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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
HAD TO FIGHT.
flow Captain Enforced Discipline Aboard
ship.

flow Captain Enforced Discipline Aboard
ship.
The British ship City Of Florence
was lying at anchor of san Francisco
waiting to sail. There was a breeze
of excitement on board. the result of
which was a scrap between two
sailors and a plunge for liberty into
the bay. The crew had been engaged
for some days, and the steward and
the cook had become great cronies,
and Can't Leask noticed that the
steward spent most Of his time Ia the
galley, aud he t ok him to one side
and spoke to him like a father" lie
told him that H. was very bad policy
to get chuinmy with the cook, for 1t
would be sure to end In y disagree.
nent
As the captain had predicted, 1t
came to pass that the cook went to
him with u long complaint about the
steward, and scarcely had he gone
out of the cabin when the steward
came In with q similar tale.
wait a Bit" said Capt Lcask.
and he passed the word for the cook.
When the latter entered the cabin
the ca tain said:
"NOw, then, you two gentlemen
have started to light, and We sail to.
morrow. It will be q continual fight
on the home voyage, 50 the two OF
you 20 out there on the main deck
and pummel each other until one
cries enough, and let me hear no more
OF this"
Tho men went out and fought eacl,
other to a finish. There was little
science displayed, but both could
fight. Tho steward begged to be OK
cused ut the end Of hair an hour, but
the captain insisted that the fight be
continued. The steward arose to the
occasion and landed oD the cooks
starboard ear, and the cook responded
with blow that knocked oil the
wind out Of tho stewards sails. The
steward failed to como to time and
sat on the deck until he recovered
his wind.
go forward" said the captain to
tho cook. Tho steward began Ia
strip himself
what are you dolng9" demanded
the captain.
"l'm going ashore" said the stew.
ard surily; give had enough OF this
ship"
"Have you? Well, take your
clothes with you. don't want them
Put on that coat"
The steward put on his coat and
then went to the side. Capt LEASH
did not interfere with him, and he
| sprang lightly to the rail and took Q
header into the bay.
''Foll0w that man In q boat" cried
the captain quickly to the mate
land let him swim Till he can't swim
any more, then bring him back"
The orders were obeycd with alac
rity and the boat followed tho un
fortunate steward until he appealed
to the mate to take him back ant
landed on tho ship u soaked, repent
ant, and crcstfallen steward.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
An Old. Time oard,ng.sch 0Oi.

Here Is q glimp.o OF an old. fash
loned bOarding.sch for young Id.
dies which may well make our mod.
ern girls equally thankful for the
present scientific methods Of instruct.
Ing their minds and for the liberty
and athletic training accorded to
their bodies, The unfortunate little
maiden Of ten who records her i'm
pressiOns us pupil was not,
happily for herself aud the world,
long condemned to such u rcpressiv0
existence. She was In after year,
known rs Mary Somerville, the great
mathematician.
'Although Miss Primrose was not
unkind, she had an habitual frown
which cycu the elder girls dreaded.
My future companions, VINO were all
older than !, came round me like u
swarm OF bees, and asked IL my
father had a title, what was tho
name OF our estate, II we kept a car.
riage, and other such questions,
which first made me feel the differ.
ence Of station. However, the girls
were very kind. and often bathed my
CycS w pICNcUV OuV StcTu mlSJTcsS
from seeing that / was perpetually
In tears
"a few DAYS after my arrival,
although perfectly straight and we'll
made, ! was enclosed in still stays
with u steel busk In front, while,
above my fIock, bands drew m,
shoulders back till the shoulder. blades
met Then a steel rod, with a semi.
circle which went under the chin,
was clasped to the steel Dusk IN m,
stays
In this constrained state !, ant
most OF the younger girls. had Il
prepare our lessons The chief thinI
l had to do was to learn by heart
paee>Of Johnson's dictionary, no
only to spell the words, give thei
parts OF speech and meaning, but a
an exercise OF memory 10 remembe
their order OF succession. Besides
had to learn the first principles q
wrttln. and the rudimcnts of French
and English grammar"
And this was the best to be had TO
the instruction OF the most power
fully intellectual woman of her time
1t Is pleasant to think that she lived
to hail, In her old age, the establish
ment OF the GirtOn College for Ladie
at Cambridge, to which, after he
death, her scientific library was ap
prOpriately presented.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
a Chemical Detective.


