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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
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A statistician puts II that Alaska has
only eleven-hundredths Of an inhabitant
to the square mile. or the many pic.
lures of arctic desolatiOn this one of
lonely fraction loking valnly across the
bleak snow drifts for its other eighty
nine one hundredths Is perhaps the
most affecting.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
Is giant. but he says. II never let any.
body break my Sleep"
S1

1t is asserted in England that King
Edward intends to great extent to
abolish the giving of pecrages and
other honors for purely political and
party services. Pulls on pcerages may
sometime depend solely Oh merit. and
there will probably not be SO many hol.
low titles
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
BcsIc, y y a skeg an brewing Com pany.

1t j. with pleasure that we call the
lilies, to the fact that owing TO the in
creasing demand for bottled ale aud
porter Of undOubted purity and of the
finest quality. we are now bottling the
same under our own supervision.
The frequent use Of adulterants and
substitutes for malt and hops In the
manufacture Of malt liquors has re-
suited in an inquiry for an article of
domestic manufacture, wholly free
from anything OF harmful or deleteri-
Gus nature, and at a price that would
commend its use to all. The failure
hitherto to obtain such an article has
led consumers 10 purchase imported
goods nj high price.
Therefore we are prepared to place
on the market bottled ale and porter
uneXcelled in quality, equal In every
respect to the imported, at much
lower price.
Our goods being manufactured from
the choicest barley malt and the best
hops in the market, no substitutes
whatever being used, and, being bottled
by ourselves ut Waukegan, enables us
to offer to our customers an absolute
guaranty Of their purity and quality.
Families can obtain these goods Of
all the leading fancy grOcers, the prin-
cipal hotels, restaurants and druggists.
BEsLEY's WAKEGAN BREWING
co.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
/A16o

There seems little reason to doubt
tina. at certain point man ceases to
own his possessions; instead, they own
him. II he prizes his grandeur he 10
haunted by the thought Of Its perisha.
bic character; II lie does not prize 1t he
might just as well be poor for all that
any man can get out Of life Is his board
and clothing. The trouble is that. in
order to give some people great deal
more than they need, numerous others
have TO 90 through life with much less
than they need.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

Rev. Agataadoros A. Papageorgopou.
lOus has been forced to resign his
charge In New York for riding red bi.
cycle. This Is shame. 4 man who
could balance that name on a red b.
cycle ought to have encouragement.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

\ New York woman married recent.
~ q Frenca count who turned out to be
q horse doctor. 1t Is not often. how
ever, that these foreign matrimonial
alliances turn out SO well. This wo.
man, for instance, might have married
horse doctor who turned out 70 be a
French count.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
49,

To aba,e the advertising nuisance
advertisements which are in themselves
obnoxious or which are displayed In
unsuitable p!aces-leg!slat!Oa Is no; ~.
ways necessary. Such action as that
recently, taken by the Bil!.Pos.ers' AS.
ISOLATION Of England Is quite as effec.
tive. \ theatr!ca. manager perpe,rat.
ed sensational and vulgar poster.
The b!ll.posters refused 10 put It up.
Here Is foundation for the hope that
one day ali publlc-spirlted citizens will
decline to use paln,-pot and brush to
dlsiigure the beauties OF nature.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

There was a time when returning
tourists kicked vigorously over the
European system Of tips for any and
all services. They kick no more. Tips
are just as often demanded here as
abroad and are great deal larger. You
get shaved. you dine. you take cab,
you have your coat brushed. you ask
even question and there you area
dime or quarter or more.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

Emperor Williams complaint Of the
decentralization of public opinion in
Germany and the growing lack of re.
spect for authority" is Il condemnation
OF himself. No ruler can he respected
In these days who thrusts men into
prison for expressing their opinions.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

Andrew Carnegie's last speech to his
workmen at Homestead contained q
passage well worth remembering
Labor, capital and business ability"
he SAID. "are the three legs OF three
legged stool. Neither is first. neither Is
second. neither is third. There Is no
precedence. all being equally neces'
sary.' All efforts to make the stool
stand on one leg or on two have been
failures. but when 1t rests on all three
1t Is hard to upset.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
/la60

