Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-07-30
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why they call that coun.
try the antipodes.
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When man is so spectacularly
honest that his neighlcrs familiarly
refer to him as Honest John" or
Honest BILL" or whatever his first
name may be, 1t is unfair to tempt
him with position of private or pub.
lie trust.
Waste Is universal and is peculiar to
no class. The miser wastes as much
as the spendthrift and perhaps more,
because his boarding withdraws bene-
fits from others and does himself no
good. Those only do not waste who
in sense give something for nothing.
Our great philanthropies, our educa.
tional institutions. our public benefits
of various kinds are the fruits of this
higher philosophy Of life. 1t is not the
man who knows how to save. who
avoids waste. but the man who knows
how to spend. There Is more Joy in
the latter and more wisdom is required
in Its exercise.
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The fact that this Is leap year car.
ries with II an effect apt to be over.
looked, which Is that the annual ex.
penses Of governing the nations will
be considerably increased by the In.
clusiOn of the extra day. This comes
home with the greatest force to those
governments which have the largest
armies to feed and provide for. The
French budget commission was met
by the fact that one day will add to
the expenses Of the war Office for
1904 sum Of nearly SOO.OOO francs,
which will be expended in ntions for
the men and forage for the horses.
When all the various state depart.
ments are separately considered the
total sum runs into several millions Of
francs.
The thread which binds Australia to
the British empire Is hardly visible.
Australia is practically us independent,
as country can be. England has
given her full swing to do as she
pleases and the way this far away col.
ony has used this liberty has not been
entirely creditable to the English
speaking race. Whether It be owing to
the climate or to innate peculiarities In
the immigrants and their descendants
Is not known. but whatever the cause
may be, the Australians seem to have
developed into as fanntical and hair
Drained race of people us there II on
earth. Every fanatic has good chance
to get following in Australia. The
island IL the hOtbed Of isms.
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The stethOscOpe Is an important In
strument In the hands Of science, but
II Is not usually regaDtied as an aid to
photography. a young medical stu
dent, however. has demonstrated its
usefulness In making picture. His
attempts to induce 2.year.old kins.
man to sit still for Photographic pur.
poses had utterly failed. Then he had
an inspiration. He placed the eur
pieces of his stethoscOpe In the small
boys ears and the sOunder on the vic
TINS stomach. The faithful instru
ment reproduced loudly what the d.
gestive system had to report. Tho boy
was filed with an absorbing interes,
In the result, and the camera did the
rest. .a,,
It Is probably a fact that most o.
the farming Of the country IL done Of
a haphazard plan. The bulk OF thu
knowledge Of agriculture consists O.
experience acquired on that plan, hand
ed down from father to son. As Il
the science OF the greatest Of al
sources Of life and wealth, compare
lively speaking, there Is as yet little
Consequently, farming, considered eco
nomlcally. Is In an undeveloped state
Where 1t Is conducted on large seal
there Is naturally great waste. Thes
conditions are a strong argument Il
favor Of Representative Rixey's bill
recently introduced In Congress, pre-
posing a bureau Of agricultural educa
ton to teach practical farming, sue
as the best methods Of cultivation, tn
refertllizing Of exhausted soil, etc.
Pessimists who complain Of the col
ruption of politics In the United State
should consider Morocco, where kid
mapping 10 one Of the arts practice
by a ward or state b0ss-tO use Amer
can terms-in forcing the Sultan I
grant his demands. Raisuli. the "br
gand." as he Is called. who seized Nj
Perdicaris and his stepsOn In Tangie
last month and held them for ransom
sought more than money. He was dil
pleased with the attitude Of variou
government officers In his part Of tn
country. He desired that they shout
be removed and that he should hav
control Of the patronage" in b
State. He knew that the Sultan wa
not anxious for international compl
cations. therefore he took what seen
ed to him the shortest way OF secu
ing what he was after. by kidnappin
an American and an Engiishman. H
knew, too. that the British and ii
United States governments would Il
sist that the Sultan secure the releal
of the captves. and was ready to =
lease them when the Sultan wou