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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29

The northern half Of the Island Of
Borneo is the queerest and most un-
satisfactory place to live in that one
can imagine. 1t is land Of constant
recurring phenomena, where cyclones
are frequent and deluges of water
very common. The vegetation in
that half is very fine, but in all
probability the widest and most
tangled on earth--nOt even excepting
that Of Africa The cause OF all the
trouble is the shallow condition Of
the sea north OF it, great shoals Of
extend along its entire northern
length. These shoals are covered
by a depth Of water not over five feet
deep The constantly recurring
winds that blow in that climate
change to hurricanes and sweep the
smaller islands of all visible life.
When such storm strikes the sand
shoals north of Borneo it sweeps up
the shallow salt water in its course
and trenches the island with it.
Often it gatheIS up sand, great
masses OF it, from the clear swept
shoal and whirIs it for miles hi2h
over the island, carrying it into the
island and scattering it everywhere
The work OF these stOrms does not
always end with that. Entire shoa 5
Of fish, Of all sizes, have been swept
up time and again by the fierce wind
with the water and sand and scattered
! about Borneo. In some places the
! ground would be literally covered with
fish. enough to supply heavy popu-
lation for weeks But such luck is no
reparation for the evil the winds do,
and consequently the northern half
will never be inhabited by those VINO
value their lives. st. LOUIS Globe
/ DpnOPrar
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
A Sagacious Dog.

There is Il prominent business man
In Washington, says the Post, who IS
somewhat OF d doV ianCier, aud TAX Is
p. Idle ia pair of english settlers that
have held prominent place in sew
cral bench shows in the country.
some months ago one OF them 0t,
yeloped an incipient case OF Oph-
thalniia and was taken 10 IN OcuIst
for treatment just as naturally aS
would have been any other member
of the family. The treatment, which
consisted OF drops to be put in the
PATIENTS eye, proved quite successful
an relieved the trouble for time,
hut after awhile it came on again,
and Il second expedition was planned
10 the doc 0r'S. Film Fam seemed
To KNOW where he was going, for on
entering the SQUARE where the oculiSt
had his office he raced ahead Of his
master and got up the steps where he
had been but once before, and on the
door being opened tolted straight for
the treatment room, instead or wait
ing his turn downstairs, as two leg
ge patients learn To do. to their
sorrow and impat ence. This time
the treatment was Il zinc solution
that was very severe and brought the
water in streams from the patients
eyes, but he took it with his nose IN
the air, never wincing, and the only
sign OF feeling he made was to hold
out one paw pathetically for his
masters hand.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
Some Stupeudous Eruptions.

Few people of this country imagine
what terrible work volcano of the reg
ulatioa size can do when it once gets
fully aroused In 1888 CotopaXi threw
it fiery rockets more than 5000 feet
above the crater and, in 1891 when the
blazing mass confined in the same noun
tain was struggling for an outlet, 1t
roared SO loud That the awful noise was
heard for distance of 600 miles. In
l19. the crater of Tunguragua one o.
the great peaks of the Andes, flung out
torrents mud and lava which damned
up n great river, opened new lakes,
besides making q deposit Of seethlng
mui, ashes and lava 600 feet deep
over the whole area OF valley
which was twenty miles long and
averaged 1000 feet in width! The
stream OF lava which flowed from Nesu-
vius in 1887 and passed through the
Valley of Tcrre del Greco is estimated
to have been 1913, 00J, 900 cubic
feet Of solid matter. In 1860 Etna
poured out flood of melted stones and
ashes which covered eighty-four square
miles of fertile country TO II depth OF
from ten to forty feet On this OCCASION
the sand, scoria lava, etc, from tho
burning mountain formed Mt. ltosiui, Il
peak two miles in circumference aud over
400 feet high.
In the eruption of Vcsuvius in the
vca ~ A. D., the time Of the destruc
ton Of Pompeii, the scorin, ashes, sane
and ava vomitcd forth far exceeded thC
size Of the volcano itself, while in 1860
.Etnadisgorgcd over twenty times its owl
mass Eeauvius has sent its ashes into
Syrio, Egypt and Turkey. 1t hurled
stone, of 800 pounds weight to Pompeii,
a distance Of six English miles during
the eruption Of 70 A. d. Cotopaxi once
protested block Of stone containing
over 90 cubic yards distance of nine
and a half miles - Philadelphia Record
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
In dian Corn.

