davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

powers are adapted to its instincts, Its
beak is feeble compared with that OF
the eagle. The toes are longer, feebler,
with huge hooked claws, and incapable
of grasping heavy weight during
flight.
Where he finds his food, there he BAN
quets, never attempting to carry ii to
his haunts, or n powerful and robust
build, he has neither the bill nor the
talons of the eagle, the former being
elongated and hooked only ut the top
and the latter comparatively small and
feeble. Nor has he an exclusive appe.
tte for blood, carrion ana putrld AMI.
mails being greedily dcyoured by it.
This rare bird attacks lambs, kids and
the weak and sickly Of the flock. The
strong llmbed chamois is not secure.
nor, when rendered desperate by hun.
ger, will the ravenous bird forebear an
attack on man. Children are said to
have often fallen a sacrifice to its IA.
pacity.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
Besiey's waukesan Brewing Com pany.

Besley's waukesan Brewing Company
1t Is with pleasure that we call the
attention Of the trade, and private fam.
lies, to the fact that owing to the in.
creasing demand for bottled ale and
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 price that would
commend its use to all. The failure
hitherto to obtain such an article has
led consumers to purchase imported
goods at q 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 hest
hops In the market, no substitutes
whatever being used, and, being bottled
by ourselves at 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 erocers. the prin
cipal hotels. restaurants and druggists
BESLEY'S VAKEGAN BREWING
ca
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

canteen, He offered them to his conf
panion, converted himself into prop
for the wounded side, and the slow,
painful journey down the trail began
Neither of them talked much. The
mist hung midway on the mountain
and when they emerged from 1t the
company's quarters lay on the ledge be-
low. Already the camp was astir.
The two men upon the path paused,
exhausted. Langfield eased the sick
man down and threw himself beside
him. lie had not eaten since the day
before and was weak and giddy. For
the first time Pcrry's helplessness
tempted him. Why should this man
have everything which he had been, de-
MED?
Iangfeld mechanically slipped his
hand 10 the sheath in his belt, stole Il
glance at his companion, and saw that
his eyes were closed. He drew out the
| knife and held it behind him,
just then Perry gave stlfcd moan.
| The sound brought Langlield to his
| senses. What was this he had intend
ell to do? \ lit of trembling seized
him. lie rose to his feet, though he
reeled as he did so. There was a swift
movement of his right arm, and some
thing glanced in the light and fell far
below them in the brush.
mo one needs me-" he thought, "and
Tom"
Come" he said aloud. we must get
you down for--yOur wifc's sake"
The man did not reply at first. When
he did his voice was a trihe husky.
Il have none" he said.
Laughed stared at him. "Why-Dol.
ly-" he blurted out. "She-" lie
began and stopped again, but Perry un'
derstood.
"N-O," he replied, with an effort
"she didn't want me-" He turned mis-
head and looked unseeingly across the
valley, There was someone else" III
said.
Someone elsef" I.angiled stupidity
repeated.
Yes" answered the other, land II
seems the fool couldn't understand"
There was a moments silence. "She's
waiting till the cOmpany's ordered
back" he added.
Langfield drew his hand across his
forehead. The snow, high up on thu
mountains, seemed swimming sea OF
white; the little stream beside then
roared like cataract in his ears.
Perry made an effort to rise, but feI
back in a spasm of pain.
"She loves-my God. man" he crlet
vehemently. 'are you an idiot? Sh'
Undergraduates World.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
HALFWAY POSTAL CLERKS UNDER EXAMINATION SCHEMES.

