Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-07-25

CIuperOu ~ kuOWu US JUce-u1uker.
A cheap bicycle Is called u "gas.pipe"
machine. A professional racer Is
PRO"
There has been u sensation In the
Lutheran conference ut Berlin over the
charges against Bishop SasO that he
had been specializing with church
funds on the bOurse, ana lost heavily.
The members OF the conference have
been Mortified mt the disclosure, ana
the feeling against the bishop has been
extremely bitter. There had been n
faint hope that the bishop would DO
able to dlsprOve the charges OF gam.
bling. but, rs he remained silent, the
hostility to him grew to immense proper.
tlOns. At last he was forced to make a
statement, ana II proved to bc cOnfcs.
sion Of the gambling charge. but with
the explanation that instead OF losing
he had won u half million marks. The
report that chronicles this incident con-
cludes: members OF the conference
were pleased greatly" 1t II understood,
Of course. that the delight of the mem.
bers IL due wholly to the fact that the
bishop has cleared his conscience by
contrasting.
1t Is n curious fact that the corona.
ton Of the Emperor Of Russia IL
thought necessary because that cOun.
try has more than ten thousand miles
Of Asiatic frontage, and the pageant IL
essential to hold the Oriental imagina.
tiOn and conscience to the crown.
There have been twenty of these cOrO.
nations including the last. but prob
ably the most striking was that OF
Boris, In the sixteenth century. who,
during the ceremonial. and after the
crown was placed upon his head, sud
denly astOnished everybody by ex-
claiming: II take God to witness that
there shall be neither beggars nor poor
during my reign" and shaking his
coat he added, land I would share Il
among everybody were 1t the last coat
that possessed"
1t Is not impossible that the prince
Of Wales will have more time than he
had hoped for to settle his indebted.
nesses to Baron Hirsch's estate. More
than one Of the executors named by the
testatOr have refused to act. and GER
tain flaws In the manner In which 1t
Is ORA wn may invalidate the whole will,
In which case the clause requiring the
executors to call In Immediately all In
debtednesses will go for nothing.
There has been not little talk of the
venality OF the London press where the
advertisements of financial concerns Of
doubtful stability were concerned.
That there Is ground for 1t Is pretty
well proved by the fact that new In
dustrial companies, capitalized ut sums
aggregating fifty millions of dollars,
We're advertised In one days issue of
the London dallles recently.
Buy 81 worth DObbins Floating BOr-
AK Soap of your grocer, send wrap
pers to DObblns Soap Mfg. Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa. They will send you FREQ
OF charge, postage paid, a Worcester
Pocket Dictionary, 29S pages, bound In
cloth, prOfusely illustrated. Offer
good until August only.
Many people who have patronized
the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navi-
cation COmpany's steamers between
Detroit Cleveland and the 500, say
that is the poorest managed line in
the world. The meals are bad; the Of
ficers surly, and the boats anything but
first-class. Passengers are not treated
as they are on other lines, aid the Chi
cagoan who patronizes them hardly
ever repeats the experience.