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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-22
r was the beginning Of the

r was the beginning Of the
end. The last tie Of the
mighty Union Pacific was
the first tie In the march
Of civilization into the
great "wcst."
With the thunder Of iron
wheels and the revcrber-
ant screech Of the whistle,
the Indian. the buffalo. the
desperate fed, the over.
land coach became q mem.
Org, the cowboy changed
his buckskins for New
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-22
TAMMANv's GRAND sAChEM.

Frederick Smith, Ex.RccOrlcr, Tx.
presses His Idea of the Office.
Frederick Smyth, lately Recorder of
New York City, has been chosen Grand
Sachem Of the Tammany society and
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-22

alton, Public Loan Bureau, Employ.
ment Agencies. etc.
4.-PHILANTHROPIC.
Development Of the Central Relief
Association to thorough systemisa-
ton Of the organized charities Of Chi.
cngO.
5.-MORAL.
The suppression Of gambling, obscene
literature, etc.
O.-EDUCATIONAL.
Ample school facilities - improved
methods In teaching, and the develop.
ment Of greater interest In the
schools by the parents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30
Inequality In the World.

There is and there always has been
inequality in the world in spite of the
striving of generous hearts and enlight-
ened minds for equality. Although
equality has never ceased to show itself
and effect itself within the different or
ders, and in modern times to character
izo at least specifically that large COM
posite order which we call good society,
civilization is still embruited and en-
dangered by inequality. One need not
allege instances. They are abundant in
every ones experience and observation,
and those who dread or affect to dread
the dead level of equality are quite right
in saying that even in a political de-
mccracy there is as much inequality as
anywhere. But this does not prove that
they are right in admiring it that it is
not offensive and stupid. Inequality still
persists, but SO does theft, SO does muir
der, so does unchastity, SO do almost all
the sins and shames that ever were. In
equality is, i'll fact, the sum of them.
In the body of this death they tester
and corrupt forever. As long as we have
inequality we shall have these sins and
shamSs, which spring from it and which
live on from inferior to superior. Few
vices live from equal to equal, but the
virtues flourish. Equality as the Ba-
sis of Good Society,"" by W. D. Howells
il Century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30
HENRY CLAY WAS RATIFIED,

But He Remembered q Quotation That
Did just as Well as the Missing Words.
In the early twenties of this century
MI. Clay was appointed by the legisla-
ture of Kentucky commissioner tc
Virginia to ask of that state that com
mission be appointed to make definite
line Of demarcation between tine two
states. Upon his arrival in Richmond he
was received with great courtesy by its
most distinguished citizens. He said
that his profession, politics and affairs
of government had occupied his time SC
exclusively that he was aware of know
ing little OF polite literature OF the ia
vorite publications Of the day. This
prompted him to ask an old friend
whom he knew to be literary man tc
select some lines to introduce when adj
dressing the legislature as a quotation
expressive of his feelings to the state of
Virginia as his birthplace. His friend
suggested stanZa from SCOTS "Lay
Of the Last Minstrel" which he high.
~ approved and memorized.
The day appointed for his address
found the galleries, halls and every
available space crowded with eager, ex-
pectant auditors. and many beautiful
women i'll bright attire gave brilliancy
to the scene. He held the attention of
his audience with entire success until
he came to the part where he meant to
introduce Interpretation. Then his mem
DRY failed him. The shock was appalling
for moment. He stood rigid and pale
before thousand watchful eyes, in his
mind only blank, before him turbu-
lent sea of upturned faces. With char
acteristic gesture he threw up his hands
to his forehead, and in his most sono-
rous tones he recited the following
words:
Breathes there the man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land?
concluding his speech amid deafenin2
applause.
Every enc present had supposed that
he was overcome by emotion, and none
but the friend who had selected the quo
tation for him perceived the cause of
his momentary panic. Cou-
rier-Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30

els this Mr. Stanley?"
Stanley stopped cody. and giving his
questioner a somewhat surprised and
sour stare responded with a reluctant
affirmative.
Have you the time or inclination to
give brief interview
Interview Good God, sir Is there
no way to escape the newspapers? Why,
it IS worse than the passport system in
Russia. I cannot put my foot on the
soil anywhere in this country without
being confronted thus. have done my
best to avoid it. If We're to make up
for minstrel show, would, no doubt,
be discovered. You are simply driving
me out of the country. Iwould have
been glad to remain ten days at Puget
sound if could have done SO in peace.
like any other unobtrusive traveller, but
they were there to meet me with note
books and pencils. Portland Orego-
MAN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30
Hard Work and Huxley.

