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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
contemporary laments the fact that

A contemporary laments the fact that
In rebuilding the Hartford her identity
as Farragut's flagship has been destroy.
cd, and hence that the object Of the up
prOpriat ton for her reconstruction has
been defeated. 1t Ii unfortunate. of
course, hut what else could have been
eXpectcdY You cannot turn an old
hulk into serviceable cruiser and keep
II an old hulk. The iden Of reconstruct
Ing the Hartford for cruising purposes
was a piece Of sentimental folly. She
ought to have been laid up rs relic,
with only such repairs AZ We're needed
to protect her from the weather. The
money that has been wasted In rebuild.
Ing her would have provided a useful
modern gunbOat. When Holmes wrote
the stirring poem that saved the Con-
stitutlOn from the bOneyard lie did not
advocate turning the OLD frigate into
an up-tO-date cruiser and sending her
out on squadron duty. The English
keep Nelson's flagship Victory rs ven'
Grated meinentO. hut they do not at
tempt to make her available for service
In q modern line of battle. II our sai!'
ors should prove rs gallant In the fu'
ture as In the past. and so should pro
vide us with n new stock Of famous
names. the policy that has led to the
reconstruction of the Hartford nigh,
end In filling our entire navy with Grip
Piled and patched-up monuments to sen
tlment, without ship that could fight
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

Death came gently to our dear friend
Eugene Field. While he slept beside
his little son the mystery of eternity
was opened to him as in dream and
the childrcns friend passed into "the
far off land of Ever-Plaisance." His
verses and prose are read gratefully in
every corner of the earth where Eng
lish Is spoken. lie was beloved Of chill
dren and the friends of children. Al
though with characteristic modesty and
distrust of his own genius. he made no
pretensions to the front rank among
authors. the best of the day welcomed
him to their fellowship. To the last he
| was a busy journalist. A poet of the
people. the people bear testimony to
| the depth of his feeling and the dcr,.
! ness of his art. The news of his death
fell with painful shock upon many a
bruised heart that has found comfort
In his tender verses. The people OF
Chicago who knew him well and had
come to understand and appreciate him
feel they have suffered personal loss.
! The gentleness of his disposition Will
live in the memory of his friends when
all thought has passed Of the FRANKS
born Of boisterous. boyish love of fun
which gave him his earlier fame. As q
journalist he had to deal satirically
sometimes with the fa!lings and fo.blc'
of friend as well US foe, but his shafts
left no deep scars, none that were no
effaccd by after contact. He was. al
he has written Of another: Good t
the helpless an the weak; a brave ant
manly heart" He had not writer
: much that he deemed of permanent
l value. but the seven or eight little 70.
tunes of prose or poetry are so exqnl
site In their style. so simple. so human
so pure. that they will carry his nam
D far beyond our day. Thousands VIII
have read his writings with affection
ate interest and awaited the comm
} of new work from his pen with eager
ness will grlcve for the passing Of til
I childrcn's frlend-Eugene Field.
j. "up from the sea there floats a sob
: or the waves that are breaking upO
1 the shore,
. As though they were groaning In al
D guisl,. and moaning,
l Dcmoaning the ship that shall come n
2 more"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
GOOD TOWN. OFFICERS NEEDED.

More important even than the cleo.
ton Of one.half OF the City Council
next spring win he that OF the town
officers.
Thanks to the ability and energy OF
Mayor Swift the question OF honest
and equitable assessments has again
been forced to the front and In next
springs campaign It will be the battle
cry.
The Mayor has started In on cru.
SADIE against the tax dodgers. II the
people who have suffered from tax
lodging and inequitable assessments,
and they are the great majority OF the
voters. will only help the Mayor, he
will win.
The Democratic party can forge ahead
tremendously In popular favor by tax
Ing up this as Its party shibbOleth,
and framing 1t In Its platform.
1t should choose men able and willing
To give honest assessments. and the peo-
pie will indorse them.
The voters will not again In the mere
heat and fury OF a popular cry or a
public misconceptlOn Of existing facts
set aside men like James McAndrews
or T.. =. Dreyer, who We're among the
splendid citizens offered by the Dem
ocratic party as candidates for division
| or town assessors.
The Mayor deserves the unqualified
thanks of all taxpayers, Independent
of party, for having forced this Issue
Too long have the plOus crawthumper'
been allowed to pose as public reform
crs on Civic Federation platforms
while they prowled In secret places T.
corrupt town assessors and escape bear
ing their share OF the public burdens
The Mayor will tear the veil aside AM
expose these hypocrites In all thei
naked dcformity; he will make then
go down In their jeans ana pay rhei
lawful debts to the community II til
people will only stand by him.
Democrats and Republicans ak
should take up the Mayors war or
and keep 1t up until next spring. whe
we will have full set of honest asses
sors and q fair valuation.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

