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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30

WHY ARE We R,oHr.HANosoS


A Princeton Professor Answers ~ ~
psrimeatinR with Bis Child.
Prof J. Mark Baldwin, of Primes.
ton University, has been perfofming
q series Of experiments upon one Of
his childien with view to tindinR
out the origin OF right-hande dnesS
There 70 no apparent scientific req.
son why v man should use one hand
more than another, Or why the mus.
cles Of one arm should be stronger
than those VI another. A number Of
theories have been advanced to &C.
count for the phenomenon. One Of
the most plausible Is the people be.
come right.handed from the manner
In which they are held and carried
when small children. The mother
carries the child In such q way az to
leave the right hand free, and from
this early experience the habit 10 &C.
qulred which runs through its whole
life. 1t IL also q curious fact that
the observation OF animals fails to
show an uneven development of tho
muscles Of limbs on one side OF the
the body as compared with those Of
the other. Monkeys especially are
known to swing freely by both arms
equally we'll, although this Is u point
that Prof. Garner might we'll have
studied In the jungles OF Africa.
The experiment made Ivy Prof
Baldwin OF Princeton, extended over
a period OF many months, beginning
while the child was an infant. This
however, was only In regard to Oh.
jects placed ut some distance from
the body Of the child, and wnere IL
had to reach out for them. When
Oh. ects were placed near tho child II
used both hand equally.
More than 1000 experiments Of
this kind were tried by Prof Bald.
win, and when the objects reached
for were near Its body IT. used both
hands about an equal number Of
timeA In stretching out. however,
II almost invariably used its right
hand. From this he argued that the
tendency 10 inherited. Left.handed
children are, IL is said, generally de.
scended from left.handed mothers or
fathers. Those that are right.hauded
learn to shake hands more easily
than left.handed children, who have
u. stretch their arms across their
body In an awkward fashion to per.
form the act
P.of. Baldwin thinks that the
right. handed function has some con.
nect.0n with the power Of speech.
They both belong ~ the same lobe Of
the brain, and before q child learns
to speak II has been observed that Il
cndea vors to express emotions with
its banda There are some people
who are neither left nor right.
handed, but who can use 10th hands
equally we'll, even In writing, the
muscles on either arm being the same
size
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
The Boardcr At Break fast.


n have been reading very inter.
esting article on cOiies," said Mrs.
Small, Is Mr.. Hunker passed up his
cup for refilling.
Being about q beverage, the article
couldn't be dry, Observed Mr.. Hunker,
playfully, and then added: "Three
Jumps OF sugar. please"
Something like frown passed over
the landlady's face at the bOarder's re-
mark, but she continued:
THE article was one which deserves
= largo circu alton, l think, for the
good OF the race. II was on the inju.
riOus effects OF coffee drinking. The
author said we are becoming nation
OF coffee tOpers. The perniciOus Of.
fects OF too much coffee drinking he set
forth In an exceedingly strOng light.
Among the serious results likely to
follow, he enumerated q ssllow skin,
shattered nerves, q weakening OF the
eyesight, loss Of will power, and In
some CO 90 he thought consumption
might be traced to the inOrdinate use
OF the beverage. The author said that
appalling statistics could be produced
OF the ravages OF the cOtfee.drinking
habit among the American people.
1T was coffee he was talking about,
was it?' asked Mr.. Hunker, as he rose
1T was, Mr.. Hunker."
"Then don't think we need worry
ourselves. Truth.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
NlMeLE WITH THEIR FEET.
Natives Of India Find Them ~ Useful "a
Hands.

