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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21

A man Of about sixty years Of age
went into . store on Main street
Wednesday afternoon and stood by
the stove warming himself and listen.
ing to the conversation of the men
present. Happening to glance at .
barrel OF apples by the counter, he
took one up and bit 1t. He stopped,
looked ut the apple, and then stopped
refiectively. After taking another
taste Of the apple, he broke out |:
"Say, I'd almost be willing to bet o
dollar that ! can tell whore this apple
grew. There In only one tree on
earth that has the flavor that apple
has, and 1t grew back OF the house
where ! first lived when ! was mar
ried and set up for myself. Say,
now, didn't that apple grow In Bow.
doinham? know full we'll it did,
The clerk told him that man from
that town brought them in, and the
stranger said: II have not been
down there In ten years, yes, fifteen,
but ! remember this bitter.sweet
apple tree, and the apples here taste
as they did twenty years ago.-[Lsw.
istOn (Me.) Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21

The idea Of establishing On ostrich
farm on st. Joseph's Island il receiv.
ing a good deal Of attention, and
many prominent men are interesting
themselves in the subject. Prof.
Attwater has investigated, and be.
lieves It quite feasible. The country
has Q climate very similar to that
part OF California where 1t Is follow
ed, and where 1t has proved wonder.
fully profitable.
The fitting up Of q farm, purchase
OF the land and birds, would cost o
considerable sum, but there IL, IL
seems, no reason why II should not
return handsome profits by the In.
vestment. Correspondence with q
number OF wealthy Californians 10
now going on and a company will
likely be formed and a farm establish,
cd In the near future. II. II. Wood,
the principal land owner Of the is.
land, offers every induccment and
will aid In every way he can. II 10
more than probable that In few
years ostrich farming will be added
to our other industries.-[ Arkansas
Pass Beacon.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
Tired Eyes.

There Is popular notion that 1t IL
much more dangerous to tire the eyes
by use than it Is to tire any other
organ Of the body. 1t is not neces-
sarily injurious to the legs or the
arms or the brain to become tired,
for proper rest may restore all these
to their normal condition. The same
Is true In regard to the eyes. Proof
readers, sewing-women and mechan.
les who use their eyes for a long time
upon near objects, must of necessity
weary the muscles which adjust the
eye to vision; but II the WEAKNESS Is
compensated for by rest ut proper in
tervals, there will be no harm done
to the eyes, for they are 80 con-
structed that they can bear maximum
fatigue as we'll as other parts OF the
body. Eyes are not ovcrworked, even
II they feel very tired when the task
IL done, as long as their natural
power returns after the proper inter-
walls Of rest during the day, and sleep
at Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
Avlthomanlaes.

An arithomaniac Ii a man who has
. strange idiosyncracy for some one
OF the nine numerals, and IL impelled
by power beyond the control OF his
will to cause that particular figure to
play a part In every transaction OF
his life. Boswell says that DR.. John.
son was so afflicted and that his
idiosyncracy was to touch with his
hand every third pillar or post he
came across. The affection or habit,
or whatever you choose, Is rare. 1t
formed topic for discussion last
night in the Broadway Central Hbtel,
by a group Of commercial travellers
with Henri Durand, OF Montreal, a.
the interesting center. Mr.. Durand,
who was inclined to be facetious, says
that the figure two Is constantly in
his minds eye, and that, try as he
will, 1t keeps before him In every.
thing he undertakes Or performs.
1t has been that way since ! was .
child" said he, land as long as I
can remember. The figure two or
one OF its multiples must always be
connected with everything l do. It
Is difficult for me to convey my mean
ing clearly, when make sucha broad
assertion, but perhaps you will un.
derstand me when ! say that l am al
ways impelled to take room In hotel
whose number contains the figure
two. I always want two pitchers Of
ice water; ] eat two meals u day; l
order my dishes two Mt u time; in.
variably comb and brush my hair
with two combs and two brushes; !
wear two suits OF underclothing |;
every day OF my life ] wear two hats,
one in the morning, one In the after.
noon; two collars, two sets OF cuffs,
two pair Of shoes; take two seats at
the theatre, whether alone or ac-
companied; / always buy two trunks
two valises are my constant com.
panions-in fact, ! do not know OF
anything in tho ordinary affairs OF
life that l am not impelled to calcu.
cate on two in the concrete or alb.
stract."
'Do you always sleep In two beds
at onceP" asked one of the party.
Mr.. Durand was silent for u mo.
ment. Then he said: "These doubts
are too, too bad. Let's ADJOURN
New York Mail and Express.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
Small Potatoes 20 Him.

