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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31

a physician writing to the New York
Sun says: Now that corn on the cob
has appeared upon our dinner tables,
may suggest that II should be eaten
from the cob. and not cut OF. or II cut
on ut oil, to be cut with dull knife. II
the knife be sharp enough to make u
clean cut Of the grain 1t will also cut
with II the ligneOus substance In which
the grain Ii Embedded and this sub.
stance Is as indigestible as sawdust and
IL quite ~ irritating to the lining Of
the stomach and bowels. In biting the
grain from the cob. the woody sub
stance IL left on the cob. the teeth press.
Ing the grain from Its bed. rather than
taking u purt of the bed with 1t.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31

the chief may no longer do more than
jot the circumstance down In his mem.
ory and make humble recommendation
to Messrs. Clark. Hotz and Waller for
the mans promotion should their high.
nesscs see lit to coincide with him.
after the vacancy has occurred through
death or otherwise. and the hero has
passed u competitive examination In
geometry. algebra and other branches.
Is there INSTRUMENTATION In the ranks,
are men to be disciplined. the chief fire
marshal may attempt to attend to the
matter. but should he do so. he will
quickly lind that Swenie II no longer
running the fire department of chi.
cago without interference.
There Is the civil service commission.
a higher tribunal to he appealed to-.
and Swenie may find himself turned
down when he attempts to discharge a
pipe man or promote Il hook and lad
der fellow in the days that are to come
II Is to be hoped that the civil service
commission will exercise It's full pre-.
negatives in this department as well as
III the police department. where the
superintendent Of police will be in fu.
ture mere figure head without the
power Of promotion or discharge for
cause. For years these two depart
mcnts. particularly the fire department.
were believed to he beyond the inter.
ference of any power outside the re.
sponsible heads thereof. A good healthy
supervision Of both, and especially Of
the fire department. by Messrs. Clark,
HOtz and Waller. will do more to rlpen
the public mind for repeal Of this
humbug law. this screen for pecksnitii-
an hypocrisy In public life. than any.
thing else. There IL every reason to
hope that Clark 4 Co. will avail them
selves of their opportunity. for fools
rush In where angels fear to tread"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31

the feet grew In carrying capacity the
railroads have scaled down the tariff
and run their trains on faster SEIZED.
ule. The competition brought the
whaleback barges, and now these I'm.
calmly boats push their stubby noses
Into the chief harbors along the chain
OF lakes. But they are not propellers.
and arc dependent on n tow-line and
fair weather. The Zenith City in point
OF carrying capacity approaches the
ocean liners. for In the hold Is room for
some six thousand tons dead weight.
The owners can compete with the rail.
road companies and cut on the present
rates with profit. These shipbuilders
are working on business principles.
They are building more large vessels,
and the time Is not far distant when
the Old wooden boats will be relegated
to the lumber trade or left to decay IN
the docks.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31
DON'T FOH0ET MADDEN.

When the public II giving the full
share Of Its acclaim to the men who
finally settled the lake front question,
II must not forget AID. NJ. Il. Madden,
the man who first conceived the idea
OF the lake front park that IL to be. ana
who. indeed. with master hand sketch.
ell out the identical plan that IL to-day
the basis Of settlement ana agreement
between the city and the railroad com.
pany. Chicago owes Martin Madden
much. but no service Of his exceeds that
child Of his brain ana mind, the lake
park. ana Its accompanying settlement
OF the lake front question.
When the city OF Chicago comes to
placing marble tablets In the walls of
or over the gateways OF public insti-
tutlOns ana erecting statues to civic
heroes and benefactors. the marble
slab should bear In letters OF gold, In
the most conspicuous spot Of this gar.
den OF the sea lake, the name Of Aid.
Martin Il. Madden.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31

