Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-11-25


North. Central and South. heir
islands, have less than 90, 600 persons
who are totally bereft of sight.
A RECENT report issued by the State
Department in Washington gives a series
of letters from American consuis abroad
on the use of electricity as power in the
propulsion OF farm machinery and i'm
plements. Almost every one of these
states that the cheapness of labor is such
that most of the field work is done Dy
hand, even when there is available
machinery. Doubtless this is true
abroad. but in this country, where VIC
hire enormous farms, covering thousands
of acres. machinery propelled by cleo
tricity is almost Cmphaticaily great adj
vantage. What is wanted to make cleo
tricify scrviceable to every one is an
economical way of storing it; or, If you
please, method by which il can be bot
tied up, so that it will be ready for use
when wanted.
Mrs. CRAWFORD has recently given
the readers of Truth IN interesting ac-
count of the little Vosges village of
Saint Die, but curiously enough, says
the London Sun, she omitted one fact in
connection with the place which renders
| it of more than special note. 1t was in
| this quaint and out of.the- world corner
OF France that was published in the year
1907 the little geographical treatise,
written by one Martin Waldseemuller, in
which the name of "America" was first
suggt sted for the new Continent, then
recently discovered by Columbus. Curl
ousy enough, it was not until 1887 that
Alexander Won Humboldt pointed out
this curious fact, which at once exon
Grated Amerigo Vespucci from the accu-
sation OF having given his name to the
New World discovered by his less for
tunate compatriot.
! In no other country of the world is the
telephone in so general use as In Sweden,
and in no other is the service so cheap
and at the same time so perfect. 1t is
under Government control, and the rates
are fixed by the Government. A few
weeks ago new line was opened be-
tween Stockholm and Chrstiania by
King Oscar, who took occasion to ex-
press the hope in his first message to the
Norwegians that the line would tend to
draw the two countries into closer unio on
and aid in overcoming the desire OF the
Norwegian Radicals TO break up the ex
listing relations. 1t is now proposed, by
means of submarine cable. to connect
the Norwegian and Swedish capitals
with Copenhagen.
SOME time ago General George Cullom
beGueathed to the United States the sum
of $3.50 900 for the purpose of erecting
memorial hall at West Point. He was
citizen of New York, and the bequest
was to be expended in New York, and
under the laws of that State all requests
are liable for tax. The question arts
ing whether this bequest was taxable,
the Surrogate has ruled that as the
| United States is not charitable corpora
ton organized and existing under the
laws of the State of New York, its pro-
perty in that State is not exempt from
taxation, and that this tax must be paid
according to the law. The Court of
Appeals will be asked to pass upon the
correctness of his ruling.
The Secretary of the Navy has made
the discovery that under the rating es-
tablished by law the United States Navy
has only third-rate ships The classihoa-
ton, which was made before the war,
provides that only vessels which carry
forty CT more guns shall be considered as
first rate ships, those having between
twenty and forty ranking as second class
and all carrying less than twenty being
considered third class. There is not a
vessel 10 the navy day that carries as
many as twenty guns, and the Secretary
has asked Congress to establish a new
rating for warships on the basis of their
! tonnage. A bill introduced in the Senate
by Mr.. Mcpherson provides that vessels
of {, 1000 tons and over shall rank as first
ass, between 5000 and 5000 second
class, and under 3, 000 tons third class.
A SYSTEM of moiste7ing the air of a
cotton factory-as is required in some
departments of mill, before blowing it
into the rooms-has been the subject of
much experiment. 1t has been found
that if Jet of steam or vapor is dis
charged into the main duct, any degree
of humidity desired can be obtained, but
all the air is moistened alike, being dis
tributed to the different rooms by the
risers leading thereto; that, however,
which is best adapted for one depart
ment in cotton mill may not prove
equally favorable for another Then,
too, the introduction of moisture at this
point may work disastrously to the walls
of the ducts and risers. 1t is now found
that this objection may be overcome, at
a small expense, 10y carrying steam pipe
down through each room, and putting
opposite each opening in the flue,
through which the air enters the room,
an outlet with valves for regulating the
flow of the steam in this way the ex-
haust steam from the engine which
drives the blower flows into the room,
and, being caught up by the current OF
air passing from the hue, is thus dis
tributed throughout the room. Expert
ence with this plan through cold weather
has proved its peculiar value.
II seems that the COW is looming mp al
a serious factor IN East Indian politics
and even threatens TO precipltate Z
bloody revolution. The llindoOs Of