All around the Metropolitan Club,
when 1t opened the other night, were
groups OF hungry and rather ragged.
looking men, gazing upon the thrOng
Of well .dressed people who swept into
the magnificent ediace, with faces
that were keenly and Enthusiastically
enyioua The crowd of carriages was
60 great that many people had to
slight before they could reach the
door, Some idea Of the reverence OF
the servants Of great milli0naires for
their masters was furnished by q
c0achman and foOtman Of one OF the
greatest families In New York, 90
far - wealth and social position are
concerned. The vehicle was huge
family carriage drawn by Q splendid
pair OF blooded bays and the coach.
man sat erect on the box, looking
straight forward, his magnificent furs
showing to the best advantage under
the electric light The carriage was
on the Fifth avenue side Of the Met.
ropolitsn Club. psrhaDo 3 hundred
1eet from the entrance Presently
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
The Temper or Fiatirons.

The negligent housckceper IS In.
clined to let the tatirons take care
of themselves. She leaves them at
the back Of the stove, where they are
never co0led, and she secretly won.
ders why they refuse to retain tho
heat when she heats them again for
use, says the New York Tribune
Now, iron and steel possess pc.
culiar quality, which IL called temper.
The temper Of q steel instrument
which has been repeatedly heated be.
comes lost, 80 that the instrument
will not retain keen edge. no mat
ter how carefully II 10 ground. New
irons, which are heated TO Q high
temperature and are cooled as soon
~ tho user 8 through with them,
will last for years, and the old irons
become even more valuable, provid.
ing that good care otherwise 10 taken
Of them, such q keeping them when
not In use In cool dry place, where
they are not subject to moisture OF
rust II, hUwsver, they are kept
continually On the Ore, they loose
their temper. A certain quality de.
parts from them, 40 that while they
may be trodght " the highest de.
gree Of heat, they will not remain
hot any length Of time. Such an
iron Is very annoying TO an expert
worker.
Irons that have lost their temper
had really letter be disposed Of, %
new ones lost but little. There
should always DO q dry shelf or closet
In which TO keep the irons and otner
articles Of the laundry which require
such Q temperature.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
"f'reaks.'

Most OF the freaks which amuso the
patrons Of the cheap museums have
Q shoit life, Is not . merry one. Their
physical peculiarities are generally
cause by some disease or bodily lack
VII Oh hastens their end. The fat
ladies, self doomed to1a lifeSof mac.
tivity, die Of apoplexy. The skole.
tons waste away. The fasting men
experiment once too often on their
powers of endurance. The giants
and dwarfs may live longer than
their fellow curiositics, but they slip
from public view when they can no
longer ''make up attractively. 'Only
the other day." writes Charles Rob.
inson, In Lippincott's, II came across
the most noted professional giant OF
mis- time limping along Sixth avenue
between the boards Of o sandwich
advertisement Of q cheap restaurant
IL IL only u few months since one Of
the leading fat mon 10 the business
fell III and lost his flesh. A. . 70.
suit, he 10 now driving an Ice wagon
In Bro0xlyn. When on the road he
received 10 much % $50 q week. So
aga u. one who some few years back
was &C ounted the most noted long.
haired woman In the country, 10 now
working for go week, addressing
wrappers 10 . mailing agency on the
West Side. She used to get go Q
week 10 the days when she wsss star,
but there are % many better heads
OF hair than hers in the market now
that she can't yet employment % Q
freak any longer"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
NAVE vovA LUNGS CUT.
0setess Nowadays Think NethIHS %
Such q llStle Jet.

