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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
How They Banjo Pass Fionds.

Charles G. Black, assistant attorney
Of the Missouri Pacific, who for the
last two years has resided In Athison.
has resigned his position with the com.
pany, and will resume general practice
Of law at Kansas City, Mo. Sam Har-
burger will succeed Mr.. Black. Har-
burger long has been Bailey Waggen.
cr's right-hand man.
They have a code Of signals. which
are particularly helpful when the man
who wants a pass drops In. "Sam,"
Waggener will say when statesman
who has no claim on railroads presents
himself, HAS Doddrldge sent those
blanksi" NO." Sam will promptly 70.
ply. marking the Interrogation, "and I
guess he has applied the interstate com.
merce rule to us and we will not get
any more"
"Then," troubled look stealing over
his face. Mr.. Waggener will suggest
that Sam TRY Rathbvrn." 1T would
do no good" the ready lieutenant will
say. "You know we sent over to him
yesterday with q request for transpor.
tatlon for Senator Ingalls,, and he was
out Of blanks, too" '"rhen," Mr.. Wag-
gener will say, YEARLY, to the appli.
cant: II am afraid I can't help you.
It's got 80 now that ! am little more
than q clerk. Sometimes ] am tempted
to resign"
Tho next applicant comes within tho
rule. "Sam," Mr.. Waggener will say.
imperatively. "write out pass for Mr..
Bill here" aud the pass IL written
Kansas City Star.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22

Warrington, writes to Nature that he
thinks this theory Is hardly tenable.
Zones Of narrow rinA he says, are
common In all of our trees, and he sug.
eests this explanations: Let tree, like
the fir In question. grow up under ia.
vornble conditions for hundred years,
and then let hurricane break OF a
large part Of its crown. Suddenly, at
least within a year, the rings Of growth
will become narrow. Within about
thirty years the crown recuperates. but
still the food.material descending from
the leaves IL scanty for the lower pos.
ton of the trunk and narrow rings coz
tlnue to form there. Higher up the tree.
however. the rings will be found widese
ing. Finally. and rather suddenly, the
supply becomes normal lower down
and the rings resume their regular
width. Thus various accidents occur.
ring to tree record their effects In its
rings Of growth.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22

Ferdinand Trentman performed two
acts OF heroism at HALEY. Idaho. We'd
resday morning. One was the saving of
own lfc in jeopardy. The warm wealth.
err having caused very preccptible rise
10 the water In the river, 1t became
necessary to remove the brush that hal
accumulated on the edge of the dam ut
the foot of Bullion street. James Rig
gen end Fred Trentman. a young black.
smith. were carried out to the dam in
q chair. secured to ropes drawn down
by pulleys. having an AK apiece they
soon cut the brush adrift.
Risgen then caught hold of the life
rope and was drawn to the shore.
Trentman did not, however. even try to
catch the rope. Taking hold of the
axes he floated on the brush to the
bridge. about 100 feet away. As he
reared IL. he yelled to those on the
bridge to get out of the way. He then
jumped on the bridge himself as he got
In reach. The brush must have been
moving at the rate of twelve or fifteen
smiles an hour Ii he had failed to jump
Just when .he did he would have been a
dead man.
The same morning Joseph Yetzcr.
Trentman and others tried to dlslodge
n huge tree which had lodged against
the central pier of the main bridge at
Bullion street. Yetzer. who was stand
lng on the bridge. attempted to lasso
the trunk. but lost his balance ana was
pulled into the river on the upper side
Of the bridge. but reappeaYed on the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
Valuable Eox.eklna.

The most expensive and beautiful Of
all fox fur. according to knowledge. Is
that Of the American silver fox. The
color Is usually almost entirely black.
except tho tip Of tho tail, and certain
grny.white markings on the back,
thighs and head. Occasionally a com.
Ylctely black specimen Is found, and
there are also some which arc com.
plctely grny. Tho animal was once
comparatively abundant, but ID now
scarce. and about n year ago a single
fine skin was sold In London for the
surprising sum Of $S76. In 1904 many
skins were sold for more than $500
apiece. The cheapest skins arc the
pale.colorcd ones. some Of which do not
command moro than SIS.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
EurInud's Food SUNNY.

