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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-09-30
Why old Flat. ana Houses Don't Rent.

Real estate men and owners should
not overlook the fact that the Lake
View Gas Fixture Company, 233 Lin.
coin avenue, Telephone North TGS, re-
finish old chandeliers, making them
equal to new ut very small cost In
many cases after expanding money fol
calclmining orpapering, the chandeliers
are left in the same dirty, fy-speched
condition as before, ana are not In
keeping with the new decorations.
thereby spelling that which has been
done. when ut n very small cost the
chandeliers, brackets, etc, can be re-
finished equal to new. We refinish In
all the latest cOlors, such as polished
brass, gilt, rich gilt, old copper. polish.
ed copper, Oxidized copper, silver aud
gold.
We are also makers Of a fine line of
gas fixtures ut prices to suit the times.
Call up North 7GS. Our agent will
call and estimate.
LAKE VIEW GAS FIXTURE CO.,
283 Lincoln avenue, Chicago
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-09-30
STEALING our STREETS.

C'CHLtWU OVH C|HcctO.
Walker n Oaklry's tanncry. on IL.
ston avenue. covers u public alley. for
which til, city of Chicago gets no com.
pcnsation whatever.
Some one at the city Hall was set
tied with for this. as II is rumorpd that
the sum of $1,000 was put up at one
time to quiet IN inv"si,g "a ton into 1t.
The Chicago and Northwestern ltai..
way has cut u piece of the Chicago
River off by constructing n new dock
outside of the dock ut the ruins of the
old Air Line elevator. Two pile driv.
ers began work late on saturday night.
and by q o'clock sunday the dock had
been completed. Filling in is al that
remains TO be done.
The section of the river taken Is tri-
angular. having u face on the river
front of over one hundred feet. At the
west end 1t Is thirty-iivc feet wide. and
its value will be several hundred thou.
sand dollars.
West of Wells street bridge the
dock runs In a straight line along the
Northwestern yards to the east end Of
the old elevator. The elevator was
burned last summer. and the site was
acquired by the road. Just here the
dock line slants northward. ending ut
the docks of the Durham Towing Com.
pany In little slip. The elevator dock
was In bad condition. AMI when the
pile drivers were lined up In the dark
ness. osienslbly to repair 1t. they took
line continuing the river front of the
railroad yards.
Many oil rlvcrmcn maintain that the
river bottom there never belonged TO
the road. and that there Is no shadow
Of justification for appropr!a,lng 1t.
The Union Hide and Leather Com.
pany. or Its successor. the Lake Tan.
ming Company, occupy thirty-hvc feet
of the river for distance of 800 feet
south of Division street.
The Gas Trust occupies the river for
thir,y.hvc feet for 1000 feet south of
Division street.
Where Is Major MARSHALL?
Dix street Is taken up by the Sacklcy
& Peterson Paving Company, who arc
out ON It thirty feet.
Elsendrath's tanncry is out thirty
feet on Dix street, Hnd thlriy-iivc feet
| on Sangamon street.
The Mayor has vetoed an order of
the Council granting permission to u
manufacturing industry to trcspnss
upon an alley. The Mayor vetoed the
order upon the ground that property
owners abuttlng had not consented,
and that no compensation to the mu'
niclpallty had been provided.
The Mayors veto Is proper. The rca'
sons assigned are not proper. The
Mayor should have told the Common
Council bluntly that In u recent deci,
sion of the Supreme Court II was pro
vidcd that the Council has no author
ity to permit trespass upon the clty's
highways. The decision Is c.ean-cu'
and uneQulvocal. No compromise Il
suggested. Compensation or no com
pensatiOn, consent of property owners
or 10 such consent, the Council l.
without authority to give u grant OF
the kind.
The Supreme Court said: "rhere Il
nothing in any portion of the genera
incorporation acts which c0nfcrs pow
er on the municipality TO devotlng I
street or any part of 1t To Il mere prl
vaic use"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-09-30
Where Is Major Marshall?

