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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-07
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-07

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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-07

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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21
Sin Eating.

A singular custom was wont
to prevail at Gainsborough, of dis
tributing penny loaves on the occasion
of funeral to whatsoever might demand
them. Prior to the Reformation, It was
a common practice for our ancestors to
direct in their wills that doles of bread
and other aims should be given the poor
at their funerals; by this they performed
a double act-relieving the corporal
wants of the poor, and securing their
prayers for the repose of their own souls.
In some parts of Yorkshire and else
where it is still customary to serd to
friends Immediately after death paper
bag of biscuits, and a card with the
name, etc, of the deceased; this would
not appear to be connected with dole
to purchase prayers, and may possibly
find an origin in, and be the last remains
of. the ancient ceremonial of the pagan
burial feasts. At Amcrsden in Oxford
shire it was the custom at the burial of
every corpse for "A cake and tiagon of
ale to be given to the minister in the
church porch Immediately after the
funeral.
The curious and repulsive practice of
sin eating is now obsolete Aubrey, in
"Remains of Gentilsme and Judiasme"
thus refers to it:
"In the county of Hereford was an old
custome at funerals to have poor people
who were to take upon them the shines
of the party deceased. The manner was
that when the corps was brought out of
the house and layd on the biere, loafe
of bread was brought out, and delivered
to the SHINE eater over the corps, so also
a mazer bowie of maple full of beer web
he was to drinke up, and six pence in
money, in consideration whereof he took
upon him all the shines of the defunct,
and freed him Cor herr from walking
after they were dead.
The origin of this strange custom was
most likely connected in some way with
the ceremony of the scapegoat under the
old law (Leyiticus 16: 2D.-T Westmin
ster Review
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21
Dogs VS.. Horses.

Experiments of breeding, like those
which have been so successful in the i'm
provement of horses, are now beil l. made
with dogs to produce a style of animal
especially fitted for harness. 1t is thought
desideratum to graft the splendid chest
and breathing capacity Of the bull dog
upon the stawart stock of the mastiff,
which has been found too long in the
back and legs. There are markets in
Belgium where dogs are bought and sold
for draught purposes as horses are at
Tattersal's, and it is not unusual for
capacity built and wellbroken dog to
bring $50 or $25. Consul Smith points
out that force equal 20 that of Niagara
is running to waste in the United States
at the very heels of the people He esti-
mates that in our wasted dog power we
have an idle force in America of at least
$500, 900, 600 pounds; reckoning the
strength of dog at 500 pounds, which
is probably below the average. The con-
sui says that there is not an article of
merchandise, from ton of coal to a lCef
of bread, sold in any of our cities, which
might not be more advantageously deliv-
cred by dogs than horses, and he points
out that in their employment a certain
municipal advantage would be gained,
for the Inter made by horses is the most
fruitful source of dirt in our city, to say
nothing of the great saving in the wear
and tear of the pavements. - Boston
Herald
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21
Best Time to Advertise.

The best time to advertise is when
times are dull. At such period as the
present people gaze anXiously at every
dollar before they part with it, and they
never let one go until they are sure that
it will bring the largest possible returns
in value. SO the columns of the news
papers are closely scanned, and the dealer
who offers the most tempting induce
ments for trade gets it. Ther1 is plenty
of money to be spent even now if the
holders are sure of getting little more
than its worth. One of the Courier's
heaviest advertisers is enjoying an eX-
traordinary demand for Il speciality which
Il offers, and no one would suspect chat
times were quiet who saw the eager
throng of women Ut the firms counters.
Advertising in the newspaper does II;
and the wise advertiser simply doubles
his efforts when people need to be at
tracted. The time to stop advertising Is
when you couldn't keep folks out of the
store II you tried to.-,Louisville
Courier
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21
QUEER OCCUPATIONS.
Novel Methods of Making Living In .
Great City.


