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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02
THE DESTRUCTIVE RAB8iL.

Says the New Orleans Times.DemO.
crat: The report of the Department of
Agriculture on the injury done by rab.
bits In the Western part Of this coun.
try will create some surprise, for no
one imagined that the rabbit was 80
destructive. We had thought our cot.
ton worm the most destructive farm
pest; but It does not compare with the
jack rabbit Of the Southwest, whose
rnvages have extended to all parts Of
the transmississippl region. In sin.
gle county In California the dcprcda.
lions Of this little animal have exceed.
ed 100000 In n year; while one Idaho
county has almost bankruptcd itsel:
paying bOunties on dead rabbits. hav.
Ing expended more than $4,000 In that
way. As In Australia. where the Eng
llsh hare has proved even more trOu.
blcsOmc, being far more numerous, NIL
manner Of devices have been employed
to rid the farmers OF the pest, but
none has proved rs successful rs the
rabbit drive. On IN appointed day all
the population Of a neiglbOrhOOd as.
sembles mt the scene Of the drive armed
with sticks and clubs. Temporary
fences stretch across the country for
two or three miles to intercept the
hares. and converge Mt point where
small entrance to secure corral has
been arranged. For miles around. the
country Is thoroughly beaten by hun
dreds Of men and boys. some Oh horse
back, some afOOt. The rabbits do moi
burrOw. ana IRE easily driven from
their Insecure refugees In the brush
They rush by thousands Into the en-
closure prepared for them, and there
are killed. The number killed In thes.
drives sounds almost incredible. II
u single drive Mt Fresno. Cal. 2O,OOl
hares were thus put to death In a sin
gle day. There have been altogether
k,iied In these drives $50, 45O In Call
fOrnia, and the total In the Pacif,
coast States runs up over 100000. Tn,
drive seems to be far more effective a,
n means Of eliminating the rabbit ant
hare than the several means tried II
| Australia; for It Is universally admitted
that there has been a decrease In tn,
number OF these pests since this way
o. dealing with them was inaugurated
The rabbits themselves are being more
used as food every year, and at leas
100000 are sold annually. The prob
lem Of how to get rid of the rabbits
which has so worried Australia, hal
been solved In the United States--w,
are eating them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

has been organized by such social and
financial lights "a Cornelius Wander.
b!l,. Elbridge I. Gerry. Ogden Mills.
Charles +. Havemeyer. Joseph II.
Choa,e. George J. Gould. W. Seward
Webb. August Belmont. Perry BEL
mont. Herman Oelrichs. Center Hitch
cock. James l.. Kernochan, X. Fulton
Cutting. Orme Wilson. II. Mex.
Twombly. II. L. Phelps-Stokes and
John Jacob Astor. How charming. to
be sure! Imagine John Jacob Astor
proudly riding up Fifth avenue on the
tailboard Of an ice wagon carrying a
pair Of Ice tongs In his lily.whltc
hands. Imagine Harlem fiat jewellers
wrangllng with Perry Belmont or Cor.
nelius Vanderbilt over shOrtweight ice'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02
EA0LETS.

