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and The Elizabeth Peabody kindergarten Normal
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MR. ERNEST LENT,
Piano. violin Theory Of Music,
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

a most interesting suit. In which n
discontinued husband seeks se,ara.
ton from four wives and a number of
children. has been filed In an Oklahoma
court. The plaintiff Ii u Cheyenne In.
dim whom civilization has brough, up
from the plug hat, calico shirt stage of
darkness Into the fullest privileges of
aboriginal dignity before the law. Yci.
low Bonnet Is the name OF this disnf.
fccted son OF nature who now lln,ls his
tepce too crowded. Under tribal con-
SESSIONS made to him he contracted the
marrying habit. and now under the
law Of the territory he seeks surccase
from u Job lot Of mOthcrs.in.law Mr..
Bonnet has been eating too much gov.
eminent beef. lie Ii feeling his oats.
When follower OF the Indian agency
cOmmlssarlat fails to harmOnize will,
the conditions which have 80 long made
that cOmmIssarlat necessary he needs
dieting. Give him less beef and more
OF that great social problem OF making
ends meet. Yellow Bonnet should he
suppressed. II he wants justice Of the
courts by all means let him have IT,.
Arrest him for blgamy on three counts
ana put him through the divorce mill
by way Of the annulling power Of u
term In the penitentlary. Imagine II
white citizen Of the country asking
for divorce from four wives at the
same time! He'd get two years apiece.
anyhow
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

II Is n national loss that has been SITS.
tanned In the death of Prof Chas. V.
Riley. who was known throughout the
country rs one Of the foremost ent0n,.
OlOgists IN the world. He was only iif.
ty-three years old. but for many years
had been the leader In chronological
research IN this country. Ills work was
especially valuable to farmers and fruit
growers. The worst enemies that they
have to contend with are insects. With.
IN the years that Prof. Riley had been
investigating them the number of de.
structivc insects had greatly increas-
cd. Mr.. Riley's death was sudden. DC.
casioncd by u fall from the bicycle
which he was riding.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05
THE SAKE 10 FiGHT FOR.

While good citizens will always de-
plOre ihuggcry, rOwdyism and black
guardlsm AZ the polls. and the conse
qi,ent degradation ana insult to the
law governing the franchise. II Is small
wonder, nevertheless, that the Repub
lean party managers should take an
UNIV onted interest In the convention
Of last Thursday, and the events which
led up 10 II. The Republican party
apparen Is IN the ascendency In COOK
County and Illinois. ana never before
Eas such II rich and inviting prospect
been spread before the eyes of the
spoilsnen of the party.
The nomination of fourteen delegates
IL II national convention. the selection
III a United States Senator. the election
of about half u dozen county officers
the naming Of n candidate for Cover
nor, aud other matters of import and
profit are all on the card for 1896. tn
control the convention means to control
the central committee. and This means
the party control during the rich har,
vest year Of 1895.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05
THE FIRST WARD PRIMARY