llarbor to be made out of the five acres
of submerged land which the railroad
codes for join, use.
~ That 1t will extend Randolph street
viaduct to the outer line of proposed
park.
Minor concessions such as foot bridges
across the railway tracks and the like
were also made part of the agreement
on the part of the railroad company.
1t Is also possible that ultimately the
railroad will cede to the city its ripari-
au rights along mo feet Of land held
by II between Park rowand 18th street
In return the city gives to the Illinois
Central about eight acres of land off
Randolph street and of Park row. to
be- used for trackagc by the company.
The value placed upon this ground.
made and unmadc. is S125.OOO an acre.
The concession IL therefore worth about
81 .W0.OOO. In return the advantage
gained by the city Is the means of OBJ
tanning land worth ut the same esti-
mated value about S22.UOO.OUO and the
means of beautifying It and of using It.
earnestly and we'll Chicago's chief ex.
ecutive has struggled for and main.
tanned the peoples rights In his deal.
ings with one of the most greedy and
grasplng monopolies that ever cursed
Chicago. For years that monopoly has
maintained its grip upon the Lake
Front. and whole decades have been
consumed In the courts by the peoples
representatives In the endeavor to shake
off its Illegal and befouling grasp from
The very throat Of this city. This has at
last been done largely through the per.
sistencc and cool sagacity of Mayor
George Il. Swift. The Illinois Central
Will no longer besmirch the Lake
Front. Its ears will run underground
from Park row to Randolph street. and
beyond Its tracks In the near future
there will rise like Aphrodite from
waters of Lake Michigan a beautiful
creation of the fancy and the handi.
work of Chicago artists and artisans.
which will. like all things of beauty,
beto the present generation Of Chicago.
ans. ana to those to come for all time.
a JOY for ever.
The Eagle cOngratulates Mayor Swift,
his able Commissioner of Public Works
ana ex.CorpOratiOn Counsel John y.
Miller. whose assistance IN the discus.
sion of the matter was Invaluable, and
the people IN general upon the outcome
of these notable negotiations.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31
he record of one Sunday for 4

The record of one Sunday for suicides
In Chicago was most extraordinary.
Seven persons, five men and two won.
On, made the attempt to end their lives.
and five OF them succeeded. The young
est Of the group OF unfOrtunates was n
girl Of IL. lll.health was the cause OF
one. Insanity Of one. domestic
infelicity OF two. melancholy OF
one, liquor Of two. 1t IL no.
tlceable that four out OF the seven
used poison as the agency of self-de.
structiOn. the poisons being carboilc
acid, laudanum, paris green. and NOR.
phine. This peculiar prominence of
poison rs the means of committing sui.
eide Ii not confined to this instance.
1t prevails all over the United States.
In twO-thirds of reported cases the pis.
tol and poison are the agencies In use.
Last year there We're 1,720 cases OF
poisoning to 1904 OF shooting. This
year, to date, the poisoning cases eX.
coed the shooting, being 1,21S to 1,lG1.
The extraordinary increase, which has
taken place only during the last two
years, apart from the pathetic side Of
1t. for poisoning Is the most agOnixing
OF all forms of death. shows the ease
with which self-murderers are able 10
procure pOisOns, and argues that some
more stringent retrictiOns should be
placed upon their sale by druggists.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31

The word "dngo" IL not an Italian
word. nor a legitimate word In any
language. 1t Is derived from the Span.
ish proper name Diego. pronounced
DyngO. which IL the most common
Christian name Of men In Spain. St.
Diego. or st. James. being the tutelary
saint of that country. All Spanish
and the result IL that Diego Is the Chris.
tinn name one Oftencst hears among
the Spaniartls and on the borders of the
From this came the
habit Of the sailors of all natiOnalitics
In the Mediterranean Of calling every
man employed OH vessels whose name
was unknown to them Diego. or DagO,
that being the name they most fro.
quently heard among such employee.
Just rs mates end captains on our
lakes ana rivers Gull the generality Of
their rOustabouts "John." that being
the name most usually heard among us.
From this custom of the sailors the
transition was easy In this country to
call all foreigners DngOs that came
from the Mediterranean shores. ana
hence the name Ii applied Indiscrimi-
nately to Italians. Greeks. Sicilians,
ana Spaniartls. 1t Is mere nickname.
but 1t IL 40 deeply rooted In popular
speech TINT 1t always will endure. 1t
IL Ike the word Yankee. which among
foreigners In considered to be the name
OF the whole American people. though
among ourselves We discriminate large.
~ rs TO Its applicability.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31
The street car spotter has practically