A great part Of the work by which the
world knows him was done after din
ner and after hard days work in the
lecture room and laboratory. He never
spared himself. Often and often have !
known him leave the circle of family
and friends, Of which he was the life,
very early in the evening and betake
himself to his library, room of which
the only luxury was books. If remon-
strated with or appealed to for another
half hour, he would only shake his
head. There was something to be DONE
And it would be midnight or or 2
O'Clock before it was done, and then he
was up at in the morning.
I sometimes thought he had no higher
happiness than work; perhaps nobody
has. He would dine on little soup and
a bit of fish /; more than that was a clog
on his mind. 1.-The great secret" he
said, sis to preserve the power of work
ing continuously 16 hours day if need
be. If you cannot do that, you may be
caught out any time. ''-Scribner's Mag
azine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30
AN EDITORS NIGHTMARE.

He Was Fifteen Years In Suppreesing an
Insistent Constructor.
The former editor of The Scotsman,
when he retired to enjoy his we'll earn
ed leisure. gave Alexander Russell this
advice. 1.-The conduct of daily paper,
he said, ''is always very serious thing,
full of dangers and difficulties. but in
addition to its usual arxieties you, my
friend, will every night have to keep
the most vigilant watch lest that man
Hill Burton should contrivo to insert
his theory about Scotch cheeses into
your columns
1t is not necessary to particularize
what it was; it will suffice to say that
this theory-based upon the exposure of
Scotch cheeses in front of the shops, and
the treatment to which they were con-
sequently exposed-was not compli-
mentary or likely to recommend them
to the purchaser.
''Day and night" said Russell, "for
10 years, l never forgot my predeces-
sor's warning. A hundred times that
theory endeavored to gain admittance
into my columns, and by most unlocked
for channels; sometimes it lurked con-
cealed i'll an article about the Crimean
war, sometimes in one of the divorce
cases, sometimes in one on the division
of the Free church in Scotland, or even
III the disruption itself; but it was al
ways detected and struck out.
'It was a duel to the death, for 1
knew that Hill Burton would never re-
lax his efforts to get his views upon
Scotch cheese into print while there was
breath in his body. On the morning of
the last day of the fifteenth year he ran
into my Office waving paper in his
hand and crying out, It's in, it's imp
What, cried I, mot in The Scots
man surely:'
No, said he, sin Chambers "Infor-
nation For the People. :"
''My relief of mind is not to be de-
scribed. Pearson s Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30

When you are dieting to reduce flesh,
You must eat stale bread, and give up
potatoes, rice. beets. corn, peas, beans,
milk, cream, all sweets, cocoa, indeed
anything which even suggests sugar CT
starch. Dry toast without butter, tea
without either milk or sugar, rare meat
with no fat. and, as far as possible, no
vegetables at all should form your diet
Take all the exercise you can in the
way of walking; go twice q week to a
Russian bath twhere possible) and in
variably go to bed hungry. Anybody
brave enough to live up to these laws
will certainly Lose flesh. Home
Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30
DIDN'T KNOW THE ROPES.
An Ensiish Editors Experience With an
Adirondack Railroad Train.

