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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03
THE SCHOOL BOARDS METHODS.

Members of the Board of Educate
express establishment at the susplt ion
with which they are regarded by the
public. But II people look ut them
a.knncr. and IL they are suspected
when they are innocent rs well ms
when they are guilty, whom can they
blame bu, themselves
TAKE the water filter episode alone,
The board acted IN the most amazing
way with respect to this matter. The
The Commissioner of Health having
reported the water supplied nj the
schools 10 be unfit for use, and having
returned an expert opinion on yar!ous
filters submitted fol testing, besides
suggesting number of other ways
than tiltcring to purify the water the
duty of the Board of Education vas
to take immediate action In accordance
with the report. What did II do In fact ;
II returned the expert opinion with u
statement 10 the effect that "the agents
OF certain filters" objected to the tests.
Very properly the Health Commission
er refused to have anything furthe; tn
do with n body that preferred the adj
vice of Interested manufacturers to the
opinion of such n competent bacterial
list rs Or Gehrmann and such Il pains
taking chemist as Mr.. KennicOtt. and
so the board has been left to deal With
It's "a gents of certain. filters
| Now, this course may have been the
proda' of mere stupidity, bur the pub
lie is ungencrously disposed to place
another construction upon IT, When
men who are shrcwd In private affairs
|peryersely run counter to good advice
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03
KOORE'S ARITHMETIC ADOPTED.

MOOre's arithmetic was adopted for
use In the public schools by the Board
OF Education Wednesday night. An
attempt was made by Mr.. Errant to
prevent the adoption OF the book and
to secure favorable consideration Of the
Specr arithmetic, but 1t failed. Eleven
members decided to stand by the
Moore book, whether It was good or
Dad.
The annual report Of President Halle
contained the following statement:
We have, am sorry to b. compelled
to confess II, as many children In poor
~ ventilated premises rs we had a
year ago, ana this Notwithstanding the
prompt and intelligent expenditure OF
the funds appropriated for Luildlng
purposes. We have strlven to relieve
many sections Of our city 80 that the
child OF the humblest may obtain
gllmpses OF the sunshine Of the school
hours. We have not succeeded IN
meeting the demands though. because
our school population Is increasing 81
that there were enrolled ut the end Of
the year about 225. 800 children rs com
pared with 3l3,S25 year ago. The
average attendance for the year was
about 1IS,50O as cOntrasted with 100,
800 In lS05-lS9G. We have u corps OF
teachers aggregatlng 4,9OO, where W,
had Ages year ago, ana II we had
twenty-five more buildings we could
! am sure. ill them to Ovcriiowlni
within two years, ana believe the tax
payers would prefer to have the you'll
of our city taught In II way calculated
| 10 inspire the students with Il sense o
appreciation of what popular education
| Is doing for them, rather than IN make
| shift surroundings.
Superintendent Albert q. Lane AM
| his eight assistants were reelected TO
one year, rs were all the present prin
cipals ana teachers. Colonel Parker re
mains ut the head of the normal school
The Music Committee reported tina
II would unity all music work IN tn
schools next fall. The wife of Super
visor Katzcnberger was placed on tn
pay rolls. The Phillips ana Flsl
geometry will go into the high school
Sept. /. The annual pencil cOntrac
was left to Mr., Cameron to pass upon
Mr.. Grants motion to extend the tim
for textbook adoption to Aug. l wa
| derisively defeated.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03
WARS THE MATTER, MANGLER.

Aid Mangler has written a letter to
Thomas Cusack. president pro TEN.
of the School Board. In which the Al.
derman oblgingly accommodates Mr..
Cusack with another postponcmcnt of
the investigation of the serious charges
brought againt the management of the
board. and also against the president
pro ten. himself.
Mr.. Mangler. by the way. has also
announced that he was In possession
of the charges against Cusack and did
not make them public lest he (NIr.
Mangler, might he induced" to drop
the investigation. Now that they have
been published. there Is some appre.
tension lest Mr.. Nlnngler may yet he
induced to drop. them and. In fact.
the whole Investigation of the boa rd's
affairs. For that reason Aid john
Coughlln and others are still I'm favor
OF transferring the investigation to the
regular School Committee of the City
Council.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03

