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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10
Tho Name Of California.

Thomas f. Slevin, LII D., dcliv.
cred an unusually interesting lecture
on the 'Origln of the Name Of Cali.
fornia" before tho Geographical So.
ciety OF tho Pacific ut the Union
Square Hall. Mr. Slcvin hrst pro.
ceeded TO explain the various nj.
legged origins Of tho word California.
These he divided into three classes,
the most PLAUSIBLE of which was the
suppOsition that the word was dc.
rived from misunderstanding Of
some word used by the natives when
FIRST addressed bv Cortez or one Of
his followers. This was satisfactor.
.ly explained away, and tho speaker
then told In q pleasant manner what
he conceived to be the only lcgiti.
mate conclusion to 10 drawn from
the various explanations OF tho origin
OF our States name.
The word California was arst used
In q work on Spanish chivalry pub.
lishcd In 1910. This work was an
alleged history Of the adventures OF
"Amadis of Gaul and his son Esplan.
diam" 1t WIS OF great length and
divided into large number Of short
stories, one Of which was the inanncE
In which 'Calitia, the Queen OF the
Island OF California, q country In
hablted only by women, who lived az
Amazons and had gold without end,
saved ConstantinOple from an attack
by the Pcrsians. This story rs vel
as Others, was widely read by thu
people Of Spain, and by many re
Rarded ~ fact. Among thu stanct
believers were the members OF thu
Cortez expedition, who. upon land
ing upon the peninsula OF Lower
California, imagined they were on ar
island which, owing to its apparent
riches, they named after the TABLED
isle, and COrtez himself called the
new country california "-Sar
francisco Chronicle.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10
A SERIOUS QUESTION.
white African Settlers Wish to Dispose ut
the Natives.

White African Settlers Wish to Dispose ut
the Natives
The white settlers at Cape Colony,
Africa, are greatly exercised to find
some way to dispose Of the native pop
ulation. There are 100, 900 OF the Int.
ter and 400,0 whites. These natives,
it is complained, occupy some OF the
the finest lands in the country, and,
though living peaceably to their own
satisfaction, they serve no purpose In
the cOlonlsts' scheme OF civilization;
and, besides, the white folks want the
lands they occupy, and are frank
enough to say SO.
One numerically large and politic al
ly influential party In Cape Colony
granted the title deed of the land Occu.
pied by him, which, 1t Is argued, he
will speedily, under proper induce
ments to that end, sell, "and thus, by
degrees, the land now occupied by ma
tives will be completely occupied by
whites" Another party, which Is de-
sirous that each native should receive
an inalienable title to q piece of land
adjudged sufficient to support him, Is
denounced by its opponents as a ne.
phiianthropists without practical
views. A third suggestion, to grant
titles to natives under certain cOndi-
tiOns requiring cultivation to be done,
Is looked on with some favor.
Whatever the solution arrived at, II
will undoubtedly bring about lust the
conditions the natives do not want, Of
has invariably been the case In such
matters. The natives are content To
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10

live In the same simple way they have
always been accustomed to. Their sim
pie needs are bountifully supplied by
the fruitful land without much labor
on their part. But civilization wants
to make them wear clothes, eat meat,
run sewing machines, and read news
papers. and they would much prefer
not to do these things, because they
would make q poor botch OF them,
would be compelled to work hard, aud
the best fruits OF their labor would &c
to the invading whites. Doubtless the
eventual solution will be that the poor
African will, by one means or another,
lose his land and his ancestral means
Of livelihood, and be compelled, In or.
der to live at all, to hire out as q day
laborer, at hard work and small pay
to his white brother. That has beer
the usual way where the natives are
not etfectually removed. as were the
heroic Caribs, or do not conveniently
dwindle and fade away, as the Maoris
are doing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10
Peters Mistake.

