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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-28
SHARKS ARE TOUGH.
Mr. kcrfoot Tells of Some OF His
Troubles with Them.

Mr.. kcrfoot Tells of Some OF His
Troubles with Them.
Interview with Comptroller Kerfoot
IN the Times.IIerald July IL:
NO one can have any conception Of
the immense trouble that the money
lenders cause the ComptrOller's office.
There are hundreds of eases now pend
Ing. 1t Is not alone one money lender
that claims the city employees pay, but
several claim the same individuals pay
and will hold me personally responsible
II l allow payment Of the mans salary.
Then again they will come to some
agreement between themselves and en-
ter suit against me personally for the
officials salary.
"What under the circumstances am !
to do! There Is no mercantile estab-
lishment In the city that would permit
its employees to mortgage their salaries
In advance aud interrupt the business
of the establishment by their private
affairs. Such man would not retain
his place u week, but city employe
cannot he discharged. He Is guarded
by the civil service law. and the city,
his employer, Is powerless to protect
itself. 1t will require at least three
additional boOkkeepers to attend solely
to the money lenders and their clients
In the clty's employ. and ! intend short
| ly to request the City Council to grant
an appropriation for this purpose.
"rhe whole of the city administration
Is honcycombed by these money lend
ers. Policemen, tiremcn, electricians
and other city employees In every de
partment are in their grasp, and in ad
dition to the bona tide claims made
there is forgery. have received let
| tcrs claiming the salaries of city cm
ployes signed Savage Mr., Savag'
now asserts that he has never slgnc,
! these letters.
"Rathcr than TO pay all these elaine
! | will hold up the whole pay roll,
have consulted with Chief Ripley an,
he told me that he will aid so far as Il
suspend every policeman that has ny
pothccated his salary. Something ha
to bc done; the City Comptrolcr's Office
! tblllltl anu WIS llol llll'il''h ps Wv
taxpayers 10 be collection agency 70
the money sharks of Chicago. recent
~ met man from Washington, and
inquired of him how such matters wer
adjusted there, and got the answer tina
u government cmploye is fully awar
that he will not be permitted to mort
gage his salary and that such things ar
unknown in the departments.
Mr.. EcrfOOt was asked how prescn
conditions could be remedicd.
II intend" said the Comptroller, IT
propose to the Civil Service Commi'
sion to enact n rule that any employe o
the city that sells his pay without IN
consent OF the head of his department
and of the Comptroller shall forfeit hi
position. | am not certain If such
rule would be legal, but it Is worth tr!
ing for. We have State pawner's 81
clety intended to lend money to peopl
In distress.
II would propose that city employ
who for some reason or other was con
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-28
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Recorder.
ROBERT NJ. SIMON.
Sheriff.
Il. J. MAGERSTADT.
Clerk Circuit Court.
JOHN A. COOKE.
Clerk Superior Court.
JOHN A. LINN.
County Clerk.
PHILIP KNOPF.
County Treasurer.
SAM Il. RAYMOND.
President County Board.
JAMES G. IRWIN.
States Attorney.
CHARLES =. DENEEN.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-28
SHARKS DODGE TAXES.
Hut They Get Favors from Com mptroll.
crs' Assistants just the Same.

Hut They Get Favors from Com roll.
crs' Assistants just the Same.
The persistency Of the confidential
credit" men and loan sharks" In using
public offices to collect usurlous debts
alleged to be due them has attracted
public attention to a new phase Of the
subject.
The public announcement made by
the City Treasurer that he would not
allow his office to be longer used ~ Il
collection agency by "sharks" has been
made good In deed as well as in word.
But the public has been interested
kcenly In the amount of business
which these men have done In the
past In the City Treasurers ana other
public offices.
The public Is also keenly interested
at present In the amount Of business
the "sharks" transact In the county
offices.
The amount transacted Is very great.
1t was shown last year that one firm
Of sharks alone had over 800 policemen
In their debt.
Every payday saw thousands of dol.
lars handed out to the sharks by pub.
lie employees Of every description.
Naturally the public Is now anxious
to learn what amount Of personal prop.
erty taxes the sharks have been paying
on their immense incomes.
When It Is remembered that not only
public employees. but salarled people
generally, owe hundreds Of thousan ands
of dollars to these men and pay from
10 per cent. to anywhere further up for
the use of these great sums, 1t Is but
natural that the public should exhibit
some interest In the matter
The public Is especially Interested In
the personal property scheduled by
sharks who want to use the public Of
fees for their private ends.
| In another column the figures OF the
Weber crowd as published in 1890 are
given.
They speak for themselves.
The pawnshOp alone is worth many
times what they scheduled their whole
menagerle at,
1t might be well for the Board OF
Review to summon the following after
scanning the schedules put in by then
this year:
Sammy Hcyman.
Sattler
Dave Weber,
Max Weber,
Hank Weber,
| Louis Weber,
Jake Weber,
s. G. Kanter,
II. l.. Weber,
Jacob Weber,
David b. Weber.
Weber Brothers,
Louis Weber L. Co.
Or Heyman?
Or McClun?
Or "Padden:"
Or Monroe?
Or Murphy?
Or Iuckerman?
Or Webster?
Or Brewer?
= Or Smith?
Or Richardson?
Or Ohlsen?
Or Harper?
: Or Tolman?
Or Montgomery
: Or Kelly?
Or McLean2
, Or Erd?
Or TOmlinsOn?
e| Or Vallision?
Or Cessna?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-28