A Budapest manufacturer has In.
formed the police that he possesses a
powder with which thieves can be
caught. Having recently made the
unpleasant discovery that his cash.
box was plundercd day after day,
and falling In all attempts to catch
The. thief, he applied Ia bis dilemma to
Mr. Telek, Professor II Chemistry ut
the Franzstadt Commercial schools,
and tho latter gave him powder
which he sprlnkled over his cash
every night before leaving the office.
This powder has tho peculiar effect
Of dyeing the skin tlue, the color be.
ing intensified by washing, while II
resists the application Of SOAP On
the very first day tho manufacturer
noticed a deficiency of eight crowns
In the silver cash box. He at once
called his employees together and or.
dered thcm one by one to steep their
hands In u basin full Of water, got
ready for the purpose. One Of the
men was very 10th to follow the ex'
ample Of his comrades At last HI
consented, when, no sooner had III
dipped his hands In the bowl, then
they turned dark blue! His EN-
ployer stepped up to him and said
"YOu are the thief" and the man
| confessed,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
DANGEROUS Courage.

Beside the regular tanners OF wild
beasts, Of whom the public know
from having seen them ut their work,
there are some more obscure heroes
In u wild beast show, namely, the
grOoms. These are the men who live
among the wild beasts; who go into
their cages every day, and sleep with.
In u few feet OF the iron bars In order
TO be ready for any emergency. Clevc.
land MofYat, In McClure's Magazine,
says that from living thus In an at.
mOsphere Of perpetual danger, the
grOOms come to have curious In.
difference to claws and fangs
Every one must admire q man who
can bear pain and face dang r. The
lion tanner, william Philadelphia, Is
such u man. Many times had
watched him In his "act" with Black
Prince, and wondered whether the
lion was really In earnest Us he struck
and reared with such apparent vic.
|, usness, or whether he had simply
been trained to play q part Ger.
tainly the lion looked Us II his one
desire was to kill the little man who
teased him SO with rod and whip
smiling all tho time under his yellow
InOustache.
One night Black Prince sprang ten
feet through the air straight ut Phi q.
delphia, who saved his life by d0lg.
ing, but did not escape the sweep Of
the lions forearm.
No one knew that, however, for the
tanner showed no sign OF injury, but
brought his heavy whip down with a
singing cut over the Ions head and
went through the "actr holding q
handkerchief to his face now and
then, but smiling as before.
When he left the ring 1t was found
that one OF the lions claws had laid
his check open almost from eye to
lip; and yet the man was smiling.
"Hc meant to kill me-" said Phila'
delphia, US his face was being bound
up.
I'VE will never show that lion
again." 81 d the manager, much OK.
cited.
''Oh yes, we will" answered the
wounded tanner. ~ will make him
work tO.mOr Ow as usual"
And he did, teasing and prOddine
him that day as never before, as Il
daring him to do his worst
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
Idea pcddiers IN Chicago.

There are three men In Chicago
who make q fairly good living by
marketing ideas. That Is their bust.
ness Suppose q man opens new
restaurant The idea man goes into
the place and says: "Why not put
up u sign that you'll give q dish OF
Ice cream free to every red.headed
man! 1t would cause talk"
II the restaurant man adopts the
suggestion the idea" man expects to
be paid for IL.
He writes poetry for soaps and
patent medicines and submits It to
the prOpreietors. II they like 1t he
names bis price. At the big retail
stores no drops In and conHdes new
aud startling schemes for adverti:.
Ing. lie p0cs to the theatrical man.
ager and says: ''ilcre, wouldn't this
be q good catch llne?"
bay by day he pokes into other
peoples business and Is we'll paid
for 1t. because, after all, there Is
nothing more valuable than ideas Of
the right kind. Chicago Record.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
Exact.