The street car spOtter has practically
disappeared from some Western cities,
where just lately a scheme of selling
tickets for % cents good for six rides
there should also be sold thirty tickets
for 81. has come into general use. The
conductor punches hole In the ticket
for each ride. The spOtter cannot. of
course, tell which passengers have paid
cash fares ana which have trip cards,
aud so his usefulness has gone ana he
Is going himself. The Rock Island
Railroad recently adopted q seemingly
excellent plan on Its local trains rum
ming out Of Chicago. The conductors
were Informed that spoilers would not
In the future be employed on the road
and that the money thus saved would
be applied to an increase In the wages
OF conductors. The conductors would
not In future be watched. but would
be regarded as trusted employees and
paid as such. The plan Is said to work
to the satisfaction OF both company ana
men,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31

Chicago Tribune: Interviews with
several prominent members of the
Methodist Church In this city indicate
the growth Of feeling that the long
standing time limit" ought to be abol-
ished. Probably the time limit would
have been discarded long ere this but
for the conservatism which renders
many unwilling to part with some
thing that undoubtedly was promi
nent feature among the people who
first were called "Methodists." But
conditions have changed since the days
of the Weslcys and of Whitfield. Then
the great majority OF those who spoke
In meeting" We're uneducated men, fer
vent In spirit and devoted to the work,
but destitute OF the wide range of in
formation and ideas which often are
found associated with extensive read
Ing. to say nothing OF special study
for the work Of the ministry. 1t was
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31

Scientists who are hired for that very
purpose have certified again and again,
with wearlsome Iteration, as to the
complete harmlessness, and In some In
stances to the healthful quality of those
electric shocks which startled individ.
uals so frequently receive through the
trolley wire agency. Some of the Ger
tifcates Of the trolley attorneys must
be held responsible for a rather common
impression that the capitalists who
have equipped trolley roads are really
public benefactOrs, and that not the
least OF their beneiiccnce Is that which
provides the wayfaring man or the
wandering horse or COW with delight.
fnl surprises In the shape Of gratuitOus
electrical treatment. Once I'm a while.
however. an unfortunate human being.
VINO, up to the time of the wire con.
tact, Is supposed to be In admirable
health. persists In dying from the shock.
rms was so when Miss Kate Valentine,
or N0rwalk. Conn.,. a robust 1O-year.old
girl. touched a telephone wire which
ilnd crossed a trolley wire. The tele.
phone wire was lying In the grass ana
was practically invisible to the casual
pedestrian. The remains Of Miss Val.
e'ltine were buried. We expect the np.
pearnncc Of lengthy papers on cleo.
tricity. In which men Of great learning
VIII prove by every theory known to
humanity how utterly impossible It IL
FOR the trolley current to seriously dam.
nge the physical organism of any man.
woman or child who Is not already ut
dealt door.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31
THE DUNNIN0 FARCE.

The Dunning investigation has re.
suited as anticipated, ana has fizzled
out. There has been nothing but bath.
erskite nonsense, gallery plays and
general buncOmbe since the alleged In
vestigatiOn began.
a murder has been committed. The
guilty ones, apparently. have been So.
cured ana the law viii deal with them.
President Healy has charges of brib.
cry to make against certain contract.
ors. These will he made to the Grand
Jury. Let the Committee on Specific
Charges and the other buncombe Peep
Ing Tom organizations drop the thing
ana give us II rest.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31

Speaking of trusts, how about this
case? The American Looking Glass
Company has been doing a large bust
ness In Chicago for many years. and
Is recognized as one of the heaviest
manufacturers OF mirrors In this coun.
try. Last May the looking glass manu-
facturers combined and formed q trust
with headquarters In New York. The
Chicago concern was notified that 1t
must enter the combination or be ru-
ined by the trust. Under these threats
the local mandatory went into the
trust. The latter claims the right to
regulate the amount of business to be
done by the various firms composing
the trust. fhe Chicago concern was
Disseminated against. In June, 1894,
1t did business amounting to $IO,OOO;
In June, 1895, Its business had been
squeezed down to $4,000. The other
day President Boyer, of the Chicago
firm, made an assignment and quit bus.
mess In order to escape from the fur
thor Vaccinations OF the trust. Assets.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31

The Colorado millionaire who has
discovered a vein Of sylvanite running
$4,000 to the ton" IL indeed to be con.
graduated. Sylvanite of highest grade
IL s. per cent. silver, with Il possibility
Of carrying some gold. A ton Of pure
silver at present market quotations Is
worth a little less than $4,000. 1t IL
this fact that makes the discovery Of q
vein chock full of $4,000 tons a re.
markable circumstance In the world
of science rs we'll as of mining. con-
tributing also. It may be. to the world
OF fiction.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31
Father Of the New North Park system.
HON. E. s. DREYER.

