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Improve the Human Race,

Improve the Human Race.
Man is an animal and Darwin has
shown that not only Is he closely akin
to other animals, but that the laws
which control the development of the
lower animals also control the develop.
mcnt OF man. He has also shown that
crossed breeds of animals are larger
and stronger than either parent. When
we examine into the origin of the Eng.
fish people we find the ancient Rritons
fighting ana mingling with the Romans
and subsequently with the picts. Scots.
Danes. SaNons and Normans. For more
than 1000 years these various breeds
of men have been nodded into that ho.
mogcncous mass that we know as Eng.
llshmcn.
Turning TO the United States. we find
the foundations of new nation laid
by the sturdicst and most cnlcrprising
of these same EngliShmcn. They land.
cd on the then distant shore. conquer.
ed the wilderness. organized Il new
government closely akin to the old and
invited the people of all the world 10
join them. The Slavs. the Germans
AMI the latins mingle together ana In
a few years become nco.AnglO.SaN IONS.
or what may be more properly termed
AnglO.Amcricans. The evolution going
Oh In the United States IL also going on
In Canada. In South Africa. in Austria.
liz. In New Zealand and in other small.
or places scattered around the world.
There Is thus being formed on a 81.
gantc scale a new race OF men built
on the strongest lines in which IL is
possible 10 construct human beings
The different sections of this new race
have n common language ana lltera.
ture. the same laws and customs and
the trend Of industrial civilization gives
them Identical political intcrests.-Bal.
timOre sun.
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WHY He Wns Tartly,

Not long since u little chap who at.
tended the Windsor street school, on
Walnut Hills, arrived about half an
hour late. He was not only tardy. but
brought with him Il very dirty face.
Willie" said the teacher, "why are
YOU late. and why didn't you have your
face washed before you left home;'
Please, man," said Willie, my
grandmother went skating last night
ana was too tired to get up this morn.
ing to get me ready for school,
The teacher. of course, did not think
that Willie had told the truth. She in.
vcstigatcd, however, and found that
Willie was truthful lad. His parents
We're dead and he made his home with
his grandmother. The old lady had
joined n skating party the night he.
fore. She enjoyed the sport and got
along very well while on the Ice, hav.
ing been an expert skater In her young
~ days. When she awOkc next morn.
ing and attempted to get out OF bed
she found her bones cracking like Il
horse fiddle" to use the lads own
words. ana It took the services of three
ncichbors 10 pry her out Of bcd.--C!M.
cnnati Enquirer.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
/9o

The Contractors Combine.
TIL" Graftcrs' Union.
The Monroe Dcbaicrs,
And the Drainage Gang are trying Ia
have three Infamous bills passed 10y
the Legislature NJ Springfield.
The bills referred To are the follow
ing:
\ bill providing for n levy of IN al.
| diiiOnal onc.half oi ] per cent on the
assessed valuation of the property In
the sanitary district. the revenue sup
pOs"dly to he expended In widening the
main branch of IN" river. making II
capable Of receiving u flow Of 3OO.OOO
cubic feet without danger to naviga-
ton. and to construct bridges across
the main channel.
\ biz which will remove the existing
limit Of bond issue and permit the
Board TO lS>u" bonds up Ia = per cen,
Of III" property valuations.
| There IL n third bill, providing 70,
| IN" spreading of u tax amounting IL
onc'uuartcr Of per cent for the pur,
pose of developing the water power u,
l"rkpori, hut this money, 10y the terms
Of the bill, cannot he used for any 9th
~ purpose, AMI so Is moi involved In
III" current story.
BY the additional incom" tax the
Board upon present valuation would
drrir" about Sl.INU,0OO yearly. Oh
S5.Gn.Wn in fom years. The bond
limit hill would not bring n dollars
additional revenue unless present val
untions are increased. The bond issue
In round figures, is now Sli,2S0,OOO
which Is full > per cent of the property
valuation. should the bill pass, there
fore. no additional bonds could be Is,
sued unless valuation should he raised
by the Boards Of assessors ami Re
view,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

