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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-27

to the foot OF the tree in which the
Prince had climbed, and cIrcling about
it barked loudly.
The Captain and his men looked
carefully, but could see nothing. Tho
Captain then ordered the archers,
who had struggled up on foot to
shoot into every branch. This they
did with a right gcod will, sending up
a shower of arrows that almost strip
ped the tree of leaves. As the arrows
were flying, See" said the Spider,
I'VE could not have escaped II we had
remained there"
The Captain stood under the tree
in deep thought. Finally he said:
Theirs Is a mystery here. but the
PFnca Is either in theToods or on tho
road ~ the lane. There is only one
road I shall take that with my Two
horsemen and six OF you archers. The
rest Of you search the woods night
and day"
When all were out Of sight and hear
ing the Spider said we are safe.
The road around the cliff is long, and
even travelling all night they cannot
reach the lake till morning. / shall
show you a short way by which We can
reach It in a few hours. Let Us start
at once" Which they did, reaching
the lake on time
The Prince lay upon the grass and
passed the time watching the sea gulio
sweeping over the lake and in thinkias
OF his fathers palace and coaf-
Promptly at sundow he awakened ts-
Spider, VINO at once commenced 20
work: but this time his work could
be seen. In a little while the top OF
the grass for 30 feet around was COW
cred with thin web as white as snow.
The Prince sat in the bright moon
light late in the night watching the
Spider at his work noticing the
Prince nodding the Spider said: Go
to sleep. Tomorrow morning | shah
take you from these shores and before
noon you will be with your father, the
King"
The next morning the Prince was
awakened by the Spider. who said:
1t is nearly time. Looking at the
place where the Spider had been work
ing. the Prince say what appeared to
be a Aeecy cloud on the ground reach
ing up as high ts bis head
Mount this once. said the spid-
er. DO not afraid. Although
light. ii is strong
The Prince did s. gondering. When
he had taken his p sIOn in the CEN
ter Of the mass hs I'D TO his sur
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TIE PRINCE And
?HB GOLDEN SPIDER.
BY PAULINE STARK.

