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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
WHIP FOR A CHILD.

Get stick about fifteen inches long and
three-quarters of an inch in diameter
Have one end of it, for about an inch.
cut away to be tribe less than three.
quarters of an inch through. If you
happen to have q straight chair-round it
will do instead of having one turned.
Take piece of chamois leather, two
inches long and just wide enough to
meet around this small end sew securely.
Now for the covering Use Germantown
yarn and rather coarse needles; cast on
eighteen stitches, and knit, garter stitch,
strip about three inches longer than
the stick; then narrow gradually, until
your strip is fifteen or eighteen inches
longer than the stick. You will have
only one stitch on needle ut end, which
bind off. Sew this strip around stick
and finish with tassel. Sew near tho
end of stick five small brass bells. The
color like is dark garnet and made
with a broad strip of mixed colors Cd
the handle. - Detroit Free Press.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
Requirements of House Plants.

Heat and moisture are the principal
requirements for the growth of plants.
When growth is rapid, the demand for
moisture will be plainly apparent by the
condition of the leaves, and the plant
will also show plainly, by its substance
and strength, whether all other con
ditions of growth are favorable for its
development. A surplus of solid food
IS not so much to be feared, as a plant
can only take up what it actually re-
quires. Not so with heat and moisture
these can be given in such a degree as to
weaken and destroy rather than to build
up vigorous vegetable growth.
Overwhelming is the plants mos for
midable enemy; give 1t no more than is
absolutely necessary, such necessity
being indicated by the plants appear
ance, or rather by the state of the soil
in the pot. This should never get dusty,
neither should the leaves of the plants
ever droop; but, better by far, let the
plant indicate by the dropping of the
leaves that it needs water than to apply
an unnecessary amount. Plants, as a
rule, make but little growth in early
winter, consequently they have but little
use for water, and more than the plant
can consume is positive injury to it.
Too much heat is equally injurious, as
it stimulates growth for which the other
conditions Of plant growth are not
fitted
Light is another important element of
plant growth, and its healthy develop
ment is largely dependent upon it.
Where it is not proportionate with other
conditions, sickly, long-drawn-out
plants will be the result Evergreen
plants, that require season of rest in
winter, should be chosen for shady
positions. Guard against excuses, as
plants suffer from them as much as
animals do, hence the necessity of
carefully attending to their wants
/ American Agriculturist.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
THREE EITTLE PRINCES.

OF the daily life of the three eldest
Imperial Princes our Berlin correspondent
writes The princes, as is generally
known, are very simply and strictly
brought up. Every day, summer and
winter they get up at seven in the
morning, and have breakfast at n quarter
to eight, consisting Of tea and rolls. The
meal never lasts more than quarter of
an hour Punctually at eight their
lessons begin. The Crown Prince, as
well rs the Princes Fritz and Adalbert,
are each taught separately, but for some
hours the Crown Prince and Prince Fritz
are taught together The Crown Prince.
who is most Jealous and takes all his
lessons in earnest, is much further adj
vanced than his two brothers The
play hours during the morning are filed
up with gymnastics, games of ball,
digging, etc, in the playground, near
the right wing of the New Palace. At
quarter to ten they take luncheon
sandwiches, natural mineral water, which
beverage is much drunk at the Imperial
table.
After lunch they again have lessons
for short time, and then take their
riding lessons, either in the riding school
in bad weather or in fine weather out Of
doors. The Crown Prince, who is an
excellent rider, with q firm seat, has
lately begun to ride His white horse.
abdul. which he received on his
birthday from the Emperor, is a hand
some large Arabian, with a long tail aud
thick name, of faultlcss build. proud
bearing, aud a most graceful step. After
tlcir riding lessons they sometimes take
a ride In the ueighborhood Of the New
Palace, accompanied by the Grown
Princes Military Governor Major won
FaIkeuhayn The Princes Fritz and
Adalbert accompany the Grown Prince
Un the.r ponies, and IL Is q prr.ty sight
Ga aa che Younger ones trying tn Keep
up with their elder brother rhey ,rri
often ake drive ln thn.r poo, carriage
lhe tWaa Prince driving lhM hWh
ha4ket 0trfm1H n drawn DIST eh.'u
paaN hung tIl HteF nilh tlltUr ha.n.
tai 81 asHa Is "~oehaHl laaIm
AaaH
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
rhe Mexican's Courage.

