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well.nformed people are to be believed the
uAu Uonly way the remnant Of the public do
main in the United States from cattle barons
and land sharks IL to repeal the desert land
1N4N6V act and the communication clause Of the home
vWSkU stead act which permits the settler 10 gain
title by cash payment instead Of actual resi-
dence II this be not done 1t predicted that next decade
will witness the requirement Of all the available govern
ment land by the corporations and syndcaes mentioned
leaving no territory open to actual settlers.
Within the last six years the government has parted
with soOoooO acres of Its domain and Of this great tract
than Onehaf has been allotted during the two
ending June &c. 1903 1t Is notorious that bona fde set
tiers have secured little Of this land 1t is to
that at the rate Of 100 each homesteader
1t il safe to say that onetenth of that number actually
took up claims and lived upon them The spectators.
the timber companies, the Own-site boomers, the cattle
Kings and the other andgrnbbers simply secured people
willing to perure themselves and these people, having ac-
qured title to the lands passed them to the inerts
which subOrned the perjury.
II may be said and with truth that It would not
be necessary repeal these land laws II government off,
would enforce them Unfortunately, recent events
In Oklahoma In Indian Territory in Oregon and in other
regions Of the West have shown that the very men
charged with enforcing the land laws the who
are most active In violating them
There Is pleasing possibility that some Of these faith
less funcoaries may to the penitentary but would
be idle to hope that their will he any more
faithful that the public domain will be better
tected under Of officers than under another The
moral fiber Of and attaches appears to degenerate from
the moment they assume their official functions
The only way TO remedy the abuses which have grown
Is to repeal all land laws the homestead act and
to conne the operation Of this latter statute to settlers
who actually reside the land they prccmpt the full
four originally required Even under this restriction
there will doubtless be evade the law but the rob
berry will b. hieving and successful efforts much
less than has been during the past six and II will
moreover be dangerous that few people he found
who will take the risk involved in n fraudulent entry
Chicago Chronicle
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27

to learn of Christ's life ana mission
In their own everyday tongues, in
which most Of the masses can read ut
least little. 1t Ia an enterprise mag.
nihcent In scope; all the more reason
for expecting to make progress slow.
~ In 1t.
1t Is to be feared that the transla.
lions. hurried into shape ut Manila
and hurried of the presses In this
country, IRE hardly such as could he
desired to he made of 1.-THE Book"
However jealous the missionaries must
be given credit for being In acquiring
a practical speaking knowledge Of the
dialects Of the natives with whom they
arc ut work, not one Of them IL In any
sense a scholarly linguist, and there
IL all the more necessity for cereful,
scholarly work In the half developed,
imperfect forms Of written speech,
such az the various Malay dialects are.
To be sure. tho American mission.
aries have had the assistance of sew.
eral natives Of more or less scholarly
prctcnsiOn In their own dialects. They
are, however. ut least no better quail
fed for painstaking work Of this sort
than their American colleagues, and.
in addition, know almost nothing OF
the Bible, as IL to be said Of every
Filipino, even the best educated.
Under the circumstances, one Is COM
PEELED to wonder just what sort of an
impression Of the Bible will be OBJ
tanned by those OF the Filipino masses
who read these translatiOns. Occasion
ally one hears OF Il defender of the
frlars praising their devotion In mas
tcring the native dialects and their
scholarship as preachers ana writer's
In these tongues. As matter OF fact,
the great majority Of friars, even after
long residence In this country. preached
so ntrOciously In the dialect that the
better educated natives used always
to he smiling about their sermons be-
hind their sleeves. 1t IL scarcely prob
able that our Protestant missionaries
In the few years In which they have
been ut work among the FillpinOs, are
capable of doing better, II as WE'LL
The Outlook.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27
The Notable Execution,

