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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
1Hfy SHOULD Be TORN Down.

The main fault with AID. Pattcrson's
ordinance limiting the erection Of bill
boards Is that II does not go far enough.
Instead of hedging the construction of
bllboards with restrictions the boards
now up should be torn down and no
new ones should he permitted.
The Patterson ordinance bars the
billboar,ls entirely from b0ulevards and
other favored residence districts. So
far so good. Excuse Is lacking, how.
ever, for their continuance In any resi-
dencc district.
II Is admitted by the framer of The
new ordinance that billb0ards have de-
preciarod the value of property TO an
alarming extent. This feature Is weak
ly met by a section in the ordinance,
which provides that prospective build
rrs must secure the consent of at least
tlree-fonrths of the property owners In
the block. II would be better 10 with
hold the right Of complacent owners of
vacant property 10 damage for con
sderatlon the more valuable holdings
Of other owners in the block.
The perpetrators of the billboard nul-
sancc have Systematically refused "a
be taxed by the city, like the holders of
other money making franchises. They
have lodged the assessor on tie plea
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
A GAUGE OF COEDUCATiONAL
SCHOLARSHIP.

Miss Mary L. WOOlley, the new prcsi.
dent Of Mount HOlyOke College, Is the
daughter Of Congregational minister.
She was graduated ut Wheaton Semin.
AIRY, Norton, Mass.
In 1891 Miss Woolley went to DR.. II.
A. Andrews, the president of Brown
University. and asked permission to en-
ter that institution rs a special student
In history. This permission was
granted.
During her first year In Brown. Miss
Woolley was marked figure on the
campus ana In the library, where she
usually could he found In the afternoon
porting over some old Latin book or
hunting out some buried historical fact.
Her quiet, steady manner of work was
IN inspiration to the men, and many
OF them did more faithful work be-
cause of her presence In the classroom.
Great things We're prOphesied OF her.
Dr. Andrews predicted that some day
Miss WoOllcy would he at the head OF
some of the large wOmen's colleges.
She was not only interested In the stud
les, hut In everything else pertaining to
college life, ana was thoroughly up on
the victories Of the Brown ball nine.
She was asked what she found to be
The difference between the men and
the women in the college. Her reply
was Enthusiastically frank: "The
girls study harder; the men think
more. saturday Evening Post.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
INSULT 10 INSPECTOR num-.

The people of Chicago will resent any
insult to Inspector Hunt.
lie is the clcverest. ablcst. straightcst
and most popular Inspector of Police In
Chicago.
He is one of the best police officers
In the world.
For twenty-five years he has given
the people of Chicago the benefit of his
peerless services.
Not stain rests upon his official rec
ord during all of these years.
1t remains for some cheap, dlscredit-
ed ward politicians to try to throw dirt
on II.
Because the Inspector has a clean.
high.minded. able son. whom the people
of his native district think the proper
man to send to Springfield as u law.
maker. some cheap politicians who fear
the magic name Of Hunt have raised
the cry that the Inspector was working
for the young man.
No one but a base and jealous politi.
clan would find fault with a father for
taking an interest in the welfare of his
son.
But when the base politicians say
that Hunt Is using the police force fol
this purpose they simply lie.
Inspector Hunt nor none of his fam
lily have to use the police force ia
further their ambition. for the reason
that the name of Hunt is n household
| word In the district.
1t stands for official integrity.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
ORTSEiFEN FOR GOVERNOR.