There Is altogether too much OF fad
In modern educational methods. The
idea seems To have taken root and firm.
ly established itself that some pic.
turesque method must he used or the
results obtained are valuless. The
more absurd ana Outlandish the meth.
cd. apparently the better.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
/66o

The Governor OF North Carolina Is Of
the opinion that lynchng can be stop
ped only by public opinion. Nonsense!
\ sheriff who knows his duty and Is
not afraid of 1t, ana who Is backed up
by few determined deputies, has 1t In
his power to Overawe the average mob.
As for public opinion, there's plenty OF
II already.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
.le1on

\ Pennsylvania woman who says she
has lived very happily with four hus-
bands has taken nth. Marriage
seems to he great success with her,
but the vote Of the husbands has not
been polled.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
/6eo

DR.. Nagusha, the Japanese scientist.
says rats cause all the worlds plaques,
and favors their e"tirpatiOn. Now II
the doctor will 80 on ana explain how
the eXtirpatiOn may be done he will
have the world stlll further in debt to
him,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
iA

The kaiser Is having buckwheat
cakes like our grandmOthers used to
make and genuine maple syrup. Does
he realize the inevitable sulphur and
molasses following such diet. which
our grandmOthers used to use?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

Carrie Nation says she didn't marry
David for love. Without wasting much
time specializing on why Carrie did
marry David. one is tempted to go on
to another phase of the subject and try
to figure on. why David married Car
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

I; IL announced that General Lew
Wallace is going TO write an American
novel. We might add that everybody
else who Is now making living with
The pen intends TO write IN American
uove.--some day.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
/le1A

In many an urban street ana avenue
boys ana girls going home from school
are seen to be carrying thick and
weighty bundles Of books. Is 1t not pos.
sible that they are expected to study
TO excess outside Of school hours? Is
there not now and then tendency to
do too much stutiing In too short a
time In our methods Of education?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

In Switzerland n telephone In prl.
vatc house costs $50 year. The
telephone people will retOrt, of course,
that the expense Of wires in Switzer-
Land isn't SO great rs II II over here.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
091l

frof. Goergeson says small farms
will lie the rule in Alaska. One that a
farmer could put in his satchel and
carry south In the winter probably
would be about the right size.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
/l6e10

Several Americans at Manila went
down TO Borneo TO look at the equator,
but 1t was found that the British had
wound their section Of 1t up on big
spool and refused TO part with It at any
price.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
40.

The young bride who reads with a
proud thrill "she swept up the aisle ON
her fathers arm" never thinks OF the
after days when she will sweep up the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
>1ell

The Boston Globe proposes that Mas.
sachusctts shall tax her old maids.
That should raise quite an amount Of
revenue. Also quite an amount Of
Cain.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

Miss Llzize l.. Cottman, the Nebras'
ka school teacher whose pluck, inge-
nuity and endurance saved the children
of her school from almost certain death
In a flood, has furnished an example
OF heroism which should be heralded
throughout the country as an inspira.
ton and Il model.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

The census office disapprOves OF the
proposal to have national directory
made up from the facts collected by the
enumcrators last June. The sugges.
ton was to publish names, addresses
ana occupations; TO have the volumes
made up by localities, but with a series
of index volumes giving all the names
alphabetically arranged. This would
be Il stupendous task. But what de.
light It would be to recall the name of
some long-lost schOolmate, and to find
out, In case he We're still living In the
United States, his address and occupa.
ton. 1t might also be interesting to
see how many persons OF your own
name there are In the country, and such
facts as this directory might contain
about them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
ReA

The answers Of James ]. Jeffries to
committee OF Missouri physicians
who catechised him as to his habits
snd rule of training revealed again the
open secret OF health and strength. The
great fighter told the doctors that he
sleeps nine or ten hours and depends
more on that than anything else" to
keep him right. The value Of this great
cOnservator Of vital force Is known to
everybody, and yet how many men and
women cut down the hours given to
sleep In order to crowd a little more
pleasure or work into that day! Jeffries
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
/aeoo

