Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-04

smoke too much. Go down on your
hands and kncCs--you will find no
smoke near the floor. Nine times out
of ten you can descend II stairway so.
Many have been burned to death be-
cause they thought smoke-filled stair
way meant an impossible one. There
Is plenty of pure air to breathe near
the floor. should the fire have gained
such Roadway that all exits are block
ed. shut yourself In Il front room ana
lean far out of the window. so that
the iiremcn can see you. Once they
see YOU IL is reasonably sure they will
rescue you. Above all keep cool. The
majority of deaths from fire would
have been avcrted if the victims had
not lost their heads.
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ApropoS of the discussion In the
fruit sections as to the value of the
robin, an article appearing In Il recent
issue of Recreation is of timely inter-
est. The writer has given the sub
iect of the value of birds to the farm
or and fruit grower close study and Is
prepared to show they are II great
help. An examination he made of the
crop of quail showed 1Ol potato
bugs. In the crop of another he found
800 chinch bugs. In yellow billed
| cuckoo. killed mt u o'clock In the morn
ing. were found forty.three tent cater.
pillars and in another 2l1 web worms.
| Getting down to the maligned robin he
a hns ts, In, In rs ips1',
great usefulness. In the crop of one
robin were l75 caterpillnrs. -Four chick.
adees had eaten 1.O2S eggs of the cank.
er worm. and IL Is asserted this bird
will destroy 5000 canker worms in II
single day. A barn swallow eats from
5000 to 10000 flies and other insects
In u week. while u dove eats rs many
weed seeds in the same time. Near
the nest of u horned owl the writer
quoted once found the remains of 113
house rats which 1t had killed that
season. Barns owls destroy meadow
mice. which are extremely destructive
to young trees. a distinguished natur-
alist IL said to have made the state
mcnt that IL all the birds were forever
wiped out of existence. in seven years
the earth would not he hnbitable to
mankind because of the increase of in.
sccts and kindred pests on which the
fcatlered tribes feed. Whether this IL
or Is not an extreme statement. II does
not require the testimony of scien.
hardly an exception. are Of the great.
est value To the human race and
should he protected by the rigid en-.
forccmcnt of the laws.
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DO you even family appreciate the
growth of this glorious country OF
yours? Statistics are generally con-
sidcrcd dry reading. Here are some
that should he read In every school
room In the land. II for no other pur.
In u nation that IL still on the upgrade:
In forty years exports of agricultural
products have jumped from S1Il,OOO..
$50 to SS13,OOO.OOO: manufacturers eX-
ported from Si1 100000 to SlOI 900.
UvJ. Then there were 2.1OO.O0O farms
now there are over 6,OOO.OOO. The
farms were worth SS.2OO.OOO,VOO then
and are valued ut over $22.OOO,OOOOOC
now. Then there were 10000 factO
ries: now there are 525.OOO. ana IN
place of the l.lOOUvJ employees toiling
In the factories In 1868. there are now
j.UOO,OOO. Their wages then were
OO,OOO.OOO annually. and now they
are paid $3.OOO,OOO.OOO. The value OF
the factory products has leaped from
s.. OOO. 100000 to $14OOO,OOO,OOO. In
J forty years the cotton crop has more
than doubled. and the manufactured
cotton product IL worth $4OO.OOO,OOO
Ms against Sl15.OOO.OOO then. The pei
capita wealth has jumped from So;
to $1,000. and the interest charge OF
, the national debt. which amounted Il
S4.l2 per capita in 1866, IL now 3.
| cents per capita. From Il position fal
, down In the list of nations we hav,
taken first place In the matter Of liv,
|, | stock production. In silver, In steel, II
copper. ana In those forty years thu
= money In circulation has increase,
from $IGJ.OOO,OOW to $2.367 100000
=. Inen the nation was storm-tossed. dis
, united, wnr-swept. Since then ",
/, have endured storms, financial Ills
strikes, one war. business unrest, an,
\ every instant the progress of this M
ton onward and upward has been con
stant. Read the statistics. Think o
the great good that has come to thi
land In countless ways, that cannot b.
measured In figures. and he glad tina
you are n citizen of the best cOuntr,
the sun shines on.
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I a recent English writer declares tha
: he was once greatly surprised by tn
I widow OF Il French officer who said sh
. always travelled first class because sh
! was rich, and later 1t turned out thu
| she had IN income of just 5000 u ycal
), II set him to thinking. ana the resul
e of his study was the discovery tina
=. this lady never spent annually NOR
q than $3.50. and therefore was rich. G.
t ing further into the matter. he foun
Q that the French middle classes. Outsid
of Paris ut least ana largely even there
do not worship appearances as do til
corresponding classes In England. The
y make few sacrifices to outward shO,
: and have small notion of ana less car
y for what English and Americans knO'
ms Mrs. Grundy, Frenchmcn, as
rule. he says, spend n third less tina