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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
THIRD OF A MILLION BURNS.

Brisk Blaze In brooklyn destroys
Twenty Buiidtngs.
Fire Of unknown origin started In
building In Freeman street, Brooklyn.
used by Wells Brothers as a planning mill,
and spread rapidly until nearly IN entire
block was destroyed. The total loss Is
estimated at $350,OOO. The flames ex-
tended to Eagle and Kent streets. destroy.
Ing a number Of houses. The property
destroyed included four factories, a plan.
ing mill, blacksmith shop and fourteen
dwellings.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
stabs Rccause Denied. Aims.

John Englis. a millionaire shipbuilder.
Iwho lives In Brooklyn, n. y, was attack.
cd In the street by beggar and stabbed In
the neck. His assailnnt, Christopher
DAILY, acknowledges that he made the as
sault because Englis had denied him help
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
CoutoRlou In Public Schools.

Canton. Ohio. has two well-dcveioped
cases Of smallpox and third incipient
one aud all the children attending the pub.
lie schools have been exposed TO the con.
tagiou. -Four children from the fnmily
that contains the two cases developed
attended school regularly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

Mai. Marchand, the French explorer,
who has just crossed Africa from the At
lsntlc coast. has arrived ct Jlboutel. The
insignia Of commander OF the Legion Of
Honor Was handed to him on board The
yssseh seeand ;slase esuiser p Aasas With,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Princess Born In Cincinnati.

a Japanese princess was born at Gin
cinnati ut the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. p. j.
Wilson. The father. NJ. lngaki SugimOtO,
10 q well-known resident. His wife trav.
elcd from japan with Mrs. Wilson to Gin.
cinnati.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Nutmeg state Bars Women

In the Connecticut State Senate a bill
TO extend suffrage to women throughout
the State was defeated by a vote Of II to
o. This will settle, probably for some
years, the question Of woman suffrage In
Connecticut.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SUSPENDED
Twelve Inspectors Of New York Found
Guilty Of Taking Tlps.

Guilty Of Taking Tips.
In the eases of tho twenty-five customs
inspectors ut New York who were recent
~ suspended upon charges Of neglect Of
duty and of accepting tips from incoming
steamship passengers the collector and
surveyor Of the port who conducted IN in
vcstigati0n into the charges have report.
cd that as to ten OF the men the charges
were not sustained, and rs to the remain
ing twelve 1t was found that the facts
warranted their suspension from duty and
pay for thirty days. These recommended
tons have been approved by Assistant
Secretary Spalding.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Five Girls l'crishcd.

A large warehouse at Brunswick. Ger.
many, was destroyed by fire. Five girls
lost their lives In the flames and several
others were injured. one OF whom has
since died.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
CLEANED UP $4,000 IN 80 DAYS.
output Of Golden star Mine In Seine
River District, Minnesota.

Thomas A. Merritt and Edgar Holman
Of Duluth arrived there from the Golden
Star mine In the Seine river district, with
xl2,00O In gold bricks. 1t represented one
months cleanup at the mine with ten
stamp mill and beats all previous records
for the same length Of time by $4,000.
Tho stock in the mine jumped from G5 to
~. The stock of the Emma Abbott mine.
owned by Chicago and New York parties,
which IL supposed TO be- on the same vein,
advanced 8 cents also.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Ten Thousand In Quarantine.

A case Of smallpox was discovered in
the almshouse on Blackwell's Island, New
York harbor, and as result OF the subse-
Qucnt investigation by the Board Of
Health officers the entire island, on which
there are about 10000 persons, was put
under quarantine,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Explosion la u Furnace.

An explosion In the molding room of the
Missouri blast furnace works in South st.
Louis injured seven men. one of them
fatally. The cupola was full OF molten
was an explosion that wrecked one side Of
the building.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Women shot by a Jealous Man.

Levi Moore. u clerk In the Kansas City
market. shot and perhaps fatally wounded
Mrs. Jennie Campbell, Mrs. Emma Land
and Mrs. Anna Meek. while In a lit u.
jealous rage. Mrs. Campbell and Moore
had been lovers, but the woman deserted.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

DR.. EsmOnd. member OF posse seeking
Bill Watson. q notorious horse thief, was
shot and killed by the latter northwest Of
Shawnee, Okla. The gang escaped.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Do wsou city DESTROYED,

Messengers have arrived In Victoria, b.
c., with news Of fire that laid three.
fourths OF Dawson City, n. W. r.. In
ashes. The loss In estimated at from S.
0O0. 600 to $4,00O.00O. No lives were lost.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Aalsa for Antonon, =.

