Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19

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Whose Candidacy for Mayor Would
fiict." 1t need not become a menace.
however, unless the British government
seeks to make 1t such. 1t Is Great Brit
ain. not the United Stntes. which In this
instance Is seeking to alter boundary
lines. Briefly stated, the British con.
tentiOn Is that the boundary Of south.
eastern Alaska. instead Of following
line ten marine leagues (thlrty.fOur and
One.half statute miles, from the coast.
line proper. leaps from hcndland to
headland mt a distance of ten leagues
from the outlining capes and prOnlon.
tories. Such line would bring the
British boundary much nearer the Pa.
cific and would give Great Britain con.
troll Of important estuarics and f0rds
leading to the sea. This claim. which
was never advanced until 1908. Is not
supported either by the original trea.
ties, by the maps and charts OF cartog.
rnphcrs or by any argument recOgnlzn.
bic to reason. The United States pos.
sessions In this territory are precisely
what the Russian possessions were
prior to their purchase and the mean.
Ing Of the original treaty negotiated
between Russia and Grent Britain In
1873 IL unmistakable. 1t must be pat.
ent to the State department that there
can he no yielding OF American rights
on this point. The boundary question.
It Is said. Is about to be brought up
again for final negotiations. Whatever
may be required TO secure n common
survey Of the boundary and q, friendly
demarcatlOn Of the line with scientific
accuracy should be done; hut from the
essential point mt Issue there can be no
recession. The evidence In support OF
the American claim In overwhelming.
Every town occasionally puts on
play for the edihcation OF the public
which Is not announced on the bill.
boards. A village In New York renders
the following performance In which
the Baptist preacher ana u jealous
young man play leading roles: The play
opens ut the church picnic. The min.
lister. an unmarried man. IL tho vogue.
Moreover. he Is susceptible. Captured
and cornered by the church organlst,
he discOurses all the day long Of loves
young dream. And now the villain aD.
pears. The organist's steady company
shows up. He behaves rudely ana his
wrath IL as the wrath Of Achilles, Tho
next act Is brief but tragic. 1t Is on
the following Sunday. The jealous
lover lays for the preacher ana wallops
the ecclesiastic sorely. Then comes the
curtain raiser In the police court with
the villain In the dock. The pOpuluce
rent Into opposing factions according
to creed. I'LL and overflow the right and
left wings Of the stage Here the tee.
graph instrument stopped. But u N
easy to guess the sequel. Questioned
by the Judge, the prisoner glares ut tho
minister and the Organlst and lowering
his voice to the floor. huskily exclalms:
mot guilty" Pursued by the mex
Orable law he goes to the calaboOse
rather than pay his tine while the min.
lister and the Organlst marry and live
happily ever after The only default
Of the entire entertainment IL to be
found In the failure Of the preacher to
fall the Jealous young son Of Belial
who attacked him.
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What a mean Captain Kidd sort OF
pirate the substitute" man Is! You
ask for somebody's sarsaparilla or
somebody else's powders. and he says:
Haven't got II, but have something
just as good" Then he hands out an
article made by rObber. No other
word dts. The world IL full of imi.
tatOrs. A man with genius ana ambI.
tlOn discovers something that Is OF real
use to humanity. He manufactures 1t,
he puts 1t on the market. he spends a
fortune Introducing 1t. 1t IL the only
way; no matter how meritOriOus an ar
ticle Is, 1t has to be advertised. You
would think that the man who had
used money ana time anu skill would
10 allowed to enjoy the fruits of his
daring and energy. Not SO! Along
comes the rObber the imitat0r, the
leech. He puts up something In a box
or bottle. copies the successful mans
wares as closely as he can and keep
out OF jail, cuts the price and asks the
dealer, the man who 10 nearest to the
consumer, to do the rest. 1t Ia an In.
expensive way. There IRE no adver-
Using bills to meet-nOthing to do but
copy and grow fat ON the efforts Of u
more honest individual. 1t isn't fair.
~ discOurages ambition. and very often |
1t gives to tie consumer something
that Injuries instead Of benenttipg. !