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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

One so seldom sees genuine old
lady nowadays. The devices of the
perruquier, the complexion special
ties of the beauty doctor, the dress
aids and skill of the modern modiste,
all tend to keep the sweet, motherly
creature with snowy hair and old
world cCurtliness of manner in the
background. Frequently one won
ders what sort Of memories the little
folks Of to-day will have of the
grandmother who looks as young and
dresses as gay as her daughter, and
insists on the children calling her
auntie. In comparison with this ex-
tremely frivolous elderly person we
think Of our own grandmother, who
long years ago was laid to rest in TIE
country burying ground. How sweet
and aristOcratic were the silvery
locks surmounted by the cap of real
lace. No French twists and false
front pieces at variance with the color
of her hair for this dear old lady, who
wore gowns becoming to her years,
and whose face, with its wrinkles
unhidden or filled in by some time
destroyer of modern invention, looked
out upon the world from eyes long
used to spectacles which she was not
ashamed to wear. There was more
of dignifed beauty in the growing
old Of such a woman than in the vain
striyings after a vanished youth
which lead so many women to dress
like their own young daughters; to
accept every device toward the arti-
fetal reproduction Of faded charms,
and which leaves in the world to-day
so few of those lovely, womanly
women who have no desire to ape the
manners and dress of the young, and
who possess dignity and loyableness
that the pitiful struggler after de-
parted days will never possess. -
Philadelphia Times.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

some accident. Ice yachting Is a
sport of very recent adoption, and it
Is essentially the same as skate-sail-
ing Those who know how to sail a
catboat would have very little trouble
In learning the theory, though there
Is considerable difficulty in getting
the knack Of the sails. The best way
to learn thoroughly is to begin by
holding your coat or umbrella open
and then with the wind at your back
allow yourself to be propelled for
ward. Next try to deviate your
course slightly to the right or left,
holding the coat or umbrella at the
same angle as before, with respect to
the direction Of the wind. After
you have done this you will find your
self at the other end Of the pond with
no means Of getting back, apparently,
except by the vigorous use of your
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

So far as known, the first counter
feiting was done in 1858 Wy man
named Richard William Vaughn.
Vaughn was engaged to a young lady
in Stafford, England, and desiring 10
impress her fayorably with an idea OF
his wealth, he employed a number Of
artists, each 20 execute a portion " a
Bank OF England note. Through one
of the engrayers the discovery was
made known. Vaughn was arrested.
and his ofIense was deemed 20 come
within the scope OF the law punish.
ing counterfeitng the kings coin.
Vaughn was hanged, but the ease
with which he demonstrated how
eounterfeitlng could be done soon led
% numerous mutations
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
Encouraging Matrimony.

In Norway there is a premium on
marriage by giving married people a
discount. Thus man and his wife
can travel for a fare and "A half, a
schedule OF rates much more satisfy
ing 90 everyone than children half
price," and much more reasonable.
IL is suggested that this privilege Is
liable 20 abuse A prudent man
might prolOng his courtshlp indeh-
nitely at reduced rates, This, how
ever could be easily prevented by
obliglng married people 20 carry their
certificates about with them, a. they
could easily do In red mofocco eases,
like Communication tickets on rail-
roads
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
An uncompllmentarr Doctor.

Hartford girls are renowned for
their beauty IL must be admitted
that there are a few plain women in
town, but they were born elsewhere.
one Of the latter, who Is really pain
July homely, called on a physician
who Is as plain In his speech as his
patient is In respect 20 her face. lie
tried to cheer her; her ailment was a
lriAlng matter be said "Oh, Doc
tori" she groaue1, Il feel worse than
/ look. Then, my dear young lady,
fear there Is 40 hope fof you. e
Hartford Post
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

In the picture is much used In the
Danish islands and a brief descrip-
ton is given. The frame consists OF
five bamboo rods, TO which the sail is
attached, as shown in Fig. 3. The
sail should be made Of cotton duck.
The top is about 1 feet 10 inches
across, the center 9 feet inches, and
the bottom, along the straight
line from corner 10 corner, 7
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
WHY He Was Polite.