called to 1t, and It seems ms II the com.
mitteemen would have to resign as
such or leave the employ of the city.
Mayor Harrison rcpudiated the al
legged Interviews with him in the pa.
pers to the effect that there had been
q rupture between him aud President
Kraus over the exemption ordinance
passed Monday night. Mr.. Kraus was
with the Mayor an hour Wednesday
afternoon, and left the chief executive
smiling.
The Mayor said: "The ordinance
which had passed Monday night was
OF my own drafting and brings the de-
partment heads under my control, as I
wished. including police captains. The
captains now know that they must do
what Is wanted or suffer. That the
civil service commission refused To ex.
empt captains makes no difference to
me. have done what thought was
right In the matter, and I am going to
stand by It. made no attack upon the
law and l do not wish any further
Council legislation. I have all that
want. and I think the city government
will he me better for It. have had no
falling out with MIR. Kraus. I shall in
stltute no mandamus proceedings. The
commission II doing It's work aud am
doing mine.'
President Kraus said 81 have been
afraid that the Mayors ordinance
might stir up the Aldermen to do
worse things. But as far as the Mayor
and ] are concerned, there has been
no friction between us. What the
commission will do I cannot say. They
will be here this week and we shall
have u meeting and discuss the entire
situation. We have held that the ex-
cmptlOn of police captains was doubt.
full point. The Mayor II standing faith.
fully by the law and wish to see him
unhcld."
There has been u vain effort on the
part of some enemies Of the law to
create trouble between the Mayor and
mr.. Krnus by carrying to each alleged
expressions by the other.
Tue action Of the Council Monday
night In regard to the Mayors oriin.
ance nullifies the list of police licu-
tenants eligible for captains which the
civil service commission has hau post.
cd. No captaincies now exist Tor the
twenty lieutenants who stood IN OK
animation In the hope of being pro.
noted.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03
HYPOCRISY AND DOODLE.

II Is needless to say that the vote on
the Commonwealth electric ordinance
In the Council Monday night was u
grievous blow to the friends OF good
government. That men like Bath
House Coughlin, Powers and Martin
should support this vicious measure Is
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03

secure tts extension of she tax levy.
At the VOTE to pnss the bills Trustees
Carter na,l Eckhart voted not to allow
them. Ih+ former said lis had objected
from ;lsstart To the bOaNl's hiring and
paying len II lobbyist.
The lssn ri has decided to substitute
In place NJ the two fixed bridges ns
recommended some time agO across the
canal at Western avenvse boulevard 0tN'
double swing bridge. 1t II to contain
two rsadways, one for senming ami 0Gc
for bsa'evard purposes, each twenty
four fcet wide.
Tue new jury coca ar!ssiOn law Is now
practically In operation.
Its provisions Will apply to the se-
lection of the next grand jury. and
sherc Is an almighty scramble foe OBJ
pOintments on the commission. which
viii consist of three members. u secrs>
tary and u hOsr of minor clerks.
This new dsspensation will prove
either magnificent auxiliary to the
dispensation of law and justice from
the Cook County bench, or an unmiti-
gated curse 10 the community rs u
whole.
Everything depends upon the action
OF the judges In whose hands the mp
poinlmcnt of the commission lies. The
judiciary of Cook County has time and
again given evidence of u constant do
sire TO break away from the chains
and fetters of politics and politicians
but the fact remains that there II still
very gOod-sized leavenlng lump OF
politics on the bench of Cook County
Among the host OF applicants for ap
pOintment on the commission are, as
might he supposed. the usual battaliOns
of professional political job hunters
from both parties. This time the bOy'
from the various wards have. Will
wonderful unanimity, turned theil
backs ZiOnward. On this particular Oc
casiOn they do not offer their prisons
ut the shrines of JAMESON, Hertz Ol
LOrimer on the one side or those OF
Gahan, Jones, Martin or Burke on the
other. They are trying to get theil
graphing irons into the judges, ana thu
court rooms, private chambers and
homes of the dispensers of law arr
thrOnged with patriots who would fair
serve their country as members of the
commission, secretaries, clerks, auXil
larry ward clerks, or any old thing.
II IL said that the majority of thu
judges are In favor of appointing busl
ness men and citizens of standing ant
reputation, irrespective of political af
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03

u. r. Rrosseau. the senior member of
the firm Of Brosseau Il CO... commission
dealers In grain and provisions. ~ and
30, BOard of Trade. is one Of the hest.
known French Canadians In Chic. go.
He has been a member of the board for
thlrty.nve years and II Of n social turn
and jolly good fellow. lie II fun of
wit and there IL no end To his fund of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03

