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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Marvel In Mental Arithmetic.

Wolf Bluestine, who died nj Hot
Springs recently, came to Orange q
very poor man In 1870. lie began
merchandising. ana while here ac.
qnired capital estimated at between
100000 and $4,000. lie could neither
read nor write. yet he was q marvel
In mental arithmetic. Fractions nor In.
terest had any hard places In them for
him. He offered the prlncipal Of the
city schools ut this place 800 y he
would teach him to write his own
name within year. The professor
undertook the Job ana worked with
great energy, but discovered that on
each Monday morning every trace Of
the previous weeks work Ind entirely
faded from the mind O; his pupil. and
after i've months Of close attention to
his undertaking, abandoned 1t as a
hopeless case. A peculiarly construct.
ed "BXX" was the nearest approach
he ever made TO penmanship, but that
signature Is attached to many valuable
documents now Of record IN this coun.
~, and has for several years passed
current at the banks In New York,
Galveston and Orange, often for large
sums OF money. 1t was quite as diiR.
cult to counterfeit the characters as
affixed by him as II would be to sue.
cessfully initiate the signa:ure.--Gal
weston Daily News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Cycling Chaner0ns.

have been desired TO insert the fol.
lowing notices:
WANTED, by n dowager, too aged to
ride a cycle (s4), an experienced lady
cyclist accustomed to the very best
society. Must be able to ride twenty
miles an hour, so as to keep In sight
youngest daughter, who Is agile and in
judicious. Apply to a. Is. c., G2 Bel
grave square"
"A lady, highly connected, Is prepared
to chaperOn Ton cycle the ambitious
daughters OF a millionaire. Is an ex-
pert In all PAGES tcycling). Can be
trusted to keep alongside of the swiftest
detrime atal and TO lag dlscrectly in the
rear OF an eligible elder on.'-Iopd0p
Truth.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08

John Stuart Blackie's superb bund.
ance of energy II evidenced by the ca.
gerness with which he entered into
whatever interested those with whom
he came In contact. In his biography
We find an extract from cha racteris-
tic letter which he wrote while In Rome
to sister who had demonstrated with
him for being SO much addicted to
verse-writlng.
"You see l am verse-mad," he wrote.
But you know ! am subject to various
kinds Of madness, and Of frequent re-
currence. In Aberdeen got religious
mad; then got Latin-mad: now am
verse-mad and drawing-mad, aud am
fast getting antiquity-mad.
"Out Of this never-endlng fermenta-
ton may something good arise, that I
may not be eternally driven about by
every wind OF doctrine. But as II IL.
have no more command over my whims
and fancies that henpecked husband
has over his wife,"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Knew Lawyers Ways.

The sudden manner In which the
team that was coming down the road
halted was enough to show that the
driver was surprised Mt something. He
took his brond.brimmed straw hat of
and waved 1t at man who was work.
ing In field, ut the snme time calling
at the top Of his voice:
"S-a-a.y there"
"What do you want?" asked the man
cd over the fence. without letting 20
Of the lines over his team.
Didn't yc hear bout IT."
Bout whatT'
Its goin' on"
whats goin' ony'
Land sakes! There's n man fur We.
Yell be sayin' next yer uncle didn't
die an leave will that mentions you
ter have hull lot o. money. II the
other fellers don't succeed In brea kim
It."
"'Course I knowed that"
AN the case come up fur trial this
mornln'."
II knOwed that, too"
"Then why wasn't ye up to the court.
house takin' an interest into II, same
ex the rest on 'em dIdY"
"Wal. ye see this here's busy sea.
yOn with me. II hedn't nothin' else
ter do. I wouldn't mind droppin' In an
hearin' 'em argy back an' forth. But
! dunno's ! care much which O. the
lawyers gifts the money.".-Dctroit Free
Press.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08

We have always known that Paris.
ian ladies' know trick or two not
generally known by the world at large
for preservation of their youth ana
brightness. We have II OH the author
ity of u contemporary that these ladies'
put starch into their bath water to
soften II. as II Is cheaper than 'Orax or
toilet vineg.r and more trustworthy
than ammonia. which Is said to induce
a growth of down on the skin. The
Partisan ladies' maids are adopts at
preparing delicate toilet waters. and
always have matertn! ready for use.
meal baths. starch baths. flower baths.
sea baths and medicated baths. One
bath which IL considered somewhat of
u luxury must have n curious pudding
effect. The bnthtub IL lined with a
linen sheet. gored properly to tit II.
Then n bag. containing almond meal
or oatmeal. with orris root and dozens
If other ingredients. is put In. giving. 1t
u delicious fragrance. The bath being
filled to the brim with water. the In.
tending In tlier gets In and remains I'm.
III she Is saturated with the perfume.
Would that such baths were common
In Decentralization.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Kind Act Was Rewarded.

