Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

Of knlckerbOCkered legs WITH rs much
easy naturalness as II men had never
worn trousers which had to be rolled
up when It rained. The bicycle Is to
bring about this atnvism In dress. A
few years agO the bicycle rider tied his
trouser legs to his ankles with pieces Of
Irvine and pelaled away. Somebody
invented a steel trOuser.clip and he
used that. still his legs were cumbcr.
some. Then somebody more daring
tlnnn the rest exposed his calves to the
public gaze and the thing was done.
At first the bicycle costume was assO.
ciatcd with riding for pleasure. One
day some practical man Of business
rode to his office In his bicycle suit. ana
worked all dry In that garb. Hundreds
Of riders are now doing It. subjecting
$3.50 suits to the wear and tenr which
once told on $i5 suits. And 80 the Gus.
tom spreads. Knickerbockers. on. these
fine spring evenings. find their why In.
to drn wing.rOOms Of sOciety-inf0rmal.
~. perhaps, hut. nevertheless. they are
recognized. How long. then. before the
wheelmnn rides to an entertainment In
regulation dress suit amputated at
the knees? The knickerbOcker seems
certain to spread to NIL classes ana con.
dltiOns Of men. Why shouldn't II? Ar.
tistically considered. It was always a
thing Of beauty. while from more ma.
terinl point Of view 1t never bngged ut
the knees. Death to the sweater, but
long life to the revivihed knee breeches
Of our grent grnndfathers.
Some sympathy seems to he OK.
pressed by a contemporary for the
French exhibitors ut the Worlds Fair.
who lost $4,000 worth Of their goods
by fire In January, 1904. for which they
have not yet been compensated. 1t
was unfortunate that French cxhibi.
tors or anybody else should lose any.
thing possessing value. but the intima.
ton TINT these exhibitors had In any
way claim upon the United States or
upon the Worlds Columbian ExpOsl.
ti0n for naturalization for their losses
In not warranted. The French cXhibi.
tors appealed to Congress. Very prop.
erly Congress has taken no action In
the premises since the facts were ascer.
tainctl. The exhibitors sued the Co.
lumbar Exposition, but no progress
has been made In the suit and It II In.
Gnitely to the credit Of Mr.. Higin.
bOtham and others responsible for the
defense Of the suit that they resisted
popular and ignorant clamOr In the
premises and saved the resources Of the
exposition from raid which could moi
he justified. Weaker men might have
been swayed by the passing sentiment
There IRE lots VI people always ready
10 cry out for what they describe as
high-mln,led ana honorable settlement,
when nothing toward the settlement Il
taken from their own pockets. Tia,
the French exhibitors lost their good,
was deplOrable. but neither the govern
ment Of the United States nor the Co
lumbar Exposition was In any way re-
spOnsible to those exhibitors who re-
NAMED upon the ground months after
the exposition closed. suiting their owl
convenience ana nobody else's.
Tho arrival of 1,5lS Italian immi
grants by one steamer Is IN indication
Of IN excess to which the business O
fleeing from military service to til,
land Of liberty Ii carried. This one slil
load IL only n small portion Of the ar
rivals for the month. Thoughtful PEG
pie may well be concerned with til,
wonder what all these people will do
1t IL not far to see that their first effOr
will be to get employment. Not helm,
skilled artisans, their attention mus
be turned to common labor. where til,
ranks are already full to OverhOwlng
ana where grim poverty Ii already pur
suing the unfortunate.
Farmers and stOckraisers have hai
a hard time OF 1t In Australia during
the past season, which has been til,
hottest and driest ever known In tim
country. Not only this, but the rabbi
lpest has caused millions of dollars
worth Of damage. How to exterminat,
these animals has been grave problem
with Australians for years. A few
years ago large reward was Offered
for feasible method of destrOyin,
these pests. and although some 2,OOl
answers We're received none proved
practicable. Hundreds of thousands
are killed annually, but they multipl,
SO rapidly that no progress Is made
In some parts of California the sam,
trouble exists, and appears to he grow
ing worse. 1t remains for some In
genlOus Yankee to invent plan by
which Mr.. Rabbit can be annihilate(
or turned into some profitable use.
Some journalists are born great, an,
some acquire greatness through expe
rience. The late Col. John A. COckeril
belonged to the former category. ii,
possessed an instructive quality whicl
won for him success In his profession
lie had nose for news, and he knew
how to treat 1t to the best advantage
1t would be extravagant eulOgy to plac,
him In the front rank Of the great jour
nallsts of America. He was not enti
tied to be placed there, but he possesse,
some of the attributes that are essen
tlal TO the attainment of that rank, ant
was lacking In others.
An enterprlsing correspondent wire
that ~ hunter in Bracken County
Kentucky, cut down q tree to get
| 'naceun and xx,ban tho t,,na fall eoun,