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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

AN Omaha paper has been print
Ing interviews in relation to the en-
ployment Of convicts. One citizen
advocates making lawyers of them, so
that when they shall be set free they
will not compete with men who work.
This is, by implication, a little rough
on attorneys, but it is otherwise inn
practicable. How long would a burg
lar stay in jail after having conquered
the intricacies of law? Not min
ute. He would throw away his file,
quit digging surreptitiouSly at the
bricks and find a technicality big
enough to knock out the whole side
of the penitentiary
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

TRINITY CHURCH, Omaha, Neb.,
has adopted the nickel-in- the-slot
idea as the means OF liQuidating its
church debt. At the close OF each
session of the Sunday school the SUI
perintendent brings forth an artistl-
cally shaped, red-lettered box with a
slot in the lid. 1t is called the birth
day box. The man of discretion in
vites all who have had birthdays dur
ing the preceding week to come for
ward and deposit a nickel for each
year Of their age. 1t is supposed OF
course, that none but the superin-
tendent and the cheerful giver sees
and counts the nickels as they drop
into the box, which, as precaution-
airy measure, is padlocked. The
scheme is reported to.be a great sue
cess, as from one to three persons pay
tribute and make silent confession
each week. The report fails to state
whether the superintendent ever for
gets his discretion or whether the
bottom of the receptacle is padded to
prevent would-be shoppers from
counting the nickelS as they pink
PUNK, piink-plunk into the box.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

ONE who has had experience says
that a good street "iakir' can earn
81 per day That Is, by making a
show Of himself, being regarded as Il
swindler and being unqucstlonably a
nuisance, he can earn about as much
a the man who carries a hod still
there will always be taklrs a man
with superIatlye power and agility Of
Jaw must either hc one 90 take 10
pugl.Ism, AMI che hitter calling Is
crowded now
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

THE murder of Keeper Haight and
the escape and recapture Of Convict
Latimer are the climax of number
of sensational occurrences in the
Jackson penitentiary that must be
discOuraging TO prison reformers.
For long time Jackson has been
exemplary Of the application OF mild
discipline to convicted criminals.
The former Warden, a man Of kind
heart and high notions, instituted a
system which departed notably from
the old ways of dealing with prison
ers. Many privileges were permitted
to the conyicts, an extraordinarily
good quality and large quantity Of
food was allotted to them, their work
was light, their hours Of work short,
and their terms were relieved by
many entertainments Warden Hatch
tried to make good men out Of his
convictS. The cOnvicts retOrted by
blowing down the walls Of the prison
WILL lldlllADCs W dluCH - VIM
followed Warden Hatch adopted
methods only slightly modified. In
tercourse between the prisoners and
the guards was remarkably free, and
discipline was relaxed in every case
where that seemed possible. A life
convict deliberately poisoned the
keeper, opened the prison doors for
himself and fed The good men and
women who are prepared to cry down
any suggestion of return to the old
severe methods of prison government
for Jackson will derive small comfort
from this latest development in the
"mJIal reform" penitentiary. They
denouncc the wardens who treat
conycts cas- if they were tigers "
What would they suggest as the best
means Of guarding against the tiger
ish craft and treachery of such a
man as Latimer? The influence OF
prayers music, theatricals and SOC al
intercourse may mellow the heart OF
man who has murdered his father
and mother, but quicker and more
elcaclous remedy is the old one of
ten hours a day in the stone yard
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

SEIZURE upon seizure of Illicit
opium is made on the steamers ply
ing between the Orient and San Fran
cisco, and despite the peculiar man
ner IN which it is concealed about the
vessel, no attempt is made to hold
the agents Of the steamship COM
panies responsible for the illegal traf-
tic. A late capture made by the GUS
toms officers consisted of 1000 tins
and was valued at $40, 00O 1t was
found stored between the false and
real floors Of the hold of the Oceanic.
The work Of Secreting it required the
driving of nails in thick planking an
operation that with ordinary vigilance
should have come to the notice of the
ships officers. The occasional con-
iiScation Of the struggled drug has ac-
complished little toward the check
ing of the smugglers' operation. A
change of tactics embracing a thor
ough investigation of the officers Of
the vessels on which the drug is found
might prove more ollicacious
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