Hands
In the native quarters OF the towns
OF India tho strange spectacle may be
seen Of o butcher SELLING q piece Of
meat In his hands and cutting II In two
with stroke Of his knife held between
the first and second toes OF his foot.
The shoemaker use, no last, but turns
the unfinished sh with his feet, while
his hands a.e busy in shaping It. So
the carpenter holds with his great toe
the board he IL cutting and the wood.
turner handles his tools as we'll with
hi, toes q, with his fingers. This use
OF the ieet to assist the hands In their
lab, r IL not, however, the mere result
Of practice, but Is principally due to
the fact that the Hind0O foot Is quite
different from OURS IN its anatomical
conformation. The ankle OF the Hin.
doc and the articulation OF the back OF
the foot permit considerable lateral
motion. Then the toes possess Q sur.
prising mobility. The great toe can
be moved freely In ell directions and
the first and second toes are separated
BY Q wide space, sometimes as much as
ave.eighths Of an inch across ct the
extremitles. The articulation OF the
hip is also peculiar and this renders It
easier to use the toes in handling the
objects by enabling the Hlndoo to sit
In . squstting po 'ture much more COM
fOrtably than we can do. A .imilar
formation OF the feet and toes /, found
am ng the Annamese, but II IL not, as
might be supposed, q common tn ng
among barbarOus and savage tribes.
One naturally thinks Of the resem.
blance to . monkey which q human
being using both feet and hands In the
manner described above must present,
and yet the HindOO foot is not ut all
like the foot Of an ape Or monkey. The
great tee Is not opposed TO the other
toes like q thumb, as occurs with the
monkey, and acc )rdingly the pedal
dexterity OF the HindOOs Is not to bs
taken as an indication OF simian de.
scent
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
ShEEP.S hEARlNo.

An Oid.Timer says It ID Not What II
Used to He.
strengthening isn't what II was some
years ago, says an 0ld.timer at the
business. The truth IL the sheep. rails.
ers can't afford to pay much with the
low price wool Is bringing. But even
at these low rates we can make more
than at anything else. We work In
crews and have q regular circuit that
We traverse every season. Our crews
consist OF from six to twelve men. We
enter into contract to shear 80 many
sheep dsy-say 800 or 1000. We
have turned out 400 Q day. ! can
shear 100, and there Is one In our crew
who can take of l26 We can make Is
or 10 day each, anyhow, now. Some.
times we contract by the day to shear
fine sheep, and then the wages run all
the way from Oh to $8 per day. And
when they want the sheep 1stubble
shOrn," that l., leaving the wool about
an inch long so that the merchant can
examine It, we get fancy prices say
$3.50 per head. This takes time and
skill, and one Is doing we'll to put of
five or six head q day, though some
who are extra handy with the shears
can do much better.
We usually anchor on q big ranch,
where there are 10000 or 10, 900 head,
and corral them, putting them out In
two or three weeks. Sometimes sheep
raisers have bands brought to us, 200
to 1000 In q band; sometimes we 90
from ranch to ranch and clean them
up Is we 90. We have travelled as far
as forty miles to q sheep camp. We
put the sheep on q platform twelve
inche, high and the fleece is taken of
In 411fw. minutes. The man who ia
ready aid can take OIL his 100 doesn't
chop the wool, as q rule, Is much Is
the man who takes of only 10 or 80.
The buyer can easily detect the crop
that IL we'll taken of. It makes diff
ference In the price, that bringing the
best figure which Is run of smoothly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30

inside tho egg ovaporates, and its
place IL taken by air. When the egg
Is full fluid passes constantly toward
the pores. and IL the principle agent Of
corruption, the corruption being mani.
tested more rapidly In warm than In
cold weather. An egg abs olutely fresh
Is entirely full, but the stale eggs have
an empty space In proportion to their
age, caused by the loss Of albumen by
evaporation.
BY the above system Of glazing this
evaporation Is prevented, and the germ
Of the egg being protected from the
corrupting influences Of the air retains
Its vitality for Q long time.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
HON. ERNEST ]. MAGERSTADT
Republican Nominee for Probate Clerk

not follow the broom on sweeping day.
Tho carpets will last longer with this
lining than with any other. and when
You take them up again you will find
the dust lodged on the papers, and II
carefully removed to the rubb sh pile
you will avoid filling your lungs with
poisonous dust, Us little will be found on
sweeping the hoors.
In putting down carpets In spare
rooms, where they are not likely to be
taken up very Oftsn, II Is an excellent
plan to scatter smoking tobacco over
the paper, to guard against moths and
the buffalo bug. This Is q sure pre-
ventive against the attacks OF moths
and carpets may be safely left down II
spare rooms for number OF years.
Country Gentleman.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30

Mr.. Esdohr Is not the only man
who is angry over Fridays conven-
ton. The friends Of Charles @.
Nicely, who are strong in Evanston,
feel aggrieved, it Is said, because that
town was sighted and given no place
on the ticket after being assured that
Nicely would be taken care Of. Other
Republicans are angry and disap-
pointed because Mr.. Carter was chos-
en- for County Judge In place of John
J. Knickerbocker.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30

A silly Efforts being made to break
the solidarity Of the Cook County Re.
publican delegation to the State con.
vention. The movement is ostensi-
bly, In the interest of W. w. Tracy,
formerly Of Springfield, now of Chi.
cago. 1t is really an attempt to get
even" with Henry Wulf for some al.
legged action Of his prior to the county
convention. 1t was started by an
organ which had a relative as a can.
didate. The relative did not sue.
coed. 1t will have no result injuri-
Gus to Mr.. wulfY. The Cook county
delegation will be solid for the coun.
ty clerk and will carry out the in.
structions OF the convention of May
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
A strange Discovery in AFRICA.

