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Evening journal., 1893-04-28
English Field sports.

The matter Of wire fencing and the
kindred difficulty Of dealing with jim.
nense fields Of horsemen are so often
thrashed out in the papers devoted to
field sports that it is not necessary to
enter into them here. Masters Of hounds
are now willing to pay for taking up
wire before the hunting season begins,
and to put it down again in the spring.
The difficulties caused by large fields
will have somehow to be overcome,
either by ceasing to advertise meets OF
by making it understood chow, perhaps,
it is not very easy to say that those who
come out will have to pay for their
sport, an idea which, while it is COM
monty acted upon by residents, is often
overlooked by visitors.
Field sports in the British islands are
for the most part artificial, but hunting
is entirely so. If it was not for the ten
der care which, in England at any rate,
is taken of the fox, he would soon become
as extinct as the wolf. Coverts are plant
ed for him on dry sunny hillsides; his
breed is improved by judicious crossing
with strangers from the north, and in
good hunting country keepers are sup
posed at any rate to lcok after his com
fort and to consider him almost as much
belonging to their family as do their
pheasants. In a district which is suita-
bic in every way for game, but which is
not preserved, it is always exceedingly
scarce.-Macmillan Magazine.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
The Skulls nt Malvern Hln.

"I think the ghastliest sight ever
saw" said Sheriff Barnes, twas during
the late war on the field Of Malvern Hill.
| was in the battle and a more terrific
engagement I never witnessed. But that
is not the exact time to which 1 refer
About a year after the battle ewas fought
my regiment was ordered out into the
neighborhood of the same old field We
went over the very same ground, and
there in the open field, exposed to the
torrid sun, were bleaching the bones of
our comrades who fell in that awful en-
gagement. 1t was a sight shall never
forget. On every side lay waste of
skulls--sbulls Of almost every shape and
size-a modern Golgotha.
"We could not identify them, however,
and could only gaze with a feeling Of
sorrow on the aggregate pile Of human
heads that had once been full of life and
feeling. After the deeper emotions ex-
cited by the spectacle had worn away
thought of the infinite variety of shapes
that were presented by the heap. There
were no two Of the same shape or size
and it was rather a matter Of curious
though melancholy interest TO inspect
the different skulls as they lay crum
bling in the sultry atmosphere Of that
August day. Atlanta Constitution.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
African Fruit Ruined by Insects.

Half measures are Of no avail in deal
Ing with the parasitic fly ceratitis-that
scourge of the fruit farmers in South
Africa. Mr.. William Tuck Of Grahams-
town, who expresses this opinion, is a
high authority on fruit farming. He
tells us that in the eastern province
they can never depend on any fruit ex-
cept grapes coming to ripeness without
damage from fly Larvae, though where,
owing to high altitude-2,0 600 feet to
1900 and over-there are sharp frosts
every winter such fruits as can stand
the cold are fairly free from the plague,
because the larvae cannot tide over the
frost.
1t sometimes happens that scarcely a
peach ripens in the whole province with
out a worm inside. Mr.. Tuck is for he
roic remedies. He is decidedly Of opin-
ion that if a general and perfect destruc-
lion of all the fruit grown in any one
year could be brought about by the COM
mon consent Of the whole body of fruit
growers the fly might be stamped out,
but he mournfully confesses that the
universal system of Ego as you please, %
added to the isolated life of cape farms,
renders any such united action of years
Uelf denial for the common good quite
Observation-Disclosures News.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
Opposed to the English Language.

The general spread Of the English Ian
guage over the world has been resisted
most stubbornly on British soil at home.
The legislative assembly of Jersey re-
jected, by vote of q to 6, bill to per-
init the use of English in the assembly
at the option of q member. This action
of course afirms the principle that
French is the official language. The
country parishes are resolutely opposed
to the introduction of English, although
it has made great progress in the towns
of late years, and it is said many of the
deputies are now unable to express
themselves correctly in French.
Mr.. Gladstone's government has been
asked by several Welsh members Of par
lament at the instance Of large body
Of Welshmen to make the teaching of
Welsh in the public schools Of Wales OBJ
hgatory. It has always been taught in
the nonconfcrmist Sunday schools. The
number Of Irish people who do not speak
English at all is still considerable, and
in Scotland it is not small.-London
/ Letter,
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
washington Society.