Col. +. W. Saxton, OF Oakland, CAL,
Ia at tho Arlington. "a little incident
that came to my notice Just before I
left home" he said. Impressed me that
there Is never any use for man to
net otherwise than as n gentleman.
md that II Il often a financial gain to
do so.
zone of San Francisco's capitalists II
Joseph Boa rdman. 1t Il said that he 10
q millionaire. but to look at him you
would not think II. You could hardly
say that he dresses shabbily, but he
comes very close to 1t. and appears
to q stranger to be some kindly old
gentleman whom fortune has never
cared to smile upon. Mr.. Boardman's
house Is over In Oakland. but his office
Is In San Francisco. and each morning
lie makes the trip over on the ferry.
"The other morning he started for the
boat. aud In his haste he forgot to trims.
fer his pockctbook to his clothes. Of
course. he did not discover this until he
had reached the wharf. There was no
one In the crowd that he knew or that
knew him. lie searched every pocket
In vain. A young man standing near
by witnessed the confusion Of the old
gentleman, and, walking up to him,
thrust coin into his hand and moved
back into the crowd.
"rhc young man doubtless supposed
that he had done an net OF kindness ia
needy ono, and he FASTENED away, In
order to make 1t less embarra ssing fol
his beneficiary. He had no opportunity
to get far, however. before MIR. Board
man caught him and made him divulge
his name and address. The next day
the young man was the recipient of a
snug check drawn by the millionaire
and making him richer by 500 than he
was the day Observation-Disclosures
Times,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Corner In HuckIcberr,es,

The huckleberry industry about Au.
denried has come TO a sudden stop
through the appearance Of two bears
on the mountains. A week ago trav.
eler exhibited two performing bears on
the street and while doing SO the ami.
mails engaged in bout not on the bills.
In the scrimmage the trainer was used
up badly and ono Of the muzxles torn
from a bear. Finding themselves at
liberty. the bears ltrotted off and reach.
Cd the mountains safely. The black.
berry season having just opened. hun.
drcds Of boys and girls who pick the
berries have since been kept out of the
woods through fear. The mines being
idle. the villagers one day turned out To
scour the woods for berries and bears.
4 party Of women came upon them I'm.
cxpecte,lly. and their screams soon
alarmed scores of others, resulting In u
stampede. The bears are now boss of
the situation ana berry-picking In that
vicinity IL at a s,andstlil.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
A Bsckwoods Iosso nee.

II is doubtless true that business II
done In a very slipshod, unbusinesslike
way In some small, Out-of-the-wa way post
Offices, but most readers will probably
suspect q measure OF exaggeration In
the following story, which is related by
the Detroit Free Press. II is hard for
newspaper hum0rist not 10 exceed
somewhat the bounds OF truth.
had directed that my letters should
be forwarded to the postofiice at Noun
tainvius, and ! reached the place 70
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08

