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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07

The new school census of Georgia
contains some interesting figures.
The illiteracy among the whites is III
per cent. and among the blacks 27.
There has been an increase in the
school population during the last five
years of per cent. In Atlanta the
increase has been % per cent. The
percentage of illiterates among the
white children in that city is only i;
among the colored it is II. Savannah
makes even a better showing, only
one white child in each 400 being un-
able to read and write, while nine
colored children in every 100 are illit-
crate. In the whole State there are
4 .6O5 white schools and 1880 schools
for blacks. The total school popula-
tion is 604, 81, of whom 315, 040 are
white scholars and 2S9, 93l are black.
For 1893 the school fund to be ap-
portioned is 81, 063, 675.Sl. To this
will be added 5000, 900 obtained from
poll taxes. While the census was be-
ing taken the enumerators also put
down the number Of children who
have intirmities. Outside of the in
stitutions there are 1913 blind whites,
1872 deaf and dumb whites, ZAP col
ored blind, 175 deaf and dumb blacks.
The idiots, white and black, in the
State number $50.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07

In the interior Of Ceylon the ma
tives finish walls and roofs with a
paste of slaked lime, gluten and alum,
which glazes and is so durable that
specimens three centuries old are now
to be seen. On the Malabar coast
the fiat bamboo roofs are covered
with a mixture of cow-dung, straw
and clay. This is poor conductor
of heat, and not only wristbands the
heavy rains to a remarkable degree,
but keeps the huts cool in hot
weather. In Sumatra the native
women braid a coarse cloth of palm
leaves for the edge and tops Of the
roofs. Sharks skins form the roofs
of fishermen in the Andaman Islands.
The Malays of Malacca, Sumatra and
Java have a roofing Of attapS, pieces
of palm leaf wicker work, about three
feet by two in size and an inch thick,
which are laid like shingles and are
practically waterproof The Arabs
of the East Indies make durable
roof paint of slaked lime, blood and
cement. Europeans sometimes USE
old sails-made proof against water
mold and insects by paratiine and
corrosive sublimate-for temporary
rOofS
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07
FIRST OF THE DINING CARS.
said to Have Been Improvised in 1876;
from an Ordinary Day Coach.

said to Have Been Improvised in 1853
from an Ordinary Day Coach.
A great deal OF dispute has arisen
at different times concerning the first
dining cars and when they were first
used and on what roads The Pitts
burg Post gives the following as hav-
ing been derived from a man who is
represented as a well-known electri-
clan and chemist, but whose name,
unfortunately is not given. The
first dining cars run in this country,
or any other for that matter, were
run between New York and Chicago
via the Northern Central, Grand
Trunk and Michigan Central in the
year 1888. The officers Of these diff
ferent companies met in New York
in the spring Of that year, and among
other things discussed was the feas-
/ ibility Of running a dining car over
the connecting lines, especially on
one train known as the lightning eX-
press, which ran between New York
and Chicago. Trains as fast as this
one were compelled to make two
stops for meals while making the run
one al Marshall's, the other at
Jackson, twenty minutes for each
meal making forty-One minutes OF
valuable time lost.
After discussing the question fOI
some time 10 was finally decided "a
Y try lt The seats were taken ont Oi
the ordinary coach and tables pat
along either Side with stools fastened
Mo- the i'opr, giving DO the appearance,
.Jfafestaulnt The rear haIfof th,
. baggage car Was Gifted up tu auswcl
. the purpose ot q bItrhru aud There
.fhe rHakIug was dome ~ome trouble
. vas experienced .n brlnHug ibe Coco,
from 8ae nr tn the Otner and whof
.ue.Hs thH PLATFORM tHe F.Hlrn
huHH rain luWa aH thr heAI4uf tn.
.aNf#f 4lI Ua thr dishes Hr HH
awning eYmHfImn Inr htI.I Ii
.UaH e. hUrF A.uH fhe Hlin.H
aaA fna. IHH $500 Ia Im
NIfH HH Na G fNH tH HH
II..I f#IHa N"W ifI
IU.HIHI enhancement at
mH EH HH.t t.H HHH
IH.faHH Ias $500 NfiaN. e.
IaN
HIH
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07
FRANCE and Her Foundation.