The late Lord Denman, on being
reminded by q halter that small
account was overdue" visited the
shop and gave the manager lega
reply to the request tor payment.
"You state" he said, solemnly, as he
stood ever him, shaking his unger at
him, 'that this account Is overdue.
Remember that a bill Of exchange OF
bill OF acceptance may become over.
due, but q bridesmaids account
never. A gentleman pays when he
thinks he will or when he has the
money. But to show that no ill-feel,
Ing exists, l will pay the account and
take another hat"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
Forest Air.

There Is q general impression that
the humidity OF the air is greater In
the woods than In the open fields.
This Is contradicted, however, by the
result Of observations recently made
in Germany.
1t was found there that the hu.
midity, both relative and absolute,
was slightly greater In the open than
In the woods and this was true
equally In the morning and In the
afternoon.
As to the temperature of the air
among the trees, 1t was u tribe higher
than In the open In the morning, and
In more marked degree 10 the after.
noon,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
Cost Of Electric Cooking.

1t has been shown by recent expert
ments that there Is practically no
difference in cost in cooking by cleo.
tricity and by coal, while the advan.
tages OF the former method in point
of comfort, cleanliness and safety a o
considerable. or every 100 tons OF
coal burned In an ordinary cooking
stove 96 tons are, 1t Is said, prac-
tically wasted, whereas with cleo.
tricity the expense Is not so much on
the fuel as on labor aud interest on
machinery.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
A Strange Fish.

Some hunters near the Alapaha
River, In south Georgia, we're at
tracted by the continued barking of
a dog which seemed to be on the bank
OF the stream and near them. 1t up.
peariny that the dog did not move,
the sound coming from the 50 me
spot for some time, led them to In.
vestigate, thinking perhaps that the
doS had "trced" some heavy game
Approaching the spot carefully, they
presently came 10 sight Of something
that made their hair stand on end,
SO great was their surprise.
There, lying on a sandbcd, was an
immense fish, the body and tail being
perfect, but instead OF the regulation
head the monsters head was shaped
like an English bulldogs, with great
rows Of teeth nlistening In the sun,
and all the time tho creature was
baying as ir about to attack some
thing. Before tho hunters had re.
covered their senses and thought OF
using their guns tho sh glided into
deep water and disappeared, the same
dismal barking being heard once OI
twice after II went under.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
GOOD PLACES HARD &c FIND.
Young Country Girl Tells q Pathetic
Story In % Police Court.

Young Country Girl Tells a Pathetic
Story In a Police Court.
before Police Justice on the
North side a slim, pale girl was
brought. She wore no hat, her hair
was tangled and clinging to 1t were
fragments of dead leaves Her gown,
doubtless once flimsy piece Of fin.
cry carried through the country by O
peddler, was faded and torn, and her
toes showed through holes In her
shoes She had the appearance OF a
hardened sinner: her mouth did not
bespeak a long career of vice, and
her eyes, though red, had not the
blur of continued dissipation. The
justice looked sharply ut her.
.'YOr have not been here before, I"
ho said, half as a declaration aid half
as a question.
"No, sir" Shame and grief we're
In her voice.
"What is the charge against her?"
the justice asked.
.'She was found drunk and asleep
In Lincoln Park" an officer an.
swered.
The justice looked at her: she
looked down. ''how old are you?"
he asked.
TWENTY-FIVE" she answered.
"Where II your homer"
my home was near Mucwanigo,
in Wisconsin. l haven't been here
very long. came here expecting to
lind Office work but failed. I didn't
know where to go. wandered alb ut
and finally got work In cheap res.
taurant and worked there a few days
for nothing and the thing failed.
don't hardly know how I lived after
that, but l know that last night
was wandering about the streets.
The air was cool and ! was hungry.
There wa, no pace open for me and
/ went into q saloon. knew IL was
wrong to 20 into the place, but where
was / tn 70? know there are places
for girls to 20, where food and beds
are provided for them, but they arc
always far OIL, while the SALON Is al.
ways at hand. You have to hunt to
lind good places. but the bad ones
stand always In front Of you. / don't
know why this should he 50, but 1t Is
A number Of men weie 10 the saloon
drinking, and one Of them. sitting at
a table, told me to sitdown and have
a drink. l told him that l wanted
nothing to drink. but that I should
like to have something to eat lie
ordered something and l ate It, and
then he insisted until J. drank a glass
OF beer. l don't know how many
glasses I drank, but know IL must
have been u good many, for l recol
lect trying to dance. l sang old
fashioned country songs, and the.
made me drink more. l don't know
when left them. The next thing
knew 1 was shaken by q policeman
In the park"
II was u long time before the jus
tice said any ching. lie sat looking
at the girl at her torn gown, ut the
leaves In her hair.
"YOu don't want to be q bad wo
man. do your" he asked.
She looked up ut him with q swift
surprised glance, and tears were In
her eyes. "NO. sir,".shc said. "Wha'
/ have seen Of bad life makes IN,
hate It. / know that I'm not yer!
smart, but can work II l have tn,
chance"
And you shall have the chance.
the justice answered. "Sit d0wl
over there"
"Are you going to send me 4
jail?"
mo, I'm going to send you out I,
my house, ana hope that hcrcafte
you'll not find the good places so fdl
away und the bad ones so close a
and."-Chicago Inter- Uccan.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10
TEIE CHICAGO EAGLE.

