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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02
batini, and the continuation of the stir
ring novel "JOcelyn Cheshire" by Sara
Beaumont Kennedy.

DR.. Jesse w. Lazear anu DIR. James
A. Carroll. assistant surgeons In the
United States army, will rank high In
the long and splendid roll of heroes
their profession has produced. Dr. La
GEAR will be listed among the martyrs
of science, for he cheerfully gave his
life that human suffering might be ALE
Waited and the lives Of others saved.
Physicians have long believed that vel.
low fever and other contagious dis
eases are communicated by the bites Of
mosquitoes, flies, and similar insects.
They also have some reason for believ-
Ing that man may be protected against
yellow fever by sort of vaccination.
much rs they are protected against
smallpox. This method. however, was
still In an experimental stage. and facts
were lacking which would justify Its
use In practice. To ascertain these
facts and afford a positive test of the
method Of protective treatment sug.
gested, DR.. Lazear and DIR. Carroll vol.
unfairly risked their lives. Having first
taken the protective precautions sug.
gested, they permitted themselves to be
bitten by mosquitoes which had been
In contact with yellow fever patients
In the Havana hospital. Both were ut.
tackled by the disease, thus proving the
fact Of insect conveyance Of the cOnta.
gIon. They placed themselves under
the observation Of their colleagues, and
both were treated with all the skill and
care the latter could devise. DIR. La.
GEAR died, rcgretting only his inability
to witness the final triumph Of science
over his malndy, Of which he felt as.
sured, despite Its failure In his own
case. DR.. Carroll recovered. and his re.
port Is declared one Of the most i'm
pOrtant contributions ever made TO the
study OF the prevention and cure of
yellow fever. Whether the suffering Of
these men, and the death OF one. will
enable medicine to stay the ravages OF
yellow fever, as II has those of small.
pOX Is, of course, n question which only
experts can answer. But. even II the
vaccination treatment shall be declared
Il failure, that fact will dctract moth
| lHe rum tHc ucroish VI tucsc tWO
American surgeons. They faced u pain.
full death with steady fortitude. know.
Ing that even II they succeeded In thell
test few Of those whom their sacrifice
would benefit would ever know even
their names. They were willing to die
to save others from suffering. without
thought Of personal reward or fame
The self.sacrfice of both and the death
OF one conferred honor on their cOun
try. and their countrymen should no,
forget them. History records few finer
examples Of that cool and Intelligent
courage which has made this nation
great In all branches of human endeav
or than those of James 4. Carroll and
Jesse w. LaZear.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02
PEAItSON'S.


In series of articles the first of
which appears In the February number
of Parsons Magazine Is to he told, one
by one, the story of each State of the
Union. An Interesting undertaking
this. Even Of histories of the United
States there are none too many pub
llshed. And turn to what shelves you
will where can you lay your hand on u
c.enr-cut, bright story of each indivld-
ual commonwealth story Of It's his
tory, of It's great men, dts great indus
tries, its peculiar institutions ana its
characteristic natural features? Ohio
has been selected rs the subject for the
first article The author, President
Thwing Of the Western Reserve Uni
vcrslty, has performed his task thor
ouglly and entertalngly. There ARE over
fifty illustrations which admirably sup.
plement the written story by u pictorial
one. In an article called Rural Free
Delivery" Theodore Dresser describes
the development of this social revOlu-
tlOn. The numerous illustrations are OBJ
tanned from official sources. There are
several other special articles, including
the continuation of "Self-Defense with
n Walking Stick" and six capital short
stories in addition To an installment Of
Rider Haggard's last novel, "Lysbcth."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02