Scores Of old barns in Ohio have
floors and managers Of black walnut,
put In fifty or seventy.hve years ago,
when the chief endeavOr Of the pioneer
was to clear the dense forests for
crops. So popular Is black walnut fur.
niture abroad that English ana French
agents buy even old barn timbers ana
fencc-raIls. One Ut the few walnut
groves left In Ohio was sold last month
for export as lumber The largest
tree. eight feet In diameter ut the
stump, brought twelve hundred dollars.
In view Of this fact ArbOr Day sug.
gests more than a sentiment: 1t hints
also at n financial investment. Young
people who plant walnut groves or
avenues may live to reap substantial
profits from the timber thereof.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

When one walks out with his best
girl, the annoying frequency Of the
candy stores Is an object OF remark
on her varl.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

kitchen and dining.room floors and not
get even a mention in the society col.
rmns.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
/9A

The Kentucky doctor who killed two
men with 4 gun was perhaps going on
Il vacation and did not care to leave
any unfinished business behind him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

fruit of the seed we are now sowing.
Hence of all men the young man Is
most intimately concerned with The cul
mination of the present policy. In the
political arena the young man Is SUI
preme. The energy. enthusiasm. per-
sistency, buoyancy and numerical su.
periority make him a determining fac
tor in the molding of public policy. III
he will but awake to the realization of
the fact. he has 1t within his power to
direct the destiny of the republic. Ills
verdict concerning the present prob
lens which agitate the political and in
dustrial world will mean veal or woe
for the rising generation.
~9A
Recently the last vestigc of operation
on any of the canals of Pennsylvania
disappeared. the company owning the
remnant of those once important water
ways having decided to abandon its
investments, sell whatever assets were
salable, and 60 out of business. Alto.
gether those canals cost about $50.
100000 They did an important work
I'm the earlier days of the States com.
mercial development, but railway COM
petition has finally done for them what
It long ago did OH most routes for the
stage coach and the teamster. Ex.
cept as connecting links between nat.
ural waterways, canals will probably
soon disappear forever from the Amer.
lean scheme of transportation. The
application of slack-water systems TO
our rivers may. however, yet have an
important development.
~e~
a recent writer on nitrO-glyccrin
says the stuff makes fatalist of any
man who handles II. You never can tell
Just why 1t does or does not unhlngc
itself. Once a ten.quart can of 1t drop.
ped off n house and did not explode; at
another time n man struck with his
cane an empty can that had once con.
tanned the stuff. and he thought he had
been kicked by battery Of mules.
| Sometimes mere look seems to he
enough. again 1t requires hammer. At
the best the compound Is "touchy." and
1t is always well to stand over I'm the
other lot and let the hired man play
ball with It.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

Events today are, moving with mar
velous rapidity. Corporate cOmbina.
tions yesterday considered fabulous
are to-day realities. Principles yester-
day revered as sacred are to-day re-
nounced as puerile rot. The present
tendency in less than decade will
make a complete revolution in the char
acter Of the nation. The old man will
pass away before the harvest. The
young man must ultimately reap the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

