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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
Cultivation Of the Voice.

The high-pitched nasal tone, heard
SO often, Is the result only OF lack OF
cultivation. A mother who permits
her children to talk through their
nose is laying up for them an element
OF torture and future discomfort.
Especially Is this so II she has Il
daughter. 1t is almost impossible to
correct the fault after one has grown
up. A boy may desire to become an
orator, but owing to his mothers
negligence he is barred. The daugh.
ter may desire to sing. The mothers
Indifference will, however, have shut
her out from so pleasant n diversion,
and charming accomplishment. Bust
nessmen say that one Of the
requisites of good business man is u
good voice. A Frenchman, who had
been entertained for half an hour or
moye by II sweet-voiced young lady,
who was relating various incidents
to him, finally said II fear Mon.
siour thinks ! am in love with my
own voice" And he CALAMITY re-
sponded: II am sure, mademoiselle
is fond of music; all ladies are; and
| know that am" Such u compli.
ment is worth the effort to win. Any
young girl can acquire clear, sweet
even voice by little care, thought
and practice, but it must be com
merced in childhood IL you would
have it perfect. i New York Telc-
/ gram.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
vAsTNess OF SOAR SYSTEM.
The Sun would Be Hardly Visible Along
side Of the Pleiades.

The Sun would He Hardly Visible Along
side of the Pleiades.
II our sun were removed to the
Pleiades IL would hardly be visible in
an opera glass with which nearly 100
stars can be seen In the cluster.
Sixty or seventy Pleiydes surpass our
sun in brilliancy, AlcyOn being 1000
times more brilliant, Electra 500
times and Maia nearly 400, says
Longman's Magazine. Sirius itself
takes subordinate rank when com.
pared with the i've most brilliant
members OF a group the real magnifi-
cence of which we can thus in some
degree apprehcnd. II we seek to
know the dimensions, not of the in
dividual stars but OF the cluster 10
self, We are met with many difficult
ties, but, on the assumption that IL
Is approximately spherical In shape,
we can calculate Its diameter to he
over 40, 900, 900. 900 miles. II we
think of the dimensions Of our solar
sl stem 10y themselves or In relation
to terrestrial matter, they appear
stupendOusly enormous. Neptune,
the most distant known member, has
an orbit over 1000, 10000 miles
across. but the solar system Is to the
Plciadcs but q Liliputian to a Brob-
dingnagian but as a inicrObe to
a mounlain--fOr u sphere the size of
the solar system would. IL 1t were
spherical and its diameter that of
the orbit OF Neptune. be relatively SO
minute that II could he contained
more than 100000, 900 times In a
sphere the size of the leiades; In
other words, the limits OF the Plciades
could contain 100 solar systems as
many times over as there are miles
between Neptune and the sun. 1t
must noe be forgotten that though
there are ., 400 stars in the cluster,
yet with such dimensions for the en-.
tire group vast distances must sep.
afatC the stars, from one another.
In fact, 1900 spheres, each with q
diamatcr Of =, 600. 600, 900 miles, could
be contained in tho limits assigned
the group, and assuming equal dis.
tributlon of the stars IN the group,
each would be ut the center OF q
sphere 1000. 900, COO miles across, and
therefore u light journey or 1871 days
from Its nearest no.. lbor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
lntcrccsstOn.

When Dr. Doddridge lived at
Northampton there was u poor Irish.
man condemned for sheep stealing.
In those days tho statue-book OF IN.
gland was very cruel. lie scarcely
Thought that there was proof OF the
mans guilt, ana he believed In the
Book that teaches that man is better
than sheep. lie Travelled, tOiled,
and tried hard to get that man a re-.
pIieve, but unsuccessful!y; he came
back, and the man was hanged. On
the road to execution the convict got
them to stop the cart Just opposite
Dr. D0ddridge's house. and knecling
down, he said "GOd bless you, Dr.
DOddridge; every vein In my heart
loves you, every drop OF my blood
loves you, tor you vried to save every
drop OF it." There was man!
What love he has for the intercessOr
who has failed. But Christ has sue
ceeded, and what price he has
given. O that every one would feel
this, and be led to cxclaim EVERY
vein of my heart loves thee, q Christ,
every drop of my blood loves thee,
for thou hast died to save me-"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
Catching n Glance.