II must bc said that the primaries
held IN the First Ward on "Wednesday
last were particularly disgraccful To
the Republican party. Here the law
was totally and absolutely disrcgar'lcd
by one Of the factions. AMI that there
was net riot. biOotslicd and loss of life
NJ the start was due to tho Wise policy
pursued by the First Ward leader on
the county side. James Il. II. Van
Clcavc.
I lie moment the polling places In the
different primary districts were olci''i
they were assaulted by armed mobs of
tougl,s and plug.uglics who broke IN
from front ami rear. drove the Judges
and clerks from the polling places AMI
took possession of the books AMI ballot
boxes themselves. Tie moment thls
armed Invasion took place Mr. Van
Cleave lnd the word passed along the
line tn offer no opposition. but 80 leave
| quietly under protest when the thugs
broke In upon them. This they dill.
AMI thus was life AMI limb saved, De
cause had there been opposition offered
these rutiians who broke into the poll.
Ing places armed with knives. gums AMI
'.bil,ies" were prepared to sacrifice the
lives and limbs Of those who opposed
| them.
Mr.. Van Clcave pursued the better
policy. The regular Judges and clerks
will sign the proper credentials later
| on: certainly the credentials signed by
| the plng.uIlics who broke Intro the poll
Ing places and carried on the farce of
holding primaries will not hold good
In any dcccntly conducted convention
Or before any properly constituted
Board Of Review.
II must l,e said. too. that here. rs W, II
as elsewhere. the police arrangements
were excellent. chief Baicnocl's men
answering promptly and In sufficient
numbers In every instance In which
they were called upon. The days pro-
ceedings In this ward. however. we ~.
peat, are u disgrace to the Republican
party.
That tho leaders Of ono faction should
SEQ III to Gull to their aid the tOuglis Of
the South Side shows that " the Z. q. y.
II short of the peculiar talent which
these gentlemen can contribute 10 the
discussion Of political matters, It. Il not
because they want 10.
II may be mentioned that after tho
regular Judges and clerks had been
driven out OF Van cleave's own pre-.
clnct. the genial city Clerk himself he.
Ing compelled to ny to u place of refuge.
II Democrat was Installed rs one of tho
officiating officers Of tho law.
\ Democrat IN officer Of election III
n Republican primary!
What next:
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TIIE CHICAGO EAGLE.

which. during the past few weeks II,
has been disgraccd In the eyes of all
good citizens. give good grounds t.
Democrats for the hope that with u
really excellent ticket In the field and
u united AMI harmonious front to the
opposition the Democracy may br en-.
nbled even In the hour of Its defeat "a
once again plant its banners on the
citadel Of success. And after all. there
IL nothing succeeds like success. Onc
victory bcgrts another. and the turning
of the euciny's wing today may lead III
the rott Of his army tomorrow.
The great aud momentous year oi
1896 could not dawn more auspic!ously
upon the Democracy Of Cook than with
the light of victory. he II ever 81 small
In the skies.
over the camp which has been on
shrO,idcd during the last two year.
with the thunder clouds of defeat
threatening often unnihilation. u vie.
tory at the polls next November would
come like u rent In the clouds. through
which. IN 1S!Nj. there might pour tn,
full sunlight Of The noontitc of victory
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

Those enterprising Colorado folk who
dug up the remains of a fossil man be-
l;eved to he 10000 years old did very
well, hut II they had been more famll-
lar with scientific facts they would nor
have put their figures thus low. As
things go. 150.OOO years IL n long way
back. but II the cOniectlles 0f some az
our learned paleontologis,s bc Just $780,
900 years IL but II span Of the history of
the human family. There Is evidence
10 believe that man. armed with stone
spears, hunted or was hunted by the
rhin0cerous tlchorhinus and the clephns
prmigenius and was bitten to death
by the feroc!ous fossil dog fish, Draper
holds that the European man who wit
messed the last glacial epoch up,urned
his face to the sickly sun at least 25O,-
eco years ago, and there are not lacking
scientists TO maintain that the antiquity
Of the race Is 10,0OO,OOO years. "FOr,"
says Jolly, "what are the 1000 years
which have elapsed since the f0inda-
ton of Thebes with its hundred gates?
What are the 5000 or at most G,OO0
years admitted by archaeOlogis,s as the
age Of the pyramids ana the statues of
Schafra ana ia em-ke? or what nc.
count even are the siXty-siX centuries
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

All our public men who have given
the subject Of forestry careful ana In.
telllgent attention IRE unanimous IN
the opinion that public opinion should
b. fully aroused to Its Importance. In
II letter to the American Forestry Az.
ISOLATION, ex-senator Edmunds writes;
"The subject of forestry II Of immense
Importance to the future welfare OF
all our cOuntrymcn. as well In Vermont
rs In the arid regions of our cO,,n.
try. ] have seen In Europe much of
the remediless evils Of stripping the
hills ana mountain sides of their for.
ests great or small. and l have seen, in
our temperate ana we'll tered climate
Of Vermont how great has been the
loss from reckless timber cutting. The
devastatlOns Of q dozen years can harl.
~ he repaired In half century, and so
every energy of reason and persuas sion
ought to be brought to bear upon tho
public intelligence to avert the evils
that so seriously threaten large part>
OF the republic from the destruction of
the forests"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