Dix street Is taken up by the Sacklcy
& Peterson Paving Company, who are
out ON II thirty feet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08

said they were no longer wet, but it had
seemed nterminable to Basso. His shoes,
newly made by Mr. Kellemeer, the house,
toulouse shoemaker the carefully knit little
socks the vest so daintily picked out in a
pattern or tiny black leaves, the yarn sus-
penders, the pride of his heart, next to his
trousers (for they were his first pair Of
gallus pantaloons) had a pathOs all their
own; these, with the rest Of the discolored,
shrunken, frozen little garments John car
RED to Basso like so many pieces of warped
sheet iron. They We're Ice cold and his bones
ratified and shook against them. 1t seemed
hopeless to bend them into shape or sep
arate the layers of cloth which had frozen
together. But through the united Hercuean
enortS OF all three boys they managed to
get on Basso his shirt and trousers Out Of
tne TWO former, Soul-inSpiring SuSpenderS
they made one, but farther than this human
eHort could not go; no amount of Juggling
ana pulling could stretch anything else suf~
lciently to cover the naked, shivering little
limbs
It's no USE said John. sadly.
NO" added Oliver critically; YOU do
look terrible, Basso but it'll have TO do
BaSso' reception was a foregone conclu-
sion. IN that day vigorous punishments were
unhesita tingly and promptly awarded when
deserved, and 1t was a mOurnfu procession
that wendell its way homeward by the least
Irequented paths, around by old Judge Ste
Vens's. Basso's mother met him at the door
and for an instant looked in silence at the
torlorn, mud-stained little figure The srunlS-
en- coat and trousers and the pathetic USE
lessness of the garments he carried told
their own story. over half a century faa
passed since that November afternoon bur
still undimmed is the picture of his moth
er's face as she looked down at him and said,
quietly: L think, BassO, you have been
punished enough. You may saw some wood
to get warm" RILEY NJ. FLETCHER.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
ROYAL DEoDANDs.
Why Weapons Which Stay MOnarcha
Are Always Destroyed.
London Mail.


Most people are of the opinion that the
curtain has fallen upon the last act of the
tragedy Of the Inflated Empress of Austria.
Elizabeth of the Golden Locks" by the
sentencing of her dastardly assassin, Luc-
cheni, to lifelong Imprisonment. This how
ever, is not the case. A final and solemn
act has to be performed. In the presence
of the Austrian envoy at Geneva and his
consular officials the file with which the un-
fortunate empress was murdered as Well
as the surgical implements used by the doc
tor who made the post-mortem examinations
at the Hotel Beau-Rivage VIII be carefully
destroyed, so that not particle OF them re-
mains.
The reason of this is twofold First of all
the possibility always exists, no matter how
carefully these weapons are guarded, or
them at some time or other being exhibited
to crafty the moTbd-minded section OF the
public in some more or less reputable mu-
scum or show.
Then there is the superstitious dread OF
all the reigning houses, dating from the
fifteenth century, that the existence Of tha
innocent but unhallowed implements that
have dispatched rulers to eternity is fraughE
with peril to their descendants. Up to the
time of the attempted ASSASSINATION or
Queen Isabella of Spain by Merino IN 1893
the blades of the knives or the metal work
of the guns and pistols used by the MUIR
derers of royalty were filed or ground away
and the wooden portions burned:
The pOniard. however. with Whlcn Merlno
attempted to assassinate the Queen or spain
proved to be steel of such exquisite tenn
per and hardness that 1t resisted both ME
ana 5IlItlStbAE-
The impression grew in Madrid that Me-
rino who was an unfrocked priest. had m
vested his blade with magical and super
natural qualities.
In consequence the authorities determined
to have ii destroyed by chemicals. and the
poniard was eaten away in a bath OF nitro
acid
Since then all the weapons connected win
the assassination of royal personages h-FySs
been destroyed in this manner, the most r.
cent instance being the gun which was nreo
at King George of Greece year ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Before and After.