Adam Ortseifen. the Cook County
Democratic organizations candidate
for the gubcrnatorlal nomination, Is es-
sentially n business man In politics.
Until two years ago his name was new
er heard In political circles. He came
into politics not because lie sought to
get In. but because he was wanted.
Once In. he developed unusual capabili.
ties as Il mixer" and vote.getter. Mr..
Ortseifen Is still what his seniors call
a young man--I6 years old. Born In
Montabauer, Germany, In 1854, he came
to this country while still almost child
and settled in Chicago in 1873. The
hustle Of this young Western giant. just
then shaking OF the ashes Of 1871, at
tracted him. For a time he was In the
painting and decorating business. Then
he formed q connection with the old
Downer. Bemls Brewing Company, now
the McAvoy Brewing Company, one OF
the largest institutions OF Its kind In
Chicago. He has been part OF that
business enterprise ever since, rising
from one post to- another as time and
experience fitted him. He Is now and
for nine years has been vice president
of the corporation and It's general man.
ager. Mr.. Ortseifen was all but
dragooned into accepting the nomina.
ton for City Treasurer last spring be-
cause Ie was n good Democrat, and a
strong German was wanted on the tick
ct with Mayor Harrison. Now he Is
drafted as a candidate for the guberna'
tOrial nomination for similar reasons
Mr.. Ortselfen has been leading mem
Der and chief officer OF the South
Side Turngemeinde, and is connected
with nearly all of the German societies
and the South Side social clubs. He
~ married, has children and lives at 5ll
East 10th street.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
OPEN THESE STREETS!

The Union Stock Yards Company
completely separates two important d.
visions of the city and isolates each one
OF them from the other, This company,
which lodges its just share Of taxes;
which does great harm to the moral
character of our legislators by its in
sldl0us advances at Springfield, appears
to think that 1t owns the earth. 1t COW
ers the territory, streets and all, be-
tween 4Oth and 47th streets on the
north and south and Ashland avenue
ANA Halsted street on the east and
west. The City Council, without fur
Their delay, should decree the opening
of 45th, Root, AID, 43d, 4ith and 4Gth,
Morgan, Carpenter, Aberdeen and May
streets and Center avenue through the
Stock Yards District. The people have
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
FIGHTS SPECIAL TAX INTEREST,".

The Special Assessment Committee of
the Real Estate Board recently asked
its attorneys. Wilson. Moore Il Nell.
vane. as to the right of the city to col.
lcct interest To meet payments on bonds
issued for special assessment work. ns
to the authority Of the city to issue such
bonds to anticipate deferred Install
ments before the work II done. and
whether the property owner IL bound to
begun.
AS Il result of the opinion delivered
by the lawyers, the committee served
the following notice on City Collector
Brandecker:
The Real Estate Board has directed
Its Special Assessment Committee to
investigate the manner In which inter.
est II being charged and collected by
you upon the several installments Of
special assessments under the local I'M
prOvement law In force July ]. 1907.
and to take such action In behalf of the
board rs the committee may deem nj.
visable. after said investigation. We
Huu tHut YOU uTe'
Flrst-COllecting interest on install.
mepts maturing In 1900, up to Jan. =,
1901.
SccOnd-Collecting interest Oh install.
ments which do not mature until 1901
and thereafter land which are not
sought to he paid before maturity, up
TO Jan. =, 1901.
We beg To call your attention to the
accompanying opinion Of Messrs. VIII
son, Moore Il McIlvaine upon these
two points, secured by our committee,
In which they hold that interest on in
stallments maturing In 1900 can he col
lected only up to the date of payment
of the installment, and that interest on
all installments which do not mature
until 1901 and thereafter land which
are not paid before maturity can he
collected only up to Jan. = preceding
the time said interest II collected.
Please advise MS mt once what you
will do In regard to this matter as IL Is
important that property owners should
know what their rights are In the prem
iscs. ana should take such steps ~ may
he necessary To protect themselves. We
believe there IL no legal ground what
ever for the interest charges which are
made beyond date Of payment and In
advance, and that the practice now oh
tanning in your Office has arisen through
u mistake.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

that they owned nothing but the bare
lumber in the billboards.
Their right to derive large revenue
from the maintenance of billboards has
been as clearly open to public taxation
as the grant of streets to traction com
punics. But they have paid compara-
lively nothing into the city treasury.
This is but one reason why the city's
tolerance of the billboard evil should
cease. one of the strongest indict-
mcnts. outside Of the dctriment to prop
crty. says the Chronicle. is that bill
boards are a perpetual source of danger
from fire.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE TEXT.
BOOK SYSTEM.

