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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

A little party Of Americans have
paid a visit to the Sultan of Johore,
and one of their number has given an
account of their expedition from
Singapore, which presents some pic
turesque details. The hospitable
Sultan sent out his state barge,
manned with Malays in canary-col-
ored suits, to meet them, and at the
landing pier they were received by
"the lllustrious Secretary of the Sui
tan, whose title and name are "Dato
Uord) Abdul Rahman."
He is Commander of the English
Order of st. George and ST. Michael,
and is stated to speak Malay, Chi
nese, English, French and German
with equal fluency. The Sultan, who
is said to have inherited the other
day from the late Sultana "a million
and hall of this worlds goods, APP
pears from this narrative to be a
prosperous person. The hall, APP
preached by marble ption-rOom,
in which the company were enter
tanned at banquet, is described as
$50 feet in length.
Every article Of the service for
seventy persons and sixteen courses
was of gold, and one course was
served on "the celebrated Ellenbtr-
ough plate" AT the table the Sui
tan remarked: "We are all temper
ance folk in this Mohammedan coun-
try. See, all | drink is pineapple
juice"
His guests gazed about the table
and found that the foreigners were
the only persons who were drinking
wines provided for them. 1t is a
noteworthy fact that the subjects of
this Malay Sultan, of the Sultan
State, are principally Chinese. They
are, it is stated, allowed to come to
Johore and settle on the best pieces
of land they can find unoccupied.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

When Cardinal Gibbon was bishop
of Richmond, Va, he happened to be
the defendant in relation to some
church property. When called to the
witness stand the plaintiffs lawyer,
a distinguished legal luminary, after
vain endeavorS to involve the wit
ness in contradictions, struck upon
plan which he thought would annoy
the bishop. He thereupon questioned
the right Of DR.. Gibbons to the title
of Bishop Of Richmond, and called on
him to prove his claim to the Office.
The defendants COUNSEL of course,
objected to this as Irrelevant; but the
bishop, with a quiet smile, said he
would comply with the request if
allowed half an hour to produce the
necessary papers. This being allowed,
the bishop left the court room and re-
turned in twenty minutes with q
document which he proceeded to read
with great solemnity, all the more
solemn as the paper was in Latin.
The plaintiffs lawyer pretended to
take notes. industriously bowling his
head once in awhile as if in acquiesc-
ence, and seeming perfectly convinced
at the end.
When the reading was finished he
announced that the papal bulls Just
read were perfectly satisfactory, at
the same time apologizing fer his ex-
pressed doubts. The next day, says
the Halifax IN. S. Mail, it leaked
out that the bishop, unable to find
the papal bull at his residence, had
brought to the court and read Latin
essay on "Pope Leo the Great, " writ
ten by an ecclesiastical student and
forwarded by the President of the
college as a specimen of the young
mans skill in Latin composition.
The smart lawyer never heard the
last OF IL.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
STARCH AND srARcHINo.
The Flemish Woman by Whom They Were
Introduced Into English.