Il was coming West over the Wa
bash the other day, and had for fell
passengers Missouri stock raiser,
his wife, and Boston exquisite
deeply enamored of his own shape, /"
said O. N. Hapgood to a st. Louis
Globe Democrat man.
"The MissOurian was a big, burly
fellow with four days growth Of
beard and the tan of forty summers
on his face, but his wife was young
and very pretty. The Boston ire.
sistible took seat facing her and
strove in various ways to attract her
attention. The husband caught on
to his capers, and bought copy of an
illustrated humorous paper, which he
handed him. This amused him for a
time but he soon resumed his occupa-
tion OF staring at the lady.
Then the husband sent him the
morning paper. He read the base
ball news through, readjusted his
cravat, and resumed his old tactics
The Missourian then invited him into
the smoker to enjoy Key West with
him. AS they pulled the fragrant
weeds the exquisite's curiosity crop
ped out. He was eager to know if he
had mashed the entire family.
81 say, he began, i cawn't see
why you show me so much attention,
dontcherknow. You must like me
pretty well for new acquaintance.
"'Like your blurted out the Mis-
sourian. You biankety-blanked fall
low-faced dudel l find it cheaper to
buy base ball literature and cigars to
amuse you than to unscrew your neck
for gawking at my wife,"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
Many cartursa IlrllI.h rlnr..

II Is asserted that there are In the
Naval Institute Hall nc The Annapo.
ITS, Md, acadcmy, more British flags
captured IN war than at any one
place Ia che world The collection
was frat moved u The naval school
- order Of President tulk on Febru.
ary r. 1870 They lruwrll preserved.
bslns closed up Ia casea maau &c thr
purpose AmNus lhe manY mlaht hc
mentioned tho following tnsisa IA
thr telHleef captured luna ts. tsli.
tf Naplalu fnnnsHn n|Akf1t Hf the
Wasp onfenf q co. tfllN ml Co.,
vase aNlHfi fuhrmw a, lHlA tl
ClDAlH Nh8f.n HI.HAft &c lhH 500
stIlHtHN. aHH4H Hi thH lava .aN
lHrd IN. aiI.f "a lHI| tI DH.tN
HlNHH Ht.HNfHH Hf lHa tHsI IA
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

The Hartford Medical Association
has adopted resolution deprecating
the a0-called medical contract sys.
tenn The growth NJ thh system hat
been great aulHg The last few Years.
Ia Hartford alone there ace twtnty
soclct|es which provide thslr mem.
bew elth mtdleal attendance hf q
small annual fef, uns.ua frnm .1
aents m 81 uua Wfeif aat tha Ior
tau ca hail'ns agl.Hat cash aEHrr
anl HHANf f.HfI thn nflN.s.I Al
iHftHa Iu ssl faniIes hfIf| ssnft
Hr capita lha rhltF ~ aH. Ii
mM tHM e#t NlHa fastI.
= aaH0'sIIw snl Iaal la.f
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

ing to the left or near side, the right
hand reaches across, and, taking
hold of the rear rein between
the first and second fingers, pulls
it backward over the off-side rein,
which at the same time the left
hand has forwarded slightly to
slacken the draught. Diagram B. J
The off-side rein is acted on in the
same relative manner, except that it
is taken hold of from the top by the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

second fingers. The advantage OF
this is 40 once apparent, as il gives
one a free right hand with which 10
use the whip on a sluggish horse aud
help him either round corner or
IN passing another vehicle. TO stop.
simply place the right hand at a
greater or shorter distance, accord.
Ing "a the speed, IN front Of tho left
hand diagram m, aud pressing the
right Rand toward the loiy and
pushing lhe lott hand a tr.no aut.
raise both hands, the b0df mean.
@hile telrg Kept straight, even IT,
cl'nlns pc fufwafd This il "a mr
more atrHtite and t.tan mtthad
than ihat Hf taking i miH .n each
hand #ahlHa hAek lHl naIllnE $50
salf eIIa tHe nas Hf dignity CHt az
ths 0ss H lNe HpfHft ef a ha d.
teAu
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

A Young man ln seott County,
kentuckf feit "A severe palu ln hls
re shoulder ana ARMS tame $50
IaAu asn Iud ur mnutht DEL suffered
l.eWt. than the Affected paste
un fl rhangr sn.uf tut taHma
Nses hFaH ah.Is thf uIn .lfessai
AI aai tN. IHNu.laf 4Hl Nm eam
..0.l aIH4 lH.ak glaHlH En- mil
fH HN0 81 AlA hHH IhH alIs
le#NHH Wt a.a laa nH4af
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
AN ENJOYABLE SPORT.
INFORMATION ABOUT SKATE
SAILING.
An Art Which Originated I'm Standing
with Your Back to the Wind and Allow
ing Old Boreas to Bowl You Along.
Condensed Instruction.

