Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-06-12

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would. Of course. have still more din.
Guilty II war should come. This hrs
caused no small alarm In a nation
whose policy and position make It ALSO.
lutely necessary TO maintain navy ut
all times superior to that Of any other
on earth. Efforts to make a showing
Of reserve seamen have proved failures,
md more than one speed trial Of new
gunbOats has had to be postponed for
lack Of an adequate crew. The English
know that the next war In which they
engage may place the life OF the nation
ut stake. and, as always, the bulwark
will he the navy. II this cannot be de.
pended ON. the eud nsv easily be
guessed.
The bicycle seems to he making too
rapid strides into the field OG utility.
1t invaded avenues Of trnde very soon
after It's use became general. aiill II has
proved u valuable factor In many lines
Of business. but there Is danger that Its
enthusiastic advocates will push It's
claims for availability too fur. This
menace II obvious In IN. Incident re-.
ported from Elizal,ethport,. n. j.. where
funeral procession consisted OF two
carriages and fifteen bicycles, The
properly solemn aspect Of this. occasion
could not fail to DO marred by sue
cesslOn Of mOurners on wheels. Such
q cOrtege requires. all elements Of mis-
chance to be eliminated ns fnr as posi-.
bic. and bicycles arc 30 prone To have
various things happen to them ut lnOp.
perfume moments, that they are decid-
e,lly out Ut place ut funeral. Ono
punctured tire at such. a. tima would b0
where all things. should ba staid and
calm, and the Imagination. can picture
many other typical bicycle calamitieS
any one Of which. would ba fatal to
| funeral decOrum. Surely a. line must
! be drawn for bicycles. and, lot II be-
drawn ut funerals.
The good Bishop Potter. OF Now Fork.
who has Of late years been called upon
several times to act "a, d mediator be-
tween labor and capital In the adjnst-
utCul VI tuctI uSOtRuANoN tSNVuII hsuAc
few remarks which have called down
upon his head n great deal Of abuse.
What he said, was OH the familiar lines
Of the effect Of lal,Or.snving machinery
upon labOrs condition. He called at
tentiOn to thu fact that the introlluc.
ton Of machinery Ind always been one
cause Of dispute between the workman
and Ills master: This truisln llaS caused
| the good man to- be denounced rs an
anarchist aud U nischief-Makev. when
rs u matter Of fact he IL nRlther. The
Itself, aud ttS creed Recognizes and re.
spects authority and vested rights. His
own work ~ fair arbitrator should
protect him from charges such as have
been made. What he said u platitudiu.
Ously true. It was simple recognition
OF a patent fact. but not necessarily a
condemnation Of modern machinery or
the uses made Of II. In fact. the day
after saying 1t he left for Europe on
one Of the fast steamers.
The indefatigable lieut.. Peary has
obtained Ave years. leave Of absence
aud Is preparing to make another dash
for the pole" There IL nothing In hi"
published plans which materially dir
fers from the scheme Of former expe-
ditiOns made by him. The public has
gotten over being curious about hts
amusing ana harmless northern jaunts.
The scientific world takes no interest In
these little trips Of the lieutenant. aud
this leaves only the Eskimos of Whale
sound, who look forward to his period
lcal appearances there with great eX.
pectancy. Peary IL very popular ut
Whale sound. although the Inhabitants
have never bsen quite able to discover
why he should come SO far to do 80 lit.
tie. However, his expeditions are as
harmless as those Of that other great
traveller and discOverer. Tartarin of
TarascO0, and they furnish him with
IN excuse for lecturing and give the
EskimOs no end Of fun.
st. Louis has recovered, at least In Q
material sense, from the terrible cy-
clone Of last year. and almost every
evidence OF that terrible calamity has
been eifaced. Many Of the buildings
thus destroyed have been replaced by
others fner In every way, the owners
: taking advantage Of the opportunity
to improve their property. The city IL
to be congratulated on It's recuperativs
powers.
CAUTIoN.-There % Q white soap
, shaved up and sold % Dobbins' Elec.
trio. It 10 fraud and will ruin clothes.
The genuine Is never sold except In bars,
! stamped Dobbins' Soap Mfg. Co., Phils.
! delphia, and In wrappers with pictures
Of Mrs. F0gy.