You may have your lungs tapped
now, II you wish, and still live. Not
as a matter of amusement. There IL
no fun In 1t whatever. But II you
get what the doctors call hydrothorax,
pyopneumothorax. pneumonia ab-
scesses and growths of a sarcomat-
GUS and hydatid character, it's about
the only way you will get Of alive.
Five years ago, II you had been
stricken by any one of these diseases,
there would have been no hope for
you. To-day the chances are three
In five that you would get well again,
and that you would be able to breathe
quite az easily as some fellow whose
organs Of breathing had never been
exposed to the daylight.
A pneumonia abscess results from
pleuro.pneumonia, which Is disease
OF the covering Of the lungs and the
lining Of the lung cavity In the chest.
Pus accumulates In this cavity, and
as 1t is not accessible to any medi-
cine taken internally, 1t has always
proven fatal unless 1t dissipated It.
self through The system, as 1t has
done sometimes in mild cases. Up
to very recently physicians had de-
serted any attempt to cut through to
the lungs from the outside, believ.
Ing that opening the lungs to the air
would prove fatal, a superstition which
has been lately proven to be fallacious.
The incisiOn il made from under the
arm, on the side Of the body affected,
and II you submit to the operation
you will probably lose a piece Of one
OF your ribs, which the doctors say
you will never miss, although some:
times a larger fncision Is made, and
II Is possible to reach the lung
through the opening between the
ribs. In most cases the opening be.
tween the ribs il not large enough
for the purpose. Frequently the ribs
are sprung apart, and tissue which
had adhered to them, when It should
not have done so, Is separated from
them and both the tissue and the
ribs fall back into their natural
places. This part Of the operation ID
called bronchotomy, and IL still In
its infancy, enthusiasts in its favor
say, for they hope In time to see II
succeed in removing particles from
the air passage where tracheotomy
has failed. Many believe that the
life Of the Rev. DR.. Boutwell,, oil
Brooklyn, who died because Of cork
accidentally swallowed and lodged In
one Of his bronchial tubes, could have
been saved by bronchotomy.
After the incision Is made and the
diseased portion IL reached the pus !,
drawn of by means Of small rubber
tube, and sometimes amounts to three
or four quarts. The changeablt
weather OF this winter has developed
great many eases Of pleuro.pneu
monia, and the operation has beer
performed several times during thu
last two months successfully, and II
more instances than one lives hav'
been saved.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
Too Much Advice.

A salesman who ID more anxious to
give advice than to sell goods /, mo-
profitable 70 his employer. His heart
may DO In the right place, but bis
place II not behind the counter.
LET mo see some Of your soft
hats" said q customer In . Chicago
shop rs reported BY the Tribune.
Eyes STR" answered the clerk
''Here's Q line that will Just suit you
Gentleman's hat what sixeY"
Haven't you something wider In
the brim and little ghter In the
CROWN"
"Yes, cir. That's the kind We sell
70 Chluamen."
',show me some Of them, pleases"
"Yea cir; but ] don't think they
VII suit you Nobcdy but . China.
man buys that sort Of hat nov. I've
sold 'em tWO dozen Of that kind Ia
the last month"
THAT style just suits 'sm, does
"AlwayG"
"irs what they ask for when they
come 10, ts Up"
EVERY time"
"And you don't try to sell them any
other kind do you'"
"Y0u bet I don't"
"Well, guess I'll 60 to some other
store where they are 40 anxious TO
please . white man Is they are to
please . Chinaman. Good evening""
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
just In Time.

, An Eugl sh gentleman and his wife
we're In the Himalayas on bear
shooting expedition, and had en-.
camped on the snow line. 1t was 1t
. time OF the year When there was
great danger from avalanches, and In
crossing the narrow parts OF the
mountain valley Il was necessary to
hurry. Human lives we're often lost,
and great numbers OF animals are
buried.
We were lucky, but We had one
narrow escape. We had gOne up .
fairly broad valley, on tho lookout for
besrA and no danger being apparent
had sat down at " o'clock TO eat our
luncheon. When We were done we
moved on about dirty yards. and then
eat down again 70 have look round
with our binoculars .....
We had not been seated 6ve min.
utes before we heard Q tremendous
roaring sound above IA. There WAS
nothing TO he seen, but d guessed
what Was coming, IN We were sitting
on the edge Of IN old avalanche. He
shouted TO me and the cOolles TO make
run for II, and we made Oh 10 fast
~ We could 60 IT right angles To the
spot whore we were sitting.
fortunately. the snow had melted
10 the direction 10 which we ran, "
that We were able to make good pro-
gress Had We been obliged tn run,
or rather u try to run, over sOft snow
escape would have been impossible.
As 1t was, we we're just In time.
An enormous avalanche, thousands
OF tons OF snow, came sweeping round
the corner. on the very spot whore We
had been sitting, carrying everything
before II.
1t brought up on the opposite side
OF the valley, and the pine trees
. thirty or forty feet Highlander
which we had eaten our dinner, were
buried out OF sight
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21