Troy, the greatest laundry town in
the world, will be especially inter
ested, says the Times of that city. in
an article on starch written by Will
lam Elliot Griffis and published in
the current number of Harper's
Bazaar. Mr. Griffis informs us that il
was Queen Elizabeth of England who
introduced fashions that established
the laundry on a permanent basis
and created starch factories. She
not only enlarged the ruff, multiplied
undergarments, increased the lady's
inventory and the brides trousseau,
but it was she who began the fashion
Of the farthingale or crinoline. This
wheel-shaped arrangement pulled out
the dress like a balloon, and right
royal was the rustic of the stiffened
skirts as the Queen and her ladies
moved about. So great was the de-
mand for starch to stiffen properly
the ruffs, collars, cuffs, and crinoline
that it seriously affected the price Of
wheat Complaints were loud and
long that bread was being taken out
of the mouths of the people. The
potato was then unknown or too
much of novelty. Its virtues and
potencies of supply to the laundress
and the alleged sugarmaker were
then unsupported. To whom were
the English and their doughty Queen
indebted for this wonderful addition
to the resources Of civilization and of
personal neatness? 1t is not their
own invention, but the gift of the
Low Countries. 1t came in with car
riages, which also were impol ted, to
the amazement Of the common folk.
Elizabeth was unable to monopolize
starched rutfs, for presently the gen
tlewomen of England began to send
their daughters and nearest kins-
women to Mrs. Dinghen to learn how
to starch. Would the reader know
who Mrs. Dinghen was-she who first
made English ladies so fine and Brit
iSh housemaids so neat? We bless
the memory of Mrs. Dinghen every
time we are daintily served in an
English home. The daughter Of a
knight of Flanders, and driven out
by Spanish oppression, she with her
husband found refuge in London.
Being probably penniless, she so
turned her hand that the pounds
soon flowed in. While Mrs. Boonen
starched for the Queen, Mrs. Dinghen
van den Plasse, as her full name was,
taught starching to the ladies. Her
price was e5 for teaching how to
starch, but ego for showing show to
seeth starch" In a little time she
got an estate, being greatly encour-
aged by gentlewomen and ladies.
She was "the first to teach starching
in those days of impurity, adds the
historian, with pathos and apprecia-
tion of the previous facts. "Bless-
ings on Mrs. Dinghen van Gen
Plasse" says Mr.. Gritfis. And every
Troy laundress responds "Amen!"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
HERE'S WISDOM.
some Startling Discoveries Made by Girls
in Domestic Economy.

some Startling Discoveries Made by Girls
in Domestic Economy.
The following notes on domestic
economy are selected from the
answers given at a recent examina-
ton of girls between twelve and six
teen years of age:
"Cheese is as wholesome as 81
pounds of beef. Beef is useful
article of food, obtained from differ
ent animals, such as the cow, sheep,
pig, etc. the lean of beef belongs to
the animal kingdom, and the fat to
the vegetable kingdom. Butter is
good for the brain. Milk is called a
>sodel food because it models the
form Of the child. Without eating
potatoes we would become very deli
cate, because potatoes are very neces-
sary to sustain human life. Stewing
is very different from boiling; when
we want a nice dinner we stew a
roast of beef. Pot-au-feu is mashed
up meat. Cretins are generally
served with green-pea soup. If a
man lives without food for consid-
cradle time, say sixty days, he will die
constitution is delicate, he may only
live for a week, or less. The body
wastes away by the continual work
ing of the bones together, and as this
process goes on every day, the bones
get thinner and smaller. Carbon
aceous foods give the bones the elias
ITCHY of which they consist.
Lawn is a soft stuff made from the
wool of the lawn, an animal in South
America. 1t is also part Of the flesh
of the cow or sheep, the rib part.
Shoddy is a drink made from a mix
ture of ale and sugar. 1t is the
leather before it goes through the
process of making into boots and
Shoes, and for this reason is called
shoddy. 1t Is the flesh near the foot
of any animal. 1t is kind of
whisky. Wincey Is the wool off an
animal which lives in America; the
lamen Is It's name. Calico is a good
neat conductor, because 1t catches fire
very easily. If print dress is dried
outside. IL must be careful not TO be
left In the sun. Calendered means
turned from one kind of species into
another 1t is things which are the
shape OF calendar, like our bodies
10 means preserved with sugar 1t
means taking the dirt out Of water.
Il means increased OF getting heavier.
IL iaa medicine or drug. IL Is boll-
ing anything hy means Of steam. II
means chewing the food well TO make
it nc 60 enter the body.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
Dangerous jumping.

IL is one thing to jump from q
great height into open space such as
that Of the sea, and it is another
thing to jump down one hundred and
twenty feet into q we'll. The feat
may be seen performed any day at
Delhi in India. SO proficient are the
men and boys who leap down the dis
tance, both into a tank from the top
OF mosque and into 4 narrow well,
that while descending they purposely
splawl about in the air and display
queer antics; but the moment they
near the water they suddenly
straighten out their bodies. and
plunge down, drrow-like, with scarce
" splash. A dozen men and boys
can DE got at any hour 10 perform
this feat for the modest fee Of about
three pence leap.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
OrtOl2us,