md II composed Of a store. a black.
smith shop and three dwelling houses.
inquired for the Office. and was di.
rected to the store. There was no sign
Of a postotiice in connection with II,
but I asked Of the old man who came
forward:
rs this tho postofiice?"
Reckon it's" he replied.
II don't see anything like q post
Office"
"Mebbe not. We amt never done q
power O business here rs postonlce.
What's wantedY'
l gave him my name and added that
expected some letters. and after
thinking for a moment, he replied:
Then letters-three Of 'em-done
come several days ago. Lcmme see
what I did with EN-"
He looked along the counters, M on
the shelves. and behind boxes and bar.
rels for long ten minutes, and finally
said:
ITS mighty quare whar them letters
has gone 10. We was all a.lockin' at
'em we're fur two or three days, but
dcan' reckon nobody carried 'em OF
home. Jest set down till I look fur.
Their"
He made pretty thorough search Of
the store this time. even getting down
on his hands and knees to peer under
the molasses barrel, lat the letters
could not be found.
Say" he said, as ne got up and
brushed his knees. chats my house
over yam. Mebbe the old woman's took
the letters home"
went over and knocked on the door,
but got no answer. I passed around
the house, and found the woman smok.
Ing her pipe rs she minded the fire un.
der n kettle Of soft soap.
Letters she repeated. "Yes,
brung 'em over and put 'em under q
pan on the shelf, and reckon the pesk,
rats hain't got ut 'em yet"
She went In and got them, and wher
I returned to the store the postmaster
said:
Now. then. II yo' ar gwinc to want Z
postage stamp this week yo'd better le
me know to-day. SOS kin order It from
Knoxville"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
We MIont NAVE HAD W,NuA
Man Reduced 70 Usiug Lcss Because
the Earth Was So Attractive.


II the attractions Of the earth were
less powerful our winged tribes might
have received q much greater devel.
opment. In virtue of the unQuestion.
able principle known as "the struggle
for existence" these winged crea lures,
dominating all others, would have been
the strongest. Progress would have
been effected along this line. The 81.
pcrior race. the human race. would
have been a winged race. These simple
considerations. which 1t may be easy
10 extend much further. are enough to
convince us that our human form ID
essentially terrestrial. and that the In.
habitants Of Mars cannot resemble us.
They are different.
Upon Mars, for example. one might
suppose. without scientific hcresy. that
the remarkable lightness Of their bodies
may have developed the winged race
more highly In the direction indicated,
and that the inhabitants Of this planet
may have received the privilege Of
flight.
Does this amount to saying that, for
this reason, they must necessarily have
the form Of birds? No. Ike bats, are
they not ma mmals which suckle their
young? IL II saying, then. that we must
imagine them under this form? Not at
all. May they not rather be like dragon
files fluttering In the air above the lakes
and canals? As to this point we can
imagine everything and prove nothing.
1t Is even highly probable that the real.
ity. IL something absolutely different
from all our terrestrial conceptions.
On the one hand the llghtness Of the
Marian beings Is favorable to their
winged constitution. On the other
hand. however. the atmosphere is hard.
" we'll fitted to sustain them. But still
we recall that terrestrial zoology fur.
nishes instances Of birds which are
very heavy. such rs condors and the
vultures. and these arc just the
ones which fly highest In the most rare.
fed regions Of our atmosphere; they
have been observed even above the
SUBMITS Of the Himalayas. the Andes
and the Cortlilleras. at elevations Of from
5000 to 1900 meters (21.O0O to 10000
feeO, where they can still soar freely,
thanks to the enormous spread OF theif
wings. Nor must we lose sight Of the
fact that n human being weighing 20
Kilograms G5i pounds would weigh
not more than 90 Kilograms (56 pounds
II transported TO the globe Of Mars.-
North American Review.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Which State Gan Heat This?

When Tennessee entered the Union 10
a State, It had about 10000 population.
or an average of less than one person
to each OF Its 42,O6O square miles of ter.
ritory. In 1890 1t had 1,767,5ls inhabit-
ants, or an average of nearly forty per-
sons to square mile. Nearly all this
increase Ii from the native stock, only
10000 being foreign born, and only 49,.
257 of the native born being Of foreign
born parents.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Lightning and Trees,

Cedar and fig trees are rarely struck
by lightning. The beech, the larch, the
ar and the chestnut also seem to be
peculiarly obnoxious to the "bolts of
Jove." There are trees, however. which
appear to attract rather than to rep.l
the lightning fash. The trees generally
enumerated In the category OF those
which the lightning Is most apt to strike
are the oak, the yew, the elm and the
L0mbardy poplar
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Cuu Fear Ne CuretlY

Professor Angelo Mosso. Of Turin, In
his book on Fear" which has recent
ly been translated into English, says
that fear Is disease to be cured. He
particularly condemns the methods.
which are sometimes practiced by par
ents and nurses. OF governing and con-
trolling young children through sense
Of fear. Even more pernicious Is the
practice of awakening sense Of terror
in children by stories Of "bogeys." hob
goblins and witches. According to Pro-
fessor Mosso, mankind can be made
more courageous by proper cultivation.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
A Vanished Land 4.

