Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-02

will learn more deviltry and practice It
when he IL released. For extremely
youthful persons bent upon going In
the wrong direction there Is nothing so
certain to turn them into the right road
A. spanking. 1t Is much more effective
than Incarceration or milk.sop rem.
edles.
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A Chicago dentist ana inventor claims
to have discovered method by which
the soft coal Of the west can be sue.
cessfully cooked 80 that soft coal coke
will be equal to hard coal coke for
blasting and smelling purposes. In
commenting upon this discovery the
Ottumwa, Iowa, Courier remarks that
II the discovery Is practicable. the iron
industry will witness great change.
and the production Of pIg.lron In the
Western states where soft coal Ii
plentiful will be vastly increased. Up
to this time the great Eastern iron
making centers have had IN advantage
over those of the West. Both have dc.
pended almost entirely upon the Lake
Superior mines for their ores, but the
Eastern iron furnaces are located SO
much nearer the great sources Of the
coke supply Of the world that they have
had great advantage over the Western
furnaces. II the Chicago man Gun do
what he promises. however. the condl.
lions will be Just reversed and the West
will have the advantage over the East.
The bituminOus coke can be
made for from 81 to $3.50
per ton. while the anthracite coke
costs Is to $3.50. Pennsylvania Ii
a great iron manufacturing State al.
most solely because Of the fact that It
Is the great anthracite coal center. and
when this new coking process 10
brought into use there Ii no reason why
the West should not become great
iron manufacturing section. Last year
the Western furnaces smelted but one.
nth Of the iron ore taken from the
great Iron mines In the Lake Superior
region. but now that they can produce
their coke ut home. instead Of shipping
It all the way from Pennsylvania, they
may be expected to take large share
In all the Industries to which iron ore
gives rise.
1t Is the swagger thing now for mill.
iOnalres to copyright the plans when
they build q new residence. w. X.
Vanderbilt has done this with the home
he Is building Mt Oakdaie. l.. l.. to re.
place that which was burned last
spring. and the architects are sworn to
secrecy. There does not appear to he
any particular reason for this except
tho growing desire of American
wealthy men to Increase their exclu.
siveness. Then there Is something dra.
matte In revealing tho wonder Of mod.
ern science and luxury In house build.
Ing at one burst ut the house warning.
That IL understood to be at least one
consideration and 1t Is perhaps a valid
one.
Very few college professors receive
more than 5000 a year. and In order
to ut themselves for their positions
they must undergo long series oil
years In training. Tho average min
isterial salary Is about $500. and the
minister who keeps abreast Of the times
must do great deal Of hard work. The
average school-teacher receives ab0u,
| $40 month, and the schoOi.teachel
who keeps abreast of his fellows
must work hard. After studying these
figures and then studying the figures
of the recent JefSeries- Sharkey dght one
will be no longer surprised to note that
more boys take an interest In boxing
lessons than they do In lessons pertain
ing to mathematics, grammar, and phil
osOphy. Jeffrles and Sharkey each
spent about sixty days In active prep
aration for the fight. Then they fought
two hours, Jeffries receiving $50, ~:
for his efforts and sharkey $l1.141 fol
his efforts.
At the present time the total asset,
of the standard life insurance com
panles of this country, which Is money
and securities held In trust for, be
longing to and In time to be all pait
with added earnings to the policy hold
ers, amounts In round figures to 81 500,
100000. The aggregate assets ON Jan
l, 1893, exclusive of the Industrial com
panles, was 81 1888, 1864 and the In
crease since that time brings 1t close t
the billion and a half mark indicated
II 1t does not, the assets of the com
panies doing an industrial business will
be enough to carry the grand total be
You'd the amount In question. This re
markable proof Of what the human saw
lngs instinct and determination to pro
vide for the family's financial securit!
can accomplish will perhaps best b.
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