The schoolmistress was showing
of her pupils to some visiting friends.
She had been over the same ground q
day or two before, and thought she
could trust them to do her credit
'Wh0 knows what useful article Ia
furnished to Us by tho elephant?" she
asked.
Ivory" was the prompt reply of
three boys at once
"Very good. And what do We got
from the whaleP"
"Whalebone.
"Right again. And what from the
sealy"
''Sealing.wax," answered Perer
Sand, whose inventiveness was bet
tor than his memory.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10

Mr.. Leopold Moss, who will be the
Democratic nominee for Alderman In
the Second Ward, was born In Louis.
vile, KY, March Q, 1853. He came
to Chicago In 1857, and has lived 10
the Second Ward since 1869 ut 90
ed street.
Mr.. Moss stands In the front rank
OF ChicagOs foremost business men,
having been In the banking business
all his life. He is the s0n.in.law OF
that well.known and esteemed citi.
zen, Mr.. Lazarus Silverman, and IL
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necker and Aid. Mann, for the alder.
manic nomination. As the fight for
the election will be over with the
end Of the Republican primaries,
both candidates are putting In
full time now, and the race Is
a pretty one. As Judge Longenecker
Is one of the most popular men
In the ward and the majority Of Re.
publicans Of influence are footing his
horn his nomination seems to be Ger.
tain, but Aid. Mann is putting up n
fight hard enough to make 1t inter.
esting. He Is not relying entirely on
home comforts, but has had Aid.
O'Neill, OF the Thirty fourth Ward,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10
Is TOO GOOD A MAN.
Only Argument Brought Against the
Candidacy Of EX.State's Attor.
ney LongeneckeT.
Will Have Him for Al.
deYman.

The center Of the hottest political
activity this spring is the Thirty.
second Ward, the breeding ground
Of Republican statesmen, all of whom
are taking part in the fight between
ex.State's Attorney Joel NJ. LOnge.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10

prominent In South Side society
circles. Mr.. Moss Is member OF the
Chicago Stock Exchange, the Lake.
side Club. and the IroQuois Club
He is not seeking the nomination,
but his friends and the leading bust.
ness men Of the ward persist In his
running. The Democrats of the Sec.
ond Ward are to be congratulated on
securing the consent of Mr.. Moss to
accept the nomination, as his election
will give the ward such a represent
tation Us the Second should have.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10

It Elects Its Teeth and stomach.
When irritated the sea cucumber. q
species of hatOthuria, can eject all its
teeth, its stomach, and digestive appa-
ratus, and reduce itself to q simple
membranOus sac.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10

The people OF Hythe, In Kent, Eng
land, have been unable to get any one
OF the candidates selected to accept the
office of Mayor, and have taken steps
to compel someone to serve.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10

tho patent suspender buttons bought at
bargain.counter have parted the
ways and my 22.cent suspenders have
broken. Say. you haven't q safety pin
or u couple OF feet Of cord, have your"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10

The mass meeting was good one,
but not quite 50 large nor nearly as
enthusiastic as that for his oppo.
nent, and the most enthusiasm
aroused during 1t was the outburst
Of applause that startled the speaker
who opposed Judge Longenecker on
ground that he was too big man
for the place.
ave want the biggest man VIC can
get In the Council" said Thomas
Quincy In speaking Of the incident,
"and that Is why we are going Ia
nominate and elect Judge LOnge'
necker."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10

OVER 1000 series OF Greek coins,
issued by independent cities, are known
to exist.
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MAORI SUPERSTlTIONS.
They Believe in Ghosts and Spirits
as Thoroughly as Spi~ritualists.

