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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-31
NY LAoY's DRESSING rAsLG
4 Charming New Design which Woai1
Ornament Any Boudoir.

4 Charming New Design which Woal1
Ornament Any Boudoir.
It IL many years that poets have
sung Of their lady loves sitting before
their dressing. tables, adding delicate
touches TO the beauty Of which both
the lady and her lover were % proud,
says the Housewife
But surely no prettler background
for the scene which they picture
could be imagined than Q charming
little dressing. bureau, Q new design.
Around the white enameled table. Q
simple affair, but In 6ue taste are
three short brass rods fastered to the
wall. Over these three rods and at
the back IL arranged q drapery Of
figured white muslin, edged with Q
soft frill OF lace. At the sides just
on q level with the top Of the table
the drapcfy IL caught back by q cord
and tassels, but II would be fully 40
picturesque and feminine In the 20
sition IL IL to occupy II tied back
with ribbona
Fastidious pers0ns, who dislike to
have any Of their toilet articles out
In the dust Of the room, will probably
keep their pretty table dressed up
with q vase Of fresh flowers and q
china catch.all perhaps. hut more
will love to sec It all complete with
the useful button.hooks, scissors,
knife, and similar trinkets, all laid Ia
rows, ready to hand. The nail things
will oil b on o tray by themselves
AAA Asss~A "a A~snA. 4. AS~l, 900
tray Of china or lacquer and on either
shelf pretty sachets and cushions fol
both stick.pins, hat-pins, and toilet
pins
Pressing. tables were almost 10.
heard Of ii American homes o few
years ago, but their utility IL 90 IN
questioned that their use spreads
from month to month. Certainly,
no matter how many persons sleep ID
one room, they should, II they make
any pretense whatever toward max
ing q toilet have each dressing
table to herself. Rooms may Otter
b 20 small that one large clothes
bureau must do for two sisters OF
friends, and this without the leas,
need for one interfering with tb(
others comfort
But to dress Ut one glass that Il
quite different Superstition argues
that II 10 wretchedly unlucky for 0n(
person TO look over the shoulder Of
another in Q mirror, but IL Il mor'
than unlucky; IL Is bad manners
No woman can give to her love
locks that undivided attention which
o hot iron requires while another W.
man IL noddlng and bobbing behind
her shoulders. Il 10 distracting 3,
the mind, and burned foreheads ant
lost tempors are apt tn be the result
More than that what would be al
right to one Of the room.mates woult
be highly displeasing to another
sense OF neatness, and that woull
not be pleasant
Every human being has o right u
Q reasonable amount Of liberty, an,
that cry for liberty 10 nowhere NOR,
Just than 10 the relations between
pretty girl and her picture In he
mirror
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Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DIR. q. O. OsGooD,
To,uall Maaa
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NOT A TRUE MURPHY.
He Had the Name and the Physique. but
Lacked the Brogue.


He Had the Name and the Physique. but
Lacked the Brogue.
A Boston scion of the great Celtic
family of Murphy, while travelling in
Ireland recently, came across a little
village where the man who did not bear
his patronymic was regarded as curl
osity. While wandering about this In
teresting hamlet he CHANGED to come
upon a little tavern, and being athirst
entered the taproom for beer. Belt here
known that the traveller was oonsidera-
bly, above the average in stature, and
this was noticed by two old habitues
sitting by the fire One of these pres
emily remarked TO HIS companion,
mike, that gintleman is taller than
Jerry Murphy, OF think. 'Ah, now,
replied the other through the inch
stem Of T. D., she's not''-with a
rising reflection on the end of the sem
tepce. "'Yis he is, retorted the first.
with conviction Cant Oi see Jerry's
mark there ON the dure?'
The travellers attention was then
called TO a doorpost whereon was mark
ed the stature of four men, all over Q
feet 4 inches in height The tallest was
Jerry Murphy, and his mark was 8 feet
61k inches. Accepting this challenge,
the traveller stepped up to the doorpost
and had his height marked, and. lol 1t
was full half inch above that of Jerry.
Whom he had written his name over
his mark, for he noticed that the others
were so designated, and that they were
all Murphys, some one present called
out, He's Murphy tool" But one of
the old fellows by the fire would not
have it so and replied; 'Indade he's
not He hasn't got the broguer'-Bos-
ton Transcript
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ODDITIES OF sooToHMEN.
Some Delightful Peculiarities Pointed Out
by an Excellent Authority.

