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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

The reaching out Of Montreal, In Can.
ada, for the Atlantic coast grain trade
Of the United States IL attracting a
good deal Of attention In New York and
creating some serious apprehension.
The fact that this movement 10 being
exploited by American capital Is not the
least disturbing element In II. The
erection Of grain elevators at Montreal
Is not, Of itself, serious menace to our
own Atlantic ports, but this taken In
connection with various canal enter.
prises that are being pushed In Canada.
and the further fact that Montreal Ii
$50 miles nearer Liverpool than Is New
York, the situation assumes n serious
aspect. The fact that Canada has the
Welland and st. Lawrence canals,
which are superior In many respects to
the Erie waterway, has not enabled
Canada to divert the grain trade from
New York TO Montreal, but 1t Is a new
project that Is causing the former city
to fear for the future Of one of Its larg-
est commercial interests. Canada has
now canal from Montreal to Ottawa.
This 1t Is proposed to extend along the
Ottawa river to Lake Nlpissing and
thence along French river to Georgian
bay and Lake Huron, thus avoiding
both Lakes Ontario and Erie, while es-
Gaping all the hazards of navigation
from Lake Huron to Montreal. This
enterprise has already been begun, and
II Is expected to open the canal to traf-
fic within the next three years. This
canal will have twice the depth of wa
ter that the Erie canal possesses and q
capacity sufficient to permit large
steamers to pass from Duluth or Chi.
cagO TO Montreal. 1t is intended to
make the waterway deep enough for
ocean steamers, so that there will be
no necessity for transshipment between
Chicago and the great grain mart of
England. by way Of this new water
course the distance between Chicago
and Liverpool will be 700 miles less
than by way Of the Erie canal and New
York. Not only Is this the case. but by
way of the Erie canal there are 800
miles of artificial waterway, while
through the Ottawa river this will he
reduced to about thirty miles, all the
remainder being through natural water
channels formed by the Ottawa and
the French rivers. The result of using
this canal will be that II will take
no longer to lay down a cargo of
grain from Chicago on the docks Of
Liverpool than 1t now takes to put such
a cargo In the elevators ut New York
going by way of the Erie canal. The
condition that confronts commerce be-
tween the West and the Atlantic sea-
board IL the influence this Canadian
canal will have in controlling or direct
ing II, for 1t Is idle to believe that grain
and merchandise destined to Europe
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

A pauper woman In France has been
tried and convicted of having had her
child baptized fourteen times as o
Catholic and twelve times rs Protest
ant for the purpose Of securing 8 francs
and dress each time. This IL doing
slightly better than the American Gus
tom Of getting married every day on
an excursion steamer or on the stage
Of travelling show for the sake Of q
bonus and incidentally to draw money
spending crowds. Those who take ad.
vantage Of these indictments to mock.
cry Of sacred Observances are perhaps
less culpable than those who offer the
prizes,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

a new product known rs "devitrifled
glass"-broken glass brought to de.
sired molecular condition by special
process Of heating-has made Its ap-
pearance In France, according to the re-
port of the United States consul at
Lyons. 1t possesses oil the properties
of glass except its transparency. and 1t
can be made to assume any form.
from paving blocks to the most artistic
designs, and to resemble any variety
Of stone used as constructive material.
In the form of variegated blocks, 1t
has been tried in paving one of the
main thoroughfares Of Lyons. The test
has been satisfactory. The glass Is
more durable than stone, Is rs cheap,
and Is less liable to gather and retain
dirt. Architects are already suggest.
ing its use rs material for house.build.
ing, and thus the ancient saw which
inculcates the righteousness Of stone.
throwing by people who live in glass
houses may, ere long. find q basis in
substantial fact, In place of what has
heretofore been purely rhetorical ad.
monition.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