A beast, not named, lay down to rest,
In open, grassy plain,
Full-grown, though young. with improved breas
Clean claw, unruff1ed name.
His great back neer in strife had curved.
His legs unframed to spring,
Fierce eyes but placidly observed
How beasts could clasp and cling
Grim bears and snarling tigers prowled,
Lean wolves showed cleaning fangs,
She-lions, whelp-less, vicious. growled
Apes muttered sore harangues.
A beast unknown in fighters score,
Unused to terrify,-
What instinct made him leap and roar
Response to far-off cry?
One bound from out his easy bed
No thought Of self delays
With quivering loins and up-reared head,
He meets the tyrants' gaze.
They clinch,-he finds his teeth long,
And sharp, and duly spaced,
He finds his claws are big and strong,
And hard, and rightly placed.
He finds that he can force a throw,
Can rescue and defend,
That he can overcome a foe,
And make proud neck bend.
But when, eate he thinks his might
Supreme, and seeks to slack,
He finds that he has yet to fight
TIL entire loud grumbling pack.
indianapolis May w. Donnan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08

Cant you see me? I'm looking straight
into your eyes
No" said Hedley, still more family, al
though his eyes were fixed upon his COM
rade's face "A majority of one" he muir
mured 'cashiered-and L never did it,
never did it."
A film came over his eyes, he suddered
gently as a tired man may shudder when he
falls into a restfu sleep.
Arthur" Nottingham called. very softly
There was no reply.
Arthur whispered Nottingham again.
The silence of the room remained I'M
broken.
For the last time the watcher breathed
the name. and there being yet no answer,
he withdrew his hand, put the sheet over
the reposing face and then pulled down the
blind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
EncOuraGement

That which I am and that 1 long to be,
Came in my hour of stress. The one so small
And poor and labor-bent, with tired football
Dragged bloodstains thro' the vale-the common
fee
Extorted by the master life. OF me
That one the slave, tight-leashed in irking thral
OF circumstance, with hopes and loves and ali
That rounds the perfect man, yet never free
To step beyond his length of chain. Then, high
Above the sun-crowned hills. for heartening
The other called and spread his shining wing
Till meath it that worn slave laid shackles by.
A man. and from red prints sprang blossoms
sweet
To mark the lightness of his passing feet.
INDIANAPOLIS -Ollah Toph
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
To Omar Khaxyam.

All. omar! thy philosophy with gold
Embosses Pessimism' hateful mold,
Till I, who fain would fling it from me far,
Am half unto it's simple sweetness sold.
Yet now glad Youth and boundless Hope enthrall
And still repulse black Doubts descending pail.
And yet Life flies Shall vanisht hopes effect
That to fleeing Time impute my fan?
Dead Yesterday is Past-Its joy and sorrow
Gone whence at first it came: Whence all must
borrow
That which Life was. and is Why let us hope,
Our loan increast makes sweet unborn To-mor-
row.
ConnersvilIe Ind. Albert Charlton Andrews
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
THE JOURNALS POETS.
"Overworked.v

"OverWOrked."
Tired in soul in body.
Tired in heart and BRAIN
Dawn ere nv rest is finished
Work must begin again.
Llstless and worn and peevish.
Weary of life and all.
Like an overburdened work horse
Led harnessed from his stall
thousand and one new duties
Rise and demand my thought;
My conscience is tired also
And knows not what it ought
To approve 10 frown on sternly:
For I at youths wide gate
Where a hundred stone-blind pathways
Tempt me to try my fate.
This thing and that allure me
With the wil-o -the-wisp called fame;
This thing and that thing promise
They will give to the world my name.
While here in the nearer distance
Stands one without beck or CALL
Who knows that I dare not slight her
Though she never may plead at ALL
She is the one called Duty
And long as my heart stands fast
No SIRENS song could draw me-
For I'm dashed to loves own mast
She points at my wife and baby,
And I turn from the things that lure
To the ones that L love so dearly
One look is my fretting's cure
Then I go to my labor smiling,
Determined to do my best
And know that loves sweet labor
Is better than sorrows rest.
With a kiss from my rose-ipped baby,
a kiss from my brave-eyed wife
Both fresh my lips. I'm ready
TO go on with my busy life,
Tired not in soul or body,
Neither in heart nor brain
Glad that the morn is with US
And work must begin again;
No longer worn and peevish
No longer weary of all,
But like eager race horse
Led prancing from his stall.
Richmond Ind. S w Gillian
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
BecaInled.

