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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
A DEAO.ANO.AllvE CITY.
cordova Nae Little Of It's Old.Tim,
Wealth and Power.

wealth aud Power.
From the station We drove through n
staring white suburb. past the well
whltewashed walls OF the bull.ring. to
the Fonda de Oriente. II was still early
light blinding-the hour when all sum-
,ncr We had been sleeping and dream.
Ing In the Alhambra's halls and the
Genenlife's sradens. Remembering
their loneliness. and hoping for new
beauty like II, we could not stay In the
dull hotel bedroom, though with Its
tiled door 1t was fairly cool and clean,
and We went out Into the town. Silence
hung over II like pail. Every wind
ing street In the labyrinth beyond the
Paseo was empty; not living creature
In sight, only once In while beggar,
who rushed from some spot or shade
10 assall US; all the low, white houses,
with their iron-barred windows, were
tight shut; the place was abandoned
and desolate, its silence unbroken by
sound OF toll or traffic.
Was this really the COrdova of Musa
and Abderrahman, the COrdova once
called the Bagdad or Damascus OF the
West, whose streets were ever alive
with the clang Of arms, the pomp OF
professions, the CHATTER OF students
going 10 and from the schools. whose
name was synonym for wealth and
power, for culture and industry-tht
worldfamous town with It's scientists
and merchants and women doctors? II
was as II a plague had fallen suddenly
upon the town. and left not one man
woman or child to tell the tale.-Cen
fury.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
&1
@IQ:H@gga!glC1Y
E&ga

Standish OGrady's new book. to b.
expected In the autumn. is called THE
Flight Of the Eagle"
Maarten Martens. who has just com.
pletcd a short story OF 10000 words, Is
visiting friends In England.
Olive Schrcincr's articles on South
Africa In the London Fortnightly are
to be published In volume form during
the autumn.
Mr.. Crockett's next novel. "Lochin.
var" Is half completed. and those who
have read the completed chapters arc
enthusiastic In their praise Of the
work.
Harold Frederic has begun new
novel Of equal length with ''rhc Dam.
nation of Theron Ware" but In tlAs
book he will for the first time deal
exclusively with English people and
subjects.
]. NJ. Barrie has finished n book on
his mother entitled "Alargct Ogilvy.'
to be published In this country. 1t ID
not biography In the ordinary sense,
and Ii said to be the most exquisite
piece Of work he Inns yet done.
An English lady OF Brighton contrib
utes hitherto unrccordcd anccdote
Of Christopher North. A Indy admire,
has just complImentcd kit upon tho
size Of his mobile head" when he rnth'
er staggered her by replying: "rrue
madam; In our village there was only
one head bigger than mine. and that
was the village idiots"
Prof. Lombrosc contributes a paper
to tho German review. Zukunft. In
which he attempts to trace tho rein.
ton between religion and crime, and
makes out q bad case for the Older
crceds. He sums up: Tho religions
which serve as check to crime are
those whose controlling force Is a pas
sion for morality and those that are
quite new; tho ethical influence Of the
rest Is not greater than that Of athc
ISM"
Kipling's now novel Of the Glouces
tor fishermen, captain Courageou
has finally been secured for serial pub
llcatiOn by McClure's Magazine. Tho
London Bookman says that Mr.. Nc
Clure paid $4,000 for the American
serial rights. while Mr.. Henlcy's New
Review was the highest English bid
der and secured tho story for $1,000
Tho conclusion rs to the relative I'm.
portancc OF Great Britain and til,
United States from the novelist's poin
OF view emphasizes itself. Havin,
kept the wolf from the door a littl,
longer by this preliminary sale. Mr.
Klpling has gone to Labrador for 4
months fishing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
Labor at the Guiana Gold.Ficld

Labor ae the Guiana GOld.Ficlds.
Every placer has man who does
nothing else but pack provisions from
tho riverside to the placer. The gov
eminent limit for the load 10 fifty
pounds, but sometimes hundred
pounds or even moro Is carried. but Of
course for extra pay. The colored boy
Manuel whom ] emplOyed-not yet q
grown man-on one occasion carried
seventy pounds, while ]. carrying two
tents weighing about fifteen pounds.
became very weary after travelling half
the distance: thereupOn he took one Of
the tents ON top OF his load. Probably
he could have made the distance In four
hours, but owing to my slowness 1t
took us all day, and arrived ut our
destination completely worn out. 1t Ia
certainly impossible for white man to
labor In that swampy country.--Cen.
fury.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
Facial Rcsemblanccs.