and out of six nominations gave four
to men of Irish birth or extraction. II
ever voters of certain nationality had
an opportunity to assert themselves
and resent real or fancied insult. the
voters of Irish nationality In Chicago
had that opportunity this time. The
Republicans stayed away from the
polls. not over half of their votes being
east in their strongholds. and anything
like fair Democratic vote would have
landed the eutirc Democratic ticket.
Hut II the Republicans didn't show up
In large numbers the Democrats came
near not showing up at all. and of all
places where this lamcntablc Austen.
ton took place the Irish wards were
the worst. The figures speak for them
| selves.
Taking the vote for state Treasurer
last fall we find that the total vot'
east i'm the Fifth Ward was 6.S,e'. Las
Tuesday 1t was 3.o2l. In the Sixtl
Ward last fall 1908 votes were cas-,
the total last Tuesday was 3.tH'S. II
the Nineteenth Ward 1.Io4 voters wen
tn the polls u year ago: Tuesday onl
3.5i1 recorded their votes. In til
Twenty.,hird Ward there were GAO
votes cast last fall as against 1904 o
Tuesday. and in the Twenty-nint
I.539 persons voted year ago. givin
Claggctt. the Democrat. 1905 'majO
ity over Wulff. while on Tuesday {
last week a miserable 1852 took I'll
trouble to come up and vote.
If people are wilfully blind to the
own interests and careless as to Il
fate Of those who undertake to defei
and do them justice. there Is no use
others trying to do either. and the
will have only themselves to blame f.
II IL they suffer for II In the days
come.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

Occupation of the capital of MAZDA.
gascar by General Duchcsnc ana the
French expciitlonnry army has nrous-
ed fresh contention between England
and France. The sum Of the quarrel II
that England realizes that France has
driven her out Of rich ana proinls-
Ing island: and that the French policy
of colonization has not received the
staggering blow disaster In Its latest
adventure would have inflicted. The
prctension of France to dictatorship.
Cclled protectorate, over Madagascar,
especially In Its relations with foreign
powers. Is centuries old. while the In.
trigucs Of British trade and diploma
cy. all Of comparatively recent date.
had substantially converted the Ma
lagasy ruling faction to British depend
ence. British sympathy with the Ma.
lagasy IL wholly selfish, as usual. The
sinister prediction that the French can.
not find food In the interior Is baseless.
Several months ago General Ducliesne
wrote to the national gOyernE,enr that
he had ceased to rely Oh home supplies;
that all he needed was fresh meat ami
rice. As that constitutes the food NJ
the natives, lie will have NO difficulty
| getting II. At the same !iinc. the inur.
tality among the French troops has
been frightful anJ Ia bound 70 contiis'
tie to be until climatic pcrils arc ovci'
come. Denunciation Of France by Brit
ish critics for sacrificing life IN II lingo
policy or for enlargement Of trade Il
grotesque when the story OF ,lc British
| In Asia and In Africa Ii recalled.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
SWIFT AND THE SUNDAY CLOSERS.

The Republican party Of Chicago Is
lucky in having at its head a man with
the prudence, sagacity and courage OF
George Il. Swift. II he We're possessed
of less backbone he might have been
tempted the other day to listen to the
pleadlngs and persuasiOns OF the anti
sunday saloon cranks who a few
weeks ago We're impOrtuning him TO
enforce the Sunday saloon law and
close up the dram shops.
Swift, however. was too wise to fan
into the trap In which Roosevelt was
entapped. Had he allowed himself
to he caught the party would have I'M
dollbtedly suffered in Chicago as 1t has
In New York even In the election that
has just been held. As a matter OF
fact. however, George il. Swift Is too
old bird to be caught with chan, ana
Republicans In Cook County are chuck
ling over that fact just now.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
A LESSON FROM THE FIGURES.