Mr.. Henry J. Fletcher. writing In the
Forum, discusses the remedies for the
drift of population to the cities. After
giving some striking statistics to show
the decrease In the population Of town.
ships and the great Increase In that of
towns and cities, he sums up the results
Of the movement as follows:
"rhis transportation has the most
far.reaching effects. Politically, It
transfers a preponderance of power to
the great cities. changing the results
Of important elections and increasing
the urgency Of municipal problems.
Socially. 1t swells the number Of the
classes most exposed to agitation ana
discomfort. intensifies the dangers to
be apprclended from social upheavals.
and wIdens the growing chasm between
the classes. 1t concentrates the wealth
Of the nation into fewer hands and re-.
acts profoundly upon the material. 30.
litlcal and social life of the entire M.
ton. The Importance Of the migration
IL hardly to be overestimated. 1t IL a
striking characteristic OF our period
that 1t Is n period of universal trans!.
ton. In which large masses Of people.
apparently against their own interests.
leave the country. where homes are
cheap. the mir pure. all men equal. and
extreme poverty unknown, and crowd
into cities. where all these conditions
are reversed" As to the cause of this
remarkable movement the author men.
lions the natural superiority OF large
centers for NIL the processes Of prOduc.
ton and exchange and the desire for
the social life which cities Offer. As
to the remedies. the writer regards the
equalization OF transportation rates as
the most important. but believes that
some form Of government supervision
Of railroads will DO necessary before
discrimination In favor Of larger places
can he done away with. Undoubtedly
this drift from country to town IL one
OF the alarming rs 1t IL one Of the
striking facts Of American civilization.
Yet It II reasonable to believe that It Is
n temporary condition due to causes
which will to large extent work out
their own remedies rs the country
grows. With n population several
times as great as at present, II win be
absolutely necessary that a large pro.
portion OF the people shall TIL the soil
to furnish food for home consumption.
Small irrigated farms will no doubt
soon be the rule, Mt lenst In the West,
and this alone will do away with much
that Ia Objectionable In farm life, since
1t will make social life possible. Amer.
lea Gun no more do without her farmers
than England or France can do without
theirs. ana sooner or later conditions
are bound to adjust themselves In such
way that IN agricultural life will be
desirable.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31
THE LAKE FRONT WCTORY.

At last the Lake Front problem has
been settled ana that. too. In q manner.
unless all signs fail. that will meet with
ana merit the approval OF the citizens
and taxpayers OF Chicago.
The Mayor has secured not merely an
agreement on the part Of hOggish cor
poraiion to eXpend S1.1OO.UOO worth Of
public improvements by ceding to
them valuable rights and privileges In
the shape Of land grants on the Lake
Front. but what IL more important. he
has secured for the people OF this city
the priceless boon Of u beautiful park.
which will constitute u breathing place
for the people on the edge Of Lake
Michigan and ut the same time IN the
heart Of the downtown ar business Ills.
trict OF the city.
or course. Attorney General Moloney
has signifed his Intention to step IN and
oppose the construction Of the park or
the carrying Into effect Of the Mayors
arrangements by quo warrantO AMI
injunction proceedings. This. how
ever. Is not likely to amount to anything
more than Il mere temporary delay to
the great undertaking. No doubt Mr..
Moloney In the discharge Of his duty IL
impelledby the proper motives In taking
up his present attitude ana will simply
see to II that all legal questions involved
are properly adjusted, rather than at
tempt to throw any mere legal stumb-
ling blocks In the way Of the city In its
attempt to accomplish u badly needed
public Improvement. The Lake Front
as IL now stands, a waste and unsightly
common, broken into uneven hills aud
hollOws, covered with uneven patches
Of natural grass and distlgured by the
smoke-b egrimed ears Of the Illinois
Central Railroad, has been for years an
eyesore and II blotch on the fair face Of
Chicago. Running along the side Of
Michigan boulevard, ChicagO's most
noble thoroughfare, 1t resembled Il
fringe Of rags stuck to n costly and mag
nifcent garment. The usurpatiOn OF
the public rights by the railroad where
by the public was practically debarred
of access TO the Lake Front was also
u crying public evil ana outrage, and
the rectificatiOn Of this wrong alone II
nothing short Of public blessing to the
people Of Chicago.
The following are the main points
conceded by the railroad company.
l. That II will depress Its tracks four
feet between Randolph street and Park
Row.
.. That 1t will construct 5000 feet OF
sea wall required by the government
10 protect the outer shore Of the pro-
posed park.
3. That Il will construct four viaducts
across It's depressed tracks, furnishing
an entrance 10 the park from twelve
streets.
1. That il will build the retaining
wall On the west side Of its right Of
way.
,. That It will III in the present lake
front between Michigan avenue and It's
right OF way 10 the grade Of the pro-
posed park.
q. That II viii permit m" general or
common use Of five acres OF submerged
land owned by II between Park Row
and Twelfth street.
I. That II VIII construct sea wall
from the present rhore line Of Park row
10 the outer line Of the new park.
S. That il will build a protection wall
at the outer edge Of the proposed refuge
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31
Mr.. CAMERON IS Ri0HL.

