Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-22
NOTES AND COM meNrs.

mules ana h0gS and sheep-in the
United States ct no less than 81 49,.
446, 300.
ACCORDING to the census OF 1900
there we're 3, 900. 900 bachelors in the
United States. That Is 5000, 900 men
OF thirty years or more who have
never married.
ONE OF the most eminent mechan.
ical engineers in England. Joseph
Nasmyth, favors the driving OF ma
chinery with cotton ropes In place
OF leather bands. As a result OF
many years experience and close
observation, he states that for heavy
main drives IL Is both more econom-
ical and effective to use o series of
ropes working in separate grooves.
THE king business pays we'll in
Europe. The Russian Emperor re.
ceives *25, 900 q day and house rent;
the Sultan Of Turkey SIS. 900. The
Austrian Emperor gets $40, 900 per
diem, while William, Of Germany,
has to worry along on 5000 daily,
and his esteemed grandmother, Vic.
toria, finds hard work to make the
ends meet on 5000.
A NEAT pamphlet just issued from
the Government Printing Office ut
Washington makes tho startling as
sertion that ''oysters will not freeze
as readily as clans" No attempt
Is made to explain why the ons sort
OF bivalves display o greater obsti.
macy In this matter than the other,
nor Is any intination given Is to
what the Government proposes to do
about 1t.
The illiteracy OF Portugal Is some.
thing Of which any European nation
should be ashamed. It Is doubtful
whether Morocco would make
worse showing, were one able to take
o census OF the Moors. Certainly
most Oriental countries would pre-.
sent creditable record In COMPARE
son with Portugal. China and ia
pan. II Ii probable, have o smaller
percentage OF illiterates than most
European countries.
A PECULIAR fact was lately pointed
out by the President OF the Manches.
ter, England, Geographical Society,
namely, that although much has
been done to improve the operation
Of coal cutting, the collier's pick re.
mains exactly what IL has been for
the past century, and as to coal cut.
ting mechanisms, not a single ma.
chine OF the kind Is at work In the
Manchester district to-day.
IT IL said that the Bolivian tin
mines are very rich. the ore some.
times yielding from 40 to IS per cent.
OF pure metal. The excessive cost OF
freightlng from the mines to the Pa.
ciAc coast prevents their develop.
ment, but railroads are now being
built to remedy this, and the devel.
opment OF the mines may have an
important effect on American indus.
tries.
CoREA goes ahead OF US In ono
thing, at least. The Queen Of Corea
lives In such dread OF sickness and
disease that she keeps q lady physi.
clan In call ut the royal palace ut oil.
times. The doctors salary IL G8, 800,
which Is not bad for practise lin
tied to one patient. There are
women doctors here, but their In.
come Is somewhat less than that
earned by the learned Corean.
THE two leading poets Of the young.
or school Of poetry In England at the
present time-William Watson and
John Davidson-had to kick their
heels In publishers ante.rooms for O
long time before the merit OF their
verse secured them recognition. De.
wilson two years ago was too poor to
procure suitable food, and his quar-
ters were In the garrett OF o shabby
old building. Watson wrote much
OF what Is now considered his best
verso ten years ago. Despair at the
public's neglect, and long broodlng
over the lack Of appreciation Of his
work, drove him Into temporary in
sanity. He gained sanity and fame
ut almost the same time, and his
books now sell remarkably we'll for
poetry.
FRANCE has recently repealed the
provision OF the code Napoleon that
marriage to be legal must have not
only the consent OF both contracting
parties but that OF their fathers and
mothers on both sides; failing that.
OF their grandfathers and grsndmoth.
ers; II there be none Of these rela.
tives, Of the oldest members OF the
families to which they belong. The
provision was u vexatlous one. % II
consent was refused q man OF rs and
q woman OF 81 were compelled In that
case practically to 60 to law with all
their kin to compel them to show
why tho marriage should not take
place. Under the present law refusal
OF parents or family In the case men.
toned no longer acts as bar to mar.
riage.
HENRY GANNETT, an able stat,sti.
clan, calculates that In 1890 the
wealth OF the United States was $43,-
642, 600, 900, or IN average OF 1870 to
each inhabltant; that 1t was about
$62, 600. 900. 900 in 1890, or VI, 900 to
each inhabitant, and that ut both
dates 1t was greater than the wealth
Of any other nation. Mr.. Gannett
finds that 5 per cent. OF the total
wealth OF the country Is owned by
millionaires, ~ per cent. by people
worth from 800, 900 to ~ 900, 900
each, 25 per cent. by those worth
from 80, 900 to 800, OO0, 81 per cent.
the largest percentage, by those