CAUTIoN.-There 70 Q white soap
shaved up and sold 90 Dobbins' Elec.
trio. 1t Is fraud and will ruin clothes.
The genuine IL never sold except In bars,
stamped Dobbins' Soap Mfg. Co., Phils'
delphia, and In wrappers with pictures
Of Mrs. F0gy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03

Iliations. upon this commission. In
this lies the hope Of those who desire
reform In the selection III our petit and
grand jurics.
IL the political wIre-pnllers and
grn ftsmcn get hold Of the jury COM
mission II will prO,luce condition In
rnrrsly worse than when the Jury ser
Vice was In the hands Of the county
beard. and that was rotten enough,
heaven knows.
within few days meeting Of the
Civil Service Commission viii he called
to consider the ordinance passed by
THE Council which exempts police cap.
taIIs from the classified service.
Then the policy Of the commission
IN regard to recognizing the validity OF
the ordinance without tho bringing of
test suit will be definitely determined.
1t was announced auth0ritatively that
Commissioners Winston and Wash
burne have decided to uphold the May
or In the enforcement of the ordnance.
They will vote against President
Kraus. It is said. AMI oppose the plan
of testing the validity of the new Orll-
nance In court
1t Is said that Mr.. Cusack IL prepar-
ing an elaborate statement In refuta-
ton of the charges made against him.
and that Secretary Billy Graham IL
the busiest man In town reading copy
and proofs on the proposed manifesto.
| 1t Is claimed that Mr.. Cusack will incl
dentally level few cOuntercharges
against the editor of the Times Herald,
the only newspaper In Chicago which
has had the courage to grapple with
the School Board gang ana expose Its
thlevery. En PEASANT, We may be per-
mitted to ask what has become of the
libel suit which was to have been filed
instanter against our esteemed cOntem-
pOrary?
There II no truth In the rumOr that
one Scion II. Case father of the infam.
Gus garnishment law has left Chicago.
He was out driving on the boulevard
Sunday, ana IL still living In the
Twelfth ward.
CAUTIoN.-There d Q white soap
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03

anecdotes. lie Is II good speaker. and
can discount our own Chaunccy DE.
pew and Tom Ochiltree after partal;ing
of Il good dinner. Having good diges-
tive organs. good judgment and MORAL
courage. lie never loses his head and
always knows where he IL at. Mr..
BrOssaau Is also nm esteemed member
of many of our leading clubs.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03

AT ilia last meeting of the Drainage
Board. Ia the list of weekly bills al
lowed We're three vouchers aggre=at-
ing S3i2.4G In favor of l.. II. Cooley,
for legislative expenses at Springfield.
Mr.. Cooley was hired by the board to
go to the Legislature as n lobbyist to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07

The United States consul at Patras
writes as follows: "Currants, which row
form the staple commodity of Greece,
were unknown in the classical age. The
plant was originally derived from a Kind
of grape that has become wild, such as is
even now found in many ravines The
Venetians found these wild grapes to be
very common in the neighborhood of
Corinth, from which town they derive
their name. There is no doubt that the
almost exclusive attention pain in many
districts in Greece to the cultivation of
the currant vine has prevented other
products from being raised. This is espe-
cially true of the grain crop.
The currant trade is the alpha and
omega of Greek commerce. The success
or failure of this crop is a vital question
for the kingdom. The bulk of the popu-
lation, or at least the people of the Pelo-
ponnesus, are almost dependent on this
little plant, and when a dry sound crop
has been safely housed the whole coun-
try wears a joyous aspect" -Manufac-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
Making the Great Guns.