Persons, and so on. In some instances
there is postofiice of the same name
in each of the seven States. AS one may
imagine, this only tends to confuse the
average mind
Periodically the clerks are examined
at railway mail headquarters. Packs Of
cards. each card bearing the name or
a postofiicc. are furnished a candidate
for examination. He takes n position
in front of case of pigeon holes label
ed with the names of different railway
postofices throughout the country. He
throws" the cards. distributing them
to proper routes. just as he would pack.
ages In a postal car. After he finishes
the examiner goes over the cards and
charges up the errors the clerk has
made and gives him his percentage OF
correct distribution. The clerk also Is
examined on general and standpoint"
or station schemes at different times.
There are some features about the
work that one would think would rem
der 1t impossible for clerk to main
tain his "lay" of the States, which he
Is expected to work. He may have a
run which lands him In Chicago to con.
meet three leading railway postofiices
running between Chicago and New
York. With but little notice he may be
taken Off the run and be brought to
Chicago In the afternoon instead Of
900 q. m. Notwithstanding this inter-
ruption, he goes on with his work with
but few errors.
1t Is asserted at railway mail service
headquarters that there are clerks who
have reached the capacity of their
minds In the matter Of remembering
names. They now remember so many
that 1t would be absolutely impossible
to learn another State or part Of n
State. 1t would seem that of the mill.
ions of cells in their brain machinery
none are left to fill, all having been
taken up In the prosecution Of the ex.
acting duties imposed by their occupa'
ton.
Another queer phqse Of the work Is
that not always do the clerks who
stand the best examinations and make
the best averages show the best rec.
ords In the car. A man may have Il
State I'm the most exact manner, but
lack ability In remembering railway
connections or something else which ne
Is required to remember.
The evidence Of wonderfully reten-
tive memories Is found In the general
run Of examinations made ut headquar-
ters In one year ut the offices Of the
sixth division. of the railway mail ser.
vice in Chicago 2,427 examinations
were made. Cards to the number of
nearly 3,500,OOO were thrown" and the
average per cent of correct distribution
reached 0S.4S-Chicago Record.Herald
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

OSIINGS that railway postal
clerk must remember have in
creased in such volume that one
would think every cell of his brain
would be filled with the name of a
postoflice or railway connection, and
the wonder Is that the clerks mind
does not falter under the pressure. DE.
spite these facts, cases Of insanity
among this class of public servants are
rare. One Chicago postal clerk main.
tanned for several years a record OF
1000 cards (Which take the place OF
letters in examinations) with an aver.
age per cent of correct distribution of
q fraction over 90 per cent. He knew
how to reach that many offices in sew
eral States by the shortest, quickest
route. and he knew the correct location
Of each office in its state.
A clerk on the New York and Chicago
railway postofiice must know the cor
rect location of every postotlice in n
group of States made up of Illinois,
Iowa. Wisconsin. Indiana, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Nebraska. In these
seven States there are 12,31I postof-
fees. Not only is the. clerk required
to be "up" on the general scheme.
which means the correct location of the
postofiices in each state, but he must
know how to reach the whole 12.OOO
postoilices from one or more stations.
a clerk running between Chicago and
Minneapolis underwent no fewer than
seventy-eight examinations In fifteen
years, learning 1896 offices In fifteen
different sections of the United States
In some of these examinations he was
required to make Chicago city distri
button, which means that while run
ming over the country ut the rate of Il
mile minute he must distribute letters
to the carriers of the Chicago delivery
He must know not only where every
public building and leading mercantile
house Is located, but also how to divide
the numbers on particular street 81
that he can 'tle OUT his letters to thu
correct carrier. according to the route
of the latter. This same clerk made
thirteen examinations I'm ten months
with an average correct distribution OF
99.SS per cent. In twenty examinations
he came out Of nine Of them with Il
clear 100 per cent each.
Think of such task, taking into con
slderation the puzzling similarity Of
names that are used to designate post
offices. Then, too. must be considered
the fact that there are hundreds Of
cases where in each State is postotiic'
of the same name. For instance, In thu
States named above there are five post
offices named Hamilton, six Grants
four Gariields, four Genevas, fou
Smithvilles, four Spartas and five JET
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
Fortuue,s Notified beer

The Fortune Brewing Company has
added to Its large plant magnificent
bottling establishment. The new works
adjoin the brewery on Van Buren,
street, west Of Desplaines, and are fit.
ted up with the latest and most i'm
proved machinery. Their capacity Is very
great, and the quality of the goods turn.
ed out Of the '.ery best. One Of the
features Of the plant Is the arrange.
ment for cooling the beer. Not only
has the latest cooling machinery been
introduced, but the building In which
the bottling Is done is adjoined by an.
other building In which freezing ap.
paratus is placed. This keeps the tenn.
peraturc Of the very walls at freezing
point oil the time. The Fortune Brew.
cry produces n beer which Is famous
the world over. Now that Its bottling
works are completed, no residence
should be without 1t. Telephone Mon.
roe 40"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
Don't Ec IukcSyurni.

