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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06
The Heavy Sister,

inc heavy sister.
Come in. Sister Mandy-dont stan dar
by dc do
De fiddle dies a-gwinc, en- dc white san
on de No.!
De sister in de ccntcr--shc weigh two
numbered poun'.
En- dc prize is fer de deacon datll swim;
dat sister roun'.
Don't you hcah dc music?
Come en- jinc dc ring.
Amt dis halleluia?
Swing 20 'tncrs-swing.
Hcah come Deacon Williams--hc'l win
out, | be boun'.
But, oh. dat heavy sister done Hinged
Br'cr Williams down,
Still she staudin' luncsomc-incs gal in
town:
En- de prize Is fer de deacon dat'll swing
dat sister roun'.
Don't you heah dc music?
Come en- iinc dc ring!
Amt dis halleluia?
Swing yo' pa'uncrs-swing!
Bless God. none kin swing her. What
you gwinc ter do?
Oars de prize a-lookin' rum de chimbly.
shelf ut you.
Br'er Williams-hc is missn', but he'll git
dar. l be boun'!
He gone ter git Il derrick fer ter swing
dat sister roun'!
Don't you hcah de music?
Come en- jine de ring.
Amt dis halleuia?
Swing yo' pa'tners-swing!
Frank Leslcs Popular Monthly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06
a Rude Prince.

II has not always been wise To look
To Il royal court for the etiquette of 20.
lite society. Witness this quotation
from the Countess Potocka." Il rccol-
lection OF Princess CZartoryska, an in
cident of the court life of Joseph H., at
Berlin.
One day, AT the end of dinner. she re-.
lated that she had known Prince Kau.
nitz, who had a varied reputation, and
incidentally one for impudcnce. Hav-
ing fine teeth, he attended to them
without the slightest regard for his
guests. AS soon as the table was clear
ed his valet put a mirror. n basin ana
brushes before him, ana then ana there
the prince began his morning toilet
over again. just Ms II he had Leen alone
In his dressing-room, while every one
was waiting for him to finish to get up
from the table.
Il could not suppress my astonlsh-
mcnt," says Countess Potocka, and
asked the princess II she, too, had wait
ed.
4" Yes, alas" she replied i was so
put out OF countenance that ] only re-
covered my senses at the foot OF the
stairs; but later on II was different.
complained of the heat, and left the
table nj dessert
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06

clan Is confident that he can establish
Geographic communication between
the eastern and western worlds by his
system at a hundred.thousandth part
Of the cost Of laying a cable and main.
tanning 1t. Marconi says he has discov-
cred method Of controlling the sound
waves SO that the messages from con.
tinent TO continent will be flashed back
and forth close to the surface Of the
ocean over the whole distance.
Heretofore the curvature of the
earth has presented dreaded diff.
Guilty TO be overcome in the transmits.
sion Of wireless messages over long
distances. Marconi's new control Of
the sound waves, II Is asserted. has oh.
Waited the difficulty. How it Is done
Marconi does not explain-that Is his
secret-but he says that he Is confident
he has found a method Of doing II. He
contends that the masts erected Mt
Montauk Point and at Southampton
need not be higher than a New York
"skyscraper' In order TO make the
working OF the system effective. He
h"S ihN'h"u H'" uppHuuce ny WHICH
he says he can lengthen the air waves
20 an almost unlimited extent.
A Commercial Revolution.
II Mr.. Marconi can fulfill his prom
Uses, what revolution there will be
In the commercial world. The millions
invested IN cables would become lost
capital, for no one would use n cable
ut the rates charged for messages when
for fraction of the cost he could tele-
graph by the wireless system.
II not only costs millions TO manufac.
ture and lay cables across the Allan
Tic, but keeping them in repair costs
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Gable ships are kept In commission all
the time, and they find continually
something To do In the way of repairs
on the great oceanic telegraph lines.
Repairing cable Is n work OF skill,
science and money. \ defect in the
cable having been located by means
known 10 the telegraph experts, the
cable ship steams away 10 the part of
the ocean where the difficulty Is and
drags the cable with its graphing
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06
CHAT ACROSS OCEAN.
AN ITALIAN ELECTRICIANS WON.
DERFul INVENTION.
Will Make II Possible for Us to Have
Conversation with Our Kin Beyond
the Sea without the Medium of
Cables.

