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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20
0OOD.BY HARRISON.

In another column The Eagle dis
cusses In this edition the meaning and
significance Of the great gathering of
the Democratic leaders Of Cook COun-
ty on Saturday last.
Editorially 1t desires to lay emphasis
upon the fact that the gathering In
question was but the preliminary In
a campaign that Is bound to result In
the elimination of HarrisOnism as a
paramount issue in practical politics
In Chicago,
The meeting of the County Democ-
racy which was held the day follow
ing the now famous Grand Pacific
banquet Is an illustration of what the
new anti-Harrison movement means.
We quote from the regular report of
the County Democracy meeting:
I'm anticipation of prolonged strife
with the forces of the Harrison ad-
minlstration the Cook County Democ-
racy made preparations sunday for
augmenting and thoroughly reorgan-
izlng its membership. Plans for in
creaslng the number Of names on the
membership rolls TO $4,000 and for or
ganizIng the Democratic workers by
Congressional districts We're discussed
and approved. At the same time the
date Of what probably will be the
opening Of the campaign against Har-
risOnlsm was fixed as Jan. ]. Then
the officers elected a week ago will be
installed.
state Senator Thomas J. Dawson
introduced the resolutions for reOr-
ganizaton. He asked that political
action committee of 100 members, fif-
teen from each Congressional district,
he appointed and requested that Presi-
dent Powers should submit the names
of the members OF the committee Jan.
/. when a mass meeting will be held
Secretary Burke followed senator
Dawson with a motion for the APP
pOintmcnt Of committee Of seven 10
revise the constitution and bylaws Of
the Democracy. Both the Dawson and
Burke motions were carried by unanl-
nous vote.
THE meeting Of the County Democ-
racy at which the antl-Harrison move
ment was given impetus was the larg-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20

est held since the November election.
The hall was crowded and a majority
Of the men present were men of po-
litlcal influence. Forty-eight names
We're added to the roster. Twenty-six
of the new members were initiated.
One of them is Thomas +. Flynn of
the Seventh Ward, secretary Of the
organization committee of the Tilden
Democracy"
This means. as we have elsewhere
shown. long adicu to Harrison and
Harrisonism in Chicago politics.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20
REPUBLICANS FIGHT FOR CONTROL

ON Thursday a notable event in Re
dinner and love feast was held at the
Great Northern Hotel, at which nearly
oil the local and State leaders Were
represented,
Whatever may be said Of the public
needs and necessities, the fact that the
party fight for control of the Legisla.
ture In both houses was settled could
not be doubted. The regular Republic
can organization has won notable
fight In this regard and the Eagle con-
interest We're also discussed at this SEES.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20

contributes good deal to this nd.
vance, though breadstuffs have been
high too. Articles Of luxury, like good
clothes and country houses, have
grown dearer In proportion than most
articles of necessity. Rents are higher,
houses cost more, servants get higher
wages, board Is higher Mt resort hotels.
The living expenses Of any given. fam.
lily are very much affected by the ex.
penses Of other families of their nc.
quaintance and the scale Of living Of
"other families" seems just now to
have become inconveniently liberal.
Productivity Is SO conspicuously prev.
alent that 1t has become more or less
epidemic.
The railroad commissioners Of Mas.
sachusetts, after investigating tho
causes which led to the accident to
President Roosevelt In Pittsfeld, in
September, made these sensible re.
mark: "a carriage and car right.
fully in the street should be handled
In reference to each other and to
known conditions. A motorman has
no right when crossing street to as.
sumo that at the sound Of his gong oil
other travel will surrender the right OF
way to him. On the other hand, q
driver on approaching a street railway
track should not forget that car may
appear ut any time with limitations
upon the power to guide It, and some.
times upon the power to control It."
Carefulness on both sides and mutual
concessions and consideration are good
rules for oil m0tormen and all drivers
Of carriages.
An excited Halifax paper has infor.
nation Of plot on the part Of Uncle
Sum to annex Canada, and calls for
an army Of 100000 to repel the Yankee
invader. II you doubt this you Gun
50 to Halifax-and ask tho editor.
A pr0ber Into startling facts makes
the astonishing statement that It costs
AZ much yearly to keep dog rs It does
to keep sixty hens, and thirty hens will
lay 600 eggs while dog will not lay
any. Go to the head.
~9
The courts have decided that one.
legged man may, by the use Of proper
appliances, be almost as good as new.
Perhaps the Judge was having rheu.
matte twinges ut the time the decision
was handed down.
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Somebody has figured out that the
average man utters 11,8OO,OOO words In
the course Of year. OF course 1t
would be utter nonsense to figure out
the number the wife Of the average
man would use.
A gunmaker dies and the Kaiser
walks behind his coffin to the GENE.
terry. A learned professor, a skilled
surgeon. a great physician dies and tho
Kaiser-well, the Kaiser is naturally
sorry.
&6A
It IL shocking to think that 10000
birds were killed In one State during
the past season to supply ad0rnment
for the heads of women. DO the wear.
crs Of stolen plumage ever stop to
think what sacrifice Of life the graft.
hcation Of their fancy involves?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20