TEN thus created will require n flow
of nearly 100000 cubic feet minute.
For the present. however. II is held
that Chicago has nothing TO fear local.
~. or from che complaint of ST. Louis.
as to the reduction called for by the
federal authorities at Washington.
statistics bearing on the dilution of
sewage were presented to President
Jones of the Drainage Board 10y The
commissioner i'm a formal letter. Fig.
ured on the basis of results shown u
flow of 100000 cubic feet minute
might he required. but the commission.
or holds that ~ flow of one-half the
theoretical amount of 100000 cubic feet
per minute" will he satisfactory and
fulfill the requirements of the Sanitary
District act.
by a vote of to the engineering
committee of the board decided To 10.
sumo tile operation of the bridgeport
pumps on April -, so that water shall
he supplied to the Illinois and Michigan
canal. \ committee of grain men in
sisted that this should be done. rs. I'm.
der existing conditions. the canal j. not
navlgablo. The matter vii, come ,ip
for final action before the entire board
Three plans for the enlargement of
the Chicago river to provide the flow of
water through the drainage canal re-
qulred by law without interfering with
Ia "a t.I a.
by the expert commission. The means
proposed provide also for the diversion
10 the canal of all drainage from Ev.
an>ton 10 the Indiana line. The cost
of the schemes range from $4,000 600
10 more than SiO,OOO,OOO. The Chicago
river may be widcned TO $50, 200, $50
or 100 feet. as desired.
Each plan Is supported by yolnmln.
Gus ana exhaustive data. With each
! j. Incorporated alternative plans" NY
which certain of the more difficult
| phases of each problem of engineering
encountered may he solved. These
| plans. designated as Schemes No. l.,
ana - will he presented within u
| few days 10 the citizens committee
with the recommendation that one he
| submitted TO the Drainage Board as
| the official plan of river Improvement.
scheme No. ]" the river j. 10 be
wldened 10 400 feet between the lake
| ana Robey street AT a cost of more than
S22,OOO,VD. All water needed for iii.
luton purposes j. 10 he taken through
the river. The Calumet district is To
| he drained by the extension Of the iii.
nois ana Michigan canal from the Sag
10 the Little Calumet NJ Blue Island
in conjunction with the Calumet Riv.
err or by the same extension by way
Of northern route" from near sum.
mil southeasterly through Lake and
Hyde Park 10 the Calumet near Hath
street. The Evanston and North Shore
district is rO lie drained by canal
through prairie from the lake N VII.
mcttc 10 the North Branch ~ Law
renee avenue. near BOwmanyile. \
pumping station with capacity of CO.
on cubic feet minute Is TO We built.
A. an alternative" moderate i'm.
provcmcnt" scheme is offered. Instead
Of widening the river 10 400 feet. the
necessary flow T. 10 h" secured Wy an
inlet" dug from the lake at sixteenth
street 10 the river AZ Seventeenth
street, This inlet" or feeding canal"
would cost ST. OpO.UOO.
The "omparativ" cost OF these plan,
follows:
Radical. Moderate.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
EXPECT GREAT GRAFT
The Drainage Gang Expect to Hold
the People Up for Forty
Millions More.
This Will Make the Contractors Happier
Than Anything That Has Hap.
pened on Earth.
In Fact It Will Give Them Most of the
Earth and Pipe
Cinch.
The Monroe Debating Club Will Revel In
All the Luxuries of the
While the Poor Taxpayers Will Be Carrying
Burden Beyond All
Precedent.

The Monroe Debating Club is In the
tbroes of acute political Indigestion.
The strain upon the nerves of the
members Is almost too great TO bear.
Graft usually goes through the mem.
bcrs Of the organization like u singed
eat through an alley.
But even II stomach brought mp upon
Graft may be gorgcd TO an extent be.
yond which II Is impossible to remain
unoNciicd.
Just think of the Graft in sight FOR
the Drainage Gang.
Forty millions of dollars more.
Mind YOU. the gang has already OK.
pended S:I.OOOWO on II canal which
Will not drain.
Now they want to rNprnh SlO.On.-
WO more on schemes gotten up for the
benefit of contractors.
II IL almost time for Rope
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

the Chicago river and in the capacity
OF the branch canal to Calumet harhor
Two complete plans are outlined. The
first is frr Il widening of the Chicago
river to zoo feet between the lake ana
RuhCy street. The second plan con.
templates river $50 feet wide and -
feet deep from Lake Michigan to Lake
street; thence lSO feet wide and - feet
deep. with masonry dock walls. Ia
Twelfth street: thence $50 feet wide
and 22ia feet deep.
All the elements attending the Calu.
met AMI North Shore canals and the
method of operating the Thii1y.ninth
street conduit enter Into the cstimat.
ed cost. These comparative estimates
follow:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

with his overcoat on. under circum.
stances which excluded every hypothe.
sis except suicide or accident.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

show a man another man who look,
Ike him, and lie will think the Other
:ellow j. too ugly for a resemblance.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