There recently appeared In the corri-
doris Of the Capitol ut Washington an
Englishman who Is visiting this cOun-
try for the purpose Of studying its pO-
litical economy.
The BritOn was introduced to Speak
or Cannon, who, at the time the
foreigner appeared, was conversing
with Il constituent, a great, burly man
from Illinois, with extremely definite
ideas upon things In general.
A conversation between the three
ensued, during which the BritOn rather
haughtily remarked that to him the
laws of the United States seemed de-
fective, In that they did not protect the
poor man from the evils OF MONOPOLY.
"Now, In Great Britain you know"
said the Engllshinan, there's but one
law for every one, be he prince or he
he pauper."
The large man from Illinois broke In
with: "Same way here, old man! In
this country 1t makes no difference
whether man Is beggar or million
aire. he's got to obey the law-unless
he's got pulp
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27
INDIAN REliCa
Plan to Collect Them for q National
Exhibit Recently Agreed Upon.

Plan to Collect Them for National
Exhibit Recently Agreed Upon.
Indian mounds. cliff dwellings and
other relics left by the aborigines Of
North and South America are to be- pro.
tected from vandals and preserved for
historical research II plans Of tho In.
ternatlOnal commission Of archaeology
and ethnOlOgy are carried out The re.
cent meeting was attended by the Mex
icnn Ambassador. the Peruvian minis.
ter. and scientists representing Mexico,
Peru and the United States. A major
ity of the South American republics
were not represented, however. and 1t
was decided to postpone permanent
organization until next December, by
which time all the countries In the
western hemisphere will, 1t Is expected,
declare themselves in favor Of the plans
of the commission.
The Pan-American Congress. held In
the City Of Mexico, l0Ol-O2, started the
movement f0' forming the commission,
the purpose of which Is ITO promote
the unifcatiOn of laws relative to an.
tNutlCS Iu tuC NSStSIu
to increase and diffuse knowledge con-
corning these antiquities and OF the
aboriginal peoples by whom they We're
produced, ana to encourage tho cOllec-
ton in suitable museums of the remain
ing vestiges OF these early peoples"
The commission will collect indian
arrow heads, pottery Qnd everything
Of that character. They will establish
one or more archaeological ana ethnO-
logical museums Of the international
character, ana these museums will be
so conducted that there will be an eX-
change OF relies. In Mexico they have
a superiority Of Aztec sculptures and
pottery which they would be willing
to exchange for some relic of the
aborigncs of our own country. South
America is, of course, rich In nrchaeO,
logical relies. ana they are deeply inter.
ested In the plan to make a study OF
the early races and the antiquities OF
these two ts.-WashingtOn
Times
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27

in position to get ten cents for staple which 1t doesn't
cost him than six cents to At the Northwest
In the spring wheat regions the story is intensified
by the explanation that the farmers have enjoyed six
cessve years Of prosperity The question Of reaction
depression does not appeal to them There nothing
react depress Over.producon to them Is a relative
term 1t carries such propotonate increase Of
In Industrial lines
1t Is not the bliOn.dOlar steel combine alone or to
the other huge capalizatOns Of years that
must turn in order to find munHcenty expanded totals
following the dollar mark The domestic yield of Indian
corn alone ut present cash prices would furnish
sufficient to buy and for all the stock and bonds
the United States steel Corporation twve present
quotations. and leave handsome for working capital
The hay CROP estimated worth $500 600 OOO Offsets the
annual earnings Of the Steel Trust and the like
true Of the wheat and OF the cotton crops Taking the
staple crops ut their current value
$5OOOOOOOO0. and find It to be twice the amount OF
the estimated depreciation In security values within year.
sufficient to take 30 per the railways
Of the United States ut market prices of their shares
anw wonder that the agrcuurs refuses be pessim
stY-St Paul Pioneer Press
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27
~ FDITORIAISM


and talk political economy ethics He does not need
60 to the theater for drama Shakespeare will afford
him better He need not hunt out lecturer evolution,
ethics or history. Cicero Macauay, John Fiske
better instruct and entertain him with dscourses
these subjects than anybody he would likely fnd He has
Hamilton and Bryce to teach him the principles and con.
sttution Of his country. Milton 10 raise thoughts to
the sublime. Winter Restraints him from going out into
the world. but II impels him to stay where large part
Of all there in the world that witty and wise will come
IN and entertain and improve him without money and with
out pricc.-Kansas City Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27

