Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-08-12

mau-t 40, OF meat Dalls rolled up In
steamed dough, as we'll as a meal Of
boiled rice and vegetables at the rate Of
so cash per man. The donors curiosity
has now been satisfied, but his thirst
after knowledge cost him over $3.50
In Paris and the provinces there are |
ten women who are authorized by the |
Project of Police to wear full masculine |
costumes. Among them are lady ar
fist, bearded woman, female house |
painter and decorator, a mannish-look |
ing directress of printing office, and
several others who have obtained certi-
ficates to show that they ought to dis
card the attire of their own sex for that
of the stronger and sterner one. On the |
other hand, humble potato merchant in
the suburbs has been allowed to wear
female garments for reasons which salts |
fed the Prefecture of Police.
An offer of 2, 500 sheep for nothing be-
ing refused is recorded by Sydney
paper. This occurred in the Riverina,
New South Wales, where, in consequence
of the drought, the land is greatly over,
stocked. In the case mentioned the
sheep had been shorn, and as the
selector, to whom they were offered,
had no spare feed or water for them,
they were killed and their carcasses were
burned. In other cases sheep have been
skinned, their carcasses being burned, as
the skins were worth more than the
sheep were when alive. One lot, sent by
rail some distance, did not realize enough
to pay expenses.
IT is not generally known that several
New York shoe factories are now supply
| inc customers with odd shoes. To give
thorough satisfaction to a customer 1t is
necessary to insist on his trying on both
the shoes in pair, and it often happens
that the right foot is good fit and the
left poor one. To get over this diff
Guilty two pairs are broken, and when
the next order is sent in the stock is
made up. Very few custom shoemakers
measure both feet, and in this respect
the ready made salesman does more to
please the customer than the one who
makes to his order.
Mr.. FRANK FIELDS, who resides at
Mount Tabor, Or, reports that great
scheme has been hit on for the extermina-
ton of caterpillars in that neighborhood.
He says that at the corner of West avenue
and the railway toboggan slide has
been fixed from the corner of the fence
to the ground, on which is placed
bucket containing kerosene oil. Tho
caterpilars all make for this corner and
slide down into the bucket, where they
perish. Mr. Fields says over twenty
bushels of caterpilars have been trapped
and killed in this way, and the work
goes on.
THERE is now to be seen in the Mid
way Plaisance in Chicago Herr Polak,
who claims to be the fastest talker in the
world. He has repertory of 10000
words, which he repeats in forty minutes,
being at the rate of 500 words minute.
These words are in no way connected
and make no sense, the rapidity of their
enunciation being the sole feature of
Herr Pollak's performance. He places
himself under bonds to repeat no words,
and offers 40, 900 forms, which he carries
with him, to any stenographer who can
take down what he says
A SHoRTHoRN- Devon steer eight years
old, weighing about 8, 1000 pounds, and
a 2, $50 pound Norman gclding are among
the curiosities at the Chicago stock yards.
The horse stands twenty-one hands high
and the steer nineteen hands The steer
, is supposed to be the largest in the coun-
try, and his owner, w. w Crandall, of
} Crandall, Kan. challenges the world on
three points Weight, style and color.
He values him at 81 per pound, OF
5000.
MOSES WILLIAMS, colored. lives on a
farm about five miles east of Fayetteville,
Texas. He is 60 years old, but no one
would take him to be more than about
so. He was married twice and had borr
e to him forty-fve children. By the first
4 wife he had twenty three children-thret
( boys and twenty girls-and by the second
' TWENTY-FIVE children-two boys and
t twenty girls. He says he has about forty
S grandchildren.
AN oddlooking plant and one which il
l seldom seen except by travellers along th'
n coast Of South Africa is now on exhibition
in Chief Thorpe's greenhouse at thu
1 Worlds Fair. The name Of the plant is Ar
: istolochia Gigas Sturtevanti Its peculi
0 arity lies in its strange animal-shaped ap
d pearance, very closely resembling one o
t the deep sea variety, equipped with
e heavy coat of mail as a protection and
1 long thin tail, probably used as tentacl'
II with which to gather food or hold on t.
+ it's enemies when once within its power
y A SMALL tablet of carved wood, les
4 than 10 inches long by wide, was sole
! at Christies, in London, the other da,
= for the enormous sum OF $3.50. TIT
carving represented Adam and Eve il
the Garden OF Eden, and on the fraIl'
s were two small medallions showing tn
j. devil tiumphng and a slain lamb on al
e altar translixed with a dagger.
, CHARLES BuRsoN, an employee at IN
mills Of the Andrews Brothers Company
ut Youngstown, Ohio, has developed
. into veritable curiosity. His hair !
! naturally white. but after working il
the mi'ls few hours and becoming
heated Ii turns q brilliant red. Whel
: Burson leaves the mill and cools off hi
r. hair resumes is natural color.