Perhaps the greatest refinement in
fattening is exhibited in the manner
of feeding ortolanS. The ortolan is a
small bird, esteemed great delicacy
by Italians. 1t is the fat Of this bird
which is so delicious; but it has a Pc
culiar habit of feeding, which is OPP
posed to its rapid fattening-that is,
that it feeds only at the rising of the
sun, Yet this popularity has not
proved an insurmountable obstacle to
the Italian gourmands.
The ortolans are placed in a warm
chamber, perfectly dark, with only
one aperture in the wall Their food
is scattered over the floor of the
chamber.
At a certain hour in the morning
the keeper Of the birds places a Ian
tern in the oritice of the wall; the
dim light thrown by the lantern on
the floor Of the apartment induces
the ortolans to believe that the sun
is about to rise, and they greedily
consume the food upon the floor.
More food is now scattered over it,
and the lantern is withdrawn.
The ortolans, rather surprised at
the shCrtness of the day, think it
their duty to fall asleep, as night has
spread his sable mantle round them.
During sleep, little of the food being
expended in the production of force,
most of it goes to the formation of
muscle and fat.
After they have been allowed to
repose for one or two hours, in order
to complete 6he digestion of the food
taken, their keeper again exhibits
the lantern through the aperture.
The rising sun second time illumi-
mates the apartment; and the birds,
awaking from their slumber, apply
themselves voraciously to the food on
the floor; after having discussed
which, they are again enveloped in
darkness. Thus the sun is made to
shed its rising rays into the chamber
four or five times every day. and as
many nights follow its transitory
beams. The ortolans, thus treated,
become little balls Of fat in a few
| DAYS
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
A PANAMA RAILROAD.

now thousands Of misguided laborers
are living on the isthmus, prey to
fever and sometimes starvation.
hoping that the work will be resumed
and that they may earn enough
money for support or to take them
back to their homes.
France expended 1900, 900, 900
francs on the Panama Canal, and al
most nothing remains to show for
this vast expenditure. In the first
flush of the canal scheme Panama
was to become a new Ell Dorado, a
place where money could be made as
it was during the gold excitement in
California and Australia. The tom
mage Of the world would pass through
the canal. New towns with the
French names and French inhabi-
tants would grow along its route.
Colon would blossom into vigorous
life, and the ancient city of Panama
would throw off its lethargy and be-
come one of the foremost seaports of
the world. Those were flush times
on the isthmus, and the officials of
the canal found leisure to lay out
parks and gardens and plan great es-
tates for themselves Even the
sleepy natives awoke. They began
to dream of wealth and hustled around
as if they did not live in the land of
tomorrow. The merchants did a
great business. The money-changers
were never idle, and cash flowed from
the canal treasury into a thousand
channels. Everybody, if he only
talked canal and believed canal,
could get rich.
But now the inevitable crash has
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

OF Che project was decided only when
there was NO more money to expend,
and this stoppage compelled De Les
seps and those associated with him
TO acknowledge the canal failure,
with no hope Of realizing q farthing
for the tens Of thousands who had in
vested the savings Of lifetime in
the project.
The report shocked France, while
IT dazed the multitude who had been
Kept in ignorance OF the progress OF
the enterprise, precipitated panic
on the Bourse and all Paris went wild
over the confession. In the Cham
Der OF Deputies the Government was
scored numerically and the Ministry
dismissed from power. Baron de
Reinach, the leading banker after
i'0thsehlld In Paris, who lent his
name % the scheme, was 50 overcome
with rcmofse that he committed sui
eide. lie was worth SEQ, 600 00Q, bat
this did not exempt him from the
torture that drove him 10 seli-de-
struetion
su desperate had popular feeling
tHeome that ID wuuld haze requlFc3
ht little tu cuatert the reput IlC into
a mHnlWhf The only argument
lhat counted against it VAS chat
tuurhHNn WfFe twladled under the
emmH sleet al much "A Cher tal
hrn Hui. fHe fHpaeIla tnd taat thH
Facilitated .asH4e W0aIt nlf haft
He4 ln a ati eal leuae4Heat
ths mHl aAaMfHia1 Alt ai tHH
aaH has NaH eiHe8 t'sHHt Ia
sH6 I0 HAh 4 laltIMf N8fArH
fat ttfHll 4Wt ihat eala ihasH
= -. = llll- . NJ. lNl b
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