class or to the lower nobility. A mill.
tary rather than scholastic career seems
to be more attractive to the fellows OF
the highest classes. Not few Of the
men. be 1t said. are poor in purse, and
for their use, In Russian rs In American
universities. scholarships and other
financial aids are provided.
The Russian Is not No hard a worker
as II his American brother. His
appetites seem stronger. Drawn large.
~ from the middle classes, the men do
not give 80 favorable IN impression to
the eye as do the better men Of the bet.
ter American colleges. Scattered In their
residence through the npnrtment-hOuses
OF the great cities. they take on the
environment Of their residence rs well
rs the academic atmosphere. hut 10th
In Russia and In America college men
train each other.
The professor Of u Russian university
Is Il gentleman Of power ana cultiva.
ton. His career Is one to which the
wOrthiest citizen may well look for
ward. Although the highest classes
prefer the military service, yet to all
except the mobiles service In n universe
~ Is most inviting. Under the general
control of the minister OF public in
struction. each university Is for its
piOre immediate government independ-
dnt. Each professor, too, In his depart
ment usually finds himself his own
master. In only one respect does the
professional career seem unworthy.
The salary Is even more inadequate
than obtains in most American instl-
tutiOns. The salary of the full pro-
fessOr Is 5000 rubles, or about $1,000,
and of an assistant professor only 1900
rubles.-Ilarper's Magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27
RUsslA's GREAT UNIVERSITIES
One Student to About Right Thou
sand Of the People.

Russia has Ave great universities, be-
sides thre provincial Ones-St. Peters
burg, Moscow, Kief, Warsaw and
Kharkof. The number OF students In
the five IL some $4,000. RUSSIA repre-
sents 125,OOOOOO OF people. There is,
therefore, one student Of all sorts,
liberal and professional, to about g.
600 Of the people. The number of
students Of the corresponding classes
In the United States repreERnts one to
some 900 Of the people. It IL. there.
fore, not too much to shy that each of
these students IL mighty force for the
betterment Of Russia. The students
usually belong to the upper middle
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27
BIBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Free Translation IL Made Into Several
Dialects.

During the past two years and Il
hale u number of prominent mission
aries In the philippines, mostly Presby.
terrain and Methodist, have been en-
gagged In making TRANSACTIONS of GER
tain Of the New Testament gospels
into the TagalOg. and then the
Vasayan, ana the Pampangan, and per-
haps already the llOcanO dialects.
Their object il, Of course, most laud-
able one, from the standpoint Of every
one who believes in the education OF
the individual will and judgment In
religious as In oil other matters; It IL
to give to the Filipinos. who are really
without anything that could fairly be
called 4 religious literature. q chapce
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27

+ weil.informed people are to be believed the
only way to save the remnant Of the public do.
main in the United States from cattle barons
and land sharks IL to repeal the desert land
act and the communication clause Of the home
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27

the work Of her male predecessor salary $4,000 less
than what he received The grave reproach Of Cheap
ening labor evidently, according to Dr. Hills way Of
looking at the natter lies against the women.
Now, II DR.. Hills really feels that he has been
dancd to deliver the subject Of aborers and
their hire let him with himself about the sins of
the employers. II do q mans work, why
should she not be paid mans wages? That Is the whole
question OF there plenty Of inefficient women
workers. just there hordes of inefficient work
ers. In certain occupations. preferred
because they quicker DETER of hand and attentive
to duty There Is hard and fast rule Of superiority
The test lies In the work done and according to the value
Of the work. whether be done by women, and
women should be paid without distinction Of
That two scales Of wages. one for men and one for
often enforced in the field Of industry
only shows how the employer is to put money in his
own pocket at the Of Justice Necessity
hand and sefsness the other the warning forces
which prevent true adjustment Of the relations Of
ploycr and employcd.-Ncw York Daily News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27
The Pleasures Of Winter.