Sometimes one Il surprised ana as
founded M the blindness of people to
their own interests. Occasionally men
who mix In public life are shocked at
the lngraiitude of people. and once IN
a while they are taught the lesson that
there are those who never know when
they are sighted and insulted, and 1t
Is better to allow such people TO re-
main I'm that state of bliss which usu-
ally accompanies certain other condi-
ton. than to undertake to resent their
insults or to vindicate them In their
wrongs. Such surprise. disgust ana
education the Democratic leaders OF
cook County have found In certain
pbase Of the recent election and cam
paign.
When the Republican party mana
gers put up their drainage ana county
tickets this fall they utterly ana CON-
nIeteIy ignored one nationality. They
placed native Americans, Germans,
Bohemians and even French represen-
tatlye. ON the ticket, but one national
Inv was ignored utterly, whether pnr-
posely or not makes no difference for
the purposes Of this argument though
when one remembers the contemptu'
ous manner In which the only repre-
sentative OF the ruling race az all
MISUNDERSTANDING D.xon-was cast
aside at the last moment, one cannon
helm thinking that the insult was mol
a wholly unconscious one. The Demo
cratic mana gers, in the fullness OF theii
hearts. reversed this order Of things
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
THE SPRING CAMPAIGN IS AT HAND

Now that the fall campaign Is closed
up the spring fight will be with us inn
nediatcly after the Christmas holi-
days. Half the present City Council
will go out of office. and the people
will have another chance to purify. to
some extent at least. their municlpni
politics. II ever there was anything
that should stir the people to energy
and dispel the political lethargy that
seems to have fallen upon the voters
on both sides Of the political fence 1t
Is the record Of the last City Council.
Never has there been such carnival
of public plumber In the City Council
of Chicago ar In any other body intrust.
ed with the discharge of public bis.-
ness us that which has been held con-
,inuously ever since the present Coun-
ell took its seat. The people next
spring will have chance to clean out
the rascals and put honest men In their
places. Already there are indications
of a public hOusecleanlng.
In wards like the Second. Ninth.
Eleventh. Fifteenth. Twenty-th.rtl.
Twenty fourth. Twenty.siXth anu
Twenty ninth the people are tired anu
Disguised at being mlsrepresented by
old fogles like Ballard or such men rs
Watson. hammers. Larson. Weisbrod
and others Of that Tx. They are wish
Ing for the return Of able men who III
the unrea sOning sweep Of popular land
slides have been brushed aside I,
make places for the fellows named.
They will have an opportunity Of
getting rid Of about half the Doodle
element In the Council next spring. nnt
II they do not succeed they will have
only themselves to blame.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

Have you ever noticed that men In
Arizona do not pay their bills with
chicken feed or small change? In the
older States when . purchase 10
made, exact change 10 usually ten
dered, and one thing certain--e bill
10 not broken II 1t can possibly be
avoided. Here In the West any
ordinary little purchase 10 made
simply by asking for the article, and
when IL 10 passed across the counter
o piece OF money amply large to
cover the cost 10 thrown down. When
change IL made, the customer care.
lessly drops II into his pocket, ap..
parently without counting 1t, and
goes out without once mentioning
the cost OF the article.
This custom OF throwing down Q
larger piece OF money than 10 neces.
sary 10 not done, % Y rule, to exhibit
the cash, for In this Territory every.
body has money. II 10 only to show
apparent indifference, and 10 . mark
Of liberality.
II may be said that pennies have
no abiding place In the West, %.
pecIally In this Territory. Even at
the Post Office, whore everything 10
supposed to be legal tender, pennies,
two.cent and three-cent pieces are
unknown. Change 10 made to the cent
by the Postmastsrs, but they do y
with postage stamps or postal cards.
Nowhere else are odd pennies recog.
nixed, even IN the banks. A check
drawn for 9A.0S would DO paid with 4
five. dollar.bill without q word. The
same 10 true In oil the shops and
stores; change 10 made to the nearest
nickel, sometimes only to the nearest
quarter or dollar. Poor Richard Z
saying: "Taks care OF the psnnies.'
&c., does not apply to Arizona, q
small change, anything under . dol.
lar, 10 by most people considered
only 40 trash OF llttle value.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
Money In Watkins canes.