Mr.. Timothy Il. Ryan Inns opened
real estate office In room 315. Roanoke
Building. 1I5 LaSalle street. southeast
corner Of Madison, having associated
himself with Mr.. p. NJ. Walsh. the
name Of the firm being Ryan Il Walsh.
They will also attend to renting,
loans, insurance and the management
OF estates.
Mr.. Ryan. who was formerly West
Town Assessor. and one Of the best
who ever served the people Of the West
Town. II recognized as one Of the best
posted real estate men Of the city. He
Inns almost always been In the business.
His associate, Mr.. Walsh, Is also well
known In real estate circles. and for
the last seven years Inns been secretary
OF the Col. Mulligan building and Loan
Association.
Tho Eagle welcomes the new firm In
our midst. and predicts for them a
busy and prosperous future.
Gov. Altgeld made public IN open let
ter to Secretary Carlisle which II re-
ply to that gentleman's speech In Chi.
cagO recently. The Governor quotes ut
length from speeches made by Mr.. Car.
Isle In 1873. when he favored the free
coinage OF silver. ana continuing says:
"Flnding that his Views had been cor.
rect. he continued to hold them until he
entered Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet. when
In some mysterious manner there was
change of heart, hut for some reason
he seems unwilling to talk about It.
There are two other members Of the
cnblnet--IOke Smith Of Georgia and
Herbert of Alabama-wlO, like Car.
Isle. have made their voices heard for
nearly lifetime demanding the restOr.
alton of silver and In denOuncing the
great conspiracy that struck II down,
and strange to say, when these two
men entered Cleveland's cabinet they
underwent u change Of heart and, like
Carlisle. they avoid talking about It.
When Saul Of Tarsus saw great light
ana changed his views he was anxious
to tell all the world about 1t, but these
three statesmen seem to he ashamed
to discuss the manner of their CONVEX.
sion. Why did not Carlisle throw u lit.
tie light on this question:"
Gov. Altgeld enumentes several
questions which, he says, Secretary
Carlisle should have answered. Anon.
them are:
"Why Is It that for 200 years gold ana
silver held the market ratio Of about
l5H to I. while the ratio fixed by law
| was IL to In some countries, 151a to
In most countries, and, for awhile, III
to In our country; why IL It In every
country where silver was stricken down
It was done by the arbitrary net of
government ana that neither commerce
nor business had anything to do with
IL! AZ there cannot he u general rise
In prices without an increase In the
volume Of money, must not the present
paralysis ana stagnatiOn continue In
the world until the volume of money
IL again restored to what 1t was before
silver was stricken down."
Secretary Carlisle, when seen Sunday,
said he did not desire to make any re-
ply to Gov. Altgeld's open letter, crit
iclsing his Chicago speech.
Superintendent Rhode, of the street
and alley cleaning bureau, discovered
Tuesday that some one connected with
the garbage contractor In the Eleventh
Ward has been attempting to- obtain
pay for more teams than were being
employed In the ward. The contrac-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02
G0THAM'S ICY 400.

Advlces from New York state that
Gotham's 400" has decided to EN-
bark Ia the Ice business. or late the
doings of Ward McAlllster's old set
have not cut much Ice. Occasionally
somebody has been given the cold
shoulder. but tina, Is about all. Now
oil Is to be changed. An ice company
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02
NOTICE..

The Eagle can be- ordered at Charles
Macdonald \ Co.'S literary emporium
and book store. Is Washington street.
l.. II. Jackson's periodical ana news
depot. 95 Clark street. 1.obt. 4. Burke's
book. stationery. periodical and news.
paper depot. 80 Division street, and
At all first.class news stands through.
out the West.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02
THE CHICAGO EAGLE.

keep a sharp lookout for the flying
bodies Of human beings intent on com
hitting suicide who have projected
themselves from the upper windows
Of "sky scrapers."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02
POLITICAL BULLETIN,


standing the names
and records Of the seeking their suffrages
So far county Republican 40
alone published q
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

and roses; to Hot Springs, Ark, via the
shortest and most comfortable route;
and to Texas via the most direct and
popular line. All points In the repub-
lie of Mexico are best reached via the
Chicago and Alton.
Itaffords pleasure to Mr.. Robert Som
erville, General Agent Passenger De-
partment, 1O1 Adams street, Marquette
building, Chicago, ILL.,, to quote the low.
est rates and arrange satisfactory itln-
araries for winter tours. Write to him
to-day.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

II report speaks truly Tesla talked
five miles through mountain recently.
and expects soon to be able to send Il
message by way Of the interior Of the
earth. The idea Of such achievements
Ia no longer received with skepti:lsn,.
II they come they excite curiosity. but
not surprise.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

How unreasonable some wives are.
Here II the wife Of a resident Of
Cadix. Ohio. who has sued for dl.
vOrce merely because her husband
knocked her down, blinded '.er In one
eye, incnrcerated her In an insane asy.
lum and burned her home for the In.
surnnce money.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

As soon as one arduOus task IL ac-
cOmplished, We should begin another;
as soon as one formidable obstacle Ia
cleared away, we should attack the
next; as soon as one knOtty problem 10
solved, We should proceed to Olsen.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

Though its first house was built In
1890 Brooklyn was but village ut the
beginning Of the century. with popu.
lntion Of only 2.37S. Now It contains
125.OOO houses and a population of
100000. 1t Ii good policy for New
York to consolidate before its suburb
passes II In the rnce
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

The Chicago and Alton Can Send VIA.
ter Tourists In Through Pullman
Sleeping Cara,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

tangle some other intricacy. In this
way not only will all difficulties vanish
one by one. but. what Is Of far more
consequence. we shall become stronger
and more courageous In the process.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

