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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
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The employment agencies in Chicago
report great scarcity of men who are
willing TO go TO the country to work.
The farmers Of the Northwest sent in Il
call for hundreds Of men. They offered
from SIS 10 so n month wages, with
board and washing, for able.bodied
workmen, but comparatively few We're
found There Is u similar scarcity of
railroad laborers, for whose cervices
Sl.50 a day Is offered. The movement
of population towards the cities seems
TO have reached the stage where, If the
country Is not partially depopulated, 1t
Is ut least left without sufficient help
during the spring and fall, when the
greatest amount of work Is to be done
on a farm This Is In the face of the
fact that within the last fifty years la
bOr-saving machinery has made 1t UNI
necessary to employ more than third
as many men on farm as We're former
ly needed. Last year labor was so scarce
In Kansas and Nebraska that young
women Were obliged to go out into the
field to work, and even then portions of
the crop We're spoiled for lack of
prompt handling. Every year, provid-
ed there is an average crop. the prob.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
HARRISON FOR PRESIDENT.

The Chicago Eagle keeps the name
Of Carter II. Harrison M It's masthead
for President in 1901, The popular
Mayor of the Windy City would GER
tainly make strong candidate,--Dal
las News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

The prevalence of divorce Is simply
appalling. 1t appears from reliable
statistics that fully half the people
that are married seek separation
through the courts. A cursory glance
at the cause of complaint shows "cru-
city" and failure to provide" are very
common causes, ranking above drunk
enness and faithlessness. AS Is well
known, the charges of cruelty and fail
ure to provide are usually grounded
merely in incOmpatlbility. The cruelty
is usually harsh language or threats.
and the desertion or failure to provide
is usually the result of an agreed sep.
aration. Centuries ago the Church Of
Rome realized the danger from divorce,
and used all the power OF religion to
check it, by making 1t one of the for
hidden things under any circumstances
and one does not find Catholics In
the divorce courts. We do not regard
the growth of divorce as so much the
fault of lax laws as of lax morals.
There Is, outside Catholicism. too lit
tie effort to impress the young with the
sanctity of the marriage vow. Too oft
en- the youth enters the bonds with the
vague notion that II he shall fail OF
happiness. the burden of matrimOny
may be shifted, while altogether too
often the maiden enters the holy state
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

King Edward has taken occasion to
Inform his lord chamberlain that En-.
gland is not republic, and that frOck
coats should no longer be worn at pres
entatiOns to the monarch. 1t appears
that the faithful British subject, when
calling in Populations to pay his re-
spects to the King has been wearing
the garment which In republic Ia
often called by the royal name Of
prince Albert" This has annoyed the
monarch, who has been growing more
fastidious and exacting regarding
court fOrmalities. and who has az length
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
~

In a recent sermon Rev. i. Trumbull
Lee made the statement that "newspa-
pers liOnize criminals" adding, III you
want to get your picture on the front
page of every paper, with haring
headlines, all you have to do nowadays
Is to commit some big robbery. murder
or other horrible crime" Rev. Lee
has fallen into the common error Of
installing notOrie,y for fame. They
have little In common. Publicity Is
the backbone of public morals, just as
surely as secrecy fosters and ahets
crime. Fear Of publicity is a police
officer who Is always on duty. Men
with criminal instincts In uncOunted
cases have refrained from wrongdoing
for no other reason than that they
feared the picture and the flaming
headlines of which Rev. Lee has
spoken. Publicity Is the enemy of
crime, and the reputable newspapers
of the country are doing the community
at large service in making 1t impos-
sible for great wrongdoers to hide their
misdeeds.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

Since the supply of brains Is not equal
to the demand. the price of brains has
gone up. The president of the new
steel corporation Is reported to receive
a million dollar salary. Twenty years
ago he began work for Mr.. Carnegie
at thirty dollars a month. To-day, at
the age Of thirty-nlne, he has out.
stripped every other wage.worker in
the world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
EA0LErs.