The typ cal plant OF the new world
is maize. or Indian corn. The early
adventures and settlers both in
North and South America found in il
u delicious food, easily cultivated,
apparently Indifferent to soil or
climate, yielding in abundance twice
that OF any other grain, with much
less labor, and susceptible of prepare
ton FOR the table in many forms
The white settlers found il the food
of .hc Indians and made it their own,
and for four centuries it has been tho
best hnown, as it is the cheapest and
most nutritious, of the food supple,
in the western hemisphere. Ano
yet, after these centuries of krowl-
edge. it has not obtained great favor
in Europe. The Sotato, another
plant indigenous &c America, early
became a popular European food, com
mon to the tables of the rich and
poor, aud the chief support OF the
poor in Ireland, but corn, a much
more nutritious food, and quite as
easily cultivated, has never been
widely adopted. Our most persist
ent missionary efforts have accom-
plished but little more than conyinc-
ing Europeans that our corn is good
food for animals, though Colonel
Murphy hopes for good results from
his efforts of the past few years.
We who are familiar from childhood
with roasting ears, mush and milk,
corn bread, Johnny cake, and all the
various forms of tOothsome dishes
that can he made out of Indian corn.
wonder at the supineness, or rather
obStinacy, with which people abroad
meet our recommendations Of it, The
poorer people stick by their heavy
and unpalatable black bread, while
the wealthier classes look with dis.
dain upon grain they think only fit
for horses and hogs, The American
aborigines regarded it as the best gift
of the Great Spirit, and their foil;
lore abounds in stories and legends
concerning it. In "IIiawatha' Long
fellow repeats one Of the legends OF
this new gift OF the Great Spirit"
One of the great results Of the EX
position will undoubtedly be to make
this golden grain more familiar &c
the world and prove its value as one
of the best of foods.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
Hypnotic Frauds Exposed.

In the Popular Science Monthly DR.
Hart discusses subject which, whatever
one nlay think of it, merits, is certa.plT
attracting wide attention. OF his expo
sure OF certain frauds he says:
"Skeptic rs | was, but willing TO be
convinced, | had purchased two rather
pretty little sailor dolls, twin brothers of
the navy. at a neighboring toy-shop
One Of these She lMadame Nixl held uu-
Ill it was sufficiently charged with her
sensitiYencsS' by contact. | then rap
idly substituted the twin doll from my
pocket, and pat away the sensitizcd
doll for future service. To make the
performance quite regular, cut off a
minute lock of her hair and pretended to
aiiix It to the doll To this proceeding.
which had seen Col dc Rochas gravely
30 through, she rather objected in her
profound sleep, much to our quiet amuse-
ment 'C'est trop, c'cst trop, she muir
INJURED, apparently thinking that | was
taking too much hair for the money. |
need not say that did not atliy it to the
head OF the doll. although went through
the motions of doing SO. have now and
shall preserve, the two little doll wit
nesScs and the valuable treSs of hair rs
memcut0es of this interesting perform
aucc. 1t may take its place by the side
of the famous tress out from the locks
of the spirit form of Katie King, We
then produced. with the aid of the I'M
touched doll, just unrolled from the tbs
sue paper OF the toy shop, all the phe-
+ nomcna of the cuvoutement of the sorcer-
ers, of which SO much has been heard
lately and which have figured so largely
in the pages OF the great newspapers ct
England aud France. She felt acutely
when its imaginary lock was touched and
/ pulled, whether by myself or DIR. Sajous,
by VI. Cremcrs, or by anyone else in the
room She greatly resented its being
prickel; she felt all sorts of indescribablc
and gcncralizcd heats AID pains when
the doll was touched in places of which
she could not well make out the locality,
OWN. to our backs being turned to her,
and she WIS duly suIfocated when we
pretended TO sit down on the doll. | am
ashamed 10 say that the real doll was
lying there all the time, cruelty stabbed
by me to the heart with stout pin, OF
which she was unconscious. Its NAL.
treatment. which ought theoretically tc
have been fatal to her, produced no visi-
BILE effect. Those performances she went
through three times
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
Good Bob White.

