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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20
MUSICAL NOTES.

The musical season Of 1866 will not
be lacking In pianists. Among others.
Martinus sieveking is to be here. sieve.
king is a Hollander by birth, coming
from an old and aristccratic family.
which dates its ancestry back in the
fifteenth century. From his earliest
infancy. he displayed characteristics in.
dlcative Of his future career. He is a
man OF magnetic temperament and
striking personality. being over six feet
in height and magnificently proportion.
ed. Mr.. Sieveking will come to the
States In the fall. and play throughout
the country. He will make his debut
In New York city.
The new Singer factory has just been
begun. and will be just across the
street from the Steger factory. at Co.
hnmbia Heights. 1t will be 85x1JO feet,
three stories and basement. will be
supplied with four large water tanks.
one ut each corner Of the building, auto.
matte sprinklers. and other modern ne.
cessities pertaining to a first-class fac.
tory building. The power will be taken
from the steger factory by subway
belt. Other outlying buildings for
kilns. etc. will be added II the present
ones connected with the Steger fac.
tory are not found adequate.
Mr.. Joseph Shoninger. Of the Shonin.
ger Piano Company. who has recently
returned from visit East. says that
their factory has kept steadily ut work
through the whole Of the late depres.
sion. and without gathering an unduly
large stock Of pianos. Like all other
dealers. he expects large business
this fall.
Business continues keeping very
quiet with retail piano dealers. Nothing
else could be expected during these
dog days.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20
Tho Girls We Know.

Let any one Of us, for example, look
among the girls Of our Acquaintance
and see how many we know who, as
daughters, turn to their mothers as
readily and as naturally as turns q
flower to the sun, writes Edward w.
Box In IN earnest article on "The Blot
on Our American Life" In the Ladies'
Home Journal. How many do we know ?
Here and there, one, yes. But are they
In the majority? We rather lind that
the average American daughter IL alb.
solutcly Independent Of her mother In
oil but those things In which she must,
Of very necessity and Of the very being.
be dependent upon her. BY far the ma
jOrity Of mothers have not the conf.
dence Of their daughters, and one needs
only to be In any position which invites
human confidence to know how true
Is such statement. The English girl
looks to her mother for counsel and
guidance on every point Of her life.
Does the American girl? The life Of o
French girl always remains a part of
the being which bore her. Does that
Of the American girl9 The Italian girls
life IL known to her mother almost IA
well, even in Its inner thought, as to the
girl herself. Is that Of the American
girl? The gospel Of the Swiss girl Ia
that of solicitation for her mother.
morning, noon and night. IL 1t the COS.
pei Of the American girl? Tho Dutch
girl never dreams Of telling her mother
that she Ii going to do thus and SO; she
asks II she may. Does the American
girl? In Germany, the daughters first
thought, when she reaches proper
years, Is to relieve her mother Of every
domestic care and thought. Ia 1t the
thought of the American girl? IL there
need that I. or any writer, shall supply
the answers to these questions?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20
THE ROAD RUNNER OF ARIZONA.
A Bird with Tireless Lcgs-Dccided
for the Rattlcsnakes.

for the Rattlesnakes.
"There Is bird down IN my country"
said Major Ransom Of Arizona, (which
we call the road runner. 1t Is I'm inter-
esting fellow, this bird, and fashion
Of plover, / take 1t, with long legs that
never give out and which devOur dis
lance with an appetite that never seems
appeased. Generally two road runners
go together, for company sake, no
doubt. They seem to be great gossip.
ers and do vast sight of talking to
each other. They will chase ahead of
your horse as you ride along the trail,
and keep up the strife for miles and
miles and hours and hours with a
steady side-tO-side motion much like
the gait Of pacing horse. Why they
run along ahead of one in this insane
fashion can only be guessed ut. 1t
would seem to be for fun and exercise.
"They are gifted with great deal OF
sagaciOus malevolence toward the rat
tlesnakes, with which crawling brood
the runner has deadly feud. suppose
the rattlesnake pounces upon the road
runners eggs and makes omalets OF
them; or gobbles up their young on a
spring chicken theory. Whatever the
cause Of hate, however, the road run.
ner Is the deadly enemy Of the rattle,
snake. They wreak vengeance on II
In this way: They espy a rattlesnake In
the sun. Mum Is the countersign with
your road runner; he never says awOrd
He and his fellow road runner go about
In discreet silence and collect the dried
dead joints Of the fiat cactus, which
abOunds In the southwestern deserts
They build q corral about the doing
serpent with them.
"These pieces Of cactus bristle with
thOrns as sharp and keen as needles
When they have their snake cOrralled
the road runners arouse 1t with yells
aud the tapping Of their little jimcrOw
wings. They revIle 1t and scold 1t, and
appear to apply all kinds Of hard cpl
thets to II. The snake gets frightened
snd IT, rattles buzz But they don't
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