Once upon time a handsome lit
tie Prince was playing in the garden
of his fathers palace Looking at a
rose bush he saw wonderful sight
1t was a Golden Spider, spinning a
golden web. The web was more deli
cate and beautiful than the finest lace
and the Spider shone like gem.
While the Prince was gazing in de-
light at it the gardeners son came
along with a hoe in his hand. The
boy was about tao destroy the web
and kill the Spider, but the Prince
told him to stop. Pretending that he
did not hear, the gardeners son rails
cd the handle of his hoe Then the
Prince ordered him to let the Spider
alone or he would have him punish
ed. This made the boy very angry
and he went away muttering that he
would have revenge.
1t was not long before the chance
came, The King, the father of tie
Prince, was at war with neighbor-
ing sovereign, and, leaving but a small
guard in the palace, he had taken a
great army and gone cut to give bat
tie. The King was defeated and his
army dispersed. The victorious Prince
at the head of ten thousand horsemen.
rode quickly to the palace, and, sur
prising its few defenders, soon had pcs
session.
A faithful soldier Of the King. to
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these dumb creatures" answered the
lion, who seemed to he in an excellent
humor. Then he leaned over till his
WhisAers tickled Apdy's cheek. Are
there any OF those present you would
like to be Introduced to-" he whi5-
pered. They're really a most distin-
guished lot. Some OF them are very
big personages indeed-very big" and
here the lion looked very hard at the
elephant and the rhinocerous.
But size doesn't always COUNT
replied Andy, not a bit impressed.
The lion hooked nettled and turned to
the rhincceros
'Ossy,' old man. he asked, edo you
count?"
"Ossy" was fast asleep at that mo-
ment, with his head on the table. But
pcccupine. wto sat next to him,
stuck a quill in him and he sat up
with a jump.
"Cl! yes." he simpered. 81 can
count up to eleven and half"
There, you see, he does count"
cried the lion, triumphantly.
And started to explain that that was
not what he meant, when old Noah
woke up suddenly. He rang a large
boll ard his two sons, Jem and Ham,
rushed in.
Serve dinner now!" lie muttered,
hosrsely, and then fell asleep again.
Ham went 10 to the lion and bowed.
"WiI yen have fish balls, snow balls,
or cannon b2,la:" he asked.
4 think I Will hare q little fried
ham," His Highnoss answered grimly,
staring f1edlg at the poor man.
Ham grow very pale and commenced
to shake horribly; uhcn suddenly he
turned and ran on deck.
4 think III try a little roast NUT
toni" called out "Ozay," banging a big
hocf on the table. At that a timid
sheep who sat opposite commenced to
sAiyer, and said she thought she'd
have to so to her st2teroom, as she
felt q tciHe acasick.
"Bcing me some unicorn on the
ccb!" sno.ted the elephant.
At that there was dead silence, and
then Jem woke up Noah and the two
held a whispered conversation. Pre-
sentiy they went over to the unicorn.
who was sulkily watching the ele-
phant out Of the corner Of his eye.
Jcm and Noah each took him by a
hcoG.
Come or, old chap said Noah, in
a melancholy tone Of voice. AN or
dor is an order. You know" The uni
corn simply turned mis- head sharply
to tie right and then to the left. and
his long horn raped both Jcm and
Noah over the head and sent them
sprawling on the floor, where they lay
blinking up at the ceiling.
The next chap that lays hands on
ne III drill full c. holes he growled.
The lion strolle1 down toward the
unicorn and smiled kindly on him.
We've stood by each other before
now he said, principally on coats
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prevent the capture Of the little
Prince, placed him in a secret cham
Der. Unfortunately the gardeners son
saw what was done, and filed with
hatred for the Prince. he told the enc
ny where he was hidden. They cap
turcd him, and although he was only
II years old they loaded him with
chains. Then they took him far away
to castle that was surrounded by
deep waters. There they took off his
chains and PUT him in the highest
room Of the tal;est tower.
Although up in the air the room
was no more than a dungeon, with
straw for a bed There was no win
dow, but only a slit in the wall two
inches wide and four feet high. AS
the walls were three feet thick, very
little light came in. Most of the
tine it was nearly as dark as mig.
A. certain kolr, however, the sun
would shine directly through the hole
ir the wall and for few moments
brighten UP the cell.
For weeks and weeks the little
Prince had no pleasure but to watch
for the coming Of the sun. When it
came he would say Good day" and
when it was disappearing Goodjye!'
While the sun lasted he loved to
watch the notes dancing in its rays.
The little Prince was given nothing
to eat but black bread and water, and
he was becoming thinner and paler
every day, 5ut he always kept up
brave heart, hoping to be rescued.
One day when the sun came he no.
ticed small round shadow on the
floor. Going to the slit to find out
what caused it he saw little object
crawling toward him. A small voice
said: Good Prince, it is l. the Col
den Spider, whom you saved in the
garden, I have come to rescue you.
Though only tiny spider, | have a
grateful heart"
The Prince did not believe that the
little Spider could get him through
the thick walls of the dungeon or
across the deep water outside. but he
was clad to have some living Great
IRE with him, even a rpidar. So he
said: 4 thank you. kind Spider"
When the sun disappeared the Spi-
der shone like lamp and cast a soft
light that Illuminated the cell. See
ing this the Prince was filled with
wonder.
First" said the Spider. loosen a
small stone. There is one in the cor
ncr which you can pull Up with your
fingers"
The Prince pulled it up. Behind it
was a small vacant space, but plenty
large enough for the sr:.er.
4 will crawl in" the Spider said.
and do You replace the stone and see
If any light comes cut"
After the Spider had gone into the
hole and the Prince ,.ai put the
stono back there was 10 light to he
seen. The Spider came cut and said:
Whenever I hear the keeper rafting
the keys in the lock l will run into
into its place. Now I must 60 d
this hole and you Put back the stone
work.
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ADVENTURES OF A NOAH'S ARK,