A member Of a Canadian school mis-
appropriated bottle Of ink. The city
clerk Of the municipality where the
wrong-doing occurred lately received
. cents from Chicago In payment for
the property thus converted to the pu-
pills use. Repentance and restoration
may find a full illustration. even
though the value represented il only
a trifie. There Is no moral law which
declares that sins against honesty do
not count unless the sum involved 10
over one dollar. The stealing Of o
penny disturbs the ethical equilibrium
rs surely rs the stealing that opens
prison doors to the reckless thief.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

Brambles continue to beset the path
Of the kodak fend. One Of him was
took" u little while ago. while trying
to take" the flying Filipinos. and bare
~ managed to escape with his life, but
without his camera. Another one un.
dertook to snap a. dynamite explosion
In Pennsylvania the Othef day and got
mixed up with the flying fragments.
Up to date no one has attempted to
press the button on thlrteen.inch shell
coming toward him. He will probably
try 1t some day aud the shell can un-
doubleday be depended upon to do the
rest.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

While Americans are harassed and
perpleXed by the necessity for decision
in assuming and defining the nations
future relations to its new dependen-
cies. there are difficult problems to be
worked out In other countries. Each
nation has its own burdens. In France
there Is q struggle between military and
civil authority. A cabal OF army off,
GERS has been law unto Itself In the
Dreyfus case. Justice and national hon
or require revision of military judg'
ment based on tainted evidence. Min
listers, legislators and intrlguers have
been playing with the question OF bring
ing the army under the control OF the
supreme law OF the State. There has
been lack of civic courage In dealing
with 1t, and irres0lutiOn and delay have
only served to increase public excite
ment. Military dictatorship cannot be
endured by a free state. England also
has a question of supreme importance
which the governing classes are unwill-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

That we are upon the eve of the de.
velopment of mighty mechanical
force for the manufacture of power,
greater than either steam or electricity.
seems evident. This new force Is liquid
air. Chas. +. Tripler, of New York.
has demone. rated In series of expert.
ments the practicability of the applica.
ton Of this new force to the develop.
ment Of power. Mr.. Tripler takes 500
gallons Of ordinary air, and by com.
preston and cold reduces II to one gal.
lon Of liquid that looks like glycerine.
1t retains its form at temperature of
$40 degrees below zero. On the same
principle that water becomes steam on
the application Of heat, and under n
greater degree Of heat superheated
steam, so liquid mir as II warns ex.
pands into vapor and then into air. BY
controlling this expansion new mo.
tive for the use Of transportation com.
panies on sen and land, for factories,
furnaces and for every other purpose
for which steam and electricity are
now used IL developed. The expansive
force Of this new power Is equal to
1000 pounds to the square inch, and
without IN exhaust pipe the pressure
Is so great there Is now no material OF
sufficient strength to restrain It. Tn.
like water, however, 1t needs the appli.
cation OF no artificial heat, but on nc.
count Of It's intense cold contact with
the atmosphere causes II to boil and
evapornte like water on q hot plate
While this may seem much like lifting
ones self over fence by ones boo,
straps. or perpetual motion, at the same
time Mr.. Tripler has demonstrated that
this new power will reproduce itself
without the application Of any outside
agency. The first gallon or two ID
made by the use Of coal or any othel
ordinary fuel, just rs Ice IL made In q
factory, but thereafter he IL able to re-
produce ten gallons Of the fluid by the
expenditure Of two. A railway locomo
tive or steamship will therefore create
Its own power from the atmosphere a,
It passes along. and the factory en-
gineer will simply turn the key on nj
air pipe, start his machine and manu-
facture this power as he needs It will
no other cost than the wear Of the mn
chinery.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