The capital of the nation is infested
with human insect that devotes its en-
ergies to boring into places where it is
not wanted. Possibly its kindred exists
elsewhere, but there has been so much
freedom Of access to the houses Of men
whose careers depend upon popularity,
and so much dread among those in high
places Of unwittingly trampling upon
influential feelings, that the breed is es-
pecially encouraged there. Then, again,
there are two notable features which
mark the society of the capitalize pres
ence of officials and statesmen who are
known far and wide, and the absence Of
men who are distinguished in the sci
ences and the arts.-H. L. Nelson in
Harper's.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
Saved bv n ThougI,tfnl DOG.


One evening Mr.. w. j. Wilson Of King
was leaving Tottenham by the road lead
ing to the west he must needs, there
fore, cross the railroad. In doing so the
horse SHE'D, and Mr.. Wilson was thrown
across the track 50 violently that he was
stunned.
Old Rover, owned by Mr.. John Will
son, bailiff, was making one Of his noe
turnal perambulations through the town
about 1 o'clock-no doubt doing duty as
hight watchman. Crossing the track, he
noticed the unfortunate individual and
Immediately set out to alarm Mr.. G.. A.
Nolan, who resides in the nearest house
to the track. Here he barked and whined
until Mrs. Nolan arose to chase him
away, but he only returned to continue
his howlings. Mr.. Nolan then conceived
the idea that something might probably
be wrong about the mill, as Rover often
visited them there during the day and
was well acquainted with the premises.
He Immediately dressed, went outside
and found the dog ready to lead toward
the mill. Their way led across the track,
but when they got that far Rover's
course was directed up the track tC
where the unconscious man lay. When
Mr.. Nolan arrived on the scene, he saw
the cause Of the dogs trouble and tool
the unfortunate man to his house, where
with good care and proper attention, h'
revived. In half an hour freight trair
went laundering by.-Cor. Toronto Mail
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
n1unders OF NeII known NYrlters.

Time would fail to tell of the thou
sands Of anachronisms made by authors
Of every station and every grade Of rep
Inability. The Chambers Encyclope-
dia says that the fame of Beaumarchois
rests on his two operas, lie Barber de
Seville" and "Le Marriage de Figaro"
when everybody knows that "Figaro"
was composed by Mozart to the libretto
written by Cast, and that the "Seville
Barber" came from the fertile pen of
Rossini. In nicholas Nickleby" Dick
ems makes Squeers send the boys out in
midwinter to hoe turnips, while in the
"Tale of Two Cities he confounds the
names of Samson, the French executoner,
with Samson. the Jewish judge.
Longfellow calls Erigena a Scotchman,
whereas the meaning Of the word signi-
fes an Irishman, and in "The Two An
gels" crowns the death angel with anna
ranth, the flower emblematic Of life, and
the life angel with asphodels, the flowers
of the grave. Victor Hugo IN Les Ira
vailleurs de la Mer" renders the Firth
Of Forth" by Premier des Quatre and in
Lies Miserables" dismisses for good in
the middle of the story a character whom
he afterward reintroduces and Of whom
he has much to say.-St. Louis Globe
| Democrat.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
The strike Sex.

The women Of Africa are taking on ad-
vanced airs and trying independent ex-
periments that rather outherod the sui-
fragists here. A strike has taken place
among the women Of the Akona tribe,
unique in plan and definite in purpose.
They protested without avail against the
treatment Of the husbands and fathers.
Then they talked it over with the pre-
iminary Of organization, with no con-
stitution and bylaws, and appealed TO
another tribe with whom the Akonas
were not on good terms This tribe
agreed TO take in all the dissatisfied
women, and the village awakened the
next morning to find all its women and
girls gone and work at a standstill. The
result was a ready assent to all that the
women requested and great rejoicing
when the industrial element Of the town
returned-New York Sun.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
Human Curiosity.