Thereare chords In the human heart
strange varying strings-which are
struck only by accident, which will re.
main mute and senseless to appeals the
most passionate and earnest. and re-
spOnd at last to the slightest casual
touch.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

The close of the oyster season makes
pertinent the fact that 1t is believed
in Maryland that 1t will be partial
failure. In Baltimore alone abont
100000 bushels of oysters pass
through the hands of the dealers every
year, but this season the total will fall
to nearly 100000 bushels. And what
Ia still more alarming Is the fact that
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

Various patriotic societies In New
York City, composed Of descendants Of
soldiers WHO took part In the wars of
the United States, are about to erect
a building for Joint use. one of the fea.
lures Of which will be a common inu.
scum Of historical relics. An idea 10
practical and sensible will not be con.
hnet. to one city,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

The latest rninmaker fires his chem.
icals into the clouds from long-mnge
gun. and says that by this plan he can
furnish showers to order Mt 30 apiece.
Probably there il meter connected
with the process, NO that a good soak.
Ing rain would come to about $1,000.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

upon the general terms of the lease.
After leaving the lawyers hands the
lease will he submitted to the two
boards for ratification. and should 1t
prove acceptable work on the new
building would I've begun soon.
Mr.. Billings said the present purpose
of the bank was to use granite in the
construction Of The building. 1t is to
le story and half In height. and
will cover the entire lot. which is IT'S
feet square.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

For several months past sensational
reports have been coming from the
Alaskan gold fields, ana the resultant
excitement has grown until now 1t '~
saiu that the weeks departures for
Alaska from Seattle will reach as high
n one thousand persons. The gold
fields of Alaska have long been known.
In 1SSS their production was $3.50
or slightly less than that OF Arizona.
In six years 1t had increased to some
thing over a million year, but 1t IL
only within the last few months that
the reports of extraordinary rich wash-
ings In the Yukon Valley have excited
cupldity to such a pitch that hundreds
OF gold-seekers are willing to risk all
the dangers of a wild region and an
arctic climate. II the excitement con-
tinues 1t will bring about what could
hardly be accomplished otherwise.
Alaska will soon have population
enough to entitle 1t to become STATE
of the Union.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

Superintendent Rhode, of the street
and alley cleaning bureau, discovered
Tuesday that some one connected with
the garbage contractor In the Eleventh
Ward has been attempting to obtain
pay for more teams than were being
employed In the ward. The cOntrac-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

AhV DcHoCCutiC Stute ScutCul COlu.
mittee has been advised Of cOnven.
tons to he held upon the dates men,
toned In the following counties:
Boone. May 3; Champaign. May II;
Douglas, May 4; Fayette. May II; Full.
ton. May II; Macon. May ~; Mclean,
May 3; Shelby, May 10; Washington,
May 2; Pike, June Z.
At the regular meeting Of the Evans
ton City Council Tuesday night the
new members were indicted into Of
flee. Mayor Dyche presided. The
new members are:
First Ward-D. A. Nudge and 4. L..
Currey.
Second Warl-J. W. Donnell.
Third Ward-GeOrge Rhodes.
Fourth Ward-M. Il. LoOmis.
Fifth Ward-Charles 4. Wightman.
Sixth Ward-E. j. Dahms.
Seventh Ward-JOseph McCullum.
The Civil Service Commission certl-
fled all the men on Its eligible list of
lnbOrers Tuesday and then authorized
Commissioner of Public Works Kent
to employ 300 temporary men mt the
work of street cleaning until they can
recOup their eligible list. The men cer-
tilted by the commission We're added to
the present force of men. The Civil
Service Commission will hold examina-
ton for applicants to the labor service
May II.
John J. Billings, of the Illinois Trust
and Savings Bank, said Tuesday that
he thought the lease Of the Northwest
ern University's interest In the old
Grand Pacific Hotel property to the
trust company would be ready to be
acted upon In few days. He said that
he and Mr.. Shepard, the latter repre-
senting the university, had conferred
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

A great future Is expected for the
Alaska candlefish 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 IL
taken from cod liveY. There are vast
natural riches In the waters Of Alaska
but they will not last long II all are tC
be wasted like the seals.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

To California through
sunlit, verdant fields
perfumed with the de-
llciOus scent of oranges
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-08
PEQUANIING.