There Is no use for lukewurmncss In
this world.
\ lukewarm dinner Is n horror.
\ lukcwnrm drink Is nnuscatlng.
\ lukewarm friend Is worse than II
red-hot foe.
Lukewarm praise can successfully
damage the most vlrtuous character.
Even the colorless people who are
lukewacm themselves are not attracted
by others like them.
Have the grace to be cold or not, Dul
ut least be one or the other.
Like person or thing ana say so
though 1t is necessary 10 disagree with
the whole world.
Believe heartily and bmvely, and
don't be ashamed to give reason fol
II.
Let us have the Courage of our con
yctons," and II we haze not got it.
to get It as soon as possible.
Don't be lukewarm In making any
choice, then with stout heart stick t.
your choice when made, and don't bt
afraid to unfurl your flag.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
is PRESIDENTS RIGHT HAND.
Secretary 20 the Chief Executive Has
Many and ArduOus Duties.

secretary To the Nntct ENeCuttNc nus
Many aud Arduous Duties.
The position of secretary to the Pres.
ident of the United States is an ardu-
Gus one. In the rendering of its multi
tudinous services IL calls for the bust
ness qualifications of Il mcthodical anu
systematic clerk. In the performance
of the daily routine of official work. ana
the tinesse of Il practiccd diplomat In
meeting and satisfactorily adjusting
situations which naturally come before
him ns an intermediary between the
President and an assorted public. each
individual of which believes himself en-
titled to portion of the time and In
tcrest of the chief executive.
The task OF handling and answering
the White House mail Is IN itself no
small one. the President receiving from
100 to 1000 letters day. Important
or not. each of these communications
receives due attention. the secretary
carefully sorting and classifying them;
presenting some to the personal atten.
ton of the President, referring others
TO the department or person to which
each properly belongs, while all receive
courteous acknowledgment from the
Presidents representative.
The secretary IL also required to meet
and dispose of the numerous visitors
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
ATROCITIES ON THE KoNoo.
American Says Free state Murders
aud Defrattdls Natives Wholesale.

American Says Free state Murders
aud Defrautis Natives Wholesale.
Edgar Canisius, an American, who
for five years was In the employ of the
Kongo Free State and of one of the
conccssionary rubber companies, being
asked as to the position of affairs on the
KOngO said:
"The recent statements of Capt. Lc-
MARIE, missionaries and others that the
condition of the country has shown
some Improvement of late are. I'm Il
way, true AS result of the agitation
In the British and Belgian press certain
restrictions have been placed upon the
companies working concessions in the
Free State which have brought about
some amelioration of the condition of
the natives In the regions I'm which
those companies operate. together with
an immense reduction in the supply of
rubber; but up to the time left the far
interior in March last no Improvement
has taken place so far as the operations
Of the state itself were concerned.
challenge the authorities at Brussels
to show that any Improvement Is pos
sible while the rubber traffic Is conduct
cd on the present Ubiquitous lines.
what can be expected of system
under which the natives receive the
equivalent of one penny per pound
(paid In merchandise valued at 100 per
cent above invoice price, for rubber
which fctches three shillngs n pound
H., <utv,rnD Tbo stnt., ,,,,,,t .,x,a,
without rubber and the natives will not
work on such terms. except at the muz.
zlc of the rifle. This Is the crux of the
whole business. AS late as November
last year In my own district Il force
of State troops. assisted by some of the
Mongolia company's men. under the
command of Lieut.. BRAKEMAN. went
against the Gwaka tribe for refusing to
bring rubber to the. post Of Libanza
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

commerce lags far behind that Of 9TH
err leading nations. How empty is the
boast of orators that France will some
day gloriously avenge Sedan when she
can add only 100000 conscripts a year
to the army. while 100000 recruits are
annually enrolled across the Rhine!
France Is today an object lesson from
which the whole world may derive
warning and instruction on the ques-
lions of marriage and the family. those
greatest of social influences"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
MARRIAGE IN FRANCE.
More than Half the Men and Half the
Women Cnwcditlcd.