The inventors Of the penny in the slot
machines make their profit out of hu-
man curiosity, and their experience has
shown that a very comfortable revenue
can be derived from that source. Prob
ably few people have any idea of the
number Of men, women and children
who daily buy chewing gum or other
trifes from machines, or learn their
weight by stepping upon little plat
form and putting cent where it will do
the most good. In a down town store
much frequented by those waiting for
cars is one Of the weighing machines,
which has a record of earning $50 in a
month. That means that in that time
5000 persons paid a penny apiece to see
the hand on the dial go round.-New
York Times.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
ST. nnnstnn and the Devil.

One Of the most famous smiths of the
Weald was st. Dunstan, archbishop Of
Canterbury. Mayfeld in Sussex is the
site Of an ancient archiepiscopal pal
ace, and here, according to some, took
place the terrific encounter between st.
Dunstan and the devil. At any rate, the
anvil, hammer and tongs which are al
legged to have belonged to the saint are
still preserved at Mayfeld palace.-Gen-
tleman's Magazine.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
An ocean Mystery.

One Of the saddest of ocean mysteries
was the fato OF the 190 souls who sailed
from Philadelphia ON Dec. l. 1889, in the
ironclad Atlanta, or Triumfo, as shewas
rechristened. She had been purchased
by the government Of Hayh, and she
sailed for Fort au Prince. She had two
Haytian senators on board, the wife Of a
commanding officer and a crew Of over
100young men recruited in Philadelphia.
Nothing has ever been heard of the YES
sci from that day.--New York World.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
rhe stoanch nnd Id ronrue.

A bad stomach is a bad thing TO own.
1t is the source of all the badness in the
world an able member of the Social
Purity society declares. Drug shops are
full Of stuifs. For good digestion many
of them are best let alone. Fruit salts
and old fashioned salts are not harmful.
Then there are figs-always worth their
weight in gold-and tamarinds from In
dia are fine. They come in tinfoil, like
many Of the oriental fruits, and are sold
by fruiterers at so or 60 cents a pound.
No matter what you do, look at your
tongue and keep it red, even if you can't
s..sp il stiil. -Lcwisson Journal.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
THE DEAD CHILD.


Sleep on, dear. now, f
The last sleep and the bests
And on thy brow n
And on thy quiet breast, IS
Niolets l throwl
1a8 Thy little life x
Was mine a little while;
.- No fears were rife, :
To trouble thy brief smile
~ With stress or strife.
Lie still and be
Forevermore child
.- Not grudgingly,
Whom life has not deiled,
5 render theel
Slumber so deep
would not rashly wake
q Ihardly weep;
Fain only for thy sake
To share thy sleep.
.-- Veal to be dead
, Dead here with thee today;
" When all is said,
'Twere good by thee TO lay
My weary head. fh
That IS the best:
All, child, so tired Of play,
stand contest;
/, too, would come thy way
And somewhere rest.
Ernest Dowson in Atalanta.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
rhlia.nnhr II lrnmlllInr.

"You may call us confirmed grum-
blers. said a regular John Bull sort Of
Britisher the other day, but l tell you
our grumbling pays. When things go
wrong with yos> Americans, you make
fun Of it aud laugh at it and endure it.
When things go wrong with us, we keep
on grumblng until they arc set straight.
If you grumbled more and joked less,
you would be a Lit better OF. New
York Herald
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
No Need ofPraise.

"You never sit and talk to me as you
did before we were married" sighed the
young wife.
"No," replied the husband, who was a
draper's assistant. "'The guv'nor told
me to stop praising the goods as soon rs
the bargain was struck. London Tit
Bits.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
Not nflsunderstood.

Guest wearing large diamond)-I trust
you understand my bringing a detective
with me TO your reception?
Hostess-Oh, perfectly. You could
easily be acquitted if we missed any
thing.-Vogue.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
me skill and KnowIedce

Essential TO the production of the most
perfect aud popular laxative remedy
known have enabled the California Fig
Syrup Co to achieve a great success in
the reputation of its remedy. syrup Of
Figs, Of it is conceded to be the univer-
sal laxative. For sale by all druggists
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

A curious book, in which the text is
neither written nor printed, but woven,
has been published in Lyons. It was
made of silk and was published in %
parts, each part consisting Of but two
faaves
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

Brainwork contributes to badness only
Indirectly. The habitual neglect of out
Of door exercise and of regulating the
bodily functions affects the vitality Of
the hair.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