- ~s.ssS~ ~S~vSsS 80 sesesS~
Unlooked.for things have been
found 10 unlikely places but there
has probably been no discovery moro
remarkable than that OF Balxac's
dressing gown In the possession Of
the king Of Dshomey. Monsrchs
sis rarely literary, aud his dusky
majesty, ono would think, was the
very last Of them tn have cot much
value upon the personal relic Of .
novelist however DISTINGUISHED.
Nevertheless, the French found Il IN
the royal apartment at Abomey.
There were some ingenious theories
founded upon thia circumstance
One Of the Amazons, II Was thought,
might have been novel reader, and
had sent 70 Paris to secure tho In.
teresting memento, and on the affair
coming to the knowledge Of her SOW.
ereign, had fastened TO say she had
purchased 1t for his own shouider6
For, indeed, he always wore II upon
state occasions II was not Q dress.
ing gown such 40 literary persons In
this country are won't to wear (of
second.claa flannel, worn % the
edges, but of purple velvet embroid.
cred with gold. As matter OF fact
II had been given to Bsizsc BY some
OF his admirers, and after his death
had been bought by . dealer In curl.
ositieA who had placed It, with
other snowy articles, on the West
African market 1t 10 Sad to think
how y plain tale will put down.
that Ia destroy-the materials Of Q
ane romance -Illustrsted Londoa
NeWa
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
Stories OF Vance.

Tho late Senator Vance used TO
say according to katc Fields Wash.
ington) that his liveliest campaign
for the Governorship Of North Caro-.
lima was that In which Judge SetJle
ran against him. They stumped the
State In Joint debate. All the white
Dcmoci ats turned out to hear Vance,
and all the colored Republicans 70
hear Settle. On one occasion, Vance
was informed that some young ladies'
desired To testify their devotion TO
the Democratic party by kisaing the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
Nothing 10th, Vance descended from
the platform and kis.ed Q dozen or
90 Of the young beauties, and then
paused long enough 70 turn around
toward bis competitor and shout:
''Settle. I'm kissing my girls; now
you kiss yours" When he married
the second time. he said to his wife
on their wedding.day: my dear
I'm . stubborn fellow, and you may
anticipate trouble. Now. In the DO.
ginning, while I am submissive, !
want TO give you ono piece Ut ADVICE.
II you follow u, we'll got on mighty
we'll. u 10 this: Make me do Just
40 l dsrned please" A newspaper
man, who Was about starting for .
rather Out.of.the.way portion Of
Vsnce's own state, was asking him
one day what kind Of accommoda ton
he was likely 70 Ind. They'll awe
you some OF their fried hog and
eggS" the Senator replied That's
better than nothing" said the news.
paper man. Il don't xnow-I don't
know" the Senator answered, In q
dubious tone: 'Vve tried both"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
TO KEEP EGGS FRESH.
A Simple Means of Preserving Them In.
definitely.

definitely.
A French naturalist has been OK
perlmenting on eggs with q view to
discovering q means for keeping them
fresh for q long period; and he assures
Us that he has Matched chickens from
eggs kept for over two years by his
process. His method Is simple, and
consists In dissOlving some gum.lak In
sufficient quantity OF alcohol to make
slight glaze. Into this each egg 10
dipped; and when they are completely
dry, they are packed In bran or saw.
dust, taking care to place the large end
upward. When the eggs are wanted,
the glaze must be carefully removed
with some alcohol. and they will be
found In the same state as when they
were envel0ped. The rationale OF this
process consists In intercepting the
air and preventing 1t penetrating the
shell.
As is generally known, the egg shell
10 perforated by Q myriad Of small
pores, which can only be perceived by
the aid OF Q microscope. Through
these pores, day by day, the albumeu
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
Marvels Of Modern Surgery.