An Ecglish Editors Experience with an
Adirondack Railroad Train.
When Mr.. Gust, editor Of William
Waldorf Astor's Pail Nall Gazette, was
in New York at the time of the VAL
kyl,a Defender finish, foul and fzzle, he
went up to the Adirondacks for some
fishing and shooting. Mr.. Gust travelled
with good deal of luggage, and tho
backwoodsmen ut Childwold, where he
lett DIR. Webb's railroad, were inclined
10 grin at the sight of man going into
the woods with SO many gripsacks and
bundles. But the Englishman was not
disturbed. He had good time and got
some good game. When he got ready to
come out OF the woods, he Went back to
Childwold with all his boxes, bags and
portmanteaus. He intended to take the
day train for New York. which was due
at ChildwOld about l2 O'Clock. When
the train pulled into the station, Mr..
Gust stood on the platform with his lug
gage piled up around him Conductor
Clarke saw him there, but when Mr..
Gust made no motion to board the train
Clarke gave the signal to Pat Cum
mlngs. the engineer, to 20 ahead. and
Pat did, leaving Mr.. Gust standing on
the platform
Now it happened that Mr.. Gust was
the guest of DR.. Seward Webb, who
owns the Adirondack railroad. When
the train pulled out aud left him, he
told the STATEN agent who he was and
then followed some lively telegraphirg.
When the train got to Horseshoe Pond,
Conductor Clarke got orders from head
quarters to uncouple his engine and go
back to Childwold for Mr.. Gust. The
run back up the road was made in lively
time. MIR. Gust and his boxes were put
into the cab, and the engine raced back
to Horseshoe Pond, where the surprised
passengers were wondering what Oh
earth had happened. Mr.. Gust wasn't at
all pat out. 1t was new experience for
him, and he rather enjoyed it.
II was rightly left" he said to Con-
ductor Clarke. at was quite right. I
was there with my luggage, you know,
but when the train came in saw no
porter or guard, and there was 10 one to
put me aboard. I've not been here be-
fore, you know, and I'm not familiar
with your id American methods Of
railroading. was rightly left, rightly
left. New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30
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prevent transm mission OF blood dieeasss, skin dis
acute and chronic ulcers. str cture. fssure
Of the h nd. and feet krzsms, Tetter, salt Rheu-
matism. inf nation Of the Bladder, Diseases of
the bones, joints and muscles ~ypbiletic insanity
Scursy. scrOfua in mary forms. The above end
directly or Indirectly TO Syphi itic Blood Poison
for " hieh the DIR. Jack.on's English Safety Tab
lets y a sure preventative, and il a tafe Germ
Killer. rcnd ring coDtagOn hardly possible. hence
us value. IL neglected such troubles result fatal
ly. Mailed anywhere, tcsled 81; six boxes for s.
A. Reiss, Fourth ave and s3,d 81 Rock Islape
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30
A BUNCH OF WOOD soaaeL

Love Is like this little flower
Fresh and smiling for an hour.
Pluck It not, for it will fade,
Though upon your heart it's laid.
Leave it blooming in the shade.
Love is like this little flower
Fair to see, but inly sour,
Dropping, dying III an hour,
Though ucon your heart tits laid.
Leave it blooming in the shade.
New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30

"Horatio," whispered the heroine,
"the villain still pursues ne"
"Ha" exclaimed the lover. "But
fear not. Seest thou the ravine that in
tervenes between US and him?'
eyes, Horatio-but the bridge. He
can cross yon bridge at bound.''
Fear net, I say. He has got to stop
in the middle Of the bridge and do a
song and dance. Courage !''-Detroit
Tribune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30
A Story OF voitaire.

One day when D'Alembert and Con-
dorcet were dining with Vo!taire, they
proposed to converse on atheism, but
Voltaire stopped them at once. wait"
said he. It'll my servants have with
drawn. l do not wish to have my throat
tut tonight. &c. B. Cheever.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30

The shawls Of cashmere are made be-
tween Hindustan and Tibet, from the
wool Of the camel, while their sheep
also produce fine white silky wool. The
whole population is engaged in prepar.
ing the thread and weaving these ar.
ticles for commerce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30

During the days when armor was
heaviest the cavalry was the slow NOV
ing army Of the service. all movements
requiring celebrity being executed by in
fantry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30

Libel once meant any little book, but
rs many small tracts in the early days
Of printing were personal and offensive
in character the word acquired its pres
emit significance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-30
BATH ROOMS

Baths OF all kinds. including
Turkish, plain, shampoo, cleo.
trio, eloctro-thermal, etc., may
be obtained OF the Sanit.rium
Bath Rooms, on the first floor Of
the Harper House.
ROOMS OPEN.
For Ladies-From 3 q. m. to
IL m. on week days For Gen.
tlomen--From 2 p. m. to 10 pm.
on week days On Sundays the
rooms will be open from Z q. m.
to IL q. m. for Gentlemen only.
Electric and Electro-thermal
baths may be obtained st any
time during business hours.
Gymnasium connected with bali
rooms.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30

