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THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
His Curious Experience In House wita
 Creaking Stairs.

CreakinE Stairs.
 "You know how the stairs puff ups said the retired burglar, "after you stop using em nights? You crowd em down close together, solid, treading on lem all day long, and then when you let up on 'em the fibers of the wood lift up again, and the stairs seem to swell You know how they creak sometjnles and snap little when you go down 'em first i'll the morning and some of the steps yield 6 little under the treadl That's them settling down into place again.
 II love to hear 'em in tho morning. It seems kind of like the stairs waking up and speaking to you as you go along down But don't like to hear 'em at night. And at the time l go about they've had chance to do considerable putfing, and no matter how velvet footed man may be he cant lessen his weight very well, and so 1 learned ear ly to tread near the wall or near the banisters going up stairs, and not on the bow in the middle. The creak, or the little soft snapping, that sounds so pleasant in the morning and that mo- body wouldn't notice then, sounds mighty loud at night, whom everything is still fanybody was awake, you know you could hear it from one end of tho house to the other. To be sure, it might not alarm anybody. because there's oth- CT sounds in house at nighU-sounda that just make themselves, due, sup pose, to changes ill temperature. Boards swell and shrink and shift little, and you might hear little snap somewhere in the house any time of night. But I always hated to hear the stairs ereak when was going up 'em, all the same, because always thought that as likely as not it would wake up somebody, and that l should find somebody sitting up in bed looking for me when looked into the door of room, and, as a mat ter of fact, that did sometimes happen.
 .'I looked ono night, after q Wretched pair of stairs, into half lighted room where 1 saw man, sitting up i'll bed over on the other side of the room, and looking plumb at the door that was standing in As I told you, was al- ways on the lookout for just this thing, but this man surprised me, for all that. He sat thore in bed all keyed up, and looking square at nc 1 could see him perfectly plain, and I knew he could sec mo just as plain, and expected ev. cry minute he'd find his voice and bs- gin to holler.
 But instead of that ho threw the clothes back off his legs and swung his legs around out of bed and stood up. He put his right hand out to locate a chair that stood by the head of the bed, and then he started for the door, hands out little on each side of him, and feeling out little oil both sides and sort of ahead of him as he came along
 "Humph Blind He'd heard the noise and was going to look for it. might have stood there and slugged him easy as he went by, but didn' want no rastle with biind man. just went out and left him therc looking. ''-NeW Yogk Sur.
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Wrong Conclusion.

The Canadian Gazette tells an anus ing story of one who was too quick at drawing m inference It happened that q Glasgow professor who was visiting Canada with the British association i'll 1884 was desirous of seeing something of northwestern life, and for this pur- pose repaired to an Alberta ranch.
 fixed him up as well as could. the raneher says. but he complained that he did not like sleeping with his clothes on. So alter the first night stretched a eowslsin across the shack and told him he might undress if he liked. He took off most of his garments and put on I long white nightdress. h the morning my foreman came ill while the gentleman WAS still sleeping. Observ. ing tho white nightdress, he said in 8 whisper:
 Rather sudden. eh?''
 "What?" asked.
 "The death of the old man. -
 He's not dead; he's asleep" ex. plained.
 "Then what he wearin them billed clothes for?' was the reply. Never saw chap laid out in billed clothes afore 'cept he were dead. "
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The PAinlesa wan

Before the days of chloroforin lhere wal Aquack in San Francisco who adyertised tooth drawing without pain. Tho patient was placed in n ehair and wrench given when he roared violently. "I thought you said there was no pains" So there is not by my process. That is Cartwright's way. That's the way he does it. It's very different from mine. Another tug. and still more violent howl. sThat's the way Dumerge pulls teeth, said th> unabashod practitioner. You don t like 1t, no doubt. Who wouldf" Anothe, twist was given. and the patient, as rule, howled worse than ever ..That the dentist says. "is parkinson's mode
 By this time the tooth was nearly out Il will a.ow, he said, s.siisplay n.5 owr method, 1hereup0n hs triuin 1hantly withdrew tES tooth md held it ID fas ia spec,ion You observe that by my srcl, scientific pEescsss there is really 10 pala whatever = New York Tgshnnr
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Letters to santa Claus.