book stalls. but flooding the stage in
dramatized form. The historical rom.
ancc is now somewhat on the wane.
Readers are growing tired of story after
story constructed substantially on the
same lines. with the same conventional
hero and heroine, and the same kind of
adventures, but other fads are prompt
ly OH hand Two of these are well un.
der way Mt present. 1t was only neces-
sary for Mr.. Westcott's David Harum"
to prove a success to set other writer's
ut work making Yankee character
sketches. Irving Bachelor gives us
"Eben Holden Charles Sherlock
Your Uncle Lew" and Edwin a. Dix
"Old Bowen's Legacr" These are only
the forerunners. but they are all sue.
cessful from the commercial stand
point. The portraits of the authors
stare ut us in posters and magazine
covers contain startling arrays of fig.
ures running into the thousands for
each first edition. Men who were never
suspected of literary turn of mind are
launched by the publishers as success.
full novelists. Another fad just begin.
ming to rage Is the love letter. That
adroit literary fake. "The Love Letters
of an Englishwomnn." set the pace.
Victor Hugo's love letters have Just
been published, also The Love Letters
of Liar" "Bsmarck's Love Letters
and Another Englishwoman's Love
Letters" are in press. lie Gallienne has
published "The Love Letters of the
king" Though the title is misleading),
and "Napoleon's Love Letters" and
"Canova's Love Letters to Nine. Reca.
mier' are announced. TO keep up with
these fads Is exhaustng, II not impos.
sible. In such an emergency there is
comfort in the words of the last arti.
Gle written by Charles Dudley Warner
"Without special anxiety, then. to keep
pace with all the ephemeral In litera.
ture. lest we should miss for the mo.
ment something that Is permanent, we
can rest content in the vast accumula.
ton of the tried and genuine that the
ages have given us. Anything that
really belongs to literature to-day we
shall certainly find awaiting us to.mor.
row."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-08-15
Lyons Creek Wants II.

Herington Times: The Old Set.
tiers picnic this year should be called
Tor some nice grove on Lyons creek
instead OF having the old settlers 60
to Enterprise as they have been in
the habit Of doing. Lyons creek was
settled first Of any in the county and
the really first settlers should have
the reunion, at least once in awhile,
at their own doors. Ziebell's Grove
would be a magnificent place, as
would the grove near the new town
of Shadybrook. 1t is hoped that the
committee will consider this matter
early and have the meeting called at
one or the other Of these places.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-08-15
Bought Many Bonds.

Many school bonds have been pur-
chased by the state during the past
two years, the aggregate being g.
059, 1876. This amount has been in
vested for the permanent school fund.
Many Of the bonds we're new issues OF
old series, refunded, and the amount
taken in shows how large competitor
the state Is OF the bond dealers. The
state makes q bid on nearly every
series and while it was for a long
time limiting Its rate to 5 per cent
it is now making A on safe issues.
There is not yet any stiffening OF
rates either on mortgages or bonds
owing to the crop conditions. The
west is having an era Of low interest
rates and consequently Of safer loans
than at any time in its history. A
striking example Of the advantage Of
liberality is seen in Missouri where
since the decision OF the supreme
court declaring the mortgage tax I'M
constitutional, almost every country
paper has advertisements offering
money at 5per cent on realty-be-
fore it was tight at and 5 per cent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-08-15
Kansas ls All Right.

The perturbation felt by this state
and Nebraska because OF the loss Of
corn crop is visibly decreasing. The
western people are quick to get their
second wind and though there is much
to cause them disappointment they
are preparing to make the best Of the
situation. A great many cattle are
being rushed to market to avoid feed
ing them and thousands more will
follow. This stock is being shipped
to the far northwest or to the states
east Of the Mississippi river where
there is some show for corn. With
corn at 60 or 70 cents the western
farmers cannot afford to feed it.
In response to an inquiry John R.
Mulvane Of Topeka, banker and the
richest resident Of the state, said
yesterday: "The drouth well not
seriously affect the business Of the
state. The rs per cent loss on the
corn crop will be offset by 2i,increased
price on old corn on hand which with
the new crop will make about SO,O0O,-
900 bushels. The substantial pros.
perity Of the state will not be checked.
The curtailments Of Credits will per.
haps equal about 20 per cent, chiefly
on account Of the decrease on cattle
feeding paper and from widespread
feeling Of economy but not from nee
essity. The alfalfa, sorghum and
other drouth-resisting crops will make
splendid forage and will assist the
farmers. The dairy interests are
flourishing. The banks had about
NO,oOO,OOO on deposit at the July
statement, being an agricultural state
the bulk Of the money belongs to the
farmers. With more cattle and hogs
in the state, more bushels Of wheat
on hand than in any previous year,
less debt, with our farms better i'm.
proved, our pianos and rubber-tired
rigs bought and paid for, we antici.
pate only a hesitancy in the general
business OF the state.n
This is fair statement and though
the "hesitancy" may be positive and
noticeable, 1t will not on the whole
affect seriously the financial condi.
finn
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-08-15
III. Golden Belt.