Of the fact that some terrible peril was in
near approach.
Placing one of my pair of colts revolvers
on the seat beside me along with a large
belt knife, l cooked the other and held it
ready in my right hand Giving my horse
the slack lines to use his own discretion
as to the route, I stared out through the
dense blackness of the pitchy darkness in
the vain hope of seeing what was the
cause of my dogs great trouble, as he had
now taken his position directly under the
rear end of my buggy and could plainly
tell by the anxious groWis and desperate
lunges he was making at something it was
impossible for me to see. 1 must confess
that my situation at that particular mo-
ment was anything but pleasant one.
While in this attitude my horse Jogging
along at his usual pace, / thought there
was nothing to disturb his quiet and seren-
ity something, which 1 supposed was my
dog, leaped into the unoccupied space in
the hind end of the buggy and in such close
quarters that 1t sent thrill through me
that caused me to tremble notwithstanding
my supposition that it was my dog. I
having taught him to do so before when on
long journeys in this fashion. The position
in which the animals were placed coupled
with my excited and oVerwrought ina gin
alton caused me to suppose that the dog
was in the buggy and the beast on the
SIOuHu desperate efforts to dis
lodge my protector, but the reverse was the
case.
The superstition of the situation prevent
ed me for the time from attempting to use
my pistol, fearing l might perchance shoot
the wrong animal. While sitting there mo-
tionless and oppressed with a feeling of
the profoundest awe, my horse suddenly
increased his pace taking the buggy into
the open plain just as the moon showed
Its full and welcome face above the hori-
zon and from behind a range of hills that
ran parallel with the course of the river.
What sight was presented to my view
An eternity of calamities flashed through
my brain in an electric twinkle. The dan
ger of my position showed with equal Wv
idness, and l grasped the situation and
my huge knife with the same alert mo,
ton, changed my position unobserved bv
the tiger, whose attention was so intense
ly drawn toward the desperate attacks OF
the dog that l was enabled to use my
knife to great advantage The risk Of
killing the dog was too great by using nv
pistol, so "Hobson's choice was the only
thing left to consider, and with rapid and
desperate strokes with that keen-edped
Damascus blade l soon placed nv euenv
hors de combat, and it was really amus-
ing, although it was no laughing mates
Just then, to see my faithful canine friend
dancing the can-can over the terribly
mutilated body of the tiger. chewing and
growing as much as to say: "Vengeance
is mine! VIII repay! Selah"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30
GLAD TO SELL MS WIFE.
His Brother bought Her and She Ia
PERFECTLY HaDnhY.

Binghamton, June pa man who is
his own brother-in-law, a brother-in-lap
to his brother his niece's father and =
brother-in-law to his own wife. is the
center OF a sensation in the village of
Aestershlre' near this town. This state
OF affairs was caused by the sale of =
VIE to a brother-in-law, a transfer which
has proved satisfactory to all neon1e oon
cerned.
Near the village resides Thomas Yavman
ana ms wife William Yaymen. a brother
o go ueu WIN them. Mrs. Yaymen was an
advanced thinker on the subject ~ 80, al
ans an rights and the result was that her
husband imagined he was henpecked HE Iiis
s' however became infatuated with
NJ ner ana oftered TO take her off his hands
10 this the husband agreed. and a SIM
oi money was paid over which transfarred
MI MIS- -. 1aymen, the household property ana
an It's appurtenances to the brother win
lam' Thomas is now boarding with ~
couple and all is satisfactory. '4S
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30
CLOSE QUARTERS WITH A TIGER.
The Animal Had Leaped Into the
Travellers Buggy.
From the Philadelphia Press.