The practice Of skate-sailing is an
outcome Of the old custom of stand
ing with your back to the wind and
allowing old BOreas to bowl you
along, in lieu of any muscular exer-
tion on your own part. 1t has been
remarked in the long books which de-
scribe skate-sailing that somebody
ought to have discovered this art be-
fore, because it is so simple. But
there are many valuable inventions
in this world which, though quite
simple, have remained a long time
bottled up, and probably a great
many more will be made through
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

legs and that in the face of brisk
breeze. Here is where the science
comes in.
In order to get back you will have
to discard your coat and umbrella and
adopt sail, so that you may tack.
There are many different kinds of
sails employed. Theon represented
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

the wind, or against II, IL Is neces.
sary to point the sail more or less in
the direction from which the
wind comes. BY facing or turn.
ing the line Of the skates to an anglia
of about As degrees to the right from
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

the direction of the wind, and hold
ing the sail about half as much "off,"
you will be enabled to tack, or work
your way in zigzag fashion gradu-
ally back to the point from which
you started. This lacking is very
well shown in Figs and 5.
Skate-sailing is very pleasant
sport for lazy man. 1t requires
very little exertion, and, at the same
time, affords all the exhilaration Of a
fast drive or yacht race. The sport
has not been widely adopted in this
immediate vicinity, though it is very
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

possible du cgur Isl vous en- avez).
In this regard figures and are in
correct. The wrist is bent, giving
pliability to the hands, and the whip,
held in the palm of the hand almost
entirely by the thumb, so as to leave
the four fingers free to work the
reins, is nearly at right angles with
the horses and about forty-tive de-
grees from the horizontal. In turn
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

1872, by Captain William Barrows, OF
the brig Enterprise, now at the acad.
envy, besides large number of other
English flags, and several Others
taken from the Chinese, Coreans,
Mexicans, French and Confederates.
The Collector.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
Form in Driving.

"The most imperative command Of
smart driving is to hold the reigns in
the left hand, the near side over the
first finger, the off side between the
second and third fingers, and seldom,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

last three fingers of the right hand,
as shown in diagram G, and pulled
toward the left hand. Although
generally confined to tandem and
four-in-hand driving, it is often de-
sirable to point in driving one or a
pair, that is, to loop the near rein, if
you would turn the near side, under
the thumb, or if eff side, which is
more difficult, between the first and
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
HOW TO HOLD REINS.
DRIVING is NOW REDUCED TO A
SCIENCE.

All Sorts of Methods in Vogue but Only One
Correct-Importance of the Left HIND
How the Body should Be Held-Timely
Information.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

bound Of the india rubber wheels.
However, the invention may have its
USE A divided skirt for cycling will
perhaps commend itself to ladies.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

Asa neullf surprise. e Chleagoaa
presented a tmh ta "A ffIeHd Wha
handled Il CAfeIemlf aua Wla h.aWn
u fal Al q catch q feriIus gIImuif IL
aiFK rs was hfaauat8 that tha
rl#Ila eat apalal "a $3.50 81 ~
a|faf .sfaatiHfs aishI asta maIe4
MH|taIe
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

save in an emergency, separate the
reins by taking one in each hand,
says writer in Lippincotts Maya
zine. Diagram A illustrates the cor
rect position, in which we also see the
hands are held well up and close to
the body, as Frenchman graphically
and facetiously enjoins; QUAINT aux
renes, il fault les tenir aussi pres que
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
BICYCLES OF ALL KINDS,

Remarkable Exhibition Recently Held
In London.
The largest bicycle show on record
has just been held in London by the
Stanley Cycle Club. 1t was chiefly
curious for two things-the wonder
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
English Military Punishments.