lance and rail at II. At last the snake
tries to crawl away, but can't cross the
cactus fence, which the road runners
have built. The spines prick the snake
and 1t draws back. Meanwhile the
road runners keep up their derlsive
racket With each prick Of the cactus
the rattlesnake's wrath increases. At
last. in desperate, brainless fury 1t be.
gins to bite itself. Its poison IL as dead.
~ to itself rs to everybody else, and in
n short time It dies. Great then IL the
mad triumph Of the road runners, which
taunt 1t until its last gasp. and exult
over the corpse like savages. After the
snake Is surely dead they walk III with
airs Of cockney satisfaction, and, as It
were, arm In arm"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20
AN IMPROVED Aao.LAMp.

The Special Feature IL Q Convenicnt
Means Of Trimming and Feeding.
The pictures here shown are taken
from the Electrical Review. They rep.
resent new arc lamp Of artistic and
convenient design. The FIRST cut shows
tho lamp ready for burning; the other
shows It with the ornamental casing
raised 30 that the fced.rod may be
cleaned and the carbons adjusted In
line.
The casing II held up by q bayonet.
joint at tho top Of the suspending tube,
and In that position It does not inter.
fere In any way with the cleaner while
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20
Tenth Century shoe Hacking.

Shoes were BACKED as early as the
tenth century. The substance used
seems to have been lampblack mixed
with rancid oil; for In an old romance
a man Is elected from company of pO-
lite persons because he had just black.
ed his shoes. and they could not stand
the smell.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20
SOMEWHAT CURIOUS.

In the last i've years the population
OF France has decreased.
OF the twenty.seven royal families
OF Europe two thirds are Of German orr.
gin.
The average life Of q locomotive Is
said to be about fifteen years, and the
earning capacity 100000.
Bees In order to collect one pound of
honey must visit the clover fields not
Sess than 3,75O,OOO times.
An lbino frog with beautiful pink
eyes base lately been added to the curl.
osiues In the museum at Berlin.
1t has been calculated that the saline
matter held In solution In sea water
comprises one.twentieth Of it, weight.
The London milk supply 10 1904 was
43,500.O 900 imperial gallons, or 3,825 900
gallons per month, and 110,O70 gallons
per day.
A cigarette smoker sends into the dir
about 1900. 10000 particles at every
pull. according to DR.. Atkins invcstiga-
tions.
In 100 a race meeting was held Mt
York, England, and from that day to
this there has never ceased to be an
August meeting at York.
It ID estimated by engineers who have
studied the subject that 10000, 900
horsepower goes to waste every hour
over Niagara Falls.
The value Of foreign timber imported
into England annually IL not less than
$4,000. 900, not to speak of tons Of paper
manufactured from wood pulp.
One OF the curious facts but recently
noted by the biologists and physiolo.
gists In that men have more red corpus.
clcs In their blood than women have.
The Ink used in printing the Bank Of
England notes was formerly made from
grape stone charcoal, bat now It IL man.
ufactured from naphtha smoke.
In Mexico. and Siam, as well, Judge.
jury and lawyers all smoke In court, II
they wish to. while q case II being
heard. Even the prisoner ID not depriv.
ed Of his cigar or cigarette.
King James !. bought Of . Mr.. Mark.
ham the first Arabian horse ever owned
In England. The price was eco. He
was disgraced by being beaten by every
horse that ran against him.
The manufacture Of carpets In Syria
ID carried on exclusively by women and
children. The trade, although import.
ant In its way, Is not large, and power
looms do not exist in the country.
The Egyptians believed that the soul
lived only as long as the body endured
hence their reason for embalming the
body to last as long as possible. 1t II
estimated that altogether there are 400.
600, mummies in Egypt.
Soda-propelled engines are now being
used on some French railways. The In
ventiOn Is based on the principle that
solutions Of caustic soda, which have
high boiling points, iiberate the absorb
Ing steam. and work noiselessly.
When a person In the SOudan Is bit
ten by dog supposed to be suffering
from the rabies, the animal Is instantly
caught, killed, and cut open; the livel
Is taken out and slightly Drowned by
being held to the fire, after which TIT
whole Of the organ Is eaten by the pa
tent.
According to the trials OF carrier pig
cons recently made In the American
navy, these birds are likely to prove
very useful at sea In carrying dis
patches. Only 10 per cent OF the pig
cons sent OF failed to return "hOme,
and some Of the "homers" covered 2O'
miles OF ocean at speed OF thirty
miles an hour.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20
Planting Apple Trees In Kansas.