Strong as the English war feet Il, it
is very far from being strong enough to
successfully engage possible combina.
ton Of fleets and ut the same time pro.
tcct our sea borne food supply, says
the Nineteenth Century. II the United
states and Russia declared war with
England there would practically he no
food supply left to protect. They
would keep the immense supplies we
now get from them ut home, and the
fear of capture or destruction would
effectually prevent Argentina and other
neutrals from sending food to us In any
sufficient quantity.
What Is wanted Is that, instead Of
only a precarlous weeks supply, we
should have stored up In this country
enough corn to last for Mt least twelve
months. Experts In the corn trade
ngrec that there would be no insupera.
bic difficulty in gradually accumulat.
ing this store Of corn. 1t would be for
experts to advise as to the best meth.
DDS and places Of storage.
Perhaps the best plan would be to dis.
tribute II over the country In magazines
Mt the military depots. giving the mill.
tary authorities charge Of It, but II II
was In the country and safe II would
not SO much matter where II was. Al.
though most Of our corn ia made into
-four at tho great ports, It would not be
wise. seeing that most Of them are 80
dcfenseless, TO store II there.
The entire control and management
Of this great patlonal store Of corn
should be under some permanent gov.
eminent department. Although Its ex-
istence could not fail to have steady.
Ing effect on the corn market, It should
he outside all speculative influences.
the price at which It would be sold,
when necessary to sell II. being fixed by
law. II would be no sacrifice. In the
long run, for the country to provide
such a reserve Of food, as It would oil.
ways be worth Its cost.
Other nations accumulate gold for use
In war time. We should have a war
chest Of corn. II We have It, what will
II dot
It will give our navy time to devote
itself to the crushing Of tho navy or
navics opposed to us. 1t will give IN
time. with out great resources, to aug.
ment our fighting feet to almost any
extent, and It will give our farmers
time to grow three or four times al
much corp and breed much larger
quantity Of cattle and sheep than they
nOw do
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
The AFRO Of Eish.

Prof. Baird devoted a great deal OF
time to tho question rs to the length
Of life of fish, and he found that the or.
binary carp. II not interfered with,
would live 500 years. In his writings
on the subject he stated that there are
now living In the Royal Aquarium, In
Russia, several carp that are known to
be 600 years old, and he has ascertained
In number Of cases that whales live
to be over 200 years old. A gentleman
In Baltimore has gold fish he has had
for sixty-three years, and his father
informed him that he had purchased It
forty years before he gave 1t to his son.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
A walkiug Fish.

A queer Ash, called the walking
goby," or tho "hopping fish," II found In
the Indian Ocean as well as along tho
shores Of West Africa. Crowds Of
these curious creatures. resembling tad.
poles In their outlines, bask In the
sun on muddy shore and scamper Or
On being disturbed. Many Of them keep
the ends Of their long tails dipped In
the water. while they lie on the sun.
heated mud, or sit on mangrove roots,
and Prof. Haddon has suggested that
there may DO an organ OF respiration
In the end Of tho tail. additional to the
similar organs In tho gills. A more 70.
cent investigator. DR.. Forbes. Of Liver
pool, thinks the hsh are able to store
q sufficient quantity Of water In their
gills to maintain aquatic respiration
during their prolonged absences on tho
shore.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
Exterm,n.t,nu Buttsrn,es.

Collectors Of butterflies In England
aro somewhat alarmed Mt tho prospect
Of the extinction Of several localized
species, mainly through the effects Of
overcollection. II apeas that three spc.
cies Of BUTTERFLIES have already been
exterminated. at least from their
known haunts, and that three other
species are In imminent danger Of OK.
tinction, and the chronological Society
has been requested to take some action
for the protection Of the insects. Some
Of the much.huntcd species. It In said,
will probably take final refuge In the
irreclaimable fens Of Norfolk.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
An Americap Vindicated.

The British medical trust that Is con.
Quoting crusade against American
practitioners In London recently
brought suit against an American. DR..
Brldgewater, alleging that he had fun
lawfully, willfully and falsely repre-
sented himself to be doctor Of medi-
cine" As DR.. Brldgewater was shown
TO be the possessor of degrees from New
York and Philadelphia medical colleges
Of international reputation. the trust
not only lost its suit, but had to pay
cost to an aggregate of nearly $4,000
Boston Herald.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
Great Tide wayes.

