Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-01

all about the blaze: every dog owner
TRYING his best to eXtricate his own
canine from the snarling coll, and do
ing what he could to kick the other
mans "dorg." The result of II all was
that the dog fight led TO high words
and alterations between members Of
the throng that had gathered to see
the fire. which was. of course. prompt.
Iy suppressed by the police. In short.
by the time the blaze was over the
people had forgotten why they came
To write about Il Russian spring Ii
to run the risk of making some Of
the aboriginal inha bltants turn IN their
graves with establishment. For In
former times 1t was reckoned In that
country that there Were only three
seusOns--summcr. autumn and winter.
Nevertheless. squeezed In between the
last Of these and the month Of May
there is u period which for the want
of Il better name may he designated
spring. II Is not. however, very easy
even for an experienced observer Of
nature to say when II begins and when
1t ends. For first there Is much snow.
bitter wind and glorious sunshine.
then less snow and ever the same sun.
shine. till finally only u few fragments
of winters mantle lie here and there
half hidden In hollows that face to the
n,. 81 <sct t1.es ha
citizens of st. Petersburg gather IN.
nually to watch the breaking up Ot
the Ice. but on the great rivers tina,
flow southwark II often happens that
this process IL accompanied by nothing
noteworthy; n channel forms up tn,
middle Of the stream ana the Ice float,
down II with more or less htnsllnnc'
toward the sea. The rock, the lark
the swallow return, and, according t.
n Russian saying. bring back the heat
windows display their silken buds
the sportsman comes with his gun 4
visit the wild duck among the reed
and high alOft hundreds of geese mn
be deserted winging their way to tn
lonely tundra.
Perhaps II Is for the change Pre-
duced by the melting Of the snow All
the breaking up Of the Ice that Easte
Is celebrated with such transport b
the Russian people. There Is Il ful
ness of pleasure that Il Is not difiicu
to understand In seeing once agni
after so many months the flowing ri'
cr the green plain. the forests Of birc
! or pine stripped of their robe of snow
! On the LIST of May the Inhabitants
. Moscow go to the woods and brin
back from them shoots of the fires
green, like the dove released from II
: ark after the deluge. Even the Ill
, carding of furs seems to suggest
} new era of untrammeled freedom M
: activity. But gOloshes must be won
l to the bitter end, for the amount
, mud Is extraordinary. Though Il
Q snow may have vanished, though
= may not have rained for week
!, though the sun shines magnificent da
after day In Il clOudless heaven, Il
mud continues to increase, 1t ooze
g of course, from the unfrcezlng cart
. and renders roads impossible to cn
. riages for time that seems incredibl
5 London Globe.
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A decidedly unusual but uncOmfol
, able and dangerous experience WI
=, that of the master of the steel sailil
:, ship Ernate, which was recently relil
n ed In the maritime court at DantZl
Prussia. lie left Mamel, II port OH u
!, Baltic, with cargo of planks on Apl
" ~ for Oldenburg, Captain Engellant
y who also Is the owner, remained at Il
wheel during gale which overlook q
vessel next night, and ut 4 IN the NOR
ing went to his cabin to change L
wet clothes.
- lie had just got into dry underciot
:, ing when the vessel tipped over, al
- he found himself standing on the 10
- Of the CABIN, of which the sea III
'a Theoretically closed the door.
$. by unloOsening the boards of VIII
d was now the floor he got into I
n. hold, which contained only loose sal
10 Fortunately some shelves OF hi
,d cupboard standing in the cabin
@. NAMED intact, and from them he C
re lected two tins of condensed mi
e, three pounds Of prunes. some ri'
70 sugar and sausage. He also found
OF hammer.