Alex. ]. Jones was born Oh Il farm
In Sungamon County. July 1iti. 1850.
of Kentucky parents. At the age Of IL
he entered the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis. on the nornina.
ton Of Congressman Springer. ~ u ra.
Diet m!!lshipnan. but resigned after n
years service nnd shipped us u seaman
aboard u merchantmen for Australia.
Having sailed around the world ~ II
sailor before the mast. he returned 10
Illinois In 1SSO. ana began teaching
school. Later he spent two years In
France and other European countries.
anu returning. In 1SS4.s5.Si was en-.
plOycd successfully on the New York
Tribune. the Chicago Times and tho
Chicago Inter Ocean. finally going to
Washington a. clerk of the COMMITTEE
ON Claims Of the House. In 1858 he
was appointed by President Cleveland
ns United States consul at Barrauauil.
In. Colombia. South America. and held
this office until the expiration of The
Cleveland administration. He then nc
cepted u position on the Chicago Times.
ana In 1880 to 1S,s. was manager Of the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

A voyage to the moon IL the latest pro.
jcct which IL seriously put forward ~
the browning point Of the exhibition Of
1000. NJ. MantOis. Its author. does not
propose to carry passengers TO the
lunar regions In nm aerial car. but he
expects to bring down the moOn to tho
reach of people whose vision extends.
say six miles from the earth. The pla n
Ia to construct telescope nearly 900
feet In length. The objective glass viii
have diameter OF something over
four feet three inches. the largest In
the world. The colossal tube will b.
placed horizontally, and the image Of
the moon will he reflected by what Is
termed u mirror plane, six feet n diam.
ctcr and fifteen inches thick. The
weight would he 5000 pounds. The
special feature Of the Idea II that the
image of the moon should he thrown
upon a screen placed IN u hail large
enough TO hold 600 spectators. AS.
trOnOmers calculate that with mn ap.
paratus 0f these dimensions II will bc
possible tn discern easily objects OF
the size Of the NOtre Dame Catliedra.
towers. ana to distinguish the cvOlu.
tons Of II lunar regiment. Should the
opening OF the twentieth century be
slgnalizcd by volcanic eruptIOns In tlc
mountains of the moon, visitors to lac
exhibition would have u grand spec.
taclc.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

"rrnth," Of London. looks down upon
yankee yachting" with u superior air,
ana observes with II contemptu0us
sniff: when American yachtsmen con.
ceIve II consistent with their dignity
and the fulfllment OF their trusteeshlp
rs holders of the Americas cup to chal.
lenge the world to race under fair con.
ditions. on Il free open course, accept,
ors will not be wanting on this side"
As the Defender syndicate has offered
to resail the cup races, In the language
OF Mr.. Iselin, ''at any place, at any time
and under any conditions agreeable to
Lord Dunraven," 1t would be interest.
ing to know how much more It would
take to satisfy British ideas OF sports
manship. Perhaps "Truth" would Ike
to have the cup sent over to England
by express, charges prepaid, before the
race,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

The mind Of children IL the tendercst
holiest thing this side Of heaven. And
IL 1t not to be approached with gentle
ness, with love, yea, with lcart.wOr
ship Of the God from whom. In almOs,
angel Innocence. 1t has proceeded? A
creature undcfiled by the faint OF the
world. invoked by It's injustice. un.
wearlcd by Its hollow plcasurcsi Il be.
Ing fresh from the source of light. with
something Of universal luster In It: II
childhood be this. how holy the duty ia
see that, In Its onward growth, 1t shall
DO no otl'er!--tO stand as II watcher u,
the temple. lest any unclcan thing
should cn.C: II,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