Where land Is SO valuable that every
square inch represents dollar or more,
business blocks must go into the air In
stead of spreading over the ground. BY
the old method of building 1t would be
hard to carry a structure higher than
five or six stories, unless the walls We're
made rs thick as a fortress. so u man
with an Imagination struck out Il new
method. embodying In steel an idea that
Is working revolution In the business
centers of cities. Like other wonderful
developments of recent years, the sky.
scraper has become 50 common that to
some 1t may seem commonplace. Yet
George a. Fuller, the designer Of It,,
was only forty-nine years old when he
died In Chicago the other day. Indeed,
1t Is only a few years since the i'm.
prOyement In elevators made II possible
to rent offices ten or more stories above
the street; and almost simultaneous
was the decline In the price of struc.
tural steel to point which enabled
builders everywhere to gain the ad-
vantages offered by the steel-frame
construction. Chief of these Is the fact
that q sky-scraper may be carried to
almost any altitude, like the st. Paul
building In New York, which Is twenty
six stories high and rises more than
three hundred feet above the street
level. Such building yields an enor-
nous rental. There are no massive
walls to reduce the rentable space.
Tenants willingly pay high rates for
the light and airy offices. The structure
shelters as many persons as whole
township. and 1t provides facilities and
conveniences few towns could afford.
Whether the steel skeletons will ulti-
mately c0rrode and crumble, time win
tell. At present We know the sky
scrapers are practically tire-proof. and
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02

So long as bread remains the "staff of
life" there can be no more important
subject for exact inquiry than scientific
methods Of bread making. Therefore
the invention of a Chicago scientist by
means Of which the nutritive value of
various brands of -four may be easily
and exactly determined deserves more
attention than 1t Is likely to get. The
same student has devised simple me.
chanical appliances by the use Of which
1t is possible to ascertain scientifically
how many loaves of bread a given
quantity Of -four will make and what
will be the size Of the average loaf, as
well as how dense or porous It will be
when taken from the oven. All these
questions are important both to the
Wholesale baker and to every family
which uses bread on Its table. There
Is small probability, however, that
these or any similar scientific methods
will be generally adopted, at least In
private kitchens. The ordinary cook Is
well satisfied II by applying some rule
Of thumb she Is able to turn out prod
uS'S utS 1hc
seems far distant when the private
kitchen will be supplied with thermom-
eters. 'vernier" calipers, and other ap-
pllances which are said to be necessary
to put the culinary art on scientific
and exact basis. The cook book. which
| should be text book In the most vital
ana important branch Of chemistry, Is
amusingly inexact and inaccurate. Its
directions are that dish shall be "sea.
soned to taste" and "baked until thor
Oughly DONE" while Its constituents are
to he well mixed" and measured out
In tea or table spoOnfuls.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02
TROUBLES OF THE WAREHOUSE.
MEN,

II Is n little rough on the warehouse
men 10 he forbidden 10 deal in the
grain in their houses after they have
gone 10 all the bother and expense of
having the Legislature pass an act for
the special purpose of granting them
this privilege. Yet Judge Tulcy holds
that the amcndatory act of 1897, espe-
cially procured by the elevator owners,
Is unconstitutional and void
Possibly no living person knows all
the ms and outs of the long fight; but
some Of the elementary facts are with.
in eyerybOdys knowledge. The eleya-
tor men came near to monOpollzing the
handling Of actual grain at Chicago,
They hedged their cash wheat-that is,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02
EVERYBODY'S.

The February Eyerybody's Magazine
Is u first rate number full of articles
with life ami vim in them. In every
contribution there Is spirit and indivd-
uality. The stories are brisk and stir
ring. the descriptive articles notably in
tercsting and vivid. NOthinglbetter In
its way has been written than Maxi
milan Fosters "The COnquerOr'--
which tells In picturesque style the life
of a bull caribou In the Northern woods.
The "Curlositles of Courage" Is sub
iect that appeals naturally to Richard
Harding Davis, who narrates a variety
of entertaining stories illustrating vari-
Gus phases Of the virtue, all of which
make capital reading. The "Making of
a Country Home" by j. +. MOwbray. Is
a charming opening to a series of arti-
cles which will have wide circle OF
readers. There Is "Yawp" by w. ].
hampton, a virile impression Of the fight
Mt Bloody Angle" by Carl Hovey, to-
gether with stories by Adachi KinnO-
suke, Eugene p. Lyle, Jr., Raphael Sa-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02
or the 1853 railroad locomotives mar

OF the 1888 railroad locomotives man
ufactured In American shops last year,
500 We're sent abroad. The British rail.
roads bought more Of these than any
other country, Russia being close Sec
Ond. There is no longer any denial OF
the ability of American manufacturers
to turn out locomotives more cheaply
ana rapidly than their European COM
petltOrs. though the Germans are al
ready using American engines as mod.
els. 1t is not unlikely that the exporta-
ton Of railroad locomotives may be-
come an important branch Of our for
elgn trade.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02
WORKING FOR FAIR PRIMARH s.