said Attorney Reed. "The Comptroller
refuses to pay these men. who have
earned their money. Buckley mum.
Der of years ago borrowed money OF
Louis Weber \ Co. The debt has been
more than repaid. but the loan com.
pany declares that he still owes them
$40. The warrant assigning his wages
to the loan agents has been released
and we now ask the Comptroller to pay
the WHO'S due"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-28
PROPERTY.OwNERs KICK.

They Never Get their Rebates but the
Sharks Get All They Want.
Property owners are wondering why
1t Is that they never get the rebates
they are entitled to on special assess
ments paid by them.
They also wonder why 1t Is that the
Webers and other loan men can escape
paying their just taxes on their per-
sonal property, and mt the same time
get every dollar they demand from the
city.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-28
SHARKS GET BOLD.

They Forbid the City Treasurer to Pay
Employees Their Wages.
The loan sharks are getting bold.
They are labOring under the impress
sion that they own the city Of Chicago
and that Its government is made to
serve their interests.
Recently they served notice on the
City Treasurer that they held a large
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-28
CITY CORPORATION.

Mayor.
HON. CARTER II. HARRISON.
City Treasurer.
ADAM ORTSE1FEN.
City Clerk.
WILLIAM LOEFFLER.
Deputy City Clerk.
JAMES G. STRAIN.
City Attorney.
ANDREW J. RYAN.
Corporation Counsel.
CHARLES NJ. WALKER.
Oil Inspector.
ROBERT T.. BURKE.
City Electrician.
EDWARD Il. ELL1COTT.
Gas Inspector.
JAMES O'BR1EN.
Commissioner of Public Works.
LAWRENCE Il. M'GANN.
Secretary Public Works.
HENRY LUTZENK1RCHEN.
Superintendent Special Assessments.
JOHN A. MAY.
City Sealer.
JAMES A. QUINN.
City Collector
FRANK X. BRANDECKER.
Commissioner of Buildings.
JAMES M'ANDREWS.
Fire Marshal.
DENIS ]. SWEN1E.
Chief of Police.
JOSEPH K1PLEY.
Chief Of Detectives.
LUKE +. COLIERAN.
Commissioner Of Health.
A. Il. REYNOLDS, NJ. d.
Superintendent Of Streets.
NJ. ]. DOHERTY.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-28

Or Cullen?
Or Dledrich?
Or Hickman?
Or Siegel?
Or Funk?
Or KnOwlton?
Or American Mortgage Coz
Or Mills & Co.?
Or Wilkinson.
Or Illinois Credit Co.?
Or A. NJ. Smith?
Or Hopkins?
Or Wenham?
Or Ross?
Or Grifiing?
Or r. II. Employee Loan Company 2
Or N. w. Mortgage Loan Company?
Or Model Loan Company?
Or Fidelity Loan Company
Or French?
Or Commercial Credit Co.?
Or Chicago Loan and Discount 90.
Or Wright?
Or Lake View Loan Co.?
Or Bubb?
Or Eagle Loan Co.?
Or Benedict?
Or Farley?
Or Ferguson?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23
DRAINAGE AND FROST.