The special text book committee of
the Board Of Education has concluded
after much investigation that II Is i'm
practicable for the board TO compile
and print school text books. The con
cluslon Is highly creditable 10 the judg-
ment and sense OF the committee and
will meet with unqualified approval
from the more intelligent friends OF the
public school system. The great pub
fishing houses, with their capital. eX-
perience and modern equipment, have
brought the printing and compilation
Of text books TO such a high degree of
excellence and typographical perfection
that any attempt to supplant their
books with a homemade product would
work direct injury 10 the schools and
would be a costly and uuwlse expert
ment.
The reduction Of the number Of text
books and the describing OF the more
antiquated ones, advocated by the COM
mlttee, Is also to be commended. So far
as readers are concerned, however, the
best educators seriously question the
wisdom OF constantly changing these
text books, II Is the opinion of many
schoolmen that the numerous attempts
10 improve upon the old "McGufey'
series Of readers, TO which so many
thousands Of the most cultured men
and women Of our times are Indebted
for their earliest literary tastes and in
SEPARATION, have been failures. A school
reader should have larger object than
providing mere drills or lessons in read
ing. II should az the same time lncul-
cate love for the purest and best lit
and expression, Having produced this
Kind OF a reader II should be- let alone,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
THE CENSUS MAS COMMENCED.

Readers of The Eagle will he called
census cnumeratOrs.
How old are you? Are you married.
single. widowed. or divorcedy Is the
house you live In your own: and. IL so,
Is 1t mortgagcd or frceI What IL your
occupation. and how many months out
of the year are you cmployed?"
These are some of the pointed per-
sonal questions which Will be asked of.
people during the taking Of the twelfth
census of the United States. which will
begin June and end June IL. 1900.
The years 1890 and 1901 will consti.
the history of the. world. Besides this
country. fourteen of the principal Euro
pcan countries are to count noses" but
the census of the United States Is to he
more extensive than that of any other
nation.
The last census cost Si1 800. and
more than 10000 men were employed In
making 1t. Thh census will be even II
greater effort.
The law requires that the census shall
he taken between June and June H.
AS two of these days fall on sunday.
but thirteen working days are left.
The director Of the twelfth census Is
william +. Merriam, former Governor
of Minnesota.
Several Objectionable questions which
were asked of citizens by census emu
mcrators ten years ago will he omitted
this time. For example. persons sui.
fcring from any chronic disease will
not be requested to disclose that fact.
The answers given heretofore have
proved utterly valuclcss from u Stats.
teal standpoint.
| These are the questions which you
l. Surname. Christian name. initial.
=. Residence, street. number Of
house.
3. Relationship OF each member tC
the head of the family.
/. Color or race.
). Sex.
u. Age AZ last birthday.
Z. Day. month and year when born
\. Are you single. married, widow
wi,lOwcr. or divorced?
u. Number of years married.
~. How many children?
| II. Number of children living.
~. Sex of these children.
IL. Where were you born? II In tn,
United States. give state or Territory
II of foreign birth, give name OF til,
country only.
II. Where was your father born
fOrrgoingJ
II. IT of foreign birth. when did yoV
come TO the United States!
H. How many years have YOU re
sided In the United States?
II. Have you been naturallzed? How
~. What Ii your occupation, trade
or profession? Cribs question apple
to persons ~ years of age Or Over.)
~. How many months during tn
year are you employed?
10 How many months have you al
tended SCHOOL,
81. Can you read?
~. Can you write?
23. Give the main facts cOncernin)
your education.
~. DO you own the house In whicl
you live?
-. DO you rent the house In whic
you live?
~. II you own the house. is 1t fire.
or mOrtgnged!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

stood t".' insolence of this company as
long as they possibly can. and they
want their rights. Why they should he
forced to travel miles out of their way
in order to please the Stock Yards Com.
pany is something they cannot under
stand. The streets belong to the peo-
pie. and they must be ooened through.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
THE OUTLOOK.

"FrOm the Cab Window" In the rec
reatiOn number Of the Outlook. In u
spirited and entertaining account Of u
mountain ride through Colorado. as
seen from the locomotive engineers
point Of view. The author. Mr.. Frank
II. Spcarman. In "FOley's Nerve" AMI
other stories. has lately given the read.
Ing public the best volume Of short
stories. dealing with railway life, ever
published.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
SCRIBNER'S.