In the early days when a wheatileld
extended from Abilene to Enterprise
in one upbroken expanse somebody
called this the Golden Belt. 1t is the
golden belt today-the wheat growing
section Of Kansas and the pride Of
the commonwealth.
Twenty Kansas counties produce
the great bulk Of the wheat OF the
state. Those counties are contigu-
GUS. 1t Is a fact that has been drum
med into the ears Of the public by
the said counties for good many
years.
1t is emphasized again by the cir
cumstance that the big cereal yield in
Kansas this year was wheat, and that
the yield was without precedent.
Secretary Coburn has prepared an
article which be will send out broad
cast in exploitation Of Kansas wheat
yields. In it he says this; "While
wheat may be grown in every county,
about 60 per cent, or 5O,S7S,OOO
bushels Of the tremendous output OF
last year, was grown in twenty coun-
ties, namely, in order Of their rank in
production, Sumner, leading with
100000 bushels Barton, Rice, Nc.
Pherson, Russell, Saline, Ellis, Sedg-
wick, Stafford, Ellsworth, Rush,
Reno, Pawnee, Harper, Marion, Mitch.
ell, Lincoln, Dickinson, Ottawa and
Harvey, none yielding less than
100000 bushels. In sixteen OF
these twenty counties the wheat area
Is increased 1927 acres over that Of
last year, individual gains ranging
from S6,Sl9 acres in Harper to 2S7 in
Barton, while Marion stands out alone
in the decrease column, and Sedg-
wick, Reno and Dickinson are yet to
hear from. Their total 1900 acreage,
including Marion, was 2,SO2,5OO
acres, or considerably more than 30
per cent OF the states entire wheat
area; thus it will be seen that in the
chief wheat'growing region Of Kansas
the increase in acreage has been phe.
nomenal. 1t is generally claimed by
those well informed that this years
yield Is heavier than has been antioi-
pated, and with the immense area,
the largest ever yet sown, Kansas
will certainly retain her enviable pos.
itiod at the head in the rank OF states
wheat for making high
grade breadstuffs for which the peo-
pie Of the world are continually clam
oring."
Let us keep the name Golden
Belt" 1t is expressive and true.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-08-15

The Democratic and Populist pa
pers are trying to start trouble with
Governor Stanley because in his letter
booming Kansas and telling how the
state had recovered her second wind,
he intimated that the western third
was not the best land in the world to
make farms OF. The settlers out
there are reported as being highly
indignant, and declaring they will
smash the governors boom for United
States senator. The story is very
weak. II there is anybody under the
shining sun who knows that Governor
Stanley told the truth it is the popu-
lation OF western Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-08-15
Good for Matte.

Miss Beals returned home Sunday
from Lawton where she located Claim
No. 2. She was shown a press dis
patch regarding the trouble Mr.
Woods was having with the squatters
on his claim and that he had asked
for United States troops to drive them
off.
"Well," she said, II guess he will
have good time with his claim be-
fore he gets through with it. He
acted real mean about the claim, but
l think that have just as good one.
He refused to see me or my attorneys,
and his attorney refused to see mine.
He does not seem to be able to take care
Of his land after he has it, for his faith
erinlaw does all his business. He will
find that his claim will be well worth
all he gets ont OF it. The people there
are very much excited about the way
be acted. His fatherinlaw keeps him
shut up in his room in the hotel oil
the time and will not let anybody see
him but the attorneys. His claim is
covered with tents as thick as the
men could set them, and there are a
few on mine, but they don't bother
me any. There are very few ,ents on
the townsite and the lots are selling
rather slow. think | have pretty
fair claim and am not going to push
the matter any further. l shall let it
drop right now"
"Would you have done the same as
Woods II you had drawn No. II"
asked the reporter.
mo, indeed l shouldn't" was her
quick reply, land be would not have
done it, either, II it hadn't been for
those lawyers and bis iather'in-law."