| ''rhe Mexican is not usually trained
fighter, but he doesn't lack courage, .
said George S. Smith. "He will take
more punishment than any white man
living before admitting that he is
whipped. He is a mixture of Spaniard
and Indian, and inherits the reckless dar-
ing Of the one and the stoicism of the
other. The bravest deed | ever witnessed
was one performed 10y Mexican some
years ago at Durango. A menagerie was
exhibiting in the town, and a large,
fierce leopard escaped from its cage and
went bounding down the principal street
A child about two years old was playing
on the curbstone and clapped its hands
with glee as the beautiful beast came
bounding toward it, Everybody was
skurrying for place of safety, when a
rather handsome young Mexican came
around the corner. The child was mid
way between him and the leopard and
both advanced toward it, eying each
other When a dozen feet distant the
leopard crouchcd for spring, but the
Mexican was too quick for it, He sprang
forward, caught up the child, threw it
behind him, drew his long knife, and
advanced on the leopard The latter
beat the pavement with its tail, and
made an ugly kissing sound like that of
a monster house cat expected to see
it spring upon III Mexican, but II did
not When his antagonist was within a
dozen feet Of him the leopard spraue
across the street, and with low growl
trotted oh.'-lSt Louis Globe Demo
crtt
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
WHAT INDIAN BOYS MUST LEARN.


American Indian boys are wonderfully
accomplished young beings 1t would
greatly surprise you to see the things
they can do with the simplest tools and
weapons. An Indian boy can bring
down a wild duck with small round
stone. He can hit wild fowl and quail
with the same rude implement, using, if
the game be far away, sling -shot to
carry" farther He can WELD an AK so
truly that small sections of wood are
straight and fiat enough, after he has
chopped them, to be used for building
purposes.
This comes by long practice, you will
hear many people say. But an Indian
mother will tell you that there is another
element to be found in her boys skillful
work. She will tell you that much of it
is real brain-work. Fancy brain-work in
woodchopping or stone-throwing 1t
seems ridiculous to rs, does it notl But
the Indian mother will tell you, in her
quaint half English "Mc learn boy to
master himself. Me teach boy to measure
force, Me teach boy to pay attention. "
And when he has learned all these
things, then he can throw a stone. - The
Ledger
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
FREDDIE THOUGHT OF A WAY.

Freddie Gray and his Aunt Helen,
who were visiting the Grays at their
home, were one day crossing the pasture
together. When they were half way
across the lady noticed two oxen and
paused doubttully.
Il don't know about going past those
oxen, Freddie, she said.
Freddie frightened his hold on her
hand encouragingly.
Don't be afraid Of them, Aunt
Helen, he said they won't hurt us.
The first time | came down here | was
afraid of them. didn't dare to 90 be.
hind them and | didn't dare to 90 in
front of them. And didn't want to go
back and never 20 through the pasture
at all, so | thought of way to get by"
and the three-year-old sage looked
brightly up into Aunt Helen's face.
II just crawled under them. II Arkan.
saw Traveller.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
LIMBS FOR CRIPPLED VETERANS
The Men May Take Them or the Cash,
rs They Please.