Some Delightful Peculiarities Pointed Out
by an Excellent Authority.
Some delightful oddities of Scotch
character are given in Wilmot Harri-
sons new book, says The Scottish
American.
Professor Adam Ferguson, the author
of "Roman History, at whose house
Burns. and Scott met for the first and
only time, eschewed wine and animal
food, ''but huge masses of milk and
vegetables disappeared before him In
addition, his temperature was regulat-
ed by Fahrenheit, and often, when sit
ting quite comfortably, he would start
up and put his wife and daughters IN
connection because his eye had fallen
ON the instrument and he was degree
too hot or too cold " Yet at the age OF
~ he started for Italy with but single
companion to prepare for new edition
of his Roman History" nor did he die
till he had attained the age Of ee.
Another character" is DR.. Alexanr
der Adam, rector of the high school and
author of work on Roman antiquities
and a man of extraordinary industry.
When at college, he lived on oatmeal
and small beans, with an occasional
penny loaf. In lodging which cost him
fourpenoe a week In later life he de-
voted himself absolutely to the work OF
teaching. In addition to his GLASSES IN
the high school he appears to have had
for his private pupils some of the most
eminent Scotchmen of his day.
Rev. Sir Henry Wildwood Moncreiff,
member of a Scottish family distin-
guished during several generations in
connection both with church and state,
appears to have given wonderful Sun
day suppers. "This most admirable and
somewhat old fashioned gentleman was
one of those who always .dined between
sermons, probably without touching
wine He then walked back from his
small house In the east end of Queen
street to his church, with his bands, his
little cooked hat, his tall cane and his
cardinal air; preached, If it was his
<arp. q sensible, practical sermon, walked
In the same style, took tea about
. SeSne hours In his study, at 8
lone prayers, at which he was
D spent che friends of his sons,
lad family s.oie Marty sat down
TO see Of wine and his
o roasted hares. goblets
powerful talk -
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RLINp oHlLpREN,s lpgAs.

The Queer Notions They Have and How
They Express Them
DR.. Anagnos told me some amusing
stories about the quaint old way that
blind children usually have of express
ing themselves This is due to the fact
that blind children are thrown almost
altogether for oompanionship with
grown people and so unconsoiously they
imbibe the same manner of speech.
A short time ago a little child was
entered at the institution by its aunt,
who was a schooiteacher When she left
the child, she said, Now, l shall ex-
peot you to get the matron to write q
letter for you to me before very long
A short time passed, and the matron
said to the little girl. Isn't 1t about
time that we wrote that letter to your
auntie?" The little mite said, 'Now,
that is what should style a coincidence,
for was Just about to remark upon the
necessity Of forming my ideas at once .
At this same Institution was much
interested in watching the little ones
write. They placed the paper upon o
board of raised lines. and guided by
them wrote an even, well formed hand
1 picked up composition Just finished,
and it was so dainty and fanciful that
l give it to you;
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SEVERE ON AMERICANS.
How One of John Bulls Watchful Organ
Sizes Up Some American Subjects.