Mr.. Sma!lev. in the Fortnightly
Review, gives an interesting cxplana.
ton of the expression on Bismarck's
face in the last portrait of him,
painted by Lenbach, tho great art.
ist. This look IL full OF power and
purpose, ailame with anger and re.
solve, "lightning In the eye and the
mouth hard as iron"
So might he have looked thunder.
ing ut an obstinate majority In the
Reichstag, or trying to bend u hos.
tile nation to his purpose.
But this Is not the explanation of
his expression. Prince Bismarck
loves singing birds, aud hates the
crows, their enemies One day he
was walking with Herr Lenb. ch Ia
the woods, and caught sight of q
mem her Of this detested tribe.
His sudden glance Of anger arrested
the attention Of the artist, who, as
s0Un as he got home, transferred II
to canvas. Thus 1t was not the NJ.
fairs Of nations which we RESPONSE.
bic for the look: not the Obstinacy OF
his cOuntrymen nor tho antagonism
OF the French which will lend the
great chancellor's features down tC
pOsterity clothed In tragedy.
1t was simply the fact that he
caught sight OF an Insignificant bird
who has no reverence for tho sweet
singers OF the fcathcred world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
The Bride OF Death.

4 little girl In India went to tho
missionary school. She was pretty,
clever little thing, and SO attracted
the teacher that she vcntured to visit
her In her home. she found the
child Overshadowed by the horror Of
her approaching marriage. AS a
baby she had been betrOthed, but &C.
cording to custom she lived In her
fathers house until she was II, then
she was to be taken from her own
people and given over toher hus-
band. u hidcOus little man, deformed,
his face scared with disease, OF bad
character, and VIGOROUSLY given to
drink.
The child was terrified of him, aud
he derived a ghoul.like pleasure from
her terror; used to Jumpat her in tho
dark, make faces at her, and told her
that once really married TO him and
In his home he and his old III Their
would make short work of her beauty
with a red hot fork, 50 that II would
soon he difficult to choose between
their two aces.
At last the fatal day arrived. Tho
missiOnary's heart ached for the little
friend she was unable to help and as
she went about her work she prayed
that God might save his hapless crea.
ture.
At noon the child's mother burst
into the house. "Naomi Is dead"
she cried and the two women hurried
to her home. Naomi. lying stiff and
cold on the floor. looked very slim and
childish In her bridal dress and
smooth, flower head.
1t appeared that she had spent the
morning In reckless agony Of antici.
patton, that 60 quiet herr her mis-.
cradle mother had beaten her and
that afterward she had fallen into
IN apathy Of despair.
She had washed her little person
and her hair, and braided 1t neatly,
had put on her bridal gown. had
decorated herself with flowers and
lcwelry and then had gone quietly
into the yard, where da
tura tree hung its great white trum
pets against the blue sky, dug ur
and ate q little Of its poisonous root
and then crept back into her home,
where she lay cod, stark-frec. =
TEMPLE Bar,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
Local Public Shirt.

1t Is stated In the notices Of tho
late John Quincy Adams OF Massa.
chusettes, the grandson and great.
grandson Of q Pre- sident, and man
Of great wealth and prominence, that
for twenty successive years he pro.
sided over the town meetings Of
Quincy, tn, town of his residence.
During this period he held several
town Offices Of little consequence;
though meanwhile his fellOw.citi-
zens Thought him worthy Of nomina.
ton several times for Governor Uf his
state, and once for the ice.presi.
dency Of the United States.
Mr. Adams, In this faithful service
OF his own town, was 0beying a ira.
ditlon In his family. The Com paniOn
has told how his great.grandfather.
President John Adams served his
town In humble capacities at o per.
sOnal sacrifice.
A willingness merely to attend
town meetings for twenty cOnsecu.
tive years would b, q rare exhibition
of public spir t at the present day,
On the part OF the obscurest citizen.
Patriotism. II Q charity. begins ut
home. The smallest unit OF self
gOvernme nt-the town the ward,
the voting precinct, the school dis
trict-is the fountain head OF power,
and the duty Of every citi On to see
that II does not become chOked with
corruption through his n glect.
II the local public duties OF each
citizen are faithfully and honestly
attended to, the general government
may be trusted not to 10 very fal
wrong.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