Admiral Dewey's son and only child,
who IL engaged In business In New
York City, seems to be made of the
same kind Of stun that his distinguish.
ed father is. The Mayor Of New York
appointed him a member Of the COM
mittee to receive the returning cruiser
Raleigh. Young Dewey declined with
thanks. saying that he had no right to
figure In any demonstration that hon.
ors the victors Of the battle Of Manila,
as he had done nothing for the coun-
try. There are not many sous Of their
fathers In this country who look at
matters In SO sensible a light.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29
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Real estate men and owners should
not overlook the fact that the Lake
View Gas Fixture Company, 233 Lin
coin avenue, Telephone North 70S, re-
finish old chandeliers, making them
equal to new Mt very small cost. In
many cases after expanding money for
calcimining or papering. the chandeliers
are left In the same dirty, dy.specked
condition as before, aud are not In
keeping with the new decorations,
thereby spelling that which has been
done. when at a very small cost the
chandeliers, brackets, etc.. can be re.
finished equal to new. We re6nish In
all the latest c0l0rs, such as polished
brass, gilt, rich gilt, old copper, polish.
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gold.
We are also makers Of q fine line Of
gas fixtures Mt prices to suit the times.
Call up North 769. Our agent Will
call and estimate.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

In New Hampshire boy Of II has
lately shot and killed his school teach.
or because she would not let him make
love to her. In one Of the Eastern
States a young brute Of Is has lately
knocked down aud nearly killed an
other lady teacher, because she pro-
posed TO take him to the principal to
be disciplined for throwing paper balls.
These incidents illustrate two stages OF
u Iawless spirit, the earlier manifesto
lions Of which, In home or school, were
probably not sufficiently curbed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

1t brings an homogeneous yet pleasing
sense of nearness to be made conscious
of social forms and amenities that are
considered relatively modern, but
which We're common among people who
had become civilized long anterior to
the emergence Of our Anglo-saxon an.
cestOrs from barbarism. Among the
papyri discovered at Oxyrhyncus, and
recently published by the Egypt Elk.
plorati0n Fund, 10 q letter from an
Egyptian to his wife, or to some WON.
an relative, the tone Of which 10 un.
mistakably modern: directing. my
dear Serenia, from Petorlsis. Be sure.
dear, to come up on the Goth for the
birthday festival, and let me know
whether you are coming by boat or
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

ing to take up. This IL the separation
Of church and state. II Is forced upon
public attention by the conflict Of oppOs-
ing schools Of thought In the English
church. SO long rs the church Is es.
tablished by law. there must be- state
courts for enforcing obedience and reg.
ulating religious doctrine and practice.
Whatever may have been done In the
past, II IL evident that n Parliament
representing every form OF belief and
unbellef cannot revise a prayer book
aiSl settle burning questions of faith.
Disestablishment will probably come.
and free church be left TO govern IL.
self. In Italy, where Cavour's idea Of
a free church In n free state has been
carried out. there IL also n disturbing
religious question. The Quirinal AMI
the Vatican are rival centers Of power
between which there Is IN intending
conflict. The state Il struggling to
maintain Its Independent position, and
the Vatican Is seeking to regain Its
ancient privileges. The religious lues.
ton. In Its relations to the future Of
Italy. to-day divides the nation into two
irreconcllable parties. Men give atteh.
ton to their own affairs, and conclude
that their personal and national per.
plexities surpnss those Of their neigh.
bors. Yet the work Of civilization goes
on. We may be sure there IL IN estab.
llshed order OF moral government In
the world. Here hope rests, in the be.
lief that by tout Of the complicat tons
and apparent confusion Of human inter.
ests-man's highest development Is yet
to come.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

which reaches New York from the Mis-.
sissippi valley, through Lake Michigan
and the Erie canal, will continue to fol.
low that route when they can 60 by
the way of Ottawa and Montreal in
four days less time and save expensive
transfers both ut Buffalo and the At.
lantic port. The outlook Is a serious
one and American ingenuity will be
taxed to its utmost to find a way out
Of the difficulty.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

