Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-09-02

westward has been ut about the aver.
age rate Of five miles per year. having
travelled sos miles since the taking Of
the first census. At this rate Of prog.
ress during the coming century It will
cross into Illinois. Some claim. how.
ever. that this Western march Of popu.
latiOn will be checked soon and that
possibly the next census will mark
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The percentage Of illiteracy Is higher
In the Southern States and New Mex.
leo ana Arizona than In any other sec.
ton OF the country. Tint Is due In the
forme. to the large number Of uncdu.
Gated colored people; In the latter to
the Mexican population. Nebraska Is
the banner state for education. Only
3.11 per cent. Of the population Of over
10 years Of age IRE unable to read and
write. Wyoming Ii second, with a
percentage Of 3.41; Iowa third, 3.01.
and Kansas fourth. 800. Compared
with this the percentage Of illiterates
In Massachusetts IL 0.22. exactly
double that Of Nebraska. In New
York State II IL 5.53 and In Connecticut
a little less, 5.2S. In Ohio It Is 5.24 and
In Illinois 5.25. This Is due chiefly to
the foreign population. In the large
cities and In manufacturing ccnters
The farmers Of Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa never fail to send their children
to school, while the slums Of Boston.
New York. Chicago and other large
cities are filed with Bohemians. Hun.
garians, Italians and other immigrants
who do not value education. and can.
not read and write.
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Cunninghame Graham, himself a
saucy Scot. thus gives the genesis Of
the modern Englishman: saxon sto.
lidity. Celtic guile, Teutonic dizziness
and Norman pride. all tempered with
east wind. baptized with mist, narrow.
ed by insularity, swollen with good
fortune. and rendered Overbearing by
wealth, have worked together to pro.
duce the type" Not by any means a
Od.natured sketch, or strictly
truthful one, but II moral and mental
heredity Is insisted upon. the multiplex
origin Of English character must nc.
count for what Ii strong and good In II
as well as for what IL weak and bad.
As for English. America. the daughter
nation, II has become the great anal.
gamat0r Of the world, absorbing almost
every strain OF Gentle blood. Yankee
character Is British plus two hundred
aud eighty years.
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The Governments disposition of the
Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes will
form an interesting innovation. 1t has
been decided not to sell her or to repair
her for service, as she 10 not worth the
expense 1t would involve. but to put
her sufficiently In order to prevent
further injury or decay, and then keep
her permanently on public exhibition,
as a memorial OF the war; Hitherto
such vessels as Old IrOnsldes and the
Hartford have been preserved, through
sentiment and as reminders OF our
naval achievements, but now for the
first time a ship taken In battle Is thus
to be used. The circumstances will
crafty our national pride In the Prov
ess of our navy, but We are sure II Will
not cause exultatiOn because OF our an
tagonists' humiliation.
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Familiarity which O'ersteps good
manners lately received gentle re.
buke at an English military bazaar. An
officer, attracted by a lady at a stall
remarked that a certain article near
her was very pretty. EYES," was her re-
ply, my mother sent It," "Ah, really
pursued the officer, determined to dis
cover the name of the charming sales
woman. II think ! have met your
mother. Her name is" "rhe Queer
of England" answered the lady. Thu
officer did not wait for the fancled ar
ticle.
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The story that comes from the Klon
dixie Is not SO rose-cOlOred as were the
stories told about this FL Dorado wher
the boom was on. The gold product Of
the last year Is reported to have beer
only $40, OOO, 900, or one'half the amour
estimated, and sickness and destitu
ton are thinning out the adventures
The gamblers are apparently the only
successful gold seekers In the region
The statement that reports from Alas
ka indicate that more gold will b.
found there than will ever come ou
OF the Klondike may, however, ONLY