MANY important changes in the law
governing primary elections are pro
yidcd in a series of amendments dc-
clded upon by the special committee ap
pointed by the Civic Federation to col
slider the question.
The keynote of the reforms recon-.
| mendcd Is to secure n more generai en-
| preston of opinion from the voters oi
each political party ut primary el"c.
tons. and make II exceedingly moredif'
ticult for the politicians to violate the
spirit and letter Of the statute.
| TO provide for this, the size OF pri-
mary districts Is decreased. the number
of polling places is increased. the hours
for voting are extended. and the vio'
| lations of the law are made punishable
by heavy penalties.
The most important changes In the
law which the amendments contch'
plate are as follows:
"To prevent snap party conventions
under the Kankakee decision.
Limiting the size of primary dis
| tricts to 200 voters of the party.
Extending the hours for voting from
1 u. m. to I p. m. to a. m. to I y. IN.
more careful provisions, ndaptin.
act to conditions In country outside
Cook County. and explicitly obviatins
the confusion of some importan
clauses as to the payment for cXpendi
lures. and as to whether act whcr
adopted by u county applies also IL
municipalities within the county.
"Reauirlng all subdivisions an'
branches of each party to unite thci
primaries. to prevent multiplicity .
primary elections In the interest .
economy.
"RevisiOn of penalties so rs to max
them proportlonate to the gravity q
offense. SO that jurles may more easli
convict guilty persons. Minor offcnse
are made punishable as misdemcanor
and grave Offenses as felOnics.
ITO require all ballots to he of I'M
form size and providing tina, they shal
be freely exposed In all polling places
"Altcrnatcs rs well as delegates 4
: party conventions are prohibited from
acting as judges or clerks ut prlmar.
elections.
Q "To provide for more orderly am
e logical arrangement of the paragraph
! and clauses of the entire act"
The committee, which has had tn
e subject under consideration for
month or more. Is composed of the fol
2 lowing: Judge Orrln \. Carter, Joscp
2 \. O'Donncll, John i. McGoorty, Tho,
i, &. Mae MILAN, Lawrence i. Boyl,
( George l.. Douglass, Newton \. Par,
q ridge. Joseph W. Errant, Judson i. Go
D ing. Milton J. Foreman. John W. Eli
: W. W. Whcclock. Thomas j. Holmes
I Simeon L. sharpe, LaNcrne W. Noyc'
II. II. Baldwin. Roy o. West, Willial
\. Giles, Ralph NJ. Easley, Robert No
D Murdy.
+ The subcommittee which drafted tn
: amendments IN accordance with recon
Z mendati0ns made by the special con
g mlttce consists of q. Fred Rush, Roy {
!, West. Thomas e. Mac MILAN. Law
I renee l.. Boyle, Joseph \. O'Donnc
y and John T.. McGOorty. Yesterday III
Il special committee met In the rooms I
i the Civic Federation to receive the r.
5 port of the subcommittee. which WI
t presented by q. Fred Rush, the actin
II cha lrmau.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02

established against oleomargarine. 1t
would he nothing more than Justice to
protect the consumer from being de-
ceivcd by the one bogus article as well
rs 10y the other. Dairymcn. as well as
|. the people. should demand that legis-
lative remedy be applied to doctored
buttpr
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02

All the money possessed by Americas
richest man couldn't buy him one min.
ute's respite from sorrow. When John
ID. Rockefeller came face to face with
the problem Of Life and Death he
found lie was no more than beggar.
The price OF life he could not pay,
and his money was fortress which
Death stOrmed with ease. The world
knows John ID. Rockefeller as money
grubber, man who has wrung mill.
ions from the legitimate channels of
trade ana refused to hear the cries OF
the victims to his capacity for bust
ness. There Is another side to his char
acter. The love Of this strong man
was lavished on little John McCOr-
mick. his grandson. They We're u
strange pair. They played together,
they watched the building Of q house
together, they admired the chickens and
ranged the great barn on the Rookie
Teller estate together. The man made
the boys pleasures his own. Little
John Mccormick became III and Death
refused to be stayed. The business Mr..
Rockefeller poured oil money and hired
special trains to convey doctors who
could earn fortunes by saving the life
of u baby. Science was invoked. Ev-
erything possible was done. zone lit
tie life for baby for an old mans
sake" was the cry. The answer that
came back from the tomb was NO"
ana after nights Of worry and days Of
pain there Were little white coffin and
poor old man bowed down with grief.
What Is the good Of millions that will
not buy the things that the heart values
more than hope of heaven itself?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02

prove independent enough to reject the
Grout bill and enact substitute hon
estly calculated To check deception on
the part of retailers. If the bill passes
Il ought to be declared unconstitutional.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02