themselves with after working hours
Jim Brewer, Of this place, who
happened TO he there at the time and
heard Mr.. Blooms observations, chip
ped in and said:
I'll bet blacksnake would not
last long if you'd put him in the box
with that RATHER"
Wouldn't" exclaimed Bloom
. @Why, he'd choke the RATHER to death
before he knowed what happened TO
him, an in order to convince you OF
the fac I'll go out an capture a
blacksnake and show you"
The subject was then dropped and
the boys forgot it, but about o'clock
in the afternoon the old man came in
with a blacksnake a little over three
feet long. The RATHER was nearly
two feet longer
Now" he says, I'll show you how
it's done"
And he put the blacksnake into
the box with the RATHER.
Both snakes seemed to be consider
ably agitated. The RATHER shook his
tail with an angry whizz, and stuck
out his tongue in a menacing way,
and the blacksnake squirmed around
and made several feints with his tail.
The RATHER was angry and coiled him
self to strike, but before he was quite
ready the blacksnake had taken a
hitch around the rattler's neck with
his tail and began to haul taut. The
rattler writhed and squirmed and
thumped himself around, but all to
no purpose. The blacksnake kept
his hold and drew tighter Finally
the contortions of the RATHER ceased.
He was dead. The blacksnake held
on five minutes longer, then calmly
unfolded his tail and curled himself
up in a corner of the box.
There" said the old man, tri-
umphantly. Hereafter when | tell
you anything about snakes you can
put it down as fact. "-Punxsutawney
Spirit.
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PRESIDENT cARNoTselves fortunate in
escaping with this chastisement.
The scheme to build the isthmus
canal calledfor so much capital that
Frenchmen of all classes were APP
pealed to for subscriptions. The
small farmers and shopkeepers were
enlisted and the response became
national in character. The assurance
from government officials that the
enterprise would pay and that De
Lesseps, who built the Suez canal,
would repeat on a larger scale his
success in uniting the waters Of the
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appeals at once to the housekeeper in
flats and apartments where she is
often pressed for room. Two iron
rods on either side move vertically in
such manner that the steps fold
alongside of them, andsthe side arms
lock closely against each other. For
library use these lad 1ers are very val
liable, for when folded up they are
not more than one-fourth of an inch
thick, all told. They are constructed
of light, yet firm, material, and can
be easily placed behind any piece Of
furniture and kept out of the way.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
The Size of Alligators.

| have seen numerous specimens of
our saurian no longer than an or
binary lead pencil, says a writer in
the Century; this was in the season
of their Matching / have also seen
few living specimens about sixteen
feet in length. In the summer Of
1875 | obtained from the late Etfing-
ham Lawrence, member of Congress
and Commissioner from Louisiana to
the Centennial Exhibition, the dried
skin Of an alligator which, after at
least fifteen inches had been cut from
the end Of the tail, still measured
seventeen feet ten inches in length
Allowing more than six inches by
shrinkage in drying, this monster of
his kind, alive, must have measured
more than twenty feet. He was killed
in the lower part of Bayou La
fourche.
Probably the largest alligator ever
seen in Louisiana was killed in a
small lake on the plantation of II. J.
Feltus, in Concordia Parish. Ac-
cordlng TO the statement Of Mr.. Eel
tus, now of Baton Rouge, this speci-
men measured twenty-five feet in
length. The great reptile had long
been famous for miles around, having
destroyed numbers OF hogs and
hounds owned in the neghborhood OF
his retreat. He had become So wary,
from the number Of incTcctua. shots
fred at him, as 10 be almost unap-
proachable. Finally he fell victim
90 long shot fred from "a Mississippi
rifle Ia the hands of Me- Fcltus, who
had perseyered ln hunting him, hav.
Ing been the greatest loser hy bis
depredatluus The huge carcass oi
thls reptile Wast0wed tH the bank hy
boat. lt required tbe strength ~
pair ai mu.es Hut "a Stout fupe Ia
hANl o. ashore. where fhH measures
mrnt was maae slta tae RESULT n0ltd
IHHtf
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De Lesseps, who was once the ido,
OF his nation, is now held Ia loathine,
with none so poor as to do him rev.
erence. The colossal failure of the
canal is laid at his door and he is the
most despised man in France to-day.
The great engineer has been trans
formed into the greatest OF swindlers
and the most heartless of foes to the
thousands who trusted him only to
be ruined thereby.
Irretrievable Ruin.
Now that the Panama Canal scheme
has been proved to have been a
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