the valise open. and smashed bottle
of horse liniment
The man dropped his knife and ran
after his valise, and when he gathered
uD the fragments Of his baggage and
his torn coat he returned to the slot
machine to find that some one had
stolen his knife. But he didn't
swear He simply said: "And they
call this civilization. "-lnter.O Ocean.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10

WHEN a man exhausts every ether
method OF getting rid Of q thing, he
rates II oil.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-11

gins at home and thai If they have sympsthy enough for Their own fsml' lies 10 take good oare Of ihem they VIII do pretty well, Others have other nos lions of tbe proper direction pf what little sympathy thsy may have. some sympathiEs with the old-fashioned notion of Law and Order which has 10 plaos in thu syn pathy Of Debs, Others sympnlblAe with business men who gre ordered to give mp the control of ihe buslDsss which they have built mp and made great And others sympathize with the foolish notion that man has right to live and work even II he doesn't belong 10 q labor union. ~.
 There are so many who are Hot yet, educated and civilized mp to ibd pebs, standard of sympathy tAai Ie feSr that his great sympathrtie striBe will fall and that bis sympathetic nature E about to receive cruel blow. He will discover that he hps much pisoalc,i- lated the quality and the direction of the sympathy of the American people and their way Of showing their sym paIhy. He will md that The great ma- jority of them do not sympathlze with the criminal boycott and with bloody anarchy
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-11

and Rampolla is the man of the hour, Everything is in his favor. He is young, he Is able, he is aysilabls, and avail ability here As in American politics is a strong point, Then Cardinal Ram pollp is sn Italian, born h Sicily, and none but an Italian can now bfeowe pope without stirring up trouble in Europe, The pope who may be Is a map who is splsndldly equipped psn- tally Ms well as physically. Born in Sicily, he is slili in the nfties as 10 age, and his training has been st once severe and thorough, for Dc was educated by the Jesuils. From the very earliest time Of his service in the church he has filled high and responsible places, and In his dealings with rulers and govern mepts he Is implicitly trusted by Leo XIII. Rampolla has the reputation of being cool uDder any emergency, man of resources at all times, n worker of the Gladstone order, 2 man of the most temperate methods and the most even disposition, ard at the sane time eap- able of ruling with q firm hand; one fully confident in his own powers, fully self-reliant.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-11
INDICTED.

Some have been impatient of the slowness of the legal movement against
 Debs, but it will probably be found that inc delay has been wise. It may have been for the purpose of securing needed evidence, and il may have been for the purpose of giving Debs a'.d his gang sufficient rope to hang llirIUsclves with. But Debs and some of his ru-conspira- tors have at last been indicted by Il federal grand jury and their antios will soon he investigated in the United States court. IL Is noticeable that Debs has been careful to declare his respect for law and order while the fires he has kindled have been red- dening the heavens and while the blood he has shed has been reckoning the earth. He has probably bsen talking under the advice of counsel and hopes to escape the legai consequences of h.s acts by pointing to his crafty declara- tions. But he will probably And that the law will cover his case in spite of his cunning, and that he will be unable to sneak out of the legal part of the ter rible responsibility which rests upon l,;
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-11
QUEER THIKGS IN ANIMAL LIFE, They are so,But the Why of It Nobody Can
 Tell,