Women Unwetided.
1t Is a mere trulsm to say that the
welfare of the individual, of society
ana of the state, Is best served by mar
riage, and by early marriage, too, says
Cyrus g, Adams in Ainslee's. The
fact has been established for forty
years that the death rate among all
married men over 20 years of age Is
less than that among unmarried men,
and that the death rate among all
married women over 20 years OF age
Is less than that among unmarried wo-
men. The home being the cornerstone
of civilized life, society Is enriched by
the multiplication of homes ana I'M
poverished when they are not In nor
mai proportion to the total population.
Only within the last few years has
world-wi attention been drawn to
the starting fact that the well-belng
of mighty nation is menaced by the
predominance of celbacy. More than
half the men and half the women OF
France are unmarred.s The foreign
| immigration into France Is to-day
greater than the natural increase or
| its own people The excess of births
over deaths in any year among those
many millions amounts to only about
one half the population of Newark. n.
j. The result Is that, while other ma
tions of Europe are rapidly increasing
in population. France Is almost sta
tlonary. While century ago French
men comprised fifth Of the European
population of the world, they now
form only a tenth of 1t. The Import
ance OF their country as II world DOW
or Is not growing. Their international
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
Brother Dickey's Philosophy.

In dis day on time nobody Is In favor
or gwine ter heaven In u chcrryoot or
fire: but some or dem II go dc yuther
way hollcrin' fer refrigerator.
Adam wuzn't so fond or apples. De
trouble wuz his experience in dc fruit
business wuz limited.
When de devil calls on some folks
dcy feels In duty boun' ter put on dey
beg clozc On return dc visit.
lif you'd only tiptoc sometimes yon
could reach heaven en- write 20 titles
clear wild quill pen rum n angels
wing.
Ef dey WIZ ter leave hell out dc Bible
what In de wOrr would some or lie
good folks do fer consolation?-Atlan-
ta Constitution.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
Gave Him an Idea.

"well, Of all things" exclaimed Mrs.
Henry Peck. This paper tells of a man
who was declared insane and his wife
got a divorce and now he gets the
courts to declare him sane again. Now,
what do you--"
But Mr.. Peck was out of the room
and walking swiftly through the hall,
murmuring:
Il wonder where they give short-time
rates on padded cells Baltimore
American.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
THE DAWSON TRAIL

Oct down to your work. you dog Of q
slave dog!
Get down TO your work. say!
Its tough. hard trail we've come, dog,
Aad the camp Is far away.
r al for the life of us both. dog.
For dark is the end of day.
Get down TO your work, you dog OF a
dog!
Get down to your work. say!
Red Is the sun in the southern sky;
Red is the trail behind the sleigh:
Red is the foot Of the sled-dog gray;
Cold Is the end Of day.
Get down to your work, Shall a man
for dog
Throw a mans life away?
The trail grows dim, and the tree trunk,
gray;
In the northern sky the maideus play;
The COLLINS dance in the Milky Way;
Black is the end of day.
--Harper's Magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
Our COal.PrOducing Lungs

The volume of carbonic acid eXhaled
by a healthy person In twenty-four
hours Is about fifteen thousand cubic
inches, containing about six ounces of
solid carbon. This is at the rate of 1877
av0lrdupois per annum; and, taking the
population Of the world at thousand
millions. this means that the human
race breathe out every year sixty-one
million tons of solid carbon.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

was recently cap.
tured. 1t Is found
chiefly In Southern
Europe and Asia, In
m o un t ainous re.
slons.
Neither fitted nor
inclined to lead q
life Of sangulnary
warfare, 1t ban :
Qucts Oh currlOn, Its
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
RECENT CAPTURE MADE
OF 4 RARE WILD BIRD.