The assertion that the number of In.
dian children attending school has
doubled since 1887 and that the mum.
Der of Indian children in and out of
school is steadily increasing hardly
squares with that theory of the gradual
extinction of the red men which has
been often questioned of late years. 1t
tends rather to support the claim that
these much-commiserated denizens of
the forests and the plains have been
saved from themselves by a compul-
sorry peace. so that they are perhaps
more numerous under the white mans
rule than they were when their princi-
pal occupation was scalp-hunting. All
the earlier Indian statistics are mere
gucsswork. Parkman. who made the
closest researches into the history OF
the Hurons for the purpose of his mon
umen,al, work Oh the French in Amer.
lea. made no pretcnses toward an ac.
curate statement of their numbers. He
said that they were variously estimated
al from 10000 to 10000. but added that
the former figure was the more reason
able of the two. In estimating the
population of the lroquois lie Is equally
cautious. merely hazarding an infer
cnce that wheI the five nations were a {
the height of their power they did not
have ns many as 1000 fighting men.
During the period covered by his mar.
rative the Hurons were almost cxtermi.
mated 10y the iroquos. and such de.
struction of tribe by tribe was not un-
| common. In fact any great Increase
of population was impossible amid the
conditions of Indian life. and the early
explorers spent much of their time In
an uninhabited wilderness. The sub.
iect Is glanced ut in the last report of
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
where there Is q table giving estimates
of the population of Indians in the Uni.
ted States from 100 to 1900. The Com.
missioner says that prior TO the year
1850 only small reliance can be placed
upon the figures. and this Is obvious
after the briefest examination. For
they jump from 10000 to Al 1886 he.
tween 100 and 1870 and drop to 100.
$50 In 1926. The census report of 1850
gave an enumeration Of 4OO. 7G4, hut
the fact that there Is q shrinkage to
314.G22 within five years makes II prob.
able that we still have to do with rough
estimates. 1t Is only since all the
tribes have been corralled that it has
been possible to arrive at anything like
accuracy. and even of late there have
been some noticeable discrepancies.
The census report Of 1850 put the mum.
Der of Indians mt So. 534; the report of
the Indian Office for the same year
made the figures $50, 127. In 1900 the re.
turn of the census was 24S, and, nc.
cording to the Indian Office, there was
an increase TO 272,O23 by 1900. not In.
Guiding some $4,000 persons who have
lost their tribal identity. The calcula.
ton at this day should be pretty near
the truth. and II there are more than n
quarter of II million Indians within the
United States to-day the probabilities
are that these aborigines are numeri.
cally as strong as they were three or
four centuries ago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

Max O'Rell advises married people
who want TO be happy to forget that
they are married" We fancy that
those who accept this advice will soon
find themselves really unmarried-but
whether really happy or not, is another
question.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

The Social Economies Club of Chi
cago has been lately discussing how to
live OH $3.50 week. How not to live
on $3.50 week would have been the
more commendable theme of the two.
Waste and extravaganza should he dis
couraged In rich as well as poor and so
should unnecessary stinginess and par
simony. Civilization, TO cOnsldera bic
extent. consists in the increase Of pro-
ductlon and consumption. Both these
processes are interdependent as well as
educativc and wholesome. 1t Is. there
fore, desirable that the properly dis.
tributed consumption Of commodities
should he increased instead Of decreas-
cd.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

without any thought in particular. OK.
cept that devoted to her rousseau. The
child cries for the moon until 1t dis.
covers that the moon Is unattainable.
when II becomes content to do with
out it. The open door for divorce in
vitcs many a young married couple.
when, IL divorce were impossible. they
would make the best of things and
probably would attain contentment. II
not happiness. together. There must be
general divorce laws to tit extreme
cases. but let the moral spirit of the
community. led by not one. hut all
churches. frown on divorce and make
an outcast of at least the guilty party.
and divorce would be possible only as
a last resort. instead Of the first re-
course of the dissatisfied.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