The male quail. or "BOb White. F"
deserves honorable mention among
gallDaceOus birds because he is
particularly good to his wife. lie
always helps her 20 hatch her eggs.
and II anything keeps her awar, will
take the whole duty on himself.
This is particularly attested by a
writer quoted by Captain Bendire, IN
his Life Histories OF North Ameri-
can Birds" lie SAYS
In June. 1886. while | was on a
visit % Or, j. NJ. Pickett. az Cedar
vile Alabama, he Informed me Of
having seen male Bob White in
cutating he had visited the nest
20 various times on different DAYS.
aui always found the male bird on
che nest
Wishing 90 be an eicwitucs, 90 sn
interesting a sight, rode several
Hl.s with che Doctor a. thr nest
th.w we found Bob White hIth.
E..t warming his treasures. hul nuJ
lir. theesss erfe nr ypr hatrb. =
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Hlf.l |HHg Aztec lhn n.nuIH
HIHI0H hHi elapsed tuf UnIHa
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
How Man Is Constructed.


The average weight Of an adult
man is $40 pounds & ounces.
The average weight OF skeleton is
about IA pounds.
Number of bones, 240.
The skeleton measures one il Oh less
than the living man.
4 he average weight Of the bpsin Of
a man is three and a half pounds; OF
a woman, two pounds and eleven
ounces.
The average height Of an English
man Is five feet nine in"heS: of a
Belgi. n, five feet six and thrca-quat-
tiers inches.
The average weight of an English
man is $50 pounds: Of Il FrenChman,
1916 pounds; IA Belg AN, 40 pounds.
The average number of teeth is
thirty-two.
y man breathes about twenty times
a minute, or / 200 times an hour.
y man hreathes about eighteen
pintS OF air in a minute, or upward
of ,even hog heads n day.
a man gives off 4.0S per cent. car.
bonic acid Of the air he respires; re-
spires 10, 666 cubic feet of carboniC
acid gas in twenty-four hours, equal
to l25 cubic inches common air,
a man annually contributes TO veg
citation PA poundS-of carbon.
The average OF the pul,e in in
fancy is 1870 per minute i'm manhood,
So at go years, 60 The pulse of fe.
males is more frequent that that OF
males
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
Emerson Driving a bargain.

We were speaking of Emerson, and
! had shown my idOlatry OF that
sweet Athenian Yankee, when my
friend said: There is no question
that Ralph Waldo Emerson was Il
grand old American Socrates or Plato,
il you will; but much Of the starch
OF my veneratiOn for him was taken
out by the way he once cOntendcd
with ncwsdealer at the CauSewaY
street end OF the F1tchburg depot for
the reduction OF the pr Of a BostJn
evening daily paper because 1t was Of
The issue OF day or two previous.
1t reminded me OF the huckstcrlng
| witnessed in hakeshop some time
before. where woman insisted on
having tiye-ccnt loaf for three cents
because IL was two days old, and
finally, after wordy contention
with the worthy whlte-cappeG
baker compromised by paying 4 cents
for the broad. Ralph the venerable,
had the courage OF his mercenary
convictions and insisted for time
on having one cent reduction on the
price OF the paper. The newsdealer,
too, had the courage Of his trade,
and did not seem to care "A baubee
for tho author Of the over Soul.
although ! found afterward that
he knew the intellectually august
gentleman with whom he wa, deal
inL Knowing the person OF the
Concord philosopher was amused
enough tO wait over another train,
had not che purchaser and yeud ?
compromised and the dear good mau
bought the wished Tor papcr with
another ~ that evenings issue
Huston Globe
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
An ArithInetlcaI Puzzle.

An arithmetical puzzle much used by
would-bc mind readers and bogus
mediums to foretcll the result of an addi-
ton the following. Ask anybody in
your audience to place row Of four fig
ure, On paper. lie may select, for cX-
ample 1856. Turn the paper over and
on tins reverse side write 1854, which
YOU my confidently assert will be the
final esult of an addition whose remain
ing Numbers have not yet been written.
Nov get him to place a second row of
igurS under the first. Beneath this
you must yourself place "A line, being
carcfd that it and the one just previously
written add up 5999 Let your aniago.
mist lace another row Of your figures,
after which you again put down your
row, making as before 1899.
Adding up the five rows produces the
prcdltcd result For example.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
IOWA TWIN ElMS.
Peccliar Freak of Nature to He Found
In Honey Creek Township.