most mothers believe that the place for
baby, sick or well, Is Mt home. That
isn't true In great many homes In
cities. Thousands Of people are crowd.
cd into quarters where disease Is In.
vited by conditions and babies do not
stand much Of chance. Hospital
treatment would postpone many tuner.
als that are caused as much by impure
air, lack Of proper treatment and
crowding, as by disease. In New York
for every 100 filed collins twenty.six
contain babies under one year old, and
80 per cent of the deaths occur among
children under two years old. There
are 10000 beds In the New York hOspi.
tails, and only twenty.onc Of them
were devoted to babies. That is why
the babies hospital was organized and
constructed. 1t Is expected to cut down
the death rate.
From out the hearsay and conjecture
which constitutes much Of our knowl.
edge Of the Filipino one incident
speaks In words which oil may under.
stand. An American missionary who
had taken little bicycle excursion
into the interior. and had preached to
large numbers of natives. was taken
III In q village which had suffered
especially from the exigencies Of the
war. For week he was rs tenderly
nursed by the strangers rs he could
have been among his own people. One
morning. MS he came out early, intend.
Ing. weak as he was, to make the long
bicycle ride to Manila, he found await.
ing him twenty Filipinos. only a few
Of whom had he ever seen before. One
Of them took his bicycle to lead. The
others showed him litter they had
fashioned. into which he was put. Four
Of the men took the poles Of the litter
on their shoulders. and the rest trudged
on behind rs relays. Over the rough
mountain paths. through the intense
heat Of the long day. these men bore
their American brother the twenty five
miles to the coast. and refused to take
even a penny In compensation. Surely
even In our sO.called heather Deepen.
denotes the fine flower Of the humani.
ties blooms on.
~
The work on the New York subway
was lately brought to standstill nj
one point by q dolls fve.cent hat. All
was ready for an extensive blast. Pe0'
pie In the vicinity were fleeing ut the
sight Of IN Italian waving a piece OF
red cloth fastened to a stick. Tie
workman In the trench waited for the
signal to send or the blast. but the
signal did not come. Something had
happened. A three-ycar.Old girl was
being dragged to a place Of safety by
two poorly dressed women, when the
green.f eathered hat Of her pitiful doll
fell into the street. The Italian drop.
ped his flag as he heard tho child
scream with grief and saw tho catas.
trophe. He seized the hat, rushed
across the street, gave It to the mother,
and In a moment tho dag waved and
the arrested work went on.
1t SENS to cost great deal more to
live nowadays. Most persons notice It.
especially persons who are hard put to
find money to pay their bills. The
statisticians report that commodities
In general use cost on an average about
10 per cent more than they did last
year. The rise In the price of meats
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20

1t SENS to cost great deal more to
live nowadays. Most persons notice II,
especially persons who are hard put to
find money to pay their bills. The
statisticians report that commodities
In general use cost ON an average about
10 per cent more than they did last
year. The rise In the price of meats
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20