P. NJ Coster was UP from L'Anse
Friday.
NJ DeHaas was up from Skanee
Wednesday.
Miss Minnie Jones called on
L L'Anse friends Thursday.
Jos. Renauld, of L'Anse, spent
Sunday with friends in town.
John Brennan and c. p. Blanken-
horn were up from l. Anse Monday.
Frank Halsey was down from
Lake Linden the latter part of the
week
The steamer Jay Gould unloaded
freight at the dock here Thursday
morning.
The yacht Morgan was repainted
this week and now presents d neat
appearance.
II. E. Hoskin, the photographer,
spent the fore part of the week with
his parents at Lake Linden.
C. A. Fuller. representing Jewett,
Sherman & Co., of Milwaukee,
transacted business here Thursday.
The steamer Shrigley, with Aloha
in tow, took on a cargo of lumber at
Hebard 5 docks the fore part of the
week.
The members Of the NJ. f. Sun
day school held q picnic on the
picnic grounds Friday of last week.
The weather was very favorable and
all who attended had royal good
time -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-08

bracing the joint resolution, was
circulated by him in all the lake
cities, as well as in the interior cities
of st. Paul. Minneapolis and Pitts
burg. and the seaboard cities of
Boston. Providence. New York and
Philadelphia, securing the endorse
ment of the board of trade, chamber
of commerce and maritime interests
of those cities, was the starter. 1t
was presented to congress in De-
cember 1869. The result was an APP
preparation at that session of Sl50,-
600. followed by another special APP
preparation of 500. 600 in the second
session, both made for the express
purpose of securing in the quickest
time possible immediate results in
deepening the canal and lowering
the mitre sills of the locks then in
use. Following this was an appro-
priation available for the beginning
of work on the new lock and also APP
pliable to the Improvement of the
river.
1t was ten years before the new
WI NCilHtl lOth, do IL olioult NOW
be designated), was finished. Fif-
teen years more have been con-
sumed in the development of the
plans, securing the money and ex-
ecuting the work. The results of
which are seen today in the Poe
lock, 800 feet long, 100 feet wide,
and twenty-one feet deep, a monu-
ment to the great engineer, whose
name it is to bear, and a credit to
the efficient corps of civilian en-
gineers, Wheeler and Ripley, who so
ably and efficiently supervised its
construction.
Today vessels can carry larger
cargoes from Marquette than they
could before, in consequence of
the opening of the Poe lock, but not
until next season can full results be
realized, as improvements at the
Neebish are not yet completed. A
new era has at last dawned upon
Marquette. Henceforth from this
port should go out all the ore pro
duced in Marquette county destined
for lower lake ports. Mining Jour
nal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-08
YOUNG MANS LIFE WORK.
What He Does Not Do Heartily
He Never Quite Does.

Any man is unfortunate enough
who devotes himself to an occupa-
tion that is vetoed by his own tastes
and references, writes the Rev.
Charles III. Parkhurst, d. d., dis
cussing Selecting a Career, in a
paper addressed to young men in
August Ladies' Home Journal
The Scriptural injunction, What
soever ye do do it heartily, is one
to be respected quite Independently
OF the moral consideration that was
weighed by Saint Paul when he
wrote it. What a man does not do
heartily he never quite does, which
Is to say, what man does not do
with his heart he never quite does.
There are touches of excellence to
which an effort does not attain ex-
cept as it is the outcome of GER
tain amount of enthusiasm. Work
is doing thing because we have to.
Play is doing thing becase we like
to, and there is great deal more of
one s true self in what he does be-
cause helikes to- Only part, and
that the ldryest part, of any work
man is enlisted till his endeavors
emanate from spot deeper down
than the level at which he keeps his
intelligence and his skill, and begin
to flow out from the fresher and
juicier regions of the heart, So
that in settling this question of
vocation it is matter of prime i'm
portance for young man to decide
what that particular business or
profession into which he can go
without remainder, into which he
can throw himself in unreserved in
yestment.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-08
NJ. Il. MISSION.