In city like New York the men and
women who earn their livelihood by odd
occupations form a vast army. The
names of their different modes of living
would fill a volume in themselves. Mod
ern progress and the never ending and
daily increasing struggle for existence is
continually swelling the ranks. About
a dozen men make good living among
the working jewelers. in the vicinity of
Maiden Lane and in less pretentious To-
calities demagnetizing watches. The
tasters form another class of men with
odd occupations. They congregate
around Pearl street, at the appraisers
stores, and are to be found on the floor
of the produce and fruit exchanges.
They never drink, and seldom smoke,
and they take as much care of their palate
as prima donna does of her voice.
Within the past two years a number of
men have started into the business of
visiting, without invitation the rooms
of young men in boarding houses, fur
nished rooms and flats, asking them if
they have anything to sell, and conclud-
ing a cash transaction on the spot This
system saves the modesty of the
dude and insures the privacy
of the transactions. The painting
of black eyes is a fourishing business.
Only year ago there was but one pro-
fessional who made the treatment of dis
colored optics special business, Now
that profession is no longer confined to.
downtown, and there are four establish
ments above twenty third street, each
employing as many assistants as a popu-
lar BARRIERS shop. The usual treatment
is to extract the eXtravasated blood by
leeches and then to paint the skin.
When this is carefully done the sign of
the blackguard as Thackeray called it,
is we'll nigh obliterated The tattooers
are to be found only in the dime muse
ums and on the water front, near Coen-
ties slip. Those on South street are ex-
sailors and their principal customers are
sea-going men. The men who sell side
walk novelties, such as the mechanical
walking toys, make much greater profit
than one would suppose, and those who
vend them can afford to dress much
better than they do, only it would hurt
their business. at least that seems to be
the general opinion. These toys whole
sale at about $120 dozen, and the
street vendors easily get twenty five
cents each for them while the novelty
lasts, giving the handsome profit of
$2.8 dozen. There are two very
handsome lads, about fifteen and six
teen years of age, who find lucrative
business in polishing up the handles of
the big front doors, brass door plates,
bell pulls and letter boxes of the flats
and residences of the west side, from
Twenty third street up. They charge
from ten cents to twenty five cents for
each house, and make from 81 to IS a
week each at work that is, they con-
slider, not half as hard as what they were
accustomed to do as messenger boys in
the district telegraph service. -LSt. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21

eler's place with common land turtle
or tortoise, which he had captured in
the woods near by, laid it on the Counter
and gave most astounding order, re-
marking: 'T'll give the people some
thing to talk about" And he certainly
did, for he ordered the shell of the turtle
to be encrusted on its outer edge with
heavy layer of gold on Etruscan finish.
In the center of its horny back he
ordered an emerald to be placed. AT
various points in the gold! he had In
serted small but pure diamonds A
massive silver chain was attached to the
she'll. At his magnificent country seat
the erratic millionaire had constructed on
his lawn reproduction in rocks, bushes
and ferns of the spot from which the
tortoise had been taken. In this place.
which the rich man calls "turtlearmin,"
the highly decorated reptile is per
mitted to roam the length of his silver
chain.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21
The Toilet of Birds.

The feathered tribes have many pecu-
liar ways and farcies about the details
of their toilets. Some birds use water
only, some water and dust, while others
prefer dust and no water. Birds are not
only exceedingly nice in their choice of
bath water, but also very particular
about the quality of their toilet dust. "
Wild ducks, though feeding by salt
water, prefer to battle in fresh water
pools, and will fly long distances inland
to running brooks and ponds, where
they preen and dress their feathers in
the early hours of the morning. Spar
rows battle often, both in water and in
dust. They are not so particular about
the quality of the water as about
the quality of the dust. They prefer
clean water, but have seen them take
dip in shallow pools that were quite
muddy. The city sparrow must take a
water bath where he can get tin the
streets or on the tops of houses but he
is most careful in his choice of his dust
bath. Road dust, the dryest and finest
possible, suits him best. | have noticed
the city sparrow taking his dust bath in
the street, and invariably he chooses a
place where the dust is like powder.
cartridges prefer dry loan. They like
to scratch out the soil from under the
grass and fill their feathers with cool
earth. Most birds are fond of burnt
ashes. Some early morning take a walk
across field that has been burnt over,
and see the number of winged creatures
that rise suddenly from the ash heaps.
A darting form, small cloud of ashes,
and the bathers disappear New York
Home.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hanging Gardens.

The changing gardens of Babylon"
were built by Nebuchadnezzar to crafty
his wife, Amyitis, a native of Media,
who longed for something in this fiat
country to remind her of her mountain
home. They consisted of an artificial
mountain, 400 feet on each side, rising
by successive terraces, to length which
overtopped the walls of the city. The
terraces themselves were formed of a
succession of piers the tops of which
we're covered by flat stones sixteen feet
long and four feet wide. Upon these
were spread beH of matting then a
thick layer of bitumen, covered with
sheets Of lead. Upon this solid pave
ment earth was heaped, some Of the piles
being hollow so as to afford depth for
the roots of the largest trees. Water
was drawn from the river so as to irri-
gate these gardens which thus presented
to the eye the appearance OF mountain
clothed in vcrdure - New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21

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idea has Is tremendous hold on peoples
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property. u have several houses GA ms
hands lnf either cent GO sslo that somo.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21

After q search Of nearly thirty years
during which tlme advertisements we're
inserted Ia southern papers. che faqs bee.
longing O. thc Twenty seconi Michigan
have been found They were eaptured
iH 1868 GA che aat day 20 the aght ai
Nhickamanga, ANA lam CHAT t.me uulll a
short slime ego iHu'r whereabouts aeru
uukuown fh. Ha. base boom laeos
cred IA MNh|nf'au among mm Goa.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-29
The Famou. Tebaldo hey.