"NUT'UITI "NUg NU.TOT
Thirty uuru street Calumet branch from
.uuUu|' branch, Calumet
OpnrrrnG tr gravity. S9Gg 7alGp SIO.g!35lg
operated uy pumping -NlNj,'-1 "G,N"2.I-
Scheme 40. - + substantially the
same 20, scheme 40. - differing In
rAc treatment and in the capacity Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

The first friedrich made in this coun-
try We're manufactured in Baltimore
in 1927. They Were manufactured for
the backs of the Old-fashloned fire.
places, the limestone proving too fria-
BILE.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

1T Is IN old saying that our fore.
sight is not as good as our hndsight."
explained well-known citizen to n
reporter, and the illustrations of it
are so many that 1t would he useless TO
recount them. even IL 1t were possible
10 do so. This saying was very thor.
oughly impressed on me u few weeks
since during visit to factory which
is engaged in manufacturing fountain
pens. The ordinary person can have
but a slight idea of the enormous
quantity of fountain pens that are sold
There are dozens Of makes. all of them
more or less good and many of them
almost perfect. They can be found in
every stationery and many other stores
in almost every city in the world.
There are more of them lost than worn
out, for II is surprising how long any
Of the fountain pens Of popular makes
hold out. Once men or women get into
the habit of using n fountain pen they
rarely give It up. Now 1t happens that
invented the first fountain pen which
was practical as far as the use of II
was concerned. This was in 1850.
Prior to that there was fountain pen
known rs Princes Protenn pen on the
market. but it worked rather unsatis.
factOrily.
Il took my invention 10 the leading
patent lawyer in Washington then and
asked his advice about getting pat.
cnt for II. lie gave me no cncoura &c.
mcnt In the matter: indeed. he discour.
aged me. From him went to pat.
cnt agency which did patent business
exclusively. ] knew the manager per.
sonally and ! regarded him as a man
of excellent judgment. lie coincidcd
with the patent lawyer had consult.
ed. He convinced me. though some.
what against my Judgment. that the
people nj large did not want fountain
pen. lie argued that rs pens were so
cheap people would not spend the
amount of money which was necessary
To- buy u fountain pen. Gu;ta pcrcha
as known today had not been invented
them. and hut little was even known
of India rubber. for Mr.. Goodyear was
here then. busy with his experiments.
on which he secured his rubber pa tents
aftcrward. Mr.. Goodyear himself did
not cnthuse on a fountain pen, and
| thought with the others that the world
did not want any relief from the or,li-
nary steel pen which then had just
supplanted the quill pen. or course.
dropped the matter and turned my at.
tcntion to mining, for the discovery OF
gold In California was at that time the
sensation of the day. But If / ever
strike on another invention in view OF
my experience in this. ! will only con
suit a patent lawyer in regard to a
patent and not for any advice in the
matter Of It's use or value" Washing
ton Star.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