-Four ENJOYS have been sent by Asui.
naido TO the American authorities to sue
for peace. An American protcctorate.
with Filipino autonomy, Ii desired.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
suicide Of Wealthy Cattle buyer.

The body of ]. ]. Travis, a wealthy cat.
tic buyet OF st. James, No., was found
in room ut the Hotel Pine, st. Louis.
The room was full of gas from an open
jet. and the windows were tightly closed
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

E0cw IS0vtO vu1 Otu6F Ohoe
The double wedding of Frances and
1azy pipeenh slsee!A - dsusAtsss q
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
BOSTON FOR A PATTERN.
Courteny shown Absent-Mt nded Pas-
senEers at q Railroad
station.

A man sat in the Reading terminal
the other day, says the Philadelphia
Record, so wrapped up in a Boston
newspaper that he let his train slip off
without him. When he found that he
would have. to wait two more hours he
seemed annoyed, but, Notwithstanding
his annoyance. he was kind enough to
explain, in loud voice to arcouple OF
uniformed officials how tliewnnght 10
run things at the terminal.
"You ought to do as we do in Bos-
ton, he said. At the stations there the
names of the cities and towns all over
the country that the trains run to are
printed in big letters on the wall, and
the seats for the waiting passengers are
grouped around these names. Suppose
] want to go to Washington. l run my
eye over the walls, and when find the
name I'm after | sit down near it in a
Washington seat Then when a train
is ready the enunciator, as we call him
in Boston, don't know what you call
him here-goes quietly to the people
who are in that trains seat, touches
them on the shoulder and murmurs in
polite way; Your train, sir Your
train, madam. Gate H. Now, that's the
way to do it. No shouting, no confu-
sion, no trains escaping without their
passengers. That's how we manage
things in Boston"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
AMERICAN GIRLS RETORT.
Her Quick Wit md knowledge 81
French Once stood Her In
Good Stead.

AS one of our countrywomen was
going down the rather narrow stairs
that lead from the house to the gar
den, at the American embassy, she met
three or four young attaches of for
eign legations, who were entire stran-
gers to her, says the st. Louis Globe.
Democrat. Their politeness induced
them to stand aside for her ta pass,
but their courtesy did not prevent their
making audible personal comments.
They seemed to take ii for granted
that French was an unknown tongue to
Americans.
Look at her yellow dress; it's very
pretty" said No. /.
"Yes, but she has on white gloves, :"
announced No. 2.
"She has good teeth" said No. 3.
And an enormous mouth" added
No. 4.
And she understands French pep
fectft," said the owner of the enormous
mouth, turning suddenly upon them,
"and would like to say that her ears
are even bigger than her mouth" This
in French and with such an air of Civ
ing impersonal information to nobody
in particular, that it was quite as If
She had been kindly helping strangers
to information out of guide book.
The men had just enough presence of
mind to fee the premises.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
SIxTY-FIvE SNAKES.
That Number of Young Ones Swal-
lowed by a Thirty-Inch Moth
err WriGgler.


Prof. w. II. Gaar, superintendent of
the schools at New Lisbon, small town
in Indiana, made remarkable discov-
cry in natural history few days ago.
Prof. Gaar is a naturalist of recognized
standing and mas many specimens of
rare animals and plants preserved in
his museum, but the specimen snake
just secured is the most interesting and
curious of all this collection, reports a
local exchange.
Prof. Gaar tells the story of his cap.
ture and his statement is corrohorated
by Frederick Dryer and John Beyer.
farmers, who witnessed the capture.
Following is Prof. Gaar's story: "The
other day at my nursery killed slate
colored snake about 30 inches long, of
variety unknown to me. Near the
neck of the snake the skin was appar-
emily broken, and through this aper-
ture, which was natural orifice, l was
surprised to see u small snake wriggle
out. followed by four others. enlarged
the orifice and discovered duct or
canal extending the entire length of the
snake. In this duct were 60 more little
snakes, making in all 65 snakes that
were contained in the duct or canal.
The sun was shining hot and the little
fellows snapped and bit viciously, but
they all died in short time.
"The canal which contained the
snakes must have been the regular ali
mentary canal, as,there was no other
canal or passage in the body to serve
the purposes of assimilation. This
canal was full of little snakes its entire
length, and each little wriggler was in
closed in an individual filmv sack"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
TICKED FIVE CENTURIES
The Famous Old Town Clock In
Rouen Has Kept Time for
$40 Years.