Scribner's Magazine for June opens
with an article appropriate to the sen.
son of national conventions. 1t II enti-
tied How President IL Elected" and
gives u view behind the scenes of the
way In which the great machinery Of a
Presidential election Is put In motion.
1t begins with meeting Of the Nation.
nj Committee which decides ON the
place where the convention Is to he
held, ana terminates with the last night
OF the campaign when the successful
chairman telephones from headquar-
tiers. II congratulate YOU. Mr.. Presi.
dent" The author, A. Maurice Low. IL
u Washington correspondent who has
had every facility to see the workings
Of n campaign. A, brilliant series of
pictures fully illustrate the narrative,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
WOMAN's HOME COMPANION.

The June WOman's Home COmpan-
lon contains number Of good stories,
with serials by Mrs. Burton Harrison
and Hester Caldwell Oakley Ward, to.
gether with plenty Of household hints
ana articles on II wide variety Of social
AMI domestic topics; In short every.
thing that goes to make up high.class
popular magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
OUTING.

Outing, the most charming journal Of
amateur sports, has a fine June num-
ber. Here are some Of its interesting
features: "Thc Country Cart Of To-
day" by Caspar whitney; Evolution
In Trout Tastes and Artificial Flies"
by Harry Gore, NJ. D.; IAN Australian
Wild Horse Hunt" by Col. j. +. Hobbs:
1.-THE Laying out and Care Of Golf
Course" by Willie Tucker; "Value Of
Handicaps In Games and Athletics" by
Eustace ii. Miles; Ills First (FOOt
Race" by Arthur Ruhl; "rhe Why and
Wherefore Of Golf Rules" by Charles
Il. Macdonald; "a Cruise In Georgian
Bay" illustrated, by =. Il. White.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
INGALLS,.

McCall's Magazine for July IL ut hand
and contains the usual array Of inter-
esting matter for women. rs Ii shown
by the table of contents which follows:
The Very Latest Gossip from the
World Of Fashion. Fads and Fancies.
Smart street Costumes dllustration),
The Small Belongings Of Dress. Fash.
ionnble Gowns for Warm Weather Ill.
lustr,tiOn). How to BE Popular, SUM-
mer Costumes for Misses aud Children
illustration. The Etiquette Of Little
Things, \ Chinese Wedding illustrated
by photography. About Celebrities. The
Seasons Parnsols. The Latest Novel.
ties In Millinery. summer Millinery for
Very Little People. Suggestions for
Dress Ornamen,ntion. Artitsic Photo
graphs of Children.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
~

Have you an ideal In your life? II
you have not you must be of all men
most miserable. Life, without ideals,
Is to n thoughtful man uncomfortable.
Yet Mrs. Burton Harrison says in
cOnstancy to ideals is part Of the
spirit of the age" II Mrs. Harrison Is
correct in her diagnosis of our modern
society, much OF the spirit of unrest
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
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MA0AZINtS ron JUNE.
EvERYBODY's MAGAZINE.

Evcrybody's Magazine for June il
full of that sort of literature that Is
easy to read and hard to forget. The
skillful admixture of information with
interest. which Is characteristic of the
articles in this magazine. is shown at
its best.
The simple Explanation of the
month Is entitled Electricity and Some
Other Puzzles" The author disclaims
at the outset any intention of explain.
ing what electricity Is. for he says no
explanation has yet been given. But
he talks brcezily about the latest the
cries In regard to 1t, and when the
reader finishes he will have u very
good idea of what II is thought to be.
as well as a pretty clear understanding
of the hypothesis that concern light.
heat. gravitation and the atomic and
molecular construction of matter.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

A Chicago thief who robbed n rail.
way official of Il number of annual
passes apparently did not want to beat
his way out of town as blind bag
gage"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
THE COSMOPOLITAN.