The lammergeyer Is a species OF the
yulture Of which little has been written,
or, indeed, known. but one of which
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
In Germany.

4 fat man who lived Oh the Rhine
Was asked: AT what hour do You dine 2
He answered: "Eleven,
Three, four, five, aud seven,
Six, eight, and quarter to nine!"
Life.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

Another war has broken out In South
America. probably to prevent an In
terruptiOn Of the sequence.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
PRIVATE LANGFlELD.

00o HEN the men of the service
MAN. left Valdez to build the mill.
tary limos through tho interior
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-01-10
The Bird That Flies Longest.

Mr.. J. Lancaster, naturalist, who
spent five years on the west coast of
Florida studying birds there, came to
the conclusion that of all the feathered
tenants Of the air the frigate bird can
fly the longest without resting. He has
seen one flying for a whole week night
and day without repose.
The frigate bird can feed, collect ma
terials for it's nest and even sleep on
the wing. Apparently it's wings can
be controlled automatically, without
the power Of it's will, and it probably
adapts itself to take advantage Of the
upward or bearing force of the wind.
The spread of the frigate birds wing
is great and it can fly at a speed Of
ninety-six miles an hour, without seem
ing to flap its wings much.
The albatross-that liking of the high
SEAS" as it has been called-is larger
than the frigate bird, but if it follows
a vessel for four or five days it has to
rest on a rock or on the ship itself.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-01-10
Much In the Name.

once there We're some very swaggar
people in an ultra fashionable village
not far from the metropolis who decid-
ed that no society yet punched together
was exclusive enough for them. Even
the Colonial Danes failed to meet the
requirements. So they determined to
start new aggregation that should be
the real thing.
After considerable thought they con-
Guided that if they limited membership
to direct descendants Of Fernando de
Soto it would be sufficiently exclusive
for their fastidious tastes. A Society
of the Sons and Daughters of t. Sota'
was the outcome All the best people
in the village proved that they were
eligible and We're enrolled as charter
members.
However, there was one man on the
outer fringe whose proof of descent
was not accepted in short, he was
blackballed. This made him angry,
and be started to investigate the sub
ject.
One day he published his findings in
the local newspaper. The principal
fact was this: ST.. de Soto died bach
elor."
The Sons and Daughters of De Sofa
Ere now known as the Elite Eucher
club.
Moral-There's a whole lot in a
name-Smart Set.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-01-10

Tia following suggestions for oper-
ating the Babcock test are sent out
by DR.. J. B. Lindsey and e. b. Hol-
land Of the Hatch experiment station,
says American Agriculturlst. They
should be followed carefully to secure
accurate results: Milk or cream should
be carefully and thoroughly mixed
never by shaking the sample, but by
gently rotating it and by pouring from
one vessel to another. All cream ad-
herring to the sides and stopper of the
retaining vessel must be incorporated,
and the resulting liquor should show
no solid particles of fat. small, fine
wire sieve is Of great value in detecting
the imperfect Qumpy) condition Of a
sample and in preparing the same for
pipetting.
Pipette Immediately after preparing
the sample, filling the pipette slowly
and taking care to avoid air bubbles.
Hold the pipette in vertical position
when lowering the liquid to the mark,
and always read with the entire mems
Gus above the line. In transferring
milk or cream to the test bottles avoid
so far as possible the smearing of the
entire neck with the liquids. Cream
testing above % per cent Of fat should
always be weighed, as accurate results
cannot be secured with the pipette.
In adding the acid turn the bottle
so as to work down all milk or cream
adhering to the sides Of the neck and
mix at once. Rotate the bottle until all
the Jumps Of casein are thoroughly dis
solved and the resulting mixture is
black in color. Never slight the mix
ing, and avoid throwing the fat up
into the neck.
Whirl at least five, two and two min
utes. In filling with hot water allow
the water to run down the sides of the
neck and thus avoid stirring up the
contents Of the bottle. In reading the
column Of fat it is safer to use pair
Of dividers than to trust to the unaided
eye. Read the center of the fat column
from the lowest to the highest limit.