Great things are promised for the
new century 10y q. Marconi. the author
Of wireless biography, says the New
York Press. Before the first Christmas
in the twentieth century he will, he de-
clares, have England and America ON
speaking terms without the aid of sub.
marine cables. One big pole erected at
southampton and another at Montauk
Point will. he says. be all that is need
ed. The cables which now connect Eu-
rope with America will. IL Marconi full.
fills his promise. become as obsolete as
the stage coach became when the rail.
road came in. The optimistic electri.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06
Age at Which They Married.

Royal personages almost invariably
marry young, Queen Victoria was not
~ ut the time Of her marriages; the
Prince Of Wales was rather less than
22 when he married the beautiful Alex
andrH. The King of Italy was "a when
he married his nteen-year old bride
The King of the Belgans was first mar,
ried at the age of Is, and the Emperor
of Germany was - when he married
the Empress, who Is few months his
senior
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06
A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY.
Some of the Reasons Why Okiahoma'
Claim for Statehood IL Valid.

Some Of the Reasons Why Okiahoma's
Claim for statehood IL Valid.
Oklahoma means Beautiful Land. 1t
is easily one of the wonderful sections
of our wonderful country. Only a doz.
en- years ago 1t was given up TO the
Indians and formed part of the In
dian Territory; but on Apri, 22l 1850, 1t
was opened to settlement by the procla.
nation of President Harrison, and in
one day $4,000 people rushed upon it.
The same day Il national bank was
opened and its modern history begins.
Behold the contrast since that time.
The census Of 1900 shows a population
Of 39S,2i5, and In addition there We're
1927 Indians not taxed. So here we
have great state springing from prac-
tically nothing to population of over
100000 within one decade.
That does not begin to tell the story.
The taxable value of the land IL now
nearly S1OO,OOO.OOO. Within two years
four great grain and cotton crops have
enriched the state, and the deposits In
the banks have increased more than 100
pcr cent. iHc pcopie huNc Duiit S''
churches and established nearly 200
newspapers.
The population is described MS a SUI
pcrior one, thoroughly American ana
progressive In its enterprises. The
beauty of the country Is drawing NOR.
and more people to its coiines. 1t has
an average elevation Of 1.5O0 feet; its
climate Is delightful, and, to quote Il re-.
cent writer who visited the country, III
Is not an unusual thing for n what
farmer In Oklahoma ut the close of u
good season to realize enough money
from the sale of his product to more
than cover the entire value of his farm
and the improvements upon It,"
1t was considered that cotton would
not grow north of Texas. During The
past year Oklahoma's cotton crop
brought nearly $4,000, 600 to her people.
Saturday Evening Post.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06
4 Philadelphia Charity.

In Philadelphia Il charitable society
that has been in operation eighty-three
years has given away every day for
fourteen weeks during each cold sea-
son seventy-tiye gallons Of soup and
three hundred loaves Of bread. The
superintendent has been connected with
the work siXty-four years.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06
Reforms in German Language.

The AlIgcmeiher Deutscher SprNch'
verein Is q German association to en-
courage the simpliilcation and purity
Of the German language. One of its
aims is to make both spoken and writ.
ten German simpler not only by using
shorter and less involved sentences,
hut 10y the elimination of the use Of
foreign words in the social, business
and scientific worlds. Tie headquart-
ers of the association are in Berlin and
there are branches In Milan ana many
parts of Austria as well rs In London
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06

What are you doing for that baby:"
I'm simply avoiding all the advice
my friends have given me.'-Harpers
Bazaar.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06

Plenty OF Room In Montana.
There are about 30.OOO,OOO acres of
unOccupied public land yet remaining
In Montana.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06
Lighting a Lamp with u SNOWFALL.

