Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-10-08

that blondes have lower vitality than
brunettcs. and that light compilations,
yellow hair and blue eyes. instead Of
being admired. should be dcplored, as
evidences that the possessOrs are not
~ to the physical standards required
Tor the successful preservation Of the
race. lie thinks that blondes. being
possessed of less vital force than bri-
Lcttes. will gradually cease to repro.
ducc their own type. and hence. in
about 600 years. he says. We will all
bc dnrk-skinned, with black hair ana
Swapping. sa,icy eyes. Heavens. what
Il somber lot we will all be ana how
monotonous. Still with 600 years Of
the blonde ahead we may contemplate
the prospect with philosophy. II not
with checrfulness.
~SA
Among the rich of the cities are
very many who help maintain our
churches. schools. and colleges, who as
sist in unfolding the national govern.
ment, AMI who aim always to obey the
law. These rich persons are not al.
ways Ostcntntious: they are usually
public spirited. In short. the rich as
u whole have their work to do In the
world. and do do 1t. There are deplor.
able exceptions. Moral standards are
low with some persons Of property.
These persons do not know how to use
wealth wisely. However. the chanc, $
are that they would have low moral
standards whatever their circum.
thing to nrraign the rich from the pul.
pit and platform. Sometimes It IL done
through desire for notoriety: some.
times, through apparent envy; some.
times, solely to point moral. In only
the last mentioned case can any posi-.
bic good come Of the nrraignment. The
rich. Of course, are not exc mpt from
criticism, but are the poOrI Are the
well to do? Neither virtue nor sin
belongs exclusively to any materfal
condition Of life. Neither one Is Il re.
spect,r OF persons And ~ it Is no
disgrace to he poor. 80 also II Is no
crime to be rich. This IL u sclf.evldcni
truth.
~S~
London Truth gives us some wei.
come information rs to the cause Of
the British invasion Of Thibet. News
IA good deal of 1t IL rather vague.
has been received from time TO time
during the past few months concern
ing the progress made by Colonel
YOunghusbands column. hut the pub
lie has been left In doubt as to the
exact mission of the colonel and his
men. We are glad to be able. with the
MD Of our London contemporary. Il
furnish full explanation Of the mat
ter. This Is Truths eXposltlon: Tho
frontier between British India and
Thibet traverses districts where there
are mountain pastures. and our main
grievance was that certain Thibetar
goats which We're ignorant OF the line
of demarkatlon were In the habit OF
straying into British territory. What
particular harm the goats did by
browsing occasionally OH British grass
Is not very clear. In any case, thu
damage could not have been consider
able. In 1879 we went to war Will
Spain on account of the ear Of a Ger
| tain jenkins. which. We asserted had
been cut off by some Spanish official
although 1t was commended that thl
ear was still attached to jenkins head
II has, however, been reserved to TIL,
century for this country to engage II
II war that promises u he extensive
ON account, profcssedly, Of few wan
| dering goats" No doubt there are
| carping critics who will declare that Il
might have been cheaper for Mr.. Bul
to build fence, but We need not Civ,
serious heed to such people. They are
not familiar with the eXigencies Of
statecraft.
One million immigrants are coming
to the United States this year. Thi,
human Hood Is not Il natural tide, buI
one that Is being forced upon this cOun
try by an organized syndicate OF
steamship companies and their vasI
ana well-Organized corps Of agents
The United States of to-day has beer
built and Its greatness has been made
possible by the work Of the million,
Of hard.working foreign born citizens
who have come to our shores In years
past. But these good citizens came Of
their own notion; came because they
longcd for freedom both political and
INDUSTRIAL; came because in their stur
dy hearts fiickered a flame of citizen
ship that burst into blaze upon
reaching this land of bOundless oppor
tunity. To such as these no native
born nor naturalized citizen has aughI
but the heartiest welcome. But the
immigrant of to-day. as a class. Is moi
the immigrant Of yesterday. 1t can bt
demonstrated that IN league with the