Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-16
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


during the last thirty years. No
European nation, even, has moved
with anything like such rapidity; in
southeastern Europe are millions OF
people even now far less advanced.
A CONSCIENCE contribution Of ~, 600
was recently made in Lynn, Mass.
The size Of the contribution makes 1t
remarkable. As rule the man who
has robbed the government OF two
cents appears to be great deal more
agitatcd than the one who has taken
a hundred thousand dollars or so.
A MAN named Slingsby. the last Of
che smugglers. died lately at nearly
90 in a workhouse in Kent. He
belonged to the old race OF half
piratical smugglers we read Of in
Marryat and q. Z. X. James, and
figured in the trial of the Addington
band in 1927, when he escaped prison
by turning states evidence.
IT Is probable that even now few
people in China really know how
badly the Japs IRE thrashing them.
Gen. Wolseley says that when Eng
land gave the Chinese u mild drub.
bling some years ago the Chinese peo-
pie never knew it. They supposed
the English came to their shores
when permitted by the emperor and
left when compelled by him.
PRACTICALLY a hermit is Joaquin
Miller. the poet Of the Sierras, in his
little farmhouse away up on the
California mountainside. 1t Is true
that he has built little shanty near
his own for tramps, but n preference
for the society of tramps may prove
. man more hermitous than the
hermiticnl, so to speak. There is, at
least, no other neighbor near.
1S seven years the bequest OF
$1,000. 900, for free public hospital
in Boston. to bear his name. made by
Peter b. Brigham, u native OF Ner-
mont, eighteen years ago, will be-
come available. At the end OF twenty
five years. during which, by the
terms OF the will, the sum was to
draw interest and accumulate. the
trustees will have nearly %, 600. 900 in
their hands.
THE subject OF the gold medal
prize essay for 1895 OF the English
Royal United Service institution Is:
'In view Of the changes which have
taken place in the composition OF
fleets during the present century,
what system Of training, entry and
distribution Is best calculated to In.
sure an efficient body Of officers and
men OF oil branches for peace and
war establishment"
RUBBER roller skates for soldiers
in the field rs a substitute for bi.
cycles are advocated by an English
army gymnasium inspector In the
United Service Magazine. A con.
tinuous speed OF eight miles an hour
10 easily obtainab,e with them. and on
coming to impossible places, where
bicycles would have to be abandoned,
the skates can be taken of and flung
over the soldiers shoulders.
Pros d. know a thing or two in
spite OF the charges OF ignorance and
stupidity that are thrust upon them.
The other night in New York harbor
o woman stepped of into the water.
and II o pig on board the boat had
not squealed till the attention OF the
sailors was attracted she would have
been drowned. The sailors had
planned to cat piggy on their voyage
to the West Indies. but after his
heroic.rescue they decided to let him
live for mascot. SO 1t pays one to
have his wits about him, even II he's
apig.
NOTHING helps the dwellers in o
democracy to bear with their abb
.sence OF titles so we'll as stories OF
the hardships OF the titled. There
paper to the effect that when the
Princess Of Wales Is away from home
the Princesses Victoria and Maud are
forced by their royal papa to dine
tete.a-tete In their own apartments
without even the companionship OF u
lady In waiting, should cheer Amcri-
can girls who feel that they could
have adorned royal circles but for
the unkindness OF fate.
A HOTEL In Chicago Is so heavily
charged with electricity that tho
guests cannot move around without
getting q shock which Is often pain.
ful. II Is so bad that when one
walks across the room spark will
leap over space OF two inches. The
guests have had some fuany expert.
ences. One man came near getting
cash cut In his face when he went
to get shaved, because he was &c
startled by . spark from the razor.
Then another man thought he haG
stepped on needles when he got into
q bathtub. This peculiar condition
OF the building puzzles the electri
clans, and some think the whole
house will have to be overhauled and
revised.
IT Ia estimated by Mr.. Mulhall in {
recent article in the Contemporary
Review. that the shipping Of all ma
tions is OF the approximate value o
81 lOO, 900, 600, while the 10000 10
.comotiyes Mt work represent II value
OF III, 600, 600, 900. Tho railways Civ,
employment to 1884, 900 people
while shipping employs only 7O5, 600
The life OF locomotive Is tifteer
years. twill run pc, 900 miles, carry
600, 900 tons, or !, 900, 600 passengers
and earn $500, 900. Its first cost /
1lO OOO and its general ayeraoe IL 3O