When II small piece of potassium, the
size of half n grain of corn, Is dropped
into tumblerful of water, some of the
oxygen of the water leaves its hydro.
gen, owing to the intense heat which
the chemical action produces, ana com
bines with the metallic potassium,
causing violet blush flame. When
the piece of potassium is placed on the
wick Of a coal.oil or alcohol lamp, the
flame produced by touching the potas.
stun with Il bit of snow, Ice or water,
will light the lamp.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11
Gross IuUratitude

Elizabeth Cady Stanton used to tell
the story Of a band of good women
who furnished the means for educat-
ing poor young man for the ministry,
who rewarded their kindness and self
sacrifice by preaching his first sermon
from the text, Let your women keep
silence In the churches"
Somewhat similar was the expert
ence of Editor Cadby of the Whang-
vile Patriot He tells it in this wise:
Il gave that boy of mine a college
education. had to economic, but
did it. Through my acquaintance with
friend in the big city | got him a
job on a first class city newspaper.
| could have made good use Of him in
my own office, but | wanted to do bet
ter for him than that. How do you
suppose he repaid me? The first thing
he did after he got his chair warm in
his new job, by George, was to write
a two column burlesque on country
printing ofiicesw
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11
Nnt Second SIGHT.

In happenings that SAVIOR of the SUI
pernatural there is often less rather
than more than is "dreamt of in philos-
ophy."
In the English county of Wiltshire
there lived woman whose deceased
husband had been pig dealer. After
his death 1t was her habit to remark
to chance visitors. without looking out
the window:
That's a nice lot of young pigs,
those"
Where" the person present was
sure to ask
Comm down the road" was the in
variable reply. They're in a cart,
and, what's more, there's n fine fat
SOW among EN-"
And 1t would not be long before a
cart would appear and in it litter Of
pigs and among them the SOW which
the woman had perceived at such a
distance up the road. One day WIS.,
ftor, who saw in this exhibition an
evidence of second sight, exclaimed:
How do you do it? 1t is simply won
derfulp'
"'Tain't no miracle" was the modest
reply. i've just got my ear trained
to pigs-that's ALL"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11

In that particular year 1t happened
that the national political convention
of which we are speaking was held in
some other town than Chicago, and the
place was crowded.
This is how it came TO pass that Colo
mel Hankthunder, who went merely as
a prominent citizen Of the republic and
had not taken the precaution to engage
a room beforehand, found himself shut
out Cf the hotels and compelled to
choose lodgings from list OF eligible
private dwellings
The woman of the house near the
corner of Fish street and Potato ave-
nue., the first residence at which he
called, showed him the only room she
had to spare.
THAT suits me, ma'am," he said.
"How much will it cost me for board
and lodging here for the next four
daysw
Well" she answered, this is not a
regular boarding house, and l am only
taking boarders because l want to ed
ucate my boy for n lawyer. l shall
have to charge you So for the four
days"
Madam" loftily rejoined the colonel,
taking out his pocketbook, you will
never educate your boy for lawyer by
giving such an example as that. will
pay you $10."-Chicago Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11

mo good thing is done in vain
Some people get discouraged and won
der if, after all, they are accomplish
ing anything that pays for the labor
expended. / am sustained and sup
ported by the belief that in the econ.
omy of Gods universe no good effort
ever fails, and that in the economy OF
nature nothing can perish. II the rain
crop rises but to fall again, doing per-
petual good, certainly the efforts OF
human beings, that feel the divine
plan and attempt to raise the human
race to higher ground, are not put
forth in vain, and whether we, In our
finite wisdom, are able to see the good
being done; whether we live TO reap
the fruit OF the seed sown by us, we
know that IL we SOW good seed and SOW
it in good ground that it will bear good
fruit, and il that fruit is eaten by
those who come after us, remember
that In planting for them we are do
ing no more than those that have been
and have gone before, because we are
building upon the foundations they
laid, aud enjoying the results OF the
work that they have done. w. j..
Bryan.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11

