Chicago eagle., 1904-04-30

"cancs." umbrellas. and so forth. which
contain swords. daggcrs or apparatus
with which a person could bc wounded
or hurt" There Is no law regulating
the mode of carrying umbrellas. In
BOgota. rs well rs in Philadelphia and
Seattle. IL Is not necessary that IN um-
brclla shall contain u concealed wcap.
hands or under the arm of u thought.
less person. In u crowd, or walking
through a busy street.
Large quantities of New South
Welsh rabbits were consumed IN vari.
ous parts OF the world last year. At
any rate. they came from New South
Wales and other parts OF Australia.
which exported more than seven mil.
lions Of them. frozen. besides large
quantities put up In cans. This busi-
ness has Increased rapidly In recent
years. for IN 1900 the exports were
about two million animals fewer than
during last year. Then. too. between
ten AMI twelve million rabbit skins
were sent abroad. Tho business has
grown from the determination Of the
Australians to abatc the plague Of rab.
bits. which swarm over the land In
countless millions. II there were I,
market for frozen gypsy.moths and
moth skins the Legislature of Mass,,.
chusctts might leave to private enter.
prise the task of clearing the forests
and groves of that State of the pest
introduced by II naturalist.
Russia Is said to he entertaining the
idea of changing the name of Port Ar
thur to something with a Russian
sound about II. There may he II sort
of feeling. also. that u new name Tor
the place might change Its luck.
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\ London scientist has discovered
that the wearing of corsets must b,
enumerated among the causes Of can
ccr. Probably the only appreciable Of
feet of this discovery will be to max,
cancer a more fashionable disease.
An exchange says the ideal newspa.
per has not yet arrived. No. nor the
ideal people for the ideal newspaper
10 write about. nor the ideal world for
the ideal people to inhabit.
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Russia predicts that her war will
Japan will last for twenty-five years
which will give England plenty OF
deal In Tibet.
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An English scientist says radiun
will vanish In about 1,15O years. PeO
pie who have radium on hand wouli
,lO well to dispose of 1t ut the prcsen
prices.
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The servant girl problem Is rapidly
approaching solution. The adaptable
ity of the Japanese, both men and
women, for household work Is being
demonstrated daily, and IL immigration
frCm the Orient continues ut its pres
cnt rate it will not he many years ere
every household will contain suili
cicnt complement of these industri
ous, frugal and cleanly brownies"
The lowest wage ut which the green
est of Japanese boys can be hired IN
81. Louis Is $50 month. lie may not
know a word of English ana may he
totally ignorant of the duties that are
expected of him when he first takes hi,
place in the house, but through his In,
t,rpreter he resOlutely refuses to wor,
for less money. His compatrlots who
understand the language ana have had
experience command from $50 To Ss-
II month, and few of them receive a.
much as 500 Il week. In the latter
class Is SctO Kun, who for the last
two years has acted as butler in thu
home of New York society woman
lie is unusually intelligent and his EN-
ployer says he Is the most able. order
~ and reliable servant she has evel
had.
AS Wallets and walters the japanese
are considered perfection. They are
respectful, quiet and industrious, and
their cleanliness Is positively refresh.
| ing. One of the most pOpular EN-,