Twin elm trees are not rarity,
but seldom are they found OF such
dimensions as the twin elm trees of
which we present an Illustration.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29

JOHANNESBURG, IN Che IrAnstaAl
is a wonderful little town To- h Boo
use years of age, aal che iuhlbitWts
number FORTS Thousand lt stands
HWu GOLD wef aHd umn ihs uei
alfi rrrfuet ace af WH.s sitI#
tu..Im.ut iHiH.fHfht nualieI
wH M.n .nlHufthE tu chooses
aHI HI. f WN Htt
$500. U.mst ItI0Ifm. nHHl
H HH
rHa H'a a0.s. Is
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
Id. Dbl. togather ~ have 80

Th reason for this is simple. You
haycsddci 10 the row Of figures 500
plus 800 equals 1888 which is virtual
y 10000 lc., 9. Therefore by pruhAing
atvoto tie original row Misunderstanding
2 fron ir right hand unit you have puc.
tienll added 10000 less 9, which must
bring out the result Philadelphia
Hmm
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-29
THE CHICAGO SUPPLY CLUB.

The oldest club of ts kind In existence. has
members than all ocaled clubs combined. Only
club that has standing In the leading commercial agencies
OF the country.
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suite ala, 26R to 200 eoarbom street
tAMta a. HEATH .,,,,,,,utu,,,,,,,,,,.n MANAGER
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-05

day night Defenss objected. The
court permitted the question 10 part
Whist Bowmsn saw was while he was
In wofick's room; something he saw
while In wofick's room on Tuesday
evening about O'Clock. He and Wcr-
ick both saw ~. Shaw was not In the
room with them. They we're alone
That something which they saw was
IN worick's room.
Here the defense rested aud the court
stated that he believed no arguments
would be required by the sttorneysi
bat Mr.. Ford announced that the pros
ecutlon bad something 10 offer In re-
buttal and proceeded TO announce that
II the court would view the premises
(Wofrick's room) the witness IN re-
buttal would then be produced.
The court disliked to go through the
streets with a procession TO view the
scene, but would go down AND look
through the stovepIpe hole before 7 this
(Thursdsy) evening-in company With
the attorneys II they liked-at which
time the examination would be con-
cluded, If possible. Court adjourned
until o'clock.
The court reported having viewed
the premises and considered No argu-
ment by the attorneys would be neces-
sary. He said considerable testimony
had been offered of a nature foreign to
the charge upon which Bowman was
having q hearing; that there was some
testimony going to show that Bowman
was an accomplicc, but he did not feel
justified In binding him over TO await
the action Of the grand jury, andthere'
fore discharged the defendant.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-05

CHINESE REGISTRATION N.-Captain
Phillips, the deputy collector who has
been in the city for few days register
ing the Chinese, returned to Portland
this afternoon. He says there are about
Is, 900 Celestials In Oregon and Wash
ipgton and the estimate is made that
not over 10 per cent of them will regis
ter. They are very superstitious, and
are afraid to register, as they are led to
believe IL is in violation of the law OF
loyalty to the Empire, which offense
costs head either of the violator or his
next male kin. There are 1900 Chinese
In Salem.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-05

WHY Nor.--The Democrat of last
night In its report of the trial of Elmer
Worick, for assault on Shaw, omits al
that portion relating TO Woriok's con
fession TO the police, on which he was
bound over. or their statements rs tc
what Worick confessed to having heard
and seen Of Shaw's doings at Miss Fer.
ris's room. Why not give your readers
the news? Or are you silenced by Mr..
Shaw? Why not tell the truth? Are
you blackmailed
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-05

PRoBATE CoURT. the estate OF
Henry Shrum, deceased, a petition for
the resale Of the property was granted
.-----In the matter OF the guardian.
shlp of Mary II. and Albert l.. Essen-
hart, minors, the court appointed MI
OhasI 6kaife, Chas. Hicks and Oliver
Grace appraisers. ------A, o. Condit,
guardian Of the estate Of Louis Ii.
Simpson, James II. Simpson and Ar.
thur Glover, minors, filed his bond In
the sum Of S700 on sale Of real estate
with q. A. Gray as surety.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-05