GEORGE KIMBERLY, an Englishman
employed as a bookkeeper in an i'm.
porting house in Canton, China, re-
Gently gave q most marvellous exhi.
bition OF memory. The combination
lock Of the safe got out of order, and
he couldn't get at his ledger to make
out bills which had to be prepared
that day without fail. He performed
the remarkable feat Of accurately
rendering from memory the bills Of
slxty.tw0 out OF sixty-f0ur accounts
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21

A SINGULAR disease is epidemic in
Southwestern Ohio and Southeastern
Indiana. 1t appears to be fever Of
the glands of tho body, and. is ex.
tremely annoying. The disease APP
pears to be contagious, and it Is u
singular fact that the patient i'm.
proves after a sharp wind blows.
Those afflicted are compelled to take
to their beds.
MISSOURI has q most remarkable
phenomenon in Ray York, eleven
years old, whose eloquent preaching
has been stirring up the dry bones
during revival at Warrensburg, in
that State. Ray breaches In knee
breeches.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21

ths iootmsn came running down the
sidewalk, motioned to the coachman
and said:
"Drive up 10 the door, jim"
''Phat fuf?"
ITO take the ladies iD."
why don't the old stuff walk down
here hersclf?" said the coachman,
sulkily.
Then he elared at the corner Q
moment, SLOWLY pulled his horses out,
and approached the door where the
wife and daughter Ut a millionaire a
hundred times over stepped into the
carriage and were driven away.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
Precaution Of Old .Time Doctors.

PrecautiOn OF Old'Time Doctors.
1t was formerly the practice among
physicians to carry Q cane having q
hollow head, the top OF which was
gold, pierced with holes like a pepper
box The top contained y small
amount of aromatic powder or .ot
snu6. and ON entering house Or room
where disease supposed to be In.
fictitious prevailed the doctor would
strike bis cane on the floor to agltate
the powder and then apply 1t to his
nose. Hence all the old prints OF
physicians represent them with canes
to thair hosea Louis Globe.
Democrat.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
Recording . Claim.

A resident OF California tells many
amusing Incidents Of the people
OF the mining district 10 which
he lived for some years. When q per.
son discovers q mineral veln, II 10 the
duty OF the miRing.district recorder,
ut request, to proceed upon the spot
and record notice OF the claim.
The recorder Of one OF the mining
districts, having to absent himself
tor q short time, left 90 he thought,
Q competent deputy In bis stead,
charging him particularly In record.
ing any ''claim" to mention it. dis.
lance from some other object for
future reference and Identification.
On his return he found that the
deputy had recorded only one claim
during his absence, aud that was
graphically described as Located
about 300 yards north Of an old,
broken wheelbarrOW"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21

II Eve was like other women, che
Was intensely jealous, though there
want another woman In the world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21

Smoking is permitted in the prisons
Of Belgium only as q reward for good
behavior.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-16