Through the Middle States and In
some parts OF the South, n mischiev.
GUS trade Is carried on during the win.
ter and the early spring. 1t IL the
slaughter Of Notwithstanding birds, TO
he sold as "reed-birds" In the city mar.
kets. "Reed-bird ON toast" IL a favor.
lite dish with the epicures; hut the
epicures seldom get the "reed-birds"
they order. Authorities at Washing.
ton declare that hundreds OF thousands
Of robins, bluebirds. cedar.birds. shore
larks ana other intoxicating birds are
killed for this purpose every year. a
single dealer In Washington received
five thousand robins In one shipment
from North Carolina, and sold them
all as reed-birds. Not only Ia the traffic
reprehensible as a commercial fraud,
but 1t Is direct and very grave injury
to farmers. whose fruit.trees, shrubs
and crops would be seriously injured.
and In some cases ruined, II insectivor.
Gus birds were eXterminated. Through
the work Of the men of science In the
government departments ut Washing.
ton. our farmers are learning the value
of notwithstanding birds to their fields
and gardens. They are. therefore.
neglectful Of their own interests II they
do not protest against this cruel and
ruinOus traffic, not In the name Of hu.
mainly, but because Of the Imperative
needs Of agriculture.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

The little planet discovered last Au.
gust by Witt Of Berlin has ut last been
duly christened by the name Of Eros.
the mischievOus boy Of Venus.AphrO.
dlte. 1t has also received the number
1913 In the list Of asteroids; rather
against the will Of the dlscoverer. who
contends that because Eros comes so
much nearer to the earth than any
other planet, II cannot fairly he count.
cd In the asterOidal family. II was, of
course, expected that some Of the hun
dreds OF Photographic plates made In
previous years would show Impressions
Of the planet. but for n long time every
search failed. At last, however, late
In December, Mrs. Fleming Of the Har-
ward College Observatory, guided by
the calculations Of Doctor Chandler.
detected a faint image Of II upon one
or two plates made mt Cambridge In
1890. BY the help Of these Doctor
Chandler was able, In turn. TO make
his computation SO much more accur-
ate that traces Of the planet Were I'M
medlNtely found Oh considerable
number of other plates made both at
Cambridge ana AreIuIpa. In 1884 as
well rs 1890. From these photograph
ic observations, combined with the OBJ
servatiOns made since the discovery.
the orbit of the planet Is now deter
mined with an eXactness which other.
wise would have demanded years, and
there will not be the slightest difficulty
in finding II at Its next approach In
1901. 1t Is a beautiful instance of the
manner In which the methods of the
old and new astronomy can be made
to aid and supplement each other, and
puts tall feather In the cap of Amer
lean astronomy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

Wireless telegraphy having been
found practicable for military use. the
tide Of battle will probably be more
than ever turned by sudden flashes OF
magnetic genius.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

and illustrate the American nations
work and development for the nine.
teenth century. 1t should be the best
that has ever been taken.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

The Anglo-Trench agreement by
which the disputes growing out Of the
Fashoda incident have been settled has
been made public with enough details
to enable one to decide which Of. the
two powers has secured the better end
Of an adjustment which has been some.
what In the nature Of compromise.
There have been four points determln.
ed. two Of which are unQuestl0nably to
the advantage Of Great Britain, one Is
In the interest Of France and Ii In rec.
ognition Of .ertain privileges claimed
by Italy, but 1t will be observed that
neither Of the two last has ever been
contended for by Great Britain, except
rs a counter.lrrltant and menace to
both of the continental powers. The
Anglo-French convention FIRST recog.
nlzes the right Of Great Britain over
the entire valley Of the upper Nile. Ger.
tain unadjusted questions relating to
middle and lower Egypt remaining I'm.
decided. hut which may some time be
settled by a general European conven.
ton II Great Britain does not deter.
mine them without the aid Of her con.
tlncntal neighbors. Great Britain, sec.
ond. acquires all that she has contend.
cd for from the inception Of this dis.
e-namely, that the entire vast re.
gIon that was subject to Egypt before
the Mahdist rebellion shall remain
Egyptian territory. In other words
there Is no point In the controversy that
Great Britain stood for and demanded
that Is not yielded to her with grace
that Is typical Of true French polite.
ness. On the other hand France has
consolidated her vast possessions In
northern Africa and she now holds un-
disputed control Of the entire region
south Of the Mediterranean rs far as
the Congo Free State and as far east
rs the Nile valley. 1t IL true that most
Of this Ii broad expanse OF deserts.
but the fringe Of this desolate region
Is Of great value and fertility. The rec.
ignition Of Italy In the fourth article
Of the agreement may eventually re-
suit In substantial benefit to France.
Italy has long claimed dominating In.
fiuence In Tripoli, which was supposed
to equal that claimed by France In
Morocco. But while ltaly's claim 10
not ignored entirely, almost the whole
Of the southern portion Of Tripoli IL
granted to France, whose next move.
mcnt will probably be to secure con.
troll Of the entire country, thus practic.
ally crowding Italy out Of Mcditerra.
mean Africa. But In granting these
concessions to France Great Britain
has done nothing that will not strength.
en- her hold on the Nile valley or that
will prevent her from acquiring a strip
of territory reaching from the Medit.
erranean to the Cape and when the
proposed railroad Is completed. con.
Meeting the two, Great Britain will be
the dominant commercial and military
power on the continent Of Africa.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