Senator Daniel, Of Virginia, who was
the temporary chairman Of the Demo
cratic National Convention, bears a
striking facial resemblance to the late
Edwin Booth, the actor. The lithO-
graphs of Thomas W. Keene. the ira
gedian, would serve for pictures OF
William J. Bryan, though the back part
of Bryans head very closely resembles
that OF Wilson Barrett. the English &C
tor.--ChicagO Inter Ocean.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
who had helped pcvillc--a baby rattle

who had helped Dcvillc--a baby rattle
for the infant Prince Imperial.
In 1855. when the first aluminium
company was formed, the cost OF Q
pound of the metal was about 5000. In
1850 Charles NJ. Hall. of Obcrlin, o..
patented an eiectrolytic process. He.
with few Of his friends, then started
n small plant on the bank of the Ale.
glcny river. eighteen miles above Pitts.
burg. The first year the company pro.
duced IS pounds of aluminium day,
which was sold for $3.50 pound. In
lS05 company built a large plant Mt
Niagara Falls. and this year 1t is build
ing additional works. When these are
completed they will have an output Of
II 900 pounds daily. This will put the
United States in front as the largest
aluminium producing country In the
world.
Aluminium weight IL about a third
that Of iron. ana only steel Of the high.
est quality and the best aluminium
bronze will give greater strength for
a given weight than aluminium. II
stands high In the list Of malleable
metals. and can be drawn into wire
1850 Of an inch In thickness. 1t IL an
excellent conductor Of electricity. and
would. at 20 cents a pound. take the
place Of copper for all electrical pur
poses.
In ship building. where llghtness Il
demanded. aluminium meets every re-
| quirement. Corrosion and galvanic &C
ton are easily overcome by properly
painting the part subject to the action
OF the water and by using aluminium
rivets. France and Germany have sew
cral torpedo boats made Of aluminium
and pleasure yachts every year are be
ing constructed Of this metal.-New
York Sun.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17

Doctor MacClintock, Of the Univcr.
sity OF Michigan. has discovered that
microbes exist in eggs. He took a
perfectly healthy hen, washed her with
d'sinfectants and placed her In a dis
infected cage. where she laid her eggs.
The doctor at once broke the new laid
eggs and found that they contained
bacterial germs. There Is no reason to
be alarmed. however. because all mi.
crobes are not enemies to man. and
ii has not been shown that those which
exist In the eggs Of healthy fowls are
Injurious.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
Paper Floors,

At Einsiedeln. Germany. paper floors
are manufactured. In the form Of a
pasty mass the paper Is spread upon
the surface. to be covered and sub.
mitted to pressure. 1t behaves like
plaster OF Paris. and IL said to be noise.
less under the foot. and particularly e.
fective in preserving a uniform tenn
perature. Having no joints. 1t pre-
cents perfectly smooth surface.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17

Many different answers have been
given TO the question:: "How high are
the greatest ocean wavcs?" Monsieur
Dibos. n marine engineer, ana laureate
OF the Institute Of France. has lately
made some personal observations on
this subject. He describes waves en-.
countcred in the North Atlantic which
had height Of at least forty.hve feet.
Driven before heavy wind. waves
may advance at the rate Of from thir.
ty-five TO forty miles an hour. and
such fluctuations Of the ocean may trav.
el more than 500 miles from the point
where the wind created them. with.
out being accompanied by any disturb.
ance In the atmosphere.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
I.OudOu's Tower.

