Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07

! human victim every day. Is to be |
,traightencd out. and II will be DOS.
.lblc for blind man to cross there un.
aided ut any hour Of the day or night.
But that In not all. Cab fares IRE to be
cheaper. This is authentic. After all
these reforms IRE accomplished New
York will BIZ inhabltable by rational
A holy calm will pervade the
whole consolidated municipality. for
the only sound which will break the
stiffness will be that Of the anglOma.
MACS raiment as he walks up Broad.
way.
The New Orleans Times. Democrat Is
trying to ascertain by letter how the
various newspapers OF the country look
upon tho old problem Of the govern.
ment ownership Of the telegraph. II
appears from the Times. Democrats In.
quiry that II II prompted by the fact
that most Of the telegraph stations In
the South IRE closed by u p. ~. ana
that It finds trouble In securing news
by wire unless Its order Is In long be-
fore that hour. which. Of course. II not
always possible. II the telegraph In
the hands Of corporation does not IND
II profitable to keep It's offices open for
the transmission OF news matter or any
other messages II II not likely that the
government controlling the wires
would ind any profit In It either.
The New York Times prints a very
serious editorial article ObJectlng to
the quality Of English used by the r..
pOrters OF baseball games, ana It quotes
from u contemporary to show how un.
Ineligible and vulgar the language In
such accounts IL. This II an cid com.
plant, and one which time has done
nothing to rectlfy. There have been
frequent efforts to simplify and purify
base ball English. but they have failed.
The readers Of the base ball column dO
not want to read Ineligible English
That IL all there Il to It. II the report
OF u ball game were written In ordinary
English, the base ball crank would moi
understand II. The same IL true of al
sports. The racing men. the golf en-
thusiast, the bicycle crank, the yachts
man, each has his own vernacular II
which he insists that the report OF hi'
particular sport be written. This IL
of course. all Greek to the average
newspaper reader, but SO, too. would b,
the game itself. and SO long Us the mel
most Interested are satisfied what ar,
the odds? The plea that the languag,
Ia being corrupted has long since beef
exploded. Rather. 1t Is being enriched
Every year sees Incorporated into on
cOlOquial tongue ana our written word
expressions owing their existence I,
sporting and other walks Of life whlcl
are both strong ana graphic, ana whicl
add to the terseness ana vigOr Of on
language, and hurt no one.
The author of a work called eth
Gold Standard" has raised his vote
In protest against the action OF Sen
atOr who Incorporated the entire tex
of the volume In speech he made an'
had 1t reprinted In the Congressional
Record. 1t Is now being distribute,
free of charge to the constituents o
the Senator and others. The autho
has a clear case against the Senate
under tho copyright law II he wishe
to prosecute 1t. This IL not the frs
time that Congressman have done TIL
thing. but this man Is the first to pre-
test against It. 1t Is a piece OF high
handed piracy.
Americans need not think that the
are the only people who have mad
the bicycle popular. The London Cy
Gle. n trade journal. has made a con
putatiOn of the capital invested In tn
manufacture of wheels and the annua
expenditure of cyclists. and the resul
Is some astonishing figures. 1t est
mates that no less that fl85OO,OOO al
invested In the making of various part
OF the bicycle, In tue 100000 wheel