Judge Days departure in the pun.
ishmcnt of boys brought before him in
Police Court at indianapolis 10y sus.
pending sentence while their parents
are required to whip them soundly In
the presence Of an officer. meets the
approval OF common sense. AS the 20.
lice Judge explains, a fine does not
bother the boy a bit. however much It
may hurt his father or mother. while
confinement only hardens him. \
whipping. however, Is regarded among
his companions as disgrace. ana has
strong lettering effect on youthful
cussedness." 1t Is not AZ all surpris.
Ing that boys 60 wrong. Edward
Everett Hale said very true thing
when he remarked that II the strength
Of Infancy were at all propor'ionate to
its viciousness. II would not take ba.
bics long to kill off the rest of the PEG.
pie ana each other. The child that Is
naturally unselish. that naturally con.
trolls his temper and naturally rcstrains
his passions il rare indeed. Eternal
vigilance on the part Of the parent Is
the price of good child. with keen
notions of right and wrong and a well.
developed conscience. Ignorance on
the par, of parents in the training OF
children Is responsible for an immense
amount of wickedness In the world. and
| carelessness Is responsible for more
while there are many cases where the
hard conditions of life make il impOs
sible for the father or mother TO de
vote the necessary attention to the
| training Of the child. With compul
sorry education we are getting closer &c
the old Spartan theory that the child
up TO q certain age, Is the ward of the
State. and rs we have more uniformity
of training among children we may
expect u decrease Of crime. hut in the
meantime there Is much youthful crime
to he dealt with In the Police Court.
of all the larger cities. by the time
child reaches this court II Is too lat,
to undertake that long and patient
training that will obvlate the necessity
of corporal punishment, and there Il
no better method of dealing with sucl
offenders than sound whipping. ad
ministered preferably by the parenta
hand.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
II1ll

Rural free delivery or the mail is the
most popular innovation that the Post
office Department has introduced In re.
cent years, as is shown by the attitude
Of Congress toward the appropriation.
Instead Of trying to cut 1t down. there
Is manifested a general disposition TO
increase It. The only reason why It
has not been increased Is that the Post.
master General stated In his report that
S3.5O0,OOO was all that can be judlciOus.
~ and economically applied to rural
free delivery during the next fiscal
year. The different members of Con.
gress who spoke on the bill were eX.
tremely laudatory in their remarks con.
corning It's utility. One of the most
interesting features of their remarks
was what they said about its rapid
growth wherever 1t had been estab.
lished. II seems that in nearly all cases
the vOluMe of postal business Increased
NJ such q rapid rate that there was an
encouraging prospect that 1t would
prove se!f-supporting and that In some
cases it would yield profit to the Post.
office Department. Representative
Butler Of Pennsylvania. reported on
the experience in his district with rural
free delivery as follows: perhaps in
my district there Is the most remarka.
bic showing in the operations of this
system Of any district In the country.
Two years ago the department appoint.
ed five rural carriers who started from
my town OF West Chester and served a
population of 1000 people. or SO faml-
lies. The district Is entirely an agricul.
tural one. In the first month OF the
service there were 800 pieces of mail
handled. Last October the number OF
pieces handled was $1,000. For the
benefit of my friend from Chicago, Mr..
Mann. who says the big offices pay the
expenses Of rural free delivery, l wan,
to say that the service In my district
has paid its own way and turned into
the treasury about $1,000 profit in a
year. This showing in district
where the service has been established
for q period of two years is significant.
1t is apparent that the service is appre-
ciated by the residents of the rural dis.
tric,s and that they avail themselves of
it very largely after they have become
acquainted with 1t. 1t Is not likely that
it will ever be burden to the Postofiice
Department.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

notified the lord chamberlain that here.
after uniforms or court dress must be
worn. Thus Is the frock coat officially
denominatcd In England a republican
garment. and thus does King Edward
treat the coat which Is called by the
name of his own father.
~e~
In far away Russia one man repre-
sents the Government. He owns the
lands. the ships. the railroads. He
even tells people what language they
shall speak ana the manner In which
they shall worship God. He Is every.
thing. for the people. work, pray. talk
and live in the name of the Car"
He Is the personiiicatiOn of power.
And he sleeps In stcel.lined room.
Fear Is his 'bedfellow. He eats with
death ut the board. lie Is not cow
ard by nature. mind you. Unseen
dangers forever threatening. will shat
ter the nerves of the strongest man liv-
Ing. The ruler of Russia lives on a
volcano called Public Unrest. and 1t
will follow the man who draws 49,.
OOO,COO yearly from the Imperial treas
ury from the cradle to the grave. In
Washington n dignified appearing gen.
tleman IL often seen unattended on the
streets. People say: How do you
do. slr!" TO him just as they would
greet you or any other gentleman. He
Is President of the United States, re-
spected and safe everywhere. That
Is power such as Nicholas never
dreamed Of. 1t Is the power that Is
born Of liberty and equality. 1t Is n
power backed by civilization and edti-
cation. and 1t Is beyond the reach Of
the mournful man who sleeps In 4
stcel-llned room.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-17
LARGE Timber Purchase.

