Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-20

three inches of skin from his arm and
the boy almost tainted from pain,
while the tears rushed to his eyes.
Then lie turned to the surgeon and
said: IF it will help Belle you can
take another slice off me- Little
Zip" has Il brave and stout heart.
There's the making of hero in that
boy.
The scarcity of farm hands In KIN
sas is difficulty which confronts the
farmers of every state in the Union
and which is becoming more acute CIV.
cry year. Men will not work on the
farm for. say. $25 Il month and board
IL they can get from S1.JO TO Sl.75 Il
day In the city factory or on public
improvements or in any other capacity
1t is vain for the farmer TO urge that
the man on the farm. with the appar.
ent lower wage, is really making more
money If lie but takes into considera
ton that ON the farm lie pays nc
board. 1t Is not the wage so much
on the farm. Ills work is never done
he Is In the same plight us the do
nestle servant; he has 10 time to him
self.
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Customs receipts and internal rcvc.
nue. taxation furnish. ns every one
knows. the bulk of the government
income. Hut the government profits
by snug sum from sources that grow
out of sovereignty. usually on the
penny saved. penny earned princi.
pie. For example. about three mil.
lion dollars small change IL absorbed
in the channels of trade each year.
During the recent period of prosperity
the annual increase has run as high
as five million dollars. Buying for
fifty cents pound Of blanks which
will make ninety nickel five.cent pieces
Is profitable business. The gain. tech.
nicalIy called scigniorage. is hardly
less on One-cent pieces. The silver IN
the q,nrter-dollar would not now cost
more than ten cents. although it was
somewhat higher when the stock now
being minted was purchased. The
Treasury Is the gainer from the de-
struction of paper money not redeem
| ed. Ii also derives u return from pat
cnts. In the shape of fees which pat
entccs pay for the privilege of monOpo
lizing their inventions, and thus In q
slight degree shares their profits. Ger
tain other returns of this sort might
bc enuncrated: but the receipts grow
ing out Of sovereignty are limited II
scope. and are, after all. merely indi
rect forms of taxation.
| Science has come To the relief of tn,
man who owes many bills and canno
pay. Having exhausted the regula
line of excuses the harassed debtO
will turn with gladncss TO the lates
revelations of chemistry cOnccrnin,
the danger that turks In money. III,
city chemist of Milwaukee has foun,
that paper money recks with bacteria
II Is not known where he got tn,
money to subject 10 the dcstructiv,
tests Of chemistry, but this IL of littl
moment compared to the value of TIN
disclosures made. lie reports as II RI
suit of his investigations that h
found on one very much worn bill
more than Ni.OOO.OOO bacteria. ON nj,
other bill. probably Of much smaile
denomination. lie found $4,000 bacte
ria, and on another. probably u one
dollar biz, he found 5000. 1t woul,
be interesting to know the denomInn
ton of the bill that accommodate,
more than 96.OOO.OOO microbes. so tina
the prudent man might avoid II In til
future In case It were thrust at hin
lf II was hundred-dOllar bill. for IN
stance. the plumbers ana other mar
mates who are In the habit of handlIn
bills Of that size might avoid then
In any event. you can't expect tn
debtor TO risk his health In any und,l
haste to hand out money. that II aliv
with millions OF disease germs.
the case Of the creditor there are man
ways that will readily suggest then
selves rs giving ample security agains
infection. He can boil the bills befOr
using, just as he does the baby's toy,
or he can soak them In an antiseptl'
He can wear rubber gloves, II nece'
sary, or he might sprinkle his itchn
palms In chloride Of lime. II IL barrel
possible. too. that using bin to pn
II long standing debt might shock Ill
microbes to death. No matter no,
thickly the microbes may cluster on
tcn-dOllar bill. the average man wi
be willing TO receive 1t without fen
of infection. What's few milliO
bacteria TO the fearless creditor? I'll
great danger Is to the man who pay
IL out. and who can blame him for d,
Ginning to take the risk?
~S
In Kansas the ST. Cecilia Girl Is b,
ginning To attract attention. The =
Cecilia Girl Is an advocate of sunshin,
IL Is her desire to keep from becomin
, wrinkled ana she believes she may d
this by cultivating serenity of min,
The AtchisOn Globe gives the follow
ing explanation OF her creed: "Whe
she gets up In the morning she steps