Some of the Grand Army veterans who
recently visited Washington had their
travelling expenses paid by the Govern
ment, relates the Washington Star. They
were crippled old soldiers who wanted 10
be measured for new artificial limbs there.
The law allows them car fare from any
part of the Union to whatever city they
choose to have their legs and arms made
in, and return. There are factories en-
gagged in that sort of manufacture for the
Government in various places all over the
United States. Two of them are ut the
capital. So the wounded survivors of
the war were in some instances able to
get their passage hither from their homes
and back for nothing.
About 5000 of the crippled soldiers en-
titled to- arms and legs at Uncle Sans
cost will receive new ones during the
next fiscal year, or else cash equivalent
There are not far from III, 600 such veter-
ans on the roll, and each one of them gets
one or more substitute limbs or the
money value every three years. The law
formerly made the period five years. On
othudh III leioN NllNlN WI b,pp' hiNh tii
the roll who had lost one leg; S3 had
lost both legs, 81 one foot, and Is both
feet. Each of the 1855 veterans had
lost one arm, "a both arms, and 81 one
hand. One had lost both hands, and
one had lost both arms and both legs
There never were but two on the list who
had lost both arms aud both legs, be-
c,tnh IN al ,,,,vt ipVvortn III
fatal
From the above reckoning it is appar-
ent that less than half OF the I6, 600 old
soldiers on the roll have lost limbs. A
majority of them have merely lost the use
of arms or legs. However, that amounts
to the same thing under the law If a
hand is merely disabled OF foot cut Off
at the ankle the claim fora whole arm or
leg is good. OF course, in such case,
veterans take the money communication
instead of the limbs-S7j for n lee and
$50 for an arm. SO do nearly all those
who have lost THEM arms because AN arti-
fetal arm is of scarcely any use except
as an ornament, though an imitation leg
of good make serves almost as we'll as u
real one to walk with.
Most of those who need legs do not
get them, prelerring to accept the money
instead Some of them are chronicallv
hard up, and $50 or S75 in hand seems
more desirable than the finest artificial
limb that was ever made Besides, life
is short, and they have reasonable eX
pectation OF obtaining another leg or arm
in the next world Furthermore there
are few crippled men who cannot wear
the improved imitation legs, because
their stumps are tender and are rendered
sore by the contrivances of willow wood
and rubber with machinery inside of
them. They can get along very well
with ordinary pegs, properly cushioned,
but these new-fonglcd jointed affairs do
not suit them. Owing to all these facts,
not more than 600 arms and legs are
drawn sin kind" by the 10000 pension
ers. The rest of them prefer to take the
cash.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
The Laughing Plant Of Arabia.

Palgrave, in his great work on Central
and Eastern Arabia, mentions a curious
plant Of that country, the seeds Of which
produce effects analogous TO those of
laughing gas. These seeds grow in pods,
three in each pod, are perfectly black in
color and about the size of common soup
beans. II pulyeriled and taken in small
DOSES these seeds have a mcst remark
able effect The person 20 whom the
dose hat been administered soon begins
90 laugh very boi,tcrously and To- sing and
dance In truly idiotic fashion lie
soon falls asleep, and when hc awakcns
remember, nothing of the demonstration
made billie under tho influence OF the
singular drug
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
Canned Goods.

Canned goods were formerly considered
the most unwholesome of food products,
and many cases of poisoning were re-
ported. The cause of this was in the
soldering Of the tin, but all of this is
done away with now. The canned goods
when first opened, are probably the
healthiest kinds of food. Where clean
illness is used in preparing them, they
are beyond reproach. The steaming and
boiling which they undergo at the can
ming factory kill all minor organisms, and
when they are sealed at once no air with
germs is allowed to get IN. 1t is due to
the absence of bacteria in the goods that
keeps them. Should few get inside the
goods would quickly spoil. Canned goods
eaten within an hour or two after being
opened are thus more wholesome than tie
so called fresh meats, vegetables and fruits,
which are always several days old before
being placed upon our tables. During
those few days they have been exposed
to all sorts of germs in the air Cooking
is the only redeeming feature about
them. Meat bought in the open market
is actually poisonous if not cooked be
fore eating Vegetables are also teeming
with bacteria, which are only destroyed
by cooking. Fruits generally have an
over skin on which the bacteria gather,
and if this is removed, very few are taken
into the system. Apples, pears, plums,
grapes, and similar fruit should be washed
before eating, and then the skins should
never be used. Over ripe, bruised, and
partly decayed fruit should always be
avoided, for the break in the skin has
allowed the germs to get inside, and the
whole fruit is thus more or less poison
ous.- Yankee Blade.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
Lincoln as "A Ncrse-Maker.