A congress of French scientists and
economists, held for special pur-
pose, and that purpose rather Curl
Gus one, has just finished its labOrs
in Paris and adjourned. 1t endeav-
ored TO determine by discussion the
best methods of increasing the num-
Der of children in French families.
The population of France, as is well
kn1 wn, has been nearly stationary
for many decades The last census
showed that the number of deaths
among FTenchmen exceeded the births
slightly, and but for the children
born to foreigners in France there
would have been an actual decrease
in population. The Importance OF
the matter to the nation is illustrated
by fact often reiterated in the con-
gress-that the male births are twice
as numerous in Germany as in France,
and consequently that after a few
years the active army OF Germany
may be twice as numerous as that OF
France. The plan adopted by the
congress, however, and which will be
recommended to the Chamber of
Deputies, is the matter of interest.
First, that tax should be imposed
on men having no children; second,
that the land tax should be dimin-
ished in proportion to the number Of
children; and third, that the parent
should be permitted to leave the bulk
Of his property to one son. Under
the existing law in France, product
of the revolution, the owner Of the
land is compelled to divide it equally
among his children. The result, long
ago, was a minute division Of the
lands held by peasant proprietors.
The congress evidently believed that
the fear Of further division of the
land, into farms too small to support
family, operates to keep the pOpu-
lation of rural France stationary.
The belief is probably well founded.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07

THREE years ago young girl on
Long Island, of respectable and we'll
TODD parents, married agood, steady,
decent man by the name of Hallock
and set up housekeeping at Moriches,
L. l., where her husband had a pros
porous business. In year she had a
child, a girl. Some months ago Mrs,
Hallock began visiting New York
Her home had become little monot-
onous and she wanted a change, She
was a regular attendant at Saturday
matinees. At one Of these, at the
Academy Of Music she was shown to
her seat by an usher named Pepper.
He was an ideal usher, dapper with
his hair plastered over his eyes a
waxed mustache and a diamond in
his shirt. Mrs HallOck was, in the
parlance of the day, mashed" An
intimacy commenced which resulted,
a few days ago, in Mrs. Hallock
abandoning her husband and her
child, taking with her some 1000
of money which she had and COM
mitted bigamy by marrying Pepper
The end was not long in coming.
Pepper took her to Chicago where,
after securing her money md jewels,
he coolly abandoned her. In her de-
spair the woman shot herself, leaving
a card addressed to her faithless
lover. on which she had written,
~The wages of sin is death. With
variations as to the close of the
tragedy this story is enacted a hun
dred times every day in this country,
Sometimes it is the wife, sometimes
the husband who, in the search for
the unsatisded something starts on
a road that ends in moral as well as
physical death. II is hard for men
60 conceive how such man as Pop.
per, who IL appears is an utterly
worthless scoundrel, with at least one
wife already, could exercise such a
fascination over respectable and
sensible woman, whose husband wa'
young, well-fayored and Of the m0si
amlable disposition. II is no doubt
equally hard fur women who are az
tractiye personally and doing theiI
full duty In their houses, Go under
stand nov their husbands eau hl
fascinated bY women who are vulgar
painted, and often not even we'll
formed or well-leltured but 10 is So
such h llle. and whatever che phi
lasaphr Che moral rs THAI athe waRe
If aln is death
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07

THE report from actual observa-
ton that the English peers assem-
bled to reject the Irish home rule
bill revealed an astonishing array Of
imbecile faces, human warts and eX-
crescences, with insanity and depray-
ity the leading characteristics, will
prove fine object lesson in heredi-
tary loadng. Inasmuch sas their
actions were idotic, the cut of their
skulls with retreating foreheads and
receding chnS, is not to be wonder
ed at. 1t is characteristic. too, Of
their hereditary faint that the only
object which could draw a full at
tendance of this debased class was
the forlorn hope Of perpetuating a
tottering tyranny. Darwin should
have lived to have seen this atayistic
scene with the lordly mongrels of to-
day barking back to the titled wolves
and foxes OF aforetime.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07

popular
modest unassuming gentleman
Illinois,
O H., He Some hmt his
children Mr.
been resident Evanston for four
years district and the fight he made
oldest will remain forever memorable
in the poitfca history of the State
prenti prncn
Attorney Macom his marty to the
ILL., for six years lie considered
by the members the bar TO one
of the abest lawyers in Cook county
Mr. Prentis now lives at Evanston will
He will give strength the ticket sands of votes the ticket
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07
Mr.. SILVER DOLLAR BLAND.
How the Father of the Cart Wheel Coin
Got Interested in Finance.