Rouen, one of the principal cities of
France, and the greatest seat of it's cot
ton manufacture, possesses the oldest
public clock in the world. The great
Rouen clock has held its place in that
city for $40 years and is the pride of its
citizens. Placed in 1899, il has been
running without interruption from
that day to this, requiring nothing ex-
cept cleaning and few trifiing repairs
of its accessory parts. The great clock
had so accustomed the citizens to look
upon its exactitude as matter Of
course that when, in 1872, the breaking
OF wire prevented it's sounding five
o'clock one morning, the population
was in a state of CONSERVATION.
The magistrates summoned the Gus
todian-Guillaume Petit-and remon-
strated gravely with him. Until l7I2
the great clock had no pendulum. For
1923 years 1t had no other regulator than
"foliot," an apparatus unknown to
the majority Of modern clockmakers.
The pendulum in clockwork was intro
duced in 1859, but so we'll satisfied were
the people of Rouen with the time
keeping qualities of their famous old
clock that SO years were allowed to pass
before a pendulum was substituted for
the "foliot." Equipped with this new
apparatus it has continued to this day
to strike the hours and chime the quar-.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
Kate Fields Love Letter.

If that charming woman, the late
Kate Field, did not marry, il was as
suredly not because she did not have
many an admirer. Washington lady
has In her possession little old bit Of
yellow paper upon which is pcnciled a
boyish scrawl. II was preserved by
Miss Field from her little girl days.
The scrawl runs thus:
wont yue mete me down bye The
Gate after school Yue nowe Luv
yue."
On the other side of the bit Of paper
is the address, thus:
Miss Kate Field, Esq, last Seat mex
10 the Door goin OUT
IL must. have been like the breath OF
the forgotten perfume of yesteryears
when the clever, kindly woman hap
pened upon this little old piece of yell
lowed paper on rainy afternoon OF
ing.-WashinCton Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
CURIOUS CHINESE CUSTOM.
Physicians Hang Out Lamp for Each
Patient That Dies Under
Their Treatment.

A somewhat vexatious law in China
compels every doctor, after dark. to
hang up in front of his house as many
lighted lamps as he has sent patients
into the next world. One evening Eu-
rorean who was staying in Peking On
business set out in search of doctor
for his wife. who had been suddenly
taken ill. He called at the house of "a
good many, but was deferred by the
large number of lamps exhibited before
each. AT length, after tramping about
for several hours, he came TO the house
of doctor where only three lamps shed
a melancholy light over the entrance.
Our happy European man dashed into
the house of this excellent maE, awoke
him and took him off to his lodgings.
II presume you are the best prac-
titioner in this city?' he said to his
companion as they went along.
What makes y2g think sq?- -.eA.
Because you have only three Ian
terms hung over your door, while all
your colleagues have dozens displayed
on their house fronts.'
"Ah. is that the reasons" calmly re-
piled the Celestial. "The fact is, only
Lately set up in practice. and have had
but three patients - New Haven
Union.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
tTHYSELF A BEACON BE.