According to views recently explain.
ed before the Geological Society In En-
gland, the island Of Jamaica was once
connected with both North and South
America by . stretch Of mountainous
land covering the region Of the West
Indian archipelago. There are indica.
tons that this ancient land was Gle.
waited no less than two miles ana o half
above ea.level
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Iusccts and Flowers,

1t has frequently been asserted that
the brilliant colors Of many flowers
serve to attract bees and butterflies TO
them. Experiments recently reported
to the Belgian Academy Of Sciences
seem to show that the perfume rather
than color Of the flowers Is the real ut.
traction. Bright-colored blossoms were
covered with leaves and papers pin.
ned closely about them; yet the insects
not only visited the hidden flowers.
but endeavored to force their way un.
der the papers in order to reach the
blossoms which they could not see.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
A Ooriiia's Portrait.

A curiosity exhibited at o recent
meeting Of the Geological Society In
London was daguerreotype of a
gorilla. believed to be the first animal
Of that kind ever brought alive to Eu.
rope. The picture was made as long
ago as 1856. In these days Of snap.
shot photography 1t Is easy enough TO
get photographs of animals. but the
thing was not SO simple forty years
ago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08

Photographic the Center Of Bones.
French surgeons have succeeded.
with the aid Of X rays, In producing
photographs Of the bones Of a living
person which reveal the existence Of
disease In the center Of the bones,
while the outer portions are sound
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Wonderful Sims.

Astronomers are NOT yet all agreed
ms to the causes Of the variations OF
color and brilliancy which are exhib.
tied by many stars. In the constella-
ton Cepheus, In the northern sky,
there is q star named Delta Cephei,
which, In the course of about three
days, alternately gains and loses large
part of Its light. The spectroscope
has proved that Delta Cephei consists
Of two stars revolving around one an
other In very elliptical orbit, al
though they never get far enough apart
70 be separately visible from the earth,
Even when viewed with q telescope
their light II blended into single star
disk, although IL We could go near
enough to them we should find that
they are, In reality, millions Of miles
apart. When brightest, the united
light OF the twin stars IN two or three
times greater than when faintest. One
OF the explanations recently offered by
astronomers to account for these chan
ges Is that one of the stars composing
Delta Cephei has a very thick atmos-
pheric veil, consisting OF clouds Of con-
densed metallic vapors, and that when
the stars draw near one another In
their orbital motion the increase OF
heat dissipates the obscuring veil, and
permits the star TO which 1t belongs to
shine with a splendor that It cannot
obtain when its rays are interrupted
by its envelope OF clouds. II Ia hard
TO believe that inhabited worlds could
exist In the neighborhood OF such pair
Of suns as that.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Modifyin1 MIN.

Laboratories for modifying and ster.
liking milk through scientific process
@ have now been established. accord.
Chg to the Scientific American. In Bos.
ton. New York and Philadelphia, and
others are to be opened In several
Western cities. The milk IL freed from
superabundance Of fat and from bac.
terra, and then II 10 sealed In bottles
that 1t cannot become contaminated
until opened for use. 1t Is claimed
that modified milk" has saved the
lives Of many children who, II i'm.
properly nourished, would have sue
cumbed to the maladIes Of early child.
hood,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-08
Taste and smell.

Psychologists have long known that
many sensations ordinarily ascribed
TO taste are In reality due to smell,
but this fact has lately been made
clearer than before by the investiga.
tons Of German savants. Air enters
the OLA tory chamber, where the
nerves connected with the sense OF
smell are centered, both through the
nostrils and through IN inlet leading
from the mouth. In consequence, a
breath OF perfumed air manifests It's
odor not only when II IL breathed In.
but when 1t IL breathed out. For this
reason we are sometimes deceived as
to the source OF the pleasure we derive
from things taken into the mouth. the
agreeablencss OF the impression being
due. In some cases, rather to smell than
- taste.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-08
BOY MURDERER CONFEssEs
Ezra Rasco Tells How He Brutally
EiLlad Ms. Baumlev.

