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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26
The Care OF Books.

Among the regular spring bulle.
tins issued to housekeepers giving
advice regarding the packing, preser-
walton and storing OF household
goods, preparatory to closing ones
city house, not word Is said about
the care OF the books. There are
few American homes but what con.
tain something In the way Of a II.
brary, and, whether large or small.
OF books cheap or costly, IL Is sure to
BIO highly priced and deserving OF
care.
Books, like all other things, last
under careful treatment and wear
badly II neglected. Nor In tho au.
tumn would they be found so dusty,
sticky and shabby on their shelves
Il the housckeeper had had them in
hand before she left for the country.
They should have been taken from
the shelves, II there are no glass doors
10 the cases, carefully wiped with o
soft cloth, every book incased in
cheap brown paper, and set back on
the shelves, just close enough to.
gether to hold every one firmly, but
not tightly, in its place, standing on
end. None OF them should DO laid
one on top Of the other or left lean.
ing like wounded soldiers, for SO
placed they lose their compact shape
and the backs weaken.
Before the books are replaced their
cases ought to be drawn out from the
wall, and inside and out, at back and
front, well brushed to clear away the
book moths, spiders, etc, that gnaw
bindings and leaves. Where there
are dust tight cases, proof against
mice, moths and that deadly enemy
OF books, the big brown cockroach, q
thorough busting OF shelves and Of
every book sepa. ately Is necessary.
Slipping one sheet OF paper between
the volumes and laying strips over
the tops suiiices for protection.
The library should always be al.
lowed proper ventilation through the
summer, rs books stored for several
months in hot, dry room, will
warp, stick and rot beyond repair.
In n house where during the winter
many we'll bound books lie strewn
about on tables and in swinging
shelves, they ought, for the summer,
- be folded in paper and ranked in
,rge shallow boxes in the same order
as they are placed on shelves.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26
Lineoin's Wonderful Memory.

One OF my cousins, John Holmes
'Godenow, OF Alfred, Maine, was ap.
pointed minister to Turkey early in
the Lincoln administration, and was
taken to the White House before his
departure for his post to be presented
to the President. When Lincoln
learned that his visitor was II grand.
son of John Holmes, one OF the first
Senators from Maine, and man of
note in his day and generation, he
imme lately began the recitation OF
poetical quotation which must
have been more than hundred lines
in lenrth. Mr. Holmes, never ha",
ing N The President, was natura
astonlsned at this outburst; and a.,
the President went on and on with
this long recitation. the suspicion
crossed his mind that Lincoln had
suddenly taken leave Of his wits,
But when the lines had been finished,
the President said There! that
poem was quoted by your grandfather
Holmes, in speech which he made
in the United States Senate in -
and he named the date and spec
flied the occasion. As John
Holmes term in the sem
ate ended in 1888, and Lincoln
probably was impressed by reading II
copy OF tne speech rathc. than by
hearing it, this feat OF memory APP
pears most remarkable. II he hal
been by any casualty deprived Of hi
sight, his own memory could have
supplied him with an ample library
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26
TURKISH LADIES.
They Get More Enjoyment Out 81
Lie than 10 Supposed.

There was always u considerable
degree Of error in the views common.
ly held about the position of women
in the East. People even went SO far
as to affirm that the Koran, and Mo.
hammedan opinion after 1t. denied
to women the possession Of souls.
Nothing could be greater blunder:
the Paradise Of Islam Is open to one
sex as widely rs the other. Among
the four perfect women in heaven the
Prophet names his own wife, and the
institutions of his law are just and
tender to u degree towards females
IL u well.informed person were
called upon to name the country in
which womankind has her rights
most clearly defined and most jeal-
ously guardcd-,lr country where,
taking all in all. women are most
happy, most safe and best contented
he would name Turkey. II such u
selection startled his questioner, he
would quote from the Mohammedan
Civil Law precept after precopt, not
only favorable to women, but in the
highest degree protective Of thom and
equitable to all their claims.
Nor rs regards social privileges
have Turkish women any particular
reason nowadays TO envy their West.
crn sisters. In the middle and lower
classes they pass In complete free
dom about the towns and cities, pre-
serving only their incognito with the
"yashmak." or face veil. In the
upper circles this relic OF the past
and badge of responsibility has been
refined from thick mask into the
lightcst and flimsiest muslin, very
feebly conccaling the fair features
which often accompany the invaria.
bly, brilliant eyes. A Turkish lady
of the present time does not indeed
ride bicycle in knickerbockers, nor
read the novels OF the modern wo.
man, nor hunt, nor openly flirt; but
she comes and goes almost as she
pleascs, she plays ut ball by the
Sweet Waters" shops in the bazaar,
writes. embroidcrs. plays and sings,
and, above all, cooks skilfully. She
does not possess nor wish for some
Of the liberties OF the Western wo.
men, which she would call license. u
But better wives and mothers IRE
nowhere to be found than In some Of
the Mohammcdam homes, which often
enjoy in their placid and established
refinement peace and dignity un'
known to the restless life OF Europe.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26
IT REACHED the MINT.
a Bogus G sid Brick Which Passed
the Bank.