A WOMAN correspondent OF several
German newspapers went away d s.
appointed after visiting the tenement
house district in New York with q
charity physician. She looked in
vain for the deep poverty OF conti-
mental cities, and was astonished at
the little attempts at ornament in
the tenement-house homes. Above
all, she was surprised at the sight Of
orange vendors in the streets. The
poor, as she had known them in Ger
many, would regard oranges As au uu-
attainable luxury,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

To PARIS by rail! Itsounds strange,
but they say it will be feasible by and
by. Engineer Hutchinson has already
made the surveys which show that a
road via Alaska and across a bridge
over Bering Strait, to connect with a
Russian railroad, is feasible. Henry
Clews gave the clews to the enter
prise in one of his bright speeches at
dinner to some capitalists in New
YORK two years ago; and we shall prob
ably be able to so round to the Paris
Worlds Fair of 1900 by way of st.
Petersburg. But won't there be some
grand chances for train robbers of
lofty intellect along these lonely
lines?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

THE Grant Monument Committee
announces that it has at last raised
enough money to complete the work
and that the CT ntracts have been let.
This, it is to be understood, is not
the million-dollar monument that
New York promised when the dead
soldier was laid in Riverside Park
eight years ago, but a modest three
or four hundred thousand dollar af-
fair that the generous millionaires of
the metropolis decided to be more in
keeping with the simple tastes of
Grant. This is doing as well as
could lie expected of New York.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

ENFORCE the Chinese exclusion act
as we may, Cupid is smuggler that
no revenue officer can hope to detain.
For what is handsome Commander
Whiting OF the Alliance, late at
Hawaii, about to do? Nothing less
Interesting than marry one Of the
prettiest and most popular Chinese
bellies on the islands. The girl is
Miss Eta All F0ng, one Of fifteen
daughters OF a millionaire merchant
who married a woman Of mixed blood.
1t is all well enough for the great
ships Of the Atlantic squadron to he
prancing around in a Columbian dress
parade, but here comes an old wooden
cruiser in the Pacific with the com
mander dead set for a Chinese en-
gagement. War, war, war with Gu
pid astride the bowsprit laughing 1T
to kill
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

THE British lion has evidently tired
of being bearded in his den 10y the re-
suits of Yankee genius, and sends an
exhibit showing the highest achieve.
ments of English inventors IN the
planning Of locomotive, tender, and
passenger carriage, Americans will
be glad to see this exhibit 1t comes
from the shops of the lgreat London
and Northwestern Railway, and will
doubtless be well worth seeing. The
impression here is strong that Amer.
lea beats all creation in matters of
railway transit, but we shall be
pleased to acknowledge any improve.
ment that may come from England
or elsewhere.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

WESTERN artists who have been
rejected from the doors Of the World S
Fair can end abundant comfort in
the history Of art IN older countries.
Rejection from the established exhibit
tions CT France and England has of.
ten been the first sure sign of ulti-
mate celebrity and sometimes Of for
tune. Instead sof wasting moments
of depression in vain repinings let
the rejected read the lives Of the
preraphaelites, the annals of the Bar
bizon school and the first struggle OF
the,impressionists. The stones which
the buildings rejected have often be.
come foundations of new and splen
did temples.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

A NORWEGIAN gentleman has
just pocketed 1000 crowns by the
simple eXpedient Of passing under his
own name, which happens to be
Henrik lbseu. He telegraphed to
the owners OF public hall in Chris
tiana to secure il for lecture which
he proposed to give on "The Sub
mission of Woman" That hall
owner promptly announced the lee
ture, and on the appointed day every
seat was full. The manager, arrayed
I'M his best, awaited the sturdy,
bearded be-spectacied dramatist and
was just beginning TO grow inpatient
when "Mr. Henrik Ibsen" was an
nolInced-and a thin, rosy fair
haired gentleman appeared. He was
Henrik IbSen; there was no mistake
about it. He had eyen-being a far
seeing person-brougbt his certificate
of birth to prove That he was sur
named lbscn and Christian-named
Henrik aud he duly mounted the
platform and gave his lecture The
damage TO the hall furniture was esti-
mated at three times the receipts
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