Land that is we'll drained, either
naturally or artifcially, is preferab BILE
in every way to i'll drained land. Par
ticularly is we'll drained soil benefited
by the action of frost, which breaks
it up finely. Where the frost pene-
trates the ground to the depth of say
two feet, the drainage should operate
to that depth. If water remain in the
land above the frost line it will be
frozen into ice. Then two disadvan-
tages follow. First, the soil will not
be acted upon by the frost, and
second, the ground will be later in
thawing out and warming up in the
spring, for the ice will melt but slow
ly in the ground.
Drain so that the free water in your
soil shall be below the frost line.
Then the moist particles will simply
be frozen not imbedded in ice. Par
ticles so frozen will loosen up and
break into fine powder, and in that
shape they will readily yield up the
plant food contained in them. Be-
sides this, the soil that is merely cold,
and not imbedded in ice, will rapidly
thaw out and warm up in the spring.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23
FINE OCEAN RESORTS ON NEW
ENGLAND COAST.

In no section of the country can so
wide variety of shore resorts be
found as on the North Atlantic Coast.
For the fashionable set, Bar Harbor
and vicinity has long been favorite
resort, but York, Marblehead, Man
chester, Rye, The Hamptons, Kenne-
bunk, Old Orchard, Scarboro and a
hundred others are watering places to
which multitudes flock early in the
season, and the satisfactory results of
the summers sojourn are evidenced
by the brown faces, bright eyes and
|jovial spirits which one encounters at
the end of the season.
Have you thought of vacation trip
|yet? If not, you should have the Gail
Along Shore" book published by the
Boston & Maine Railroad, and by ad-
dressing the General Passenger De-
|partment, Boston, Mass, enclosing a
|two-cent stamp, the book will be sent
you 1t will materially aid you in
selecting your outing place.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23
The application of photography to

The application of photography to
astronomy has been a great achieve
ment in science. 1t has become pos
sible to photograph objects so faint
that they have never been seen even
with the most powerful telescopes.
Thirty years ago, only stars of the
ninth magnitude could be observed,
and their study was limited to perfect
" clear nights, while now the work OF
examining under the microscope and
with photography may be done by
day.
A writer in The International has
said: eff we were asked to sum up IN
one word what photography has
accomplished, we should say that OBJ
Sensational astronomy has been rev.
olutionized. There is to-day scarcely
an instrument of precision in which
the sensitive plate has not been sub
stituted for the human eye; scarcely
an inquiry possible to the older
method which cannot now be under
taken upon a grander scale.
sNovel Investigations. formerly not
even possible, are now entirely prac-
ticable by photography; and the end
is not yet. Valuable as are the
achievements already consummated,
photography is richest in its promise
for the future. Astronomy has been
called the perfect science; it is safe
to predict that sthe next generation
will wonder that the astronomical
knowledge we have to-day should ever
have received so proud a title."-
Household.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23

Farmers can save themselves much
expense and time by making a care
full study of the machines in use on
the farm, SO as to be really indepen-
dent Of experts. After machine is
set up the owner ought to be SO fully
master of its construction that he can
take it apart, put in extras in place of
broken parts, and at once detect the
trouble if a machine does not work
properly. In fact, no man can prop
erly oil and take care of a machine
unless he understands its wearing
parts and the details of it's con-
struction.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23
CHILDREN'S HEADACHES.

Headaches in children should al
ways be looked upon as worthy of
consideration, for they may be ex-
cited by a variety of preventable
causes, and they may occasion a great
deal of suffering.
Not infrequently headache with
children of school age is the result of
defective sight, and the trouble is en-
tirely overcome by the use of spec
tacles. Headache is often caused by
Indigestion, anemia, constipation or
overwork at school.
Then there is the headache from
want of fresh air and exercise, and
also the hysterical, nervous head
ache, accompanied by depression and
generally intensified or induced by
distastefnl occupations Besides all
these varieties of headache there is
also that which is often the first
symptom Of various fevers and of
brain diseases.
Ii one can only make sure of the
cause of the headache one is already
we'll on the way to remedy the evil.
In all cases, except when the pain is
the direct precursor of active disease,
much may be done by attention to
diet and by taking sufficient outdoor
exercise.
If dyspepsia be at the root of the
trouble the child must eat only such
food as he can digest, and should not
overload his stomach. He should
also have his teeth examined by a
dentist, for decayed teeth often pre-
vent the proper chewing of food with
the invariable result,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23
DON'T BE SENSITIVE.

