Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-28

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be in place near Havre will be the most
powerful in the world twill be visible
at sea distance of from twenty-five to
ffty-two miles, according TO the con-
dition of the weather.
Great Britain, with 80, 600, 600 people,
spends as much for Intoxicating beverages
as the United States. with 65, 0G0 600.
But her requests for religious, educa-
tional and charitable purposes, exclusive
of Braon Hirsch's benefactions, reached
$15, 900, 900, as against $7,000,000 in
the United States
BLIND Chinese have now a chance at
literature. 1t is touching to think of
the work of the one-armed Scotch
missionary, W. H. Murray, who has re-
duced the 1000 symbols representing
syllables of the Chinese language to 4OS
characters representing sounds. The
miserable condition of the blind in China
has made Mr.. Murray's long task labor
of love.
ONE of the interesting exhibits of the
Worlds Fair will be that of Col George
l.. Gillespie. of the Engineer Corps, L.
| W "a, llO 10 III ClldIHt III tllt GtlCuSCS
of New York harbor. He proposes to
display collection of models showing
the harbor and river improvements of
recent years. At this time, when gen
eral interest is being manifested in river
and harbor improvements and inland
transportation facilities, this will be
very instructive exhibit.
The statistics of electric railways are
expanding at great rate. About five
hundred street railroads in the United
States and Canada are operated by cleo
tricity, gain of nearly two hundred in
two years. and fully equal to one half of
| the total railway system of America
The investments in these roads have
passed the 5000, 900, 900 mark, but give
no indications of falling off to lower
rate of increase. In February, 1891, the
investments were estimated at $50, O0O,-
900, and in 1887 there were only thirteen
electric roads working throughout the
entire country.
in answer to question as to whether,
in view of the fact that he had some
connection with the Boston Cremation
society, he intended to have his own
body cremated, President Eliot, of Har-
ward, recently said: "No, | shall not be
cremated. ! subscribed for share in
the corporation but it does not follow
from that that shall be incinerated I
have purchased lot in certain bury
ing ground and shall be inferred in the
usual manner Still, believe that ere
nation is a good thing, especially in
time of an epidemic, and encourage the
movement"
Mr.. GRANT, the ship builder, has many
interesting things to say in the New
York World with respect to the Gould
yacht. 1t has been reported that the
vessel cost $3.50, 000 Mr.. Cramp, who
built it, says it cost $780, 900. That is
about as near as popular rumor usually
come to exact figures But there is some
costly furniture on board with history.
One piece was carved to order. The bill
for the carving was $50, 000 1t was pre-
sented timidly, in expectation of wrath,
but Gould quietly drew his check for the
amount and then drew another check for
$5, 900 and handed it to the maker of
the furniture without word. The moral
Of this story seems to be that even Jay
Gould had occasional spasms of liberality
when the game had gone his way in
| Wall street.
Few people who have not kept house
in Germany or Austria Hungary know
what solving of the transportation
problem it is for the post to deliver
e. 0. d. packages The Postal Union
does this throughout the countries
! L., Go ar1 tho 1va
in town and village it is great blessing.
The post takes almost everything; for
instance, one orders poultry, hams,
honey, Nutter, fruit Gin baskets, fresh
fish, etc. Nfrom localities as far apart as
the Black Forest, the North Sea and the
middle of Hungary. The cost of tran
sportation is usually Is cents, never over
20. One sees the handy yellow wagons
in nearly every street of all the towns
and cities delivering parcels; in the
village it is a yellow hand-cart, and
among the mountains the uniformed
post-man is loaded with bundles.
THE latest news of the cholera in
Europe shows that the danger of an in
vasion from it next summer is by no
means chimerical and. that the precau-
tons taken or urged on this side are not
Objectionable on the score of being un-
necessary. New cases and deaths con
tinue to be announced in Hamburg in
number great enough to render that port
an object of vigilant scrutiny. The
Russian returns of the epidemic are sur
prising by their magnitude. Statistics
are not well kept in Russia, nor is the
standard of medical knowledge high.
The distinction between European"
and "Asiaticp cholera in the reports is
very possibly without foundation. In
any case, the total of 2Gj, 700 deaths is
appalling 1t behooyes us, warns the
New York Times, not only to take every
means of keeping cholera out, but to
make sure that it shall find no con-
venient breeding places even if it gains
admittance.
CoNvICT labor on state roads is adj
vocated by Mr. Charles +. c. Smith, a
leading citizen of Leavenworth, kans
who thus outlines his plan: He proposes
that the labor needed for the permanent
improvement of roads shall be furnished
by the convicts in the penitentiary mt