r. J. McNIunn, of San Antonio, Texas
says: AN old friend of mine, named
Cabaniss, recently told me that Abraham
Lincoln worked for his father in 1892 AT
that time "a great rise occurred in the
Sangamon River, and steamboat, taking
advantage of the high water, came up
the stream. My friend was then a child,
and the whisting of the boat frightened
him. Lincoln, then tall, angular young
man, took him in his arms and carried
him aboard the boat. After the departure
of the craft, Lincoln wrote some rhymes
about the incident, one verse Of which
the Cabaniss family preserved. 1t runs
thus
The Illinois suckers, green and raw,
Collected on the Sangamaw
To see boat come up the stream,
They surely thought it was a dream
For this doggcre lac invented a
melody, and he and others sang it. The
song never found its way into print.
The elder Cabaniss always told his chill
dren that the amiable, kindly Lincoln
would develop into great man. - New
York Tribune
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14

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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
OLA PODRlDA.

The hill near Jerusalem where the
crucifiXion Of Jesus occurred is formed
of limestone. The shores of the Dead
Sea are lined with pumice- stone, showered
out of some volcano that destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah, which cities finally sank
beneath the waters Of the Dead Sea.
Italy stands at the head of the wine
producing countries Of Europe She
manufactures half as much again as
France. Next on the list is Spain; then
follow Anstro- Hungary, Germany and
Switzerland in the order mentioned. 1t
is not generally known that the country
outside Europe which produces most
wine is Algeria.
A PERPETUAL. SACRED FIRE. In the
peninsula of Abeheron. formerly belong
ing to Persia, but now part Of Russia,
there is perpetual, or, rather, what the
natives call an eternal sacred fire, which
is known to have been burning eontnu-
ally for more than 1900 years. 1t rises
from an irregular ortice of about II
feet in depth and 120 feet square The
flames, which are constant, rise to a
height of from six to eight feet, unac-
companied with smoke or disagreeable
smell, waving back and forth with the
wind like field Of golden grain.
WILL OUR Books FALL TO PIECES 2
Experts are predicting that the books
of to-day will fall to pieces before the
middle Of the next century The paper
in the books that have survived two or
three centuries was made by hand Of
honest rags and without the use Of
strong chemicals, while the ink was
made of nut gals To-day much Of the
paper for books is made, at least in part,
of wood pulp treated with powerful
acids, while the ink is compound Of
various substances naturally at war with
the flimsy paper upon which it is laid.
The printing of two centuries ago has
improved with age; that Of to-day, it is
feared, will, within 80 years, have eaten
its way through the pages upon which
It is impressed
LEARNING TO WHARF.-THE question is
being asked, both in Europe aud Amer
lea, why it is that the handwriting of
the average individual continues so poor,
despite the time and effort spent by the
schools in teaching the art Of writing.
The physicians, too, aroused by their
own personal observations, have raised q
protest against existing methods Of
teaching writing They hold that both
myopia aud scolio,is. which develop 81
largely during school life, are distinctly
tmee1hlc and taught iu writing lessons
that these harmful posturos are due 90
the "siopo" or "slnut' of tho writing
that the spine will certainly De- twisted
unless un upright style of writing Is
adopted that vertical writing n ubst.
uled for tho prevailing slop.ng' tyle.
would ubvlalr oil 90 thmr uuub.ea III
ha also been shown hY experiment. that
taH vertical til.e nf writing mn ~
AHHlt mafe NWDky thlu thr topua
81 hen lmfnti n mau NaIh.a Ne
Hem o. ha reaching p.nt nham the
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14

rails red hot and twisting them about
the trunks of trees. Grants army was
frequently engaged in that kind of work
on the Weldon and South Side Railroad
during the siege of Petersburg, and
Sherman's army did the sarLe thing with
various roads on its march from Atlanta
to the sea. The South Carolina Railway,
which has been in financial difficulties
for many years is about to be sold undef
foreclosure of mortgages. -lSt. Louis
Republic.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
What Frances War Preparations
Have Cost.

