Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-01

state commerce. Evidently the decis-
Ion of the New York court Is open to
exception, because 1t leaves some din.
cult questions untouched. For instance,
IL the first occupant of the seat, when
he left his valise In possession. went
forward and occupied seat In the
smoking car, was he not holding more
than he had paid forY Would passen.
ger No. 2. finding the only available
seat In the ordinary car taken up by
the vallse Of passenger No. 1 be justi.
fed In Jerking the owner Of the valise
out Of his seat In the smoking car?
Number was entitled to one seat and
No. l had not paid for two seats. In
recent Instance seat In full car
was occupied by two valises. and pas.
sengcrs went from car to car trying
to find seat. During the entire Jour.
ney Of over 100 miles the owner Of the
vnlises occupied n seat In the smoking
car and never for moment sat In the
oshNh sNtss out Va NulCu heDl
two passengers. Was that course jus.
titled by the New York decision? Evi.
IDENTIFY the New York court had not
gone to the bottom Of the question rais.
cd by the scrapping Of the two New
York commuters.
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Thn (ehtnnS. Ntufst,s ne uea lsv
ton In his "Plea for Fair Treatment"
In the Century, adverts to the easy
readiness with which credit was given
to the lying reports ana hideOus mis-.
representations that came from Shang.
hal during those trying days when rs.
kin was the center Of the World's dire.
full apprehensiOns. Mr.. WI Ting. fang
laments the Incredibly with which
Minister Conger's famous dispatch. an.
nOunclng the safety Of the legations,
was received. He suggests that since
charges and suspicious 80 degrading to
Chinese character aud so harmful In
results We're thus absolutely disproved,
the fact should "teach a lesson all
should heed-nOt to be too hasty in
forming conclusions" and that Justice
ana consideration for others should be
guiding principles upon all occasions"
Truisms these remarks may be. but
worth remembering. for all that.
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You may talk about your cooking
schools and your chatting dishes all you
like. But when you have walked If.
teen miles with dog and gun In the
wake Of qualls ana come ut shutdown
t. big farm house where 1.-THE mlssus"
fries piece Of ham the size Of shin.
gle, with fresh eggs just brown enough
and provides light biscuits. made from
jug yeast, and apple butter and COW
butter and boiled potatoes aud that
ham gravy, and coffee strong enough
to bounce an iron wedge. and din
pickles and pumpkin pie-why. what's
the use Of cooking schools?
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Government by syndicate Is repudiat.
ed In Newfoundland. A shrewd specu.
lator succeeded a year or two ago In
getting many Of the functions OF the
colonial government farmed out to him.
This year he planned to get fuller con.
troll Of the Legislature and complete
the process of turning the colony into
a stock company. The people have.
however. defeated him overwhelmingly
and will retain what little self.govern.
ment IL left to them, II indeed they
do not resume possession Of much that
he has already taken.
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The Sons Of the American RevOlu.
ton In Hawaii recently offered a prize
for the best Grafton, written and dellv-
cred In English, upon a specified his.
oric theme. The competition was open
to every boy In the Islands. Was 1t the
son Of Son, native Hawaiian, a
clever japanese, Portuguese of an.
clent lineage who, ut that cosmopolitan
crossroads of the Pacific, won the COW
.eted prize? No, 1t WAS a full-blOoded
son OF that China which Is now the POI
litlcal problem of the world.
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The League against Seasickncss Is a
new French organization which pub
fishes a serious periodical, the Journal
du Nal de Mer, largely composed of in
falllble prescriptions against seasick-
ness. Everybody knows such recipes.
People who do not go to sea find them
very effective, and as rule they are
entertaining. But the French journal
ought also to print some fiction with
less transparent plot and a more
agreeable climax.
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Education adds light to the mind
and skill to the hand of Its possessor.
Other things being equal, the man who
reads and by reading keeps in touch
with the advance of improvements In
his trade or art will do more and better
work than the man who has no learn
ing. In the almost miraculous work of