Fair star-eyed maid. life lies before thee
yet,
Go forth to meet it, but do not forget
That better is a crumb with sweet content
Than all earth's wealth i'll gained and lily
spent
Those coins which dance like fire-fies In
the gloom
To lure light-headed mortals to their doom !;
Better the shelter of happy home
Than all which lures the restless ones to
roam,
But TO discover just before they die
The joys they missed were plenty nearer
by.
AS years and their experience by thee roll
Preserve the spotless whiteness of thy soul;
Let not sweet flattery nor 5uiceess pride
Tempt thee from noblest paths to turn
aside;
But keep thine eyes upon hopes guiding
star
Whose beacon burns above heavens har-
Dor bar.
Thyself beacon true for those who see
Thy way through life and who may follow
thee.
Be honest, earnest, clean in soul and sense,
Let no mere faithless filth defile thine
heart
But keep It as white shrine set apart
For true affection, safe from ills of earth,
Its altar flame thing of heavenly birth.
Higher than angels may true woman dwell;
Lower If false. than darkest depths of hell.
Keep thou truths armor clean and bur
nished bright,
And fearless walk with face turned to the
light.
So shall thy years be peaceful. and their
end
Be life's calm restful twilight II which
blend
Heavens sunset tints. Heed this and
please thy friend.
When tempted by earth's gauds to turn
aside,
Consult this chart and let 1t be thy guide;
For lack Of 1t those who might live have
died
L. EDGAR JONES.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
ABOUT TIE CATFISH.
II Not Yet Made Fully Into Perfect
Eish-SOmc Of It's Queer
Ways.

| The catfish belongs to an ancient
type not yet fully made into fish, and
hence those whose paired fins are all
properly fastened to the head, as his
are not, hold him in well-merited scorn.
He has no scales and no bright colors.
His fins are small, and his head and
mouth are large. Around his mouth
are eight long ''smellers," feshy feel
crs, that he pushes out as he crawls
along the bottom in search of anything
that he may eat. AS he may eat any
thing, he always finds it. His appetite
is as impartial as that of goat. Any
thing from deal lamprey or bunch
OF sunf1sh eggs to piece of tomato
can is grateful TO him. In each of the
fins which represent his arms is long,
sharp bone, with slimp surface and a
serrated edge. These are fastened by
ball and socket joint, and whenever
the fish is alarmed the bone is whirled
over and set in place, then il sticks out
stiffiy on each side. There is another
such bone in the fin on the back, and
when .ll of these are set there is no
fish that can swallow him, says the
Popular Science Monthly.
When he takes the hook, which he
surely will do if there is any hook to
be taken, he will swallow it greedilv.
As he is drawn out of the water he
sets his three spnes, and laughs to
himself as the boy pricks his fingers
trying to get the hook from his stom-
ach. This the boy is sure to do, and
because the boy of Che Mississippi val
ley is always fishing for catfish is the
reason why his fingers are always sore.
The catfish is careless of the present
and sure of the future. After he is
strung on birch branch and dried in
the sun and sprinkled with dust and
has had his stomach dug out to recover
the hook, if he falls into the brook he
will swim away. lie holds no malice.
and is ready to bite again at the first
thing in sight.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
LUNCHEON FhvORS.
Wee Flower Baskets II an Idea That
Has Become Quite
Popular.

There is such q charming little idea
out in favors for women's luncheons
to replace the tissue paper atrocities
and other bric-a-brac that everyone is
tired Of.
Wee baskets of flowers are now be-
ing offered for these favors, and wom-
en- who entertain cleyerly are adopt
ingthe suggestion everywhere. No won
der that the idea is making hit. A
basket of Parma volets or of valley
lilies makes delightful gift to carry
home to the children of the family aft
er 1t has beautified woman's luncheon
table. Or 1t may be used second time
on the home table and add quite a little
dash of festivity.
These receptacles are of wicker
work, tinted to any color harmonizing
with the flowers which are to fill them.
Thus lilies of the vailed or violets are ef-
fectlve in dull brown wicker work. Pale
daffodils are exquisite In grass-green
frame, and so on.
The bottom of each basket is fitted
out with a tin plate filing it exactly.
Upon this is placed the damp moss,
which keeps the blossoms fresh
throughout the meal. Tie flowers are
arranged in upright position to look ex-
actly as if growing out from the wicker
work receptacle.
If the table centerpiece is in the form
OF basket. as so many of the new CEN
terpieces are just now, these favors can
be made to correspond TO it exactly,
looking like miniature editions of the
larger decorations.
Or, for some luncheons, the hostesses
will strive to have every basket as diff
ferent as possible. To one guest is
presented daffodils; to another azaleas;
to another violets, or rosebuds. or pam
sizes. Two or more varieties of flowers
are often combined in one favor.
Wickerwork hampers containing
each a large boutonniere of sweet vio-
lets are also becoming fashionable for
these favors.
At particularly bright luncheon
given one day last week the hostess put
forth still another little novelty of the
same order.
Atthe plate Of each guest stood min
iature silver jardiniere in which grew a
spray Of ferns. 1t was really grow
ing IN this case, for the wee silver vessel
had been filled with a good rich soil
and the fern had root. With occa-
sional watering 1t is claimed these jar
dlnieres will flourish for several weeks.
What to Eat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
COUSIN GEORGES DECISION.
He Thought His New Found Relatives
Were Very ShOddy
Lot.