How the Father of the Cart wheel Coin
Got Interested in Finance.
The most conspicuous figure in the
public eye during the deliberations
Of Congress on the silver question
was Richard p. Bland, of Missouri,
Member Of Congress, Chairman OF
the Coinage, Weights and Measures
Committee of the last House of Rep
resentatives, and sponsor OF the sill
yer dollar which for nearly ten years
has borne his name. Chairman of
the Coinage Committee in five sue
cessive Congresses, Mr.. Bland fought
the fight OF free silver with a persist
ency that has made him world fam
Gus. So many have been the de-
mands on his tine since this session
of Congress began that he has liter
ally gone into hiding. 1t was in the
room of the Coinage Committee in
the basement of the Capitol that a
New York Press correspondent saw
him. He was sitting at one end of a
long table busily writing with stub
pen. There was hopeless-looking
mass of letters before him. Mr..
Bland was making a feeble effort to
answer some of his correspondents.
The father Of the silver dollar had
hN hat on and his coat off, and he
swung around in his chair as he
talked. Mr.. BANDS beard is thick,
but closely trimmed. 1t was brown,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07
An rngll.h philnnthropi-t.

An English woman has employed
thlrty.nye poor Irish women since
lss5 in making a copy OF an old piece
IF bayruX tapestry The linen aud
silk were woven and dyed especially
ferit ltis s2l Inches long and 20
inches wide, contains bsa men, 2n-
hUrcs, Sos other animals. besides Bee.
Vulnerable birds. trees aui flowers
Tha original aaa ALSO made bY women
M4t1Iu 0f tAuiru aud hur count
bayInE worked long Iime 0u it
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07

by its summer campaign. Men have
been beaten and nonunion crews ter
rorized, but no benefit has resulted to
the union. On the contrary, the
slugging tactics Of the union men
have only made tirmer the determi-
nation of the vessel-owners to hire
whom they pleased. The edict has
now gone forth that men may ship at
whatever wages they can get, which
is the common sense plan. Supply
and demand regulate the wages of
sailors as they do those of all other
classes of workers, and the union was
only kicking against the pricks when
it sought to nullify the laws of trade.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07
Primitive Illumination.

Very queer fish are caught in the
waters OF Puget Sound. One kind is
called the candle fish. 1t is dried
and packed in toxes like candles.
We are told the fishermen use them
to light their homes, and that at one
time all the boats on the Sound used
them instead of sperm oil lamps.
by putting the heads of the fish
downward in a candle-stick and light
ing the tail, which, in conjunction
with the backbone, acts rs wick, 1t
burns like candle. They eat this
ash, and when cooking II is so fat II
frIes ltsell
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07

slightly touched with gray. His eye
brows are bushy His voice in con-
versation, like his voice in speaking,
is little hoarse, but has very little
Of the twang which is so noticeable
in his oratory. He is a quick and
easy talker
Mr.. Bland has been a member of
the House for more than twenty
years. Before he came to Washing
ton he had practiced law in Missouri
and before that he had been a resi-
dent of Utah, Nevada and California
and interested in mining "My in
terest in public finance did not begin
until | came to Congress" said he.
Il had studied political economy, but
not financial matters especially.
When | first came to Congress the
financial question was OvershadOwed
by sectional and war issues. | be-
"ame actively connected with the
silver question in the FOrtyfOurth
Congress 1t was then first discOv-
cred that the suspension of silver
-DludEt Ildu bCCu tudCbcu III 1oto' ~
bill for the deposit Of bullion was
sent to the Committee on Mines and
Mining, of which l was chairman, by
Gen. Banks, Of Massachusetts. 1t
provided for the deposit of gold and
silver bullion and the issue of certitl-
Gates These were not made legal
tender; but the authors Of the bill
thought that they would 60 into cir
culation something like certified
checks. Out of that bill we made a
free coinage measure. That was the
commencement of my connection
with the fnanc al question. | have
given it much study ever since.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07

THE several deaths Of recent date
from the eating Of t0adstools sup
posed to be mushrooms belong TO a
class Of incidents which are too often
reported 1t is not easy for inexper-
fenced people TO discriminate between
the edible mushroom and the poison
Gus toadstool, and when such people
go out TO gather wild mushrooms
they must be very sure that they get
the esculent fungu, before them con.
sumo H. There Is no general rule
Tor Distinguishing che wholesome
from The harmful. The best vas /,
that no the expert Wh0 Os able a. oh-
serve che pecuIurIllr, 20. structure.
color smell anl TASTE The cults
waited mushrooms sold Boz che market
or hy responsible 'aa.pu mas 90
course ta trustee. ami people nori
not 0g afraid wIeN Them because
the' n.a HuelhIus IIhe tmhtH.t
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07

kNuIHH mHt IS Opposed u
ilam HH rH manarhnI 0.I
"a poe IEa.ns Hans "a .I
anTc ta Hl 1850 Ne NnnIHH m
3 nHHa4 talI lN slmmla
aItA .Hs Aan.lf .an
Hm
aI #aa
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-07

party who recalled the foregoing WIS
at that time dining-car conductor On
one of these cars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-19