TIE GRApHIcs Christmas edition will be issued next Sunday, the 18th inst and we again throw open our columns to the children and invite them to tell Santa Claus their Christmas wants. We can as sure the children that Santa Claus reads the GRArHIoi and will give heed to their wants.
 These letters must be limited to fifty words each and handed in for publication not later than Friday even1ng.
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A Large Quantity

Of drugs areimpOrted every year into this country and the frequency with which importatlons are made, makes it possible to buy drugs mnch fresher and stronger than used to be pessible;not all drug gists, however, are anxious to take advantage of this because stale drugs are q little cheaper. Some druggists tell you they buy direct in large quantities. and buy enough at one time to last ? or 3years. Drugs, unlike whisky, does not improve with age. We buy in small quanti- ties, buy often and get them fresh every pop. That is why we say get your regular drugs anu prescriptions filled here. You will find it will pay you both physically and financially in the end,
 Yours very respectfully.
 WALKER DRUG CO,
 1l0 Main St.
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Enormous Lifting Power.

The shelless limpet pulls l,9S4 times its own weight when in the air and about double when measured in the wa ter. Pleas pull l.493 times their own dead weight The Mediterranean cookie, Venus verrueosa. can exert pulling power equal to 2.07l times the weight Df it's own body So great is the power possessed by the oyster that to open it force equal to l,3l0. 5 times the weight of it's shelless body is required If the human being possessed strength as great in proportion as that of these shellfsh, the average man would be able to lift tho enormous weight of 2,07e, GOO pounds, pulling in the same degree as the limpet. And if the man pulled in tho same proport 'aaate degree as the cookie he would sustain weight of no less than 3, JOG. 900 pounds --Worthing- rou's Magazine
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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
Recent Facts Reneetine the Political ans
 Social Life Of Europe.


 The rinderpest having destroyed eat. tie as q factor in the all important ques- tion.of transport in Africa, attention is now being devoted to the jackass, which, being proof against climate, plague and the terrible tsetse fly, seems destined to become the beast of burden of the future for the Dark Continent Consequently the demand for donkeys has assumed such proportions that English and Dutch dealers have been buying them by the thousands fer shipment to South Africa, phennInens.i and altogether unpreeedent. ed prices being realized Inasmueh as, according to tho ponderous London Spec :ator, which has never been known to perpetrate a joke. Ireland is at present the main home and breeding place of the English donkey, the Emerald Isle is deriving considerable pecuniary ben- eft from the boom i'll ass flesh, and tke lowly and patient 'moke' seems des- tined to supersede the pig as source of profit to the Hibersian peasant.
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The aearcl, For Truth.

In the search for truth no aid is so effective as the ever ready spirit of aa- tivity. He who postpones putting what he knows into practice until he knows more will find his journey long and discouraging one. Carlyle well says: Conviction, were it never so excellent. is worthless till it converts itself into conduct. Nay, properly conviction is not possible till then, inasmuoh as all speculation is by nature endless and formless. Most true is it. as a wise man teaches us, that, Doubt of any sort can not be removed except by action. On which ground, too, let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this other pre- oept we'll to heart, which to me was of invaluable service, Do the duty which lies nearest to thee, which thou know est to be a duty The second duty will already have become clearer
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Afstalxen Identity.

JEFFERsosvILLE. Ind, Oct. 23.-- While Mrs, Joseph Howard of Washing ton county. was preparing to take the supposed remains of her husband home for interment Il letter arrived fxom him saying tlltt he was i'll Nashville. Two weeks ago hs mysterionsly disappeared and the reluains of m..rdered man found ill he Portland canal were ideuss fed as tiauns of Howard.
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Gs- nnn isire nt I,er,,-

PERU. Ind. Oct. 2s. - Tho 2.story brick liverybarn of G W. Murden was destroyed by fire with most of its contents, including cabs, carriages, bug gies and wagons. There were about 40 horses i'll the barn and l5 of them were burned to death. The loss wlll amount to at least sS.o00; partially covered by insurance. Many of the horses and ve- hicles belonged to boarders and were not insured.
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German Forts.