Alone, to-day, amid the outmost cliffs
That overlook the oceans farthest wave,
1 stand No life around is stirring, save
Almost from sight a line of fishing skiffs
Is dropping down the CLASSY verge that lifts
White walls on high; the drowsy ripples lave
The sandy shore, and golden sunbeams pave
The ocean floor with countless changing drifts.
Becalmed, 1 lie upon the shoreless sea
OF thought, and wait the coming of the tide;
No sail is there to break the far decree
OF ancient stiffness; pearls to deck bride,
Lie many fathoms under, but for me
No Venus rises crowned and glorifed!
Rays Crossing, Ind. -Alonzo L. Rice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
WonderfuI belgian clock.

Brussels Letter in london Post.
/ have just had an opportunity of seeing
a remarkable mechanical clock which has
recently been completed by NJ. Noil after
five years of uninterrupted work The
clock, which is of enormous size, weighs 4,0J-
kilogrammes, and the whole of the works
have been made by hand. 1t is built TO rep
resent a church. and there are forty-slx
mechanical figures. which go through va
rious evOlutons. The clock indicates the
seconds minutes. quarters, hours days
weeks. months, seasons and the years, to-
gether with the movable or fixed feasts for
the next 104 years Every hour the twelve
apostles make their appearance. march past
and bow before the Savior, who bestows His
benson on them. Among the other mechan-
zeal curiosities are the four ages Of life
death with his scythe., a bell ringer calling
10 vespers six Capuchin monks. who enter
the church, the seasons, a cuckoo, a shrill
throated cock. night Waterman
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
A Terrible Thought.
Incl

The first writing was done on stone" re-
marked the dry-goods clerk boarder, who
had been reading lately.
Great heavens! Think of the pOstagen'
involuntariy exclaimed the rising poet with
a shudder that ratified the dishes and
caused the larger atoms of hash to come to
the top.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08

sisted of three names John Evans. John
Jenkins John Jones'" Soon John Evans
appeared. when the call was narrowed TO
John Jenkins. John Jones: John jenkins
John Jones'" Then came the second, when
there was a monotonous cry of John Jones'
Jonn Jones, John Jones'" till that worthy
had entered, after which silence succeeded.
The rest of the congregation, cottagers and
all were not worth calling for.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Post Obitunl.

When through with life my soul embarks
Upon the unknown sea of space,
/ want no pile of stones to mark
My resting place.
But in that bourn so greatly fear-d,
Methinks my soul would know content
If in the hearts of men I've rear'd
Ny monument.
Cannelton, Ind. Taylor z. Richey.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
A Sure-EnOugh Example.
n )
Puck.

Teacher giving lesson in natural his
tory)-An extinct bird animal is one
that no longer inhabits the earth. Willy
Green, give us an example of the extinct
bird
Willy Green (smacking his lips)-Why,
that turkey dad killed for our New Year
dinner!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Pessimism and Real Estate.

Boston Transcript.
Old Fogle-The country is going to the
dogs; I'm as certain of it as L ever was of
anything.
Old Keener-By the way what'n you sell
that acre lot on the corner of Mary and Mar
tina streets for?
Old Fogle-That lot is not for sale. 1 shall
hold on to 1t. In less than ten years it will
6rlng more than double what it would sell
for TODAY
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
A Characteristic.
Brooklyn Life

Jenne-Herbie, it says here another octo-
genarian's dead. What's an octogenarian?
Herbie-Well, I don't just know what they
are, but they must be awfully sickly crea-
lures. You never hear of EN- but they're
dying.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Handicapped at the Outset.
Cleveland T,eader

He-Have you lived here very long?
She-Sir, want you to understand that at
my age it would be impossible for one to
live anywhere very long!
OF course after that he found it impossible
to keep the conversation from dragging.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Feminine Diplomacy.
Chicago News.

chicago NEWS
Hattie-Would you call Nell beauty?
Ella-Well, that depends.
Depends on what?'
Whether 1 was conversing with her or
some one else"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Reasoning.
Echo de Paris.