The expression, death rs certain a.
that from Tehaldo's Key" is derives
from the fact that Italian ingenuity u.
poisoning attained its climax in the Ia
nous Tebaldo's Key, which long r.
manned synonym for mysterious ano
cowardly assassination. Tebaldo was &
merchant Of Venice who became enatu-
ored Of the daughter of prominent
citizen and demanded her hand in mar
riage He was rejected, the lady prefer
ring another, when Tebaldo contrived
singular revenge Being by trade
matchmaker he made brass door key q
the size usually used in Venice for the
front doors of houses and often seet
thrust into the girdles of citizens. The
/ handle of this key was easily turned,
and when thus moved poisoned needi,
was thrown from the other end of tins
mysterious weapon. Armed with the
i deadly Coutriyance, Tebaldo waited a
the door Of the church where the lady
and her athanced We're entering ON th'
occasion OF their wedding and in the
f crowd, contrived unobserved to pierot
| the bridegroom with the needle. Ths
young man tainted and died in IA few
moments. Tebaldo renewed his suit ans.
was again refused, the refusal being fol
/ lowed by the unexplained death of th'
Young ladys parents. Suspicion being
excited, a medical investigation followed
and in each body the tiny needle, not more
than quarter of an inch in length, wa.
found For some time, no one suspectee
Tebaldo to be in anyway concerned
but growing holder, from immunity
he later attempted the life OF th'
young lady, In this he was unsue
ceasful his arrest followed and he die
on the scaiIod The key is in q Venic;
museum. n New York Dispatch
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-29
snly when exhausted nature demanded

enly when exhausted nature demanded
tribute, and when sleep fell upon The
tired eyelids the brave women rehearsed
in dreams their waking struggles.
What sight il was-one which might
have glowed from the canvas Of a de Neu-
vile to inspire world What mattered
it il, beyond the breastworks of Sebas-
topol, there cleaned sfar the lurid watch
fires of the invaders bivouac, and around
those toilers of the night stray bull
let's and death-dealing fragments of shell
ploughed up the earth they were hastily
forming into resisting amparts On, on
to the completion of their mission ere the
foe should have time to hurl his forces
against the bulwarks of Muscovy!
Owing to the unanimity of action
among these brave women, the supply of
labor upon the Maidens' Redoubt was
inexhaustible and relays were constantly
available, so that in an incredibly short
space of time the earthwork was brought
to completion The part it played in the
siege was a most important one, con-
stantN harassing and obstructing the
operations of the besiegers and acting as
formidable obstacle to their plans. 1t
was worthy companion to the Cremail
liere battery of Stanislaffsky, to the
Krassoffky, and to the heavy careening
batteries.
But not without heavy loss of life
was the great work completed, for tn,
casualties among the heroines WERE
numerous. AS | have said, the toiler'
were of all classes and the victims in
cluded several ladies of rank and dis
tinction. Maria Ivanovna Papovna, q
daughter of Major General Ivan Popoff
was killed by splinter of a shell; the
Princess Schahovskaya was crippled fol
life, stray bullet having struck her il
the ankle, and Angelic Leprandi, the
young and beautiful daughter of lead
ing Russian General, the victor of Bal
aclava, while acting as leader of gang
of sapper, received shell wound from
which she died about six months later
There was laurel crown for each an(
everyone, bnt in the case of too many i
was laid upon an untimely grave. -
[Valerian Gribayedoff, in Philadelphia
Press
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-29
The Banana Boom.

New Orleans leads the country in "a,
importation of bananas, and the TRACE
has certainly helped New Orleans IN
many ways. The business has been ios-
innate from the start in enhsting enter
prise on the part of ships, railroads 0nc,
merchants, and the combination hae
been strong enough to bring success 4
good deal of the enterprise has beer
shown in finding places in which 10 dis
pose of the fruit, and the quest has tried
the quality of the importers. Bananas
can now be regularly bought all over
| the country, and most Of the fruit 10 dis
tributed from this port, Special traiu'
are run in every direction, fast time w
imperative, and hustling agents place th'
| orders ahead, 80 that there is no delay
| A little delay often means total loss
The Pacific coast is one of the latest &c,
/ ritories invaded. Mistakes have been
made, and bananas have been sent 81
some places where car load of bananes
could not be sold in month. 1t has
taken time and money to find this out.
and the enterprising SPECTATORS have
often lost as high as 81, 00) on consigu
ment. The weak spots have been pretty
well sifted out, however, and the iar
west promises to be one of the bananas
strongholds. All this serves to intro
duce the fact that one firm has shjppoo
ten car loads OF bananas to the Pacific n
the last two days. The Southern Pacific
has several times carried as large a cafg,
of the fruit within the same space Of
time, but it is the largest quantity tn'
warded by one firm in forty eight houif
The fruit will be distributed along The
coast Some of it will 90 as far NORTH "s
Seattle, and Los Angeles will be the cav
COS southern boundary New Orenp'
Picayune
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-29
QUEER THINGS PEOPLE BELIEVE

