Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

with n young lady ut n party the other
night she fell on him, and he Is now
In the hospital with broken leg.
Dox'T delay to see all the notable
mountains Of the world as soon as
possible. NJ. dc Lapparent, the
French geologist, estimates that all
mountains will be worn down to the
level of the surrounding plain In
$500, 600 years.
The fire In a Boulder County COL
,oal mine, which has been burning
for thirty years, now covers an nrea
of about 300 acres, and spouts flame,
cinders and smoke through numer-
Gus outlets. It has destroyed prop
erty worth millions Of dollars.
CORNELIUS Vanderbilt, In his new
residence ut Fifth avenue and Fifty
eighth street, New York, the most
magnificently furnished and costliest
private house in America, has q
piano which cost $lh, WO, while for
the piano.stool, which goes along
with the instrument, ~, 600 Is said
to have been pnid.
SIGNIFICANT Of the revival OF inter-
est in the Revolution period Of our
history Is the remarkable growth OF
tho Society OF the Daughters OF the
American Revolution. which now has
5000 members. They have their
headquarters ut Washington. and
issue q historical review, the Ameri-
can Monthly Magazine, Mrs. Mary 8.
Lockwood editor. The membership
Is confined to the descendants OF the
patriots OF &c, and the organization
IL q monument to patriotic American
womanhood.
A SALVATION Army crusade OF o
novel character Is being conducted
on the high seas somewhere In the
Pacific, and 1t may continue clear
round Cape Horn and across the
South and North Atlantic. Capt.
Guthrie, Of the British ship Macmil.
Ian was converted and joined tho
Army In San Francisco, and sailed
with his ship for Liverpool two days
later. Promptly OH his conversion
he was made Captain in the Saliva
ton Army Naval Reserve. He de-
clared his intention OF conducting a
vigorous campaign among his crew
during the voyage. and his hope Is to
bring into Liverpool a converted
ships company.
THOUGH little Is said or written
about the Changers nowadays, they
still keep UP their organizations II
the northern New England States
notably Maine, where they IRE nj
important social II no longer a politi
cal factor In rural life. At thei
meetings, usually occurring twice {
month, the discussion Of agricultural
topics Is followed by singing and reel
tations, and, among the younge
folks, by rustic games. Often TIN
entire grange OF one town will be on
tertained on u stated evening by tn
grange OF another, and thus neigh
borly feeling Is promoted rs we'll q
tho improvement and elevation Of tn
farmers vocation.
: II the present war between Chin'
, and Japan continues much l0nge
trcsses and wig hair will be glut II
: tho market. a very large percent
! age OF the natural human hair i'm
ported to this country comes fron
China. In ordinary times the mum
I Der OF executed persons among tn
, celestial empires 4OO, 600. 600 peopl
Is sufficiently large to guarantee
I supply OF queues adequate for tn
, purposes OF tho civilized world. Blu
. now with hot war on hand, wit
hosts OF desertcrs and troubled by In
ternal dissensions, China, II
5 feared, will have supply OF queue
!, from decapitatcd heads so great rs t
: choke the market and tear dow
/, prices to a minimum.
THE ways OF tho schoolmaster l
Montillana, Province OF Granada
; Spain, are hard. The school-hous
!, In this particular place Is used rs
J. = granary during the summer vaci
ton. A few days ago the schoo
master wished TO begin his instru'
ton again. and wrote letters to TIL
= villagers who owned the grain In til
j. building. asking politely that the
y remove 1t. The answer was une,
:, pected. The peasants, angry ut I'll
y assumption" OF the fellow, storme
his house, pulled him out into I'll
= = street and beat him badly. The Q,
element soon extended to NIL I'll
' ' people in the hamlet, and lars
, mob Of bowling men, women al
y children gathered about the house I
!, the Mayor. This doughty rule
= brought order out OF chaos by orde
=, ing two OF his servants to chase Il
- s;hoolmaster out OF town. He wi
u not teach the young idea how
u shoot In Montlllana this winter.
The people OF New England ha'
taken great interest in the recer
occupation OF old Fort Ethan ALE
II near Burlington, VT, by four trool
d OF United States cavalry. The NOV
n ment to build this post was fir
~ started In Congress while Scnat
=. Proctor was ut the head OF the w
i Department., and was pushed aloi
a. under his successor. 1t Is held tn
=. the best way to protect the nOrthel
ri frontier OF the country 10 to have
i. force ready for cutting the Canadl'
20 canals, so that in case Of war Briti'
III gunbOats cannot make their way in
20 the chain OF great lakes. As the pa
X. history OF the country shows, ii
n. Lake Champlain region Is one
~ rraot etrotauic innnrtn ppa what IA