Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-03

device. lie has equipped a big New.
foundland dog with sandwich boards
and turned it loose to wander at will
about the city streets. The dog Is
unusually large and handsome. Fas-
tened on his back is Il white oilskin
coat, fashioned like an ordinary dog
blanket, except that IL is so long as
to almost sweep the ground, and
painted thereon. in vivid colors, is ap
advertisement of the business Of the
dogs owner. The dog seems to know
his business, too, for he spends most
OF his time trotting up and down the
shopping district of Fulton street,
where the crowds are thickest. He
Is good-natured and fraternizcs with
the children who accompany the
shoppers, and In many ways makes
himself conspicuous and thus an eff
cient advertisement.
A VERY singular case is that Of q
young man In Wisconsin named
Chandler. For years his mouth has
shown u tendency to grow up. Four
years ngO II became 40 small IL was
feared he would starve, and fund
was raised by neighbors and he was
sent to Chicago, where the mouth
was cut to the natural size and pieces
Of flesh grated into the corners, thus
hoping to prevent the closing. This
has been overcome. and his mouth In
rapidly growing up again, the OPEN
ing ut present not being larger than
an ordinary goose quill, through which
he takes nll his noursliment II IL
thought that he must eventually
starve to death, as there seems no
way of preventing the complete clos.
ing Of the mouth. Otherwise the
young man seems healthy, and il cap.
able of doing considerable work.
A CITIZEN OF South Bend, WASH,
has humpback whale on his hands
which IL proving worse incumbrance
than the traditional elephant, not
alone to himself. but to the whole
community. The whale became
stranded ut the mouth of the river
and the enterprising citizen bought
Il from the fisherman who captured
II and made some money! by placing
II on exhibition. Bat the whale died
and after while Il became very dead
utiu WIG oWHVT Cuu uisDOse va -.
He tried, as last resort, To burn II
and spent his profits on wood aud
kerosene, but the whale won't burn.
The town is pcrvaded by an extremely
ancient, fishlike smell, and the citi-
zens IRE urgent In their demands that
the owner of the whale shall remove
his property In some expeditions way,
FROM Manitoba comes an account
Of what, no doubt, farmers In this
country will consider to be not only
unusual, but perfectly unprecedented,
conduct on the part Of litter Of
young pigs. Mr.. W. McRinnell, Me-
lita, South Manitoba, relates that his
nearest neighbor, II farmer, has SOW.
with litter Of eight young ones,
which he let's out in the bush every
dry with his cattle. When the young
pigs were about six weeks old he no
ticed that his cows when he came to
milk them were quite dry. He could
not make out the reason for soino
time until he watched, and then he
found that when the cows laid down
in the middle of the day the young
pigs would go up and suck them dry,
and the cows would not mind In the
least.
A DISPUTE over Belgian estate
among disgruntled beneficiaries has
resulted In curious disaster for the
disuptants. \ year ago widow died
leaving an estate worth over six and
II half million francs. The immedi-
ate relatives to whom II was left dis
puted over the spells, and suit WAS
instituted In the Brussels courts to
settle their various claims. The ease
attracted wide attention, and at the
trial 1t was proved that more than
$500 persons were related to the
testatriX, and relatives even twelve
degrees removed were adiudged en-
titled to some Of the fortuncS
TEE Army was drained of many OF
its good men last year under the pur-
chase.of.discharge system. More
than 1000 soldiers took advantage of
the right, and $4,000 was paid for
discharges. In addition to purchase
discharges, the army lost about 500
mon through discharges by sentence
Of court martial-a good radiance; 50
that all In all the army lost about
thirty per cent. OF its reported en-.
listed strength through retirements,
deaths, assertions, explorations Of en>
listment and discharges.
Two MEN uprooting peach trees or
the farm Of Mrs. Richard Diehl.
Chestertown, Nd, on the Eastern
Shore, unearthed the other day an
iron pot containing $3.50 in old coin
and an open-face silver watch, doubt
less the forgotten treasure of some
one who buried 1t when many persons
were boarding coin during the period
Of inflated currency.
QUEEN VICTORIA Is in possession OF
q curious needle. II was made at the
celebrated needle mandatory MT
Redditch and represents the Trajan
Column in miniature. Scenes from
the Queens life are depicted on the
needle, so finely cut that they are
only discernible through q micro
scope.
MRS. SMITH, OF Willimantic, Me-,
has the reputation OF being able to
swat with board about as hard as
any one in New England. The other
day, seeing II good-sized deer in her
back yard, she seized board, and