52f cents bushel Mt New York and,
Of course, lower figures at Chicago.
The low price is not due to great
surplus in this years American har-
vest, which was short. IL is due to
the excess of tine worlds wheat crop
in 1891, which the Liverpool Corn
Trade News estimates at 2,Oo6, OOO, OOO
bushels, against | 1856, 900, 900 bushels
in 1898 and |. 1856, 600. 600 in 1892. In
future American farmers will have
to get along with still lower prices
for their products than the prices now
ruling. New lands on large scale
are fast coming under cultivation.
Improved methods of cultivation will
! make them more prolific, while in.
! sreasing oversea transportation will
/ oring their surplus products to COM
pete with our grain and cotton in
/ every market of the world. 1t Is silly
! to lecture the farmer against over
production of crops, for he must get
all he can out of his land or let 1t
run to waste. Compelled to sell his
products at low prices, he cannot
escape financial disaster while the
prices of what he buys are kept high
by protective tariffs.
An American artist, long resident
in Japan, now on u visit home, says
that when the war is over the victors
will be so staggering and conceited
that there will he no living with them,
so that in lieu OF returning thither
he is going to India, where the peo-
pie have been whipped. and are con-
sequently agreeable and comfortable
to get on with. 1t Is true, comments
the New York Tribune, that when
n Western people is victorious in war
it erects TO some extent the tall
feathers of its national pride making
1t quite unpleasant and aggressive In
its manners. as was the case In. France
after Magenta and Solfcrino, and in
Prussia after Sadowa and Sedan, and
which Is always the case in England
since Trafalgar and Waterloo. But
1t has been supposed that the Orien.
tails were of gentler and potter stock,
incapable of harboring bumptious.
ness and self-suiiiciency for any great
length of time, even under the stimu
lus of q succession OF victories and I
wide area Of conquest. The Japan
ese in particular, have been pro
claimed as the politest people any
where known. and there Is really M
reason to imagine that they are go
ing suddenly to reverse that winning
and beautiful habit because they hav,
won few battles.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
Rapid Development In Alaska.

Some late reports show that Alas
ka has been rapidly growing in COM
mercial Importance. Very few know
the size of this part of the United
States or appreciate its value. 1t is
as large as England, Ireland, France
and Spain together. 1t is II spacious
territory, filled with mineral wealth
and likely in time to become OF the
first Importance to this country.
Even now its fisheries stand in the
first rank and its production Of gold
increases year by year, and in time
it may develop into new California
or Australia. immigration is in
creasing, and the statistics OF exports
and imports show "A steadily growing
volume. Business has grown so rap
idly that there is IL demand Tor a re-
vision Of the statutes and the enact
ment of n code to govern the concerns
OF the Territory.-[Cincinnati Trl-
bune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
The Most Useful Fish.

Tho cod Is the most useful fish In
the world. As an article OF food
wholesome and Standardization
fresh, or sailed and dried. 1t iorms u
valuable addition to the food re-.
sources Of the world, ana In this and
Otner ways few members Of tho AMI.
NAL kingdom are more universally
serviceable to mankind. Enormous.
ly prolific, one fish producing 9, 900.
900 eggs, aud widely distributed, its
usefulness IS appreciated almost
everywhere. The tongue Is cOnsid.
e:ed u deiicacy, the swimming blad.
der furnishes isinglass Q ual to that
got from the sturgeon. while cod liver
oil has u worldwide reputation as a
medicine and food In pulmonary and
other wasting diseases, where its
highly nutrient properties give 1t q
great value. The Norwegians give
Gods heads mixed with marine plants
to their cows to increase the yield Of
milk. The lcelander give the bones
to their cattle, and In Kamtschatka
the dogs are fed on them, while In
the icy wastes, destitute of trees,
they are frequently dried and used US
al
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
Captain Cartcr's Monkey.

Captain Carter, who lives In wash.
ingtOn, ID. c., when on land, had q
great fancy for fine fowls, and among
his collection priced u line old king
gObbler, says Harper's Young People.
On this last cruise he brought home
a mischevOus young monkey, which
gave him 50 much trouble 1t was u
good deal like IAN elephant on his
hands" One day, hearing a terrible
squawking In the hennery, the cap,
tain found JOckO with king gobler
un er his arm, while he was deliber.
ately pulling out tho poo: birds tail
feather The captain rescued the
turkey, and punished the monkey
severely, who knew very we'll why he
was chastised. The next day, again
hearing comm0tOn among the
feathered tribe, he went to the scene
OF action, aud there sat JocIO with
the much prosecuted gobbler between
his knees, while he was trying to put
the feathers back. His intentions of
repairing the mischief done we Q
good, but the turkey did not appre.
ciate tilem.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
Exchanged Hats.