sYm wouldn't believe me said
old jacob Hlo0m, &c Laurel Run a. a
gang az wondsmeu the other day
a.ou wouldn't believe me II ld cen
.ua tha hlaeksunkc ~ haas auph6
tn4kes ~ fhls country hnt itsa iirt
hl4esanAke will whip Hnf pihfr
4la4efaaa4ke iug uta ttut Dnt and
$40 nHf HH
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tb.e 4alua talHs a ul4fAsnAha NNlIl
IA Ia aIih a nflHaaaee at a.l
~ - uasalafse lssilalAka "a iaa
auN aa.EH sHa sHsllH'sH tfHt iN
44alla sl4a setsf ~ 30 t.'t.ias
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The marriage reFenony pricticcd
hy the le1p.c 90 buHnro is said to De
yery short anal simple Bride and
groom arc brought out before the
assembled crowd with great solemnity
and seated s.Ie ny side. 4 betcl mat
q chen eut in tWo by Die melirlno
woman ut th' r.hs lul olc.half is
given tl t.I - fleY begin I'm
Chew tha nlt aHl fne1 the go
NHuaH lI.He tlu. nHf uf tnrautb.
t.0n aH st 'he.r h.tIs together 4nl
iH I'r t.t mlH HHI HIft
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

By distillation with water, orange
flowers afford al essential OIL che
essence OF on of neroll; and the water
from which this Is separated Is sold
a. orange flower water The on ro.
calNed rs name from having been
hs'd in che seventeenth century bv
Anne Marie wife &c che Prince of
Ncrnla af Ncrolb rs a perfume Toe
her gloves ttrn#f-set lna e0Heen-
trated desfee the imsmuee of ths
flowers. ani HmnahuHi In rcfhmps
nf various tlnla unHt dlWog aatnr
N HHl m pharmacy w MVar cats.
tHr.t tUH nmeiImr .n .lnhlug
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Deputies SIC, 900, 900 was given to the
members who influenced legislation.to
that end. In addition some $40, 900,
600 was used in advertising the
scheme. In various ways some $50,
600, 900 was squandered after this
fashion. The balance, 5000, 900, 900,
was spent on the construction of the
canal, at least half being wasted by
mismanagement. The abandonment
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Atlantic and Pacific in the center
of this continent, was bait
that took exceedingly well.
AS a consequence francs
by the hundred millions poured into
the canal treasury until $3.50, 900, 900,
as Americans reckon money, was in
vested. To insure this result the
Partisan and provincial press were
paid 81, 900, 900 to advocate the propo-
sition. To make sure Of the passage
of the bill through the Chamber of
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gigantic swindle, the parallel OF
which may not be found in history,
an inventory, as it were, of the work
done on the canal has been made,
and the result is alike astounding,
scandalous and profoundly sad. Apart
from the financial loss, which is enOr-
nous, and the corruption, alike
shameful and monumental, there has
been frightful loss Of life, and even
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come. The new towns have faded
away. The parks and the gardens
are abandoned and there is nothing
but desolation. The property OF the
canal company is rusting and rotting
in neglect. The machinery, dredges,
cranes and other appliances are strewn
in confusion from Colon TO Panama.
Many pieces have sunk deep in the
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dignation Of French
men to a pitch that
threatened to over
throw the govern
ment and replace
republicanism with
m are h y. T h e
ministry was hurled
from power uncere-
moniously, and those
displaced deem them
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
PANAMA CANAL WRECK
ENCULFS MANY GREAT MEN
OF FRANCE.

Braxen Thefts Amounting TO Over Sixty
ions-Machinery Valued at 100000
900 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Covering the
Intended Route-Thousands Starving.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
The Crisis in France.

The exposure of the corruption,
mismanagement and stealing in Pan
anna canal affairs has aroused the in
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
FOLDING STEPLADDEK.

A Handy Continuance for Those Pressed
for Room.
The accompanying cut represents
q recent French invention In the
shape of folding stepladder which