The rifed gun of today, as finished at
most wholly of steel, says the Popular
Science Monthly. This is of the best
quality that can be produced on large
scale in American foundries. 1t is made
by the "open-hearth" process, for the
most part at Midvale and Bethlehem in
undergoing thorough official inspection
and careful testing, are sent to the great
gun shops at Watervliet. Here, the va
rious parts composing a gun are worked
up, assembled together and finished. Be
fore assignment for government service
each gun is subjected to a searching test,
more severe than should be reasonably
expected in actual use.
The largest gun thus far designed at
WateSyliet is a rife of twelve-inch bore,
forty feet in length and ffty-seven tons
in weight From such a gun IN
elongated steel-pointed projectile, weigh
ing 1000 pounds, or as much as IN CT
binary horse, is shot with a charge of 500
pounds of powder. 1t receives an initial
velocity of 1000 feet per second, and
would penetrate through rather more
than two feet of steel armor plate put in
front of the muzzle. If shot into the air
at the proper elevation, it would pass
over range of nearly nine miles.
Such missile thus fired from the lower
end of New York city would pass over
Central park into the district beyond the
Harlem river. This range would be COW
cred SO quickly that the shot would. reach
its destination several seconds before the
sound of the explosion is heard at the
same point. The initial energy Of the pro-
jectile would be sufficient to lift weight
of $1,000 tons through a height Of one
foot.
The cost of such a gun is about $780,
000 that of the charge of powder $175;
of the armOr-piercing projectile $3.50.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07

of life that comedy is often closely allied
to tragedy A murder trial frequently
develops more humorous situations and
witty encounters than any other kind of
court case. An illustration is furnished
in the trial at Batavia, n. Y, of Howard
Benham, accused of killing his wife. The
lawyers had fun in examining jurors.
Leonard Demuth, No. 49," called the
clerk. Mr.. Mackey, one of the counsel,
eyed the talesman with suspicion when
he came into the witness box. mo. 13
and Friday" unused Mr. Mackey; Il
guess we don't want him." and Mr..
Demuth was allowed to go without
shoemaker from Elba, was the comedian
of the days session. Here is a sketch
from the dialogue between Mr.. Mackey
and the shoemaker. Are you opposed
to the death sentence? Il don't know
dat" what is the method of inflicting
the death penalty in this stateT mo.
sir" You don't understand me-. Hoy
is the death penalty administered in this
state?' .Oh, you man how day was
Killed. yes "Py electric light"
You mean when the light goes out?'
Yes sir; dat's it well; are you .op..
posed to it, or are you nOtE' Yes, sir.
BY Judge Laughlin-'I guess you are
oPP46fd to peD you d sGn kR 5Hd
the talesman from Elba walked away
smiling Attorney Mackey struck a
Tartar later John Mahr, a shrewd old
gentleman, was on the stand. Mr..
Mackey was asking him about his &C
quaintance with Dr.. Townsend. 7
don't have much use for dso,ctors,,' said
Mackey. ''You are fortunate" Nor for
lawyers, either" added the old gentle
man. and the whole courtroom burst into
q roar of laughter.-Troy Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
GAVE HER SAVINGS TO INSANE.
How a Servant Girl Founded the Big Lii
brary at the Trenton Hospital.

How Servant Girl Founded the Big Lii
brary at the Trenton Hospital.
The largest library in any insane asy-
lum in the country is the one at the
state hospital, near Trenton. 1t con
tains 5000 volumes and was founded by
Anne Robinson, a servant girl,
Miss Robinson came TO this country
from Scotland. Her parents preceded
her some considerable time, perhaps Two
or three years, and when they obtained
money sufficient to pay her passage she
was sent for and landed in New YORK
to find that both her parents were dead
and buried, perhaps in Potter's field The
place of their burial she never knew
While she was stopping in Castle gar
den the late DR.. John Hall of Trenton
visited that institution in quest OF some
one to act as a sort of nurse ana COM
panion to his children. He heard the
story of Anne Robinson and selected her
and brought her with Hmm to Trenton:
She lived with DR.. Hall n number OF
years. He did not need her services any
longer and applied to DIR. Buttolph, then
superintendent of the asylum. asking
him to give her a place, which the doctor
did. She was employed at first at gen
eral work, and finally was placed ON the
wards as an attendant and nurse.
While in the regular line of duty as
nurse she was knocked down by q VIC
lent patient and both thigh bones We're
fractured. After these had healed she
was quite lame and unable to do ward
duty, and was transferred to the sewing
room. which position she occupied until
the close of her life.
During her service she saved every
penny which she could, in order, as she
afterward stated, to prevent her going
to the poOrhouse should she at any time
by reason of sickness. or other circum-
stances. be incapacitated for work. A
little before her death she made her will.
leaving her property, which amounted
after all funeral expenses were paid, to
about $4,000. She asked to have the sum
left invested. and the interest of it to be
spent in books in perpetuity for the ben
eft of those, as she also expressed 1T,
Ito whom l have endeavored to min
ister''
This money has been judiciously in
vested, and the interest of it, until with
IN the past three or four years, has been
spent in the purchase of books. During
the last three or four or more years it
has been allowed to accumulate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
Home Life Among the indians.

