Chicago eagle., 1899-11-04
HON. ERNEST A. HAMILL.
President Of the Corn Exchange National Bank.

xchange National Bank.
~ extended. The invalid died. The
other bird began to NOPE, lost appetite,
withdrew into q corner, drOoped and
died also. Was II instinct that prompt.
ed It to make bed and keep the other
bird warm2 No, II was sentiment, and
charitable sentiment, guided by reason.
That bird was not only charitable. but
virtuous, and really deserved the Mont
yon prize.
verraxano. an Italian navigator. is
said by Sweetser, In his White Noun.
tain Guide. to have been the first Euro
pean to speak Of having seen the White
Mountains. Cruising along the coast
northeast from the present site Of
Portsmouth In the year 1924, he saw
high mountains within the land"
They appeared ON maps published as
early ms 1870.
The figures given In the London Coal
and Iron Trades Review show that Of
the worlds pig Iron product Of 1903
7S1a per cent. was converted into steel.
In 1868 only 4 per cent. Of the worlds
pig iron product was applied to the
manufacture Of steel.
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Have you heard the motto Of the gov.
ernment Of Siam? And having heard
It. have you repeated It? And having
repeated II, have you caught Its purely
personal application? And having
caught 1t, have you tried It on your
friends?
This Is the motto: "Ah Wa In Nas
SIAM" II sounds unintelligible n0n-
sense. but keep saying It over rs long
as you can and a. fast as you can aud
you viii discover at last that the East
ern patois has Western sense that
aptly Classics many a remorseful sub
ject Of Uncle Sam. For "Ah Wa Ia
Mas Slam" Is easily evolved into "Ah.
what an ass I am"
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A good diamond Is good deal colder
than an imitation, and the lapIdaries
say that the best way to detect this
difference In temperature Is to touch
the stones to the tongue. Sapphires,
emeralds, rubles, garnets. and other
precious stones may be tested In the
same way-the real stone ls Invariably
colder than the imitation. The lapi-
daries do not give o reason for the DIFF
ference, but 1t may be found. perhaps,
| t,, &I,c ,.no xow Ar, tku kS,o sorl
which makes them better conductors
Of heat.
Sir Arthur Sullivan was once asked
where he was able to compose best and
under what circumstances his ideas
flowed most freely. "There is no place."
he said, "whcre have SO many inspIra.
tlons MS In u railway carriage. There
is something In the rapidlty Of the mo.
tiou, In the changing Of the Iron and In
the whirring Of the wheels which
seems to excite the Imagination and
supplies material for a host OF harmon.
ics."
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EvapOrated vegetables were first put
up for the Alaskan market. but the
business Is being developed more large
ly for export to other parts of the
world. The saving In freight rates on
these dried vegetables Is very material.
ana sometimes more than Offsets the
cost Of evapOrating aud packing. 4
carload Of dried canned potatoes con-
tains 5000 bushels, but would hold
only 500 bushels In their natural state.
The King of Italy is vegetarian, and
lives entirely on vegetables and fruits.
The doctors have also forbidden him
to drink coffee. SO his beverage Is BOr-
deaux and plenty OF water. The King
never feels SO well as when his fare Is
bread: potatoes. and oranges. although
peaches are his favOrlte edible. The
Queen has made repeated attempts to
become vegetarian, but finally has
given up In despair. being fond of a
generous diet. The Royal meals are
served on gold plates.
Admiral Dewey's salary amounts to
$3.50 per day; President McKinley's
Is equal to $181 day; cabinet officers,
the Vice President and the Speaker Of
the House get $22.22 day; Senators
and Congressman $3.50; and the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court $50 day.
10 clean sponges thoroughly dissolve
handful of coarse salt In a pint Of
water. Soak and knead the sponges
; In this mixture for some little time.
then rinse under water FAUCET and
they will be a. good 40 new.