Now comes a hOrrid old icOnoclast
and smlthereenifies one of our fondest
illusions about one of our dearest and
most faithfulof friends, the playful and
patient hen, Most of us have thought
that when the Jealous "biddy" laid her
egg In modest seclusion, she cackled
from pure delight. proud of her
achievement as any ostrich of his
plumes; but this Is far from the true
ana philosophic explanation of things,
says the idol-smasher. Nor is, as we
have long supposed. the answering
crow of the cock any indication that
he shares the overbubbling enthusi.
asm of his Industrious spouse. We are
now asked to believe that this expla.
nation Is untenable. IL we consider the
matter in its proper light Instinct,
says reason, would teach the hen that
to cackle Is to call the attention of the
enemy to both herself and her embryo
offspring, which she would naturally
avoid. The twentieth century solution
of the fowls cackle and chanticler's
rauccous crow is that they are relics
OF bygOne days, when fowls Were not
domesticated. but ran about In wild
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20


The suggestion OF Pension Commits
siOner Ware that 500 superannuated
clerks In his bureau be retired upon a
civil service pension and 100 young
men put In their places Is mathemat-
zeal argument for the substitution, IL
not for the pensiOning. "TO discharge
them In large numbers when they te-
come unseryiceable," says the commits
sioner, would cause very great pain
and suffering" This sympathetic re-
gard for the clerks In the federal dc.
partments has before now been Obtrud.
ed upon public attention. 1t will occur
to the ordinary worker In private life
that IL he has to provide against pain
and suffering In his old age the EN-.
plOyes of the government, enjoying
much more stable and less irksome em.
ployment, might be expected to do the
same.
~
1t Is odd how we overlook the chill
dren at times. New York has Just
opened babies hospital. 1t Ia the
first hospital In the world for the ex.
elusive treatment Of infants. The need
Of 1t has existed for years. OF course
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20

The courts have decided that one.
legged man may, by the use Of proper
appliances, be almost as good as new.
Perhaps the Judge was having rheu.
matte twinges ut the time the decision
was handed down.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20

A prober Into startling facts makes
the astonishing statement that 1t costs
AZ much yearly to keep dog rs It does
to keep sixty hens, and thirty hens will
lay 600 eggs while dog will not lay
any. Go to the head.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20

Somebody has figured out that the
average man utters II, SOOO 900 words In
the course Of year. OF course 1t
would be utter nonsense to figure out
the number the wife Of the average
man would use.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20

An excited Halifax paper has infor.
nation Of a plot on the part Of Uncle
Sam to annex Canada, and calls for
an army Of 100000 to repel the Yankee
invader. II you doubt this you can
SO to Halifax-and ask tho editor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20

1t is shocking to think that 10000
birds were killed In one State during
the past season to supply adornment
for the heads Of women. DO the wear.
crs Of stolen plumage ever stop to
think what sacrifice Of life the graft.
ficati0n Of their fancy involves?
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22

been for years. An article published
recently in a London paper tells a
differert story. 1t avs she 'eats
what she likes, she lives as she likes,
she takes exercise as she chooses, she
has no physician in attendance. She
has no nerves" If this be true times
have changed. When she was last
in New York she had he'd own cook.
her own doctor and her own phys
ical attendant. AS for nerves, she
had them all over her body. She sell
dom ventured outside of her hotel.
and when she did she drove In a
closed carriage and stuffed cotton in
her ears to keep the cold out.
Nine. Patti has not yet succeeded
in selling Craig-yNos, her Welsh cas-
tie, and she still spends the most of
her time there. The place has cost
her a fortune and it takes fortune
to run 1t. Like every prima donna
that ever was born, Nine. Patti loves
the country 1t is. of course, the con-
trast to the excitement of their pub
lie life that makes singers and actors
edSci ioi INC pcoSo anu q"ioe Va
green fields.
say again. Nine. Patti Is wonder
full woman, and 1t Is still genuine
pleasure to hear her sing. | would
much rather hear her. even though
her voice may have lost some of its
freshness. than most of the famous
singers of to-day. Patti was born, not
made. and she still sings with all her
old time grace and charm. The young
girl alluded to at the beginning of this
letter was enchanted. Il feel" she
said. turning TO me. las you might
have felt IL you had been taken to
hear Jenny Lind" Not exactly
| replied. for | could only have been
taken to hear Jenny Lind before
was born
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22
Co. PATTI REVIEWS HER YOUTH @V0

