Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-11-21


japan has for some time been re-
gariled as DESTROYS Of putting Its
military accomplishment to practical
test. China did not count, and It IL
quite like plucky japan to select Rus
sin Us the hardest proposition In sight.
Canada's alarm for fear that En-.
gland may give away still more Of her
territory seems hardly justified. 1t
has not been England's custom to let
go Of anything In the way Of real
| estate that she could reasonably hold
| on to.
Very OPPORTUNITY, a consular report
on Beirut rs center for American
trade has been issued. Iron pipes aud
sewing machines are mentioned us
finding ready sale, but there IL no ref
ercnce make to the market that should
exist for inexpensive French guillo.
tines or American gallows.
uub"Sts osu
problem Of "whO Is the happicr--the
man who owns 100000 or he who has
seven daughters?" He who has $780,.
600 wishes for more; the nun who has
seven daughters does not.
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According to one of the scientific
Journals more than 100000 OF the
13,5OO,O00 people of Mexico do not
work. No wonder some Of the MeXi-
cans are opposed to having Yankee
Ideas introduced into that country.
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a Halifax newspaper thinks that
Canada might do great deal worse
than to draw one corner of the Mon.
roe doctrine blanket over II. Such II
sensible act might largely Offset the
chill produced by the Alaska boundary
award.
Cuba may look ut 1t differently, but
ut this distance $35,OOOOOO seems u
large sum to pay men for rOOsting In
the trees and watching Uncle Sans
soldiers lick the spaniards. -
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| The railways of this country killed
only forty persons during October. As
this was ten fewer than In the previous
month. we may be permitted to fancy
that conditions are improving.
| Live stock men declare that there
IL too wide difference IN the price
packers pay for cattle and the price
they charge for beef. They do not
claim, however, that this declaration
is based OH any new discovery.
| The whole question has been opened
up again. Mary declares that she IL
not twenty-fOur, and that Ann has
been lying about her age, How old Is
Ann!
While mObs are rampant In our own
country and while several of the
States and especially the authorities
in the large cities have shown them.
selves unwilling to maintain order and
to protect persons and property we
proceed to rush squadrons into Turk,
ish waters to demand that harassed
and decaying nation like Turkey shall
make effective reforms which we
suggest and which cannot be made eff.
fectve even In our own country.
Visitors to COney Island this year
found New Works great summer recre-
alton ground much more decent place
than formerly A new company had
provided many harmless amusements
in its gaily decorated Enclosure, and II
took so much time to enjoy them that
none was left for the vicious resorts
which once made the place notorious.
Everybody knows that the way to keep
q bOy-and man, too, for that mat,
ter-frOm going wrong is to keep him
busy going right; but not every one
remembers 1t all the time.
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1t Is to be hoped that the time will
come when there will be less. or, bet,
ter still, no, back breaking, nerve-rack,
ing labor for men to do. But the de,
STABILITY of further rapid or sudden
reductions in the hours of work Il
open to serious question. Instead OF
increasing the amount of cOntentment
and happiness in the world 1t might