Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-17
NOTES AND COMMENTS,

tnelr mates mere. well, IL ne PAYS the
freight, no one will probably object,
In making treaties with China each
foreign country has chosen its own
name. England Is Wing kwa the
tiourishine coantty; France IS IA
kwo, the lav~abidinc cnuutrys the
United States. Moi kwA the Neauti.
ful country Germany le kwn, the
virtuous country: Italy kwN. the
country Of justice; japan IS II kwo.
the land 81 the sun. but she prefers
to be called il pen. the land Of the
rising sun.
An American dentist who recently
made as careful an inspection of the
tooth of Buddha as the attendants
would allow, says that the big piece
OF bone is the tooth of crocodile.
and could never have grown In the
mouth of human being, because OF
its size. He narrowly escaped with
his life in Ceylon. where he was in
judicious enough to make this state
ment publicly.
A celebrated English authority in
well known work entitled, "obscr-
vations on Reversionary Payments.
makes the following wonderful cal
culations: IL Is well known to what
prodigious sums money Mt compound
interest will increase. a penny SO
improved from the time Of our Sa-
viour (that Is to say, put out ut .
per cent. compound interesD would
by this time have increased to more
money than could be contained in
$50, 900, 900 of globes equal to the
earth i'm magnitude, and all solid gold.
According to the figures in the
Blue Book" recently issued, there
were. ut the end of 1898, in the Uni.
ted Kingdom, 2o,6l6 miles Of railway
open for traffic, and the companies
had an authorized capital Of IL, O90,.
sos, $50, almost twice the amount Of
the national debt. and the earnings
OF the roads left net revenue Of go
per cent. on the invested capital.
which was 1871, 1923, 333. OF the earn.
ings oO.Sl per cent. came from freight
traffic and "A. ~ from the carriage Of
passengers, who numbered S13, H..
OS2. OF the freight carried 2O1 $780,.
QUO tOuS WcTe HlHeTuis utlu ca, fci-,
493 tons general merchandise.
at may almost DO claimed
says Professor Warren p. Laird, Of
the University Of Pennsylvania,
"that Philadelphia Is ut once the
most curious, the most typical and
the most instructive OF American
cities-curious because Of the strange
medley OF its more pretentious build
ings. and their singularly eccentric
individualism; typical Of American
practice In its broadcast aspect, be-
cause OF the absence OF restraint and
defiance Of precedent shown by the
great majority OF its architects; and
Instructive, because OF its contrast,
for no other American city has 80
wide field Of architectural error to
offer In contrast to its works OF real
merit"
There is another cause for revolu.
ton in Russia. This time, the re.
volt Is to be led by women entirely.
Not long ago st. Petersburg journal
reported q festival, Mt which mem.
beers Of the imperial family we're pres.
ent. The reporter evidently under.
stood little about women's fancies,
and made the dress OF the Czarina, by
his description, one long out OF fash.
ion. The result was ukase from the
Censor OF the Press-one OF the most
powerful men In Russia-that Rus
sim newspapers in the future must
refrain from describing, or attempts
ing to describe, the dresses Of Her
Majesty. This naturally deprives
the Russian woman Of an interesting
subject for discussion and criticism,
and they are extremely angry ut the
Censor.
The American Agriculturist thinks
that q free library and museum or
Historical bureau In connection there
with should be feature OF every ru.
raj township In New York and our
middle states. The Massachusetts
plan Of State aid to libraries In poor
towns il most commendable. We
shall not be content until this plan
IL adopted In every State. together
with adequate provision for better
schools. Then with more mails and
free delivery, with good roads and 81.
ectric railways, country life will be
the most attractive OF any. The tide
Il certainly tending forward, and the
public recognizes rs never before the
truth OF Washington's noble words,
agriculture Is the most ancient, the
most useful and the most honorable
employment OF man."
The financial difficulties In which
% many OF the European Govern.
ments are ut present involved are
leading to the development OF much
Ingenuity and resourcefulness in
raising the necessary wind" not
only ut headquarters in the capital,
but also In the provinces. Thus from
Spain We hear OF the keepers OF the
State Lunatic Asylum at Alicante,
having found themselves without
funds and unable to secure any re
mittances from Madrid, starting of
with their lunatics on q concert tour,
by means OF which they were able to
keep going the establishment in
trusted to their charge. We have
heard before OF musical at-homes and
theatrical entertainments given by
the inmates OF insane asylums, but
never of concert tours undertaken by
q large company OF idiots, imbeciles
and raving maniacs.