Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29


the churches as well as the public
schools; they 60 hand in hand.
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A woman will yank up the guy ropes
of her corset until she almost squeezes
her immortal soul out of place and put
a dead bird on her hat and go strutting
around over town. selling tickets for an
entertainment to raise money to help
send missionaries to China for the pur-
pose of teaching civilization to the poor
heather who have never known what
1t Is to wear a corset. and who have
been struggling on in ignorant belief
that birds were created to sing instead
of to be worn on hat.
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After the Investment syndicates"
collapsed, an INSCRIPTIONS New-Yorker
printed an advertisement. signed Law.
yer" asking all who had been swim.
died by the MISUNDERSTANDING
percent concerns to send him their
names. Fancying that he wanted to
help them in some way, thousands Of
the dupes responded: whereupon
Lawyer" sold their addresses to pro-
moters of other fraudulent schems. sug-
costing that such people would bite ut
anything! II Is one of the penalties Of
foolish action that everybody expects
the fool to give continuous perform.
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The Taft Commission has appointed n
supervisor who In short time will be.
gin to take census of the Philippine
Islands. The purpose Is not only to de-
termine more accurately the number Of
inhabitants. but also TO discover the
mineral and agricultural possibilities,
and the social conditions which prevail
in the islands. Those enumeratOrs who
think they had hard time gathering
facts for the census just completed In
this country will sympathize with the
enumerators In the Philippines, where
there are eighty.four tribes. speaking
nearly as many dialects. and where
many of the natives still have theil
mausers and their bolos hidden In theil
huts.
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The annual reunion Of the Crane
Army Of the Republic Is always an i'm
pressive occasion, and the warmth o.
the welcome which greets the line o.
bent figures and whitening heads Il
proof Of the place these men hold In tn
heart of the nation. 1t Is all the NOR
pity, then, that their wishes In regar,
to Memorial day are not more general
~ needed. At the recent reunion Il
Chicago, the veterans felt obliged I
call attention again to the neglect an
abuse Of the day Oh the part Of the pub
lie, and even to suggest the changin
Of the date from May 30 to the las
Sunday In May. 1t was the Gran,
Army which created Memorial day
and Its members have always observes
the occasion with dignity and respect
They cannot be blamed, therefore,
they object to seing II made q seaso
!, Of baseball games, bicycle races IN
golf.
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The Crow Indians OF Montana az
emulating the whites In enterprise an
industry. They have constructed a sy,
). tenn of irrigation for their farms, o
( which they raise much wheat; have on
8 fiOur-niill In operation, and are bulldin
y another In a distant part Of the rese
walton. They are rich in Hocks an
herds, and dispose Of many cattle an
horses and much farm produce to bu!
; ers. More than all, they have recent
entered into contract with the Unite
= States government to supply the Che.
l enne Indians with -four. This Is I'll
first instance Of government contra,
being awarded to Indlans-to "blanke
\ cd Indians" at least. OF course IL
j. fact does not signify that all Indlar
:. may be taught to be enterprislng; b,
0 It does forbid us to think that they al
all Incapable Of improvement.
Although some Of the stories of brut
Q outrages committed by Europea
0 troops In China are doubtless untru
. there Is n sufficient basis OF fact
make II certain that the outlook Z,
Christian missionaries In the Chine,
, Empire will be darker than before Il
:. war. Wholesale loot Is not only admi
ted, but 1t has been SO open and DARN
: that most of the military commands
. have been compelled to wink at It.
Is hardly likely that such condition
can exist without frequent Outbreal
J: Of violence. Robbers, whether In M
form or not. will not be baked whs
. unarmed individuals oppose them. Th'
;. murders have been frequent In tn
work Of un-Christian robbery can
accepted as a fact. Have not the SC
q diers Of the great European natiol
O done much to justify the Chinese appe
! latiOn of white men as foreign devils
p Have they not made the task of Il
a missionary in China more difficult an
dangerous than 1t ever was!
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!. A few days ago a picture was goir
a the rounds of the newspapers shown
n number of boys hard at work was
=. ing clothes. The story was that Il
:, street arabs of London had been set
> this work and not only did 1t we'll b
liked II. As comment on this com
/ ,h. In, 4,