Hon. 5. L. Griffith of Dandy has just
effected the purchase OF a tract of
5000 acres of timber land mostly To-
Gated in the town of Stratton. On the
property is a fully equipped mill and
boarding house and Mr.. Griffith viii
put in a gang of men to cut 100000
feet of spruce there this season. On
the tract purchased there are upwards
of 100000 feet of spruce timber,
100000 feet of yellow birch and
thousands OF cords of pulp. wood.
This land adioins another large tract
owned by Mr.. Griffith. giving him
1900 acres of timber land in solid
tract on which there are at least 3d.
100000 feet of first growth spruce.
This last purchase makes him the
owner of between forty and fifty
thousand acres of forest land on which
there is standing today from 100 TO 100
million feet of spruce. This makes
Mr.. Griffith. undoubtedly, the largest
owner OF spruce timber in the eastern
section of the United States.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-17
Rankruptcy Notes.

A petition in bankruptcy has been
flied By Alexander Benoit OF sheldon.
His assets are $40 and his liabilities
S3l. all of which are claimed exempt
4 petition IN bankruptcy has been
filed BY Geo. l. Jueary. a laborer Of
ST. Adams. Ills liabilities are Sl14.55
and his assets 81 .0s6. Is. Of which $50
are claimed exempt In the amount
is also an insurance policy which it is
stated is Of no value to the creditors.
Two petitions in bankruptcy were
filed Friday. Philip Murphy, a quar-
ryman OF Yershire had liabilities Of
$50 and assets Of 1909. OF which
S625 Is claimed exempt. The firm OF
l.. w. Gray 4 Son OF Wheelock also
filed petition. The firm is composed
OF Lorenzo w Gray and Barney ID.
Gray. The assets OF the firm are
81. 1875, with liabilities OF S7s9, of
which $40 are claimed exempt. The
liabilities OF L. W. Gray are 1891. his
assets S2,565. of which $3.50 is claimed
exempt. The liabilities of d. ID. Gray
are S4l, his assets s2,561, Of which SO
is claimed exempt.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-17
MIspEEps ANp PgNALTIgs.

Deputy Sheriff William Medor. as
sisted by Robert Levick. arrested
Sheridan Martin Saturday evening,
who Is wanted for the robbery Of J..
II D0dds store III North Hero June
eth. Martins partner In crime was
arrested AZ the time and gave evidence
against Martin, who escaped 70 Can
ada.
Edward Payne of ST Adams was re-
lieyed of $50 and a gold watch Satar-
day afternoon in Winooski. He was
held by two men while a third rified
his pockets.
The North Hero postotiiee was
broken into Tuesday night Of last
week. The safe was blown open with
dynamite and about $50 in stamps
and $40 in cash was taken.
The strong Hardware Co. OF Bur-
lington was entered and robbed last
week of about IS worth of stamps, less
than a dollar in change, revolver and
knife. and other articles may have
been secured. There is no clue to the
thief.
Sunday Rudolph Felix Liebich,
known in Burlington as Baron Won
Liebich. was arrested IT his home in
Winooski, charged with bigamy. He
was married last June to Mrs. Hale Of
Burlington. Last week woman
claiming to be his wife arrived from
Norway. She SAYS she was married
to him in 1890 and has son born Is
months later.
c. c. Miller, former proprietor Of the
American House at Brattleboro and
Lew Wilbur, the present proprietor,
were arraigned before Judge Wendell
p. Stafford last week on the charge of
violating the prohibitory law. Judge
Stafford fined Wilbur $500; c. c. Mil
Ter, 500 and T. j. Ferriter, clerk,
800. The latter was sentenced to not
less than II nor more than II months
in the house OF correction. Miller was
also sentenced 10 the house of correc-
ton but the sentence will be suspend
ed during good behavior as he has
gone out of the hotel business.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-17
ACCIDENTS.

Antoine Rioux of Burlington was
killed Thursday afternoon. Mr..
Rioux was repairing the roof Of a
house and the ladder over-balanced.
precipitating him forcibly 10 the
ground. His skull was fractured.
James. the l2-year-old son of James
w. Duff of Barre. while playing on
the river bank. stumbled and fell head
long to the riverbed twelve feet below,
striking the back of his head on a
rock and cutting a severe wound.
Gardner, 4-year-old son of Malcom
McLoud, was drowned last week by
falling into the flume at J. NJ. Batchel-
der q Sons mill at Plainfield. IL was
necessary to draw the water off to find
the body, which was in the fiume
about 10 minutes. Life was extinct
when the body was recovered.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-17
Pharmaceutical Association.