1t may be true that five Harvard men
have married chorus girls within year,
but 1t should not be forgotten that
there are 5000 young men at the uni
verslty, many Of them with much more
money than is good for them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02

With the announcement OF the death
OF the man who first named Abraham
Lincoln for the Presidency We are re-
minded that 1t has been long time
since ono Of George Washington's body
servants died.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02
MAGAZINES ron FEBRUARY.
SCRIBNER'S.

Scribner's Magazine for February
begins u new series of "reminiscences of
theatrical life-a form of article in
which It has been peculiarly fortunate
in the past, having published the recOl-
lections of Lester Wallack and Mrs.
John Drew. The Stage "reminiscences
of Mrs. Gilbert, which are here begun.
are full of vivacity, incident. and enter.
tanning recOllections of great actors of
the past half century. Mrs. Gilbert is
eighty years of age and has been on
the stage for more than seventy years
of that time. beginning as a dancer
when mere child at Drury Lane. This
installment first gives some recollec-
tions of her childhood and then the mar
rative moves to America, where Mrs.
Gilbert and her husband emigrated I'm
1910. Her recollections of her expert
ences in Chicago. Milwaukee. st. Louis.
and other Western cities are very
amusing. and give a vivid idea of the
old stock companies of half a century
ago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02

seem beyond the power of any recog.
nized agency of destruction. II II shall
prove that the designer of them did not
build for the twenty.flrst century, It
must ut least be admitted that he
served his own generation well.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02
wOMAN'S HOME COMPANION.

WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION.
The February number of the Wom-
ans Home Companion contains several
features of especial merit. Chief of
these is the short story by the Queen of
Rounania Carmen SYLVIA. "a Festival
in Heaven" which will appeal to all
thoughtful readers. Dancing in the
Austrian Tyrol." by Lillian Bell: "IIome
and Social Life of the Japanese" and
"''he Woman's Paper of Little Bohe-
mia" are a few of the leading articles.
The fiction is contributed by such writ.
ers as Mrs. SpoffOrd, John Kendrick
Bangs. Frank II. Spcarman and Sophie
SWEET. whose names speak for them.
Nor are the art features second I'm value
to the literary. Besides the ordinary
Illustrations there are reproductions of
paintings by Meissonier. Jules Breton
ana others; a double page devoted to
photographs of some of the most beau
tiful women In the South. and "a Page
ful Of Children" which will delight ali
mothers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-11
LECTURE ON LIQUID Air.

-. M. C. A. Course Provides Scientific
Talk and Demonstrations.
The third number Of the Railroad Y.
M. c. A. course was given at the NJ. q.
church Tuesday evening, and was SCI
entific lecture by Professor w. j. Clarke
on liquid air, wireless telegraphy, the
x-ray. etc. Mr.. Clarke was reinforced
with a stereopticon and the necessary
apparatus for demonstrations OF the
powers and uses of these forces recently
controlled by man, after many years
of research and investigation. The lee
ture may not have been along the lines
OF higher education" from the stand
point Of the universities, but it was
practical and the demonstrations were
understood by all of those in the ex-
tremely large audience. For one and
one-half hours Mr.. Clarke held the clos
est attention OF his auditors.
x-ray photographs were shown with
the stereopticon, and the history of the
development Of this machine was given
The experiments with liquid air were
the most interesting to the audience, be-
cause very few have had the Opportuni-
ty to investigate the sumject. The scien-
tific principles of liquid air were first
explained and several interesting DEM
constructions were given. A rubber ball
was frozen so hard that when dropped 1t
broke into many pieces: grapes were
frozen and distributed to people in the
audience, and the explosive character OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-11