When my little son could scarcely
walk, SAYS Rev @. t. Brady, a west.
ern missionary, took him to the
cathedral one day, when | returned
for something | had forgotten after
morning service
left the child In the nave, and
when l went back 10 him he had ad-
vanced half way up the middle aisle
and was standing where the sun threw
! golden light about his curly head.
A tiny object he was In that great
church.
1t was very still. He was looking
about in every direction In the most
curious and eager way. To my fancy
he seemed like little angel when he
said In his sweet, childish treble, which
echoed and re-echoed beneath the
vaulted roof:
Papa, where's Jesus? Where's
Jesusp
He had been told that the church
was the house of the Saviour, and on
this, his first, visit he expected to see
his Lord.
That baby is quite grown up now.
Not in the faintest particular does he
resemble an angel. The other day,
when l rode off TO the wars, he aston
ished even me with this request:
Papa, If you get wounded, don't for
get to bring me the bullet that knocks
you out. | want 1t for a souvenir for
my collection"
Fortunately for me, If unfortunately
for him, / brought him no bullet.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11
PONNerfuI Yenat.

The veteral editor of the Golden
CColoJ Transcript. who hates liar as
he hates n delinquent subscriber, and
who uses only the old reliable George
Washington brand OF truth in his
business. fathers this strange story:
"A Larimer county farmer lost a
COW In very queer manner last week.
The animal in rummaging through a
summer kitchen found and swallowed
an old umbrella and n cake of yeast.
The yeast. fermenting in the poor
beasts stomach. raised the umbrella,
and she died in great agony."-Denver
Post
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11

1t is indeed sad to see some men fail
to give word OF encouragement to a
struggling man or to uplift him when
down, and after death has claimed the
unfortunate as its own, then be the
first To deck the casket with pyramids
and wreath OF beautiful flowers. There
would be more OF love, respect and
sympathy II help were given to the
living in deeds OF kindness and words
OF encouragement, as it would make
the world brighter and happier
Louisville Workman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11

only day at a time There never may be
tomorrow;
Only day ut time, and that we can live, we
know
The trouble We cannot bear Is only the
trouble we borrow,
And the trials which never come are the ones
which fret US so.
only step at "A time 1t may be the angels
bend DER us,
To bear us above the storms which wound our
feet by the way.
The step that ia hardest of all is not the one
just before u.s.
And the path we dread the most may be
smoothed another day"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11
Drunkenness. In scotland.

In the matter Of sheer. besotted, over
mastering drunkenness we stand with
out rivals In shameful isolation.-Dun-
dee Advertiser.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11
Master Of human destinies am |,

Master OF human destinies am
Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait
Cities and fields walk; penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing by
Howell and mart ana palace soon or late
knock unbidden once at every gate
If sleeping, wake: IL feasting, rise before
turn away IL is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate.
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessy implore
answer not, and return no more
-John lanes Ingnlls.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11

Wanted friend who will recog-
nize me when am compelled to wear
patches; who will take my hand as |
am sliding down hill, instead OF giving
me kick to hasten my descent; who
will lend me a dollar without two dol
lars security; who will come TO me
when | am sick, who will pull off his
coat and fight for me when the odds
are two to one; who will talk OF me be-
hind my back as he talks to my face. y
Such friend is wanted by many,
many thousands throughout the whole
world.-W. Va. Workman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11

Peptorene Tablets cleanse and i'm
prove the blood, curing all eruptions
of the skin. 20 cts. Der box.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11
He will be in Bedding at tine
Hotel Bedding on
DR.. MCDONALD

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Nervous Diseases. Eczema and all
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DR.. MCDONALD has been called the
wizard OF the medical profession, be-
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without asking any questions. Sick
folk, call on DR.. Mcdonald! II Is a
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11

81 am glad that you too have becom e
a vegetarian! Who has worked this
miraclep"
The butcher He won't trust me
any longer Unsare Gessellschaft.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11

