Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-02-01
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There are various ways OF breaking
banks. but the burglarious route is not
the most destructive of public conf
dence
A Hungarian killed himself on his
wife's advice. And yet there are PEG.
pie who claim that women are losing
their influence in the home.
Denmark leads the world in per
capita interest in agriculture. Each in.
habitant has on an average a capital
OF $5S6 invested in farming.
The metric system of weights and
measures was adopted by France in
1890. by Holland i'm 1916. by Belgium
in 1920. and by Sweden in 1889.
Have you noticed an extra nickel In
your pocket? Director of the Mint
Rogers has reported a net gain in the
per capita circulation of five cents.
In Paris rats destroy each year food
worth 100000. and the value of the
food destroyed by these animals year.
~ all over the world is estimated to
amount In the aggregate to $40, O00, 600
Apple growing in America began In
1G4O. only twenty years after the May
flower came. The first orchard was
on an island in Boston harbor. The
first nursery was set at Danvers by
Governor Endicott.
Germany, in her hunt after the
causes leading up to consumption, has
demonstrated that fifty per cent. Of
the cases in that country could be
traced to habitual breathing of dust
tainted with injurious substances. II
is possible that untainted dust might
work considerable harm to the breath.
ual.
Although prices have fallen greatly
at Dawson. there Is still no use for
five or ten cent pieces. The price OF
few articles only is SO low as o
quarter of dollar The adage, Take
care OF the pennies and the dollars
will take care of themselves" will thus
have little meaning to the two hun
drod children who are growing up IL
that far northern city.
A writer in Blackwood's Magazine
mentions as an incident of life In Lab
rador the burial OF live pet in o
barrel under the November snow. The
owner of the animal, n black bear. by
the way, dug Up the barrel twice dur
ing the winter, but did not awaken the
occupant. who was permitted to slecr
on till May. alternating pets give nc
trouble to their owners or to others
and are happy In their repose. A bar
rel may thus be the abode OF greater
felicity than Is to be found In palace
In more than three thousand schools
in Great Britain the boys are studying
text books on Canada which set forth
her history. explain her system of gov
eminent and lay stress upon hei
:, .,natural resources. These boohs arc
supplied free by the Dominion, and
Lord Strathcona, Canada's high com
missioner to the mother country, will
give valuable medals next spring tc
the scholars who pass the best exam
nations on them. The laudable aim
of Strathcona and his cOuntrymen IL
10 impress British youth with the ad
vantages Of the Dominion as a fielt
for emigration.
The FreEch academy has honoreG
itself by awarding a prize OF 1000
francs to Cecile Morand. Mile. Mo
rand IL seamstress. dwarf and q
cripple. But she has supported a par
alytic father and ten brothers and sis
ters-one OF the brothers being On In
valid. Virtue. OF course, is its own re
ward. and one who has SO much OF l,
as Mile. Morand is incomparably rich
rich In fine qualities Of industry. I'm
selfishness. affection. But II Ia pleas
ant to hear OF public recognition nc
cOmpanied by substantial Offering
In cold cash. The money may lighter
this poor girls labcrs for a season.
Not long since an interesting topit
of debate was started at the Diet O
German Women, then sitting in El
senach. The mover of the subject dis
cussed the common practice of womeI
OF running down as much as possibl,
the prices of the articles they pur
chased. Was this" she asked. "ethi
cally defensible?" women rush from
shop to shop in order to purchase thei
goods a few farthings cheaper, ant
often under cost price. and In doinl
so they are quite ignorant of the fac
that wages have to be thereby dimin
ished and the number of hours of In
Dor heightened" She suggested alst
that people have no idea OF the misery
they cause to many small traders b,
unpuRctuality In the payment Of small
accounts. Also that women who inss
Upon making their purchases late II
The evening do not seem to considel
that by doing SO they rob thousands O
shop employees of the hours of repos'
and recreation they greatly need. TIT
Diet resolved to send a petition 10 til,
federal government of Germany, beg
girg that women inspectors of factor
les should have an academic training
putting them upon an intellectual
snOualifv With vna1a iuonoctorc IN.