Those who see the rise and fall Of tho
tides In our Atlantic harbors seldom
think Of tho wonderful career Of tho
mo0n.raised ocean-waves which cause
the tidal fux ana rcfux. Such pillows
not only cross tho sen, but aow from
ocean into ocean, ard In this way com.
plicated movements are set going.
Thus, as Mr.. Vaughan Cornish has re-.
Gently reminded English readers. once
In every twelve hours tho moon raises
a tide billow In the Southern Indian
Ocean. When this billow passes the
Cape OF Good Hope, ut noon, Its sue.
cessor Is already born, and by the time
the first blllow has reached the Azores
Islands, at midnight, the second Is
rounding the Cape, and a third has
come into existence In the southern
ocean. BY 4 o'clock In the morning fol-
lowing Its passage of the Cape the tide
billow reaches the English Channel and
there the shallow water delays It SO
much that 1t does not arrive at the
Straits of Dover until 10 q. m. Here
the narrowing Channel causes the tide
to rise very high and almost puts an
end to the wave. In the meantime an.
other branch OF the b!llOw runs around
the western side OF the British Isla nds,
rounds the north point Of Scotland, aud
moves slowly down the eastern coast
of England. until 1t finally flows up the
Thames, and laps the wharves Of Lon
don.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
An Andes Tunnel.

Humboldt describes remarkable
tunnel In the Andes, known as the
Desague Real, which was driven
through a mountain by Flemish en-
glneer In 1908. This work was four
miles long. eleven feet in width, and
fourteen feet high. 1t was designed to
carry off the threatening waters of q
deep mountain lake, and was executed
with pickax and spade In one year by
the incessant labor OF 1900 Indians.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
The Snecdl of lmsccfs.

Many insects can fly faster than
birds. The common house fly can or.
6inarily fly twenty-five fee. second.
But when 1t Is alarmed 1t has bean
found that 1t can increase it's rate of
~leeo TO over 100 feet per second. If
Il could continue such rapid flight for u
mile in q straight line 1t would cover
that distance In exactly thirty-three
seconds. 1t Is not an uncommon thing
when travelling by rail in the summer
time to see bee or wasp keeping up
with the .rain and trying to get in at
one Of the windows. a swallow Is con.
sidercd one of the swiftest of flying
birds. and IL was thought until recently
that no insect could escape 1t. \ nat
uralst tells of an exciting chase he saw
between swallow and q dragon fly.
which is among the swiftest Of Insects.
The insect flew with incredible speed.
and wheeled and lodged with such
ease that the swallow. despite It's ut.
most efforts. completely failed to over.
take and capture II.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
Tuun1,Iiuu Mustor,Y.

Il y said that the tumbllng mustard,
q weed introduced from Europe about
twenty years ago. has become very
troublesome in Manitoba and other
parts Of Northwestern Canada. Prof.
Fletcher, Of Ottawa. estimates that a
single plant bears no less than 1,5OO, 600
seedsi
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
The Cradle of Mankind,

The recent discovery In Somaliland
by Mr.. Seton.1iarr Is regarded rs on
important contribution to the evidence
by means Of which men Of science hope,
eventually, to be able to locate the cr,i.
die Of the human rice. The implements
referred to are identical in form with
those found In Northwestern Europe
md In India, and this fact Is thought to
be an indication that In the remote pre-.
historic times called the Palaeolithic
age the Inhabitants Of Asia, Africa and
Europe belonged to single race.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
Ozark Lightly

Monsieur lie Bon. French expcri.
menter, reports that lie has obtained
outline photographs on dry plate
through sheet Of iron, simply with the
aid of m ordinary kerosene lamp. lie
gets the best effects by backing the iron
with sheet Of lead, but the rnys do
not. like the X.rnys, penetrate black
paper. He calls the radiation which
produces the photographs dark light"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22

lower side in a second or two. Trent.
man instantly Jumped into the raging
torrent. swan to his drowning partner,
and succeeded In pushing him ashore.
about 200 feet below.--Portland Ore
Cnniail.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
Trcc.RiuCs.

