Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-23
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Columbia having lately reached Its
destination lust us the sacrifices were
taking place and after three victims
had already been killed.
IycLuprva the channel islands and
the Isle OF Man. the cultivated acre.
ACE Of the United Kingdom Is Az
p1O, $50, rs compared with 47.079, S9S
acres Inst year. In England the de.
cline is from "a, S07, 562 to "a. SSO.111.
| In Wales there Is an increase from
| 9. $50, 072 to 1856. 055, and In Scot.
land an increase from 1880. 10 to
4. 500, 1873. while in Ireland there has
been a fall from Is, 2OS, Ala to ID, l6l,.
025 acres.
| RECENT statistics Of the French
army seem to show TINT there are
serious defects in the system OF COM
pu,sory elementary education IN
force in France. Out OF 34S, OuO
young men who drew lots for the
con scriptlon last year no fewer than
10000 could neither read nor write.
and further number OF 81, 600 could
only just read and write-that Is to
soy, were practically illiteratc.
GUATEMALA and Mexico have be.
come reconciled after n narrow escape
from war. The patriotism and pug.
nacity Of the dangerous elements OF
tho population on each side were so
aroused TINT the least mistake In
diplomacy would have precipitated
violence, through which Guatemala
might have been ruined and Mexico
disgraced. At the present stage. OF
civilization the war scare Is highly
unsafe.
An important decision has just
been pronounced in Vermont as to
: engagement rings. A young man
. sued to recover one that he had given
to n Young woman, who. utter accept
ing the ring. repudiatcd the engage.
ment. The Judge decided that IL
must be returned or else the rec,p'
lent must fulfill the conditions under
which 1t was presented. The Eng.
|. lish courts some years ago decided
that an engagement ring Is not re-
coverable under any circumstances.
|. DR., WILLIAM II. HARPER, president
Of the University Of Chicago, appears
to possess some OF the characteristics
Of a prodigy. He entered Muskinng
UNI college, in Ohio, ut the tender
ave of 10 and was graduated at Ia
Then he went to Yale and was only
10 when he received his Phi. ID. from
Q that college-an age ut which mos
. students are sophomores. DIR. Har
per Is now 30. The university o
which he Is the head has an endow
r ment Of $4,OUO, 900 and has $6OO, wv
- to spend this year.
SEVERAL OF the Standist conscript
- in Russia have refused to take tn
oath on entering the army. Thes
Russian Quakers, rs they are called
are willing to make u solemn promis
Tint they will serve the car Loyalty
but they will not take an oath. No
have they any objection to serve \
q the army other than the natural oil
- lection entertained by most Russia
peasants. The car, who Is glvin
:. evidence OF an autocratic temper.
w. expected to discipline some OF tn
leaders for their stubbornness IN I'll
respect.
The Evangelist says that Il
large, It cross In the world now stant
In brakes bay, North Americ
Three hundred and fourteen yea
WI AGO tho celebrated Sir Francis Oral
landed in this bay. and his chaplain
Francis Fletcher by name, preach'
co, the very first English sermon ev
0. hoard in that region. To commem
- ratio this event Bishop Nichols,
100. California, and the late George '
Childs caused a large stone cross
IN be erected on the spot, u clih stan
I'LL ing 300 feet above the sea. I
~ cross Is fifty.seven feet high, OF bl
sandstone; several OF tho stones In
Is are larger than the largest stone
- the pyramid OF Cheops. This sple
did monument can be seen far
wide, and Is literally sermon
stone.
70. II am an enthusiastic follower
the chase" says A. S. Trude, I
we'll known lawyer, OF Chicago. "A
y every fall I steal away into the wi
NJ Of Wyoming, away out In the 81
shone mountains, and hunt the stat
elk, Last season my party XII
several, three falling to my gun.
believe In killing only to supply
necessities OF the camp for meat, a
abominate the practice OF slaught
ing them merely to see them drop
'eet' the crack OF q Winchester. A \
Yorker by the name OF Thomps
- who goes into the same territ
every season, Is o chief sinner In
respect, and last year was respons
for the death OF thirly.eight OF tn
fine animals, q wanton destruc'
which, II not checked, will soon IN
the elk as scarce Us the buffalo,
w." Or the meat consuming civil
nations OF the world the Uni
States head the list with l2O pou
yearly for each head Of population
about 5 ounces day. Great Bri
follows closely with consumptio
10 pounds yearly for each hea
population. Germany exceeds
average, and promises to lead In
- near future all the nations in Its
IVY sumption OF meat, The peopl
=" Berlin exceed all other civilized
lions in the quantity which they
sumo per capita-2 l-2 pounds d
a al