The branch mint In Denver re-
ceivcd u nice, big. shiny gold brick
from the First National Bank Of Al
buqucr ue. There were 500 ounces
In 1t. and the noted express value
was 5000. The true value for that
quantity of pure gold would be about
$ll 900.
When in due course the mint peo-
pie got around to melting that brick
60 determine it's value they ok
their hammers and chisels and pro-
ceeded to chop 1t up. They found il
hard and tough. They pounded 1t
and turned 1t around in various ways
and laoored over it, finally reducing
1t to pieces. All the time not u
thought entered their heads but that
it was all right, and into the refining
furnace it went. For five hours the
hottest fire that the resources of the
establishment could produce was
Kept at work. while the attendants
wiped the drops of perspiration from
their brows and wondered what was
the matter with the thing. When at
the expiration of the five hours there
was not trace of. gold in sight the
experts from high and low were SUM
moncd TO see what they could make
out Of it. Each applied all the tests
of his art, but ut last they were
compelled to give 1t up so far as find
ing any gold was concerned. and the
conclusion was forced upon them
that whatever the mysterious com.
pound might be it was not gold.
Then they set the mixture aside
and sa, around it waiting for II to
cool of, and wondering what the
bank people had paid for it, and
where they got it. After it was cool
the assayer tried his hand to determ-
inc what it really was made out Of,
and decided that there wasn't met.
al present except copper and zinc.
There was not the slightest indca.
ton of either gold or silver.
Stories of gold-brick swindlcs are
as oil rs gold itself, but this is the
first known instance where the fraud
escaped detection till the bogus
brick actually reached the mint
The Victims are usually persons af.
hictcd with the double burden OF
greed and greennoss, who are made
to believe that they are getting the
brick for less than its value. be cause
IL was stolen. About four years ago
. Denver lawyer had the nerve to at.
tempt to palm of bar Of anthony
as silver ut the branch mint here,
aud that is the only previous Incl
dent bearing close resemblance tc
the present affair.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26
NICHOLAS n. IN PEACE.
Vussia's 1ntcrcsts Arc at This I'll

Vussia's 1ntcrcsts Arc at This Time
All Opposed to War.
There is no safety In predicting any
turn In game In which a youthful
monarch of Russia holds q strong hand,
but. though many rumors have been
running around about the new Car,
Nicholas H., there seems no probable.
ity of his undertaking any infiammable
role, says Col. +. .. Dodge In the Fo.
rum. Russia has so much more to
gain by peace than war. Barely third
Of her army has the new sinall-bore
rifle. and II will be two years before
the other regiments are SO equipped.
Her revenues are none too great. Rus
sia needs her money for the great
Siberian railway. and she ought
not to blow 1t out of the mouths Of big
guns. No doubt there Is tension In
many of the international relations, but
that Is always present. and diplomats
are growing more reasonable. 1t Is
probable that what has been said Of
the character Of Nicholas Is In the main
true; and this should lead him to fol-
low In the footsteps Of his illustrious
father and make Russia still the dc
tator of peace.
No man will be rash enough to say
that war may not come. Every one Of
the continents has spots where an
accidental outbreak, the blundcr Of IN
overzealous servant. may work such q
hardship, actual or ideal, to some great
power as shall call for an excited dc.
mand for repnration. 1t Is then that
the effervcsccncc of journalists In
search of circulation or nOtOricty dc
most harm. The human animal. at
cording to his kind. Is the silliest Of
oil animals, IL we measure him rightly,
I know of no other that Is capable OF
such irrational freaks. and 1t Is on
these that peace or war hangs by q
hair. But, to resume. I do not believe,
despite all the talk. that there Is In the
present status of the world n set of
conditions which will lead to early war.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26

