Chicago eagle., 1895-05-04
NOTES ANo COMMENTS.

1r the revolution in Cuba is the
trivial affair that the Madrid govern
ment would have the world believe.
the action of Spain In sending large
bodies OF additional troops to the
island would seem to require consid.
erable explaining. 1t is difficult to |
believe that she IL sending 5000 |
soldiers to Cuba merely for the bene. |
fit they may derive from tho sea |
voyage.
THE Japanese army is modelled |
upon the conscript systems of Ger.
many and France. Its navy Is
wholly English in type, though for n
number of years only Japanese
officers have been actively employed.
The Chinese system is in this re.
spect quite different. In proportion
TO the limited wealth OF the nation.
its expenditures upon the navy have
been enormous and prove now fully
justified.
Two new enterprises have Just
been originated By Miss Frances +.
Willard, one the raising OF q fund to
extend the work Of the woman's
Christian Temperance union among
colored women, which she desires to
be memorial to Mrs. Mary T. La.
throp, the other free literature
fund, to be named for Mrs. Mary A.
Woodbridge The funds are to be
raised by means OF q phonograph at
the " omans temple, Chicago, which,
Tor the sum Of 10 cents, Illl repro.
duco the two.minute addresses OF
leQding speakers,
THE agricultural department at
Cornell, Ithaca, n. Y. claims to
have made an important discovery,
which will prove Of great economic
value to farmers. 1t Is found that
butter fat can be extracted from
whey by running 1t through o sepa.
rator. The department now has in
press bulletin explaining the pro.
cess. 1t Is estimated that general
adoption OF the process would save
the agricultural interests Of New
York State nearly 1000, 600 every
year, or, to put 1t in another way,
that the entire expense Of making
cheese would be paid by the saving
Of what has heretofore been . waste
product.
THE Sunday laws in Connecticut
have dwindled from mass of enact
ments in force 100 years ago to less
than half u dozen statutes embodied
In the revision Of 1887. The present
legislature has abolished the last OF
the provisions, the bill repeating tho
old legislation being now in the hands
Of the governor for approval. The
law that has been repealed by the
general assembly provides that when
any justice OF the peace shall have
personal knowledge that person
was guilty Of drunkenness, profane
swearing, cursing, or Sabbath break
Ing, that knowledge shall be suiIi.
cient evidence for the justice to render
Judgment against the offender with
out previous complaint and warrant.
A CORRESPONDENT OF the Boston
Transcript, now In Japan, writes
''rhere are many individual China.
men who would, II they could, bring
their country into the fraternity oi
nations. A nephew OF tho famed l.
Hung Chang. Lord HI, lately minis
ter from China to Japan, once said
to me: My poor country! 1t 10 bar
barian.' In q recent visit madc Il
Canton ] met q wealthy merchant
Who would, had he the power. open
the empire to the science and hu
manities OF tho West. But there l.
the mighty oificialdom everything til,
whole empire, fastened upon the peo
pie by the force OF sanctitied tradi
tion. battening upon Its hundreds o
millions OF victims who are too fear
full and ignorant to cast 1t oH and de
stroy II. That incubus Is the coun
try's curse. There Is no hope TO
China until 1t Is thrown of. Th'
Chinese themselves evidently or,
helpless. Japan seems to be tn
agent by which the empire shall b.
sot free. That civilized power whicl
would stay Japan's hand now ls mel
ther wise for the worlds welfare no
obedient to its own duties. I 30.
this, recognizing oil Japan's limlta
tions."
THE retirement OF Wilson Shannon
Bissell from the Office Of postmaster
general recalls the fact that the onl!
President OF the United States whose
cabinet remained intact from the be
ginning until the close OF his tern
was Franklin Pierce. He made hi
appointments on taking Office Marcl
4, 1853, and all his legal advisers re
mained with him until Buchanan
became President, on March 4, 1851
VIM. l.. Marcy, ofNew York, was MI
Pierce's secretary OF state; Jane
Guthrie, OF Kentucky, afterwart
United States senator, was secretar!
OF the treasury; Jefferson Davis, O
Mississippi, afterward president o
the Southern confederscy, was secre
tary OF war; James Campbell, O
Pennsylvania, was postmaster gen
eral, and Caleb Cushing, OF Massa
chusetts, was attorney general. An
drew Jackson made many changes ]
his cabinet. He had four secretarie
OF state, five secretaries OF the treas
ury, four secretaries OF war, thre
secretaries OF the navy, two post
master generals, and three attorne.
generals during his two terms.
As If the cotton planter OF tn
South had not enough to conten
with in natural forces the science
chemistry has been invoked to ente