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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-23
Cat Racing.

Down at Panama the great holiday
game Is cat racing. In several OF
the gardens there are houses or
sheds, about 100 yards long, and In
the center OF these IRE boarded of
spaces like a bowling alley, but
wider. From end to end of each Of
these are stretched tightly ten thin
steel wires, and ut the extreme end
OF each is a number. which on being
touched flies up. When the races
take place each cat Is fitted with u
leather collar, at the top OF which Is
an eyelet, through which Is threaded
one OF tho wires, so that each wire
has one cat on 1t. Firecrackers are
attached to the tail OF each cat and
fired simultaneously. The cats give
II despairing howl and rush away In
the only direction possible. namely
straight ahead, guided by the wire
The further they 60 the steadier tn:
crackers explode and the faster the
poor cats fly, until one OF them pass
es under the wire. or rather the &C.
centric which works the numbers
and sends up the winning signal.
Some OF the cats have split second
records, but they cannot be worked
very often or they lie down and let
the fireworks have all the fun.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-23
A Curious Clock.

A curious clock has been made by
. clockmaker at Warsaw named Gold.
faden, who has worked ut 1t six years.
The clock represents u railway sta.
ton, with waiting rooms for the trav.
eler, telegraph and ticket offices, q
pretty, well lighted platform and q
Hover garden, In the center OF which
is sprinkling fountain Of clear water.
Past the railway station run the
lines. There are also signal boxes,
signals, lights and reservoirs - In
fact, everything that belongs to u rail-
way station, to the smallest detail.
In the cupolo of the central tower
Is II clock which shows tho time Of
the place. two clocks In the side Gu.
polo show the time ut New York aud
Pekin. and on the two outermost
towers IRE II calendar and baroms.
ter. Every quarter OF an hour the
station begins to show signs OF life.
First Of all, the telegraph official be.
gins to work. He dispatches u telc.
gram stating that the inc Is clear.
The doors open, and on the platform
appear the station muster and assist.
ant; the clerk Is seen ut the window
of the ticket Office, and the policemen
come out of their boxes and close the
barriers.
A long line of people forms ut the
ticket Office to buy tickets; porters
carry luggage; bell is rung, and then
out of the tunnel comes u train, rush.
Ing into the station, and after the
engine has given shrill whistle,
stops. A workman goes from car.
riage to carriage and tests the axlcs
with u hummer. Another pumps
water into the boiler Of the engine.
After the third signal with the bell
the engine whistles and the train
disappears in the opposite tunnel .
the station master and his assistant
leave the platform, and the doors OF
the waiting room close behind them
the pointsmen return to their boxes,
and perfect stiffness prevails, till, in
II quarter OF IN hour, the whole is
repeate d.-New York Advertiser.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-23
He was instructed to examine into

He was instructed to examine into
the conditions and surroundings, ~
learn whether or not the country could
probably maintain itself as an indie.
pendent nation, what its commercial
and political relations and prospects
were, and matters of this character.
coming down to u later period
there are numerous instances, some
of which have proven successful, some
otherwise. There was the mission of
General Grant and Mr.. Trescott to
Mexico, for instance. which was sue.
cessful in The matter Of treaty MAX
ing. but unsuccessful as to final re.
suits. The treaty which they framed
was so worded that it should only
become operative on the enactment
Of certain legislation by their respect
i've governments, and us this involved
tariff legislation in this country 1t
has, Of course been like a red rag
before bull whenever Haunted In
the faces Of either party in Congress.
This is perhaps. the only occasion In
the more recent history Of the coun-
try ut least. in which an ex-l'resident
entered upon duty OF this sort. An.
other mission in more recent years
Is that Of President Grants private
secretary. Babcock, to Port-au-Prince
In the interests Of annexation. Still
another was the trip Of Prescott and
Walker Blaine. to Peru and Chill,
several years ago, which attracted
attention ut the time; also Mr., Tres.
colts peace negotiations between
Peru aud Chilli. which were brought
to somewhat sudden and unsatis-
factory ending by q recall and an an
nounccment of the same ut an unex-
pected moment.
OF course the more recent develop.
ments nrc fresh in the minds of the
public, especially that of Special
20 missioner Blourt to Hawaii.
Ordinarily the missions Of special
agents, or secret agents, are under.
taken without tho knowledge Of the
public, but in the case OF Mr.. Blount
tho facts leaked out to the press In
some way and absolute secrecy was
impossible.
Special agents are a costly
luxury Their expenses Of travel and
living are necessarily high, and
they are class Of men. us u rule
VINO must be well paid for their serv-
ices. The sums under the sig
niticant title Of approved by the
President" are usually large, and the
secret history OF their expenditure
would be extremely interesting In
many cases.-St. Louis Star.Sayings.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-23
A VETERAN ENGINE.
Il Drank Water and OutiivOa Eieht
Masters,