"Now, my dear, want you to be very
kind TO your cousin George when he
comes" said the girls mother, accord
ing to the Detroit Free Press.
"Oh, mamma! | simply can't tote
him all over town, and don't think you
ought to expect me to-"
But you must entertain him nicely
while he's here. He probably will not
stay long"
How do you know? We've never
seen him-we don't know anything
about him. Dear mel i think it's hor-
rible. ! don't see what he's coming for.
Just suppose he's dreadfully awkward
and doesn't know how to act, Why. it
would be too embarrassing for any
thing! And the girls have been studying
genealogy at the library for the last
two weeks, and they're awfully critical
about ones relations"
The next afternoon a coupe drove to
the door and young man alighted. 1t
was George. He was an athletic young
fellow, who, though he hailed from a
snail western town, had been educated
abroad. and was as fine specimen of
manhood as could be found. Marguerite
was delighted. The relief was great.
She gushed profusely over her new
found cousin and offered him all sorts of
social inducements 10 spend week.
But he left the next afternoon.
What was the maternity didn't
you stay longer with your Uncle Hen
rvs family?" said his father, after he
had reached home. Didn't you like
them?''
No They were the shoddiest lot of
people ever ran across"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
Volcanic Islands.

Since the beginning Of this century
no fewer than SO volcanic islands have
arisen out of the sea- Nineteen have
disappeared and ten are new inhabited.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
Rest af TeIeyr.nh utre.

Scientists say that telegraph wires
are better conductors on Monday than
on Saturday, on account of their Sun
day rest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-03

81 was travelling through the noun,
tains OF West Virginia last week. -
said a drummer to a "Star" reporter
"and, driving TO a store, l opened up
conversation with the merchant on
politics before introducing my goods
What do you think about the ex.
pansion feverW | asked.
Wall now | sure am glad yo' axed
me about tibet thing. Maybe yo' can
give me some points. DO yo' all hev
il in Washington
on, yes: we have II bad re
piled, wondering what the man meant
Wall we hain't got but one case
That's NV wife Thar hain't no doc,
tor 'ceptin n hoss-doctor hyar, an he
lowed II might be dropsy, But her
fut has expanded till that amt room
for much else under the table, an I'm
pow'ful glad yo' all know sumethin
bout it, Expansion fever thets just
IT, DO yo all know any cure for ltT
when ! explained what ! meant h.
was so angry ! could not have sold him
gold dollars for fifty cents EACH
Washington star
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-03
American Refuses a Drink.

A man who lately came over from
America told the writer that on board
the steamer one of the passengers
went up to another In the smoking
room and asked him to have drink
with him The man thus Invited con-
tinued reading a newspaper and made
no reply. The other man again asked
him to drink with him. No answer
A third invitation was then given in
these words:
sir. | have asked you in as friendly
a way rs possible TO drink with me,
and each time YOU went on with your
reading, and had not the civlity to an
swer me. Now | ask you for the third
time if you will drink Wine, whisky,
or anything else with me-"
The man then put aside his paper
and answered quietly: DO you see
that glass, sir: Well, If were to take
even quarter of il, could not leave
off until | had drank all the liquor on
board. This is why / would not drink
with you"
All present admired the mans self
control and learned a striking lesson
on the danger of putting temptation In
Il brothers way.-The Culver.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-03
Oracle, Idea.

DE- folks ia Miss Graham's
% very fond Of reci;in- Jean
FIRST Song Of Seven" be-
-
20 dew on the daisies and
Hver
NO rain left in heaven.
ay Oracle went up 20 Miss
E.'. and asked Please. can't we
cres an ola dade left on the
sa.s au3 cloyerT