Holland DISTINGUISHES n citizen if llc
IL absent from the country ten years
ana during that lime does not formally
notify the proper authority that lie
wishes to continue to be regarded as II
citizen. Great Britain does not No ensi
" give up hcr claim to the loyalty OF
her subjects. 4 man may count upon
her protection ON tho ground that Ills
grandfather was by birth and allegi.
ance nm Englisliman. even though he
and his father We're both born and have
always lived on foreign soil. but with.
out being naturalixed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

Tho claimants for the money which
Great Britain bullIed Nicaragua out Oi
are being paid on In Jamaica. Britain
does not. at least. hang on to the money
she collects for her citizens, as som,
other countries do. She should not bc
TOO prompt In payment, however. Sht
might encourage some Of the more en-
terprislng OF her people to make busl
ness OF going around and making them.
selves obnoxious to small countries. In
order to he expelled and then collect
damages. Some people might make
quite u good living that way.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

Tho new territory opened up by the
Russian railroad through siberia IL
being occupied as fast az the road Is
extended. Last year 1W.OOO Russians
left their homes and voluntarily took up
their residences In the land Of exile.
siberian soil Is rich. dark loan. and
IL moro productive than the lOng.cul.
tivated soils Of Russia. It IL probably
from the new regions In siberia rather
than from the old wheat lands of Rus.
sla that the chief competition Of Amcri.
can farmers In wheat production will
come In future. II II expected that the
new railroad to the Pacific will he com.
plctcd In three or four years.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

When We meet persons who seem 10
be endowed with goodness, We wait,
and II. Cfter waiting, we find that they
are what they seem to he. whether the
goodness Is native TO them, or whether
1t IL implanted In them by Divine grace
If we lind that their bent II llappi.
ess-prO1ucing--if We find that they arc
just the same under trials AID tcmpta.
tons rs under other experiences we
cannot. no matter who we are or VIVA
we are, help adniiring their character.
and feeling Its power. II Is more than
u sermon; 1t Ia more than a rcbukc. II il
more than anything that comes In the
shape OF eXpOsitOry truth.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

Tho armorcd cruiser Maine IL now In
commission and tho battleship Texas
preceded her u short time ago. The
entry Of these two vessels into active
service IL an Important event In our
naval history. Their construction was
authorized nine years ago. ut Il time
when we had not an csta blishment In
the country capable OF Turning out their
arnhOr, or the fOrglngs for their guns.
1t was considered u great undertaking.
then To build IN armOrcd ship of he.
tween 5000 and 1000 tons. and It was.
Many people regarded the Maine and
Texas IN white elephants. and predict.
oil that they would never be finished.
Now we have gone far beyond them.
but although we should not think of
repeating their designs the Maine and
Texas are stlll powerful ships. Infinite.
~ superior to anything We had In the
navy before their time. They should
be serviccablc for twenty or thirty years
20 como
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The Secretary NJ Agriculture Is Of
opinion that "wheat Will no. bc here.
after our cereal product" lie says IN
all probability wheat will remain at
relatively low figures for all time I"
come except when there are failures Of
the crop IN countries which furnls! II
large part of the total supply. The
great competitors of the United States
IN the production and sale of wheat are
the Argentine Republic. Australasia.
and Russia. The capabilities Of the
last named country us n bread pro,luccr
are beyond computation. Already
American farm implements and ma
chinery are finding large sale In that
empire. and permanently established!
agencies Of the great reaping and 9th.
er manufacturing concerns Of the Uni.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05
WHiCH IS THE PARIYOFDsCsWCy2

II Is now IN order for the leaders Of
the local Democracy to ask the editors,
Of the great duilips whether al the
go,llIncss. picty. law.lOving character
ist!cs with which the Almighty has
gifted mankind has been cornercd by
and belongs exclusively to the Rppub.
lean party. AMI whether all the black.
auardism. rowdyism and tlIuggery that
has afflicted humanity since the ins,i.
tuition Of American politics belongs TO
the Democracy.
The same question II doubtless sug.
gestIng itself just now 10 the great
body NJ American citizens who. when
I'LL the ructiOns ut the primaries are
over. do the selecting AMI electing Of
tho candidates. II may be that this
question properly ruinlnated over may
bear unexpected fruit next November.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

