Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

hawk tongue. This was distributed
among the Indians of Central New
York, a region that was then "for.
eign." although 1t had once been Brit
ish.
| Germany Is accused of a desire to
buy San Domingo. Enemies of Ger.
many ought to encourage her If she
is harboring such scheme. 1t would
be hard to think of anything that
could be more troublesome to the Faith
erland than San Domingo.
The decision of the general STAFF of
the United States Army to recommend
that the new post ut IIaines Mission.
Alaska. he named Fort William IL.
Seward Is appropriate and significant.
Mr.. Seward was the statesman who,
as Secretary of State. negotiated the
purchase of Alaska from Russia.
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| During the Spanish-American war
the United States naval authorities
lost for time some of the mines
which had been sunk in the waters of
certain coast harbors. The Russians
are not thus lucky; their ships seem
to find the mines when their officers
are not looking for then-with disas.
trous effects.
| There has grown up in recent times
Il system which has robbed military
| titles, both of land and sea forces,
of their Old-tlme significance. Former.
| " colonel meant the commander of
regiment. but IL Is not the case ut
present. as Il colonel may be pay
master or a doctor, an ordnance officer
or n cOmmissary of subsistence. A
rear admiral was formerly considered
an officer actually commanding Il fleet,
whereas now he may be the chief pay.
master general. the engineer in chief,
surgeon general. the head of the
naval construction corps, and SO on,
as all these officers are now indiscrim-
inately commissioned rear admirals.
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Much IL written about immigration
to the United States. little about emf
grafton from the United States; vet
during the year 1908 the number of
those who sailed for Europe from At.
lantic cOast ports was more than one.
fourth us large as the number Of those
who arrived at those ports. This, the
Immigration officers say, Is evidence of
general industrial prosperity. Most of
the eastward- bound passengers are for.
eigners who have been in this country
long enough to accumulate reason.
abel sum OF money. and are going
home to enjoy It. Others are working.
men who go back TO the old country
for the sake of bringing out their faml.
lies, or for a visit; and still others
are men who can make enough dur.
ing seven or eight months work I'm
America to enable them to live abroad
during the rest of the year.
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An Instructor, addressing n large
body OF teachers ut the University of
Chicago recently. advised against read.
ing novels except for intellectual i'm.
provcment. She said that too many
persons read novels merely for pleas.
ure. and she added that character de.
lincations should recommend them
selves more than romantic plots. There
are certainly too many trashy novels
Oh the market. but these are read
largely by those who feel the neccssI.
ty Of getting some romance into the
humdrum existence OF to-day. The
novel Of disqusitlOn and problem does
not appeal strongly to these people.
They are too tired of battling with
| the problems the novels discuss-and
do not solve. The speaker went on.
however, to say that the novel was
the distinctive literary type OF the
| nineteenth century, just as the drama
was the type Of the Ellzabethan age.
That" she said. "was because the
days of Elizabeth were days OF action,
In those days persons redressed their
own wrongs. To-day they wait for the
law. This no longer Is an age OF dis.
cOvery. exploration ana action, SO we
have to get our action from books,
To-day we certainly wait for the law
to redress our wrOngs-at least some
Of us debut II seems strange to
hear anyone saying that these are not
the days Of action. and that this In
no longer the age Of discovery and
exploration.
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Sonny, spare the robins and the blue
jays. These birds are mentioned be-
cause you seem to have a special grlev.
ance against them. Yes. they are
saucy fellows, all right, but us YOU
we'll know. that's only a blum. They
are clipper because they know what
they are here for, ana they are In.
dependent because they are good
Americans. And they mean business
Did you ever notice how they go after
the worms and the grubs that infest
leaves ana vines and trees? To he
sure they will sometimes help them.
selves to fruit IL they can't find worms
But they really prefer worms as
steady diet. What II they do Occas SION
| ally nip II fnw berries or cherries? Bet.
ter than You they have earned the
right TO help themselves by helping
| to save tho ,rnn Ever thinE nf thnt9