South Dakota has $1,000 farms. valued
at t70, 10000
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26
West Indian Supsrstitions.

To cross where four roads meet Mt
6 or u o'clock will bring misfor-
tune.
1t is-most unlucky to live in a cor
ncr house.
II you wish to enlarge your house,
never do so lengthwise; II you do, u
member OF your family will die.
II you break bottle OF olive oil,
you will have misfortune for seven
years: also II you kill a cat.
II you keep fowls. collect all the
eggs laid on Good Friday till the fol-
lowing Good Friday, then break
them. This viii insure great good
fortune.
fla dog bite you, 90 to lime tree,
select ripe lime. cut half OF it of,
and bury it; as this decays, so will
the dogs teeth. and no harm will
come TO you.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26
Brave and True.

General Sir Hope Grant, In his mar.
rative Of the Indian Mutiny. relates an
anccdote which docs equal honor to
himself and one of his native soldiers.
The British had been fighting all day.
driving the rebels before them. After
nightfall, however, party Of the rebels
made q new demonstration. and Gen.
eral Grant, seeing two Of his guns In
danger, collected few men and
charged. lie says:
A scpoy within Ave yards Of mo
fred ut my horse. and put a bullc,
through his body. 1t was singular he
did not aim Mt me; but probably he
thought It best to make sure Of kill.
Ing the horse, after which the rider
would fall into his hands rs u matter
of course.
I felt that my poor charger had re-
ccived his death wound, yet he gnl
loped OH for fifty yards through the
thrOng Of rebels, and then dropped
was In an awkward prcdicamcnt--
endorsed, surrounded by the enemy
and. owing to the darkness, ignorant
In which direction to procced--whcu
my orderly. n native horseman, Roopci
Khan by name. rode up to me and said
"Take my horse. 1t IL your only
chance Of safety"
I could not but admire Ills fine con
duct. lie was a IlindOstanec Mus
sulman, belonging to regiment the
greater part Of which had mutinied
ana 1t would have been easy for him
to kill me and 20 over to the enemy.
I refused this offer. and, taking d
firm grasp Of his horses tail, told
him to drag me out Of the crowd. This
he did successfully and with grca'
courage.
The next morning called him to my
tent, praised him for his gallant dc
havior, and offered him some littlt
money. lie declined 1t with great dig
nifty.
mo, sahib. I will take no money
he said, drawing himself up; but Il
you will get my commanding officer t.
promote me. shall be very grateful
lie was duly promoted, and receive,
also the sccond-class order OF merit.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26
Too Nice for an Athlete.

A "dude," who had never earned his
bread by the perspiration of his brow.
went into a'shop In Detroit, according
10 the Free Press, and stood YEARLY
before the counter.
IL want to purchase perspircr," he
said In q ladylike voice. rs the CLERK
came up.
"a what" asked the clerk.
"a perspirer," repeated the customer;
lone of those" he added, pointing to
what he wanted.
"Oh," said the clerk, "you mean u
sweater" and he sold him one ut tho
regular price.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26

