Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-07-30

team representing the National Rife
Association of the United States at the
contest at Bisley, England, last July
Is to he returned to England because
the British rifle association thinks tina,
II was not fairly won. The rules OF
the contest provided that the rifles
used should be those regularly issued
TO the army, but the British have
charged that the rifles which the
Americans used were not of the pat
tern so issued. 1t Is because there IL
some ground for this charge that the
American association has decided that
1t ought not to keep the trophy. The
misunderstanding which has arisen In
this case is unfortunate. but 1t has
value because 1t calls attention to the
Importance Of conducting all contests
of skill with complete frankness and
mutual understanding between the
contestants. Whatever differences OF
opinion there may have been as to the
propriety Of using the rifles which won
at Bisley. 1t was a sportsmanlike act
on the part of the rife association to
refuse to profit by victory the fair.
ness Of which could be questioned
even in a small particular.
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"NIy weakness was that coveted
other persons luxuries. l wanted them
and stole. Now I have learned a
lesson" With this plea Miss Mary o.
Curran appeared In the Chicago police
court to answer to charge Of stealing
a silk waist valued at $40 from a
store. Miss Curran IL a college grad.
uate and q student of medicine. she
had an allowance from her father SUI.
fcient for modest living, but she
yearned for the clothes she could moi
afford. She was young and pretty and
pleaded that this was her first offense
and was released on payment of a fine
of $50. The weakness of Miss Curran
for fine clothes is the weakness OF
many a girls character. Young girls
need warning along this line Of temp
tatiOn. They should know that fine
feathers do not make fine birds. They
ought to know that modest apparel
and n rich character are more to be
desired than rich clothes and an envi
Gus spirit. Girls: A simple gown neat
~ fitted to your person as well rs tC
your purse Is better than rich raimen,
which you or your parents can lily af
ford. DO you not know that the
woman. young or old. who dresses be
yond her means subjects herself moi
only to comment but also to suspicion
Every young woman ought to dress rs
well as she can afford and look M
handsome as possible. But-there's q
limit, girls.
1t appears from the census bureaus
bulletin on the negro population thai
In the country districts Of the South
excluding the 242 cities which had a
least $500 inhabitants both in 1S0t
and 1900, the negroes increased from
1890 to 1900 over 10 per cent; in thu
242 Southern cities rs a whole the,
increased 21.7 per cent. In the coun
try districts their increase was abou
two-thirds as rapid as that Of til,
whites In the same area, while thel
increase in Southern towns was five
sixths as fast as that Of the whites. II
the five Southern cities having at leas
10000 inhabitants in 1900 the negr
population increased 25.S per cent frOn
1880 to 1900. The white population o
the same cities increased only EOS pc
cent. In the thlrty.elght cities Of TIL
class In continental United States tn
percentage Of increase was 3S for nc
groes and 1927 for whites. While thes
figures do not warrant any serious az
prchensiOn concerning the increase o
the black race In the South. the
strongly confirm the view that III
negro race must be regarded as a pei
mancnt element In our population. Til
bulletin shows that In 1900 there wer
0,304 ,531 blacks In the United States
Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
larger number than Is found in an
other country outside Of Africa. !
view Of these figures the moral IN
intellectual improvement of the rae
and the betterment Of Its industrii
and social condition must continue I
engage the thought and activity q
some Of the best minds in this countr,
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The wonderful Helen Keller he
| graduated from Radcliffe College, Can
bridge, with the degree Of bachelor I
arts. 1t was recently stated that 81
was on the verge Of nervous prOstr
ton, due according to one account
excessive mental application and a
cOrding to another to failure to pa
the final examinations. From the IN
that she not only received the degre
but also the distinction ''cum laud'
and that she was present during Il
graduation exercises apparently In g
cellent health ana spirits 1t may fair
be inferred that she not only pass
the examinations. but stood high
than most of her classmates. Pro
ably she labOred under nervous excit
ment while undergoing her examin
tons, due to extraordinary mental
fort and anxiety, and nervous cOllap
may have been feared by her frien(
There will be general and sincere
joicing now that the fears are know
to have been grOundless. The case
this young woman is without a par
lei In the history of mental achie'
ment. The story of her triumph ov
difficulties seemingly instrumental