There are persons who are constant
lv getting their feelings hurt. They
lake slight when none was intended.
I'VE ought to remember that other
people are often busy and preoccu-
pied, so that they cannot be thinking
of us all the while. Do you see every
body? Do you always speak to those
YOU meet, or take special pains to
meet them? We should not stand to
one side, and expect everybody else
to run to us, especially when it is just
as much our duty to run to them.
We knew lady who stopped going
to church because her pastor forgot
to shake hands with her. The pastor
knew nothing of the difficulty until
one of his members, to whom the
woman had spoken about the slight,
apprised him of it. In the crowd he
had inadvertently missed her; he had
not meant to slight her. Now, why
was it not as much her duty to come
to him and offer her hand as it was for
him to 60 to her? No, she stood to
one side and watched to see If he
would come, and such persons are
always finding themselves sighted.
nHe that would have friends must
show himself friendly" If we make
no effort to make others happy, why
should we complain if they do not
always run at our beck or desire? We
have met many persons, but never
one who loved his fellowmen and
labored for their good, and yet failed
to have friends.t'
People do not mean to hurt our
feelings, even when they do sometimes
speak a little bIuntly; it is often just
sttheir way" They are built after
that mould. One minute after they
have spoken they forget what they
have said. This morbid susceptibility
is a sad trait of character, rendering
the person who gives way to it un-
happy and making those he associates
with wretched: for they cannot be
frank and open-hearted with him, and
that gives still further occasion for
taking Goffense. By all means let us
get rid of the form of selfshness which
is called sensitiveness.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23

The Popular Science Monthly, which
was established in 1872 by the Apple
tons and which has at present the
largest circulation of any scientific
journal in the wourld, is now being
edited by Professor James McKeen
Cattell of Columbia University, and
published by Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
Professor Cattell is we'll known as a
psychologist and as the editor of
'sScience."
The July number, contains among
other articles, paper by Simon New
comb, the astronomer, entitled "Chap-
tiers on the Stars" a new paper by
DR.. Hoffkie, the discoverer of the
preventative against the plague, on
preventive Inoculation;" an article
on the recent solar eclipse by Sears P.
Langley of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, and articles on New Sources of
Roentgen Rays, on the MASSACHUSETTS
Institute of Technology, "Malaria and
the Malaria Parasite" by DR.. Patrick
Mason, and on Washington as Elk
pIorer and Surveyor This contents
gives promise that the magazine will
be we'll cared for by it's new manage
ment.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23
1T DAZZLES THE WORLD.

No discovery in medicine has ever created
one quarter of the excitement that has been
caused by DR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. It's severest tests have been on
hopeless victims of Consumption, Pneum O.
mia, Hemorrhage, Pleurisy and Bronchitis,
thousands of whom it has restored to perfect
health. For Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Group,
Hay Fever, Hoarseness and Whoop1ng-cough
it is the quickest, surest cure liz the world. 1t
is sold by II c Pierce, druggist, who guaran-
tees satisfaction or refunds money. Large
bottles soc and $1.00. Trial bottles free,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23
TRY a sun-bath for rheumatism

Try sun bath for rheumatism.
Try wet towel on the back of the
neck when sleepless.
Try swallowing saliva when troubled
with your stomach.
Try buttermilk for removal of
freckles and butternut stains.
Try taking your codhv oil in
tomato sauce, if yon want to make it
palatable.
Try hot, dry flannel over the seat
of neuralgia pain, and renew it fire.
quently.
Try a cloth wrung out from cold
water, put about the neck at night,
for sore throat.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23

Tender and considerate thoughtful
ness of others is one of the most valu-
able of all the Christian graces.
Gentleness, gentlemanliness gentle
womanliness-note how we'll the two
go together. Manliness and gentle
ness, womanliness and gentleness.
Gentleness is one of the most manly
and womanly things in the world. A
boor may be a more craven coward
by far than the most perfect gentle
man or lady. In the late war some of
the "dudish" regiments, made up of
gentlemen" did the very best work.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23
OUR FARMERS.
4 RUN DOWN SOD.