Don't quarrel II you can help 1t. A
quarrel Is never made up.-Atchison
Globe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-11

That IL isn't so much what man
knows as what he doesn't know that
shapes his destiny.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-02

cording to the same authority, have
been compelled to emigrate from Ire
land to foreign countries; the manu-
featuring industries Of the country
have been steadily discouraged and as
far as possible stamped out.
Everything which could be done to
impoverish and depopulate the coun-
try-to root out the people from their
native soil and drive them to seek 9TH
er homes in alien lands, to break their
spirit and make Of them slaves and
outcasts-has been done under Victo-
ria's reign and with her full connivance
and consent.
1--WE denounce the reign Of Victoria
as one long act Of blodshed, murder,
cruelty and cant, and insist that when
it's history is truly written and the In
fluence of snobbery, flunkeyism and
toadyism is removed, it will be looked
back upon as one in which English
wealth and power both properly pass
ed their zenith and entered upon rap
i'd decline-as one in which, despite the
material progress made by England In
the earlier and middle part thereon,
greater injustice, more cruelty, grosser
wrong were inflicted upon humanity In
general and upon the Irish in particu-
lar than in the reign of any other Eng
lish monarch"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-02
PART OF THE DRUNK.
How Sailor Was Sustained In a Novel Ples
By a Consul.


There are two sides to every ques-
tion," said an English sea captain yes
terday, land by the same token there
are two sides to the matter Of abusing
seamen. There are a great many reg
ulations hedging the English captain In
the treatment of his crew, but when
we get hold Of sharp but mean
sailor we sometimes have our hands
full.
"a case in point was one yesterday
where I went before the British consul
in this city to have a sailor fined for
some of his devilment aboard ship.
This fellow got drunk twice on the trip.
and, according to his article, he was
subject to a fine of five shillings Tor
the first offense and ten for the second.
When drunk the second time he cursed
the chief officer in language which
made the proverbial pirate lingo sound
like Sunday school talk. The chief Of
ficer and myself were so enraged by his
conduct that we would like to have
given him some strong sign Of our dis
approval, but all we could do was TO
grin and bear it, for if he had been
struck we would have had any amount
of trouble with the officials at the end
of the voyage.
II took this man before the consul
yesterday and asked that he be fined
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-02

SALT RIVERA little skit about Salt
River was overlooked during the ram
bling debate on the river and harbor
bill Representative David Highbaugh
Smith, of Kentucky, whose district
comprises the birthplace of Abraham
Lincoln, offered IN amendment for the
survey Of salt river from it's mouth
to Sheppardsville.."
Chairman Burton, alert to any
changes in his bill, was on his feet in
an instant. "Is not this the river that
Mr.. Carlisle said the only way to i'm
prove it was to pave it?" he inquired.
The house scented the fun in the pro-
posed legislation and there was wild
laughter.
II do not remember, but suspect he
would say that now," retorted Mr..
Smith readily, at which there was a
further litter.
rs it not true that numerous people
who go up that river do not get down
again?" persisted Mr.. Burton, with
mock solemnity.
"Well, think that would be a very
favorable recommendation for lne
amendment I have suggested" said
Mr.. Smith. II hope it will be adopted"
Mr.. Burton concluded not to object,
and, as the matter stands now, Salt
river will be surveyed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-02
IRISH DEHOUNCE VICTORIA.
They Claim That the Reign Of the Queen Was
Disastrous to Their Country.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the United Irish-American societies in
New York last Tuesday, 6S organiza-
tions were represented and the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
THE population of Ireland, land
flowing with milk and honey, and ca
pable, according to the best authori-
ties. of supporting more than 2O,OOO,0OO
of people in ease and comfort, has been
reduced from more than $500, 900 to less
than 4,5OO,OO0; the actual number of
Irish people who have died of starva-
ton. in the midst of plenty during
Queen Victoria's reign Is more than l.
$50 900; more than 10000 people, ac-