The tower OF London was built at
various periods. The white tower was
built In the time OF William the Con-
queror. Grandulph, bishop OF ROches-
ter, was the architect, and began 1t
about 1850. In 1906 William Rufus
commenced another castellated build.
ing, known as the tower Of st. Thomas.
under which Is the TRAITORS Gate"
Henry !. completed II.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
EXPRESS WAGON OF THE ORIENT
The Hcrcuiean Turkish Porter Whose
Place of Busincss L. on the Street,


The Turkish porter Is one of the most
interesting objects seen In a tour OF
the orient. or hcrculcan strength AMI
power of endurance. he Is usually
prompt and ob!iging. also honest SO far
us In him lies. lie cannot speak the
truth. and would not respect himself II
he could. for that Is n virtue Of the
Frank. Ills place of business Is on the
streets of his native town. where lie
can be found at all hours OF the day.
clad In n loose so!led Jacket usually
gray. with gray CATERS. Turkish shoes
or sandals. the Inevitable fcz and n
ncckerchicf that makes him look as II
he were strangling. Al. the burden ~
conveying large or small articles falls
upon him and he will carry a piano rs
easily us q trunk. &c Is the most con.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
The Youngest Metal.

Aluminium. the youngest Of all metals.
il rapidly coming into general use. II
was discovered by Frederick Wohler.
a German professor. Ia 1897. but to 81.
Clair Deville, q Frenchman. belongs
the honor Of being the founder OF the
aluminium industry.
The first article made OF this metal
0as In compliment TO Louis Napoleon.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
beautiful Gift from Jews.

An attractive fountain has been pre-
scented by a Jewish order to the Home
for the Aged at Yonkers. 1t Is a taste
full and servlceable gift. There has,
In recent years. been q remarkable
growth OF the love OF art among the
Jews of New York.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
Good Care of Horses.

Farriers In SaxOny are compelled to
pass a public examination ere they are
permitted TO work at the business.
They must understand the care and
treatment Of horses or they will not be
licensed to shoe the animals.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17

II we were a woman. we would rath-
er have our sweetheart steal than have
him chew tobacco.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17

II Ia not the walking that makes Q
bill collector tired.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17

HUMAN EMPRESS WAGON.
tented of tue working fraternity one
meets abroad. Ills occasional smoke
under the shade Of n mulberry tree. or
his lazy sips of sherbet. are treats that
renew his strength for the hard worl;
by which lie must live.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
Etecl Diamonds.

Within year or two the French
chemist. Monster Mo.ssan. has succeed.
cd In making minute diamonds by sat.
uratIng melted iron with carbon. and
then cooling the Iron under strong
pressure. The carbon crystallizes into
the form OF diamonds as the metal
cools. This experiment has been re.
peated many times. Recently 1t oc.
CURED to Monsieur Rossel that there
must be diamonds In very hard steel,
which Is produced In q manner similar
to the process OF Monsieur Molssan.
Accordingly he examined many specl.
mems Of such steel. and discovered
thar. In fact. It does contain micyoscop-
&c diamonds. mere specks In size. but
presenting the characteristic forms and
properties Of natural diamonds. At a
recent meeting Of the Academy Of Sci.
ences In Paris. Monsieur ROssel OK.
h!bited magniaed photographs Of sew
eral Of these minutes gems from bits
Of steel.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
4 Bcne6cent Lake.


According to Professor Forcl. Of Tau.
same. the Lake Of Geneva. lying In
the deep valley between the Alps and
the Jura Mountains. performs q re-
markable work for the benefit of man.
During the summer Its waters store up
q great quantity Of heat. which Is slow.
~ radiated into the air In the course
OF the following autumn. Thus the
freezing currents descending from the
snow-topped mountains around are
warmed and tempered. and the at.
mosphere along the shores OF tho lake
10 maintained at q moderate temper.
AZURE. The excellence Of the grapes
which produce the celebrated white
wines OF this region Is thought to be
largely due TO the influence Of the lake
upon the condition OF the atmosphere.
But the remote descendants Of the
present Inhabitants will experience
quite a different state Of affairs. for
Professor Forel says that In $4,000
years the river Rhone will have turned
the lake into broad plain. by means
Of the soil 1t Is constantly carrying
down from the mountains.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17

1--WE girls are going to have u harvest.
home festival" "What! to show big
pumpkins and thlngs!' mo such
nonsense -enga cement rings anu pho.
tographs. Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
GOVERNOR STONE IN HIS LIBRARY.