John Carr Is preparing to plant 40
acres OF the farm he has bought near
Kickapoo, Kan, In apple trees. Mr..
Stevens Is going to plant apple trees
on 100 acres Of a farm near hell school.
house. Colonel Anthony Is going to
plant apple trees on 1GO acres OF his
farm In High Prairie. This means a.
600 apple trees. In seven years these
trees will produce 10000 bushels Of
apples, and the land each year will
raise a crop between the trees and pay
interest on the money invested.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

Business continues keeping very
quiet with retail piano dealers. Nothing
else could be expected during these
dog days.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

Tornmy-Paw, what IL an cgotist:
Mr.. Figg-He Is man who thinks he
IL smarter than any one else. Mrs.
Figg-My dear, you have that wrong.
The egotlst IL the man who says he Is
smarter than any one else. All men
think that way.--IndianapOlis Journal
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

he Is washing the globe or trimming
the lamp. When lowered into Its place
1t acts AZ an effective spark-arrester.
This lamp IL made Of any candle-pow.
er, and Is wound for constant current.
The case il finished In brass or In old
iron, as the user may desire.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21

storms, and where the ground OF power
consumption would be identical with that
of its generation. The lifting power that
pontoons operated by the tides would de-
velop would be measured merely by the
size of the plant, and it would not be ex-
pensive when the amount of the power
compared with the cost of the plant is con-
sidered. The rising and falling of pom
toons could be made to store power In
various ways, the lifting of water, which
can be used to run dynamos, being one OF
the simplest.
Besides this, we have winds OF wonder
full constancy By the use of windmills
these breezes could be made to lift water
with which dynamos to charge storage
batteries could be run, and these batteries
could be put to many domestic uses, such
as lighting, cooking, running sewing
machines and the like. We as yet seem
not to have the smallest conception OF the
great value of these winds.
In addition, we have abundant sunshine,
whose force could be utilized in various
ways known to engineering; but the other
and simpler plans herein suggested might
first be tried. Thus might the fuel prob
lem be solved to very great extent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
PERSONAL.

Rev. Mr. Pesterie of New York is at the Pal
ace Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Salzer of Philadelphia is
at the Baldwin Hotel.
Dr. 7. l. James has returned from his work in
the Eastern hospitals.
]. II. Coleman, a prominent mine manager of
Virginia City, is at the Lick
]. Diaz Duran, formerly Consul from Guate-
mala to San Francisco, is at the Occidental.
Herr Biern1ann, the German Consul from
Samoa, is at the California Hotel.
Miss Hatch, sister of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Hawaiian Islands, is at the
Occidental. She says the date of her brothers
coming is uncertain.
Sherman w. Marsh and III. H. Preston, of
Nevada City, arrived from Honolulu on the
Australia yesterday and are stopping at the
Lick. They had a most enjoyable holiday in
the island republic, but say they will be glad
to once more get back to home and business.
Charles Danforth Colby of Boston has once
more returned to San Francisco. He spent the
winter in San Diego for his health and was at
Los Angeles and Santa Barbara during the
Fiesta. Anything more gorgeous than the
flower carnival he never beheld, so he says.
Mr.. Colby will remain few days in this city
and will then proceed to Boston.
Carlos Gutierrez, son of the President of San
Salvador, arrived on the City of Sydney and is
at the Occidental. Mr.. Gutierrez is one of a
party OF fourteen young Salvadorans who
came up under the care of E. Mejia, wealthy
merchant and planter of the republic. The
party will remain some time in California, Wis
iting the various places Of interest, and will
then make tour of the East and Europe.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
/ TALK WITH COLONEL TRumBo.
SnN Lake { Utahl HernLd