"Wcll, str" said o well.knOWn
Main street man, II had an emhar.
RAISING experience this morning. I
invariably sleep until the very last
moment and then make n rush for
the breakfast table and the car. This
morning ] had but five minutes to
get through eating and catch the
car that passed my door. fairly
poked things down my throat, and
hearing the clang Of the mOtOrman's
bell made u rush for the street As
passed through the hall snatched
a broad .brimmed straw hat that was
hanging on the rack, and Just reached
the corner In time. Then l dropped
into seat and took the morning
paper from my pocket. 1t was not
long until l heard a gentle tittering
from some d y goods clerks In the
seats ehind me. They kept it up,
and somehow got an idea into my
head that they were laughing at me.
AFTER awhile turned tiercely to
one OF them and asked what T. was
that seemed to amuse him 80. He
trembled and managed to gasp out
that had on my wife's hat. IL was
even SO. and there was one OF those
long, gaudy yellow pins that women
Used to keep their headgear in posi- 1.
ton, sticking IN it, ] was so mad
that ] Jerked IL of and threw it into
the street. Then everybody in the
car roared, and felt truly furious
When ] reached a hat store stepped
in and bought me hat OF the mas
culine variety. several hours after
ward my wife dropped IN at the
stOr,, and she was wearing my hat.
There was u pin in the back OF ii. and
the little face veil swinging from the
front, but IL was my hat didn't
say a word, and the woman Is wear.
ing it yet What bothers me 10 that
everybody found out the Joke on me,
and nobody has noticed 1t on her."-
Louisville Commercial.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
a Il tile Minister.

Connop Thirlwall, who In our own
century became Bishop OF st. David's
was that u ways amusing and some.
times tiresome child known as u pre-.
cocious one. At the aye Of 5 years
he was studying Latin. At no
rea 1 Greek, 50 his father said, with
an case AMI Guency which astonishcd
all who heard him"
AT he began to write sermons,
and continued the exercise Of his
powers In that direction for three or
four years Verse, based on Dryden
and Pope as models, filled up the in.
to walls OF his leisure. When he was
about =, he accOsted Bishop with
the grave announcements:
"My Lord, can read Greek"
The Bishop tested him, and found
him SO proficient that he ut once be.
came the child's friend and teacher.
His boyish sermons are particularly
amusing from the tremendous OK.
pcriencc from which they seem tn
have been written. Here, one would
say, was a man Of mature years who
had thought much and observed
greatly, and who was able to cl0thc
his reflections In a dictiOn as serious
as his own character. One Of them
Onl "The Abuse and Proclamation OF
the Sabbath" begins thus:
1--WE once boosted, aud perhaps
truly. OF the virtue and simplicity OF
the British nation; but alas, our vices
and immortality have rendered the
boast absurd and ridiculous"
But while one smiles over Thrill
wall tho precOciOus boy, one ceases To
do SO n noting tho Incidents OF his
manhood, for he was ono OF those
who, like John Stuart Mill, NOwci
earlY but do not exhaust their men
tai energy In the effort
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
TEzE CHICAGO EAQLH.

the upper plate. The rccoil IN such
cases Is SO great and sudden that the
upper plate Is driven down ward with
such force and apidity as to catch
exact impressions of the leaves be.
fore their delicate ribs have time to
give way to the force Of the blow.
This novel method Of engraving is
one Of the wonders of the century.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
Tesla of Slrcnlh.

One OF the experiments made by
those whose business 1t Is to test the
strentn OF dynamite, gun-cotton and
other explosives Is to place fresh.
plucked leaves between two plates Of
panel steel and explode cartridges on
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

Don't rush into quarrel believ.
ing tEat 1t can no made up. A a ar.
rel is never made up.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

A MAN who gives his enemies
favors that properly belong to his
friends, is not only fool, but he is
dishonest,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

WHEN a widow OF 40 voes to be
measured for new teeth, her neigh.
bors say she is looking for a second
husband
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24

A WOMAN never loves q man for
what he does for her
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-24
A Little Vegetarian.