matte and military representatives OF the
United states. In reply l would say that
such regret on your part at receiving such
information cannot exceed the sincerity and
profoundness OF my own regret that such
a condition should exist. Such re-
gtet on my part is only equsled by
my inability to understand how II
has come about that the government
and community which is to-day more closely
connected with the United States by ties OF
commerce, friendship and blood than any
other lying beyond its border, which values
your friendship above that of all other
nations, which fully admits and appre-
clates the many and deep obligations
which it is under to your government,
and people, which has done you and your
country no wrong, has been forced into posi-
tion where in defense of their very right to
exist they have been obliged to take up arms
TO meet the possible hostility of that country
whose flag they revere, and whose principles
Of liberty they love.
/ cannot but believe that it has arisen
through Misunderstanding Of the facts on
the part Of your government and mutual
Misrepresentation OF motives and intentions
which may, l sincerely hope at an early day,
be cleared away.
President Dole closes with an express
sion of his personal regard for Minister
Willis
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-16
A LAND COMPANY SUED.
One of the Stockholders Claims That
It Was a Swindling Scheme.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. ia suit, which
exposes what is asserted to be gigantic
real estate fraud, was filed in the supreme
court to-day. Mrs. Susan M Bailey, Of
Griffin brings the suit, which is for the
recovery Of 5000 subscribed by her to
the stock Of the Chattahoochee Land
Company This company was started in
1891, with James Il. Collins, p. M. Haral-
son, A. p. Calhoun, S. H. Moore, j. T.
Wilder, II. S. Chamberlin and Ernest
Eastman, all Of more or less prominence
and financial influence, at its head
Mrs Bailey claims that the whole
purpose Of the company was to
defraud innocent people The maximum
OF the capital stock was to be $4,000, ,000
The land comprising the assets was taxed
at $4,000 IL developed that james r.
Collins put IL into the company at Sl25,-
600 Innocent subscribers took $50, 900 in
stock, and the money was paid over to
Collins. But the scheme fell short and in
the latter part Of 1893 Collins took back
the land q 600 acresJ at the Chattahoo-
chee river, and now has both land and the
$50 600. Mrs. Bailey concludes her bill
for the recovery Of her S6, 600 by the ale
cation that the assets Of the company are
now only uncertain and shadowy inter
ests, and she sues the incorporators for
her money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-16
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
The Railroad Station Bill Passed-Pef-
fer for Woman's Suffrage.

Washington, Feb. IA newly elected
senatar FROM Mississippi, Mr., McLaurin,
in the place OF Mr.. Walthall, made his
morning. His credentials were presented
by Mr.. George, and the oath of office was
administered to him by the Vice Presi-
dent, after which he was introduced per-
sonally, to many Of his future associates
on both sides.
AT IL 30 o'clock the unfinished business
was taken up, being the bill requiring
railroads in territories to maintain sta
tions and depots at all towns established
by the interior department.: and Mr.
Platt, rep, of Connecticut, addressed the
Senate in opposition to it. The bill, while
apparently of private character, had
been drawn, he said, for a special purpose
and which might have been expressed in
the title by the words, IAN act TO carry
out the determination of the Secretary OF
the Interior to have the Rock Island
Railroad Company establish depots at
End andRound Pond " 1t was special and
therefore mischievous legislation.
ENDED THE DEBATE.
Mr.. Platt's speech closed the debate,
and then Mr.. Blackburn moved TO lay the
bill on the table. The motion was de-
feated-yeas 25; nays 81.
An amendment reported by the commit
tee requiring an election in the counties
of Al" and 60" in Oklahoma, to de-
termine the location of the county seats
In those counties came up for action, and
MIR, PETER offered an amendment to it,
which would allow the women
as well as the men TO vote
on the question. He declared
that he would avail himself OF every op-
portunity TO strike out the word "malen
whenever it interfered with tho rights Of
females. THE time has come" he said
"when we nled the help Of women in
public affairs as much as we do in private
affairs. would give the woman, God
bless her, every advantage, every right,
every privilege A few gloved hands in
the gallery were clapped in appreciation
of the sentiment.
PEFFER's AMENDMENT REJECTED.
Mr.. Petfers amendment was rejected
Yeas Is, nays AZ. The Affirmative votes
were given By Messrs, Allison, Carey,
Davis, Dolph, Frye, Gallinger, Hans
brough, Kyle, Henderson, MITCHELL of
Oregon, PETER, Perkins, Stewart, Teller
and Wilson
The committee amendment was then
agreed to.
Several amendments were proposed by
MIR. Blackburn and were rejected.
The bill was then passed. The vote
was; Yeas "a, nays q, and the Vice
President voted aye.
Mr.. Berry, who was in charge of the
bill, asked consent for the appointment OF
committee of conference on the amend
ment, but MIR. Blackburn objected, max
ing remark in an undertone about a mo
tion TO reconsider.
The Senate thon, at 2 80 O'Clock, on mo-
tlon of Mr.. Pugh, dem, of Alabama,
chairman Of the judiciary committee, pro.
ceeded 10 the consideration of executive
business. The executive session lasted
until $50 o'clock, when the Senate ad-
1ourned till tomorrow.