They Believe in Ghosts and Spirits
as Thoroughly as sp~iritualists.
The Maoris, it appears, have a root
ed belief in ghosts, which they call
'Kehuas,". and in various manifesto
lions from the spirit world. They do
not profess to hear: the raps by which
European spiritualists suppose that
the presence of spooks is manifested,
for the reason that, Maori houses be-
ing made Of reeds, rushes, or grass,
raps would not be heard; but the
ghosts ingeniously accommodate them
selves to circumstances by scratching
instead Of rapping, which is, of course,
very thoughtful of them. Maoris be-
lieve; that ghosts speak in shri1,
whistling voices, and a recent traveller
states that for that reason the Maoris
hate to hear any one whistle. The
Kehua, according to native tradition,
is generally found lying across a
path, and to step over him is to die.
II the traveller goes round by another
path that leads to the place for which
he is aiming, he will find that the Ke-
hua is on the new path before him.
The one way to avoid disaster is to
turn back and go home, or, at least, to
the place last left. A chief, described
as Every intelligent" assured Mr. Ire
gear, who has lately been investigat-
ing Neutrality-suspicious., that he saw
the spirits Of two Of his uncles, on
each occasion before they died. His
father, mother, brothers or sisters he
did moi see, and it is not stated why
he supposed that his uncles specially
desired to visit him in this fashion.
The explanation of this and the rest
probably is, that the Maoris are a re-
markably superstitious and magma
tive people, who a make ghosts out
Of nothing more substantial than
dreams-as easily as an old Scotch
wife of the last century.-London Stan
dard.
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hord byron lSl4)-FrOm the Paint
ing by Phillips.
in the possession Of John Murray, was
made when the poet was in his 31st
year.
The n made in 1911 is an etching
by Pierce Egan. It was made about
the time the poet was a lover of sport
ing matters, and when he was taking
sparrlng lessons with Jackson, a well
known professor of pugilism. The etch-
ing was made about the time of that
separation which embittered one life
and Swallowed another.
The Best Portrait.
The best, and the historical portrait
of Byron, is from the bust by Thor
waldsen. 1t was this work which ex-
cited the admiration of the Countess
Gulccioi. Many casts were made from
this, and some L in this country.
A repetition of the head of the bust
was made by the same artist in 1917.
1t was rendered to Westminster Alb
hey, st. Paul's cathedral and the Brit
ish museum, and declined in turn by
each. It remained for several years,
unpacked, in the vaults of the custom
house. 1t now stands in the college
library of Trinity, Cambridge.
There is a striking bronze statue of
Byron in Piccadilly, from a design by
Richard Belt. It represents Byron on
a rock, in a contemplating attitude,
with right elbow resting on knee, the
cheek reposing on the palm of right
hand, "Boatswain," the poets famous
and favOrite Newfoundland looking
wistfully upward into his masters face.
The poet sat to one American artist.
W. e. West. He was the last artist
to whom Byron sat in Italy. The pict-
ure vas finished from memory. 1t
is in the possession Of an admirer of
Byron ard the artist in England.
There are, of course, many others in
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-19
KILLE IN A BATTLE,
Fight Between Deputies and Ala
bamA Mines,

Birmingham, Ala, July IA fierce
battle occurred at No. 3 mine at Pratt's
between mobs of striking miners and dep
uties, in which six men were killed and
nearly a score wounded. The full list
of dead and MANNED cannot be secured
as the bodies were carried off quickly af-
ter the fight occurred.
LII the morning a mass meeting of
striking miners Was h.lt! ut the creek
near Pratt mines and it was decided
that the law be taken into their hands,
and that they would kill or be killed.
When he employees came out of the
mines a mob of men was secreted in the
woods near by. AS the negroes would
come out one by one a shot would be
sent at them, and they would drop to the
ground either dead or fatally wounded.
After the third negro had fallen the dep;
uties opened fire upon the mob and a
fierce battle took place. 3. w. Tierce,
the commander of the deputies, fell to
the ground. A Winchester ball had
pierced his body, just above the heart.
Almost ut the same instant one Of the
strikers was seen to fall, but he arose
again to his knees, and taking aim with
his Winchester, fired four times at the
deputies. The deputies kept reloading
their guns and firing and the mob began
dispensing. The deputies then made a
tour round the wounded striker, who
WA sill firing, AID aftel L time they sue
ceeded in silenciDg his gun. He proved
to be a I'rerch:::.c. Another section of
the NIB made III attack on a train which
Wa carrying the negroes from Mine No.
4 to their homes. There was several
guards on the engine and the attack'was
answered with a fusilade Of bullets. TIL
first shot from the strikers went through
the cab window Of the engine and just
missed killing the engineer and J.. J.
Moore, the superintendent of the mines.
kilograms were sent to the town in haste
for help, and Sheriff Morrow summoned
twenty-five deputies. Gov. Jones, who is
still in the city, hastily summoned the
Birmingham battalion of the state troops.
The Second regiment has been relieved
from duty. The East Lake company is
still in camp guarding the tents and
they We're hurc.ed!y marched to a train
and carried to Pratt's with the deputies.
The governor ordered the Second regi-
ment into camp and closed all the saloons
in the county. Out at Pratt's posses
were hastily formed and the woods We're
secured for miles, but the miners had
made good their escape. The work Of
hunting up the dead and wounded then
began. Ten men were picked up and si~
are dead.
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DISASTER IN A NINE
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN IA PENN
SYLVANIA COLLIERY.
Two Hundred Sticks of Giant Pow
der Explode in the Midst of a
Group of Miners, and Probably
Twelve Are Blown to Atoms.

