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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-08-18
Overbre(l Dogs.

So long as our dogs were employed
In the labor Or the organized recrea.
lions Of man, tho tendency Of the as
50 ,iation with tho superior being was
In u high measure cducative. They
we're constantly submitted 10 more
or less crit col but always etYectiv.
selection VIII ch & de ever to de-.
velOp o higher grade Of intelligence.
With the advan Q in the organiza.
tion Of society. the dog Is ever losing
something OF his utility, even In the
way of sport. lie IL fast becoming q
mere idle favoritc, priced Tor unim.
portant peculiarities OF form. The
effort In the main Is notn to make
creatures which can help In the en-.
pigments OF man I ut to breed for
show alone, demanding no more In
telligence Than IL necessary to make
the creature u we'll behaved denizen
of q house. The result IL the institu.
ton OF o wonderful variety In the
size. shape, and special peculiarlties
OF different breeds with " ut appears
to me To 10 c0ncOmitant loss In
their intelligence. 1t appears tO me,
10 q word, that our treatment OF
this noble animal, where he Is bred
for ornament, Ia In effect, degrad.
Ing. -Scribner's Magazine,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-08-18
Tho COltlcst Cold.

Tho science Of chemistry, like that
OF geography, has It's undiscovered
North Pole. Four hundred and sixty
one degrees below the freezing point
Of the Fab: cnheit thermometer
(-274 degrees c. lies q mysterious.
specially In .icated deg GO OF cold,
which science has long been g8,inu
toward and striving to attain, won
dering meanwhile what may be the
conditions Of matter ut tn unex.
plUred point. it. existence has long
been indicated aud Its position cs'
tablished In two dilie cnt ways, viz. =,
the regularly diminishing volumes OF
gases and the steady falling OIL In
the resistance made by pu!e metals
to the passage through them Of cleo.
tricity under increasing degrees OF
cold, This point, to which both
these processes tend AS an ultimate,
10 called the zero OF ab ,Olute temper.
aturc. By more thun ono eminent
observer II Is supposed to be the TEN.
peratuie Of interstellar space, the
normal temperate . Of the universe.
Whether or not this suppOsiti0n be
correct, the efforts which have been
made and are still In progress to reach
this degree OF cold have been many,
diverse and ingenious tho equipment
OF the explore. being not boats, con-
densed foods, and the general ma
chinery OF ice exploration, hut all
the varied resources Of mechanics
and Of chemistry which can be com
bined to compass the EXTREMIST do
grees OF cOld.-FroM "FOur Hun
dred Degrees Below Eco" In Nc
Clure's Magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-08-18
CARRIED A MU1iNOUS CREW.
All We're Negroes and They Plotted co
Commit Murder and Piracy.

All We're Negroes and They Plotted co
Commit Murder and Piracy.
Tho bark Nellie Troop after q
,onv voyage to the Dutch East
Indies, IL now lying In the Eric
Basin, and according TO the captain,
ne and his officers have had most
event ul time with a mutinOus crew,
says the Brooklyn Times. He is In
possession of the written confessions
Of several Of the men to prove his
allegation. The bark Is rated at
1900 tons, and Is owned principally
by parties In St John, N. y. The
captains name Is V. j. Young. He
Is u man of sturdy built and middle
age. lie served drought the late war
here his crew was u mixed one Of
Portuguese, Spanish and Mexican
neRDcs, and q negro named John
Rhcinart from Loston, who had just
been discharged from the state
prison there. He carries u bullet In
his leg. The captain was accom-.
panied on his voyage by his wife and
two daughters, aued respectfully II
and IA years. Before starting on
hor voyage the bark took on $4,000
cases Of petroleum Mt Philadelphia.
Captain Young tells the following
story OF his adventures:
The crew became mutinous at the
start and without any provOcatiOn
started In to attack the officers with
everything they could lay their
hands on. The captain and his
officers, assisted by the boatswain,
James Edwards, q colorel man, at
once armed themselves Tho leader
Of the mutincers was a black man,
Roderick Babcr Captain Young
soon unearthed a plot which had
been formed by the men to kill all oil
the officers and take possession oil
the vessel. This knowledge made
the situation dOubl, dangerous, be-
cause Of the presenc, Of his wife and
children on shipbOard. An O,icer,
therefore, took turns each night ID
keeping watch at Their cabin door
1t was In this state OF practical siege
that IN y ut last rca he'd Bavaria
with their cargo. An attempt wa
made during the trip thithcr to burr
the ship, and one or two OF the case
OF petroleum were set on are, bu
quickly cxtinguished.
After reaching Bavaria, Baber, tn,
ringlead r, asked permission OF tn,
mate to 90 ashore, AID was refused
In q frenzy he then picked up
hatchcC aud severed two OF the finger
Of his left hand, and then thrust 1
10 the captains face. lie insanel
said that he did 1t because the re
quest TO land had been Ictused him
He was then sent ashore to the hos
pital, ana sent hack to the ship later
He had also attempted to murder on
OF the rev. All OF the crew wer
late; paid OF and discharged exceI
Babcr. During the voyage some {
the men voluntarily gave their d.
position that they had all detc
mined to kill the officers and sic1
the ship Baber. who IL In the CT!
, was seen yesterday, and said that t
,, was 70 ny to bring suit for back pa!
against the captain, before Il
Brit sh consul. The captain scot
this idea, however, and says he do
not think 1t will 20 we'll with him
, he does
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-08-18
Trousers Proved a Trap.

I went one night, said the retired
burglar, into the room Of q man
who had his clothes stacked up on o
chair alongside the Led, with tr0us.
ers thrown on top In q careless sort
OF way. as though he had been too
tired or too lazy to straighten 'cm
out Tho right.hand pocket looked
Inviting, and reached intoit There
was q pockct.book there, but when l
tried to pull IL out my hand was
caught On the sharp points Of q
dozen wires
you've seen those mouse traps
with little cone shaped wire tunnels
for the mouse to run his head into?
llc can get his head In easily enough,
but when no wants to pull 1t out the
ends OF the wires stick into his head
and neck and hold him. Well, this
man had fixed up o contrivance like
that in his pocket. / could have
freed myself by taking \ | tile time
and using q little more patience, but
I said to myself, why not carry the
trOuse of and take my time about
it?" l gathered them up and started.
1t was u mistake. hadn't gone six
feet before I telt q little tug, and the
points were pulled into nv hand
deeper than ever. or course l knew
ut once what It all meant. there was
o cord attached to one OF tho trousers
legs and the other end Of 1t was tied
to the mans hand, and that Wa
what ! had brought up against.
"lIe was out Of bed In minute.
made o blum at him, but hampered
a. was with practically only ont
hand, l really wasn't In 1t at oil. and
In less than two minutes he had mt
tied up waiting for the police.
New York Sun.