In the human body there are about 963
bones. The muscles are about 800 in
number. The length of the alimentary
canal is about 32 feet.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

Eighteen thousand three hundred stu
dents have graduated from Harvard col
lege since its foundation, cf whom $500
are living.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

THE EVENING Journal has
a special telegraph wire, giving
its patrons all the live tele-
graphic news.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

Thos Ferrys Carpet Cleaning Works,
Eleventh and jackson streets. Estsb
lished 1878. Telephone 653. Orders by
mail or otherwise.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

Anatomists declare that the average
weight Of the circulating blood Of the
body is about 2S n0nnda
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

Try the Acme Steam Lauadry, No. 100
West Seventh street. All work guarany
teed first class.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

Thos FrrryS Carpet Cleaning Works,
Eleventh and jackson streets Estab-
lishod 1873. Telephone 65s- Orders by
mail or ctherNise
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

Send Your s'arreta TO the Electric Carpet
Cleaning 'tu1 Upholstery Works. ft9 Orange
ST. Telephone 90 Badcr a. Conway.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
Queer Theory of Leprosy.

MIR. Boyle visited Burmah, the Malay
native States, Sumatra, Siam, Borneo.
Java, Australia. New Zealand. Samoa,
the Sandwich Islands, and America. OF
all the facts noted by him as a sanitarian.
the most remarkable are those relating to
leprosy, n disease which he believes to
be spreading to an alarming extent all
over the world.
He was particularly struck by the
gigantic proportions the evil has assumed
In Burmah. The steps of the great
Shwedagon pagoda at Rangoon, the
Mecca of the Indo-Chinese Buddhists.
he found to be "closely lined from top
to bottom with lepers, suffering from
that loathsome disease in its worst forms
and most advanced stages" A number
of the victims examined by Mr.. BOYLE
presented most sickening spectacle. +"
Yet no provision worthy of the name ap-
pears to be made for the maintenance or
treatment of these poor lepers, who are
thus compelled to resort to begging to
keep themselves in existence.
AT Maudalay Mr. Boyle came into con-
During times of high festival the en-
frances of the great Arakan pagoda in
that city are crowded by hundreds OF
lepers, so that the visitor has to pick his
way carefully among them. In the
Sandwich Islands, also, Mr.. Boyle was
strongly impressed by the terrible effects
OF the curse of leprosy, which, he says,
has nearly decimated the native popula-
ton.
He has curious theory to the effect
that the propagation of leprosy has been
to large extent connected with canibal
ism, the disease "being spread wholesale
through the eating of infected bodies.
He has frequently seen ia New Caledonia
and the South Sea Islands human bodies
Hanging up in the native huts. intended
for future repasts, though then in an adj
yanced stage of decomposition and ex-
haling a sickening odor. y London
Nature
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
Superstitions About Salt.

i The symbolism of salt having been n
part of the religions of all epochs. it is
but natural that superstition-so often
merely the distorted shadow of religious
rights and observances should find in
salt many magical, and even supernat-
ural, qualities for superstitions concern
ing salt are as universal as its higher
symbolism. Seemingly, the basis of
these beliefs is the fact-solemnly
vouched for by grave and learned au-
thorities-that as the Devil never eats of
this condiment, salt is antagonistic to the
Evil One, and renders Intellectual his
many wiles. Thus. salt was rubbed on
newborn babes "a survival of the He
braic law, sprinkied for luck "
In new house, carried in
the pocket when starting on
fresh venture, cast into the fire as the
spirit was about to depart from the dy-
ing, while little salt thrown down the
back OF witch was certain to DESTROY
her powers and prevent her rising again.
he spilling Of salt-so universally an
evil omen-signifed the breaking of
some fond tie or bond Of friendship. or
foreboded general calamity; and so
strong an influence has this superstition
eXerted, that Leonardo da Vinci. i'm his
famous frcsco Of "The Last Supper
pictures Judas, as hc clutches the blood
money, overturning the salt upon the
table. - Demorcst's Magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
AROUND THE HOUSE.