He said he hoped it would declare in favor
of free coinage.
ga great many people hope that who
don't believe it, - said.
II believe,'' said the governor, "t1at
the contest before the next convention will
be between well organized, solid minor
ity, well provided with the sinews of war,
and a scattered majority"
do you believe majority of the peo
pic of the United States favor free coin
age?"
''In the western states unquestionably.
But the influence of tho administration is
at work even now in this state against the
free coinage of silver. I can see no evil
dence that the people have changed their
views, but there is Kentucky, which, I
have no doubt, is a silver state today. The
administration influence made it declare
against silver.
"A bright newspaper man now in St.
Louis, who went all through Ohio in the
last campaign feeling the public pulse,
told me before the convention was held
that Brice and the administration would
control the convention and that it would
declare against silver, but the sentiment
of the people, he said, was for silver. If
the administration can do that once in
Ohio, it may do it again. Mr.. Turpie and
others assure us that Indiana is strongly
for silver, but 1 have no means of know
ing thelr judgment IS correcU. Inere Is no
doubt the administration will try to con-
troll this convention as it did the Ken
lucky and Ohio state conventions
eff it succeeds, do you think it likely
the silver Democrats will bolt and hold
another convention
ooh, no. said Governor Stone. 81
think it much more likely there will be a
bolt by the other fellows if the convention
declares for free coinage"
The Silver Partv'a T0rospects
"Will any great number of Democrats
go into the silver party?''
''That party Is not very well defined
yet. I think some may go to the Popu-
lists. But it is more likely they will stay
away from the polls. 1t was the stay at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
An Old Scotch prov er.

The drovers themselves vert a class
having grades and distinctions of merit.
A man tried and proved would readily
find a master, whereas the baser sort were
engaged by the poor man, who found that
prudence is only consistent With a full
purse. These were a daring, gtdfess race,
deep drinkers ALL fond of brawls and quick
as fire to take offense. They were hardy,
too, sleeping often out of doors and endur-
ing the sternest rigors of our uncertain
northern weather. We have one before
our eyes we write, tall, oldish man,
something between a groom and grazier,
profoundly learned in the ways of horses
and dogs, one who had seen something of
the world and had tried many trades.
His figure was well known, as with his
plaid wrapped round his shoulders and his
peaked cap pulled over his brow he drove
his fiocks into the village in the short au-
tumn twilight When once these had
found shelter in the stackyard of some
hospitable farmer, he would seek the pub
lie house and hold forth to his admirers.
To the villagers, before the days of rail
roads and the penny postage, he was link
Of connection with the outer world, q
strenuous element in their sleepy lives.
Year after year the man would come with
his stories, till his step was not SO firm,
nor his eyes clear to watch his charge.
Then his journeys would cease and the
drover would retire to end his days in the
back streets of the city.-Macmillan
MAGAZINE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
"Joe. Could Understand English.

Several years ago had beloved mon
grel fox terrier named Joe. We were stay
ing some months at Penzance, and the
dog went everywhere with us, and knew
the place we'll. One day we were, as usual
in the afternoon, on the club tennis
ground, when the secretary came up and
warned me that on the following day, as
there was to be a tournament, no dogs
would be admitted to the Enclosure. I
promised to shut Joe up at home. That
evening we missed the dog, and in the
morning also he was not to be seen. When
we went to look on at the tournament in
the afternoon, we found Joe waiting for
US. The ground man told US that the dog
had been there all night and would not
allow himself to be caught. He had never
slept out before, and he certainly must
have understood what was said.
We often used to say, 1--WE will drive to
such a place today, but Joe must stay at
home" and almost invariably in whatever
direction it might be, before we had driven
a mile, we found Joe waiting for US by
the roadside. He always grinned when we
came up with him.-London Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31