An international conference will meet In
Paris at the end Of January 10 study means Of
preventing the sUread OF cholera.
John burns tine labor member Of ParliA-
ment. was present in the House Of Commons
yesterday fpE til, llT,t time since he fell H.
The PaIal uun'ip in Lima has been in
strurtsl to Fer ~, me iiHtIOn In tha present
frontier dispute hstween Peru and Ecuador.
IIr MiuurL Ilussiau Minister Of Finance
will deny 10. report that hs intends 10 with
draw the bilI Tor tho neS vine taxes which are
expected 10 net tho Government 1900 600
H.Ir-s.
Queen Victoria has gone TO Osborne House
her resldeuue'on the Isle OF N lght. IL Is re-
poIte,l that turing her coming Visit 10 ltaly
She will b. tic guest u hiGg humbert at the
royal pa.gce ~ Mona.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-19
THE CANNONADTNG AT RIO.
FIRE KEPT UP sTE1DILY BETWEEN
Tine OPPOSING FORCES
A Corr..pora.nt % th. london Times say.

Correspondent OF the london Times says
that the National Finances Are tn
Extremely Had wny-iiIegnI nnnd Issucs.
LONDON. Dec. IRA despatch from Berlin
says that an official message has been received
there from Rio de Janoiro saving that inces-
SAINT firing between the Government forts aud
the insurgent fleet has been going on for the
last few days.
Mr.. Sydney Grey. Parliamentary Secretary Of
the Foreign ONCE. said in the House II Cone
mons that the latest information received
from Capt. Lang. commander OF The Sirius. tho
senior British naval officer At Rio dc Jaueiro,
was 20 the effect that the Custom House was
closed and that trade was at a standstilh Mono
Of the reports received at the Foreign Office
implied that the British squadron had ceased
to protect British shipping or tho lighters
landing British goods
Letters received by london commercial
firms from agents in Rio de Janeiro give
gloomy descriptions Of the present state VI
affairs there. The letters are dated Nov. -.
The employees OF houses on the NiCthcroy
side of the bay we're then hardly other than
prlsoners. During tho day they wcrr afraid
TO 40 out In the business Part Of thN city.
Prom dawn to niRhtiail cannon wore noornlng
and small arms kcrt ur a rafting fire. Shot,
large and small. dropped in the streets. making
everybody who was obliged to Uc abroad fear
constantly for his safety.
soldiers stop and rob people IN tho strccts.
Even the police assist the suldierA in stoIuing
and searching pedertrians. as they say. for
arms, which Is their protcXt Tor robbery. Tn
houses have been closed almost entirely on
many occasions"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-19

John Ryan, homeless man % years old
was found lying dead early yesterday morn.
ing in the oIen lot used as 4 storage ground
by W. A.. smiths sons, stevedores. at Front
and 60 leRrs streets The body was lying he-
tween two blocks ~ stone where the man lad
evidently cTawle 70 sieep. n THURSDAY igan
came 20 this city from the Charity Hospital on
llackwelps Island, Tie was last seen alive on
Saturday night lie LA ! slept a night or two
in "a arGs iron boiler which lay In the steve
uurys lot.
A poorly dressed man boarded the canal
boat &, p Parker AZ Coenties sliR ate on sun
day night ana asked Cant. William benson
home OF money The captain told the man u
90 10 led. Then he went on shore 10 spend
the night When he Oarded tho boat yester-
day morning lr found the man. clad only Ia
hi gHdef Cloihns. blnG dead IN one Of tho
lLIhs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-19
MARINE DTsAsTERs.
Several Lives Lost by the wreckinE Of =
Schooner-Other Casuaitics.