WHAT! Ada Rehan's statue ii
butter! Now by the daring youth
that fired the Epheslan DOME there
be some people still in need of the
full-killer's visit! In truth 'twoulG
be seductive to see the capricious
coincidence in melting mood, as she
certainly would appear, despite en-
yironing ice, should the statue be ex-
hibited III hot weather. But fle! to
outline her charms in yellow-the
color of jealousy Never. Let her
be reproduced IN ice cream, in the
feecY and crisp white of the
''meringue," or even IN pink-tinted
and creamy lard. But in plebeian
butter forbid it, We MUSES. nine.
Montana offered the actress the
honors of silver, and New York must
do no less.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

SFoGTs,lEN have long wondered
whether the writers who ill the sup.
plement Of the Sunday papers with
the accounts OF the wonderful bags
of big game that are made within a
few hundred miles or less of this city
are not overcharged with imagina-
tion, or not well qualified to distin-
guish a ground hog from a bear The
latter supposition finds support in an
article which, describing a deer re-
Gently killed near Middletown, n. Y,
says: cit was a male doe"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

WHAT physicians do not know
about the bodies Of those on whom
they practice their art Is shown in
the death Of Colonel Elliot f. Shep-
ard. Both ether and Colonel Shepard
were presumably well known 10 the
doctors, but the effect ot combining
them vas a surprise Much OF the
practice OF medicine Is a CROPPING In
the dark The processes of che body
IN health and disease are largely hid
den from observation, and the doctor
has 30 guess 40 what is going on lu.
side and o. guess again Boa regard ta
what sill Dee che effect 0f HaarIns lH
drugs Tho science of medicine ha.
mado nam, advances iH the present
eeniNu aud e4eu in tha plst Goa q.
tarHif scars huf thf m4n at
fan0e Ass Ir.a .n aus r, laI n th.
prevention MS Hr4s lfhtIfHm.
.ernaa talGtha = t..f ll
HNsI Hfis sNI 81. NIE|
500 HlI
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

SPEAKING upon the underpaid store
girl question the Rev. Madison G.
Peters Of New York, says that young
women in the best houses rarely cX.
coed 81 and that the average is 81 to
$3.50 per week, while cash girls re-
ceiye from 81 to So. 80 a week And
yet, 70 their honor be 1t said, they
are as rarely dishonest as they are
likely to become rich.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

SCARCELY week passes that does
not bring the story of bank wrecked
by one or more of those entrusted
with its management, yet within the
past four years there have been four
teen of this class of offenders made
the subject of executive clemency.
Among those thus favored by the
President were Harper. who broke
the Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati, and
Classen and Simmons whose COM
bined efforts in roguery succeeded in
wrecking three such institutions
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

japanese house mats, says Miss
Bird in her work on Japan, are as
neat refined, and soft a covering for
the floor as the finest Administer
carpet They are five feet nine
inches long, three feet broad. aud two
and a half inches thick. The frame
1olldly made Of coarse straw, and
With very fine woven mating, as
nearly white as possible, and each
nat Is usually bound with dark blue
cloth. Temples aud rooms are meas.
irpd hy the number OF mats jhoy CON.
aln. aul ROOMS must ho built ior the
mats rs theY are never cut 90 the
a0ms They ace always level with
be- ualshal gfp0yes uf leiaft which
urraund the fu0f IhaY ace sDlt aaIl
elastic lud the HHeF qualities ara
a.Y beautiful lHef ln N DNleu.
.It.a8 600 H.st lfHHt ugHNh sHi
h Mfanaae HkH srat ffHF H
N.m 400 ms ml.lftHrHNal W tAa
tI. HI0H NH i.H.tI |
t'IH .EI..H SGD l.ftI
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