Andy had never been in a Noah's
ark himself, though he had owned
Several, and now he had vague idea
that he would have to climb in
Uhrough the roof.
He was therefore somewhat astonish-
ed to see the painted door swing open
while Jinks, attired as waiter, ush-
cred him inside and exclaimed in
loud, important voice, 'HMr. Andy. of
the States
Immediately there was the most ter
vifc hubbub OF growls. oarks, snorts
Ind yells that was ever heard outside
of menagerie.
Goodness gracious! links, what's
The NATTER" cried the boy, just a tiny
bit frightened
''Brace up" whispered links, slap
ping him on the back. You're the
guest of honor and that is what the
newspapers call roar OF welcome.
Look bored, as though you were used
to this sort Of thing every day. It'll
impress EN-"
Il guess I would look bored if that
ODD unicorn at the end OF the table
book it into his head to run his horn
into me" murmured Andy, with a gig
gle. The next thing he knew he was
being showed and pushed by a lot Of
queer wooden animals into a seat at
the head of long table, with Captain
Noah on one side of him and a royal
ion on the other. Noah apparently
fast asleep.
" are you, me boy?" exclaimed
Aeffusively, and speaking with
Aglish accent. andy noticed
pyle eyeglass and very
INDIAN prince and very If
ritable,' said Jinks, in Andy's ear.
"And you'd better be polite to him"
Andy told himself that they were
pothing but wooden animals, anyway.
and that he owned them. Still some
how he felt just little uneasy.
''We're likely to have lots Of
weather before we reach the Pole"
went on His Highness, the lion, lean
ing his front paws on the edge Of the
table and speaking in a confidential
tone of voice.
Are we going to the North Polc?"
asked Andy, much interested.
ITO bS sure we are"
why" asked Andy.
'fBecause the North Pole won't come
to u.s." said the lion. Then he turned
ravagery on the others, who were lis
tening irtensly.
That's Joke" he roared.
(1mmed:.tely everybody laughed and
GputtereG in a fee5le sort of way and
booked half frightened to death.
The li0n beamed graciously on them.
g.'s a most congenial company. and
s1e have such lovely times together"
ke lremaFke3, Pleasantly. And it's
NICE to have people who 50 thoroughly
appreciage your jokes"
But th2l was an awful poor joke
of yours said the truthful Andy.
q knew 1T, but it's coed enough for
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

N.ray from an ampere the work OF eX.
tTcting sunbeams from cucumbers
would seem to be mere kindergarten
game compared to getting light from
decayed meat. And yet this apparently
impossible trick has been performed by
Prof. Gorham OF Brown University.
Instead OF trying to extract light from
old shoes or cigar stumps or sawdust,
as most any ordinary scientist would.
Prof GOrham tackled the decayed por.
tcrhOuse steak. In Its undisturbed state
the passe pOrterhouse has never emit
ted anything but Odor; under the magic
wand OF the professor 1t will emit
enough light to run photograph gal
lery. The phosphorescence OF tirefiies,
of decaying fish and vegetable matter.
which gives glow to summer seas, has
long been known to science. The phOs.
plOrescence of these minute animal and
vegetable organisms Is produced by Oxi-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

every advantage, youth is barred from
no opportunity. Great enterprises are
In the hands of young men; young WON.
en- mold In the schools the citizens OF
the future. serve great charities, or
step forth from n sheltered life to
share the labors of the world. Fitting
ly this young country sweeps forward
toward Its destiny, borne on an impetu.
GUS wave Of youth. But what OF age ?
What OF the ancient tree. no longer
supple, its twisted trunk hardened into
shape. broken. stOrm-rent. yet vener.
able? TO the understanding eye 1t 10
more interesting. more beautiful than
the fresh and tiexile sapling. But do
the eyes OF our triumphant young folk
see and understand? TOO frequently
they do not. Our young people often
fail sadly In reverence for age; often.
too, they reverence yet shun 1t. With
the marvellous rapidly of progress, re-
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dation. the same as the heat of our
bodies. This oxidation, of course, Is a
chemical action. Starting with this
knowledge as basis, Prof. Gorham be.
gan experimenting to find the materi.
ais that would produce the greatest
luminosity In these decaying organ.
Isms. He has at last found three chem.
ical salts which when applied to decay.
ing meat will produce enough phos.
phorescent light to take photographs.
The object Of the experiments is to
finally produce light that is entirely
devoid Of heat. In these days when
the servant girl problem fills the culln.
ary department Of the average home
with doubt and uncertainty. almost any
refrigerator may contain complete
phosphorescent light plant. A bottle Of
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quiring an unprecedented adaptability
Of mind and habit to material and intel.
lectual changes, has come increased i'm.
patience of the conservatism and men.
tai rigidity natural to age. II Is re.
grettable mistake and one not Mt NIL to
the credit Of intelligent young people.
The tree full grown cannot bend. At II
grew, SO It stands. Only. fret. failure
and injury can result from trying to
effect change. Nevertheless comfort.
counsel. and that wisdom which Is
higher than mere knowledge. are found
In seeking the cool tranquility Of its
shade.
TO the man who has not dallied with
Crooke's tubes and docs not know an
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
iLliNOiS RAILROADS. OVERTAxED
ALREADY.