The Board of Education has disputed
the right Of the civil service commits.
sion to step In ana run the affairs Of
that Institution. No doubt Clark. Wal.
Ter. Hotx II Co. and all they represent
would like TO take n hand In the run.
ming Of the public schools and In the
appointment Of the teachers.
God forbid that such u time should
ever come In the affairs OF this city.
The scenes now being enacted In Omu.
In would soon he upon us. hut there Is
one consolation In the thought that
should they come, In Chicago they
won't last long.
The people. or at leas, the great mast
OF them. are looking eagerly on the
sturdy attitude taken by the Board OF
Education In this matter. ana hope It
Will successfully maintain II.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31


Chicago Times. Herald: 1t seems that
the German, French and Belgian con.
suls. resident In Chicago, have just dis.
covered that a very large horse Gun.
hihg establishment has fiOurislled In
this city for some time. 1t Is also n
revelation to them that the product Of
the concern Is shipped to their cOun.
tries instead of being consumed In Chi.
cago. but 1t Is certainly a revelation
to no one else. II there were no de.
ilIand for horse meat In those countries
the Chicago concern would certainly
find the business Improbable. More.
over. the palatable virtues of horse
meat were first discovered In the coun-
tries represented by these gentlemen.
ana there il no reason why the epicures
across the water should have any pre-.
judlccs against the American horse
flesh. provided It Is hcalthful and prop.
erly preserved. AS to horsefiesli, 1t NIL
depends Oh the horse. No man wants
to eat II porter-liousc cut from one of
icrkes' street car animals. neither does
the appetite crave an equine tillet from
the sllanks Of the faithful animal that
pulls the truck wagon. A nice juicy
hamburger made from the round or the
lo!n of II frisky young colt. however,
IL said to be far more edible and lus.
ciOus than bear steak. and In point Of
lieal,lifulness and freedom from bac.
terra ana bacilll DR.. Reilly places 1t fur
ahead of much of the beef that finds
Its way into our market. so far as
horse tail soup Il concerned. 1t can be
said to the credit Of the packers of
horse meat that 1t II made from horses
tails, while there Is no certainty that
the commercial OK tail soup IL not made
from the ears ana shanks OF Il sickly
bovine. II the horse canning industry
Is discouraged what IL to become of the
great crops Of corn and oats In the
West? The horse II the only animal
that eats corn ana oats to any great ex.
tent II the bicycle ana motorcycle
deprive him Of his occupation he should
still he raised for canning purposes.
and II raised for this purpose he would
continue to make market for the
great crops Of the West.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-31
IMPORTANT NO7iCE.

Railroad companies and their man.
ayers are hereby warned not to extend
courtesics or issue passes on account of
The Eagle upon the request Of any per.
son other than the editor and proprietor
OF this paper. Tho Eagle seldom asks
favors of corporations. but 1t has been
brought to the attention Of the proprie.
tor that certain unauthorized parties
have been asking transportation on nc.
count of this paper. Hence this warn.
Ing.