Tho two principal German fortresses on the Baltic sea are at Konigsburg and Dantzic. Central Germany has three first class fortresses. Spandau. Magde- burg and kustrin. on the French from tier, Metz and Strasburg. and on the Belgian frontier. Colngne and Goblenx
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THE caucus of Democratic mem .ers of the House Tuesday night re ulte6. in passing resolutions favor able to recognizing the belligerency of Cuba and in opposing the exten- sion of National banks and retiring fhe green backs.
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Ths African Piano.

Among the musical Instruments used on tho Congo we notice the long and short drum Some drums are used 10 beat the time of the dance. Some other drums are used as telephones for the transmission of messages to neighbor. ing villages The stringed instruments represent the African harp. The ivory horns are used for the eonvocation of popular assemblies. The double bell is used to call the attention of the people to some proclamation of the chief The Africans everywhere are very musical, but their music does not always suit European taste.
 The African dance is not always in- dulged in fer amusement alone. Danc- ing enters into some of tho most solemn ceremonies, as, for instance, the in- auguration cf new king Then the chief elect of the tribe dances very gravely before the assembled elders and the people.
 The madimba had been called the African piano. It is made of calabashes of graded sizes, which are surmounted by boards, of graded sizes also, all be- ing attached to semicireular frame. Each board represents note or half tone and emits It's appointed sound when struck by one of the two rubber balls at the ends of two sticks, which are cleverly handled by the musician. While almost every native can beat the drum or play some of the minor musical instruments, the playing of the madim- ba is an art which only few special ists learn. They must Do paid for play Ing at festivities or ceremonies, and iheir urt supports them, either partly er entirely. Iy.-Journal of American EoIh -evAA
 -"rult Foods.
 Each year folks grow toapt reciate more fully the value of fruit and eat it not as a luxury, but Us q staple article of food. Fruits arc nounshing, refreshing, nppetiz- Ing and purifying, and consequently have effect upon the health and the complexion Yet thero are differences. Grapes and ap- pies arc highly nutritious. Grapes usually Rgree with tho most delicate persons, for they are so easily digested Nothing is easier to digest thnn baked apple taken sither with or without cream. Oranges, lemons and Hines are of great value as a means of improving tho complexion, and they are especially good if taken before breakfast. Ripe peaches are easy of digs tion, and are fattening. Nothing is better to enrich the blood than strawberries, which contain a larger percentage of iron than any other fruit. Fruit with firm f1esh like apples, cherries or plums, should be thoroughly masticatedi otherwise they .I14 -1A 1l
 fruit should nover be eaten, and before eat ing grapes ov any small fruit care should be taken to remove all impurities by wash ing. Never swallow grape stones. Stale fruit and unripe fruit should never be eat en, and very acid fruit should not be taken with farinaseons foods unless the person has vigorous digestion. York Snn
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' THE Federation of Labor, in ses- sion at Nashville, has formed Q formal protest against the annexa ticn of the Hawaiian Islands.
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SOME Eastern capitalists are to establish brewery in Little Rock. This will fill a long felt want at the State Capital.
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ALL Of Canton turned out yester- day to attend the funeral of Moth CT" Mckinley
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HoN. W. ]. BRYAN was enthnslas- tically received by the Mexican Con gress yesterday.
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SECRETARY CAGES bill for the re- form of our monetary system will be presented to Congress Thursday.
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THE Southern Cotton Growers art in session at Atlanta, Ga.
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ND CONCERT co.

ND CONCERT co.
 ind. violinist; Miss x SAprano; Miss Maud 2l5n. ReasIey;; Mr. Fordyce E5ist MerrfR Institute, eeemt,er 10th, 1897 Y ton0 V morning.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
SPALDiN0;S INEAMY.