Our old English military punishments
were not destitute of ingeniously de-
vised discomfort.
For instance, there was the wooden
horse ON movable stand, made in the
similitudc of that animal, with head ard
tail attached to increase the likeness, of
planks nailed together and meeting in a
sharp ridge. Upon this ridge, rs upon
the back of d horse, the culprit rode
astride with his hands tied behind him
and his legs dragged down by attached
muskets to prevent, according to a
CHASTITY joke of that time, his horse kick
ing him.
There was also the picket, kind of
torture in which one hand was fastened
to hook in II post above the head of the
criminal, Willie his suspended body was
supported by his bare heel resting ON a
wooden stump, narrowed, to cause him
the greater inconvenience.
These puniShments were discontinued
as leading TO rupture and lameness, liz
running the gauntlet or the gantlope the
wrctched soldier ran between two lines
of his comrades and was beaten by
switches and insulted by the worst OF
them-a form of torture degrading sol.
diers to executioners, and perhaps the
most cowardly and intolerable ever con
ceived Tit-Bits.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
Character In the Bell Ring.

DoorbcllS are pretty good indicators OF
character. Probably you have not been
conscious of it, but every time you pull
q doorbell you register what manner of
man you are. Your ring will not tell
everything about you, from the color of
your eyes to your taste In flowers, but
to those who know the signs the doorbell
is as good as title page.
Any one who has had occasion to an
swer bell pulls knows how much differ
ence there is in them. One persons
method varies very little from time to
time, though the difference between that
method and somebody else, while slight,
will be sufficiently well marked. 1t is
seldom that two rings are exactly alike.
The housewife recognizes each-the
impatient man, who pulls the bell twice
in quick succession and does not wait
long before trying it again; the one of
more phlegmatic temperament, whose
ring is slower and more substantial; the
hesitating woman, who draws the knob
out in a succession of nervous jerks; the
seedy individual with matches to sell,
who stretches the wire carefully to its
full length and then allows it to relax
with a faint, apologetic tinkle, and the
jolly friend who knows he is welcome
and therefore grasps the knob with a
hearty swing that is fairly eloquent with
good nature and sets the bell to shaking
its sides with such peals of echoing
laughter that it positively cannot STOP
at once, but subsidies gradually with a
merry, irrepressible little litter. A door
bell has as many voices as visitors
| Yankee Blade.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
The Giants and Noah,s Flood.

Among the many queer stories related
in The old Jewish Talmud and copied
into Raring-Gould's ''Patriarchs and
Prophets" and works of similar import
is one concerning the action taken by
the great race of giants at the time OF
the deluge At the time of the food the
giants were not all drowned. Thcil
leader, Og, planted his foot upon the
fountains of the deep, and with his
hands he stopped the windows of heav.
en-. According to Rabbi Eliezer, when
the flood broke upon the earth the giants
exclaimed, IF all the waters of the
earth be gathered together, they will
only reach to our waists. and if the foun
tains of the great deep be broken up we
will stamp them down again. This
they did as they had declared they
would Then God made the waters ho'
and boiled the flesh from their bones.
The Targum of Palestine also says thu
waters of the flood were hot. The Tai
mud then goes on to relate the story o
the escape of Og, declaring that he wen
into the water along with the rhinoceros
clinging to the side of the ark. Thu
same authorities which give us an &C
count of how Og saved himself tell u
that all the waters of the deluge wer,
hot except that which Immediately sur
rounded the hull of the ark. One rab
binic authority says that Og climbed
upon the top of the ark, and that whel
Noah discovered and attempted to dis
lodge him he swore to be slave to tn
patriarch's family forever if permitted
to retain his seat. st. Louis Republic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
The End of One soothsayer.