I w Ugcnerous heart behind forbldding exterior.
ana provides many wholesome and delicious
ucnjoyncnts for those who learn his pecuhri.
vEZGNJ ties bear philOsOphicay with his petty tyran.
MES and treat with fOrbearance his eccentrici.
ties OF behavior In the country and In the city Is during
his reign that most Of the social pleasures year are
enjoyed Summer drives thousands away from homes
Winter brings them back and takes hand In renewing
the agreeable acquantanceshps and friendships which
separation has partly broken Off.
There Is one class Of people TO whom winter brings
special qualification. He suggests to boOk-Overs quiet
book by quiet lamps and these alone sufficient to com.
pensae for all the pleasures that the hard old yrant drives
on What II the birds gone and the leaves fall.
en- and snow descending and the wind bowls through
the night like thing possessed II stay Indoors
pull up comfortable chair cock his slppered feet on
smother chair and enjoy the company Of his
thors? They are better men and wiser than any whom
he probably would he went out They do not bore
him or II they should he could kick them out without
hurting their feelings They give advice which Is not
sought When he wants instruction they do not "olly'
him. When he wants amusement they do not put on a
Snug countcnance and talk theology wiscacre one
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27

A man who has time to keep pipe
lighted Isn't very busy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27
Agriculture. Not Iron.

\ r is tho farmer not the fnancier. who is king.
He Is riding while merchants and manufactur.
ers walk. Taken collectively, It is probable
that the American agriculturist never before
! enjoyed SO prosperous season. Notably is
u this true nj the South. where. for the first
hun tho mir Ind ole
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-27
Women Who Work.

HE irrepressbe question Of wOman's invasion
of mans field of work Is profoundng agitating
the Rev. Newell Dwight Hills, and he Is out
with warning to those of his sex to have q
care that they are not superseded by their sis
tiers. He cites one case where woman quail
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-10-26
A Denthbcd Fun.

Puck relates Il story concerning the
late Senator Alexander Il. Goodwin Of
Utica, Who left behind him the reputa-
tion of neTay having been too tired
nor too Ill to give or take Joke. Dur
ing his last illness Il relative, knowing
the senator's extreme fondness for
branded peaches, sent to his s!ckroom
a small jar Of that most delicious pre-
serve. ~ few days later the relative
called and was admitted to the sick
room. Quickly turning on his pillow
and without givinb his caller time to
extend the usual formalitles, the sick
man exclaimed, "AIy dear Louise, how
can / ever thank you for those deli
ciouB branded peaches?" "I thought
you would appreciate them, Alexan-
der" returned the caller modestly.
"Ah, yes; ah, yes" he assented, with n
smile which broadened and finally
broke into n chuckle that seemed al
most noisy in the hush of the sick
room, ms he added, And how much
more l appreciated the spirit In which
they were sentw
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They Pretend to Marry.

In Russia every woman marrles OF
pretends TO marry, be she princess OF
peasant. IL the girl is Of the opinion
that no one will ask her in wedlock
she leaves home. The peasant girl
goes to- some distant district and soon
returns home widow, saying that she
married while away and her husband
died during their honeymoon. The girl
of more fortunate position goes upon
far travels. In n year or two her
friends hear that she is welded to
some foreigner, whom, IL she does not
win by her charms alone, she gets by
her affection plus dot. In year or
two she returns to Russia broken
hearted widow. No embarrassing
questions are put to her, for in Russia
1t is considered bad form to mention
dead man to his living widow. All
this goes to show in what high repute
Russian women regard the institution
OF marriage.
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A Remarkas,e photograph.

In some respects one of the most re,
niarkable war photographs ever made
was secured by man named Meyer, a
correspondent for II German illustrated
newspaper, during the war I'm South
Africa. Meyer was with the Beers
and one day. during one of Buffers Mt.
tacSs along tie Tugela, lie took q posi-
tlon on the firing line. The fire from
the British batteries across the river
was very heavy during tho preliminary
part of the assault, and shells literally
rained on tho low lying kopjes occu-
pied b. Botha's army. Meyer thought
lie saw good opportunity to secure a
fne picture. and he jumped out of his
"sch@nZe' TO snap 1t.
Just then Il big liddite shell exploded
within few feet of him, killing him
instantly. i afterward secured the
came.N. which was comparatively un-
injured. When the film IL contained
was developed discovered that Meyer
had made beautiful photograph OF
tie huge shell which snuffed ont his
life. sent copy of the picture to
his residence i'm Germany.-Ever
body's Magazine.
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Vest md the xe,Io,vstone.

