Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-29

and active aad his hope is 10 live until
he can see his greatgrest- great-grano'
son.
JoHS LAWSON of North Perry, Me-.
felled an enormous pine stick when hau
long been a landmark and had been seen
for miles and miles around. WINE
cutting the old monster into sled length,
Mr.. Lawson found a. hollow section IN
which some 2s4 bats by actual count had
taken up their winter quarter. Build
inc fire under them, they soon became
quite lively, flying about until, overcome
by the cold, they once more lapsed into
! the comatOse state.
PEOPLE who have taken the Lake
Superior steamers at Port Arthur have
noticed the high, long dyke of basalt
that pushes into the water from the
northern limit of Thunder Bay. The In
dams believe that this ridge is the grave
of Hiawatha. or, as he is called there,
Manibozho, and few red men pass the
spot without dropping few beads or a
pipeful of tobacco in the wster as an
oblation to his spirit.
A COLORADO girl named Amy Leslie
has won renown. She was crossing one
of the mountain ranges in the southern
part of the State when she came across a
party of gentlemen who had been caught
| in the snowdrift. But for her prompt
assistance they would all have persisted
One CT the party was a young man from
Massachusetts, and the customary end
| inc of romantic rescues is already talked
Of
In q town not 100 miles from London
; there is preached every year what is
known as drunken sermon" X is d
! Temperance sermon. 1t was instituted
many years ago by an old, eccentric man,
who bequeathed to the town a public
house on condition that 40 shillings be
deducted from the annual rent and given
to a minister, who should preach ser
mon against the evils of intemperance.
AMONG the Indians of Washington,
Oregon, and British Columbia all white
men are known as "Boston men," and
| even the wagon road is called "Boston
hooihut." The Hub is naturally proud
of this. 1t is supposed that the celebra-
ton Of Boston in the vernacular of In
dian tribes on the other side of the con-
tinent came from the fact that many of
the early traders hailed from Boston.
ONE of the official duties of the new
lord steward, the marquis of Breadal-
bane, is to preside at Buckingham
palace over probably the most unique
little law court in England. 1t possesses
jurisdiction to settle any questions or
differences that may arise solely between
office bearers and servants of her majesty's
household.
THERE are sometimes troublesome
travellers on the Maine highways besides
dancing bears. A Dexter man started
from Newport to drive home the other
day and met a two-story house that was
being hauled into Newport village by a
team of IS yokes of oxen and % pairs CT
horses, assisted by 70 men. He went by
another road.
SOME time ago thief entered the
Newark, n j., smallpox hospital and
stole quantity Of muriatic acid and a
complete rubber suit used by the attend
ants. 1t is believed that the thief was a
tramp and did not know the character of
the place he robbed.
Four hundred pianos piled up in the
form of a pyramid and connected to-
gether by an electrical controlling de-
vice so as to admit of being played
simultaneously by one person is men
toned as an attraction" for the Wocld's
Fair.
The American Line steamer New York
when running at full speed burns enough
coal in single day to last a family using
ten tons a winter for thirty-three years.