The following figures taken from
page ~ Of the statistics Of Railways"
in the United States, for 1900, published
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. show that Illinois railways pay
more taxes than any other railroads In
the country with the exception of those
OF the State Of New York.
Figures do not lie. but speak for them
selves. Here they are:
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may be an etiifying spectacle In the
eyes of the gentlemen who compose the
board. but 1t is scarcely a pleasant spec
tacle for the public to contemplate at
Christmas time.
strangely enough. the only class Of
City Hall employees who seem to have
benefited by Harrison's odious Civil
Service Commission Is the gang of
Jaundiced Tennesseans and Runaway
kentuckians. which has been the pc
culiar object of Carriers favor ever
since his election.
While the stalwart Democrats of Chi
cago have been harassed and pcrse-
cuted by the know nothing triumvirate
on the top floor of the City Hall. the
Southern poor white trash," which. as
n rule. have neither votes nor influence
in Chicago. are protected and pettcd by
Lindblom ct al. of course with the full
knowledge and approval of the Mayor.
\ recent occurrence in the water Of
flee is case in point.
Nourse, the superintendent of that in
stitution, was on the occasion i'm u,,cs.
tion found guilty of using the foulest
kind of language and of committing M,
assault upon n citizen. yet he received
but gentle rcprimand from I.indblom
and his pals, while accompanying the
rcprimand was q fiattering culogy of
the most fulsome character.
And yet this Is an office In which Il
citizen or Taxpayer on business cannot
get civil answer.
Talk about Civil Service.
Nourse's conduct of the water office
is most magnificent exemplifcation of
"uncivil service" reduced to q fine art.
But the citizens are getting after
Nourse as they are after most of the
other mismanagers of Harrison's :
doubly mismanaged municipal depart.
ments.
The Real Estate Board has taken Mr..
Nourse in hand. and IL Is to be hoped
that representative and influential body
of citizens will handle this particular
l1arrisOnian pet and Jack office with
out gloves.
| IHe heitl EStUle bVlTu luS U1uuc TIE
definite charge that Nourse has made
arbitrary and unjust rulings regarding
water meters. The charge was pre-.
ferred by George $. Eddy. and by way
of illustration he cited case wherein
he said the occupant of building had
to pay 500 for the installation of Il
water meter. which. Mr.. Eddy declared
was entirely unnecessary. In addition
he was compelled to put up so to guar.
antec the replacing of the cement side.
walk In front.
This man Is the whole thing" said
Mr.. Eddy, "and it.seems to be his hobby
to get water meter into every piece of
property In the city. The ordinance
says that u meter Is only to he put in
when an unusual amount of water Is
used"
1t Is understood that the Real Estate
Board IL determined to bring the con-
duct Of Nourse once more to the atten-
ton of the Civil Service Board. and
that It will see to II that this time the
Harrisonian pet does not get of 50
lightly.
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aaSo

a barrlster in England has written to
the President of the University of Iowa
coolly proposing to buy the honorary
degree of doctor of laws for the son
OF one of his clients. This client, ac-
cording to the English lawyers letter.
Is n leading member OF the House Of
Commons, whose son Is an asplrant also
for Parliamentary honors. The epistle
further explains that the hopeful scion
of an English house would be greatly
benefited In the furtherance of his le-
gal and political ambitions. II he could
procure the much-cOveted degree. The
complacent tone of the letter would be
insulting to American institutions Of
learning, were 1t not redeemed by its
very absurdity. 1t certainly cannot be
the prevailing idea In England that
American colleges ana universities are
willing to sell for cash the highly hon
ored degrees they confer. ana we can
only infer that the legal gentleman and
his political client are vastly ignorant
Of matters outside 81 their own pro-
fessions. 1t is hardly necessary to re-
mark that the application was reject.
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Too many business men have been
touched" and swindled by alleged
City Hall schemes. The Mayor should
put a stop to this practice and an
nOunce that the unauthorized Use of
his name in connection with them
should cease. II he does not do 40, he
will be sorry.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

"As the twig Is bent the trees in.
clined," Is n prOverb which time has
not discredited. Modern pedagogy con.
Germs itself more and more with the
careful training Of the twlg. The value
Of early habit In play. work. associa.
ton and conduct Is acknowledged
everywhere. This Is. we are often told
the era of the young: children receive
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