How One of John Bulls Watchful Organs
Sizes Up Some American Subjects.
Except a Yorkshireman there is no
more self conscious person than your
untrayeled American. He knows every
tb;;5s You can't take him in. he
comes fror, the biggest country IN the
,no,Id He emo -tness is proyerbial he
does not continually oIlv
Yankee, l am, but he me-. ''Ss , <,ss.of,,
waves his flag in the face of an ;.
civilization and trails his egotism be-
fore the darned old country all the time,
you bet And it is done surely and per-
sistently. Every whipper snapper of q
sneak thief has him. Notwithstanding
the staleness of the confidence trick in
his own country, he is a prey to the first
American sharper or the clumsiest imi-
tator of the Yankee methods whom he
meets In street or barroom. The papers
lately have contained several instances
of the successful practice of the conf
dence trick ON Americans The wonder
is that any one can be feeced so easily.
Imagine any sane person being in
duced to hand over his watch and his
purse to a total stranger and letting
him go out of sight to test his faith in
the said stranger-''to show his conf
dence" in man he does not care but
ton about, and whose acquaintance he
has only just made. This happened the
other day in Holborn to an American
gentleman who parted with watch, ring
and notes to the value of nearly eSO0.
The story began by one of two conf
dence men spotting him for an Ameri-
can in Holborn and asking him, Say,
stranger, is this a new street,"
The two men were Americans; they
came from Virginia; the dupe was from
New Jersey. OF course they all adj
journed to the restaurant to have
drink The first Virginia gentlemen had
come into large fortune and wanted
to give lot of it away, but not to Brit
ishers-oh, no-but to his own country
men.
The Jersey gentleman was induced TO
undertake the office of my lord bounti-
full to the millionaire and was permit
ted for time to hold possession of a
great bundle of spurious notes. Then.
to show his confidence in his new
friends, he handed over all he had about
him, and they presently decamped with
his money, "jewels, cash and plate. "
He had to go home before the police
could catch the masqueraders, but on
reaching New York he will be asked by
cable to keep the promise he made that
he would return and prosecute them If
the dull London detectives could lay
hands ON the astute operators from Vir
ginia.
And this kind of thing is going on
continually. The credulity of people In
general says q great deal for the trust
fitness and sympathy Of humanity as
whole. Cynics would say that 1t may
be taken as still more indicative of its
greed. 1t certainly says little for its
caution. The most transparent swindles
of the day in the direction Of compa-
MES, partnerships, offers of fortunes for
a few pounds, successful systems of bet
ting and speculation catch their dupea
d9y by day, and Monte Carlo is extend
ing its palatial halls. Newcastle ENG
land) Chronicle.
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ALlttle "Ad.n at the Picnic

Enterprise in advertising has almost
become a fine art in the present day.
Novelties are not only numerous, but
frequently unique. A Birmingham
chemist recently, with his family, at
tended picnic, and after the knife and
fork tea, which formed part of the pro
gramme, he distributed among the com
pany a number Of sweetmeats, all OF
which bore an advertisement referring
to his specialties, and later during the
concert which followed his daughter
sang a song the words of which set
forth the advantages which could be de-
rived from the use of certain pills, the
frequent application of well known
plaster or daily doses of some ones ton
ic. Such enterprise, if somewhat "shop-
py," certainly merits reward for its In
0enuity. -Birmingham Mail
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cutting out the u. s. At last we came
down to foot runners, and the Indians
brought out their man. He was tall,
broad chested and long limbed. He
could go like the wind, and our best
runner was nothing compared with
him. Why, he was the best physical
man 1 ever saw. He looked at our man,
and his thick lip curled in derision.
q He no good-get mani
''The savage was stripped to his skin.
1 looked at our man.
Jake, l said, you wait minute.
Then l went and got those stockings.
When 1 brought them out, they created
the biggest kind of sensation, and the
curiosity to touch them was something
comical
''They just wanted to put their hands
on them to see what they were.
81 did not let them satisfy their Gu
riosity, but carried them through the
crowd as if they were only relics.
Jake, put those on and run with
them, said.
"'Why, 1 can't run with those on,
he said
eyes, you can. Don't you see that
they are mystified?'
"He put them on, and though he was
a large man they came clear to his hips.
We pinned them up, and he started
with the big Indian. 1t was plain by
the faces of the greasers that they had
lost all faith in their man as against the
striped stockings. The Indian ran lit
tie distance and then fell behind, with
his eyes fixed in terror on those flying
stockings. He was beaten. And do you
know sold those stockings to the In
dian for five ponies and rife?'-Lew-
iston journal.
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THOSE STRIPED STOCKINGS.

