Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-10-08

| day Is n trifiing manifestation of one
of the deadly pcrils with which dwell.
ers In cities are surrounded. We have
trolley wires overhead and heavily
charged cables beneath the surface Of
the pavement. Office buildings are
cobwebbed with electrical conductors:
| machinery Is operated more and more
| through the agency of the dynamo.
Leakage from any one of these cOnduc.
tors of electrical energy Is very likely
to mean instant death-leath by the
lightning strokc-yet It Is only when at.
! tentlon Is called to the subject by an
incident like that at the Harrison street
bridge that anyone pays any attention
to the lcthal possibilities which environ
us on every side. Perhaps 1t Is fOrtu-
nate that we don't think Of these
things. Tho self-apparent perils of the
flying manlO1c cover, the swift-mOving
cable ear and the runaway horse give
sufficient cause for apprehension with.
out dwelling upon dangers tenfOld
greater, but fortunately not so obvious.
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dom Of the new. will strive to Guido
herself at the coming exposition of
100. Various schemes ana projects,
some visionary and some. perhaps. to
Inc realized. have already been present.
ed to give an air of wonder and en-.
chantncnt to the exposition univer.
sellc. Among these IL one for sea bath.
Ing. For visitors at the great fair to
have the pleasure Of bathing on u real
sea beach mt Paris will not be posi-.
Die for excellent reasons. but the in
ventor will give the best possible sub.
stitute for 1t II his plans arc adopted.
His scheme IL nothing less than to hol.
low out great lake on the site of the
Champ d. Enhancement at L0ngchnmps
In the BOis dc BoulOgne and then By
means of specially constructed power
to draw water from the channel five
miles above Dlcppc AMI drive 1t
through plpagc TO miles to Long.
champs. The water will he drawn of
daily and thus be kept pure and the In.
ventOr also claims that he will be able
to reproduce the tidal movements and
even to lash the miniature sea Will,
petty storms. For all this. of course.
there will bc sOmc francs TO pay. but
Paris will have novelty nnd for this
Parisians are always willing to pay
and especially to have others pay.
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| \ visitor to the Moro. one Of the
Santiago defenscs. found that a shell
fred from one Of our ships had dis.
mounted u siX.inch bronze gun made
III 1888. What vista Of history Is
opened by that single shot! A quarter
Of n century after the cannon began It's
career, Wolfe was to die victorious at
Quebec. and France was to lose vast
possessions on this side of the sea.
Soon after came our War OF lndcpend.
ence, with Its mOmentOus results: and
so on through u list Of developments IN
politics In the New World which have
been Of wonder to the Old World. The
floating triumphant battle.shlp. - a
moving symbol of national power
from which came the disabling shell
and the dlsmOunted gun. venerable. bu,
scarcely menace. may he regarded rs
suggesting the condition OF the two
countries victorious United States and
dccadcnt Spain.
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"'Therc are, of course. many worthy
private citizens In the United States,
says the London Quarterly Review
We naturally expect pleasant words
from our English friends these days
but we arc hardly prepared for such u
lavislily generous tribute. The esteem
ed Quarterly Review should be careful
that II does not become fulsOme In it,
compliments. =
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