fFrom the Philadelphia Times.l
 The greyhound runs by sight only. This is a fact, The carrier pigeon flies his hundreds of miles home by eye sight, noting from point to point ob- tects that he has marked. This Is only conjecture. The dragon fly, with 12,0OO lenses in his eye, darts from angle to angle with the rapidity of flashing sword, and as rapidly darts back, not turning in the air, but with clash re- yersing the action of his four wings and instantaneously calculating the distance of the objects, or he would dash himself to pieces. But in what conformation of the eye does this cop sist? No one can answer. ) Ten thousand mosquitoes dance up end down in the sun with the minutest interval between them. yet no one knocks another down on the grass or breaks g leg or wing, long and deli cate as they are. Suddenly a peculiar, hiEh.shouldefed, vicious creature. with long and pendant nose. darts out of the rising and falling cloud, and settling on your cheek inserts poisonous sting. What possessed the little wretch to do this? Did he smell your blood while he was dancing2 No one knows.
 |. .Atcarriage comes suddenly upon some geese ina narrow road and drives straight through the flock. A goose was never yet fairly run over, nor 8 duck. They, are under the very wheels and hoofs, and yet they contrive to flap and waddle safely off. Habitually stupid heavy and indolent, they are, nevertheless, equal to any emergency.
 Why does the lonely woodpecker, when he. descends from his tree and goes to drink, stop several times on his way and listen and look around before he takes his draught? No one knows.
 How is 1t that the species of an ant which is taken in battle by other ants to be made slaves should be the black or negro ant: No one knows.
 The power of Judgment of actual dam ger and the free-and-easy boldness that results from it are by no means uncom- r,en., Many birds seem to have cor rect notion of gums range, and are scrlpulously careful to keep beyond 1t. The most obvious resource would be to fiyrisht away out;of sight and hearing, but this they do not choose to do.
 :lsA naturalist of Brazil gives an &C., count of an expedition that he made to one of the islands of the Amazon to shoot ispoonbills ibises and other mag nihoent birds which are abundant there. His design was completely baf- fled, however, by wretched little sand piper. which preceded him. continual ly uttering its tell-tale cry, which at once aroused all the birds within hear
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-11

sly sntitle him to a certain propor- tionpte sbare of the clients fortune, no matter how large it was.
 One passage from Dr. Hammpnd's paper. however, offers q suggestion to- ward the true rule for fixing charges for professiOnal services. which are purely personal in their nature. He says;
 ''rThs value of medical services is alWeys great. and it is only the rich who can properly eompspsate the physician who renders them, When the same services are given to a poor person, it Is impossible that they can be adequate ly rewarded. and hence smaller fees are qhesrfplly received. II Is really not that the rich are charged more. but that the poor are charged less. II would seem right that medical fees should be arranged upon the basis of the patient worth . certain amount (say sl00.0Q0). and that the honor trium. if he chooses to use that term. should be adjusted accordingly. being more or less than the, sum fixed upon" ... ,.t.
 III uSuttuk Witu TtSU puirWtn aVa clients. physicians and surgeons. and lawyers acting In cases not involving specific property. should make out their. bills not commensupately with the wealth Of their employer, but simply on the basis that he Is rich enough to pay whatever Is right. The charges should be fixed according to the prac- tttioner's standing and experience and the amount of labor involved, the cus- tomary rates of practitioners of equal standing in the same community for similar services being kept in view as q guide and possible corrective. This general rule would not preclude to the acceptance of smaller fees from poor people, but 1t would dehar prac- titioner from charging man worth Si.000.00o more than one worth $i0o,0Oo for the same service. We believe 1t is essentially comunistic. and subversiye of professional conscience and dignity to charge a rich man all that can be screwed out of him. in order to make up for what one thinks he ought to have received on account of professional acts of charity or mercy.