Home, Sweet Home. and Comm
Thro' tn Rye
No one can truthfully say that Nine.
PATHS voice is as fresh to-day as II
was thirty years ago. but every one
must admit that is is marvellous, CON
sidering her age. for she has turned
So AS for her style and method,
they are unimpaired II seemed to
me as though her songs had been sr-
ranged for a lower key than OF old.
but ! may be mistaken. Her trils
we're liquid and brilliant as far as
they went. but the famous one. None.
they say have l." was much shortened.
Do you remember that trilly And
then the way. later. that she played
with the rye as a kitten with
ball. tossing II higher and higher, roll
ing and turning. till II finally ended in
a big. round gurgle and then came TO
an end. II was In the simpler things
that Nine. Patti was best--"The Last
Rose OF Summer" and Home. Sweet
Home and the enormous audience
that filled Albert hall arose to these
aud gave her an ovation.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22
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Grand MS that music is It is death to
any but German voices. and even
they canno. long withstand ITS strain.
Patti has confined herself to Italian
operas and English ballads. Since
she was so small that she had to
stand upon a table TO be seen. she has
been singing in public. and before
that she played the violin in an or
chestra OF which her father was the
conductor. Notwithstai ding her long
life before the public. she shows few
signs of wear and tear, because her
life has been made easy for her She
has always had some one to stand be-
tween her and all worry. She is
never allowed TO be excited. Louisa
Loew. the companion OF fourteen
years, after her quarrel with Nine.
Patti published he story OF her life
10 the world II was not all a pretty
story. particularly the part relating to
Nicolini, but Il WAS undoubtedly true.
Nine Patti has been treated more or
less like a valuable racchorse. Her
food, her exercise. her rest, all are
looked after by specialists. and have
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22
1pktE;e,,BsaB
Fsttening Sheep in the Corn Belt.

Fattcnlng sheep IN the Corn Belt
Prof. w. A. Henry: A new indus
try has sprung up within the corn
belt in the last decade-that of fat
tening plains" sheep in the corn
wing centers. In the winter of 1889
and 1890 there were fattened in the
state of Nebraska $4,000 head OF
plains sheep, the great corn crop of
that year forming the basis Of OPP
erations. Briefly the system is as
follows: During the summer, plains
sheep are purchased in New Mexico,
Colorado, or other western ranges.
These sheep are gradually moved
eastward, grazing as they go. Often
they are dipped en- route to destroy
scab or make sure there is no scab.
the bane of the feeder under this
system. By the time corn is ripe
the sheep have reached some place
where it is on sale in vast quantities
and at a low price. A corral or en-
closure is made of pickets, and into
this the sheep are driven, to remain
until fattened. Sometimes there are
sheds for shelter. usually not. Often
punches and fed at a single point.
Wild hay is unloaded against the
picket fence, through which the sheep
feed. The only labor in handling the
hay after unloading is for an at
tendant to keep 1t moved up close
to the fence. From one and half
to two bushels of corn fed in troughs
are required per day for 100 head of
sheep. To this is usually added few
pounds of oil meal. The feeding con-
tinues about 100 days, the sheep
gaining on an average about 10
pounds per head during that time.
The profit comes mainly from in
creasing the original value of the
sheep. The industry is an irregular
and uncertain one. If scab breaks
out, as it is liable to do, there is
often a heavy loss to the feeder
Again, the profit depends upon the
price of corn, which varies greatly
from year to year and cannot be
foretold much in advance of the time
of feeding
Large numbers of Montana sheep
are fed in much the same manner in
Minnesota on the screenings from
mills and elevators. This feed is
proving excellent for the purpose. Be
cause of bits of straw and chaff in
not surfeit so easily on screenings as
on corn, and they may even be fed
without giving any hay in addition.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22

Combine Poultry Raising and Farming.
Poultry raising as separate bust
ness is very much more difficult to
manage than Is poultry raising when
combined with farming. The farmer
has a decided advantage. In the first
place he can usually utilize the extra
help to advantage and much help that
would otherwise be wasted can also be
utilized. The feed question Is not
such a great one for him as for the
professional poultry raiser. lie raises
the feed aud thus saves the cost OF
commercial handling and the middle
mems profits. This makes consid-
cradle balance In his favor. At GER
tain seasons. as In the fall after the
harvests have been gathered, immense
quantities OF feed are produced on the
farm. such as the second growth OF
young clover. II the fowls have free
range the insect supply is not an I'M
important factor, which Is not the case
on the ground OF the professional poul-
try raiser. When insects are plentiful
the fowls are most profitable. The
range alive with insects is a great
thing for the young and growing birds.
as it induces very large amount OF
exercise and establishes their health.
The marketing OF eggs and poultry
is also worked into the trips that are
taken to the city for other things. In
fact the raising of poultry is essen
TALLY part of the scheme of general
farming that cannot be cast aside.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22
Minnesota Fears Dairy Trust.