A LEGEND says that the devil gave
hermit the choice Of three great
vices, one Of which was drunkenness.
The hermit chose this rs being the
least sinful lie became drunk and
then committed the other two. And
It still remains a fact that a nan J,
capable Of any crime, however revolt.
ing under the influence Of LIQUOR
Whisky is the devils samson and Go
liah.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

II the charges now made against
Col. Streator are true 10 wouldn't be-
bad idea 20 give him dose of the
medicine he gave Private Ium- last
summer A drunken, oyefbearlng,
abusive old Colonel dangling bg his
thumbs would bea warming o. other
mlftInefs And what l1t uf sat.,-
faction lams must tr getting 14f O'
these ht. development,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15
The Change In Woman.

Charles Dudley Warner speaking OF
the change in woman says: "When
she comes into a crowded railway sta
tion she comes with a straightfof-
ward, resolute, unassuming air, like
man. She knows exactly what she
wants She is not Hurried; she does
not need 90 20 about neryously asking
questions Of stupid men, She has
her watch and time table, and quietly
takes her place and her rights. Only
one thing she has not learned, AID
that Is not 10 break into the head OF
a line waiting 40 the ticket ollce or
the postonicc window. La time she
will mll wholly into the ordered line
90 life rs learning O. respect thg
rights of others although they mas
Boz men uh uo she WON'T do auY.
thing af the sHrt She Will continue
e. du exactly else same Az she has n
SAYS leHa auA the Nil continue a.
set or backward irnm "a moving tIf
Omaha Waf.til.llI
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

A PIECE of Kansas City property
vas sold last week for 81, 500 a front
foot and the local newspapers eXul-
family announce that this is higher
price than any obtained during the
boom. But somehow the report sug-
gests that the price-like the salary
Of the opera comiQue artist or the
star pltcher-is for publication only.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

AN article in the Sacramento Bee
so enraged the members of the Cali
fornia Legislature that they voted to
remove the capital from Sacramento
to San Jose. 1t seems incredible
that by raking over a whole State a
body of men could be got together
containing a voting majority CT such
UNIQUE idiots.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

IT knocks out all thought of the
Dowager Duchess of Marlborough
formerly Mrs Hamersly) being a
lone and poor widow, when we read
that.she is negotiating for the pur-
chase Of that glorious old estate Al
dermaston Park, which contains
some ,, 500 acres Of the most pictur-
IS sue and Le5t-woodcd land in En-
gland.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15
A SAN Francisco youth took

A SAN Francisco youth took a
pocketbook containing SIT. and when
aDprehended some distance away eX-
planned that the episode was merely
a practical joke. At this point the
Judge showed remarkable self-re-
straint In finding the merry jester
guilty Of larceny he SAID not word
about carrying 4 joke too far.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

''CLEARNEsS and force are as ncces-
sary in advertising as in the highest
literary work, because both economic
the readers attention The less
mental energy a man is Obliged to ex-
pend to grasp an idea the more
vividly will that idea strike him"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

MAN is the universal animal. 1t
IS estimated that There are | 500, 900, :
900 of him on the globe. The sheep
rank next with him 500, coo, 900;
there are 800, 900, 900 cattle; 100, 0OO,-
600 hogs and $4,000. 900 horses con-
tinue the list.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

A SAN FRANCISCO burglar after be
ing found guilty inherited $50, coo.
1t came, alas, too late to save him
from San Quentin. How could JUS
tice know that the penniless prisoner
was to be Innocently affluent?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

IT Is among the condolences worth
noting that Gen Doubleday the last
surviving officer of the Fort Sumpter
garrison, and Gen. Beauregard, who
commanded the confederate forces
which captured che fort, died SO
nearly at the same time.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

MYRA CLARK GAINES leitan estate
worth 1925, 900 when she died in
1887. The lawyers have absorbed
$500, 600 of it in fighting over her will
and hope to get away with the re-
malnder IN the new trial which they
have Just commenced.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15
A GENTLEMAN never attempts to be