Commission. the wishes of its heads
are over-rd,ien and ignored by the
All Powerful Alecks,
Robert Lindblom.
John Wings Ella,
Joseph Powell.
Although not one of them Is n medical
man or has the slightest knowledge of
gieue.
The police force Is demoralized utter
ly, and the Fire Department is being
demoralized gradually. because Harri-
son has transferred TO the irresponsible
Civil Service Commission full author
ity. control and Jurisdiction over these
two departments.
If fireman goes into a point of dan.
ger or performs q heroic act of rescue
IL is not the marshal or the command.
ing officer under whose eye the act of
heroism is being performed who will
have the rewardlng of that act by pro.
motion or otherwise.
The same may be said in case of meri.
torious conduct such as saving life by
stopping runaway team or an import.
ant arrest in face of great danger. on
the part of a police officer. TO obtain
credit marks or promotion they must
20 UP to the fourth floor and expound
a proposition In mathematics before the
de facto rulers of Chicago:
Robert Lindblom,
John Wings Ella.
Joseph Powell.
No wonder the citizens of Chicago
are asking themselves these questions
Whom did we elect to supervise the
running of the Police Department?
Was 1t Carter II. Harrison, or Lind
blom, Ella and Powell!
For whom did we vote to exercise
supreme authority over the affairs ant
the functions of the Department OF
Public Works?
Was 1t Carter II. Harrison. or Lind
blom. Ella and Powell?
For whom did we work and vote a,
the Democratic candidate for Mayor
and three times elect to exercise su
preme control over the Fire Depart
ment, the Health Department, the Blu
reau of Streets. tho Bureau of Public
Improvements, and the Board of Edu
cation?
Was 1t Carter II. Harrison, or was II
Lindblom, Ella and Powell?
Who is the de facto Mayor of Chi
cago? Is 1t Harrison?
Isn't II the Civil Service Commission
composed Of Lindblom, Ella and Pow.
ell?
Haven't we, the people of Chicago
been betrayed into the hands Of an ir.
responsible political triumvirate by the
man whom we trusted TO represent our
wishes?
Isn't that man Carter II. Harrison?
And that being So. isn't Harrison very
properly designated the Lizard of the
City Hall?
Well, we should say so.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

the professors salts would thus make
any well-regulated home Independent
of the gas trust. Hereafter the family
need not hold Its nose as the odor of
the decaying feline Is waited from un.
der the porch. Let the dead cat be
dragged forth. suspended from the
porch ceiling and made to glow In phos.
phorescent beauty. This IL an age of
science. when even the decayed things
OF life may radiate light ana beauty In.
stead Of smelling to high heaven.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

There Is one thing you will have to
stop, Mayor Harrison, II you want the
support of the Chicago business men,
and that is the periodical ana frequent
touching" of merchants In your name
and that Of the city administration.
The Eagle believes that you know
nothing Of this, but It Is very hard to
convince the business community, and
especially those having business with
the City Hall. that you do not. You
are standing on bigger volcano In
this matter than you are aware OF.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

Some OF the war veterans who tasted
blood In Cuba or the Philippines think
the sword should be abandoned, as 1t
gets between the legs and trips the
generals up. There is nothing SO de.
moralizing to the morale of an army as
to seee fat general take a header over
his sword.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

The Board Of Public improvements is
unable 10 pay its unfortunate employees,
and the latter are now giving their SER
vices gratis free and for nothing. This
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

Emperor William. certainly has the
soldier business on the brain. His bed,
they say, Is regulation camp bed, and
the covering an army blanket. It's II
wonder he doesn't sleep in pup tent
and fry his own sausage.
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/R

II mny comfort those who are haunt.
ed by fear Of germs In Ice to learn on
unimpeachably scientific authority that
even those germs which do not die Of
cold do not inhabit Ice. When the sur
face gets too chilly they move into
warm waters, and SO are not found In
dangerous quantities In ice, even when
the water Is badly infected, unless the
freezing was so thorough as to reach
the bottom and leave the germs no room
for escape.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

1T Is impossible to teach child
English when he lives in a bad English
atmosphere ut home," said President
Eliot, of Harvard, recently. "You have
got to get at the whole population iirst.Y
is It arguing In circle to comment that
the whole population begins, like char
ity, at home?