by nj, means let the state Icgisla-
turc make u thorough investigation in.
to the proceedings by which the funds
of the University of Illinois came to bc
eaten up In the reckless banking pro-
ccdings If President Spalding Of the
Globe Savings Bank.
Both the state officials who allowed
the Globe Institution to sq,,andcr pub.
lie money and the bank officers them
selves must he made to explain this
wrctchel business. The bare fact that.
owing to these proceedings. the State
university may be left without funds.
and may even have to close Its doors
Is a CRYING shame. ami should stir pub.
liz Indignation to Its depths.
but there II more la the Globe Saw.
ings Bank case than the loss Of til"
university funds. grave rs TINT matter
may be. 1t seems that the same lack
Of moral sense which resulted In the
loss of those funds was responsible
for the losses sustained by many derOs-
itors. who went to the bank In good
faith. who placed their savings In the
bank officers hands I'm the full conf
| tlcnce that the money would In prop
crly cared for. and who now find them.
selves trlcketl out Of Il. These people
have right to demand TINT the case
Of the Globe Savings Bank be made
such an object lesson to Enthusiastically
bankers that other people In the bank
ing business will In frightened into
adopting II policy Of honesty and good
Judgment.
In every particular the Globe Saw
ings Bank failure II u shame ana m
actual injury to the people. The out
rngeO,is misuse OF the State university
| funds IL alone ground for II vigorous
investigation. Whatever other dl'
reputable facts may come to light III
| tho Investigation will bc useful IN
clinching the evidence AMI securing
| proper punishment for SlMldlng and
the other men who have betrayed boil
the state itself and many Of Its indi
vldual rcsidents.-ltecOM.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
THOSE GARBAGE CONTRACTS.

The citizens Of Chicago are JUSTIFIED
IN demanding u rigid investigation Of
the fiye-year garbage contracts when
Commissioner Kerr proposes to let JUST
before retiring from office. TIL" very
cIrcum stances In which 1t Is proposed
10 give out the contracts make them
suspici0us. TO fasten contracts OF s'''li
importance upon the city just before
leaving Office Is n dangerous perform
anca. The manner In which the gar
bacc-contract bills were drawn IN the
state Legislature, their loose wording
and their failure to protect the city
make anything like hasty action on the
measures totally unjustliiable.
IT the contracts are safe ana proper
there can be no possible objection 10
the trifling delay necessary TO ihves'l-
gate them aud disclose their merl'ori-
Gus features. II they are not good
measures, the public has right 10
know the fact, and to demand OF the
City Council that 1t. refuse 10 concur
in Mr.. Kerr's proposition. At present
IL looks MS II the outgoing local admin
istration intends TO make good
thing" for its friends In the eleventh
hour Of its existence by binding the
city for five years to contracts which
would fail to provide the necessary
measures OF garbage cleaning ana
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
LET THE Gas COMPANIES ALONE,
MR. CIVIC FED!

our notorious civic Federation.
which raised Il great deal of money TO
clean streets. and hasn't cleaned them.
is again after the gas trust"
What has the gas trust done to the
civic Fcdcrationy
To all appearances the gas COM
panlcs are attending to their own bust
ness In u quiet and decent manner.
They are also giving employment to
1860 Chicago workingmcn.
II to serve their own business inter
csts they desire to consolidate. Is II any
of the business of the Civic Fedora.
tiony
We should say not.
The Civic Federation should first in.
ducc its own members to pay their
Just share of taxes on downtown prop.
crty.
Then we would have more policemen
aud fewer thugs.
Tie civic Federation should civ,
more attention to rich tax dodgers IND
less attention to gas companies.
Then the poor property owners wo';!t
have less taxes to pay and would llnv,
more to spend for gas and other i'm
provcmenis.
Let the Civic Federation clean III
own house. and also our strccts-or dis
band.
The proposed consolidation of til,
gas companies il u purely business
proposition. which affects no one In
| the gentlemen holding stock In them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
HvMMsL BACKED 8YHiS FRIENDS.

City Treasurer Ilummcl has compie,-
cd and filed his bond of S22.IW.Wo'
Every city treasurer for ten years. eN'
cent Peter Kiolbassa. found 1t imposs''
blc 10 MI out his bond without assist.
ancc from the bankers. Mr.. Hummer
IL not under obligations to banks OF
their representatives :,
Brewers and other capitalist frirhus
Of Mr.. iiummcl have given him tl'cl'
names. The fourteen bondsmen Ill
cludc Charles II. Wackcr. Joseph Iheu
rcr. Jacob T.. Rchn. Thomas j.. Ncei
cy. Rudolph Brand. Fritz Goetz. JONI
| Buel,!cr. Jacob llcisslcr. Henry ii'"
rc,l, and Edward q. tihlcin.
The hanks which will receive uepos
It's of city funds by Mr.. Hummer III
cludc the Northern Trust Company
Corn Exchange. Garden city. Nero
politnn National. Chicago Nh'ioh"i a"'
Globe National Banks.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
THE JUNE ELECTION.