Hazeltoa, Pa, July 1S.-Two hundred
sticks of giint powder exploded in the
midst of a gang of mirers at Stockton
coiliery No. 8, and not enough of the
mems bodies were left for identification.
On account of the distance Of the
Stockton colliery from the main breaker,
it has been customary to send the dyna-
mite and other explosives in boxes to No.
s and distribute them to the workmen at
the bottom Of the second shaft as they
appear in the morning en- their way to
work. 1t was Charles O'DonnelIs duty
to distribute the dynamite and caps. The
first men to go down into the shaft were
the drivers, and these are the only ones
t, return alive from the opening. How
many men or who they were, who fol-
lowed in the next boat will not be known
until a list of the living is taken.
The drivers went into the stables to
harness their mules, and it was while
they were taus engaged that the ex-
plosion took place. The drivers were
hurled about promiscuously. The work
Of recovering the bodies was at once be-
81 n, but it was a difficult task. Frag-
ments Of human flesh were found some
distance up the slope clinging to the
rails and ties and sticking to the roof,
lille CIV erywhere wee bones and limbs.
After surveying the work of destruction
Foreman Shugart emerged from the pit
and instituted bre plrations for bringing
the remains of the victims to the surface.
The dismembered fragments were put to-
gether as well as possible at the bottom
of the slope. After all had been arranged
the hosting to the surface commenced.
1r order that the feelings of the relatives
of the men might be spared, it was ar
ranged to hoist each box to the top Of the
tower, and from there take them to their
several homes. AS each box appeared
on the surface an agonizing wall went up
from the multitude in waiting. Women
tore their hair and shrieks of agony rent
the air. The officials did everything pos
s!tle to assuage their grief, but very lit
tie could be DONE.
The names of the victims as far as
known are: Charles O'Donnell, aged Is,
married; Andrew Jabol, aged SO, married;
John Primbone, aged %, single; John
Koehleda, aged 70, single; Anthony
Morcavitz, aged IS, single; John Krinock,
aged %, married; John Motefeski, aged
A, married; John Brizzon, aged %.
single
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Seized SDaniSh Vessels.