A string of Jack snipe was responsi
BILE for the founding Of Yellowstone
park, says st. Joseph (Mo.) communt
cation to the Galveston News The
snipes were carried into hotel in st
Joseph one night In 1878 by w. @
Fredericks and attracted the attention
Of George Graham Vest, late United
States senator. The jack snipes an
swered the purpose of an introduction
and the two men were soon on friend
ly terms. Fredericks, who had been
all over the west began telling Vest
who was sportsman, Of the wonder
full country In Montana and other
states. Vest later Joined party In
Omaha and inspected the country OF
which Fredericks had told him. Wher
he became a senator one OF the first
things he did was to introduce bill
setting aside the Yellowstone district
as q national park.
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s6s'd have to be laaatIc.- Brooklyn
A spenIsinr Li,.enenu.


Mrs. Fondmar--Don't you think baby
grows more like me every dayf Fond
nar~-Yes, dear. especially so since she
began to talk.--Life.
Hindoo md Irish Bulls.
A correspondent I'm Indin heard g
very unctuous Hindoo police khnrvar
say the other day: "When went into
the house saw four dead bodies. One
OF them was carried away alive"
'Then you saw three dead bodies and
not four?" queried.
mo, sir" was the reply, emphotical
ly and reprovingly given. al saw -four
dead bodies. The one taken away
alive turned out to be dead"
What does he mean" asked of his
European superior, an Irlssi'han.
"He means, sorr, that of the four
dead men the wan carried away aloive
doyed, by lingo, us he was going along
I'm the kyart."
And another story comes to us from
the east: There Is an orphanage at Ban,
dora. a gentleman made feast for
the little inmates, one of whom was
observeG 20 be stufiing his pocket with
cake. why don't you eat it2" said
the kind donor Quoth the orphan, "I'm
keeping 1t till my parents come to see
me-" 1t used to be said that bulls were
an Irish specially. But, then, the learn
ed are forever pointing out the oriental
cast of Irish thought. - Westminster
GaZette
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All EOOla' nny-

Brand in his Popular Antiquities"
gives the following extract from the
Public Advertiser Of April 12, 1860, for
the Jewish origin of the custom Of
making fools on the 1st of April:
This is said TO have begun from the
mistake Of Noah sending the dove out
Of the ark before the water had abat-
ed, on the first day of the month which
among the Hebrews answers to our 1st
Of April, and to perpetuate the memo.
ry of his deliverance 1t was thought
proper, whoever forgot 30 remarkable
a circumstance, to punish them by
sending them upon some sleeveless er-
rand similar to that Intellectual mes
sage upon which the bird was sent by
the patriarch.-Notesa and Queries.
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Out of the Question.
Her Husband-I suppose woman
would have to be quite n philosopher to
be indifferent to her appearance She
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Down in the Old Dominion the peo.
pie used to set much store by their
pedigrees. An anecdote Is told Of the
captain Of steamer plying ut ferry
from Maryland to Virginia who, being
asked by IL needy Yirginian to give
him free passage across, inquired II
the applicant belonged to one of the
f. +. V. mo-" answered the man, II
can't exactly say that; rather to one Of
the second families" Jump on board" "
said the captain. az never met one of
your sort before."-New York Tribune.
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Young versus old Hogs.

The Oregon station fed two lots Of
hogs. One lot was eight months old
and the other mature To make 100
pounds of gain in the young hogs re-
quired 425 pounds Of ground wheat,
while in the case OF the mature ami
mails 1t required 551 pounds. In other
words, it took 80 per cent more grain
to produce the same gain in the mature
as In the immature ones