resolutions committee, regret a free coin
age plank2 asked.
Such plank was proposed to the COM
mittee," said the governor, 81 believe, by
Thomas of Colorado. But a great many
men in the committee who favored free
coinage voted for modified coinage plank
because William C. Whitney and others
urged that it was necessary If we wished
to carry New York, which we supposed
then was vital to our success in the cam
paign. 1t was question of expediency."
''In other words, the platform of 1892
was made to get in on. -
What a Platform Means.
The governor smiled when he said that
perhaps that was so. Then he looked seri-
Gus and said, 'tBut understand that in
dorse every word of that coinage plank
sit did not say quito enough perhaps
eyes; it said enough. Two things are
demanded in the resolution-namely, the
free coinage of both metals and the main
tenance of their parity. Rivet your
thought on the parity question until you
catch its meaning. Congress is enjoined
to enact such legislation as will establish
and maintain a parity. Was any such
thing attempted? There is no parity
now; there was none in 1899. What has
been done to establish it? Absolutely
nothing. Parity of the metals means
equality of value at a given ratio. Can
parity be secured by enforcing policies
which depress the value of silver and ap-
preciate that of goldf
"What did the convention mean when it
declared for the coinage of both metals
without discrimination into standard
money and for the maintenance Of their
parityS Did it expect to secure free coin
age by instantly closing the minis against
silver altogether? Is that coinage without
discriminatory
1 asked Governor Stone what he thought
would be done by the next convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
1LLTTERATE IKMIGRANTs.

Congressman Curtis will have plenty
of backing in his effort to secure the
passage of his bill for the restriction of
the immigration of illiterate foreigners.
There is an Immigration Restriction
league already organized and in good
working order in the east. The league
is engaged in digging statistics out of the
census and from other sources aud com
piling them in a form which makes them
easily comprehended.
A recent report issued by the league
shows where these illiterate foreigners go
upon arriving on our shores. 1t is com piled
from the seventh special report of the ..
S. commission of labor (1894), from which
it appears that the proportion of those of
foreign birth or parentage to the total
population in the slums of Baltimore was
n per cent. in Chicago 80 per cent, in
New York 90 per cent, and in Philadel-
phia 81 per cent. The figures for the
foreign born alone are correspondingly
striking. 1t appears from the same re-
port that of every 100 aliens. 40 were illit-
crate in the slums of Baltimore, Al in
Chicago, SO in New York and 81 in Phil
adslphia; and that of every 100 of these
illiterate aliens there were 81 males of
voting age in Baltimore, II in Chicago,
rs in New York and So in Philadelphia.
The report continues as follows:
While little emphasis should be laid
on the amount of money brought by an
immigrant-as money is no test of an
immigrants real worth-Iight may be.
perhaps, thrown on the question by the
statement thatof the 331 iliterates exam
ined at Ellis island 50, or 10 per cent,
brought in no money; 101, or 30 per cent,
81 to So each; %, or % per rent, IS to
$40. and 106, or 80 per cent, over $40.
That is 40 per cent of these immigrants
had So or less and 60 per cent SO or
less.
The total amount of money known to
have been brought in during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1895. by 100, 1913 i'm
migrants over 20 years of age was $4,
126,793, an average of $25.97 per capita
over 20 years of age, but an average of
only $1634 for each of the total number
of immi grants for that year.
Note, however, that of the above $780,
1O3 immigrants IS per cent or 125,326
brought in less than $50, and 34,775, or
% per cent, brought in more.
The figures as to average amount per
immigrant, $25-97, as given above, were
therefore extremely misleading, because
it is evident that very large percentage
Oh Immigrants may nave drought III A6SS
than $40; but this would be counteracted
by small number of immigrants bring
ing several hundreds of dollars, as those
who intend to settle on farms do.
This is clearly shown by the report of
the superintendent OF immigration for
1892. page %, where he says that, of the
1853 immigrants from Russia arriving
at the ports of New York, 1888 brought
more than 800 each, several of these
bringing considerable sums of money:
ono bringing $4,000" while the 1896
Russians who brought less than 800
were nearly all destitute"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31

Now, we are ga rank partisan (Repub
lican) sheet" We want our Republican
brethren who bitterly accuse the jour
NAL of being Populist, to take notice
that the Barber County Index (Populist)
published in Jerry simpsons town, says
we are ''rank partisan" When you point
out the faults in both parties, each says
that you belong to the other. The Index
says:
The Topeka STATE JOURNAL says it
would rather support an inside the par
ty-Am erican- product free silver Repub-
publican than an outspoken free silver
Populist The man who thinks that the
JOURNAL is not a rank partisan sheet
does not fully understand the meaning of
the word BIPARTISAN"
In another place the Index calls us a
tool of Plutocracy; SO you see we are
not in any worse company than lot of
other Kansas Republican papers. What
ever the JOURNAL is called however, you
will always find it honest and fair in its
opinions, and opposed to fraud and op-
preston in every form.