Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-30

tendency In prices caused by the pres.
ent glut In the market, but would help
to steady and confirm the price Of the
remainder. Moreover. wien the lean
years come. and prices advance, the
farmers. and not the spectators. will
be masters OF the situation, and will
reap the profits. The suggestion Is EN-
inently sensible. To adopt It Is merely
to use that prudence and business sa-
gacity by which men In other occupa-
tons achieve commercial success. 1t
needs no argument to show that the
man who will make money when corn
advances will be the man who has the
corn. Why should not tina, man be the
farmer who raised It?
Stephen T.. Burcl,, a well.to.do farm.
or near Topaz. Mo-, Is evidently n man
of a practical turn Of mind. Recently
he turned up In the gulse Of tramp
seeking for work ut the farm of Peter
Grcena walt. near Huron. \. ID. After
working q few weeks he and the farm.
er's pretty daughter. Mary. disappear
cd. and nothing was heard from them
until Mr.. Grcenawalt received n let
ter from his daughter ut Topaz saying
that she was Mrs. Burch. the two hav.
ing been married at Kansas City. Later
II was learned that Burch had been
looking up wife for some time dis.
gulsed as u tramp. lie said he wished
to see girls just rs they really were
and not on their parlor behavior. He
studied Miss Greenn walt closely. found
that she was smart girl ana fine
business proposition. which she prompt
~ accepted. There Is much that IL
cOmmendable In this businessllke way
of getting a wife. ana Mr.. and Mrs.
Burch probably will get along rs well
and be just as happy rs II their mar
rIngc were one Of those matches made
In heaven"
There Is always sympathy for the
person who lights % fire with kerosene
and for the man who loses his money
In an Investment scheme that pays $40
per cent. interest. Yet gross ignorance
and cupidity can only be disciplined by
cruel experience. The man who Invest
cd his money In the Franklin syndicate
was either a fool who did not deserve
worldly possessions. or a knave who
hoped to feed upon the gullIbllity Of the
public In company with the rascal who
planned the job. The law can keep hu.
man sharks ut n distance, but II cannot
keep their prey from going to them. In
the worship Of something for nothing
Ia found all that Is weak, selfish, envl-
Gus End dishonest In human nature.
Thus. while one part of humanity Ii
prOwling for chance to get something
for nothing, another Ii batting Its trap
for the first. II the two destroy each
other In the duel. the world Is the gain
err. A Franklin syndicate failure Is not
u calamity.
In the light Of tho newly announced
sand cure It seems probable that II the
Digger Indians of the far West could
be persuaded to abandon their clay diet
and eat sand instead they would find
It much more wholesome. Clay IL
merely filling. 1t cannot assist In the
process Of digestion and assimilation.
Sand, on the contrary. would be Of the
greatest service In assisting these mis-.
guided Indians In digesting the owls.
rattlesnakes. and dry roots with which
they are compelled sometimes to vary
their bills of fare. ana lie In their
humble caves would become worth
living. 1t Is even possible that a ju-
dicious mixture Of sand would make
the clay itself digestible, but of this
there is no certainty, and It Is best not
to claim too much. -
While the French have been en- Joy
Ing many hearty laughs over the merry
cartoons OF English persons and affairs,
Great Britain has been quietly mount.
ing the largest gun In the world ON
Dover cliff. The new monster Is forty
one feet long and Weighs nifty tons. II
Is said that 1t will drop an S5O-pOund
shell on the shores OF France, twenty
five miles away. At the same time
the British admiralty has authorized
the construction OF 450 long range
naval guns Mt a total cost of so, $780,
600. The British may be little slow
In showing their appreciation of humor,
but there are other matters In which
they are not SO slow.
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1t Is reported that cradles are again
coming into fashion. In the upper cir
Giles they win probably be used In place
Of the old spinning wheels that have
heretofore been kept on exhibition.