Several Lives Lost by the wreckinE Of =
Schooner-Other Cs.uaities.
LONDON. Doc. 1S-The Norwegian bark Al
farm, at HarburG from Charleston. landed the
crew OF the Italian bark Rosin. which was
abandoned at sea rudderless and otherwise in
damaged condition. The Rosin sailed from
Saguenay on Oct. 81 for Buenos Ayres.
The British steamer Venus from New Or
leans and Norfolk for Rouen. reached Liver
pool to-day. She had in tow the British
steamer I.anRham. from Galveston and Nor
folk for Liverpool The Langham has lost hor
propeller blades.
LlyERrooL, Dec; ls.-The matches, OF tho
steamer Assayc. before reported with cargo
ailre. were opened to-day. revealing more
than 100 bales OF cotton burned.
. HALIFAX. Dec. Ia The schooner Oracle Par
ker left Alberton. Prince Edward Island. on
Wednesday last with load OF lumber. On
saturday she was wrecked of st. Iierre. and
Capt Farrell and all hands were lost.
4 despatch received tonight says that the
schooner Oracle NJ Parker. Capt. Farrell
wrecked at st. Pierre, and all hands lost. The
vessel was loaded with lumber at Abortion, 1.
y. L and was bound for newfoundland. She
carried crew OF about six, though whether
American or provincial is not known.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-19

EDrNBURGH. Dec. 1S-The trial OF Alfred
John Monson for the murder OF Lieut. Ham
brouGh was continued to-day. Mrs Keen testi-
fed that the missing man Scott. who was with
Monson when the alleged shooting occurred.
lodged with her in Pimlico street. London. On
Aug. Z. three days before the death OF Lieut.
Hambrough Scott went to Scotland. He re.
turned at the end OF the week. and disappeared
during the first week OF Scptem Der. Prior TO
his disapuearance letters bearing the Edin-
burgh postmark were daily loft for him az wit.
nesses's house. When he disappeared the
letters suddenly stopped.
Alr. Deuchar. an accountant. said that the
value OF the estates that Liout. HRmbrouRh
would have come into possession Of when he
attained HIS majority was G25H4U.
1892 he levied an execution on Monson's
effects for debt Of E07S At the sale OF these
effects only go was realized.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-19
BRfZIL'S FINANCES.
London Times Correspoudent says They
Are In n Very bad Way.

LONDON. Dec 1a.-The Times publishes a
three column lotter dated at lilo de Janeiro on
Nov. - by its special correspondent The lot
ter relates mostly to the financial situation in
Brazil and is filled with statistics from official
documents. 1t closes thus:
The results to he deduced from these facts
are quite enough to warrant the assertion
that q complete reorganization Of the admins
trative financial methods is an absolute
necessity II the country is to be saved
from bankruptcy. Probably tho present
obligations are in excess Of my stato-
ment. AS common report In Rio credits
peixoto's Government with having issued
Illegally l2J.OOU,OUU milreis ahnut StiS 100
600 in Treasury hank notcs in the last twelve
months, whereas my figures on this item are
those pub. ished In the Finance Minister'S 1872
report
That Brazil has very great resources,
capable Of rapid development under good
government nobody disputes; but such de-
Nelopment and progress need encourage
ment OF n kind nOn-eXistent under tho
present regime. Coffee and rubber have
been the mainstay hitherto. but cereals and
many other products for which l'faZil defends
on tho outside world coulI to grown In tho
southern states, not only for home use but
for export also"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-19
IN 1HE TORLD or FASHION,
Mr. Perry HeImont En'-rtAius Party Of
SiNty Ais Sew Home.

The affairs Of fashionable society took n
musical turn yesterday Before the luncheon
hour there was 4 brilliant gathering at Abort
Morris BoEby's third musical Monday morn
ing" at the Waldorf An interesting pro-
Gramme Of solo and orchestral music was rem
dered At Mrs. James u. Coins reception at
her home, 5S2 Fifth avenue. the hostess enter
tanned her guests with musicale. Mrs. Rob
Crt Ahbts reception NJ her home, IL West
T. tteth street was crush RNair. 1t was
Mr.. Ahh's second Monday AZ home.
Everybody went - the oToTa, attracted
thither by les Ruguen0ts." FRI / o'clock
on the Vaudeville club was blu" with smoke
and noisy with music aud conversation. 4
favored few. sixty In number went TO Perry
lcmont's new home. 29U Madison avenue,
whors they 'ouEl his Louis NV. drawing
room decorated with ralms, and u nuflrt piled
high with choice things tn eat and drink. Mu-
s!c was furnished by q string orchestra
Mr.. belmont j. lHtcrcstirgl ely lavish this win
ter. Tho tOur-stury brown store front which
he has had considerably oyoIhauiHi. is one ~
the most imposing 81 the conventional houses
In Madison avenue near Thirty iNth street.
Lavish expenditures and artistic hands have
rendered the interior gorgeous. The first
floor is one immense white Rnl gold drawing
room, and row 81 columns in place Of a par
titinn wall between tho drawing room and tho
hall adds to the general spGciousncss.