In all cases Wnen sou OF any K1uU
| is plowed the first crop to be put in
should be one which requires Guilt
walton during the summer SO as to fit
| the land for grain and grass seeding.
| Glover sod rots down SO quickly that
it has been thought by early blowing
in spring or the previous fall that the
soil can be made compact enough to
allow grain Or grass seeds 30 grow
through the season. But the trouble
is that the effect of blowing sod is
to turn it on edge with an air space
below. So long as the sod is rotting
down the soil above the furrow push
es it down, causing a constant falling
away of the soil from the surface,
leaving the roots dangling in air and
without moisture or nourishment.
A field of grain sown on a newly
turned sod fails as soon as summer
heats cause more rapid fermentation,
and the spring grain becomes a fail
ure. 1t does so even when the land
has been plowed late in fall, as at
this time most of the rotting is done
in the spring. Glover sod plowed in
August and we'll cultivated during
that and the following months may
grow good spring grain, but it can
not be seeded with grass Or clover
seed the following spring. So says
american CultiUdtor and adds:
In the dry season of 1899 many pas
lures and meadows lost their seeding,
and there is temptation to hurry
matters by blowing and trying to seed
with some grain crop the present
spring. The attempt will almost GER
tainly prove a failure, even if the
season for spring seeding is favor
able. The best plan is to pillow and
manure as far as possible early as the
land can be worked and drill in corn
in rows far enough apart to cultivate
for winter feed. What cannot be
MANFRED should be cultivated just the
same until June, wheni it will be work.
ed down sufficiently to grow a crop of
millet hay that will be worth more
than the timothy Or other grasses
that have grown on such land for
years. If the hay is got off early
enough, plow the millet stubble and
SOW rye, seeding with grasses and in
the spring with clover. If some
gypsum is sown on the land in spring,
it will help the clover. Between the
fall sown grass seed and the spring
sown clover there will probably be a
good catch, and the field, without
losing any crop, will make more hay
than the land has produced for years.
If some potash can be put on this
land, it will help to keep the grass
vigorous for longer time.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23

THE CARE OF THE EYE.

The eye is q faithful servant, but
with what indignity that assistant is
treated by ignorant people, and by
persons too, who know better! The
indiscriminate use of glasses bought,
because they are cheap, of itinerant
dealers is positive affront to the or
gan of sight. A purchase from a
street vender is set down as a piece
of economy, but the subsequent pay
ments in the form of headaches and
other ills are not taken into the &C
count.
A specialist remarked that people
seem to think glasses are like clothes,
and if they are fairly comfortable and
look we'll, they ask no further ques-
tions.
When symptoms indicate disease of
the eye, an oculist should be consult
ed at once that the trouble may be
removed or arrested.
Such trifing with health often ac-
companies scrupulous care about SAN
itary conditions and the ordinary
rules Of physical wellbeing. "The
light of the body is the eye," said the
Great Teacher. What an offence,
then, to dim that light by perilous ex
periments, Or by wanton neglect.
Household.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23
TROUBLES OF A MINISTER.

To benefit others Rev J w Vernon, of
Hartwell, Ga, writes: s'For long time had
running sore on my leg. 1 tried many
remedies without benefit until 1 used a bot
tie of Electric Bitters and box of Buck1ens
Arnica Salve, which cured me sound and
we'll" Sores, Eruptions, Boils, Eczema, Tet-
ter, Salt Rheum show impure blood. Thou
sands have found in Electric Bitters grand
blood purifier that absolutely cures these
troubles. Satisfaction is guaranteed or
money refunded by H Pierce, druggist
Large bottles only soc.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23

During last May an infant child of our
neighbor was suffering with cholera infantum
The doctors had given up all hopes of re-
covery. 1 took a bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to the
house, telling them 1 felt sure it would do
good if used according to directions. In two
child is now vigorous and healthy. have
recommended this remedy frequently and
have never known it to fail.-MRs. CURTIS
BAKER, Bookwalter, Ohio. Sold by e. W.Bar-
ron. Drnggist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-23

A person whose mental powers are
severely taxed, and those whose ner-
vous waste is great, require a great
deal more sleep than those whose
WEAKNESS is simply that of the mus
cles. Students, writer's and those
with pressing anxieties should sleep
as much as possible.
A scientific treatment for ivy
poisoning-so common at the picuic
seasons as follows: Soak bread in
water, then dust it with common
washing soda; apply the bread to the
eruption, and keep it wet from the
outside for half an hour. This is said
to be sure cure.
Physicians say that tea and hot
buttered toast are about as severe a
tax on weakened digestive powers as
can be given; yet it seems to be the
favorite combination to offer to an
invalid, especially to some nervous,
overworked woman suffering from
sick headache.