On May % mention was made in this
column Of curious theory concerning
the history Of very old fir-tree from
North America, n section of the lower
part Of whose trunk Is preserved In En-
gland. The growth rings In the trunk
shOw that the tree lived for several
hundred years, and that when 1t was
about century old something hap
pened which interfered with and de.
layed Its growth. The effect was to pro.
duce a series of rings very narrow and
close together, followed by rings of the
usual width, indicating that the tree
had suddenly regained Its vigor. Ac-
cording to the theory mentioned the
influence that retarded the growth OF
the tree was series Of atmospheric dis.
turbances In the Middle Ages which
caused widespread epidemics in Europe
and Asia. and presumably in North
America also. Nj. B. =. Feruow, Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22

No one should ever get up 4 ashy
story to delude people; they can't tell
Il 90 that It rings sincere to save their
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22

When you get enough. b. brave
enough TO say 20. 80 ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03

and likely to last many years. do not see
howl can contrfbIte to the future recogni-
ton of the place. Metal. II had 1t. would
be stolen. There Gre no stones in the dis
trict to make a cairn. The tree will outlive
any wooden cross might erect. Several Of
the older men at Karonga Nzofu's remem-
Der DIR. Livingstone, and describe his ap-
pearance very we'll, indeed; they mention
the cap he always wore.
July 9--Today revisited the tree where
Livingstone died. and in order to guide
others to the exact spot, in case this tree
should disappear from any cause, I Sc
Iected another big tree likely to last many
years. cleared away two and one-half
square feet Of its bark. and in the space
marked as follows: This tree is magnetic
southwest of the tree where Livingstone q
remains are buried. and is forty-five PAGES
from 1t. 1 brought away a bit Of the bark
or the memorable tree-a dead part, as
not to be guilty of vandalism. Living
stones grave is in a quiet nook, such as he
himself desired. in the outskirts of a forest
bordering on grass plain, where the roam
buck and Gland roam in safety. When
visited the place turtle doves were cooling
In the tree-tops and a litter Of young n.y.
enas had been playing nearby: in the low
ground outside the hole leading to the cave
were their recent tracks: they had scam.
pered Into safety at our approach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
The Adventures of the Puppies.

The Late Admiral Stevens the Youths Companion.
On one of our small coast survey schonn-
ers there was once a litter of puppies be-
longing to the captain. They were only TO
be allowed to remain on board until old
enough to leave their mother, but during
their stay on board, what scurrying, scamp
ering frolicsome nuisances they were! The
smartest and most energetic puppy OF the
lot was little fluffy black and white spot
ted fellow called "Spottycus the Gladiator.
puppies had their meals Immediately after
the ward room officers. Spottycus evident
" considered 1t an infringement of his dig
nifty to be relegated to the second table, and
so one day he led crusade.
1t was a warm summer evening, and the
ward room officers were just being helped
to their soup when there was a rush over
head, followed by a most fearsome success
sion of tiny banks. The officers locked up.
and beheld every one OF the open skylights
overhead occupied by a little dog reaching
over as far as he could get, his mouth open
and his little red tongue hanging out.
The first lieutenant rose from his seat in
horror, but, as if that had been lie signal
agreed upon, Spottycus slipped from his
hold and plunged headlong into the tureoI,
of hot soup. AS in duty bound. the others
followed his example, and for while. in
the midst of sounds of breaking glassware,
the thud and splash of falling bodies and q
prolonged and horrible yelping, squealinc
and whining, it rained puppies.
The lext exploit was to fall overheard ali
together, being led. az usual, by the indom-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
From the New York Journal.

From the New York Journal.
T. II. Burchell of this city, while bath.
ing in the still water of the creek at Far
Rockaway about three months ago, lost
front tooth.
Two weeks later W. II. Billiard. who
was staying at a cottage in Far Rockaway,
caught a bluefish. He took il home TO
have II cooked for his dinner. In it was
found a single false tooth. The story got
to Burchell. Billiard sent the tooth 10
Burchell, who found that II differed in no
respect from the enc he had lost. After
polishing IL up he put ii in his mouth.
1t fitted exactly. and he is now wearing
it. The bluefish was caught in the open
sea fully two miles from the place where
the tooth was lost.
This is the second case of the kind al
Far Rockaway. The first was reported
about a month earlier, when a woman lost
a valuable side comb. which reappeared in
side of fish four weeks afterward.
Some years ago Mrs. Bullard lost a costly
ring little further down the coast. Near
ly a year afteward Mr. Billiard received
letter asking him to describe the lost
ring He did SO in detail and received
the ring by return of post Ii had been
found by a clamdigger two miles frcm
the place at which ii was lost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
MADE A LIVING EASILY.
Prosperity of an Ingenious Man With
Small Conscience.

