Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02
Republican County Ticket.

there IRE evident signs Of the failure
Of the supply In Chesapeake Hay. the
greatest oyster resource In the country.
II not In the world. Warnings have
been given In past years that this
would Ike the result unless there was
a reform In the methods employed aud
greater care taken Of the beds. I.egis.
laturcs have been appealed to IN this
matter, and while some have responded
others have been negligent. There
ought 10 be no further delay unless
the country IL to he deprived of one Of
Its most tOOtlsOme food supplies.
For a number Of months the New
York Herald has been publishing let.
tiers III response to the question How
far may woman 20 to encourage n
man to propose marrlageT' A prize of
one hundred dollars was offered for the
best letter. Over four thousand letters
were received. The Herald hns Just
awarded the prize to letter signed
Becky Sharp" who turned out to be
Mrs. james GilmOur, Of Brooklyn. The
chief points In her letters are rs fol.
lows: "Select the man on whom you
intend to bestow the privilege Of your
attention. In your after companion.
ship with him never compromise your.
self by any indecOrousness. Seek his
society In such a manner TINT he In not
cOgnixant Of being sought nfter; be
bright and cheerful in his presence,
sympathlxe with him In his troubles.
stimulate him to best efforts In his
business Affairs. Dress becOmlngly for
him. but never gaudily. When he Is
absent from you, write him few In.
teresting, chatty letters. Above all.
prove yourself good listener. DO not
always agree with him; It Is sometimes
wiser to agree to disagree. Draw the
line Mt prOmiscuous OSCILLATION. You
might vOuchsnfe him just one kiss
some night ut parting. But II he Mt.
tempts to return It, do not permit It.
II you have a spark Of wit In your mn.
ture. you ought by this time to have
made yourself 30 necessary to his OK.
istence that he will miss you sadly
when absent" Mrs. GilmOur. who.
much to her establishment, won the
prize. vigorously rcsents the accusation
that she proposed to her husband. She
srys that she was wOOed nnd won In
the usual manner.
a young Massachusetts wife was de-
serted the other dry by her husl,a MI
on the ffth anniversary Of their mar
rlage. He rnn away with pretty
and silly girl Of Is who worked In tho
Same shop with him. The deserted wife
treated the matter almost phllOsOph'
ically." according to the report Of tho
Boston Herald. She snid there Ind
been no difficulty between her husla,nf
and herself. and that they were very
agreeable to each other up to the .ast. :
But she added: III he In crazy for the
girl, all right; want nobody who
does not want me-" II strikes us thu,
this IL not almost" but nltOg ,tllci
philosophical. Why should any self
respecting woman, or man either. wnn,
anybody who does not want ,hein =
and not only want them. but prefer
them to everybody else In the world
In the savage state, or wherever wOm
en- IRE regarded as property or rs toys
and men ns necessary protectors. u
different feeling IL natural. But civil
lied men, ana women too. IRE fro
| Quently less sensitive ana unsciiisl
than the noblest brutes. 1t may My,
been philosophy, or 1t may have lecI
only pride, but the young Massacl,,
sets wife spoke with unusual tincncss
Of feeling.
10 desire the appreciation. good will,
ana esteem Of others Is natural and
perfectly legitimate feeling. and one
which largely cOnduces to the welfare
and morality Of every community. I,
Is folly to try to Danish 1t as a motive
power. to depreciate 1t as being an nm.
worthy source OF action, to despise
those who are Influenced by 1t; all this
Ii simply fighting against nature, and
In every such battle defeat IL certain
While men ana women are woven to.
gether In the web OF social rela lions,
and dependent upon one another fol-
their happiness. ana even their very OK.
istence. SO long will the desire of on.
jOying the esteem Of one another con.
tinue to form strong and Il valuable
influence In their lives.
A young man who thinks he can lead
a reckless ana prOfiigate existence until
he reaches the middle term of life, and
then repent and make a good steady
citizen, Is deluded. He thinks that PEG.
pie are fools, destitute Of memory. lie
concludes that II he repents everybody
will forget that he was disslpated
fellow. This Ia not the case, people are
apt to remember the bad deeds and
forget the good ones. Besides, It Is no
easy thing to break of In middle life
bad habits that have been formed IN
youth.
A great future Is expected for the
Alaska candletish which runs In vast
schools along the coast of the terri;
tory. 1t Is about ten inches In length
and serves the natives for oil as wei
as food. The oil is said to be equal t.
taken from cod livers. There are vast