Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-20

Formal announcement or the elCc-
tions of this year and the Offices to be
voted for In Cook County has been is
sued by the Board Of Election Com
missioners. On April will be chosen
thirty.liv Aldermen. one for each
ward. On Nov. = the ballot will cover
twenty-four presidential electors. ten
Representatives In Congress. Governor
Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of
state. state Auditor. State Treasurer
Attorney General. three university
trustees. three state Senators. fifty
four Representatives In General AS
scmbly. states Attorney. Recorder
Clerk of the Superior Court. Clerk of
the Circuit Court. County Coroner.
President of the County Board. fifteen
County Commissioners, one member Of
the Board Of Review. one member Of
the Board Of Assessors, six Judges Of
the Superior Court and u County Sur.
vcyOr.
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supply the best article In the line Of
shoes In the market. The material Ia
good. the workmanship superior. and
thorough satisfaction guaranteed.
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Mr.. Paul PohL the leading weiss
beer brewer Of the United Statax n
one Of the most popular citizens Of
Chicago. He n a6&bIs iQ his mannsra.
square In his dealings and punstual In
hts appotntsuAnta. He has repeatedly
deCsinsd poltt1cal hsnora. being oos,tsnt
with has Fapadly srswing business.
sOA Ca1ad6' b n eoed hands
Thcmpsea BFst4ss. ~ popular turf
men, havs h On ~ masAse and that
means Successes.
The island Of Cyprus. In the Mediter-
ranean, will have u railroad. 1t IL re-
ported that an amount of 5,OOO.OOO
francs has been appropriated for the
construction OF Il narrow gauge rail.
road line across the island.
From Woodworking life behind the
footlights to II calm and peaceful eX.
istence among the pines of sunny Flor
ida Is rs great II change as could well
be imagined, but this Is what has just
happcned to Miss Jessie Mae Hall of
New York, who for u mere song be-
came the owner of pineapple grove
Of 2iI acres i'm southern Florida.
There Is no more profitable investment
than Il pinapple farm I'm good condi-
ton according to the New York Trib-
une. one acre of such land in cultiva-
ton being equal in value TO 100 acres
of grain, and Miss Halls farm has tif-
teen acres of pines, with five of
bananas and 2O4 uncultiyated acres.
There Is also no easier or more pleasant
work, particularly for IA woman, than
pine farming. All she has to do Is to
order her slips, select ller land, hire
her help and superintend the planting.
Then she can rest for Il year or two,
leaving nature to do its work. In
twenty-four months or less the fruit
will be ready for the market, 1t Is
not all play, but there is seldom any
worry as TO the successful marketing
of the crop; for the pineapple, coming,
ms II does. when strawberries are pretty
well over ana the peach crop not yet
ut its height, Is always heartily wei
coined.
The expense of putting the land IN
der cultivation is comparatively small,
amounting to about $500 for the first
year, while each succeeding year brings
| the cost down. If no help has to be
| hired the expense can he reduced to
| about so an acre, with an eXpcndi'
ture of about $50 more before the first
crop is produced. The returns in the
case of Miss Halls farm last year Were
| ST. 600 an acre.
| The cultivation of the land after the
| crop has been set out is a matter which
requires almost no attention The only
danger Is from the droughtS 10 which
the pineapple district of Florida Is H.
able and which occur between the time
| of blooming and the time of rlpening,
Sometimes these drOughts are of u
months or six weeks duration, with
n total rainfall Of an inch, and the
effects are serious. The pineapple leaf,
however makes it resistant TO drought,