The eighth annual meeting of the
Vermont State Pharmaceutical asso-
citation opened in Nergennes Wednes-
day OF last week. President A. L..
butcher presided. The treasurer re-
ported a substantial balance in the
treasury, with 143 old and seven new
members. There have been two
deaths. officers for the ensuing year
were elected "a follows President,
A. L. butcher of st. Adams; first vice
president. w. +. Root of Brattleboro;
second vice president, F. A. Morse OF
West Rutland third vice president, A.
L. Cheney of Morrisville; secretary, c.
w. Ward of Rutland treasurer, G.. L.
Harwood OF Chester. H. A. Slade OF
Montpelier was elected delegate to the
Pharmaceutical association, and /.
Neville of Vergennes, alternate. The
next meeting viii be held in st. Johns
bury
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-17
En-Goyernor,s Son Dead.

William Slade recently died in
Cleveland, o He was the son of Gov.
Slade of Vermont. He fought for the
Union in the civil war, and in recog-
milton of his services President Lin
coin appointed him United States con-
sui at Nice. When he came home il
was to practice law and to be elected
to the Ohio legislature. When Grover
Cleveland became president he made
Slade consul at Brussels. At ripe old
age VIM. Slade retired to private life,
devoting himself to law and literature.
The friends of other days passed away
one by one. Born in 1916, he had out
lived his time. Death found him with
but two friends at his bedside. They
followed him to the lonely grave
where he lies today. A one-horse truck
drew the implanted box that held his
remains. He was laid away without
song or service.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-17
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

O. q. Taylor Il Co OF Burlington
recently made a sale of 100000 cigars,
which Is said to be the largest ship
ment of cigars ever made by express
in one day by any firm in New Eng
land.
The new Porter screen shops in Wi
nooski have been opened and are now
in running shape and nearly ready for
business. Last November the old
shops were destroyed by fire and about
two hundred and fifty hands thrown
out of employment. As soon as pos
sible after the fire arrangements were
made for its reconstruction and the
company has succeeded in putting up
what is said 10 be the largest and best
fitted up factory for the manufacture
of screen doors, windows, etc, in the
world
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-17
CHURCH AND SOCIAL.

Bellows Falls is the home of a new
| Woman's club which starts off with
109 charter members and a prospect
of not less than $50.
The Rev. DR.. w. S. Roberts, who
has for the past ten years been pastor
of the First Baptist church in Burling-
ton, has rendered his resignation.
The Vermont Historical society
holds its annual meeting tor the cleo
ton OF officers and the transaction OF
any other business at its rooms in the
state house at Montpelier Tuesday
afternoon OF this week.
The Vermont Federation OF Wo-
mems clubs holds its sixth annual
meeting in the Cong1 church, Morris
vile. Wednesday and Thursday of this
week. Special features are addresses
of Mrs. Sally White of Boston and
Miss Helen Winslow of Roxbury,
Mass.
The second annual conference of the
Vermont Society, Daughters of the
American Revolution, was held in the
Brooks House at Brattleboro Thursday.
About 20 members of the organization
were present, including Mrs. Charles
w. Fairbanks, president general. and
Mrs. j Heron Crossman of Tarrytown-
on-Hudson. one of the vice presidents
general. Mrs. Julius j. Estey of
Brattleboro, state regent, presided. In
the evening Mrs. Estey gave a recep-
ton from : to IL in honor of her guest,
President General Fairbanks. A very
large number attended.
The following officers were elected
at the meeting of the Grand lodge,
Knights of Pythias, in Bennington
Thursday Rev. f. G. Lewis, g. c.;
A. II. Bntterfield. g. V. c.. w. A.
Drew, G. c. G. f. O. Tinker, G.k.R.
;. f. W Booth, G. NJ. j; Z. c. w. Luce,
G. u. at A.; H. b. Ladd, G.. /. G.;
Geo. w Lepper, grand trustee; L, w.
Brown, G. |. All. George was elected
supreme grand representative. The
next meeting Of the grand lodge viii
be held at Burlington. Reports made
showed that the order was tiourishing
in the state, the gain in membership
during the year having been 225.