A GENTLEMAN never attempts to be
humorous at the expense of people
with whom he is but slightly ac-
quainted. He would as soon board
at their cost or request them 20 frank
him at their tailor's. In fact, it IS
neither good manners nor wise policy
to Joke at anybody's eXpense-uhat is
10 say to make anybody uucomforta.
Die merely 60 raise laugh
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

GRADUALLY but steadily women
are invading mans field Of employ
ment, and sharing with him its la
borS and emoluments. But men need
not tecome jealous The more pay
ing work women find TO do the more
men will be relieved Of the burden Of
zhcir suDDOrt
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

"GENTLEMAE GEORGE, convicted
burglar stood before the bar at
Providence and demonstrated by curs-
ing everything IN sight aud most
things that he could think o. that
MS title was a mlsnomeE lie was
hen given a sentence of TWENTY-FIVE
iolnb bat what proportion was Cor
le'Hs burglar and what ior noe bc.
ns "a gentleman che Records au OBJ
how
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

THE Cramps have now launched
the eighth war ship built by them for
the new American Navy. They are
not cramped for facilities for turning
out all the vessels that may be needed
to float Uncle Sans flag.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

REFORMERS in various lines may
find food for thought in the fact that
the value of tobacco consumed an
nualIy in the United States reaches
$3.50, 900, 900, or nearly Sc per capita
of the entire population.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

"Catalonian Jackasses and Don
Keys in Pentellaria, are subjects Of
recent United States Consular re-
ports. Why does the government
permit these consuls to inAict their
autoblographies upon the long suffer
ing people Of this country at the
nubiic eXncnse?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

Two REVOLUTIONS are 10 progress
in Honduras. This crowds the non
combatants little, yet they do not
complain much. OF course, two rev.
olutions are good many but think
of the awful monotony if there should
be no revolution at all.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

WE pass every day through all the
changes ofhuman experience. We are
children in the morning, with their
fresh young bodies and feelings; we
are middle-aged at noon, having seen
an end Of all perfection; we are old
and weary and worn out at night.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

BY actual count there are no less
than S27 phrases in the English Ian
guage expressive of the state of being
IN love. And yet the average young
man, when he tries to propose, can
do nothing but gasp.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

Miss FRANCES E. WILLARD, presi-
dent of the W. G. T. U. of the United
States had the pleasantest reception
on record when she got among her
English colleagues, and they seemed
to be yieing with each other as to
which could do the most for her COM
Fort
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

flesh to gain the power to embrace
within his ken the mysteries of the
universe. This may be all true, but
for real modification of the flesh he
should have remained in st. Louis.
Exile wasn't necessary.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

THE latest waltz is called "Chi-
cago." Competent judges say that
instead Of hugging set to music it is
straight hugging, with an obligato
That will suit the terpsichorean folks.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

A VOTE at Sacramento on an
amendment having for its purpose
the cutting down of attorneys fees,
of course, promptly killed it. Such
an amendment had wonderful hardi-
hood to stray into place where law
yers are busy framing wise and bened-
cent measures.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

A FRESNO juror appeared in the
box while drunk He was clearly
guilty of contempt OF court But
compared with the contempt apper-
tanning to the inebriate, of which the
court was clearly guilty shortly there
after, the jurors effort was notably
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

disease or drug may do to a man
when it gets inside OF him, bit when
it is discovered how a disease is
caused it does not need more than
good common sense TO explain to this
man that it is best for him to keep
away from it,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

No TRUE man will ever sink so low
as to write an anonymous letter; he
Will have sense enough to see that he
can make his letter very much more
effective by signing a fictitious name.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

A PENNSYLVANIA man employed a
young woman to collect bills from his
swell customers. The scheme did
not work. The young woman was so
good looking and generally agreeable
that the customers deliberately re-
Trained from paying their bills so as
to make her call again.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

eye, a lions heart and a iady's hand.
A physician is man who pours
drugs, of which he knows little, into
a body of which ne Knows less
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

ADVERTISING is a salesman that
works early and late. lie is talking
to people long before your store is
open and long after your store is
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-15

Ten friends are dearly purchased
If gained at the expense of a single
enemy; for the enemy will take ten
times the pains to injure you that the
friends will take to do you service.