Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-25


British India,
Susan II. Anthony says she doesn't
care what Kind Of money the country
has SO long as the women get their
rlghtful share of It," But what Is n
woman's "rightful share" Susie? Is II
as much as she can earn, rs much rs
she wants or as much rs she Gun spend?
Eight years ago there were only thir.
teen electric rOads with about 100 cars
IN operation IN the United States. Now
there 0rc $50 roads, with total Of
O.WO miles Of track, $1,000 cars. and
n capitalization of over S4OO.OOO.OOO.
The figures show the rapid progress of
electricity ns n motive power, and we
are only on the threshold of the achieve.
ments Of this wonderful agency.
The Sioux City journal II impressed
by the difficulties In the way OF liar.
monizing State, city, and town govern.
mcnt systems. 1t says: "Just what to
do with our cities, how to give them the
necessary measure Of SELF. gOvernment,
and yet to guard against the license
which would endanger their existence,
how to obey the Constitutional com.
mand to have all laws Of uniform appll.
cation, yet TO mike them 80 elastic rs
to suit the village und the city alike
this Is u problem In craftsmanship
worthy Of the best talent and most bril-.
liant genius"
Woman II very active In pretty near.
~ all the prominent reforms Of to-
day, from the ballot box to the kinder
garten, but she has effected practically
nothing In the way Of shortening her
skirts or relieving herself OF the weight
Of her trailing garments. With bactc.
rln and microbes and the germs Of
nearly every kind Of disease ON every
sidewalk and shop floor. she stlll trains
her skirts In the sputa Of the consump.
tive and the leprous and brings the
seeds Of disease into her nursery an,l
her bedroom. Before woman begins
her tnsk Of lcgislating us into moral
and political rcctitude. now TINT in
places she Inns gained the ballot. II II
| In order that she exercise mOdlcum
of the common sense with which she
proposes to better men. ana reform her
dress to ut least a condition Of health.
fulness.
The public has been made thOrOu9li'
" familiar with what japan has gain
ell and China lost az the outcome Of the
recent war, but little or nothing has
been said Of Its effect upon COrca, the
cause Of the war. The Hermit King
dom has had Its losses and Its gains
1t has had to contend with corrupt
class Of officials and suspended func
lions of government. The Chinese arm
les largely destroyed Its means Of sub
sistencc. The collection Of taxes Il
almost impossible and the King IL
nearly helpless amid the general confu
sion. In the face of all this, however
the Japanese have decreed measures
OF reform, among them equality Of all
persons before the law, the abolition
Of slavery. freedom Of petition. pay,
mcnt Of taxes In money instead Of In
kind, and the reorganization Of thu
finances. while the King has prOmiset
taxation by Axctl laws, the regulation
OF the expenditures Of Government by
receipts. the education each year II
foreign schools Of u certain number al
COrpan students, punishment Of crime
under carefully prepared crImina
code. and the appointment Of officials
from different classes Of society.
Newspaper announcements of grca,
medical discoveries are to be tukei
with some allowance. They are apt e
outrun the thought Of the discoveries
Thus DR.. Waldstein, an American ply
siclan In Germany, has made some In
teresting observations Of the effect Of
pilOcarplne on the lymphatic system
causing an Increase In the white cor
pusclcs OF the blood. This indicates d
practical application In certain diseas
cs OF the lymphatics. ami In Mt leas
one case Of lupus he has obtained grat
flying results. In publishing his oh
servatiOns. DR.. Waldstein suggests tina
this stimulation Of the lymphatic,
might have u similar untidOtal intiu
ence In tuberculosis and possibly II
other diseases, as cancer, aud he rec
0mmends It to the attention OF physi
clans. Mr.. DE Kay. our Consul ut Der
lin. who Is Il newspaper man. very
properly sends home report of DR.
Wnldstein's observations. but It mus
be observed that 1t Ii not the COnsu
and still less II It DIR. Waldstein tina
announces "a cure for cancer and con
sumption" That Ii conclusion jump
cd ut by news editors whose knowledg,
of pathology Ia not profound. Pilocar
pine may prove valuable remedy
but Its experimental use IL only In tn,
first stage. md It IL not we'll to excit,
public expectations prcmatuiely.
One OF the newspapers OF Columbus
Ohio, has been interviewing pr0lainen
citizens as to their Idea of the progress,
the city will have made In 400 year,
from the present time. The answer,
received are doubtless of small accOun
rs prophecies, but 1t IL interesting I,
note what faith Americans have Il
the destinies which are to he wrough
out In the next century. The probable
population OF Columbus In 1905 IL SO
by most of the guessers at Me0O0
though some a1e inclined to venture ,
figure even ns high as 1O0O,O0O souls
The area OF the city proper will In
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