Prize, Scott & Co.'S great department
store Densel & Wilbur have more in
vested in carpets and fine rugs than is
represented in an entire stock of q very
creditable furniture store. This year
Mr.. Dense has purchased a greater line
of rich and elegant rugs than ever be-
fore. Great. massive rugs 9x12 feet are
shown In assortment. hundreds of small
rugs and this year for the first time IN
Marshalltown is shown a line of the
genuine Navajo blankets, warranted to
wear hundred years without fading
These goods range in price from $40 to
$40, but are rare bargains. georgous In
color and at the height of fashion.
Out in the front room are shown the
select goods that Mr.. Densel finds only
by making a two weeks visit among the
eastern factories each year. Artistic
buffets, china closets, parlor tables,
music cabinets, ladies' dainty dressing
tables. fancy roll top house desks, both
the Wernicke and Danner sectional book
cases. iron beds, in fact. everything ir
the real furniture that could be shown
in a catalogue At Dense & Wilbur's
store one is struck with the magnitude
of the stock and the extreme elegance
of the goods carried. There is not a
furniture store in Iowa that can excel
1t and for the Christmas shopper it of
fers all that could be desired The day
has come when nothing is more appre-
ciated as gift than fine furniture.
EVERYBODY wants it and furniture is ac-
ceptable when jewelry and knick knacks
are but slightly cared for.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-11
TWAS ONE Of The BEST.
Meeting Of the Iowa Central
State Medical Society Very
Successful.
Thirty.two Covers Laid for the
Banquet at the Pilgrims
The Toasts.
Next Meeting to Be Held at Dr.
Mishell's Suburban Home.
Oak Bluff.

| The semi-annual meeting of the Iowa
Central State Medical Society in this
city on Tuesday was one of the largest
and most successful in the history of the
organization. The papers We're interest
ing and brought out lively discussions,
! and the banquet in the evening was
most enjoyable.
| At the afternoon session, following the
address of the president, DIR. r. III. Bou-
cher, the following papers were pre-
sented and discussed:
Observations on Senility and Senile
/ Diseases-Dr. Duffield, Marshalltown.
Discussion opened by DR.. Kierulff, of
Marshalltown.
Eclampsia-Dr. N. Merrill. Of Mar
shalltown. Discussion opened by DR.. F.
P. Lierle, of Marshalltown.
Morphine: (a3 In Medicine (bl In Sur
gery-Dr. II. L. Getz, OF Marshalltown.
Discussion opened by DR.. w. S. Devine,
of Marshalltown.
Chorea with presentation Of case)-
DR.. N. E. Mighell, of Marshalltown. Dis
cussion opened by DR.. Z. w. Jay, Of ST.
Anthony.
Intestinal Hemorrhage in Typhoid Fee
ver-Dr. w. Z. Hartman, OF Ames.
A resolution was adopted making the
society the donor OF a prize to the mem
Der presenting the best essay during the
year 1902.
Officers elected for the year 1902 We're:
President-Dr. Dorr Graves, of Gil
man.
First Vice President-Dr. N. E. Nigh
ell. OF Marshalltown.
Second Vice President-Dr. B. r.
Kierulff, OF Marshalltown.
Secretary and Treasurer-Dr. III. H.
Bay (re-elected), Of Marshalltown.
Trustee-P. M. Townsend, MARSHALL
tcwn; H. p. Duffield, Marshalltown; and
w. Z. Whitney, Eldora.
Thirty-two covers were laid for the
banquet at the Pilgrim at 6 o'clock
This was attended by the members and
their wives. and few invited guests.
DR.. n. L. Getz was toastmaster, and the
following toasts were responded to:
1.-THE Physician as Good Fellow
DR.. f. p. Lierle.
Medical Reminiscences"-Dr. B. F.
Kierulf.
professional Meme. NJ Lyon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-11

the substance was revealed. One of the
most interesting experiments was the
freezing of mercury so hard that nail
was driven into a board with the con-
gealed substance. Mr.. Clarke said the
time was not far distant when liquid air
would be used in the manufacture of ex-
plosives and in cooling houses in sum
mer. Several interesting experiments in
wireless telegraphy We're also given and
Its principls explained.
Mr.. Clarke is not pleasing speaker
but that feature of the entertainment
was overlooked because of the intense
interest manifested in his experiments.
The stereopticon views were for the
most part crude and the audience would
probably have been better satisfied had
they been curtailed about half and more
time given to the experiments.