Masters.
] once had curious and instruct.
Two conversation with an engineer
who then had charge Of large sta
tionary engine. IL was beautiful
engine, and worked us true us steel
could work. The man surprised me
by telling me II had been ut work for
ninety years, land do you know"
he added, sit has had eight masters;
] am the eighth who his had the care
Of IL; the others are all either dead or
worn out, and yet 1t goes on Us II 1t
were as young US ever. Very strange,
sir, isn't 1t, that an engine should
live SO much longer than man; and
1t Is not hard work for us either, or
exposed work, for the room Is always
warm and comfortable, and the place
Is, OF course, clean and light"
What did the men die frOm?'
asked.
"Wcll. three or four, ! am afraid,
died Of drink, another OF bad temper
another OF worry, and so on, but the
engine went on all the same" The
fate OF the engine, its long lifo and
continuous industry, puzzled the
man. He often in his lonely hours
thought OF it, and wondered how
many men would follow him before
the engine began to break down. 1t
did not puzzle me. That engine
worked great many hours u day
truly; but it was equable In Its work;
1t never ran loose; 1t was true In its
vocation; 1t was as bright as u new
pin. clean In every point; 1t was serv-
cd with the best but simplest fuel
food; it had its furnace tubes clear;
1t was saved from friction by having
its parts properly oiled, and it drank
nothing but water. So 1t lived on
through nearly three generations,
and with good chance Of living
through three more; it was allowed,
in fact, to make the most OF its
physical life,
Its masters did not make the most
OF their lives; they might have been
somewhat Industrious, but they were
not so orderly, SO true, SO steady, so
clean as they made the engine; they
had not learned so we'll how to find
the best food to drink for their own
labor as had been found for the
engine; they did not make the most
OF their lives, and therefore they
stopped. but the engine went, still
merrily, on its way.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-23
Intelligent Teams.

The Electrical World, OF New York,
tells this story: "A team pulling a
loaded farmers wagon on the way to
the Wallabout market went slowly
along the car tracks In Broadway,
Brooklyn, the other night. The
driver was asleep. A car came up
behind the wagon. The motorman
pounded the gong vigorously. The
team turned out OF the tracks, while
the driver kept on slumbering.
When the car passed the team re-
turned to the tracks. You can see
that every night, said policeman.
The teams are just as intelligent as
the driver himself. When once the
farmer reaches Broadway, and he
knows he has an intelligent team, no
feels safe and goes to sleep. Tho
horses know the ring OF the trolley
cars, and know lust what II means ."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-23
eUeFALo Sims SCARCE.
Robes Now Made Of Wolf. aaeoeoN
and Fox Fur.

