Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13

ave u new-tungIeu way Oh negotiating |
juveniles In public schools.
in her geographical isolation the city
IN the rocky blum has acquired n happy
iisdain for Old.faslhiOncd things. Her
public schools are built on scale of
lofty grandeur and maintained with
I breezy Indifference to those pr,iden.
linl ana economical considerations that
prevail In such towns as New York and
Being strikingly original
In everything. 1t was to be expected
that Duluth schOol-teacher would en-.
ploy some novel method of cnstigating |
the rebclliOus Juveniles that make life |
n weary waste of worry to the lucliless
And they do. Instead Of |
the anatomy Of the incOr. |
! giblc youngster with u wooden ruler |
or rawhide the stern.visagcd school.
ma'am merely turns the hose on him.
That Is, she tiogs him with n piece Of
rubber tubing. 1t has been found that
the bounding residence of the rubber
tubing when applied to the well.c,isl,.
toned pOsteriOr of u youth Is such that
{ muscular cxcrtiOn required to make
a robust rascal pncumatically tired Is
so slight that It has become the official
~ authorized method Of punishment
In the Duluth public schools. The
secret was let out In suit for dam.
ages for assault brought against one
of the feminine wicldcrs Of the rubber
hose. The court decided that scourging
n pugnacious juvenile bclligercnt with
rubber tubing Is not an assault. no mat.
ter what evidences Of conclusion may
he found on the anatomy. Now that
q court has rendered decision the
rubber hose Idea of leading the way.
ward youth along the jagged and pre-.
cipltous highways of knowledge IL
bound to spread to the public schools
OF other cities. Tho bicycles nre al.
ready making a heavy demand on the
rubber tube factories. But more fac.
tories must he built. The course Of
popular education must not lnnguish
,causc Of any rubber tube famine.
Stretch the tube or spoil the child.
After pOmpOus declarations that 80
long as there remained u man or dol.
lars worth Of credit she would not give
up her fight In Abyssinln. Italy has sub
mittcd to defeat and ordered home the
sQualid remnant Of the once powerful
army she sent against the Negus. Saw.
age as the latter has been described. he
proved magnanimOus. He furnished
safe passage for surgeons AMI succor
to bclea guered bnttaliOns whom he
could have slaughtered like rats In q
trap. The Islander that he had demand.
ell ransom for prisoners has been re-
futcd by Italian authority. by nix
orders medicines were furnished to In.
vnllds OH their way to Port Said to take
ship for Naples. ana instead OF reQulr.
Ing reparn ton and indemnity for In
vaslon and plllnge he freely gave ~,
1000 captives he had taken ut the Int.
tie OF Adua. Italy went Into the war
to assert an unfOunled claim to com.
plete possession OF the northern !Mrl
Of the Tigre province. She has given
up all her pretenslOns to that anu will
now have to face an appalling moral
and monetary consequence, the only
result OF a jingOism. rs unscrupulOus
as 1t WIS unscientihc. Revelation now
|
ty and incapacIty Oh tho part o: bot!
the civil and military officials were Tx
causes OF preclpitating and completing
Italian ruin In Abyssinin. whlcl! coult
NOT be averted by the characteristic
bravery Of the soldiery. Tho bill mus
now DO paid.
.,o.,, In ,,ion,, la, IN v,r n ~, n,
of pOesy. Mrs. Mary \. Fry. of Chat
tanOOga, Tenn. brings out In book foru
''rennessee Centennial POEM" as :
kind Of Introduction or prologue 20 tn
Tennessee Centennial Exposition to b.
held next year. 1t would he interest
Ing to quote whole pages from 1t, bu
the extract following. In which sh
sings the praises OF Memphis, will al
ford good Idea Of the authors style:
Memphis has Outgrown her original inteu
tons;
Is now city of magnificent dimensions.
Built Oh the Mississippi, she has the nd
vantage
or both railroad transportation an
steamboat carriage.
Her greatness was thrust upon her by he
, location;
Is cotton market Of importance to tn
nation.
Added to her commercial interests she In
manufactures
! And custom house which Is one of he
, best structures;
Has schools, newspapers, banks, churches
all of the first class.
And talented lawyers have moved ther
Among the objects Of interest to Il
seen mt the exposition the public wi
humbly hope to he favored with slgl
:, of the wonderful machine Oh whic
, the gifted author ground out these In
perlshable lines.
J. A Chicago man has carved out a now
: business position for himself. He WEI
o to one Of the largest paint shops In IL
i city and made a contract with them
n receive Il certain percentage on sal'
$ on the contingency that he increase
q their business to certain extent With
S six months. He also made similar col
!. tracts with big hardware house al
4 with other firms that deal In bulldil
II supplies. Then he ordered from Il
u leading clipping bureaus all reference
. In country papers to improvements
be made In farm structures, ard to ca.
intending builder he sent circular Il
r tiers from his clients. IL Bill Brown,
!. / noI.,ul, ,~,ao thtnLtnu nj mn tsnttuu 1,