Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-09
NOTE, AND CON- meNrs.

wife was one of the "Green heirs"
only to discover that hers was diff
ferent fomily Of Greens. He felt so
himself.
GENERAL SIR GARNET WoLsELEY
says that one secret OF the superior
ity OF Japan's military system Is that
the profession Of arms Is held In high
regard, while in China the lowest
classes only are recruited into the
army and soldiers are rather looked
down upon.
AT the last monthly sitting Of the
magistrates ut Holbeach, England,
there were no cases to be tried, and
the chairman was presented with u
pair Of white gloves in recognition OF
the event. It was the first occur
renee Of such an event in fifty years,
II indeed it had ever happened be.
fore ct Holbeach.
SOMETIMES good thing happens to
woman by accident. Mrs. l.. Il
Castle, Of Calender, Ia, has just
been qualified to act as justice Of the
peace by chance. Her husband runs
drug store in her name, and thus
her initials were used on the ballots
instead Of his. As there was no law
against her acting as justice, she has
been sworn In.
PLEASURE loving as they are. the
Japanese are capable pf asceticism,
rs in the case of the schoolboy who
refused to eat cake at q party. His
reason was that he had to earn his
own living and didn't wish to get the
taste for luxurics.
HERE are statistics which should
fill the hearts OF all opponents of the
new woman with glee. The Birming.
ham (England) registers show that
the year 1894, which was remarkable
for the appearance OF the new wo-
man, was also remarkable for an
alarming increase OF crime among
women. It is assumed that all other
centers where women IRE actively
engaged In wage earning pursuits
show o proportionate increase.
A NEW peril to the profession has
been discovered by Prof. Demos
themes, OF Bucharest, who writes IL
the Bulletin Medical warning his
brother doctors against receiving
fees sent to them by patients suffer.
ing from contagious diseases. Such
money, the learned professor points
out, ought to be kept In a pocket
book OF metal, which can be steril'
lied by heat.
JUDGE JOHNSON, OF Milwaukee, has
sensibly decided that q check giver
to womans husband Is not q pay
ment to her. The case was that o.
Susan Marrigold, who agreed to sign
away her dover right In piece o
land sold by her husband to thu
Cudahys for $500. The purchaser
gave her check to her husband, ant
the court held this was not sufficient
A WELL known horseman has dis
covered fact In natural history
which may not be generally known
: 1t Is that oil four footed beasts, II
making the first movement in walk
Ing, running or any sort OF forward
motion, always employ the left hin'
/. leg as o starter. Even child. pu
: down on oil fours, and hidden to I'D
vance In that position, will make tn
first move with his left leg, his hand
ut the time occupying the place Q
an animals forelegs.
THE London Statist contains al
article on the Command Of til
. Sea-" written by I. Lloyd, In whic
the curious argument Is advances
that In case OF a war England "woul
In many respects be infinitely bette
: able to bear the cost OF great con
}. fict than the United States wa
thirty years ago, because" remark
tho writer, lin tho first place, tn
money which the government woul
= require to borrow would be raised q
homo. Consequently the debt charg
= would not be o drain upon our r.
sources; 1t would be merely u trans
fer OF wealth from one portion OF IL,
people to another"
PoETs rave over tropical isles {
J. Eden. but as fur as white .men ar
concerned thcre Is no paradise In tn
South seas without Its drawbacks
Robert Louis Stevenson thought So
: moa was the ideal place, but tina
opinion was largely due to the fac
the climate suited him. American
or Europeans who are in good healt
do not fancy Samoa, as one 10 apt
contract some curious maladiei
Many white men have fallen victim
to elephantiasis and other terribl
{, diseases. Now comes report tha
q deadly kind OF malarial fever
: staying hundreds on the islands. CT,
ilization promises In few years
reduce the Samoans as seriously Q
1t has affected the Hawaiians.
The Age Of Steel says that I'll
Mississippi river commission IL col
sidering the subject OF dredging IL
,. Mississippi river along Its entire na'
igable length. Experiments ha,
been made with o dredge which
used In Germany for similar pu
poses, and tho best results have bee
= obtained. On the Cherokee bar, b.
low Cairo, a new channel was mad
giving seven feet OF water, whel
there was four and one-half befor
Above Cape Girardeau, the Same 0
VI cellent results were obtained in II
Y face OF adverse conditions. 1t
thought that the outlook for Il
establishment OF u permanent dred
n ing force Is good, and that soon rive
~ men may look for a clear cham
from st. Louis to the gulf ut all SC