The germ theory is largely responsi.
BILE for some OF the marvels OF modern
surgery. Out OF the germ theory
grew the sorupulous care OF surgeons
as to the aseptic and anti :eptic treat
ment OF wounds so that the fevers and
inHammatiOns that used to be the In.
evitable consequence OF surgical opera
lions are now unknown In well.man-
aged hospitals. Surgeons will now
chip OIL the top OF q mans head, OK
hiblt his brain to curious class OF
students. seEd him to bed with his
wound" antiseptically dressed, and
bring him back o week later with
nothing to show OF the operation but
= slight and well.healed scar. When
= boys leg was to be removed the
other day the surgeons first cut hole
In the abdomen big enough for one Of
them to thrust In his sterilized fist and
pinch an artery that would be involved
In the operation. But for the POSSIBLE
ity OF antiseptic treatment no such
operation could be performed with
safety.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
Dust in CarDets.

When putting down carpets in rooms
are %aS@ Ssea ~ !: Ss 70
take clean straw and scatter 1t evenly
over the papers, and then put your car.
pet down. 1t will lot the dust through
on the paper, and clouds Of dust will
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
GETTING READY FOR WAR.
The Celestial Empire Fully Alive to the
Latest Improvements.

Latest improvements.
Any one who thinks that China Is
asleep TO what Il going on In the mod.
ern world hs, only TO visit one OF Its
great government gun factories to be
convinced Of this mistake, writes Mr..
Frank G. Carpenter. have spent
some time ut the works OF the Wash.
ingtOn navy yard, where are being
built tho guns for our largest war
ships. We pride ourselves on them rs
nation, and consider them among the
finest gun works OF the world. Away
out here In China there ale similar
fOundries doing even more wonderful
work, and that to y large extent with
native made machinery, and just now
with Chinese iron and coal.
No one knows much about the min.
eral resources Of China. But coal and
iron are said t. exist in nearly every
ono OF the eighteen sta es or PROVING
OF the empire, and tnere have been
some lion mines which have teen
worked for years. Up to this time
China has been importing the raw ma
terial for her arsenals, but she Is now
experimenting with her own supplies.
and the manufacturing China OF the
future will probably be entirely indie.
pendent OF the rest Of the world. The
coal and iron formations OF tho prov.
ince OF Chill are said to DO the largest
In the world, and the product Is un'
surpassed.
The iron now used here comes from
the province Of Human, In about the
center OF China, and some idea OF its
character may be learned from test
which was rece ntly made here. A shot
was cast OF this iron for three-inch
rifle, and 1t was fired against q target
with the same charge and the same
gun In competition with imported shot
Of steel. The steel shot penetrated the
target, but none OF them went through
II. The Chinese cast.irOn shot passed
clear through the target and was lost.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
Sunday Postage In Belgium,

In Belgium when a person posts q
letter he can dictate whether II shall
be delivered on Sunday or not. The
Government issues postage stamps
with q narrow coupon attached. II
this Is torn OF the letter or package
will be delivered II 1t arrives at III
destination Sunday; II left on, 1t will
mot
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30

TN new billiard hall Of 1sssTs.
Pagan b Barber, over tie House OF
David, l62 Clark street, u the finest
IN the city. Visit Il.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30
Perfect.

Some beautiful and perfect camel.
Has were displayed In . florists win.
dow. and two old ladies stood looking
at them In manifest delight
''Aint that . handsome sights"
said one. at length.
II guess 'tiA" was the reply. ~
amt seen n0thin' like sfore ssnce W
left home. ] can't think Of nothin'
t0 compare 'em to-"
"Nor ! neither. Why they're
every mite % handsome % war ouesv
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30

IL. All the county candidates are
laboring to that end. Mr.. Tracy Is
really not seriously considered as a
candidate for State treasurer.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30

THERE u one good thing about The
man with trouble on his mind; ~
doesn't break into your ONCE with
whistle or song.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30

CAUTION ID sometimss too nsas.
sighted.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-30

summer Train Service via Wisconsin Cen.
trail
Effective May q. To Waukesha
and lake resorts $40 u. M, l:25 p.
NJ, 3:45 p m, 8 p. m. To St. Paul,
Minneapolis, Ashland, and Pacific
Northwest sos p. m, l1:45 p. m.
To Duluth sos p. m.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
Col. IngersoIl,s Belief.

