Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
NOTES AND CoNMeN rs.

II is learned that there are eight mill.
Ion piano players In the United States.
and they can elect any man President
that they may unite OH. This is Ter.
rible.
Any one who has occasion to pass
along New York streets cannot but he
impressed with the Improvement in the
looks of the personnel of the police
force. Many new faces VI younger
and apparently more intelligent men
are TO be noticed ON the force.
Children cannot I've dealt with on the
principle that their nominal age me-
cessarily registers Il real maturity OF
power. Some children are wiser AT six
than others are at sixteen. The discreet
mother will ask how much rather than
how long her child has lived. and ad-
just her educational efforts accordingly.
Scarcely has the horseless age shown
itself in the distance, than signs OF a
~hcelless age appear OH the horizon of
the Industrial world. An inventor at
Olneyville. X. l., is engaged in dcvel-
oping a wheelless carriage. 1t Is to be
run by electricity on runners which
operate on eccentrics, causing them
10 act as "creepers."
CutG Is rapidly becc.n.ss desert.
The production Of sugar and tobacco
for export has practically ceased. Its
trade has gone. the production of rev.
enue has ceased. and in the list Of Dor.
rowing nations spain stands at the
foot Of all. In the lowest class. 1t is a
terrible price that Spain Is paying for
her pride of possession.
According to Engineering, the pncu-
matte rubber tire was born In 1916.
when man of the name Of Thomp.
son patented an air tube. The original
tire had an inner tube Of soft rubber
and an outer covering Of leather. In
1S49 the leather was replaced by rub.
Ter, which was thickened In the tread
thus producing tire similar to some
OF those on the market today.
A Swedish colony Is soon to Ike estab
lished near Bristol. Va. An agent OF
the Swedish government has purchased
tract of land containing 5000 acres
This tract Is to be divided into 25t
farms Of twenty acres each. A family
OF Swetles will settle on each Of these
email farms. and thus colony oil
about 1850 population will be estab
1ished. These colonists will have theil
own churches. school houses aud mer
camille establishments. II ID under
stood that a large percentage Of tn,
colonists will establish vineyards.
The Savannah News reports that tn
severe storms have nearly destroyed
the rice crop In Georgia. The plan,
ers," Il says. ARE having q pretty har
time Of il. The Louisiana crop. whic
was short one last year. Is this yea
90 to ~ per cent short Of what 1t wa
then. Besides that the crop was wldel
damaged by long and severe droutl
and for these reasons the planter
around Savannah were looking for
good thing of II. After all the bill
are paid. however. II Is doubtful ther
will be much Of anything left"
In some things the japanese point Q
view Is very different from that Q
other countries. The track Of the III
ma.Kurn Railway II not fenced.in, nm
crossings rarely have gates. A bo
carrying a child gu his back, strayin
on the line. was recently knocked dow
by an engine. and both boy and chill
were killed. Thereupon the rallwa
company prosecuted the father for a
III ~, m Ne0s
was fined ten yen. Some time ago q
Osaka a COW was run over. and Ill
owner was fined 200 yen besides iosin
his COW.
Reports from India convey the alarm
Ing intelligence that vast region {
that country. containing an area {
100000 square miles ana a populatio
Of 1OO,OOO.OOO persons. II threatene
with all the terrors OF famine. II
crops are total failure. provisions al
already beyond the reach OF the poor
classes, and there IL increasing dang
Of starvation for thousands Of victim
Fortunately the crops OF America, ~
ded to our large surplus Of wheat IN
corn from last years harvest, will q
able this country to supply much
the shortage In the East, and 1t II e
tirely certain that for a twelve-mon
at least there will be an enormo'
movement Of grain from our Pacii
ports to the Orient.
Germany" says the ~. James q
xette, has had i've sOvereigns sin
Queen Victoria began to reign. u
herself will In future Ike recognized
the ancestress Of one OF the most POI
erful rulers. Her grandson wears Z
iron crown Of Germany. Her gran
daughter Is empress Of Russia. \
other granddaughter Ia crown pr
cess Of Roumania. Her second ~
rules over the principality OF Saxe-C
burg. The hereditary princess Of Sax
Meiningen Is her granddaughter. 7
heir to the throne OF Greece Ia her d
scendant; the grand duke Of Hesse Il
grandson. She has no fewer than s.
ty-One descendants who one day
tween them promise to be at the ne
OF more than half Of Europe
According to Harper's Weekly, I
Spanish authorities have 6rdered
strict watch to be Kept along I
French frontier Of Spain. In order
intercept the great number OF yon
Spaniards who take refuge In Fran
...an., haino cant m ('.tha