outt LIf6 Ctut) I1eTutQ.
Colonel Isaac Trumbo returned home yester-
day from the coast.
AS usual, the colonel was besieged after hls
arrival by swarms of politicians of low and
high degree, who seem to have sspicked him as
winner in the coming Senatorial contest in
the event of such another misfortune as a Re-
publican victory in Utah, but Herald re-
porter caught him for short time last evening
"The San Joaquin Valley road is all right"
said the statesman, enthusiastically. 1.-THE
company has the capital to build through the
valley to Walkers Pass and so give any road
the opportunity of coming into San Francisco
with terminal facilities. Contracts have been
let and 10000 tons of steel ordered, and there
earnest"
"Will the San Joaquin road be line con-
Meeting Salt Lake with San franciscan"
u expect it will, and that's why my interest
In II Is so great. With that accomplished the
people will be delivered from their bondage to
the southern Pacific, which has levied upon
them all that the traffic would stand"
me colonel was enthusiastic over the pro-
1ect, and his statements were verified yester-
day in letter received by a well-known bust
ness man OF this city from prominent Cali
tornian, stating that the San Joaquin Valley
line was "sure go" and that it meant a COM
peting line from Salt Lake to the coast
After discussing the railway project in all its
phases the reporter ventured into the political
held, and found the colonel as wary as ever on
that subject. He showed much interest in the
proceedings of the constitutional convention,
and was apparently as familiar with every
move made and contemplated by the conven-
ton as any member of that body. On the sub
ject OF equal suffrage he expressed himself
freely and emphatically.
personally" he said, ''I am much pleased
at the result of the vote to-day, as it prac-
tically settles the question here, and assures
to the women of Utah the right of suffrage. I
am pleased first because believe in the prin-
ciple. The question is one of the great issues
OF the day, and in my opinion must and should
be resolved in favor of equal suffrage. The Re-
publican party in Utah is committed to the
principle, and am glad it has kept its pledge
and lived up to the platform on which it went
before the people. 1t is the right of all men to
differ honestly, and while honor Mr.. Roberts
for his courage and manliness am glad that
than Republican.
''The work of the convention is being closely
watched by the whole country, and in my
humble judgment one of the most important
matters that will claim attention will be the
fixing of the expenses OF the new State. Utah
should maintain her reputation as the lowest
taxed State in the Union, and the expenses
should be just as low as consistent with good
government. AS l have said before, low taxa
ton means large immigration, and on this ele-
ment the prosperity OF our future State will
largely depend"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
THE SPRING FEVER.