In ancient times every monarch and
prince, great or little, kept his soothsay
ers, or at least had recourse to some per-
son who pretended to read the future in
the stars or somewhere else. We have
still persons who assume to be able to
foretell the future. but the great differ
ence between past ages and the present
in this regard is that then the great and
often wise men of the earth believed in
the soothsayers. while now only the fool
ish and feeble have any confidence in
them.
The decline in the credit and honor of
soothsaying dates in considerable meas
ure perhaps from certain performance
of John Galeazzo, duke of Milan. He,
too, had soothsayer. One day the
reader of the stars came to him and said:
"My lord, make haste to arrange your
earthly affairs"
"And why shall do thatY asked the
duke.
because the stars tell me that you
have not long to live
Indeed! And what do the stars tell
you about your own lease of lifeg asked
Duke John.
"They promise me many years more
of life
"They do:'
$50 have read them, my lord"
"Well, them" said the duke, sit ap.
pears that the stars knew very little
about these things, for you will be
hanged within half an hourp
He sent the soothsayer to the gallows
with promptness and lived many years
afterward himself Star reading fell
into disuse in Milan from that time.
Youths Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
A Wninnn,s Gift.

Another princely gift has been made
to the Teachers college, to which Mr.. q
w. Vanderbilt presented the building
lots near the site of the Columbia col.
iege The gift is from woman living
outside the city, and her only condition
is that her name shall be kept secret.
Two hundred thousand dollars have been
subscribed by the unknown donor for a
building to be known as the Department
of Mechanic Arts.
The main building for the college will
cost $350,000, and of this amount $780,,
600 has been collected, $4,000 having
been subscribed on condition that the
remaining amount shall be collected
This the trustees are confident of doing
within the year. An important phase
of the work in the Teachers college will
be the alliance already provided with
Columbia college. New York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
The smell convinced the Judge.

Sauerkraut has hitherto been consider
ed the most odoriferous compound i'm
ported from Germany, because, as an
old song says, it is
Cabbage which has lain in very damp cellar,
Till it smells so high it can smell no smeller
But very formidable rival has now
been found to the national dish in a pc
culiar kind of herring, duly labeled, in
accordance with the act, "made in Ger
many which formed the subject of a
law case before the assistant judge of
the. Westminster county court. The
mysterious herrings are sold in tins, their
technical name being "Deutsche deli
catessen, in other words, German tasty
bits" A firm in the fatherland sent over
some of these delicacies to Mr.. Lingen, q
restaurant keeper in the city, and when
that gentleman failed to sell them, owing
to their 20-horse power odor. it sued him
for the PRICES lis. Cd.
The restaurant keepers defense was
simple: "Dey smell the schoppe out,
and | would get dree months if l sell
them. Inever smell anything dat vas so
high" His shopman's opinion vas:
"Mein herr, if you no get rid of dem
smellerenest fish as ever | smelled, We
will all die of de cholera" Stronger
testimony was still produced in the
shape of tin of the "delicatessen,
which was opened for the judges edit
cation. The court held its nose until
the box was carried out of the building
and then gave verdict for the defend
ant. Mr.. Lingen said he sold only one
tin, and the customer who purchased it
brought it buck and declared that it was
more powerful than all the "a odors OF
Cologne combined. London Letter.
COUGHING LEADS TO CONSUMPTION
Balsam stops the cough at once.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
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ODDS AND ENDS.
The New Anio aqueduct at Rome was
69 miles LONE

The New Anio aqueduct at Rome was
6S miles long.
1t is said that dsinterestedness Is not
mountain virtue,
When talking, givo each syllable Its
proper value or length.
This is the centennial year of Protes-
tant missionary work in India.
Noone can breathe greater height
than seven miles from the earth.
A chronic borrower is person whom
all sooner or later learn to avoid.
People sometimes make the most noise
in church when they are sound asleep.
The root of tho brier is the only wood
which does not burn when exposed to
| fire.
Remove grease from garments by
sponging with one tablespoonful of salt
| to four of alcohol.
The smallest baby at birth was born nj
Bucksport, Me, When 90 hours old, il
weighed but 90 ounces.
The French chamber has recently APP
propriated S5ca coo to be expended in
planting tho mountains with trees.
During the complicated process OF
manufacturing stamps they are counted
II times in order to guard against pill
| fering,
The banana seeds only in one small
! spot on the earth-the Andaman islands,
Everywhere else it must be raised from
suckles,
Early rebukes and shames of light
quality have frequently prevented, at q
later date. heavy agonies of chagrin and
remorse.
AT Plymouth Il vessel weighing zoe
tons was lifted clean on to the broad sea
wall at the breakwater by the force Of
| the waves.
The fourth verse of the twentieth
chapter of Revelation contains more
words than any other verse in the New
| Testament.