River MOskwa a few years ago was
n useless waterway, but steamer
trading company built n series of locks
and dams, ana has since developed a
vast traffic amounting 10 about 1900
600 pools per annum. between Moscow
ana k9lomna. Above the latter point
10 Rjasan, where commences the nayi'
gable portion of the River Okla, which
flows To Mimi NOvgorod, the passage
of the river Is obstructed by sand. II
Is proposed TO Femove this sand as
much as possible ana To erect dams
and locks 81 that sufficient depth of
water may he obtained throughout the
whole of this section of the river. by
this means a continuous waterway
will extend from Moscow 10 Mini
NOvgOrOd. The cost of the scheme will
amount To about S3,2JOOOO,
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middle age rejoice. Research has
proved that the human mind Is ut It's
fullest power between the ages of IL
| ana 90, There are, of course, cN.
| crpilons 10 this rule, such rs Byron,
the young Napoleon and Alexander, but
taking Ii full ana by" the prime age
| Of the mind Of man Is between ~ and
90. Swift was 10 when he wrote Gul.
liver's Travels, ana John Stuart Mill
~ when his essay on utilitarianlsm
was published, although his Liberty
was written three years before. When
Warerlcy came out Sir Walter Scott
was ~ years old, and nearby all of
those tales which have made his last.
Ing fame rs novelist were written
between ~ ana 30. II was between
those years that he wrote Paradise
Lost. The Task and John Gllpln were
lcioe was within two years OF 30
when he wrote Robinson CrusOe. or
all the writing of Thomas Hood, The
Song of the Shirt, and The Bridge of
signs are the best known and will live
the longest, Hood wrote these two
poems NJ The age of III.
Darwin wrote his Origin of Species
when he was 10, and was ~ when he
gave the world his Descent of Man.
Longf"Ilow wrot" Iliawatha at ~, and
oliver Wendell Holmes gave us Songs
of Many Keys when he had passed his
=. al
- when she wrote Mlddlcmarch. Ba.
cons greatest book took - years 10
mature, and Groto's History of Greece
several years longer.
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one of the most remarkable invcn-
lions marking the opening of the
twentieth century is the method de.
yiScd 10y Prof, Michael !. Pupin, of
Columbia University, for sending tclc-
phunic messages through ocean cables.
The chief reason why tclcphoning
through Suhmarise cables has not here.
| IOfur" been successful Is because cleo
! riciiy Is retarded in passing through
| Them. The rctarda,iUn Is variable,
aud It's effect upon n telephone mes.
SAGE sent through Il cable Is TO produce
a tumble Of the sounds which renders
| them uniutclligible. Professor Pupin's
invention consists in attaching to the
cable M Intervals of about an eighth
Of mile, little coils of wire, which
have the effect of preventing the retar-
| dalton Of the current. 1t Is believed
that an Atlantic cable can now be con
~trUctcd which will render converse
| ton possible between the opposite
| shores of the ocean.
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SHOW "A man another man who looks
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
/6Gll>

When Hannbars army descended
from the Alps into the valley of LON
hardy, the whole force was well nigh
routed by plague of mosquitoes,
which drove men ana animals almost
wild with pain
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
EATING AND BODILY HEALTH.

Two French Medical Investigators Be-
lieve We Eat to Die.
Doubt as to whether we eat to live
or eat to die has been dispelled by GER
tain French medical investigators, who
have proved to their own satisfaction
that we eat to die. One of these scien-
fists recently read a paper before the
Academy of Medicine, in which he adj
vanced the theory that appendicitis is
often the result of intestinal poisoning
caused by influenza. Another investi-
gator in discussing the same subject
declared that the disease is caused by
worms or other parasites that are
swallowed with raw fruits and vege-
tables and in impure water. Two 9TH
er French investigators have discov-
cred by test that rabbits which have
been compelled to fast for a week are
proof against the attacks of bacilli in
jected into their systems, while rabbits
that have received their regular rations
quickly succumb to disease. This is
probably explained by the theory that
the digestive agents of the body when
no employed in the assimilation Of
nourishment from food will be in fight
ing trim for the task of doing I'M"
any microbes that may enter their
bailiwicks. P%rophylactic action in line
with this theory would destroy the
business of the butchers, grocers and
bakers during times of epidemic, but
it would also destroy the fasters in the
course of time, and thus prove the
converse Of the dictum that we eat
to die. There is no doubt as to the i'll
effects of over-eating; and opinion is
general that humanity is inclined to
eat too much. The Investigations Of
the French scientists have neither re-
moved doubt as to the real cause Of
appendicitis nor made it clear that
humanity can escape the omnipresent
microbe by habitual fasting.-Milwau.
kee Wisconsin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

In all the Chinese cities i very
percentage of the population lives in &
sort of hand-to-mouth fashion, BUY
ing food from restaurants. Hot water
is sold from stands by people who
make a business of providing it. The
great necessity for economy in fuel
seems to be the primary cause of this
mode of living. Restaurants are the
great consumers Of foreign flour.
Throughout central and southern
China very little baked bread is used,
and the flour is consumed in the form
Of dough, vermicelli, or dumplings
filled with chopped meat, or meat and
vegetables, or fruit. The flour is made
into dough and worked into a leath-
cry form by a man operating a bamboo
fastened at one end. The worker sits
on the other end of the bamboo and
presses and works the dough until 1t is
quite tough; it is then pressed into
thin sheets and cut into strings, boiled,
and thus eaten, or made into dump
lings and then steamed and eaten. In
nearly every case it is eaten while hot.
This foreign flour is also used quite
extensively in cakes and Chinese con-
fections of various kinds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
Beaeen by Soap and Water.

