Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-12


pckle-forks. six piano lamps or innum.
cradle bonbon dishes to exchange ut
the department store for things she
likes better.
Fame has come to an English coast
ing vessel--a schooner built nearly 80
years ago. 1t has Il crew of four--a
captain 20 years old, mate ~. cook
II and Il sailor u. They were boys to-
gether. ana have been with the Dart
in II considerable portion of her expe.
rience. When the vessel has her cen.
tcnary may they be still sailing the
sea in her. jolly lot of old scadogs.
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Last year. when the plague threat.
ened Lucknow, India. an American
paid the expense of piping pure water
To- all the buildings of the Isabella
ThOburn College for Girls. He hoped
to lessen the danger of contagiOn. and
was successful. Although the plague
caused more tlnn hundred deaths
Il day In Lucknow. not case occurred
I'm the college. This incident should
bear an important suggestion as to cpl
denies Of typhoid fever nearer home.
The Russian pOiicc make practical
Use of the N-ray. At Kief. recently. a
drunken prisoner was robbed of about
$500 by cell-mates. They denied the
crime, but two-thirds of the money
was found In their clothing, and the
N.ray revealed the other hundred dol.
lars. which was I'm gold. snugly slowed
away In their respective interiors.
They had swallowed il. Against de.
tectives provided with the N.ray, the
rndium ray. AMI other marvels vet to
come. the criminal of the future will
need to be armor.platcd like a battle.
ship.
Bishop Gore. of Worcester. in his
New Years letter to the clergy of his
English diocese. used as the basis Of
his greeting and counsel the threefold
/ fundamental rule of n cricket club fa.
| nous In his youth--"Keep your prom.
Use. keep your temper. keep your
wicket up" To be absolutely trust.
worthy. to be- self.contrOlle,l. to de.
fcnd the position entrusted to one. sec.
ular or religious, and to give the whole
mind TO the work with courage and
hope--tl,nt, In substance. he said. was
the description Of what constitutes the
| useful member Of society.
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| The reasons why some men remain
unmarried are twO-either the women
they have wanted to marry wouldn't
have them or they have never hap.
pened' to run across u woman who
kindlcd In their hearts the incxplica.
bic spark that drives men to take
chances vastly greater than any the
law imposes. Whoever prOclaims that
his single state Is u result of his own
deliberate ana final choice, made be.
cause women and laws are not differ.
ent from what they are, Is u mere
humbug whose fitting fate would be to
fall helplessly into infatuntiOn with a
woman capable of suing him for
breach of promise. And no punish.
ment for lying could be devised whIcl,
would be severer than that.
The tender. poetic heart which often
thrObs beneath the stOical exterior Of
the Indian was shown ut the funeral,
Il few weeks ago, of Mrs. Harriet Con.
verse. who for many years had devOt.
ell her life to work among the Indians
Of the New York reservations. She had
been adopted by the lroluOis us their
great White Mother" the first white
chief Of the cOnfederqcy. One by one
the Indian chiefs of the various tribes
rose In that New York chapel whittier
they had travelled. AMI gave their
tributes of gratitude ana affection.
MY heart Is YER sad said Corn.
planter, chief of the Senccus. BEST
frien'. She lcf' me here In this worl'.
She done g'cat many thin's. I'm sor.
ry. ! can't help II. Excuse me-"
Cornplnnter's We're not the only eyes
suddenly suifuscd with tears. "She.
who-watclics-us" was the speaking
name the Indians had given Mrs. Con.
verse; and there. In her tiower-drape,l
coffin, she, being dead, yet spcakctl."
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In spite of the reply of n man with
Uncle Sam whlskers to remark about
Il Persian rug exhibited ut the Worlds
Fair in Chicago. that This Is Gods
country; we don't have to do thing,
by hand here" some things cannot be-
done by machinery. One of them /.
the rescue OF famous paintings from
destruction. Secretary Hay has II Ma
donna by Botticeli that was painted
on II wooden panel ut least four hun
dred years ago. The wood had begun
to crack. and it was feared that til,
painting would be ruined; but II mar
was found who said that he could save
1t. and the work was entrusted to him
lie pasted thin strips of tissue paper
on the face of the picture. pressing tn,
paper into the uneven surface of tn,
paint, and kept on FASTING and press
ing until he had created II thick body
of paper. Then he turned the pictur,
over and began to sandpaper the hoard
away. After many months of careful
work lie had all the wood removed
and nothing but the paint adhered Il
the paper. a piece of linen caiNn,
WAS then glued To the paint, and tn,
work of removing the paper from tn,