Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-24

manner which Is at once 80 character
istic, 80 senseless and so disastrous.
lie acts exactly as if he were endeav-
oring to climb. His hands are alter.
nately thrust upwards, with open
clutching fingers, as If to grasp some-
thing above his head, and his legs
move I'm unison with his arms in the
same way as do those of an ape which
Is mounting a tree. That Is to say,
coincidently, as they are when . sail
or Is going aloft." The agility with
which some men jump at u con.lu-
sion shows powers that vie with those
Of the monkeys.
TIE great forest OF northern New
York covers an area of 3, 5SS, SOB acres.
The Adirondack Park, which is the
proposed reservation, includes 9, SO7,-
zoo acres. OF this 1876, 4S8 acres
are In primeval forest. One million
acres has been numbered, that is, is
spruce and hemlock have been cut
out, leaving the hard wood with small
coniferous trees to grow. The State
now owns 781, 450 acres in the Adiron-
dack forest. The forest commission
strongly urges the purchase Of extern
sive tracts in addition to those that
the State has secured. It does not,
however, propose to disturb the farm
ers who have established homes.
There are, besides. villages i'm this
territory which cannot be included In
any scheme Of purchase. IL Is pro-
posed to increase the State holding
Of forest lands to 100000 acres.
The private preserves in addition to
this .....,unt to $4,000 acres, and
thess should also be purchased now,
as the care which the State is giving
to these forests will cause them to
rapidly increase in value. The COM
mission advises the expenditure Of
@3, SIC, 600, which can be paid by the
issue Of bonds. In this way an In
vestment can be made that will re-
turn much more than it's cost. This
has been demonstrated by sales OF
spruce lumber made on lands that
were cut over 10 to 20 years ago.
ALEXANDER III seems determined
to live up to his sobriquet of the
Moujik Gar" lie has just affixed
his signature to project Of law now
being elaborated by the Council OF
the Empire, which Is destined to rem
der inalienable the landed allotments
OF the peasants. The object OF this
measure Is, Of course, to prevent the
seizure OF the land for debt by the
money-lcnders, whom he regards as
the principal cause OF the present
distress and agricultural depression
In his dominions. For the peasants,
when once deprived of their land, lose
every interest in the welfare of their
MIR" or community, and drift
away to the towns and cities In search
of work, where they help to swell the
ranks of the unemployed, who consti-
tute permanent source OF embar-
rassment to the authorities. This
law, destined to supplement one pre-
viously enacted which rendered UNI
seizable the agricultural implements
of the peasant and small farmer, is in
the opinion of the New York Tribune,
ut best only provisional measure In
behalf of the moujik, and may event.
ually prove more disadvantageous
than beneficial. For while inaliena-
bility OF the land will prevent It's
being forfeited for debt, 1t will prac-
tically limit each family, no matter
how numerous 1t may become in course
of time, to its present holding. 1t
Is therefore inevitable that inasmuch
as even under present circumstances
the allotments barely suffice for the
maintenance Of their holders, few
years hence, when the family has
augmented in size, the land will no
longer yield adequate returns for the
sustenance OF it's owners.