According to the war budget of 1898,
recently placed in the hands of the
French Deputies, the military expenses
since 1871, without counting the navy,
amount to 49, 600, 600, 0O0 OF this sum
1913, 600, 600 has been expended in the
reconstruction of war material, 1918, 02J,
932 has been eXpeud I'd for armament,
SljG, 312, 1917 for Notifications, $lG.377,-
74G for subsistence, and SO, 51S, S04 for
clothing In Notifications the work has
b zen pressed on with fevcrish activity.
Vast intrenched camps have been estab
lishcd at Lille, Maubuegc Bcsancon
Bclfort, Verdun and other points. The
forts around these places completely
shelter them from bombardment, and the
railroads and all important routes are
also supplied with forts. The French
army foots mp 2S, 3S2 officers, 49,, ola
men and 40, $40 horses This represents
a fighting force of $50 battalions OF in
fantry, 900 squadrons Of cavalry and $50
batteries OF artilary. In addition to
this may be- added $50, 900 men enrolled
in the reserve Of the territorial army
Il Is very probable that Emperor William
realized thc great numerical soldier
strength of France before ho began C.
crf for more soldiers
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14

showed = marked improvement in her
general health. and has become in eight
cen months a happy, good-tempered
young woman, with considerable increase
of avoirdupois. In this case, at least,
the improvement dates from the moment
of separate beds.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
FOR THE CHILDREN.
LAND oF-THE NOON.

lANN-Of-IHf-MOO
A lot Of us fellows -
Went riding last night
To the Land-of- All Moonshine,
Twas right in plain sight.
Some fellows rode hobbies.
| can't Just tell why.
Well, we took the North Roat
On the edge of the sky,
, The Dog Star was out.
For We all heard him bayt
But we did not have time
To 90 round by his way.
The North Star was busy
As busy could be
Ole guides all the ships
That sail over the seat.
Then to East aud to West
And the wild coursers soon
Brought all the brave boys
To the Land-of the Moon.
III st. Louis Republic
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-10
A Disturbance

isn't what you want, if your stomach
and bowels are irregular. That's about
all you get, though, with the ordinary
pill. It may relieve you for moment.
but you're usually in aworse state after
ward than before.
This is just where DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets do most good. They act in
an easy and natural way, very different
from the hugh, old-fashioned pills.
They're not only pleasanter, bat there's
no reaction afterward, and their help
lasts. One little sugar coated pellet for
gentle laxative or corrective-three for
cathart ic. Constipation, Indigestion,
Bilious Attacks, Dizziness. Sick and Bill
ious Headaches, are promptly relieved
and cured.
They're the smallest, the easiest to
lakeland the cheapest pill you can buy,
for they're guaranteed to give salts
faction, or your money is returned.
You pay only for the good you get.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-10
d. G. SUTTON,
Sugar from Cottonseed.
U. S. Asst. Chemist

The possibilities OF the plant already
numerous, are still increasing. After
having for ages supplied clothing to q
large portion of the inhabitants of the
globe, its pressed seeds have lately fur
nished a valuable oil, useful for human
food and in many Of the arts, while the
cake is priced for livestock feed, and
tue ultimate residnum or refuse, nakesa
fair quality of soap. The stalks, too,
besides being used for thatch and bas-
kets, furnish fiber that can be convert
ed into gunny and other kinds of cloth
nearly equal to those made of jute, and
they are also made into common sorts
of paper; while the lint which clings to
the seed after it has passed through the
gin, makes excellent felt. The largest
discovery, announced by the British
Consul at Ear zibar, is that cottonseed
is capable Of yielding sugar. The pro-
cess extracts ne sugar from cottonseed
meal, and though it's details have moi yet
been disclosed, the product is declared
to be OF a very superior quality, fifteen
times sWeeter than cane sugar and twenty
times more SO than sugar made from
beets. It's tensely saccharine nature
is held to in icate that it does not arise
from cane snsar, but from some other
chemical m lterial. What a vast help to
industrial enterprise has not chemical
science proved, and who can imagine the