a woods
man. One such tooth taken from
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15

Columbus and
his son during
the darkestd days
Of the great
navigator's life,
is perhaps at the
presenttimeOne
Of the most at
tractiye shrines
In the world. 1t
Is full Of Column
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15

The convent of La Rab!da In Chica-
go, modelled upon the famous Spanish
convent which afforded an asvlum to
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15
LIKE A CANNON BALL.
HOW THE WIDDIS ELECTRIC
CAR WILL TRAVEL.

SIR. widdis Proposes to Send Mails by
EIectricity-If the Detroit Mans Idea
Proves Practicable 1t VIII Revolution
IKE the Mail Service.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15

AMERICAS FIRST BELL bian relics. The
descendants OF Columbus, the mon.
archs OF Spain and the Pope have
seat articles OF priceless value 10 the
Chicago convent Among the collec-
ton OF relies Is the bell which Colum.
bus had placed IN the urst church
erected In the new world This
church was built tn lial in Isabella,
Columbus afst colony iu san DO.
mingo Isabella IS now hut uuin.
The boil was found hy a peasant aud
vas taken possession uf ly the ~uu
lnm.ngn government which loaned
Re fur exhibition AZ tua Worlds falf
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-15

FRANK X. STOCKTON, the novelist
lives near Morrist0wn, New Jersey.
His grounds are surrounded by low
stone wall, aud graveled roadway,
passing beneath huge eyergrocns,
leads up tu a yellow aud white frame
house. with an ample veranda I'm
'front.' and d tower 100 the farther end.
ln Cine weather The novelist loves o.
Doe at bis ease iu a hammock dIetat-
log to his wlfe those mneIiul taloa
which have made bis name 4 house.
hD'd wud wherever tke tnglhh
language = spusWn
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-03-28
Business Enterprise.

"Talk about business enterprise, u
said Frank l.. PereleP "Away back in
'85, we had young fellow with us
who was getting SIS and his board.
The night Jumbo was killt d in St.
Thomas, this boy developed himself
We were all sympsthizing with poor
old Jumbo and wondering how we
could replace him. The youngster was
thinking of something else. You know
the tail of an elephant has at the very
tip bunch of thick hair, very much
like brush This boy had got over
the fence and-bgl Dplled every hair
out of Jumbo's tail His business at
the circus was to sell balloons to chill.
dren. Well, there were seventysix Of
those thick hairs, and at the show the
next afternoon he was selling them for
81 apiece as relics of the great giant.
He sold seventy-fye OF them and prac.
ticalIy found SIS. The other one he
kept for himself and still wears it as
his mascot"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-03-28
Subduing the Waves.

The excellent use that has recently
been made of oil for allaying the force
of storm waves when the steamship Um-
bra was disabled at Aei has lead to the
appearance ofvIrio US improved methods
of sp 'eading the oil on the face of the
W ters Captain COuvcs new appara
tus consists of a cost iron reservoir
above a vertical cylinder. A heavy
piston working in the cylinder, attach
ed to a tubular rod and acting by its
own weight, elects the oil on the water
through a delivery pipe. The appli-
ance is fixed as near the bows of the
ship as possible. There are two de
livery pipes, each fitted at the end wit h
q conical nozzle, the aperture of whic h
is not more than ne.siXteenth of an
inch in diameter, running from the low
er part Of the cylinder and passing out
at the bows near the lead line. The
oil issues forth in fine but steady Jet
several feet above the bows If the
vessel is in motion, the oil is thrown
away from the bows with the broken
water as she makes her way onward,
and the effect is at orce apparent.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-03-28
Too Lazy to Be RicE or Poor.

A lazier man than the average Bur
man it would b. extremely hard to
find. When it is absolutely necessary
for him to work he generally hits upon
some method which will save him a lot
of exertion. II he wishes t cultivate a
piece of ground he sets light to the
brushwood as a cheap, easy and ef-
ficacious method of preparing the soil.
For two or three years he cultlvates
that piece of land and then sets Light
to another spot, ah}wing the. jungle to
grow in the old place, which will be
ready for returning when the other
ground wants a rest. Rlcc-growers
dispense with plows, turning loose in
stead several buffaloes, which cut up
the saturated soil with their hoofs.
When a Burman has earned little
money he immedi tely pr ceeds to
spent it all, for the Burmese have no
ambition to be rich apd never hoard.
Consequently there are no large larSd
owners and there being no arlstocracy
the people are as near being on an
equality as possible. Poor people are
about as rare as rich people and the
only beggars to be met with are the
lepers, who sit on the steps of the pa
godas.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-03-28
GLINTS OF GOSSIP.

Chauncey NJ. Depew is member OF
ten of the leading clubs of New York.
Chancellor Won Caprivi denies the
report that he is about to marry wild
ow, saying, 81 am much too old for
such STEP"
Mrs. Anna E. Field has been drawn
t. serve on petit jury in the Federal
Court in Minneapolis, the first instance
of the kind in the history of the State.
Morton, the newly app ,inted Secre-
taIS of Agriculture, was at one time the
private secretary of General Lewis Cass.
This was before ne left Michigln for
Nebraska.
The municipal council of Rouen has
decided to change the name of the
DUAL = Lesseps, which was named
only years ago in honor of the
fallen It man.
Un AbTdh Walden, who was a
coast d n 1917, celebrated his one.
hund l birthday in Lynn, Mass, a
few d ago, His fellow townsmen
prese him with 100 silver dollars.
Al synphony composed by Prince
Henry of Reuss has just been produced
at the famous Gewandth tus conccI1S
in Leipsic, and thus another memb
is added to The ranks Of royal compc
ers.
Colonel Alexander c. Boskin, Lied !,
tenant Governor of Montana, is para
lyzed from the waist down, and has MT
walked fot many years. The colonel
is an able lawyer, and held many posi-
tions of trust While Montana was Ter
ritory.
Lady Henry Somerset declares that
not even John Cough or Dwight l..
Moody was received in England with
greater enthusiasm than Miss Frances
E. Willard, president of the Women's
Christian Temperance Uni)n of the
United States.
Mrs, DIV, who owns and manages
large street car interestsat ID lver, N. H
is said to be not only the streetcar
magnate bat is also "a skilled house
wife, a judicious mother, a fine swim
mer and the possessor of property worth
$aoo,ooc,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-03-28
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