Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-02-17

raphy" does not signify the Use Of
wires. and Is therefore appi. cable 10
the wireless system: 70 that the simple
wireless tc!cgrapby" IN exactly accu.
rate. II II. moreover. no more cunbcr.
some ihnn most Of tho one word sun.
stitutes proposed. and not rs cumbpr.
some as some OF them. Why not let
II stand?
Nctcr do mans possessions seem
SO dear TO him rs when he Is on the
point Of losing them. The Indiana
farmer who saw his wife plunged In a
raging stream. In Imminent danger OF
being drowned. had all Of u sudden a
higher opinion Of her value than ever
before. When he saw that blessing
about to take flight down stream he Of.
fcrcd to give thousand dollars to the
man who succeeded In rcsculng her.
OF those who heard the offer one was
bold enough 10 dare the Hood and bring
the wife ashore. But after she had
been saved the husbands opinion Of
her value fell. He no longer thought
her worth a thousand dollars. while
that sum seemed far larger than Il had
q short time before. when he had been
willing 10 part with II 10 get back his
wife. SO he refused TO pay so large a
reward. Ills wife may have felt OF.
Tended by the lower estimate he was
putting on her value to him. but more
| probably. AYERS tho Chicago Tribune.
she was thrifty woman who felt that
II she outlived her husband the thou.
sand dollars might he hers and help
console her for his loss. Tho rescuer
brought suit for the full reward ana
won his case. The Jurors held the
farmer to his rash oath. and his wife
has cost him a thousand dollars. Prob.
ably he will remind her Of that fact
whenever she hsks him for little
| spending money. II she falls into a
creek again before his eyes and there
seems to he danger Of her drowning
how much will he offer for her rescue 2
II In safe to say he will not offer thou
sand dollars.
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| An intelligent master printer II
quoted as saying to the men Of his own
| trade. "Whether We wish II or not. the
elght.hOur day In hound IL come; aud
Instead Of wasting our strength In vain
resistance We shall lind 1t wiser to con-
slider how we can adjust our business
to the Inevitable change" Without
accepting or rejecting this prophecy,
we may shy with truth that the pres
cnt agitation seems to follow In the
track OF the movement Of sixty years
ago. which reduced the working day
from twelve or more hours to. ten. II
Ii urged by the same reasons; II Is me,
by the same objections; II wins by the
same zigzag advances. In eight States
there has already been friendly legis.
latiOn; In Boston and Worcester 1t has
been approved by popular suffrage as a
standard for all city employees. 1t Ia
for the interest of both capital and In.
Dor that SO serious change should be
madc-if 1t Is to be made ut all-wlth
the least possible disturbance to bust.
ness.
|
The commerce Of the Great Lakes ID
SO vast that the lake waterway has be.
come almost as important as the path
across the Atlantic. In the lake navi-
CATION season of 1890. more than eighty
million bushels Of grain. nearly seven
million barrels OF four, thirteen million
tons of iron and a billion feet OF lumber
passed through the Sault Sainte Marie
Canal, bound toward the East and Eu
rope. Practically all this traffic. and
an additional amount from Lakes Mich
igan and Huron, pass through Lake
Erie. Erie ID the shall0west of all the
lakes. and the fact is apparent that It'll
level 10 lower than It was formerly
The possibility Of Its falling still more
as a result of the diversion OF some Of
the wafer Of Lake Michigan through
the great drainage canal from Chicago
TO the basin Of the. NJ lssissippi. leads t.
an apprehension that sooner or later
the effect will be harmful. Now q pro