New BooKs.-"Vest Pocket Diction-
ary" % cent ed. doctor Latimer" a
story of Casco bay, By Clara Louise
Burtham Bl.0O ed. (uew). Life ofJohn
Patton missionary to the New Hebredes
illustrated new S2.0 ed). Mark Twain's
"Gl 10000 Bank Note" and other stor-
les (new). Mrs Custer's "Tenting on
the Plains" new So 90 ed). "Bartletts
Familiar Quotations NEW $500 ed. J
Ike Manves "Reverie of a Bachelor
and "Dreams of Lite" (uew 80 cent ed
Little Miss Muffet" by Rosa Carey.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-05
KELLER & SONS CORNER.

Acrobats stand ON their heads; 80 dc
carpet tacks; and, as a general thing
both are accompanied by music. w,
seldom stand people on their heads bu,
we often make their heads swim with
our offerings In daily special sale win
dow. Our quotations are popular
The goods displayed are The best.
For neat, attractive parlor tables We
isad In this line. Always something
new.
We are opening up parlor goods to
day. For pretty dIvan come and see
us
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-05

Nor FAIR.--This paper has never at.
tackled its contemporaries unfairly. Ii
has never trumped up imaginary crime
against them, and when brother pub
Usher has been Ia real trouble In this
county II has not sought to add to his
hardship. II Is always willing to take
. square blow when II can be fairly Civ
on aud has been fairly provoked. Be
yond this we do not believe In quarrels
Of any sort between newspapers. The
public wants facts not controv ersies.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-05
OREGON DIVISION IN CAMP.
Sons Of Veterans Elect New State
Officers, are Banqusted, Speeches,
Etc.

Drake, of Portland, division command
er called the state enoampment to or
der at Oregon City, May I'd, every
camp was represented.
w. K. johnson of the local camp
introduced Mayor Sullivan, of the
beautiful city Of five thousand at the
falls of the Willamette, and he extend
ed cordial welcome to the visiting
delegates and members of the division.
At each side of Colonel Drake, who
presided with great ability and fair.
ness, sat his division adjutant, ]. w.
Wilson, his quartermaster, Leonard
Becker and other members of his staff
in full dress, the fatigue uniform of the
regular officers of the line, with
glittering side arms and splendid mill
tary bearing. The Portland camps
were strongly represented from both
sides of the river. Among the most
prominent members of the order were
J.V. Scott Bebee, judge advocate gen.
eral on the staff Of the national com.
mander, and Past Commander Melvin,
of Phil Sheridan camp, both of whom
showed abilities for leadership that re-
suited materially In bringing about
greater harmony and the good of the
order.
CANDIDATES FOR COLONEL
soon came to the surface and a sharp
but good natured struggle for supre'
macy soon cleared the field of all but
two-Captain H. l.. Wells of Portland,
and on the staff of the. .Oregonian, and
Capt. g. A. Hermann of Oregon City.
They fought to a finish, both command
ing the respect of their friends and the
admiration of the encampment, al
though neither finally succeeding to
the great honor which went unsolicit.
ed to e. Hofer, commander of Sumpter
camp at Salem.
The strife to be the lieutenant colonel
and the major of the division was not
30 warm, the former going to Major ID.
M. Dwier, OF Silverton camp, the latter
to l.. w. Briggs, of Heppner camp.
The division council was composed oi
Capt. Adams, ofSilverton, Capt Strum,
of Lebanon, Leonard Becker, of Port
land. Delegates to national encamp-
,nent at Cincinnati. August next, T.
M. johnson, La Grande; j. l.. Aver.
Portland, T.. Hofer colonel of the di-
vision. Alternates: Adams, Of Sill.
verton, Hermann. Of Oregon City.
THE NEXT ENcAMPMENT
was upon invitation of the G. A. r.
council Of administration, decided to be
hold at Roseburg, or wherever the
Grand Army meets, and at same date.
There Is to be grand reunion on that
occasion OF all the loyal and patriotic
orders In the state, including Woman's 8
Relief Corps, ladies auxiliary TO the q.
A. r., and Ladies' Aid society, auxil-
lisry 10 the Sons Of Veterans. Time
and place will be announced In due sea-
son.
THE BANQUEr.