A Lewiston Man Tells Good Story of the
Indian Territory.
The returned Lewistonian fell to talk
ing over revolver that he carried in
the arrest of a desperate In New Mexico,
and then he diyerged and told this story
"Onoe when we were going down In
the Indian Territory as we rode out Of
the village we passed the house where
a New Brunswick girl had just come to
live In the little prairie village. There
had been considerable joking about the
new arrival, and AS we passed she came
out to hang up her washing on the line.
/ rode little red pony-one that l had
snapped q shotgun for-and when l saw
the New Brunswick girl hang up pair
Of the longest, biggest striped stockings
had ever seen l rode right up into the
yard and under the clothesline and
seized those stockings and pulled 'em
off the line and rode away.
"All that trip down across the hot
plains and over the rustling buffalo
grass the boys plagued me about those
stockings. 1 had put them into my trunk
and kept them. don't know what 1
took them for or why / kept them.
"Well we got down into the territory
and among the Indians. They are great
gamblers, you know, and we bet with
them everything we had. Weraoed and
won from them oil the money and
blankets they possessed.
1.-THE blankets were United States
army blankets. but we can use them By
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One of the boys of Capitol hill fam
lily had been instructed by his teacher
to write an essay. A rather abstruse
subject was given him, and he had been
referred to the dictionary. His elder
brother, who was also giving sUgges-
lions, had promised if the composition
was good he would write 1t on the type
writer. The little fellow went to the
dictionary and found the word he was
looking for and under 1t quotation
that just suited the subject He consid-
cred life little too short, though, to
copy the quotation, SO he hunted up his
mothers shears and in way that argues
a great deal in favor of bis future Jour.
nalistio ability clipped through the big,
handsome dictionary and clipped wher.
ever a word or phrase suited his fancy.
His brother, who rewrote the compo-
sition, discovered the plagiarism and
informed the father, and the boy now
takes his meals from the shelf. Wash
ington Post.
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ENGLISH BIRDS OF SONG.
The List Includes Some Twenty-Five, Witt
the Nightingale First.

The List Includes Some Twenty-Five, With
the Nightingale First.
In round numbers the chief song birds
OF England amount to about 20, among
which the nightingale reigns chief and
supreme 1t is almost impossible TO
frame any accurate table of the compar-
alive beauty and merit of these varied
and happy songsters, but the attempt
has been made by an earnest student of
nature, who devoted many years to this
one express subject, and some of his
notes are of curious interest.
At the head of the whole list stands
the sweet bird of night for mellowness
of tone, compass and execution and an
Unborn plaintiveness of melody which is
almost wholly his own. Pre-eminent,
too, among the beauties of Its strain is
its infinite variety, MS many ms 10 differ
ent beginnings and closes having been
noted in the song of single bird. Be-
ginning, like many a famous master Of
eloquence, In sound of infinite and
tender softness, he gradually breaks in
to deeper and fuller expression, reserv-
ing all his strength as il for some sud
den touches of passion and delight, and
then dying away into a fine and deli
cate thread of such exquisite and keen
sweetness as to pierce the very heart
In the calm stiffness of summer even
ing this dainty note may be heard
through half mile of silent, listening
woodland. Next to the nightingale
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A SMALL KINDNESS
The Gentle Little Woman Who Gave 1t Re
ceived Big Reward.