What may not be the result Of the
practical application Of wireless teleg.
raphy? In answering that question
the dreamer will have I'm opportunity
to let his Imagination run riot. when
wires are no longer needed how much
will the cost Of establishing and main.
tanning telegraph system he lessen.
ed? What effect will 1t have on the
pOstotiicc department? How many
letters that now 60 by mail will then 70
by telegraph, especially In the bust.
ness world? And what effect. II any.
will It have on the long.dlstance tele.
phone? These are all pertinent ques.
tons now, for the experiments made
by GuglielinO Marconi between Eng.
land and France have demonstrated
that the commercial use Of wireless
teleghaphy IL something that we may
confidently expect Mt nm early date. TO
Marconi belongs the credit Of develop.
Ing and applying the principle dlscov.
cred by NikOla Tesla aud explained by
him In pamphlet issued eight or nine
years ago. The scientific world was
inclined to SCOT then. but Marconi saw
the pamphlet, became interested In
the subject and worked out the details.
with the result that he has sent mes.
sages across the English channel. a
distance Of thirty-twO miles. II this
can be done II follows that the Allan.
tic Ocean will soon prove no barrier,
and then the expensive cables may be
abandoned. In n commercial way the
possibilities Of this discovery are Ger.
taiuly almOst limitless.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29
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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-13

In ST. Nicholas Mr.. John Ward
writes of -The Bell Towers of It.
ally" In speaking Of Giotto Mr..
Ward says;
This great and well beloved artist,
who was at once painter, poet,
sculptor and architect, was popular.
ly supposed to have been a shep-
herd. Tradition tells us that as he
daily tended his flock in the pas.
ture one little lamb was ever by hil
side, showing him the most touch.
ing affection. When at last the little
lamb was about to die, it spoke in
verse to the shepherd, telling him
that its spirit would remain with
him always in the form of a fairy
and that through its favor he was
to become great artist AT ali
events, the prophecy came true, for
Giotto became an artist of world.
wide fame, and he built tower in
Florence known as Giotto's Cam.
panile. 1t is said that here the fairy
has dwelt ever since among the
bells, fitting through the silent
spaces.
Giotto, commanded by the CITY to
build an editice which in height and
richness was to surpass any pre-.
vious structure in the worlds his.
tory, in 1884 laid the cornerstone Of
his great tower. No expense was
spared, and some of the greatest
artists worked upon it. Sculptures
by Donatello, Andrea Pisano and
Luca della Robbia decorate the base.
ment story and comprise several
series of subjects-the seven liberal
arts and sciences, the seven cardinal
virtues, the seven works of mercy,
the invention of navigation, besides
many religious and historical sub.
jects from the creation down. The
upper three stories are ornamented
with spiral shafts and carved mold
ings, and the whole is built in alter
nate courses of black and white
marble, the contrasting tints OF
which have been mellowed and soft.
ened by time.