"The men who earn the most
money, 90 tar % employees are con-
cerned, In the walkingstick trade are
the inventors, the men who strike
out original ideas In the way OF sam
pies patterns, In fact" said the
manager OF one Of the greatest stick
manufac turing firms In the world TO
Q writer In Answers.
There are stick inventors who
have made moderate fortunes out OF
one pattern, strange as 1t may seem
to you. I can instance two invent
ors who have made fortunes during
the last two years-namely, the
man who produced what are known
as Brazilian pine and acacia sticks
respectively, and on which there has
been an enormous run. But In re-
gard to this, IL must be remembered
that Britain supplies the whole world
With walking sticks, 8 600 people be.
ing employed in London alone. And
to show you the Importance .. the
trade I may tell you that ct East
smithfield, In the London docks,
there 10 one huge warehouse full Of
these sticks In the rough that have
come from every part Of the world,
| civilized and savage.
I" Sticks are wonderfully subject
to fashion, and the first thing that q
manufacturer strives for 10 that his
travellers may introduce . novelty
and set a fashion, for In this way
alone can continuously large orders
be got. A retail dealer will say, II
there be nothing new, IN 60 on
with the stock have; but II an at.
tractive new pattern 10 shown him he
will rush for It.
There IL always . handsome liv-
Ing for q man who can invent new
types Of sticksj but this fact II 9plZ
really known to few, and these live
we'll out OF their inventiveness. Part
Of the art Is to make one sort Of
wood simulate a dozen others, and In
this regard you may take olive, Out
OF which quite score OF wholly dif-
ferent looking kinds Of sticks are pro
Iducod -
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
The Territory of Oklahoma seems to

The Territory of Oklahoma seems to
be one of those phenomenal States that
are liable In the future to revOlutiOnize
even our American ideas of rapid devel-
Opment. 1t seems only yesterday that
we were reading of the skurrying Of
the multitude over the barren ana I'M
improved land OF the Indian Territory
In desperate rivalry to secure the
most desirable sites for settlement.
Now we are informed that there Is es-
tablished upon the Territory II popula-
ton of 275,OOO, with taxable valua-
ton of $4OOOO,OOO. Surely this is out.
doing even the usual wonderful rapid
ity of American growth and verging
upon the miraculous. The best Of 1t all
is that the Territory seems to have as
well established public morale us
many of the older communities. rs well
as all the other elements necessary to
the highest social and political develop
mcnt.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

Great Britain has heard with sur.
prise, says London dispatch, that AL
fred Austin has been selected Lord
Tennyson's successor as poet laureate.
Probably the United States, as. well as
the rest of the world, will near the
news with the same surprise. That a
comparatively unknown poet should
get this honorary position over the
heads Of Swinburne, DObsOn, Henley
and Watson, the latter greater than
any of them, Is naturally a matter OF
surprise. Austin, however, may earn
his stipend and cask Of wine. His du.
ties will not be arduous. He writes for
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
DEMOCRATS MUST BRACE UP or
DIE.

While there Is abundant ground for
regret over the outcome Of last weeks
election there II no use In the leaders
Of the party intlulging In idle recrimina.
tions. such u course would be worse
than useless Just now. The duty %
the hour Il to dress the party rank.
and prepare for the fight that will soon
be upon 1t. The Republican party In
Cook County II organized now M 1t
never has been before 1t has at Its
head the shrewdest and most capable
set of men who have ever directed Its
affairs. william Lorimer, as the re-
suits Of the late election will TESTIFY, IL
no SLOUGH In politics. He so managed
matters that with only half the vote
cast the majority was over three
fourtlis that obtained In the tremen-
dous landsIides of last fall and spring.
Aid. NJ. Il. Madden Is at the head or
the sister organization and Mayor
Swift handles the helm at the city hall.
An ADLER two could not be- found to look
after the business Of any party organi'
cation.
The Democratic party VIII nave 10
perfect and reform Its organization. 1t
will have TO place at Its head men In
whom not only the party workers hut
the people ut large have confidence
and II must so perfect Its organization
In every ward and precinct that the
sleepy voters will be routed out, reg
istered ana voted.
Under such circumstances the Dem
ocracy of Cook County should be able
to make a decent showing, at least, In
ISM
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

