Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-26

A scientist has discovered that per-
son who wears silk underwear will
never he struck by lightning. This Is
q most important and valuable adj
dition 10 human knowledge, II true.
hut. unfortunately II seems to have the
same deficiency that mars the very
valuable proverb: You can always
catch bird IL you put salt on It's tnil.'
A Paris correspondent Of the London
Times writes: quite recently a bull
fight was organized mt DIXON, but
matadors, toreadors. bulls and trap
pings had to go as they came. No
body would patronize the horrible spec
taclc. The thing fell utterly through
want of patronage. II may bc rcmem-
bered that a similar flaScO occurred In
Paris not long after the exhibition Of
1880. Hull fights did. indeed. disgrace
that huge cosmopolitan affair, but
ultimately the arena was pulled down
and the fittings sold for n mere song.
rarisians were Disguised with the
whole concern. It is to he hoped for
the honor Of France that the projects
Of the South will remorsclessly carry
out their instructions and Danish this
relic of barbarism from French SOIL"
Nearly $4,000 barrels of California
-four were sent to England this year.
and for the two years preceding there
had been no shipment Of this -four. The
shipment of flour from Pacific ports In
the United States to Japan, China,
Siberia and Australia IL also increas-
ing In n much larger ratio. Formerly
what San Francisco lost In these ship
mcnts was taken by the English ports,
but tho establishment Of new steam.
ship lines for freight from Oregon and
Seattle and Tacoma TO Asiatic ports
has kept the increasingly important
flour export within the control Of the
United States shippers.
1t is a popular idea that the Indians
Of North America are fast disappearing
aud that in few years they will have
vanished as race. The truth Is that
there are nearly 100000 Of them, OK
elusive Of the Alaskans.
a scientific study of the fig industry
in Turkey has resulted In the discov.
cry of the fact that the failure of the
Smyrna fig.trees In California to bear
fruit Is On account Of the lack of cap
rifcatioD. 1t was found that in the
fg-growing districts of the Orient
there IRE two distinct varieties Of fig
trccs-..one the edible fig and the other
the cnrrl or wild fig. In Turkey, and
In other lands along the eastern shore
OF the Mediterranean Sea, both varl.
cites are Indigenous. and It has been
the custom Of the Arab fruit.grOwcrs
from time immemOrinl to gather annu-
ally punches Of twlgs or branches
from the capri, or wild fig, and hang
them among, or close to. the cultivated
fg-trccs Further investigation showed
that the reason for this was to. facil-
itatc the progress Of mn insect known
10 entOinologists rs the blastOphnga
pscncs. or fig wasp. from the wild or
capri liz to the cultivated fruit. The
wasp IL born In the wild fig. ana
emerging thence goes to the cultivated
fig bearing pollen on It's wings and legs,
and thus fcrtilizes the cultivated fruit
when young. Specimens OF the capri
fig were brought to this State immc.
diatcly. In 1893, when the wild fig
trees bore their first fruit Oh .Amcri-
can soil. experiments were made In
several localities with the pollen from
them on The green fruit Of the now
large trees that have been imported
from Smyrna. AS weeks advanced
the fruit that had not been fcrtillzed
shrivcled and dropped from the trees.
rs Il had done each summer season for
six years, while the fertilized fruit
rIpcncd and proved the peer Of any
that was ever packc Il ana shipped
from Turkey.
Tho PROV isions Of the now German
Civil Code with regard to married
women nrc arouslng renewed indig.
nation now that the bill Is passed, and
Immediately before the decisive day Il
petition OF protest to the RclchstaG
was numerously signed In the chief
cities OF the Empire. The hardship
of the new law IL that II rcafiirms the
principle Of perpetual tutclnge for the
German wife and mother. by marrl'
age she is deprived of control over hcl
property ana her actions and Of all
rights over her children. She Is In a
position OF subsection to her husband
from which English, American, Rus
sian, scandinavian, Austrian, Hungari
an and Italian women have been freed
by the legislatures Of those countries
no put it briefly, while among 40,
100000 of people married women
possess control over their property
and are not deprived Of the rights they
enjoyed when single, 60,OOO,OOO art
now declaring for pcrpetuation OF
the barbarous old principles Of pre-
civilized epochs. Tho married state II
Germany is, as German opinion IN,
fOrcibly expressed It, to be made a by
word among the nations. The proposed
law sets upon matrlmOny the seal OF
servitude and minority or wartlship
It degrades the life Of the nation among
people who have raised marriage to {
place OF honor and equality.
The Milwaukee Journal describes q
new style of coffin, which 1t says ha'
been invented for wealthy people. II
all appearances 1t Is simply. a luxur
lOus couch. In mechanical construction
It Is as nearly perfect as can be made
The sides, the ends and the corners ar
fitted with silver hinges to drop to ,
perpendicular, and virtually show tn
coffin turned inside out. This inside
shows couch of exquisite design AM
the most perfect Workmanship, mas
siye suls iantinl md elegant IL In