St Joseph. Mo-. oct S.-The murder
er Of Mrs. John Baumley. of Arkoe. No
has been captured and he is none other
than the 16-year-old boy Ezra Rasco.
who was alleged to have made the dis
covery of the murder last Friday after
noon. The murderer is SON pr Henry
Hasco, who resides on an adjoining
farm in Baumley
Young Rasco says he went to the
Baumley home to set a pail of water
and entered the house He made some
remarks that angered Mrs Eaumley-
She then put him out of the house and
locked the doors Rasco says he was
greatly angered ait this and picked up a
stone and hurled it through the Kitchen
window at Mrs. 8aumley- The missile
struck her in the face and knocked her
down. She then grabbed UP the baby
and ran ND stairs RaSCq says he rlsd p
search of the house for Mrs Baunley
and when he found her he was armed
with a stove leg with which he attacked
her
She was knocked down several times
but arose and defended herself desper-
ately but ratreatiug from room 10 room
I'm an effort TO make her escape from
the house this Rasc0 says he prevent
ed and finally getting on the first floor
he finished the bloody work with the
same stove leg by crushing out her
brains he then went home. changed
his clothes. hid the bloody garments ana
gave the alarm Of murder. He says he
hand TO object in killing Mrs Baumley
other than To be revenged for being put
out of the house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-08
MAJoR RooD,s VIEws.
Gives His Reasons Why He Can't
Support Free Silver

The following special appears in the
Kansas City Journal of yesterday.
Emporia- Kan, Oct 6.-Major Hood
today gave out for publication the fol-
lowing:
III there We're no other issue before
the people than that which imperiIs
the national credit and the business
honor Of Americans-and there are 9TH
er Issues-the crisis would be grave.
We are a debtor nation. and our ma
tional progress depends upon our abil-
ity to keep our credit good. 1t is not
our fault nor the sign of any flaw.
that we are a debtor nation We have
done in al century or two what Europe
has been many centuries doing. We Of
the west have been doing on borrowed
money what the seaboard states and
the countries across the ocean have
been generations accomplishing The
money which has been poured so freely
into western America represents the
small savings Of four and five genera
tions i'll Europe and New England Of
people of moderate means. The debts
that we owe were all contracted upon
the gold standard. which has been in
effect for over q generation To offer
to pay them in a cheaper standard
would not only paralyze credit and
through that our business, but it will
faint Us with a dishonor from which We
may not recover in a century.
Never before have faced a ques-
ton in which the sentiments of high
manly honor and shrewd business
sense and wise political policy have
been SO absolutely woven into one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-08
EPIDEMIC OF THIEVING
In the Country Due to So Many
Strangers in WAGONS


Chief Of Police Gardiner is receiving
complaints every day from people Iiv-
ing in the vicinity OF Topeka who have
had horses or harness stolen More
than half the thefts are of harness or
saddles.
Last night two harness robberies were
reported in Topeka Henry Cook of
1885 quincy street and J. H F'rantz of
ll4l Lawrence street each lost a set of
harness last night These are the first
reported in the city for several weeks
Chief Gardiner says that more prop
erty has been stolen in the country
around Topeka in the past two weeks
than for two months before.
II can account for it in but one way
said he today, and that is that some of
the people who came TO Topeka in
wagons pretending to be old soldiers
helped themselves to things as they
came along. and when they went home
they did the same thing have not
heard that many or the thieves have
been captured. There really seems to
Pc an epidemic Of thieving In the coun-
try"
John seehrist of Richland has report
ed the loss OF some clothing and jewel
" from his home A stranger sta1d
with him all night and started to To
peAa with him the next day but after
he had gone q short distance he made
an excuse that he would have to go
back. and he did SO. and i'd was found
that ne had looted the house when the
family returned from the city in the
Charlie Taylor. a young man from
Meriden, has been arrested at Leaven-
worth He burglarized a house at
Csawkia and stole some jewelry and
escaped on stolen horse
Two harness r0bberies have been re-
ported from Newman, and one theft of
1eVelry from the water works station
west Of the city A half dozen notices
of horse stealing. have been received
from Usage county and as many from
Wabaunsee-
The police officers have kept a sharp
look out but no trace of any Of the
thieves has been found in Topeka That
there was little thieviug done in To-
peka during festival week was proba-
bly, due to the extra police precautions
and the special officers who patr0lled
almost every block in the city. The p0-
lice think that they are taking their
spite out on the farmers in the vicinity
of he CITY.