picking and marketing. An enormous
quantity of the fruit has been allowed
10 fall from the trees and rot where 1t
fell. Yet all this time there Ii a good
market for dried plums at price which
would have given them slxpencc per
pound for the fruit. England annually
pays two and quarter million dollars
for dried plums imported from France.
A few years ago some Americans. motto.
Ing how much fruit was allowed ia
waste In seasons Of low prices. tried to
sell evapOratOrs. such as are used by
the thousands In this country. 1t was
found Impossible to arouse any interest
among English farmers In this subject.
and the attempt to Introduce American
evnporntors for fruit drying was aban.
IOupt
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05

attributed to the great pyramid of SAX
kara! All these dates. surprising them
to he accurate and established by proof
are nothing In comparison to the geo.
logical ages during which European
man left the traces of his dawning In.
dustry. and even his own remains
which We lind In the diluvium of the
caves and valleys, perhaps even In the
pliOccnc and miOccne strata of the
tertiary beds" One hundred and fifty
thousand years. what youth! A mere
infant fossil. The Colorado diggers
have found no archaeological wonder
They have discovered the new man."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-05
rs ST0CkYARDS MONEY Mi0HIiER
1HAN the Law?

As might have been expected. the wa.
ter steal investigation by the Grand
Jury has come to naught. By u vote Of
IL to I on Wednesday las: and immedl.
atcly after Attorney Rush. of the. Civic
Federation had Informed the Grand
Jury that he had the strongest proof
that several big Stock Yards Trans had
been guilty ~ stealing water by mill.
Ions Ut gallons from the water mains.
the Grand Jury decided by the over
whelming majority mentioned above to
drop the matter altogether.
The Stock Yards packers are very
rich.
Immediately after this the same
Grand Jury voted to in,lict for murder
Two men named Cough aud Anderson.
formerly attendants az the Dunning
Insane Asylum. charged with mlsusing
a patient there named Puck. II took
little or no evidence 10 Bring about the
Indic;nlen; Of these two men.
Cough and Anderson are very poor.
Alas. what commentary upon our
system Of justice does the average citi-
Zcn lind here. Is II not enough to cause
the most patriotic American To blush
for the Institutions of his country when
he finds blaZoned upon the records 0f
tho fountain head of Justice In the
greatest city of the republic that there
IL one law for the rich ana another for
the poor? Or. rather that there Is NO
law for the rich, while It's hand lies
heavy Oh the necks Of the poor.
II Is Il sin and an outrage and the
body Of men who have shown them.
selves 10 be the cOntemptlble licksplt-
ties are unworthy American citizen
ship. II the County Board, which ia
responsible for this body. has any re-
gard for It's own reputation, It should
take special pains To see to 1t that not
one of them Is ever drawn for service
on the Grand Jury again.
III there IL u crime that deserves pun
ishment Of the severest kind II II this
very one ~ which the HrOck Yards hog
merchants are accused. Stealing In
millions Of gallons the water for which
other citizens, the professional man.
the mechanic, the laborer. all who own
ft I4ltIf HDHles Ut Ibulu idAtS Ut rent,
had 10 pay AMI pay dearly. Stealing
water from the mains In such enormous
quantities aud by the use of powerful
machinery on their premises that the
pumping stations We're unable 10 keep
the mains flled ana residents Of the
ne.ghborhood were threatened time
ana again with water famine.
stealing water from the mains by
millions Of gallons per day. while resi-
dents of the West side were unable 10
yet drop 81 tile second fats Of the
buildings there.
Stral!ng water from the mains IN
such quantities that administration af.
ter administration has been compelled
10 put In new aud easily pumping sta.
Hons az the expense VI The resi- of the
community.
Stealing water from the mains. and
doing II knowingly by means Of pines
connected with the mains by their own
W"rkmen NJ dead Of night These are
Inc oifenses Of which these potentates
~ the yards are accused before the peo.
pie, aud yet they are allowed 10 go free
They have demonstrated that In Cook