Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-10-05

ut an average price of 43 cents a dozen,
while the average amount received
from fowls was $1.O1 each" The eli.
mate absolutely forbids the raising of
cereals. but Is favorable to the rapid
growth and early maturity Of vegeta.
bles, which are cultivated in consider.
able quantities by the Indians as well
rs by the IL farmers. The Indians also
do something at stock raising, but one
big American farm would beat all Alas.
ka, savage and civilized.
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1t Is a common saying that a town
or city gets as good local government
as 1t deserves-and no better. 10 II Is
with other elements In the life Of a
community. one of the hest signs Of
the times Is that the American public
seems to deserve more and more In the
matter of books. Certainly It Is get.
ting books-in public libraries-as new.
or before. The princely gifts of An.
drew Carnegie. and many other bene.
factions by other givers. have caused
an amazing growth Of libraries Of more
than thousand volumes, and not pr.
vate property. Five years ago there
were In all the country about four
thousand such libraries, containing
about thirty.three million vOlumes
now their number Is nearly five thou.
sand four hundred, and the books they
house exceed forty.fOur and half mill.
Ions. In the past year alone, from
June !, 1900, to June I, 1901, more than
sixteen million dollars, In gifts ana be-
quests. have gone to American libra.
rics. More encouraging even than the
great figures themselves are the facts
regarding the distribution Of the money
and books throughout the country Us d
whole. East and West. North and
South have found themselves enriched
In the power which books can impart.
or all the States and territories only
eleven are without record Of gifts dur.
Ing this wonderful year. When the
longer columns of Industrial and COM
merclal development are added up,
these library figures must be PLACED be.
side them. Thus we may remind our.
selves that the growth Of the nation IN
not entirely an increase Of dollars.
Thanks to score of agencies-the
spread Of popular education. the inter.
est In patriotic and civic study, the nc.
tivlty Of clubs Of intellectual purpose,
and many other causes-the things OF
the mind are winning their own fair
chance Of development. Before many
years the public library must become
as necessary In every town as the pub.
lie school system.
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Prof. Gautier Of the Institute OF
France Inns ''lsolated the bacteria OF
physical fatigue" and finds It a poison
strongly resembling ptomaine poison In
nature" Instead Of really becoming
tired one develops ptomaines and they
make him think he IL tired. The pro.
fessOr's next step Is strictly logical
He proposes by the use Of disinfect.
ants to destroy the ptomaincs general
cd ana thus avoid that tired feeling
In this way. no longer suffering from
wear ana tear. man need neither weak.
en- nor age. Suppose the professor had
a cord Of wood to saw. As he pro
ceeds to wiggle the bucksaw up and
down, he suddenly detects tho effects
Of ptOmaine poison In his system. liz
PUSHES to little cavity In tho wood
pile and drags therefrOm small bottle
Of dislnfcctant with which he treat,
the ptOmaines. thus relieving his In
tigue. As We read the professors the
Dry and remedy given In u recent mum
her of the London Express. We detec
the development Of ptomaincs In ou
system.
The movement for the preservation
Of British scenery resulted In the for
nation of the National Trust FOL
Places of Historic Interest ana Natura
Beauty. A London editor suggests thai
the trust profit by few Of the "super
tuOus millions" OF Mr.. Andrew Carne
gle, by inducing him to buy ExmOOr
or the English Lakes, or the Rive
Thames. or the SnowdOn District, OF
the Trossachs. The trust would see I,
1t that builders and advertising tirmi
did no Injury. There are tracts with
out number In our own country. til,
beauty Of which ought to be guarded
for the benefit Of generations to come
which invite the attention Of men be
tween whose overlooking purse ant
philanthropic purpose no great gulf Il
fixed. Nature has her rights. as wei
as man. and 1t Is want0n invasion O
them to mar and destroy unnecessaril!
what God has made beautiful ant
health-giving.
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There Is just one remedy for lynchinl
and 1t Is idle to talk Of any other. Thu
communities that are the victims O
one particular crime must be taught
not by precept, but by unvarying exam
ple-that such Outrages will be prompt
ly. certainly and terribly avenget
through the agencies Of justice. In de
fault Of that assurance, made dOubl!
sure by unmistakable and Overwhelm
ing proof, all the preaching In TIN
world will avail nothing. II the Law
does not give them vengeance quicl
and thorough, men will take 1t TO
themselves.
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1t is a curious thing that inventive