PrOsperity of an Ingenious Man With
a Small Conscience.
From the Omaha World Herald
There Is no need OF q man starving or
begging in th!c world" and the speaker,
well-dressed nan. bestowed look Of min
gled pity ard contempt upon poor speci-
men Of humanity that had struck him for
a dime Il came to Omaha a week ago
without q red cent. n white cent. or any
other colored cent. Just one nickel was my
pile What did 1 do? Go out and strike
some man for a quarter to buy a meal? Go
out and rustic for job while 1 was starry
ing? No, siI 1 went TO cheap hotel where
my baggage was sufficient guarantee for a
room and a few meals.
After engaging a room l hunted up a
drug store and invested my nickel in one
of those little bottles of perfume. Then 1
jcllicd cigar man into giving me several
sheets of tin foil used in keeping tobacco
moist. With these i returned to my room
and confiscated the slab of CASTLE soap
which ornamented the saucer on the wash
stand. l cut it into pieces about a quarter
of an inch square. Then / poured about
half a pint of Missouri water into the
basin and into it emptied the perfume My
next step was to drop those chunks of cas-
| tile soap into the perfumed water and
leave them until they We're scented.
After they had become quite sweet
scented took them out. wrapped them in
the tin foil and was ready for business.
Going into the residence part of the city
where the houses were small. i made a
canvass and sold these pieces of soap for
twenty-five cents each. People thought
Il ey were samples of some wonderful new
soap warranted to take out grease spots
no matter how deep or how ancient.
We'll, yes; perhaps / did tell them SO
| But il l hadn't / wouldn't have sold the
soap. and If l hadn't sold the soap
couldn't have paid my hotel bill and if
hadn't paid my hotel bill I'd have been
| thrown out and maybe have brought up in
! the police court. So l think l did right
Anyway, my conscience does not trouble
me.
| After l had sold out the first instaIlment
| 1 had s1.JO. With it l purchased some
more perfume and some more tin foil and
| was ready for the second batch. These
| sold in another part of the city, and real.
| lied so much that 1 paid my bill and an
| ready to go west on the evening train
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
THE TRAIN BOY.
The Sleepy Traveller Did Not Depres.
Him and He Had Still "a Chance.

The Sleepy Traveller Did Not Depress
Him and He Had Still n Chance.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The monotonous voice of the train boy
broke in upon the meditations Of the sleepy
traveller.
Puck, Judge, Life. any Of the sporting
or comic publications. books by popular
authors
Not any," drowsily answered the trav-
Ger.
In a few moments the boy came pack and
spoke to him again.
bananas. organges, ape"
No
Again the boy went away and again he
came back.
rigs. chocolate caramels-''
ION want anything. l wish you would
quit DOtnering me.
once more 10Y went away, and once
more he returned.
Now, see here" said the traveller. thor
oughiy awakened by TINS time. young
CHAP. 1 don't want any lead pencils, Prize
Packages, stationery, BOOKS. laIers VI any
hinu, cigars, 1rult candy or Skull caps. 1
nave use for nuts. sneIIeu or otnerwA
AID you can't sell me amy soap, buckles,
combs, razor sIrops, Gun buttons, aIIud-
macs. papers Of pms, corn starch, rugs,
waking Sticks, mustard spoons. unIDrei-
Lac, nignt snlrts, clothes piES, brocaoeJ
Silks, rubber bands, carpets bicycles, snav-
ing mugs, yachting caps, diamonds, Knives
OF rorks, Cut glass, flour. bacon pickle DISH
Is, perrumery, coffee, Tea. line cut Tobacco
coal, baby carriages, elephants. horses Oh
any olnel kind OF animal, tour-footed VI
Otherwise, saw logs. INNING stock or rea
estate. NOW will you 90 away and let me
aiOne?
yes, SIR" rejoined the train boy in thu
same monotonous tone, want any chew
ing gum?