In the current Cosmopolitan stephen
Crane writes of "rhe Great BOer
Trek" Senator ThurstOn explains how
Presidents are nominated, William \.
stead answers the question:: "What
kind of n sovereign Is Queen Victorian
and Camille FlammariOn discusses the
science Of astronomy In 1900. Frank
Il. Stockton is the chief contributor of
fiction.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
pEAI,SON'S.

a capital account of water life In
China, description Of the most re-
markable cemetery In the world--you
find this at Genoa-a supcrbly illustrat.
cd paper on natural history photog-
raphy. the experiences Of a lady lion
hunter in East Africa. a popular expla-
nation of the principle involved in an
astounding new invention called the
spcctrescOpe. a stirring article on the
horse In warfare, a humorous contribu.
ton on the treble N-rays. a sumptuOus.
~ illustrated paper on the art of the
age. In addition to six complete short
stories. form the contents Of the June
Parsons, a magazine which IN fifteen
months has come to occupy one Of the
l,ading positions In the periodical field.
II II the most profusely illustrated
magazine In the world. and the pictures
are always real Illustrations.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
/GeoA

The Des Moines Register suggests
that every village In Iowa should have
Il canning factory. The Idea II good
one, and as the Register estimates that
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

and rlotous thought ls explained. Ideal
ity puts moral courage into the human
soul The loss of Ideals Is the loss of
the soul To be sure 1t Is easy to lose
ones ideal and 1t Is fine art to pre-
serve II. but IL ought to be cherished as
the dearest possession Of mortal ex-
istence. The pcssinist has lost his
ideal and the logical end Of his think.
ing is dispnir. The optimist may lose
one ideal but lie selects better one In
its place and the Aogical end of his
thinking is happiness.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

are thrown upon the SURFACE OF soap
bubble by certain tones OF the human
voice. When a young lady sings MY
country, tits Of thee" there Is a mass
of violet surrounded by every other
color Of the spectrum; then 1t changes
to red, green or yellow. That must be
only because she has good voice. Sci.
ence must be accurate and truth can.
not he inconsistent with any other
truth, so 1t follows that when the man
whose voice sounds like the ding Of
saw. or the girl whose vOcalizatiOn re.
calls crow suffering from tOnsilitls.
attempts to sing, the phonOscope will
represent Octopuses and microbes In
yellow As the atmosphere Of the
problem clears We may see how the
old saw may be recOncilcd with Its
amendment. The person who can't sing
ana will sing will be taken to Sing Sing
and made to sing to phOnOscOpe and
a series of soap bubbles until the cure
Is complete or the patient Is dead.
Those who like to hear themselves talk
because they think they have mellitiu.
Gus voices can DO more mildly dis
ciplIned In the same way. Nobody
hears himself as others hear him,
whether he talks, plays the cornet or
whistles ragtime; II he did, much dis.
illusiOnment would ensue spOntane
Ously, and, as he doesn't, disllluslOn.
ment "by hand" will have to give way
to establishment by scientific machin.
cry. The scientist may begin to choose
design for his own statue rs u public
benefactOr.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-06-11
NOW "WRoNG-LEvER MANIA" :"
Applies to AutomobiIists, Describes Re-

Applies to AutomobtIists, Describes Re-
 verse of "Presenoe of Mind"
 No" said Walnut street physician, <'it is not true that all automobilists suffer from the complaint popularly known as 'wrong-leyer mania, for my practice lies largely among this class of people, and I can say positively that not more than seven out of ten are ever attacked by the disease. It is thing that comes on them in moments of in- tense excitement. when street is overcrowded, when a runaway is mak- ing directly for them, or when they are on the point of shooting over 8 preeipiee. Then, if ever, wrong-lever mania-a silly name, though the com plaint is so new that we haven't yet had time to give 1t good Greek or Latin title-then. say if ever, they Ire liable to be attacked. There are generally-f nay say always-in an automobile three levers, one to steer with, one to go fast with and the other to stop short And the victim, the poor sufferer in this deadly crisis, for gets which is which in the matter Of levers, decides to guess. and p,lls. naturally, the wrong one. That is whs. In an acute attack of wrong-leyer mania, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, al Newport last summer. drove over & stone wall, up a flight of marble steps and through the stained glass windows of the music room of freind. It is why Alfred Vanderbilt went swiftly ip an automobile phaeten down one of ths cliffs backward into the sea. and it is why Henry Lehr, in petroleum IT. cart, completely demolished a green house of glass. No. we have not yet found a remedy for the disease .-- Philadelphia Record.