Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-27
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TnsRs ore at present $50 electric rail-.
ways In the United Staten, operating over
5000 miles Of track, end %, 900 cars, rep
resenting . capital investment Of over
600, 1000, 900.
SHANGHAI. China, papers report .
ghasty incident ct q recent execution.
just at the moment Of the execution the
victims hands nervously grssped the gar
ment Of tho executioner and held on after
decspitstion. Before the grip could be
Doosened the executioner died Of fright.
THRss.wnrsLsp vehicles are the rage.
The latest carriage invention Il three.
wheel AFFAIR. The newest cycle has the
same number Of wheels. Each seats two
persons and threatens TO unseat the reason
Of . lot Of people who already have too
many wheels.
r Q man b q pessimist be Il sure to
gf,imble continually at the weather. The
0ptlmist, on the other hand, always sees
the bright side Of the subject. II II rains
with him Il ID good weather for ducks"
and II It's 20 sultry he can't sleep nights,
he consoles himself with the thought that
q any rate lis "good corn weather"
TIE war department has Just granted .
medal Of honor to Alonzo n. Pickle, Ger.
geant Of Company b, First Battalion, Min.
nesota infantry, for saving the life Of On
Olllcer who fell desperately wounded be.
tween the lines In battle Of the late war.
Mr.. Pickle ought 70 be thankful that he
lived long enough 10 give the government
sufficient time 70 find out that lie had done
heroic deed.
Tns Belgians ere careful Of their his
tofic souvenirs. In the front Of q house
situated 10 the Faubourg de Shassbuch, 10
Brussels, there ID to be seen, hajlpburied
In tue plaster, cannon ball which was
fred from Q Dutch cannon 1t the period
Of tue revolution Of 1850, and has ever
since been permitted 10 remain. Recently
u was determined 10 restore and refront
the house, and Il was decided 70 make the
repairs without disturbing the canon ball.
Ar the recent Sloane Burden wedding.
two Of the Richest families Ia America
were unite,l-the vanderbilts aud the Bur.
dens. The guests represented $500, O00,.
600. Quite el ,000, 100 was spent In wed.
ding arrangements. The brides trous.
sesu cost 90 100; the wedding presents
were valued 1t 1700, NO; 100 carriages were
placed at the service Of the guests, and the
largest hotel In Lennon, Mass, was chart.
cred for their use.
In 1894 the railways killed 1898 Of
their employees, Or 0W less than 10 1893,
and injured .8,422, or 6,807 less than 10
1893. The passengers killed numbered 824,
an increase Of 20, and the injured numbered
8,O34, o decrease Of 1876. This commend.
able saving In lives and limbs Of railway
employees ID ascribed by the Interstate
Commission In part to the decreased mum.
Der employed and In part 10 the increased
use Of automatic appliances that have rem.
dered railway employment: much less
dangerous.
AMONG l7s babies exhibited at the re.
cent New York baby show, II bore tue
name Of Dorothy. Next In favor came
Marjorie, Helen, Katherine and Marie. II
would appear, then, that Dorothy 10 the
fashionable name Just now, at least In
Gotham. This matter Of baby naming
should be carefully considered. Sup.
posing Miss Trilby Trotter In the year 1850
u sensitive about her age. She will have
hard work convincing the wise ones that
she was not born during the Trilby craze
Of 1895.
THE current number Of Harper's
Weekly contains = particularly interest
Ing article by Mr.. Edward Atkinson on
"I'he Cost Of Our Government" In which
lie Analyses the figures Of revenue and ex-
penses for the last fifteen years, and shows
the average cost Of different branches Of
the public service and the expense for pen.
sions and clearing OF war debt. In 1850
tue revenue per head was o8.826 and tue
expense e5.996. In 1888 the revenue was
o7.167 and the expense 44.vi6. In 1890
the same items were respectively 10.b77
and e4.749, and In 1894 e4.465 and g..
$40.
" you want to know the character Of
your friends, Just study their thumbs.
The conditions sre. simplicity itself. Tie
weak mans thumb 10 weak and pendepti
the strong mans thumb 10 strong and erect.
The psrallelism Ii 20 marked that you can
tell from glance At Q mans thumbs
whether he " An slmless thinker or man
who carries bis ideas or somebody clse'i
Into action. Men should mark well the
thumbs Of the women Of their choice. II
girls thumb, By II ever 10 prettily rosy,
has tendency to stand Ut right angles u
the hand-well, the gray mare will need
q bit, that's I'LL, while II It lies fiat Of
drO0ps little, you can count on martha
submission To the master mind, and tl,at'i
the sort OF domestic paradise oil you s0ni
u Adam sre looking for, isn't itr Will
the waning Of the powers OF frame and
brain comes tue depression Of the thumb
aud whether In senility or idiocy the
thumb u always turned Ia. Aud then,
when you turn your face 10 the wall AND
know no more summers heat nor winter,
cold, those that stand about you aud say
Well, poor old chap, he's gone at last,
will lind that you have tucked your thumbs
away In the shelter Of your hands, Just q
you had them when you were q little baby
The business men OF Boston, have beer
giving attention OF late to the condition,
which surround the foreign and domestic
commerce OF that port. There has beer
some talk In the newspapers Of Boston,
"decaying commerce" and 1t was perhaps
tue sting Of this unwelcome phrase which
led the Chamber OF Commerce to consul
concerning possible means OF lmpr0vin,
the harbOr, and induced the Boetbn Adver
tiser to make careful comparison OF tn,
city's foreign shipping with the marine
traffic carried on from other principal ports
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