Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-10

The Widely Known ana Well
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cocious baby calling distinctly for ito
''lacteal fluid" But the picture ID far
from alluring and few people would
care to have It reproduced at their own
hearthstones. There are few mem.
cries more dear than the memories Of
the caressing syllables OF baby talk.
There are few lives which would not
suffer distinct and grievous loss II
those memories were ruthlessly cut of.
Are there not enough serious. import.
ant things In life to engage the energies
Of people without making attacks on
harmless source Of universal de.
light?
Tho terrible holocaust In Paris IL still
hearing results there. Many Of those
wounded Mt that time have since died.
and there have been several deaths like
that Of the due d'Aumale as the indirect
result Of the disaster. The Princess
Adelaide Of Portugal has determined to
become nun. having been brought to
that decision by the fire In the charity
tnxar. There are. too. some results not
so heartrendlng. 1t will be remembered
TINT the press Of Paris charged that the
young noblcmen who were present Mt
the baxar behaved with almost incredi-
bic brutality and cowardicc. beating
the helpless women with their canes In
order that they themselves might es.
cape. One Of the men who were pres.
Ont mt the fire took 0ffensc mt the re.
marks Of q woman upon the episode.
md considered that his honor had been
assaulted. He could not challenge her to
u duel. and M she did not have hus.
hand he challenged her brother.in.law.
In this he had the npprova! Of everyone.
even the challenged man. The two
fools met, not In secret, as was the
fashion under the empire, but openly,
surrounded by large circle Of spec.
tatOrs. and, blood having been drawn.
honor was assuaged. 1t II q singular
fact that Of late years dueling In Paris
Ia done without the slightest attempt
to conceal the affair from anyone. In
this case the party rode openly through
the streets. carrying the weapons and
followed by q large crowd Of curious
people In carriages. and the fight took
place In one Of the best.kn0wn spots
NbOut the city.
| At the little old village Of speoak,
l.. l., there u going on one Of those
fights which occur whenever an ut.
tempt IL made to change corporate
name from something which the PEG.
pie have become used to to one which
IL more modern AMI high sounding.
One Remsen gave the town very fine
new church. The people were crate.
full and he would have been held In
kind remembrance had not a mIsguid.
cd pastor started the movement to
change the name Of the village from
the Indian appellatlOn Of SpeOnk to
Rem scnburg. Then there was trouble.
The old residents ull stood by SpeOnk.
while the newcomers held to Remsen.
burg. The latter finally won and the
pOstOtiice and railway company adopt.
ed the new name That did not matter
to tho speonkers. They stin have their
mail addressed to Speonk. aud when
they use the railway they invariably
ask for tickets to their own village Of
speOnk. The latest development Of the
fight Is In a split In the church. the
old members refusing to attend the
new etlifice which has caused oil the
trouble and holding services Of their
own In a tent. The Spe0nkers are
right. and the day may yet come when
they will triumph and see the hOmely
but original Indian name Of their town
restored In place Of the hated one OF
the church giver.
Those who when they read the
sprightly "rhe Prisoner OF Zenda" were
inclined to lcOk upon the incidents az
belonging to the realm Of the imp0ssi.
BILE romance will find that recent events
In Bulgaria prove that the deeds Of ku.
dOlph and Rupert, Michael and the re-
d0ubtable Sapt can be duplicated al.
most any day In the Balkan countries.
A captain. project Of police and a
gendarme have been arrested at Phil.
ippOpOlis on the charge Of numbering
IN opera singer. beautiful girl named
Anna Salmon. The captain became
tired Of her and hired the other two
to help put her out Of the way. She
was chlOrOfOrmed and drowned In the
river. The project Of police has con.
fessed. and says that the captain and
Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria ordered
him to kill tho woman. The captain
was cadet In the palace and was one
Of the men who kidnapped Prince Alex.
ander Of Bulgaria and drove OF with
him to the sea coast. This he did ut
Ferdinand's request In order that the
latter might succeed to the throne. He
recently made rich marriage, upon