Here are some of the superstitions
which are still believed by thousands in
one part of the country OF another:
That crystal is CONCEALED ice.
That elephants have no joints.
That the sun dances on Easter Day
That dead man weighs more than
when he was alive.
That a kingfsher suspended by the
beak indicates the direction of the wind.
That diamond is softened or broken
by goats blood.
That man has one rib less than a
woman.
That the tenth wave at sea is the great
est and most dangerous.
That purslane in a bed prevents Wis
ions.
That coffin nail on the Threshold Of
chamber keeps away phantoms.
That to tread on moonwart loosens
korse's shoes.
That rue prevents witchcraft.
That a bay leaf Is preservative
against thunder.
That handful of asm1rt causes horse
to carry his rider easily if put under the
saddle
That docks boiled with the toughest
meat would make it tender.
That if it rains on st. Swith ms day II
will rain more or less for forty succeed
ing days.
That when one OF family dies, the
bees will undergo some calamity if not
| informed of the death
That some remedies ought to be APP
piled three, seven or nine times.
That the seventh son of a seventh son
IS genius, or that he can heal scroful-
Gus persons by the touch.
That the head of q malcfactor exposed
on the highway renders the person be
fore whom it is held unable to move # il
is duly prepared.
That sheep should be shorn and pig
killed when the moon is at the full,
That peas and beans should be sown
when it is on the wane.
That IN artery goes from the wedding
ring finger TO the heart.
That spirits are detected by candles
burning with a blush light.
That piece of tallow near the flame
betokens death to one of family.
That the bowling of dogs portends
death.
That to kill spider, or to kill (
snake, is uDlucky. Yankee Blade.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-29
New Japan,

On so simple a matter as the abandon
ment by the japanese of the nationn
dress, we do not take the slightest trou
BILE to inquire whether what has beer
done which after all is only very pan
tia adoption of Western dress WAS NOT
absolutely necessary One point atone
is sufficient to establish the necessity Ruc
to prevent any relapse. The natlona
dress is suited only to the national life
to sitting on the mats; it is incomplete
without the pipe, the cupoi tea, and the
fire box, it is quite unsuited TO the busy
life of routine in an office. 1t is dres'
in which to be delightfully."- lazy, ia
which to enjoy the little pleasures Of
life; it is impossible to sit Mt q table ~
it and copy dispatches With the intro
duction Of office hours and during Office
hours. the national dress became imPos
sible, after the days work is done e 80
resumed. But this in itself produce, D.
very serious difficulty.
Cloth is dear and pay is small, ana lH-
ferior cloth, such as the West loves "a
export eastward, often wants renewing
The Clover division clerks often tno
themselves in serious financial strsih
owing to the purchase of suit o.
European clothes; indeed it is not invay
iably accompanied by all the neecssaT,
parts BY and by they will perhaps eet
cheaper, and perhaps also get bette
made and then new era will dawn
Of greater case to clerkly purses not
comfort 20 Western eyes. Ninete'n'h
Century
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-29

She can say mo" in such low voice
that it means yes.
She can do more in minute than s
man can do in an hour and DO it better.
Six of them can talk at once and get
along frs, rate and no two men can do
that
She can throw stone with a curve
that would be a fortune to "a baseball
pitcher.
She can sharpen a lead pencil II Won
give her plenty of time and plenty OF
pencils,
She can safely stick fifty pins IN her
dress while he is getting one under his
thumb nail.
She can appreciate Hiss from her
husband seventy years after the marriage
ceremony is performed.
She can come to conclusion without
the slightest trouble of reasoning on 1t,
and no sane man can do that.
She can walk half the night with O
colicky baby in her arms without one,
expressing the desire Of numbering the
! infant.
She is as cool rs a cucumber in hall
dozen tight dresses aud skirts, while q
man will sweat and fume and growl IN
one loose shirt
She can talk rs sweet as peaches and
cream to the woman she hates, Will,
two men would be punching each other''
heads before they had exchanged ter
words.
She can go to church and afterwarc
tell you what every woman in the con
gregation had on, and in some rare in
stances can give you some faint idea o
what the text was.
She can drive man crazy in twenty
four hours and then bring him to para
disc in two seconds by simply tickling
him under the chin, and there does no
live that mortal son of Adm's miser
who can do it New York Commcrcia
| Advertiser.