People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1896 — A Funny Eagle. [ARTICLE]

A Funny Eagle.

A Russian grand duke, one of the czar’s predecessors, was once the guest of a German prince. It was early in the centnry. In Russia the imperial double headed eagle is to be seen everywhere and on everything throughout the empire, stamped, painted, embroidered or sculptured. At that period the education of grand dukes was somewhat limited. This grand dnke went out shooting in Germany and, among other things, shot a large bird. He asked an experienced huntsman who accompanied him what the bird was. “An eagle, your highness,” was the answer. The grand dnke turned on him in an irritated way. “How can it be an eagle, ” he asked, “when it has only one head?”—San Francisco Argonaut.