An editorial in an afternoon pap
er in Boston, says, speaking of
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll: HWhy
not make public the rumor that the
brilliant orator, who has been called
the great American in6del, has
been heard to say that perhaps
what he will say in public before
he dies is that he believes in i'm
mortality"
Colonel Ingersoll was questioned
on the subject later in the day, and
in reply gave the following auto
graph statement: al have never
said that perhaps before 1 die 1
will say in public that 1 believe in
Immortality 1 have nothing to
conceal on that question. 1 have
always been perfectly frank, and
have given the transcript of my
heart and brain.
do not say that death ends all,
neither do l say that a man is i'm
mortal; say that 1 do not know.
To know is one thing, to believe is
another, and to hope is still another.
l hope for all good, for all joy, for
the children of men. All 1 can say
about Immortality is this: There
was time when L was not, after
that was, and may be that it is no
more wonderful that shall continue
forever, now that have a start,
then it was that 1 should begin.
We love and those we love die
and we cling to the hope, to the
wish, that we may meet again.
Love was the first to dream of i'm
mortality, and as long as we love
we shall hope"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
POINT PLEASANT MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. WEDNESDAY, JA
The Iiengal Boar.

Possibly in moments of enthusi-
asm and wassail the Bengal boar
may have been overpraiseds He has
not a pleasant temper; his habits are
open to unfavorable criticism; he
may fail in his family relations, but
he has plenty of pluck. He will
fight anything that comes in his way,
not even tiger daunts him, and
what is more the tiger sometimes
succumbs to the terrible tusks of the
boar.
have seen a boar bearing away
from such heroic battle the marks
deep and frequent marks-of a tigers
claws, and that boar swan the
Ganges in food-a sufficient feat for
an unwounded animal and one that
should set at rest the question
whether pigs can swim.
A dangerous brute is that Bengal
boar Throughout the whole of my
sporting career only two of my beat
ers were killed, and one of these was
cut to death by boar A leopard
killed the other Not one was either
killed or mauled by tigers.
But my first experiences in this
line were, regret to say, less con-
nected with the mighty boar than
with the SOW, which, though it can
not rip up horses fanks or belly
as can the boar, can gallop little,
and instead of ripping can bite
Blackwood'S Magazine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
.orEe Eliot.


Poets and Philosophers on Women.
Shakespeare said that woman's Gcsle. Hi.
opinions we revere,
But he had old fashioned notions. He's been
dead this many a year.
Browning said they all love great men, whether
young whether old;
That we like god and man combined in one
to charm and foldl
Could we make her as tho man, said Tcnnyson.
sweet love were slain.
And there is fairer picture than his beau.
teous Elaine.
And Will Carleton. with his frankness, say
that till a heart beats rot
Shall the kind deeds of woman be by mortal
man forgot.
Higginson, so puzzled. asks US, soul of fire in
womnn's clay,
Where, l wonder. shall your place be in tn,
realms of endless dityi''
Byron tells us that more power lies in woman's
soft word
Than in all the vain rebukings tl.at the world
has ever heard!
Then, again, believe woman and trust hen
just
AS you see December roses or the ice in sunny
Junel
Walter Scott wrote Of our weakness, but he
Compcnsates us now.
For he says, ''in pain and anguish then, "a
ministering angel tkOu.
Dryden said they hug Offenders and forgive of
fenses past,
Then he comments ON it briefly, saying, "sex
unto the last"
Alexander Pope said, Happy is the blameless
vestal's lot"
For sho is the world forgetting, and by it ha>
been forgot.
otway said the greatest of Ills in the past have
women done,
Caused long wars, betrayed cities, IL: the course
of ages run.
Yet he thinks they're very lovely and to tenn.
per man were made:
Brightness. purity and heaven in their love he
sees arrayed.
Campbell said the world was sad, and all the
garden was a wild;
Man the hunan, man the hermit, sighed un-
til the woman smiled.
Lowell says perfected woman is the earth's
most noble thing;
And Coleridge as holiest a mothers love would
bring.
Burns says that Nature swcars the dears hel
noblest work she classes;
"Hcr prentice han she trieu on man. and then
she made the lasses.''
Goldsmith said when lovely woman stoops to
find that men betray,
Then no charm can soothe her sorrow, naught
can wash her guilt away
And that sweetest bard, LonSfeiloyv, said that
when the maiden passed
1t did seem like ceasing music-much too ex-
quisite to lastl
Addison said that the woman who deliberate.
is lost;
Moore, the maid whose heart is stolen will pur.
sue Mt any cost
j. G. SAKE says that most evils which befalI
our hapless race
Arc results oft indirectly of the woman in
the cassi'
Isabel Archer.