Mrs. Thomas Shaw has been very
sick for the past two weeks.
A child of Mrs. Elizabeth Spruce
died Thursday of last week.
Rev. T. c. Thomas has gone to
the 800" for few days visit.
Scott Herd, who has been visiting
at Bay Mills, returned Saturday.
Miss Maggie Owen returned to
Mt. Pleasant Friday of last week
Dougal Shaw lost a COW this week
by being poisoned in apotato field.
The annual camp meeting will be
held August 18th at the usual place.
A large crowd from this place at
tended the circus at Baraga Friday
last.
The social which was held at the
residence of Thomas Marksman
proved a success.
A horse belonging to Jeremiah
Spruce died last week. Mr.. Spruce
regrets the loss of the animal as il
was a valuable one.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-08
GREAT POE LOCK OPENED.
Monster Gateway Between the
Lakes Thrown Open Monday
Utterly Without Ceremony.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, Aug. 3.
Without ceremony at 8 clock
this morning the government
steamer Hancock, bearing Colonel
Lydecker, General Comstock, his
guest, Superintendent Wheeler, en-
gineer in charge, his corps of as
sistant engineers, Major Mars and
Miss Poe, daughter of the late Gen.
o. W. Poe, and few other invited
guests, entered the new lock.
From above the Hancock was es-
corted by the revenue cutter An
drew Johnson, in charge of Captain
Davis, on which were invited citi-
zens of the Sault and other localities.
AT 1890 a. IN. the two passed out
into the town level, and thus was
the Poe lock opened to navigation
From the lower river the India,
Griffin, Mariposa and w. III. Stevens
Immediately entered the lock and
were soon on their way to Lake Su-
perior.
So began the fifth in the series of
revolutions, which have, in the last
nan NtHtui y, ilidlhtu VIC -CHdHStS III
the commerce of Lake Superior from
the bateau of the French voyageur,
and the little sailing vessels, mer-
chant and fur traders, to the 6, 900
ton Sir Henry Bessemer.
ORIGINATED IN MARQUETTE.
The event of today is the culmina-
tion of twenty-five years of the
the ght first conceived by citizens of
Marquette, and is the direct result
of their early efforts and labors, be-
ginning the agitation in 1869 for a
deeper canal, larger locks, and tne
removal of all distractions in lakes
and river to free and safe navigation
for the largest class of vessels.
n petition was drawn up by Hiram
A. Burt, of Marquette, who first Sc
cured the passage by the Michigan
legislature of joint resolution ask
ing that the state might turn the
ST. Mary's ship canal over to the
United States. This petition, en-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-08
L'Anse Business Mems AssOcia-
tiOn Organized Mon
day Evening.
NOW LET US ALL HUSTLE.
No Better Location In the COun-
try Than L'Anse. For Manu-
featuring Industries.

"A long pull, strong pull, and a
pull all together, never fails to
turn the largest wheel or accom-
plish any task undertaken. and with
that fact thoroughly impressed
upon their minds, the citizens of
l. 'Anse have determined to place
before the business world the un-
paralleled location and great ad-
vantages of L Anse as manu-
featuring place, suitable for any in
dustry.
Pursuant to call meeting of the
business men was held Monday
evening. p. Brennan was chosen
temporary chairman, and Geo. C.
Jackman temporary secretary.
Upon motion it was decided to
organize an association to be
known as the L 'Anse Business
Men $ Association, the object of
which is for the purpose of promot-
ing the interests and welfare of
L Anse. and to place before manu-
facturers the great advantages and
facilities our town possesses as a
manufacturing point, The follow
ing gentlemen were elected as Of
ticerS:
President-M. ]. McCabe.
Vice-President-P. Brennan.
Secretary-R. c. Williams.
Treasurer-John Campbell.
Executive Committee-J. c. Nc
Herman. a. Menge. NJ. Wallace,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-08
Personal.

John Lyons. of Covington, was in
town Thursday
p Ruppe was down from Han
cock Tuesday.
W. B. Wallace, of Marquette,
spent Sunday in the city.
Capt. w Been, of Skanee. was in
town the fore part of the week.
]. B. Smith was at the copper
country on business part of the
week.
The Misses Eliza and Mamie
Turner went to Houghton Wednes-
day to visit friends.
Miss Ettie Belle Shields left for
Houghton Thursday TO visit rela-
tives and friends for two weeks
Miss Marion Halsey. of Marquette,
is visiting her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. John r. Thomas.
Miss Grace Geardeau. of Ishpem-
ing is visiting ar the residence of
d. j. Rowland on Broad street.
Miss Annie Williams returned
from Houghton Tuesday afternoon.
where she has been visiting friends
for the past three weeks.
The Misses Mary Cudahy and
Nora Sullivan returned to Calumet
Sunday evening, after spending
several days in the city.
Miss Eva Guck. who has been
visiting her grandmother Mrs. G..
f, Beehler, left for Houghton
Wednesday, where she will visit
friends for week before returning
to her home in Calumet.