Mrs. Alice c.. Fletcher contributes
paper with this title, one of a series on
similar subjects, to the June Century.
Mrs. Fletcher says: One would hardly
suppose that there could be particular
rules as to the manner of sitting upon
the ground; but here as in every other
part Of Indian life, there is a rigid OBJ
Seryance of custom. Men may properly
sit upon their heels or cross-egged, but
no woman may assume these attitudes.
She, must sit ,sidewise gathering her feet
well under her, and make a broad.
smooth lap. When working she may
kneel or squat, and when resting she, as
well as the men, may sit with legs eX-
tended; but at all other times men and
women must observe the etiquette of
posture distinctive of sex. To rise with
out touching the ground with the hand.
springing up lightly and easily to the
feet, is a bit of good breeding very diff
cult to one not TO the manner born
Careful parents are particular to train
their children in these niceties of beha-
vior. Among the Winnebagos the little
girls are drilled in the proper way Of
standing when under observation or
dress occasions. Their position of hands
and feet is also the proper one for the
women in certain religious dances While
among the Sioux, a mother with a good
sized family of boys and girls propound-
ed to me the question whether white
women did not find their daughters more
trouble than their sons; she was sure she
did. Look at those girls" said she:
Il have their clothes to make, their hair
to braid, and to see that they learn how
to behave. Now, my boys are no trou-
bic" AS [ glanced at the group of chill
dren, the glossy braids Of the girls fall
ing over their single smock, and the
boys, naked but for the breechclout.
their miniature scalplock ornamented
with brass sleighbell surrounding q
snarl Of frowzy hair, I recognized the
kinship Of maternal perplexities the
world over.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
PRESENTS BADLY TREATED.
Indians Destroy Gifts Sent Them by I'm
ole Sam,

ole Sam,
Commenting on the attempt made by
the government in 1867 to civiliZe the
prairie Indians by supplying them with
the ,garb and food of the white man,
Col. Bob Dodge of Dodge City makes
a statement to the Kansas City Journal:
1.-The authorizes sent the Indians thou
sands of sacks of flour, pantalOOns in
abundance and big lot of Stiff-rimmed
hats, bound around the edge with tin or
German silver to hold the rim in shape
They also sent them Il few light-running
ambuianceS. The SavageS to show their
appreciation of these magnanimous gifts
from the Great Father threw the -four
on the prairie in order to get the sacks
for breechcloutS. They cut out the seats
of the pantaloons. and they cut the
crowns eff the hats and used them as
playthlrgS. shying them in the air like
white boy does a fiat stone, to see them
sail away.
1.-The ambulances they were proud of
Inc government neglected to send any
harness with them, so the Indians manu-
featured their own. Thev did not mn
derstand anything about lines, and in
stead tE2y drove with Quirt. or short
whip; when the near horse would go
too much gee they whipped up the off
morse, and when he would go too much
'haw they pounded away at the near
horse again, and SO vice versa all the
illne. 1hlS unique manner Of driving
kept the poor animals on a dead ran
most OF the time | remember taking
a ride with Little Raven, chief of the
ArapahOes. At first we started off gent
ly, but his ponies did not go straight
so he kent tapping them, now the off
horse, then the near, until finally he got
them on rapid gallop, and | thought
at one time my head would surely pop up
through the roof of the ambulance. The
country was very level. fortunately, or
L don't know what would have been the
outcome"