Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Will young l0uy NJ u party tHe Otner
night she fell OH him, and he Is now
In the hospital with q broken leg.
DoN'T delay to see all the notable
mountains Of the world rs soon as
possible. NJ. de Lapparent, the
French geologist, estimates that all
mountains will be worn down to the
level OF the surrounding plain in
4, SOC, 600 years.
THE fire In Boulder County COLI
,oal mine, which has been burning
for thirty years, now covers an area
OF about 300 acres, and spouts flame,
cinders and smoke through numer-
Gus outlets. It has destroyed prop |
erty worth millions Of dollars.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, in his new
residence ut Fifth avenue and Fifty
eighth street, New York, the most
magnificently furnished and costliest
private house In America, has q
piano which cost $15, 900, while for
the piano.stool, which goes along
with the instrument, ~, 600 Is said
to have been pnid.
SIGNIFICANT OF the revival OF inter-
est In the Revolution period Of our
history Is tho remarkable growth Of
the Society OF the Daughters Of the
American Revolution. which now has
5000 members. They have their
headquarters ut Washington, and
issue u historical review, tie Amcri-
can Monthly Magazine, Mrs. Mary 8.
Lockwood editor. The membership
Is confined to the descendants Of the
patriots Of &c, and the organization
Is a monument to patriotic American
womanhood.
A SALVATION Army crusade OF
novel character Is being conducted
on the high seas somewhere In the
Pacific, and 1t may continue clear
round Capc Horn and across the
South and North Atlantic. Capt.
Guthrie, OF the British ship Macmil-
Ian was converted and joined the
Army in San Francisco, and sailed
with his ship for Liverpool two days
later. Promptly OH his conversion
lie was made II Captain In the Saliva.
ton Army Naval Reserve. He de.
clared his intention Of conducting a
vigorous campaign among his crew
during the voyage. and his hope Is to
bring into Liverpool converted
ships company.
THouaH little Is said or written
about the Changers nowadays, they
. still keep up their organizations In
the northern New England States,
notably Maine, where they IRE IN
! important social II no longer politl.
cal factor In rural life. At their
. meetings, usually occurring twice q
month, the discussion Of agricultural
topics Is followed by singing and reel
. tations, and, among the younger
7, folks, by rustic games. Often the
, entire grange OF one town Will be en-
, tertained on u stated evening by the
grange OF another, and thus neigh
/. borly feeling Is promoted rs we'll u
the improvement and elevation OF thu
q farmers vocation.
r If the present war between China
9 and japan continues much longer
!. trcsses and wig hair will be glut In
y the market. A very large percent
4 ago OF the natural human hair I'm
| ported to this country comes from
/. China. In ordinary tlmos the mum
1 Der OF executed persons among tn,
z celestial empires 400, OO0, 600 people
!. Is sufficiently large to guarantee ,
4 supply OF queues adequate for thu
n purposes OF the civilized world. Blu
o now with hot war on hand, will
hosts OF deserters and troubled by In
}, ternal dissensiOns, China, IL Il
8 feared, will have q supply Of queues
3 from decapitated heads so great rs t
j. choke the market and tear dow
}, prices to n minimum.
" THE ways OF tho schoolmaster II
Montillana, Province OF Granada
y Spain, are hard. The school-hous
:, In this particular place Is used rs
v granary during the summer vaca
" ton. A few days ago the school
: master wished TO begin his instruC
> ton again. and wrote letters to tn
- villagers who owned the grain In til
~ building, asking politely that the
~ remove 1t. The answer was unex
:. :, pected. The peasants, angry ut tn
d Presumption" OF the fellow, storme
: his house, pulled him out into tn
~ street and beat him badly. The OK
~ element soon extended to all tn
- people in the hamlet, and larg
y mob Of bowling men, women an
10 children gathered about the house 9
:, the Mayor. This doughty rule
" brought order out OF chaos by order
- ing two OF his servants to chase tn
" schoolmaster out OF town. He viii
~ not teach tho young idea how t
III shoot In Montillana this winter.
THE people OF New England hay
taken great interest in the recen
occupation OF old Fort Ethan Aller
NJ near Burlington, VT, by four troop
vi Of United States cavalry. The move
nj ment to build this post was frs
mr. started in Congress while Senate
". Proctor was ut the head Of the WI
4 Department., and was pushed alon
-. under his successor. 1t Is held thu
~. the best way to protect the norther
nd frontier of the country Is to have
Il. force ready for cutting the Canada
100 canals, so that in case of war BIRTHS
III gunboats cannot make their way int
ca the chain OF great lakes. AS the pa.
". history OF the country shows, I'll
~. Lake Champlain region is one I
~ yreut strategic importance, wheth,