and FOX Fur.
"Buffalo skins?" said a clerk at a
fur store In answer to an inquiry By
Sun reporter. They are prncti-
cally out OF the market. No new
ones come IN now and the few that
we have on hand are old ones that
find their way to the furrier's. The
price of good buffalo skin Is from
$50 to $50. They used to be made
extensively into fur coats for driving
and rough winter travelling, but suck
a coat now Is rarely seen except
IN out OF the way northern localities.
where many old ones are still In use.
Raccoon skins have taken the place
Of buffalo skins in the making OF
overcoats, but the fur coat is not much
used now anywhere except in Min
nesota and the British dominions.
There Is some demand for fur Innings,
for which mink and Persian lamb are
used, and sometimes Hudson Bay
sable. which costs from 800 to 81 900
for n coat. As you will readily infer,
the buffalo driving robe has become
scarce and valuable. The gray wolf
skins are moro abundant.
"For robes and for ladies' furs the
skin Of the wolverine, of foxes OF all
kinds, raccoons, the Australian opos.
sum Of u smooth mouse gray tint,
and the young kangaroo, all furnish
material. Almost every thing In the
way of fur may be used for boas and
muffs. Here are solle old skins from
the Cars dominions used in trim
mings and Innings; the Russian ham.
ster, q kind of marmot yellowish
brown of color, with the under part
black; aud tho Siberian squirrel,
gray, with white underside. These
arc some furs used in trimming" and
he pointed out, in an array Of sam.
Piles hanging against the wall the
skins of the wolverine, Of u rich light
brown; the stone marten, blush
brown; the Persian lamb, OF natural
black; the astrakhans, krimmer md
pinhead; the badger, \ beautiful sill
yer gray with black daslies; and the
fisher, a rare fur, u little darker than
sable.
This bison's head Is worth $780,"
uc WeuU VII. HcSe HeuuS vi tuS
moose, deer and caribou IRE merely
ornamental features OF our place, for
the skins scarcely come In our line
OF stock. But they IRE worth look
ing ut. Notice the moses magnifi-
cent antlers and that peculiar pro-
tuberancc above his muzzle. There
In the caribou's antlcrs observe the
fiat, shovellike prones that push
straight out from their base In front
OF his forehead. These he uses as
shovels to dig away tho snow from
tho plants and MOSES he feeds on.
He Is the American reindeer, fitted to
get his living ut all seasons in the far
north. Look Mt his muz.le, how 1t Is
protected from the cold by fine white
hair completely covering 1t down to
tho lips. It's the only animal know
Of that has this popularity.
1--WE have no head OF tho musk OK,
but here Is the skin OF one which ID
rare, "and the clerk held up skin,
somewhat larger than large sheep
skin, covered with long hair, deep
brown In color, beneath which was u
wool exceedingly thick ami fine. Up
on the back, between the shoulders,
was u natural spot OF lighter tint.
"This skin Is worth S65 for rug" he
said. ut came from the Arctic re.
yions-Northern Asia, think"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-23
Irish Farmlne.

Ireland supplies England with .
large number OF meat animals and
quite a quantity OF work horses. Sta
tistics tell us that during the first
eleven months OF 1894 75S, 900 cattle
crossed the channel from Ireland ia
England, to be sold and slaughtered
In the various English markets.
The number OF sheep fell of to 922,.
600, compared with l,O54, 900 during
the corresponding eleven months
1893. 1t Is said that the English
have taken quite a liking to Irish
pork, as in 1894 1t took 495, 900 hogs
to satisfy their appetite for hams.
pork tenderloins, bacon, etc. In
1894 England took 82. 1857 Irish work
horses to be used In its large cities. ..'
New York Witness.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-23
The Great nere,e, werehouss.

The Great Hereby Warehouse.
The Hereby Brothers Commission
Company have reopened their great
warehouse at 42s to AS North Hal.
sted street, and have sent out the
following circular In connection
Herewith:
TO consumers and dealers Of hay, oats, grain,
-four, and feed Of oil kinds:
We wish to cell your attention TO the fact
that II you do not buy your feed ct our ware.
house you ere 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 are 90
great that IL enables us to sell nrst.c!ass goods
% cheap - others sell second.class.
Our warehouse IL 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 80. p. n. n. tracks,
where We have oar own private track and re.
ceivs Oil our goods direct TO our warehouse.
This 10 great advantage, - II raves the q.
pense Of hauling. which IL quite On item.
We have constructed, in addition 70 our
warehouse, the latest improved grain elevator
system, which unloads. elcvates and conveys,
By machinery, On our grain from cars on our
track directto our elevator, without rshand.
ling. This 10 great labor saving. and adds
greatly to the value Of grain, % all grain pass.
% through our Grsin ole amer, which frees II
from oil dust and chan. and leaves u perfectly
clean.
There 10 no WAITING outside on the street IN
cold and wet % our warehouse. - We have
~ Ga "a A~a>~
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-23

Summer Train Service via Wisconsin Cen.
trail
Effective May q. To Waukesha
and lake resorts $40 q. M, 1:26 D.
NJ, 3:46 p M, 8 p. m. To St. Paul,
Minneapolis, Ashland, and Pacific
Northwest Cos p. m, ll:46 p m.
To Duluth COS ,. m.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-01-11
no BE Continued
NEW YEARS IN PARIS.
How Pietl,oric Poclsetbool<s Are Emptc
CA Poor People.