At one of their joint discussions,
which took place in Kentucky some
years ago, Tom Stuart, then editor G.:
the Winchester Democrat, gave his
opponent, 1. N. Boone, a descendant
of the great Daniel, a blow that fair
ly knocked him out of the race for
the legislature. Boone was making his
regular speech, and at the proper
place in it he referred to the matter
of his relation to the toiling masses.
my friends" said he, holding up a
pair of hands that looked as if they
had not been washed in a week, "to
let you see for yourself that I am a
horny-handed son of toll, 1 ask you
to look at these hands, and" turning
to Stuart, Il would ask my p%ale-faced
young friend from the city what he
thinks Of them?" Stuart was on his
feet in a minute. II do not desire to
embarrass my distinguished opponent,
ladies and gentlemen" he said with a
bow, "but I would say that l think
that they need soap and water" 1t
was such an apparent case that the
crowd took hold at once with a shout,
and Boone was completely floored,
and later Stuart was elected.-Argo
naut.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
Randall's Island Slang,

The boys in the Randalps Island In
stitution for the reformation of iuye-
nile delinquents have a slang of their
own. A "scorf" is a boy who is a big
eater of all kinds of food as distin-
guished from a "chuck scorf," which
means a boy who eats quantities of
bread. "Snitch" is a t~elltale, a boy
who breaks the unwritten law of all
schools not to split on a schoolmate
under any circumstances. If one boy
refers to another as an Cup" it means
that he is a captain or a lieutenant,
for the schools is military in it's train
ing. BY the same token a kid" is a
captain or lieutenant who is of small
stature. Hard guy" means a partic-
ularly tough boy and is a title COM
handing more or less secret respect.
AS distinguished from kid" a "Spud
Up" means a captain or lieutenant who
is of large size, "spud" meaning either
a big boy or a potato as the case may
be. Shoes that are made outside of the
institution are called "cities," and
whiting and a match is a Striker"
When it is said of a boy that he has
got a goat" it means that he is an
cry. If he has "a fierce goat" it means
thai he is very angry, in a towering
rage, in fact. A "girk" is a second
hand dried chew of tobacco, and is in
the list of juvenile delinquent treas.
ures. A "rakes' is a boys chum or
closest friend.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
WINS The EMPEROR.
LATEST TRIUMPH OF FORMER
MRS. M'kAY.
Her Husband had Been E1ll.d from the
German diplomatic Service for Marry
ing Divorced Woman Restored Through
Hex InHuence-Daupht.r nj a I.hor.r
(Berlin Iettor

The latest interesting incident in the
career of Mrs. Adolph Won Rreuninp
Detter known in this country as Mrs.
Gordon Mckay, of Boston, has been
her conquest of Kaiser Wilhelm of Ger
L.any. Mrs. Won Bruening is As years
OF age n is the daughter of a man Of
all r about Harvard College. JOS
eph Tract. by name. Her mother. a re-
markedly beautiful woman was em-
ployed by Gordon Mckay, the wealthy
cambridge inventor, as a housekeeper.
When MS housekeeper's daughter was
~, mckay married her and showered
all manner OF gifts upon her. But af-
Ter a Snort period their married life
came to termination with a divorce.
A year ago it was announced that
Mrs. Mckay would marry Won Bruen-
Ing, a member of the German diplo-
matte corps at Washington. The En-
peror was dlspleased, but Won Bruen-
Ing forestalled him by sending in his
resignation. Mrs. Won Bruenipe was
not satisfied with this state of affairs.
She had previously been honored by
ZIG Emperor and MS family, and she
regarded it as a personal affront that
her husband should lose his status in
the German diplomatic service solely
he had married her. She set
herself the task of securing his restora-
tlon. With her husband she went to
one OF his estates in Germany and be-
gan her campaign against his imperial
majesty. The first step was the enter
talnment of the ministers nearest the
throne, one at a time, at her home. She
eAertea herself to her utmost to gain
their favor, and invariably succeeded.
Then h disclosed to them the desire
nearest her heart. Each one promised
his assistance in getting what she
wanted.
They Joined forces when they were