Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-24

a small island IN the River Save-?03
houses were carried away by the Hood.
The suffering Of the people who have
lost their all In this calamity will be
intense for time. but the French re-.
cupcrate rapidly and will not long re.
main depressed. II Is much to Dc feared
when the waters subside somewhat
and admit Of closer examination Of the
the affected districts that the loss OF
life will prove to have been undercst!.
mated. The storm came on the people
without n warning, and they were help.
less before Its fury.
The Introduction of electricity into
the uses Of everyday life has brought
the electric fan for cooling apartments
during the summer. At first the price
Of these was SO great that only large
concerns could afford them. Then, too.
Now there are few fiat buildings which
are not supplied with 1ynamos and up.
pliances for electric lighting. The
price Of the fans Is only about hnlf
what 1t was, ana offices. small rcstau.
rants, stores and private apartments
IRE now cooled by this process. But
the cost Is still larger than It should be
ana when the fans can be had for 80
or less there will be much larger
number In use. 1t may bc that the
apartment house Of the future will
have Its cooling apparatus just as 1t
now has Its heating plant. and by am.
mOnia rooms may Inc kept cool. no mat.
ter what the weather Is on the OUT.
side.
Although 1t but remotely concerns us
Of the inland, 1t seems rs though tho
existence of two separate sets OF rcgu.
lntlOns for the government of vessels ut
sea. one put In force by this country
and the other by Great Britain, would
result surely In confusion and accl.
dents. On the first day of July
new regulations went into opera.
ton respecting the rule OF the road
ut sea by the two countries. Some of
these rules mean vastly different
things In the different codes and there
Is no way for mariners to distinguish
between them. Life ut sen IL hazard.
Gus under the best circumstances ami
1t seems little less than criminal to
mix such rules as existed before IN Il
way that they may be mistaken and
accidents result.
Since June II OF this year 1t has been
I'M Offense for the women Of Massa.
chusctts to wear for purpose Of dress
or ornament or to sell or have In their
possession the bodies or feathers Of any
Of the birds which are commonly used
for the adOrnment of wOmen's hats.
Like many other laws passed this year
by the various State Legislature tho
existence Of the law was unknown to
most people. and the stated Intention
OF the police commissioners Of Boston
to enforce this new blue law has
spread CONSERVATION among the mil.
liners and their customers. Tho law
was put ON the statute books at the In.
stance Of some society for the proven.
tlOn Of sOmethingorOther. and Is on a
par with the prohibition Of Mother
Hubbards, which was tried a while
ago.
Chlcago's cheerful centenarlan, "Jim-
my" Lane, has taken to riding u wheel,
ana In common with other devOtees of
the bicycle he declares that 1t makes
him feel younger already, and that
with its aid he will be able to live
many more years. With his usual per.
4 lin rtt In tor tl.,, Ia, Al,
first trial ana he promises to become
one of the most enthusiastic wheelmen
In town. 1t need surprise no one To
hear that the oldest inhabltant has
been arrested for scOrching. Mr.. Lane
Is an Optlmst and as such he shames
u great many younger people who in
| sIst on taking gloomy views of life.
II, like him, they would turn their gaze
outward and buy wheels they would be
much happier.
The method Of voting In the Frencl,
Chamber of Deputies Is unique. Tho
members have white and blue cards,
the former slgnifying yea" and the
latter may" When Il member wishes
to be absent from the chamber he in
structs a colleague to vote for him and
the latter Is allowed to do so. Tho
other day when there We're not more
than fifty members In the house Ger.
tain measure was carried by a vote Of
301 to 12G. There have been many mt.
temps to abolish the system OF voting
by proxy. but they have all failed. 1t
reduces legislation to an absurdity.
A cynic assures the New York Press
that whenever he eats boiled buckle
berry pudding he always dreams about
getting married." That's no dream,
either; It's nightmare.