How Picthoric PocketboolSs Are Empticd
On Poor People.
Every one uttors IL sigh of relief when
New Years is over. 1t is the day when
millions of francs change pockets and the
well to do the next morning think that
the saying 1t is better to give than to re-
ccivc," is poor sOlace for the contcmpla-
ton of an empty pocket. Any man, wom-
an or child having done anything directly
or indirectly fer the bourgeois appeals 10
him for his "etronnos Ragpickers,
street swCopors, gas men, telegraph boys,
letter carriers, servants of ones own house.
hold, servants Of houses in which you
have been entertained during the year, all
expect New Years money, and tho custom
OF giving has been one of so long standing
that it is thought legally due, at least by
those who receive. Men on that unfortu-
nate day arc moro tired than women.
They must 9jYo to every one, little and
big, to their BARRIERS, their bootblacks, to
the men who servo out their drinks, to cv-
cryb0dy in thoir employ. For rich bache-
lOrs it is the season OF torture. They not
only have the outlGys OF married men, but
muse mako expensive presents i'll the
shape Of bonbonnicrcs flied with the most
expensive bonbons and flowers to every
woman whose dinners they have eaton and
whose pipcr5 have made them dance dur
ing tho year. Not only must these perish
ing things have M intrinsic yaluc for va
ricty and originality, but they. must bear
the seal OF somo expensive house on the
Grandc boulevard, which, well aware
that bargaining is not in order and that
it is harvest ti.nc, makes no scruple about
putting tho most Outrageous prico on the
bills. II Il 40 wonder that many of them
about Now Years arc unexpectedly called
away TO tho country or tho deathbcd of
some distant unclo or cousin.
EMMA RUIIET
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-01-11

I tainccrs inside the church, dressed in their
festal clothes and each ono holding a
lighted candle, sing tho old Cevenol hymn
beginning, might more beautiful than
day ana the oxen, tho COWS, sheep and
goats arc driven to take their places in
long rows before tho open portico'of the
church. Mass is then celebrated in tho usu-
al manner, bat when tho ''Ita MESA est"
Is pronounced the priest once moro raises
tho host, and chanting the "Magniflcat"
marches toward the door, followed by tho
whole congregation. The drivers and
shepherds tall upon their knees, and an
acolyto with a holy water sprinkler walks
through the ranks of the believing and
bleating animals and anoints them with
tho holy ilnid. Moved by some unknown
instinct or excited by this ceremony, tho
animals, which have been lying down, rise
To their feet, Whilo the venerable euro
blesscs thom. The ceremony concludes
with loud hosanna, in which every ono
joins, and the sound, mingled with tho
voices of tho animals, is echoed from tho
surrounding hills
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-01-11
(coNTINUED.1
CHAPTER XVIII.

The sun is not an hour high, but the
bivouac ut the springs is far behind.
With advance guard and flanllers we'll
out, the regiment is tramping its way,
full of eagorness and spirit The men
can hardly refrain from bursting into
song, but although at ''route stop the
fact that Indian scouts have already
been sighted scurrying from bluff to
bluff is sufficient to warn all hands to
be silent and alert. Wilton, with his
company, is on the dangerous flank and
guards it well. Arnitagc, with Com.
pany B, covers tho advance, and his
men are strung ont in long skirmish
line across the trail wherever tho ground
is sufficiently open to admit of deploy-
ment. Where it is not, they spring
ahead and explore every point where
indian may Turk and render ambuscado
of the main column impossible. With
Armitage is Mcleod, the cavalry SER
geant who made the night ride with
the scout who bore the dispatches. The
scout has galloped on toward the railway
with news of the rescue; the sergeant
guides the infantry reinforcement.
Observant men have noted that Armi-
tage and the sergeant have had vast
deal to say to each other during the
chill hours of the early morn. Others
have noted that at the first brief halt
the captain rode back, called Colonel
Maynard to one side and spoke to him
in low tones. The colonel was seen Ia
start with establishment. Then nc said
few words to his second in command
and rode forward with Armitage to join
the advance. When the regiment moved
on again and the head Of column hove
in sight of the sllirmishers, they saw
that the colonel, Armitage and the ser
geant of cavalry were riding side by
side, and that the officers were paying
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-01-11