Washington, July 17.-Lieut. Wiley,
in command Of the revenue cutter Nc
LINE, has made a report to the treasury
department, from Tampa, Fla, stating
that on the 7th he seized six Spanish
schcCners from Havana for violation Of
the state quarantine laws and regula-
tons and the federal customs and navi-
cation laws. For some time past fisk
ing schooners from Havana have been
suspected of carrying on smuggling OPP
e%rations along the Florida coast on a
small scale, and the McLane was sent
down to investigate. Small quantities
of wine and aguardiente were found on
board of each schooner, and they were
taken to the quarantine station at the
mouth of Tampa harbor. 1t is possible
that they will be fined and turned loose.
The names of the vessels are the Cuba,
Don Jenita, Senardin, Carnie, Juan
CaptGebon and Adalante.
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lips.
tive shore" and proved himself not
only the master genius Of poetry, but
a man of courage and common sense
as well, and died engaged in an effort
to uberate another country.
Ia the last number Of the Magazine
of Art-London-one finds a collection
of pictures of Byron and an interest
ing account of each. The frontispiece
Of the magazine contains an etching
IL very charming thing it is, too-of
the Harrow view, the Byron estate,
which, on a clear day, it is claimed,
is the most picturesque landscape in
England, the vision taking in a range
Of fifty miles. The etching is from a
picture in the art museum, London,
and represents the young poet reclin-
ing on a tomb, writing the lines writ
ten under an elm while visiting Har-
row."
Pictures of Byron.
But the pictures of the past gather
ed from far and near, show what in
terest there is in the name, and one
detects in the letter press a disposition
to bury the past and render an hon.
age SO long overdue.
The first miniature known Of Byron
was painted by Kay of Edinburgh, in
1895. 1t represents the poet at the
age Of Z. This Byron gave to a young
woman who was in his mothers ser
vice. At her death it passed into the
possession Of DR.. Ewing, of Aberdeen.
A gentleman in this country has a
Byron miniature belonging to the per-
iod when the poets mother had one
painted, at which time the boy is des-
cribed as fiat, bashfui, with dark hair
combed straight owe his forehead and
with blue eyes," The Byron that
Americans know had gray eyes.
There is a water color Of him in the
gown worn by a nobleman at Trinity
College, where he was a student af-
ter he left Harrow.
The portrait Of 1907 was painted by
G.. Sanders. It is full length and in
oils. It was Of this picture that Byron
/ wrote to Rogers:
IF you think the picture worth your
acceptance it is yours. and you may
put a glove OF a mask on it if you like"
A miniature copy was made of it,
which so displeased Byron that he or
dered it destroyed. go
The portrait of him in Albanian cos
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is a matter that has nothing to do with
this story.
Little Sunlocks Dodge never went to
church She was always with her
mother. She never went to school, for
this mother taught her. And one rea-
o why I think this mother was a very
good little woman is that Little Sun
locks used to repeat the ten command
ments, the Lords prayer and the bedti-
fudes: and she always knelt beside this
mother at night and said the little
prayer which all good children know,
Nov lay me down to Sleep"
And then she kissed this mother and
b II whom she thought was her IA
Their. And when she was in her bed
this father and mother watched her I'M
til she was safe asleep" and then
they read this chapter, sometimes one,
sometimes the other, and then they
knelt down and MI. Dodge would pray.
And then Mr.. Dodge would take an old
tin lantern light the piece of candle in
1t, and go out and look around the
house and through his shop and then
come back and go to bed. He did this
every night until the night that Little
aSunlocks died.
You say he could not have had much
faith in his prayers if he was afraid
like that.
Well, that is so. But there are a
great many MIR. Dodges who pray,
and then light their lanterns and 80
% and see if their prayers have been
answered.
Another thing about Little Sunlocks
Dodge which you may think very
strange was that she had no play
mates. She did not want any as far as
i ever learned. This good little woman
whom she thought was her mother
was her only companion.
L suppose you would like to know
af Little Sunlocks Dodge was pretty.
A very good old mani think it was
h poet Rogers-once said: 'To us
VINO are old the young are always beau
flful.' But Little SunlOcks, as I am
told by one whom I consider a iudge.
was pretty. Her hair was what YOU
would call red. But it was a beautiful
shade of that color, and very rare. Tt
clustered about her head and neck like
a bunch Of flowers that comes sudden
~ united. 1t was fastened with a
comb much too old for her, but it was
a costly one, set with pearls. Her
yes were as brown as buckeyes, and
when you looked into them they SEEM
Ned as If they were the windows of
some beautiful world. Her figure was
ilthe, and while she was not butyant,
ne step was like a pretty dance. No
need to tell you any more. She was
as pretty as a picture, and to her there
was only one world, the home in which
she lived and only three people in it.
she may have been selfish about this.
but it was not her fault.
1t was, indeed, a strange nest-these
two old people growing older and fee
bier every day and this child who
blossomed like a flower and became
more radiant as she grew.
One day the people who lived across
che way missed little Snulocks from
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-19
UNABLE TO AGREE,
Fhe Tariff Confcrees Cannot Get
Together.

Together.
Washington, July 1.-THE Democratic
Z enbers Of the tariff conference commit
tee adjourned earlier than usual to-day
and the situation at the time of adjourn
ment, from the best information obtain
able, was that the conferees were far
from an agreement, and that within a
short time a disagreene nt would be re-
ported to the senate and house. The
question which has been agitating the
members seems to be just what kind of
a report to make, but the impression
seemed to be that, it would be of a gen
eral disagreement, with, perhaps, some of
the main points specified. It had not
been decided to call in the Republican
members of the conference when adj
journment was taken, but it is possible
that the full conference may meet to-
morrow or next day. 1t was evident
from what could be learned that the
meeting showed a tendency to get fur
Their apart than before, and the discus
sion of the main questions showed thar
there would have to be instructions from
the respective houses before the conferees
would feel warranted in yielding from
the positions they have taken from tho
first,