In these days, amid the glow OF return
ing summer, the bloom of a million flow
ers, the song of mating birds, the ripening
of luscious berries and the coming OF the
innumerable multitude of joyous things,
there falls upon man that touch of nature
which reminds him he is creature of
earth, but out of harmony with the glad
chorus of other creatures around him. He
feels loss of vigor. He grows languid
and listless and lazy. If he be young, his
fancy may lightly turn to thoughts OF love,
but the chances are his appetite will be
impaired, his vitality low, his mind NOR
bid, and his thoughts viii be inclined to
cocktail or liver pill.
This condition of the human system at
this season has been known for genera
tons as the spring fever. 1t has been at
tributed by some to relaxation of the vital
powers, due to the return of warm weather
after the more invigorating weather of
winter. The change in the atmosphere is
said to affect the mind as we'll as the body,
producing a dizziness of the mental facul-
ties, as well as torpor of the physical. The
objection to this theory is, that while it
may fit the facts, it tends to a resort to
medicine for remedy. 1t suggests the adj
visibility of taking tonics and stimulants
and predisposes a man to entertain favor
ably even so bitter thought as that of
paying doctors bill.
Perhaps a truer solution of the spring
fever condition is that nature is trying to
convince man he should not be too civilized
nor too much addicted to work. She lays
upon him sense of languidness to give
him time to reflect that work is an evil
and that too much of it is species of dis
sipation. This feeling which man in his
folly calls a depression is really an eleva-
ton OF the mind to that region of pure
laziness which lies adjacent to the sublime
heights of Nirvana. Here nature enables
him to see life clearly and to see it whole;
to understand the futility of ceaseless en-
deavor, the folly of trying to learn while
alive the inner secrets of the universe that
will be revealed to him without an effort
on his part when he is dead and in this
way she interfuses into his consciousness
the delightful wisdom that it is good to
loaf and that to lie all day STEPPED in sun
shine and theosophy is after all the highest
as well as the sweetest attainment of
humanity.
From this diagnosis of spring fever it fol-
lows naturally that the healing remedy is
to be sought not in medicine but in nature.
Instead of taking a small pill, we must take
the whole earth. We must shake work and
worry from us like dewdrops from a lions
name and, getting out into the forest, live
like lion in the Joy of an untrammeled
liberty. 1t is not a pill we need, but a
holiday; not a stimulant, but a recre-
alton. Nature at this season invites
man to come back 10 her and renew his
savagery, and imposes languor upon him
only to convince him he was never intended
to be civilized.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

1t is reported that three of the Supervisors
are opposed to the boulevard scheme because
OF the financial condition of the county. There
may be reasonable objections to pressing the
construction of the boulevard just at this time,
but we do not think lack of funds is one OF
them. While the county treasury is not in
plethoric condition, that would make no dit
ference, because the boulevard fund would be
a special one. Several prominent capitalists
and landowners have interested themselves In
the scheme, but before the Supervisors of either
county can be expected to indorse it, the peo-
pie whose properties will be particularly bene-
flied must signify willingness to bear large
share of the costs.-Halfmoon Bay Advocate.
A recent writer suggests that if there is any
thing in the law of averages or historical pre-
cedents it is about time for the United States
to have another war. The average period be-
tween wars heretofore has heen about twenty
five years, and thirty years have now passed
since the civil war. Never before in our his
tory, that is to say. has there been so long
period of profound peace as the one through
which we are now passing; and if history is
going to repeat itself a war must soon ensue.-
Marysville Appeal.
No time should be lost in organizing move
ment in this State to secure the Republican
National Convention for San Francisco. We
say in the State, because the whole State is in
terested in this matter, and it is in no sense
local question. The dispatches from the East
all point to the possibility of this State secur-
ing the prize if it sets to work with character
istic energy to win it.-Los Angeles Express.
A Santa Cruz girl has fallen heir to one-fourth
of $40, 900 900 estate in South America. An
exchange remarks that this will be cheering
news to the Italian counts and British noble
men who go down to Santa Cruz beach every
summer TO look out for matrimonial prizes
while taking their annual bath.-Grass Valley
Tidings.
The increase in the value of real estate in
Stockton since it has been known that the !, =
Joaquin Valley Railway is to have terminus
there for the next few years shows what Lodi
will be when it is known that the electric road
contracts are let. There are good times ahead
for US all.-Lodi Budget.
Fresno has good reason to rejoice if it is true,
as reported, that company with 100000
capital will dam the San Joaquin River near
its exit from the Sierra Nevada foothills and
develop water power sufficient to run half the
machinery in the San Joaquin Yalley.-Lake-
port Bee.
The valley road will emancipate the State
from the intolerable exactions of the Southern
Pacific. The days of transportation brigandage
are practically ended. The South moves. Let
Mendocino emulate her example. Hurrah for
the Low Gap road l-Ukiah Press.
We are glad the Governor did not sign the
bill making the poppy the estate flower" We
are wideawake people, and the poppy would
not be fit emblem for us as it is narcotic in its
effects.-Grass Valley Telegraph