You should always remember, house.
wives, that a mirror will surely present
a clouded surface, no matter how dill.
gently rubbed, if it is hung where the
direct rays of the sun shine upon it.
Tomatoes or lemon juice make bad
stains, often upon ones clothing. This
discoloration can be easily and entirely
removed by washing in weak solution
of ammonia.
In stamping letters it is sometimes bet
ter to wet the envelopes than the stamps.
Tor this does not remove any of the
mucilaginous substance of the stamps
and the stamp is not so liable to be lost
from the letter.
Marble is a very difficult article 70
clean if 1t is stained in such a way that the
stain has sunk into the stone. SLIGHT
stains may he removed with n pumiee
stone or with vigorous serubbing.
Greasy stains are best removed with n
paste OF iuller's earth applied In the
same manner It Is applied 70 wall paper.
1t Is said that stains Of ink ON marble
may ba removed by hydroehloric acid
which Ia powerful poison, and which
must be washed of with water almost ~
soon rs u Is applied, 10 prevent iis eat.
ing into the stone.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18
The Sacred Eyeball of Buddha.

The following is from the pen of q
traveller who visited the orient:
| among the sacred relics of Horluii is
the veritable eyeball of Buddha. 1t looks
like nothing else but the tiny, black,
| well-boiled pearl that one so often finds
in an oyster stew. This eye of Buddha'
is shown every day at high noon, special
! mass being chanted by the priests while
the relic is being brought out and dis
played For a consideration. and for
the welfare of the temples treasury, the
mass can be repeated at any hour. We
sent for the old priest, who came in COM
psny with a brother whose office was that
of holding big yellow umbrella over
the holy mans head.
First he knelt, touched silver gong,
and played before gilded shrine with
closed doors and golden lotus ornaments.
Next he drew from one side of the shrine
large bundle covered with wrapping
OF rich old -gold and red brocade and tied
with silk cords. This was reverently
lald on low, ornamented table near the
altar. Then, with muttered chants of
prayer going on all the time, the old
Pi'S"0 UheiSb duu Out Dd1 dlIGE Dd2
of brocade, each lined with some dull
contrasting color and tied with heavy
silken cords.
After the ninth bag had been taken
out and united an upright box covered
with more brocade appeared and lifting
it out, the priest opened it and produced
little rock crystal reliquary and set it
upon gilded lotus pedestal that stood
near. This reliquary was shaped like
the tombstones in a cemetery-a cube,
sphere, and pyramid being placed one
above the other and held together with
gold wire
'In the hollow of the sphere Law the
tiny little dingy relic, which ratified
around like pearl or pebble when the
priest turned and tipped the box so that
could get better view of the sacred
object.
HE never stopped once in his NUT
tered chant, and after proper time had
been given for me to see it to my salts
faction he replaced the relic in its ten
wrappings and again consigned it to its
sacred shrine"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-18

tions seem 10 hinidefective OF insufficient;
and to this extent the State authority is
made subordinate to authority of the
Treasury Department and the Marine
Hospital service. BY the seventh sec
ton, added to the bill, the President is
authorized to suspend immigration in
case of threatened infection from such
countries and for such length of time as
he may deem necessary The Federal
power is thus materially enlarged and
fortified for dealing with infectious dis
ease, and the only means by which a
State can maintain its own exclusive
quarantine service in its own ports or
cities is to make that service of such a
character as to meet the entire approval
of the Federal experts.
The bill, as whole, is fairly salts
factory and meritorious one and. if it be-
comes law, will greatly decrease the
danger of an invasion of cholera next
spring. 1t should have an excellent
prospect of early passage in the House of
Representatives.
The pending question was on the
amendment offered Tuesday by Mr..
Nnlte, that all provisions OF the act shall
expire on January 1, 1895. 1t was re-
jected-yeas 10, nays 80.
The bill (Which had been in Committee
of the Whole was reported to the Senate
and all the amendments were concurred
in.
Mr. Villas moved an amendment that
the President shall have power to
suspend "all passenger travel The
exigency which should forbid inmigra-
ton should be sufficient to forbid all
passenger travel. The amendment was
rejected-yeas, Il; nays, q.
DIR. Palmer moved to amend the same
section by striking out the words
suspend immigration and inserting the
words prohibiting in whole or in part
the introduction of persons or property"
The amendment was agreed to without
division.