The new hygienic rules for the
government OF the New York schools,
which were formulated by the health
authorities. prohibit the use Of
states, slate pencils and sponges.
Pens and lead pencils are to be used
hereafter, and they are not to be
transferred from one pupil to anoth.
or. Books taken to their homes BY
pupils must be covered once month
with brown MANILA paper. Places
for drinking water on the ground
floor are to DO abolished, each room
10 to be supplied with o covered
pitcher, and each pupil will have .
numbered cup and the Interchange
o! cups " prohibited.
These precautions are predicated
on the more recent discoveries In the
science OF bacteriology, which teach
that II 10 possible to eradicate every
contagious disease II the conditions
favorable to the existence and dis
tribution OF the disease germs are
destroyed.
As the public schools, with their
sRRregations OF juvenile humanity,
containing representatives from near.
" every home In the city, have been
the most prolific breeders OF these
family scourgss and are most favor
ably organized for the spread OF dis.
ease germs, 1t would seem that these
are the places to institute the most
systematic hygienio regulations. The
adoption OF such restrictive measures
in the public schools OF all the larger
cities would not only retard the pro.
pagation OF Infectious diseases, but
would have 0 tendency to teach par
ents the importance OF exercising
greater diligence In the observance
OF hygienic rules In the home.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
A Osistsd Success.

Samuel Appleton, the wealthy manu-
facturer Of Bristol, (Ponn. who died the
other day, had q remarkable career.
He WIS sixty.six years old ut the time
OF his death, and every one Of Ills ven.
lures was failure until about ten years
ago. The last time he tailed he became
30 discouraged that he declared that he
had no courage, no character, no cash and
no credit. He started again In small
way and inscribed on his business cards:
mo c., No c., No g., No c." People
inquired the meaning Of the mysterious
inscription, and Appleton became we'll ad.
vertisUd. His business increased and In
ten years he was rich man.
II Ii probably the only instance on
record where man made fame and for.
tune by advertising the fact that he had
no courage, character, cash, or credit
But his success Is, Of course, due to the
unwillIngness Of people TO accept Ills
estimate Of himself. They determined to
show him that he was mistaken, and they
succeeded.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

The water of the Mississippi River
Is said to be lower now than 1t has ever
been. Steamboat traffic Is practically
suspended as far south as Cairo. and
there Is hardly enough water to float
the ferries between st. Louis and the
Illinois shore. What makes the latter
fact even more startling Is that at 81.
Louis there are not now, rs at one time.
two channels. the eastern one having
been closed and all the water turned
into the western. All over the Mlssis.
slppi valley, too, there Is a, gradual
subsistence Of the water level ON the
ground. this condition affecting the
supply In the surface streams rs well
as that drawn from wells. This state
of things. which was never heard Of
nor dreamed of quarter OF a century
ago, Is no doubt largely due TO the clear
Ing of the surface of the earth for cul-
tivatiOn and other purposes. ana 1t has
been brought about more quickly ana
had u wider extent on account or the
marvellous development Of the railway.
Each year. too. dwellers Oh western
streams IRE visited by damaging inun.
dations. The rainfall. which fills the
small streams now. pOurs rapidly Into
the large rivers, while at one time II
was distributed over months and did
little damage. Engineers have suggest
cd that system could he operated
which would do for the rainfall what
natural causes used to do. and check II
from finding Its way so quickly Into
large channels. The navigation of OiIi
western rivers at certain times Is really
threa tened and the effect Of such O
condition would be widespread.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

clients who only want to be flattered
anu care little for the merit of the po.
etry, and the world at large no longer
looks for genius in laureate poems. The
most hopeful feature Of the situation
Is the fact that he Is newspaper man
Of wide experience and conspicuous sue
cess. With the journalistic training
he has had 1t may he presumed that
when the royal family gives him 20.
etical assignment he will fill the bill
with credit to himself and his profcs.
Sinu
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Railroad companies and their man.
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courtesles or issue passes on account Of
The Eagle upon the request Of any per-
son other than the editor and proprietor
Of this paper. The 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 &c.
count of this paper. Hence this warn
Ing,