Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-13

oil times more poisonous than prussic
acid. Three grains of 1t vaporized III
II large thcater would kill every per-
son in the house.
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General Weyier processes to be sor.
ry that he did not invade the United
States when lie had charge of the
Spanish army in Cuba. We often hear
of people who worry over troubles that
may come to them In the future. but
Wcyler Is probably the first man on
record who ever worried over trouble
which he failed to get into when he
had Il chance, ana which there could
be no possibility of bringing back.
The adulteratiOn vi drugs Is double
evil. II is not merely that the adulter.
ants put into them may be injurious to
health. but even when this is not the
case they may so detract from the efii
cacy of the medicine that Ii will not
accomplish the purpose for which 1t is
intended. a careful analysis of drug
products which are largely intended
for use in States other than those In
which they are manufactured ought.
therefore. to contribute essentially to
the protection of the public.
Madame Curie has not had to die to
win fame us u scientist. as the world
Is recognizing the Importance of her
achievement In discovering iudium.
She and her husband shared the Nobel
prize with Monsieur Becquerel for the
most important discovery In physics
during the last year, and the CURES
have received the Davy medal from
the Royal Society of Great Britain for
the same discovery. The London Spec.
tatOr has said of Madame Curie's wOrl:
that her concentration and endurance
IN carrying OH the experiments which
led to the discovery of rndium have
no parallel in the history Of science,
unless II be that of Caroline 1erschel."
Statuary Han IN ,ne National Capitol
has been adorned with the marble hg.
ure of another Governor. West vir.
GINA has recently placed there the
statue of Francis II. Pierpont. who
was the first provisional Governor of
the State. and managed Its affairs In
the interim between separation from
Virginia and admission to the Union.
The number of statues In the hall of
persons who have been Governors sug.
gests that the state of politics In a
free country IL not SO bad as II might
be. when the various commemorative
select their Governors as the citizens
most worthy Of II place In the gallery
of notable Americans In Washington.
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The British ambassador to Washing
ton receives $4,000 II year; the ambas-
sador to Berlin gets $4,000. and the
amba ssador to Paris $4,000. 1t was
recently reported that the salary Of Sir
Henry Mortimer Durnnd. the new am.
bassador TO the United States, had
been raised to $4,000. The highest
salary received by an ambassador OF
the United States Is 81, 500. paid alike
to the ambassador to France. to Ger.
many. to Great Britain. to Mexico and
to Russia. The British system of sal
aries Is based on the theory that the
government must pay Its representa-.
tives abroad sum sufficient to enable
them to live In fitting style without he.
ing compelled to draw on their private
fortunes. The ambassadors of the
United States In Paris and In London
ana In st. Petersburg have been known
to spend their whole salaries In house
rent. paying their remaining living ex-
penscs out of their own pockets.
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When the descendant of man who
received II title of nobility for his
achievements century or more ago
marries the daughter or granddaugh.
| ter of IN American who has "dOnC
things" the dlsinterestedncss of the
foreigners affection for his wife IL of.
ten questioned. The doubt implies that
no foreigner of rank would marry IN
American wife except for her money
This theory Is not complimentary u
American girls. Englishmen, with and
without titles. are practically unani.
nous In cOnfesslng the charm of the
girls brought up In the American ut.
mOsphere Of freedom ana taught to be-
lieve In the equality of the sexes. They
do say, occasionally. that women hero
have too many privileges, ana that
their wishes are deferred to more fire..
quently than is wise; but they all ad.
nit that the American system, instead
| of destroying the feminine charm,
makes it irresistible. 1t Is this attrac.
tiveness of American girls that leads
young Englishmcn to seek them as
tie to do with the case; many girls
who are not rich have married into
titled families abroad. The title itself
| Is an accident. The possessor of 1t is
usually several generations removed
| from the man who earned the honor;
whereas, IN the United States, it has
frequently happened that the bride of
| the foreigner is the daughter of man
who, IL titles of nobility were con.
fcrrcd by the American government,
would have been made II duke. n mar,
Guis or knight because Of his states.
| manship. his success In war, his inven.
| tive genius, or because he conquered
| the wilderness 10y building railways
through it,, The American bride is
every time nearer than her husband tn