~ VTeuS 1Aereicy WHr0uOuS0s
The Hereby Brothers Commission
Company have reopened their great
warehouse at 42S to 44S North Hal.
sted street, and have sent out the
following circular in connection
Herewith:
To consumers and dealers Of hay. oats. srain
-four. and feed Of all kinds:
We wish to cell your attention TO the fact
that II you do not buy your feed at our ware.
house you are unaware Of the benefits You can
derive by 20 doing.
We handle the best goods only and sell q
fock-bottom prices, for the many advantages
We have over other wholesale feed men ere so
great that IL enables as to sell hrst.o!ass goods
% cheap - others sell second-olass.
Our warehouse 10 the largest, handiest and
most complete hay and grain warehouse in the
city Of Chicago. covering one acre Of Ground
and situated on the c.. NJ. 4 81. p. n. n. tracks.
where We have our own private track and re-
ceivs oil our goods direct to our warehouse.
This 10 great advantage, % IL saves the o..
pense Of hauling, which 10 quite an item.
We have constructed, in addition 70 our
warehouse. the latest improved grain elevator
Uybtem, Wn1Cu uuI0o0e, elcvet0S ouO COuvoy0s
BY machinery. an our grain from cars on our
track difectto our elevator, without fehand-
ling. This 10 great labor saving, and adds
greatly to the value Of grain, % all Grain pass.
e. through our grain cleaner, which frees IL
from al dust and char. and leaves u perfectly
clean.
There 10 no waiting outside on the street n
cold and wet q our warehouse, - We have
provided large t'dveways for teams, and plenty
Of waiting rGg.s IN our warehouse. All oul
bins are elevated, 40 that you can drive under
them and put on . load in less than Ave min.
utcs.
We DO straight wholesale and retail mer.
camille business, and you will always ind ID
here. from Q. m. TO . D. m, ready 70 show you
our goods and give you prices. We invite you
TO call and examine our stock, look Of Out
cleaning and conveying machinery and see che
way We do business.
Thanking you for your past favors, and hop.
ing We may receive your orders. wo remain,
yours very respectfully.
HKREL.Y BROS. Commission %.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26
Improycd Varieties of Fruit.

Fruit IL being largely increased In
size and quality. 1t has been but Il few
years since the Wilson stra wberry was
the principal market variety. At the
present day 1t is difficult to select from
the large list the best for the market.
The size has also been SO largely In.
creased as to place the stra wberry by
the side OF the plum. In fact, there are
one or two varieties which are even
larger than the largest variety of plums,
on an sverage.-philadelpAia Record
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-26
Thunder Snakes In Texas.

On the great staked plains Of Texas
the thunder snakes arc said to make
great demonstrations just before,
during and after thunder storms,
alarming travellers even more than
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-31
THE IRArE MR. STAPLES.

Representative Staples made g
resolution offered by Mr.. Sutton to
have a special committee take the
report of the pine land commission
and digest it the opportunity for
saying that the GLOBE, in it's COM
ments on that report, was trying to
break down his influence with the
house and curtail his usefulness.
The gentleman from Dakota is
mistaken. We demur to his indict-
ment; we deny his allegations. 1t
may be adding to our offense, but
we must admit that we did not
know MIR. Staples, and were not
aware whether he had any influ-
ence or usefulness. In fact, while
we are admitting, we will go SO
far as to say that we neither knew
nor cared. He attaches too much
Importance to himself. Possibly it
is a case of megalomania.
Having thus cleared our skirts of
the felonious intent SO Wrongfully
charged on us, we will add that we
have conscientiously read the re-
port of the pine land commission of
which Mr.. Staples was SO valuable
a member. We did this without
thought of Mr.. Staples-as Staples
in our mind. We had been i'm
pressed by the busy tongue of rumor
with the expectation that the re-
port would contain matter that
would shake the state from Grand
Marais to Luverne. We were pain
fully disappointed. We had to say
so. We owed it to our readers to
say so. We gave them our calm
Judgment We sifted the few ker-
nels of wheat from the chaff. We
expect q vote of thanks from the
colleagues Of Mr.. Staples for the
labor we saved them.
Again, when we called the atten-
ton of our readers to the fact that,
unWittingly, we have no doubt,
these gentlemen had fractured the
constitution of the state of Mime
sofa by Withholding money that is
sacred to the school fund, to pay
lawyers and other expenses, we had
neither Mr.. Staples nor his influence
nor his usefulness in mind. but
simply our duty as a public newspa-
per. If We were wrong in our COM
ments or in our statements of fact,
or in our Interpretation of the con-
stitution, Mr.. Staples. not as Slap
pies, but as q member Of the COM
mission, might have made q better
defense by showing it than by ac-
cusing us of wishing to injure him
in any way. OF course, if these
facts are facts, and they break
down Mr.. Staples influence or i'm
pair his usefulness, he will see-and
if he does not his colleagues will
that his quarrel is with the facts,
and not with the GLOBE.
Mr.. Staples megaIomania led him
into the indiscretion of charging
that the GLOBE was the paid i'm
plement Of some pine land ring in
making what he is pleased to term
its attack on him. This accusation
calls for no other comment than
that Mr.. Staples naturally attributes
to others the motives for action that
he is himself most familiar with.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-31
INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY

International trade, in a broad
way, with minor exceptions, fol-
lows practically the methods Of a
clearing house. Products bought
and products sold offset each other
by a process of cancellation which
for. Aside from special emergencies,
the movement Of metallic money
backwards and forwards between
nations is but the shifting Of the bar
rels of sand upon a steamer from
one side to the other to trim the ship
Of trade and keep it on an even
keel. Thus far commerce has devel-
oped it's economical appliances to
save time and expense. The trans
mission Of gold is expensive, both in
the actual cost of transportation and
from the loss resulting from abra-
sion.
But thus far in the evolution Of the
methods Of trade no better one has
been devised for settling these inter-
national balances than by the inter-
C1tdll9Il1S VI SOlSi. IOAI ILL SCiAASo
John E. Hume in the American Mag
azine of Civics, and makes a strong
argument for the establishment Of
an international paper currency,
solvent and circulating in every
country that becomes party to the
agreement, and rendering, among its
other advantages, unnecessary the
transmission of gold to meet the or
binary processes of commerce. He
finds a precedent for this in the
treaties by which the universal post
al union has been negotiated, and
which for twenty years have been in
successful operation. He says that
there is no difference in principle be-
tween the nations honoring anoth-
er's stamps and honoring it's cur
rency. The bonds or consolS of ma
lions. which are of no higher obliga-
ton or sacredness than their notes,
circulate freely among their COM
mercial peoples.
If objection is made to the pol
icy of governments themselves unit
ing on an 1nlGfudIlOudl CuiI SilCy
the same end can be reached through
the authorization by the govern
ment of international banks. The
logic of progression Of the science
of finance, which has gone from a
metallic basis to the use Of paper
substitutes as equivalents, from a
state to a national currency, will
| carry it, unless it has ceased to be
progressive, to greater degree OF
utility in an International currency
| The Latin union, although it dealt
| only with metals, shows that there
is no inherent difficulty in the way
| Mr.. Hume makes a very strong and
| convincing argument in support OF
| his suggestion, but omits one Of as
| great value as any he mentions in
| it's influence upon the preservation
of peace among the contracting ma
| tons. International trade itself is
| conducive to peace, but when that
trade is united with an internationa,
/ currency the motive to preserve
| peace is immensely fortified.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-31
A MERITonfoUs BILL.

Representative Schurmeier has
proposed an amendment to the con-
stitution which omits from the cleo
tive franchise section that subdi-
vision giving the franchise to per
sons Of foreign birth who have de-
clared their intentions to become
citizens. The judiciary committee of
the house unanimously recommend
it's passage.
If this session accomplish nothing
else than the passage and submits
sion Of this amendment, it will have
justified it's existence. It's adoption
by the voters is certain. The extern
sion Of this privilege was the product
Of our earlier conditions, when i'm
migration was zeaiously encoura ged
and when the quality of immigrants
was much better than now. It was
an additional inducement for men to
come here that they could at once
take part in their government.
But conditions have changed. We
are no longer encouraging immigra-
ton. Our vacant lands are about
gone into occupancy. Then, of late
years the larger portion of our i'm
migrants is not Of a class desirable
for citizenship. With this has come
q repugnance, shared by those of
foreign as we'll as of native parent
age, to having the votes of those who
are citizens negatived by those of
men ignorant of our language in
different to our institutions, largely
voting cattle, selling their votes as
they would their labor, and with as
little compunction, hunted up by
political committees, and qualified to
vote at the expense Of the commit
tee, men who merely declare an in
tention to become citizens, and never
may.
The measure should have speedy
and secure passage through both
houses.