hc supposed, and nc haa no compunc.
tions in sending him to grass Then no
He'd again, knowing that he had only
mado bad worc, walked ali that night
20 the station next Eorth of Sablon--a
big town, Where the early morning
train always stoppod---and by 10 on
Sunday morning he was in uniform
again and of with his regimental com
raGCs under orders 60 haste to their sta
tioi,--thcro was trouble with the In
disps at Spirit Rock, and the It'll
were held III readiness. From beneath
his scouting shirt he draw q fat packet,
an indian case, which he carefully un-
rolled, and there III it's folds of wrap
pings was tho lovely dir -'AiTu photo.
graph.
Whose, Shcli, v7ls tho one that Sloat
had seen il Jerroid's room? 1t was this
that Armitago had gone forward to de-
termine, and he found his sad eyed
lieutenant with the skirmishers.
"Jerrold," said he, with softened
manner ga strange thing is brought to
light this morning, and l lose no time
in telling you. The man who was seen
at Maypard's quarters, coming from
Miss Renwiclz's room, was her own
brother and tho colonel's stepsca. He
was the man who took the photograph
from Mrs Maynard's room and has
proved it this very day, this very
hour" Jerrold glanced up in sudden
surprise. sic is with us now, and only
ono thing remains, which you can clear
up. We are going into action, and
may not get through, nor you, nor
who knows who. Will you tell US now
how you cano by your copy of that
photograph
For answer Jerrold fumbled in his
pocket q moment and drew forth two
letters.
81 wrote these last night, and it was
my intention to see that you had them
before it grew very hot. One is adj
dressed to you, tho other to Miss Beau
bien. You had better take them now,"
he said wearily There may be no
time to talk after this. Send hers after
it's over, and don't read yours until
then. -
"Why, don't understand this exact
ly," said Armitage, puzzled. Cant
you tell me about the picture?''
''No, promised not to while l lived,
but it's tho simplest matter in the
world, and no one at the colonel's had
hand i'll it. They never saw this one
that l got to show Sloat. 1t is burned
now. said twas given me. That
was hardly tho truth. have paid For
it dearly enough"
And this note explains it?'
eyes. You can read it tomorrow.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-01-11

n -dT1nltQge ana the sergeant or cOCUVU
ecerc riding side by side.
close attention to all the dragon wa'
saying All were eager to hear the par
ticulars of the condition Of affairs at tho
corral, and all were disposed to be en-
vious of tho mounted captain who could
ride alongside the one participant i'll tho
rescuing charge and get it all at first
hand. The field officers, of course, were
mounted, but every line officer marched
;afoot with his men, except that three
horses had been picked up at tho rail
way and impressed by the quartormaster
in case of need, and these were assigned
to the captains who happened to COM
mand the skirinishers and hankers.
But no man had the faiutcat idea
what manner Of story that tall sergeant
was telling 1t would have been Of in
terest to every soldier in tho command,
but to 10 one so much so us to the two
who wcro his absorbed listeners. Armi
tage, before their carly march, had
frankly and briefly set before him his
suspicious as to the case and the trouble
in which Hiss Renwick was involved.
No time was to be lost. Any moment
might find them plunged in fierce bat
tie, and who could foretell the results,
who could say what might happen
to prevent this her vindication ever
reaching the ears of her accusers? Some
men wondered why it was that Colonel
Maynard sent his compliments to Cap
tain Chester and begged that at the next
halt lie would join him. The halt did
not como for long hour, and when it
did come it was very brief, but Chester
received another message and went for
ward to find his colonel sitting in lit
tie grove with the cavalryman while the
orderly held their horses short space
away. Armitago had gone forward to
his advance, and Chester showed no sur
prise at the sight of tho sergeant seated
f. side by side with tho colonel and in con-
fidential converse with him. There was
q quaint sly twinkle in Maynard's eyes
as he greeted his old friend.
"Chester," said he, 81 want you to be
better acquainted with my stepson, Mr.
Renwick He has an apology to make to
you"
The tall soldier had risen the instant
he caught sight Of the newcomer, and
even at the half playful tone Of the colo
mel would relax in no degree his soldier
ly sense of the proprieties He stood
erect and held his hand at the salute,
only very slowly lowering it to take the
one so frankly extended him by the cap
tain, who, however, was grave and quiet
II have suspected as much since day
break, he said, "and no man is glad
der to know it is you than am"
"You would have known it before,
sir, had | had the faintest idea of the
danger in which my foolhardiness had
involved my sister. The colonel has told
you of my story. have told him and
Captain Arlnitage what led to my mad
freak at Sihley, and while have much
to make amends for | want to apologize
for the blow gave you that night on
the terrace. was far more scared than
you were, sir. !"
II think we can afford TO forgive