Citizens Of Chicago nre not to escape
ballot .l,Oxing this year with the char.
ter election. In June thirteen Judges
of the Circuit Court of Cook County
are to be chosen. The Republican ma
chine has caused II to liz known that
II may ask that the present bench In
reelected. but the Democratic machine
has not nssented to this proposition.
What direction nominations for these
judicial places will finally take Will be
settled Mt m early date.
The members Of this bench are: Muir
ray +. Tuley. Thomas q. Windcs. Ed
ward +. Dunno. Richard =. Tuthlll.
Richard w. clifford. Frank Baker.
Arba y. Waterman. Oliver II. Horton.
Francis Adams. Edmund W. Burke,
Abncr Smith, John Gibbons ana Ell
bridge Hanecy. The majority II Re
publican. Among these judges are dis
erect. learned. experienced ana In ev-
cry wise capable men. Among them
also are men no more fitted for judicinl
place than their baillffs. Inadeluately
equipped for the judicial office, they
have no just conception Of Its duties or
It's dignitlcs. Because the majority or
men upon this bench deserve well of
the community ana ought to bc retain
ed In their places as long rs they VIII
consent to serve, 1t by no means fol-
lows that m incapable and dangerous
minority should he chosen anew.
II the political machines get together
and insist on naming the bench 1t Is The
duty of citizens, more particularly OF
the bar, to see that proper men ar" on
the judicial ticket for the June election
| Icy petition.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
WHy DONT THE JUDICIAL BARHA'
Giles ANSWER? es

A wcll.known citizen writes Inc
Enu,c to ascertain how many or the
present Judges are riding on ire'
steam railroad and street ear passes
i.ca the Judges answer. The Eagie
will gladly print what they have 10
say on this subject. also an answer 10
n query Of another Of our readers. who
Is Of an inuuisitivc turn Of mimi ana
wishes to know show many Of our pres
ent Judges are In favor of corpora
tion holding the fee simple In real 's
tntc--bcyond the necessity :" 'mi'
business" Should the Judges desire
to free their minds on the above SUI
jwt. The Eagle will be glad to print
what they have to say for the Interest,"
Of our readers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
.inent Chicago lawyer who IL talked Of for judics

Abel l.. Allen was born January %.
1850. at Kentom. Ohio. Ills father. u
native of virginia. moved to Ohio In
early life. and was n man noted for his
excellent character and stability. and
was possessed Of n great fund Of priC-
teal common sense. His mother was u
native Of Ohio. and was woman of
great strength Of character.
The subject Of this sketch was
brought TO manhood on u farm. acCluir-
Ing his early education In the country
school. and after completing his eluca-
ton In the public schools. entered the
Ohio Wesleyan University. mt Della.
ware. Ohio. and was graduated there
from In the classical course In June.
1879. The class Of which he was u
member was small. hut In It's ranks
were the Rev. +. W. Gunsnult,s. Of this
city. Prof. u. NJ. Wnml,iugli. of 1lar.
ward University. and other men now
holding important positions In the va.
riOus professions. lie entered the Gin
clnnnti College OF Law. aud on May o.
1877. graduated therefrOnn, and was
admitted to practice law In the courts
Ut Ohio. Tie entered ut once Into
active practice In partnership with Mr..
Stillings, ut KentOn. Ohio. and was al.
ways on one side or the other Of all I'M
pOrtnnt litigation In tho courts In the
county of Hardin, Ohio. for many
years.
He located Ia Chicago In August.
1891. entering ut once into the general
practice Of the Inv. January 1. 1904,
he became the senior member Of the
firm OF Allen, Payne. Il. Blake. In Feb.
ruary. 1901. Mr.. Payn" retired from
the firm. and the present firm OF Allen
Il Blake was organized. with offices III
the Unity Building. rooms 5O5-iO. Mr.