One little model, fair little thing
of9 years, told me the other day
that she had only tasted meat once
in her life "What do you eat?" |
asked her. ooh, soup, and you
make it like this: First you put the
water on to boil, and when it's hot
you go in the garden and get some
onions or green beans or piece OF
cabbage, and put that in and let it
boil; then you put in some crusts of
bread and it's done" Then after an
eloquent pause: 81 suppose you
have meat at the hotel, and vege-
tables?" Eyes" / answered, but |
was ashamed to tell her that we had
four kinds of meat at one meal and
and soup and vegetables and dessert
and altogether ten times as much as
we could eat or had any right to
while she went without.-Paris Cor
respondence Philadelphia Times.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-24
To Import KangarooS.

From the Helena independent.
We are assured on what seems good
authority, that the project Of import
ing kangaroos into this country is
seriously entertained by several en-
thusiastic and wealthy sportsmen OF
the West. The animals have been
successfully acclimated in England
and France, and we are assured that
there is no reason why they should
not thrive here. The practical ex-
tinction of the buffalo has left the
plains without any big game ofim-
portance, and experienced sportsmen
declare that hunting the kangaroo,
as practiced in Australia, is second
in excitement and interest only to
killing the buffalo. The scheme is
not without commercial Importance.
Kangaroo leather is a very valuable
product and the animals breed rapid
y. The promoters hope to be priv
legged to introduced the new game at
the beginning of the warm season in
the Yellowstone Park, and to insure
them for a few years Government
protection and immunity from sense
less sportmen.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-24
WHOSE FAcE2

Some faces are supremely fair
Some sparkling in their splendor,
Some are demurc and debonaire,
And some diyinely tender.
Some win us with one fatal glance
From eyes too brightly beaming:
Some smile the smile that brings a trance :
Till life il lost in drenming.
Some fit before ns, sweet and gay,
TO fill our hearts with laughter;
Then fade, as fancies fade away,
And leave no achings after.
And some--some faces sorrow kissed.
Where hottest thoughts are thronging-
Come back, come always in the mist
Ofeverlastng longing.
So faces come, and faces go;
Some make existence sweater,
And some they make life sad, we know,
Yet, being sad, completer.
Until one face comes up at last
(Heaven knows each heart, don't doubt ~
The future iudes, the past is past
We cannot live without i'll
We ask not il ell coll her sweet,
Or fair, or wise, or clever
We ask. we passionately entreat,
viii you be mine for ever
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-24
A Story Of the Rev. DR.. Willis

A prominent eastern clergyman
who was here the other day told a
story that will amuse many of DR..
Willis old friends here. When he
was quite a young man he was once
invited to conduct divine services in
an episcopal church which happened
to be without rector. DR.. Willis
accepted the invitation, but when he
arrived at the church he was sur
prised when vestryman informed
him that he would occupy a chair be-
low the pulpit, and explained that
according to the usages of the epis-
copal church only regular clergymen
OF that denomination were permitted
to occupy the pulpit. The vestrys
man afterward remembered q very
merry twinkle in the young preachers
eye when hereceived this information.
After the usual preliminary service
DR.. Willis began his discourse, tax
ing for his subject the Savior's warn
ing to his disciples, always to take
a low seat at feast, SO that the
master Of the least might afterward
invite them to come up higher, while
those who had taken the highest
seats would be told to make room
for those, worthier than they. Dr..
Willis had not got very far in his
sermon when several of the high
churchmen got up and left in higk
dudgepn. In moment he turned
his discourse to the subject of intol-
erance, and referring to the scene
with the woman taken in adultery,
he quoted the language: 'Let him
that is without sin among you cast
the first stone" and" continued
the preacher, ''one by one the hypo-
critics begin to so out" The congre-
cation remained during the fearless
DISCOURSE Commercial.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-24
An Editor Insu1ted.

Editors have to put up with all
manner OF taunts and insults. Not
SO long ago, at a social gathering, a
Dallas lady said to young man who
is connected with local paper:
.'You ought to belong to church
choir"
'.But can't sing. What put the
idea OF my belonging to church
choir into your head?''
80 nothing, except that l was
reading the other day that San
Francisco church proposes to intro
duce harp music into the choir, and
there is not much difference. you
know, between q harp and Tyre, SO
/ thought I'd just make the sugges-
ton = Texas Siftings.