Reports continue to come from Min
nesota of the attempts of great mon
led interests to get control of the
creamery butter interests. One OF
the officers of the state dairy commits
sion declares that the time is near at
hand when the cooperative creamer-
les will have to fight for existence.
Big concerns will be established at
central points and these will pay big
prices for cream till they have ami
hilated the creameries, after which
they will buy butter at their own
price. In like manner big establish
ments in st. Paul and Minneapolis
will attempt TO get control of all the
cream within $50 miles of these cities
In the meantime some of the big
packing firms of Chicago are taking
steps to secure control of the output
of good many creameries in the
state, paying an advance over the
market price for the goods The
firms are evidently planning to spend
good deal Of money in the develop
ment of this new line of interest.
The near future will see tremendous
changes in the butter trade. The
event to be feared is the formation OF
an immense butter trust that can con-
troll the price paid the producers and
also the price to be paid for butter
b. the consumer
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22
The Practice of Cross Breeding.

Prof. c. S. Plumb: The practice of
cross-breeding is, excepting one gener-
alton, and that for the butcher usually
unsatisfactory. This policy seems to
set free in succeeding generations
weaknesses and undesirable qualities
that had apparently lain asleep in the
well-established breed-qualities that
the improvers had in the pure breed
fairly suppressed. Undoubtedly the
nearest successful approach to cross
ing lies in the use of very high-class
males on grades of the same general
type. In this way herds are bred up
and improved. so that really fine herds
ers. At our fat stock shows provisions
are made for showing two classes of
fat steers-pure bred and grades or
cross breds; and while numerous pure
breds, and high grades, are shown, it
is not often that steers from pure-bred
grades and cross-breds have won
many a ribbon over the pure-breds,
though all such crosses are usually
the result OF mating animals of very
harmonious qualities. When such
crossing is done, the new blood for one
generation seems to give added vigor
and strength to the feeder. And so
authorities on breeding are very gen.
orally agreed that the value of cross
ing lies mainly in producing for the
butcher
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22
Only Good Cows.

In the great business world no man
now thinks of succeeding with in
ferior machines. The farmer that
keeps cows should take the lesson
to heart and discard all dairy ma;
chines-cows-that are not up to
modern requirements. No matter
what a machine costs, it is better to
throw it out on the dump than use it
at a constant loss. Only good dairy
machines can be profitably used. The
good cows make butter at profit.
The ordinary dairy cows make butter
without profit or loss, and the poor
cows make butter at loss. Now II
is evident that no matter how much
a cow costs, 1t is best to send her to
the butcher if she either loses money
or makes butter with no profit. There
are in the hands of farmers many
COWS that have cost a good deal OF
money once and were perhaps good
COWS at one time, but have outlived
their usefulness. These should be
fattened up at once and sent to the
butcher. Some men say they will fat
months hence, when they have dried
up. But what is the use of keeping
cows at all if they are losing money
for their owners every day. The
sooner they are sent away the richer
will their owners be. Farmers and
dairymen can afford to keep only good
COWS. All others are a detriment to
the farmer and the farm.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22

Lind was TO a generation past When
told young American girl that |
was going TO hear Nine. Patti sing
she looked at me aghast. Patti siugl
| thought that she was dead and
buried ages ago" To prove that she
was alive and singing took the young
American girl 20 the concert with me.
TO my great delight Nine. Patti gave
her old familiar repertoire. She first
sang Costa Diva" with "Voiche
sapeta' as an encore Then the jew
81 song from Faust, with within a
Mile OF Edinboro Town" as an encore.
Then THE Last Rose OF Summer"