Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-18
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While the proportion of male Grim.
finals has increased considerably in
Germany since 1882. that of female of.
tenders has remained stationary.
The discovery in Palestine Of valu.
able mineral treasures make II proba.
BILE that there will soon be an indus.
trial awakening of the Holy Land.
Chicago is making a specially of
sending through the mails envelopes
fastened with buckles. The buckles
are of white enamel and old gold.
They take the place Of gummed flap
and q seal.
Eighteen thousand Americans have
emigrated to Canada during the past
year. As an Offset however, about
100000 Canadians have settled in the
United States. Man for man. says the
st. Louis Republic, the Canadians
showed the better sense.
The Welsh language appears to be
approaching extinction. At a recent
eisteddfod at Dolgelly. according. to a
Cleveland Leader correspondent, one
Of the principal speakers stated that
in 1871. as many as 1.006, 100 persons
spoke Welsh. but in 1891 the number
had fallen to 911.2S9. decrease Of
96,S1l. though the population had
meanwhile increased.
a physician, writing to The London
Times. says: Everything we eat and
drink and wear runs the gantlet Of
germs to an extent which nervous PEG.
pie had better not contemplate. Far
too much fuss Is made Of them. II we
listened to all these scares there would
be nothing left to do but get into a
bath of carbolic acid and stay there
until starvation freed us from the dan.
gers oil life.
Students will no longer be given
employment us walters in the Yale
dining hail. In years past service Of
this kind has afforded opportunity to
many young men to partially pay their
way through the college. The present
superintendent OF the dining hall, how.
ever. says that the student walters
were incompetent, and colcred men
have been given their places. About
ninety are now employed.
The Project of Police OF Paris has
ordered q general round up Of beggars
and Migrants. who are to be arrested
wherever found. At the station houses
those who are really infirm and In.
capable of earning their living are to
be sorted out from the rest and sent
TO places of public assistance. Those
whose misery is caused by laziness or
evil doing are to be committed to
warehouses; for long terms.
Pessinger. Fla. seems to be an ideal
place for the raising Of large families.
II is only q frontier settlement as yet.
lying in the heart Of the great inland
prairie. but there Is no danger Of the
population diminishing. Among tho
families living there are six whose
children aggregate seventy.one In
number--thirty.two boys and thirty.
nine girls. Bessinger challenges any
place of equal size In the State to
match these domestic figures.
The residents of Wilmington. Del.
were aroused the other night by the
continuous screech Of a whistle. For
more than an hour the noise was un.
interrupted. Next morning It was
learned that the whistle valve Of a 10.
connective engine In the railroad yard
had become jammed and the engineer
was unable to release 1t. Not until the
steam pressure was reduced by draw.
ing the fire did the noise cease.
The latest In 'yells.'" says tho
Kansas City Journal. us that Of the
convicts on their way from the jail In
the county in which they were sen.
fenced to the penitentiary. A gang Of
fifteen OF them from Buchanan COun.
~. the Sheriff's guests ON O special
car. gave vent to this yell at each rail.
way station they passed between st.
Joseph and Jefferson City. the other
day: Two years-five years-we will
stay: didn't like st. Joe anyway"
Frenchmen, with O fair knowledge
Of their language. but comparatively
ignorant OF the management OF auto.
mobiles. are securing high.salaricd
positions as chautfers for rich Ameri-
cans mainly owing to the fact that
they are French. Although armed
with excellent credentials, 1t has been
discovered in several instances. that
their ignorance o. even the first prin-
ciples OF mechanics has resulted in
damage to the machines before the
imposition was discovered by their
employers.
An American sojourner In the Phil
ippines says In recent letter to
friends at home: II want to go home.
! want some washing done. To show
you how bad, send you under separ-
ate cover q handkerchief and collar
Just back from the laundry. Take the
handkerchief out and bury 1t and save
the collar as a souvenir. They don't
pretend to get the dirt out of your
clothes here. They take them down
To the river. hard water and Dartly