The Gentle Little Woman Who Gave 1t Re-
ceived a Big Reward.
Many years ago, when sewing ma
chimes were in their infancy, If indeed
they had been invented, little elderly
bachelor entered the parlor Of his board
ing house and in a way peculiar to him
self made this request:
(which of you ladies will hem cou-
pie of handkerchiefs for meH''
There was we'll bred sniff of disap-
proval, but not one asserting voice. The
only one that broke the silence recon-
mended him to take the handkerchiefs
to a seamstress who attended to such
work.
Its pretty lonesome to have no
women folk belonging to you, " said the
old bachelor, but | guess l can get
along. Thank you, ladies, for your kind
ness, +" and he bowed himself out
At the same moment timid hand
detained him, and low voice said in
his ear:
Leave them with me. II will see
that they are hemmed neatly. l have a
friend who will do them-for com
pany."
'dTake them,' said the old bachelor
grufiy; much obliged, Pm sure =
She was a gentlewoman, although
she sewed for living, as all women did
in that day who did not teach school
She replied not to jeers of her com
panions when she sat In the parlor at
her work, except to say that it was a
small thing to do for a fellow being.
but he is a miser, " they persisted.
Nevertheless the handkerchiefs We're
hemmed and returned to the owner,
who did not offer to pay for them, but
"a within the year marry the gentle
o.. ~ho hemmed them
soul " ~eafter Of their married life
The the, +sAry story. Both have
reads like a ne prosperity which
passed away from u. soe hearC -
surrounded them, but = inAt pl0
the city Of Boston there L. at.lu !.
block that was built with the a,
lated interest of the fortune bequeatA.
to their son, who Is no other than Mont
geometry Sears, the millionaire. This
story, unlike most stories, is true, De
troit Free Press
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How Zoe sold ..The Bel1s.o

Henry Sartain, son Of the famous en-
graver, tells this story of how in 1891
Poe's poem of 1.-THE Bells was first
published in Sartain's Magazine;
"Poe came into the Office one day,
and handing father stanza in manu-
script asked him what he thought OF 1t.
Father looked it over and said ne
thought it pretty good Is it worth S6t
asked Poe. Father said he thought 1t
was and paid him the money. The poem
was the first stanza of The Bells. a
week or so later Poe again sauntered
into the office, with the remark, Well,
John, see you haven t printed my poem
yet. Father replied that he had not be-
cause Of lack of space. Well, I've got
another stanza here. VIII you let me
have a FIVE on it?' The man looked SO
utterly wretched that father paid him
the money and took the stanza- Still
another installment of two additional
stanzas followed within a month, and
then it was that the poem was first
printed. philadelphia Record
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LORD RUssELLs BAsHFuiNEss.

The Great English Barrister Was Quite
Difident In His Youth.
In his Journalists Notebook" Mr..
Frankfort Moore tells a story of the
early life of Lord Russell 1t may, he
says, surprise some Of those persons who
have been unfortunate enough to find
themselves witnesses for the prosecution
in cases where Lord Russell has appeared
for the defense to learn that in his
young days he was exceedingly shy. He
has lost good deal Of his early diff
denoe, or, at any rate, he manages to
prevent 1t betraying itself in such way
as might tend to embarrass hostile
witness. AS rule, witnesses do not
find that bashfulness is the most prom
inent characteristic Of his cross exami-
nation.
But learn from an associate of Lord
Russell's that when his name appeared
ON the list to propose or to respond to a
toast at one Of the dinners of a patriotic
society of which my informant as well
as Lord Russell was member he would
spend the day nervously walking about
the streets and apparently quite unable
to collect his thoughts. Upon one occa-
sion the proud duty devolved upon him
of responding TO the toast, ireland
Nation y Late in the afternoon my in
formant found him in condition of
disorderly perturbation and declaring
that he had no idea of what he should
say, and he felt certain that, unless he
got the help of the man who afterward
became my informant, he must inevi-
tably break down.
II laughed at him, " said the gentle
man who had the courage to tell the
story which / have the courage to re-
peat, land did my best to give him
confidence Sure, any fool could re-
spond to Ireland nation, and you II do
as well as any other But even this
didn't give courage, continued my in
formant, "and had to sit down and
give him the chief points to touch on
In his speech He wrung my hand, and
in the evening he made fine speech
sir Man, but it was pity that there
weren't more of the party sober enough
to appreciate itP'