Madame Ito her chaimbermaid)-Justi
the door bell rang.
us madame sure it wasn't the clock?"
Couldn't belt is only quarter Of ten
Eyes, but madame knows the clocI- is
fa CT
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Pretty Good Proof.
Puck.

Mrs. Kelly-Is your hoosband seriously
sick. Mrs. Rooney?
Mrs. Rooney-Is he seriously sick? Who'll
they aven acknowledged thot he ives sick
at the free dispensary
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
The Heayen1x Guest.

Cherish the poet in thy breast
If he be dead, nor prayers nor pelf
Can rouse him from that woeful rest,
And thou hast murdered him thyself.
New Albany, Ind. Emma Carleton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Falling on a Little.
Brooklyn Life

Brooklyn Life.
why grandpa, you used to say that you
killed six Indians with one shot; then you
cut it down to five. Now you say it was
four
''Well, well, my child. suppose that's be-
year"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Small Boys in Luck.
Puck.

First Urchin-Hev cigar? got box of
| 'em a Christmas.
Second Urchin-Yer did?
First Urchin-YeS: me mudder give 'em to
me fader and he chucked EN- away back NV
de WOodshed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
A Misunderstanding
Harper's Bazaar.

HARPER ; bdldT-
did you enjoy the german the other
night. Miss Daisy" asked Tinkleton.
HE wasn't a German, Mr.. Tinkleton,"
answered Daisy, innocently; hes an Eng
lishman''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08

No roses are there so complete
AS those 1 plucked when a boy;
With my heart in their blossoms sweet
All aglow in dew-drops of joy!
Ann Arbor, Mich. q. Timothy Whitcomb.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Ideas.
Life.

Cholly Chumpleigh-Pm not man with
one idea.
Miss CoIdeal-No? Why cont you try to
get one?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
BROOKLYN Life.

The Poet Observation-Disclosures you think
we would make good couplet?
She (coyly)-I'm not averSe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A Butter.
Judg


Does goats milk make good butter?"
''It does if it takes after the goat"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL, ARRANGEMENTS
CASHIERED.
BY wALTER WOOD.

of Through
Battle Etc
Copyrighted, wood1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08

Insure with German Fire Insurance Of In-
diana. General Offices, % South Delaware
street Fire, tornado and explosion.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1899-05-01
BACKBONE

When Hon. J. F. jacobson opposes the monopolies,
Republicans call him Populist, and when he fights
the saloon they call him Prohibitionist Poor Jake
State Chairman C. w. Dorsett having resigned,
Geo. w. Higgins has been elected to that position
We glad to state that Mr. Dorset will remain upon
the Executive Committee.
We opinec, in our last issue, that of a
number Of church papers which named would care
to publish in their columns article like we
quoted from the Free Baptist. The editor of the N
W. Congregatona1ist, however, expresses his entire
approval of the article. We glad to be called
upon to make this correction.
In a one-third of column article the Epworth Her
aid proves to it's satisfaction that the liquor traffic
lives because of the money there is in it. not only for
those engaged in it, but also for the great army who
in way another come into commercial contact
with it. 1t would be difficult to overestimate this
element of the strength Of the saloon. But we
ture the opinion that but for the political pull of the
saloon the people would quickly tear it to tatters
Prohibition meeting held at Ham1ine
on recent Sunday evening. At its close three
workers wrote six brief reports of the meeting
including thought or two from each speaker One
of the number then took the the Mnnea polls
papers and another to the ST. Paul papers, The next
day these reports appeared in the six papers,
eating circulation of something like 900 copies
and reaching if no family took more than paper
million readers. Jesus, who healed the sick and
raised the dead, said Greater works than these shall
ye do, because go to my Father Is the power of
the press for the overthrow of wrong the fuflment
that promise?