Once. while travelling in an open-top
buggy in the spring of 1851 from the Gulf
coast to San Antonio de Bexar, in West
Texas, distance of $50 miles, 1 was fire.
quently compelled to travel far into the
night to reach place to obtain accom-
modations, the country being so sparsely
settled that the nearest neighbor was
often fifty miles away
In this particular instance I was accom-
panied by faithful bloodhound, a friend
in his way, whom l would trust in any
emergency. The hound seemed to be ever
alert for my safety, and acted as an ad-
vance guard, maintaining with the great
est fidelity his position in front and kept
the way clear of all intruders and obsta-
cles to a free and absolute control of the
highway. He seemed never to have heard
of the tactics. Gen. Sigel and the grand
retreat was not in his book Of tactics, but
coward to victory!" was his war-cry
at the least interference in front.
At that day and time there was an un.
pleasant crop of ravenous wild beasts
still disputing the right Of territory with
the aggressive Anglo-Saxon in the way OF
panthers, tiger cats, WILDCATS, catamounts,
etc, who, under cover of the night, roam
ed at will, seeking whom they might de-
YOUR"
Leaving the picturesque little village of
Victoria, on the Guadalupe, at 8 o'clock in
the afternoon, my course led me through
thickly wooded section of country up
the river to the next settlement. dis
lance of % miles. About dusk 1 reached
the darkest and densest part of the path
some ten miles from my destination. when
my dog was giving signs of uneasiness
by succession of growls, and would fire.
quently drop back alongside of the buggy
making his presence known by nervous
whines. AS there would be no moon To
afford sufficient light for an hour or such
matter, the trail was in the densest dark
ness, and my progress was necessarily
slow. My horse moved forward with the
greatest caution, giving me ample time
for meditation, and, lighting my brier-root
pipe, 1 proceeded to take things easy for
the time being
In the meantime my dog had become
aroused to anything but a COMMEMORATIVE
mood, and was frisking back and forth
from front to rear in such an excited man.
ner that 1t gave me some uneasiness. and
II sun being as dark as a stack of black
cats it was impossible for me to see the
dangerous position in which l was placed
at that dreadful moment being fully aware
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30
This is Catch Fake Sale Make your seec
THE GLOBE SHOE STORE, s,, aSs St.
FIXTURES FOR SALE CHEAP.

many-toothed saws of the gin are .requir-
ed to extrieate them.
Herodotus, 1900 years ago, gave an ac-
count of plant growing in India, which,
Instead of seed, produced wool. So, as long
ago as that unremembered age, cotton was
recognized as unique growth. The an
tique historian doubtless little dreamed of
the useful properties which lay in the seed
which is hidden away so persistently in the
fluffy mass, and which, long used only as a
fertilizer, has now become so valuable for
various purposes. The cotton plant has one
peculiar and distinguishing trait. When
the suns rays begin to slant as it sinks in
the west, the cotton-leaves droop and turn
downward toward the stalk, as if cuddling
down for the night; with the earliest
beams the next morning, however, the
plant straightens up as if in joyous greet
ing of the warmth and light. Cotton is es-
sentially a sun-plant and when days of
unusual tropical heat occur and every
thing else in nature seems to swoon under
the scorching rays, the cotton rows look
their best.
Cotton Tub de sun same like chile Tub
ee mamie, all de time a-lookin' for ee
face" the darkies say. when de sun
shine hotter dan common. and de niger is
a-swetin', de cotton field jist a-laughlng
and lookin' up
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30
CROPS IN THOMAS COUNTY.
Corn in The Finest Condition in
Many Years.

brownsville. Ca. June 29.-Thomas
county has the finest corn crop which It
as had for years. Reports from all sec
& ons OF the county on crop prospects
and especially on corn. are most incourag-
in,g Thomas viii have enough corn for
no ne use another year. and corn TO ship
Thi is well 1t means plenty OF meat and
HON my, and some money.
The watermelon raisers are IN it this
year. The demand is so brisk and prices
are Sc good. that the growers have been
able t. sell all their stock on the track
here. x very extensive shipper tolu the
Morning News correspondent yesterday
that he did not think a dozen cars ha1
been shiI ped from all this section on con-
Segment
Prices range from so to 500 per car.
averaging about SO. This pays fairly
well. and the growers are satisfied
Coco prices are alo promised for pears.
All of which indicates the generally i'm
proved condition of the people north and
west.