Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23

Bill NyeS grave III .,Orth carolina
is said to be unmarked by a stone of
any kind and to have suffered such
neglect that it may hardly be found
among weeds and rubbish. What q
funny story Bill could write OH the
Subject If lie were here now.
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1t has been decided In Boston that
Faneuil Hall. the cradle of liberty.
shall not be used for Il poultry show.
The building has long been used as
Il market, but Boston's fine sense of
the fitness of things makes her hest
tate when 1t comes To- proceeding be-
yond the selling of sausagcs in the his
toric building.
To-day there remains only the com.
paratively small area of Africa which
can be said to he still UNEMPLOYED. This
area lies between the Sobat river on
the northeast and the main White Nile
on the west and southwest, and is oc-
cupied by Nilotic negro tribes. with the
general characteristics of which we are
familiar by contact i'm the already ex-
plored regions of the Nile basin.
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In the American citizens attitude
toward his debt to the State. at least
so far as the rich are concerned. Is per-
ceived steadily strengthening incli.
nation TO make fewer ana less insistcnt
a a
the high sense of honor required by
his social code and resorts to various
devices. scarcely stopping short of
downright perjury to dodge the tax
collector.
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1t does not lead to respect of courts
and legal processes when rich scOun-
drcls are let Off with almost nominal
punishments and the little fellows re-
ceivc the limit of the law. II tends to
support the frequent allegation made
that certain men in this land IRE free
to do anything they like and are i'm.
mune from punishment 80 long us they
can write checks to secure the Gus.
tOmary delays and jugglerles In the
courts. The allegation Is not true, but
1t has II certain foundation In current
history. There Is Il rising discomfort
In our country which ought TO be heed.
cd by those who deal in law.
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Few statistics have been bcqueathed
to us concerning the structure which
the descendants Of Noah got into trou.
bic over on the Plain of Shinar. 1t
IL to be doubted. however. that In the
matter of height 1t would compare
well with the building which is about
to be erected IN New York. Accord.
ing to the plans this giant of twenti.
9th century architecture Is to ascend
forty stories into the air. The imagin.
alton Is strained by an attempt to con.
celve of such u creation of steel ana
stone. Even the Washington monu.
mcnt ut the national capital will be
dwarfcd In Its most imposing dimen.
sion.
In these days Of electricity 1t cannot
be questioned that there are methods
whereby the fact Of an open switch
may he communicated to someone In
season to prevent an accident. Switches
are not placed out in the open country.
fur from II railroad station. They are
easily reached by the station master or
u yard worker. The installation of
Il system Of signals to call attention
to every such failure Of the memory of
the trainmen might cost u large sum
Of money, but 1t may not he doubted
that the cost of Il single disaster would
more than make good the expense of
the installation.
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The search for the fountain of youth
has not been abandoned, as the numer.
Gus dietary experiments aundantly
attest. Science is the modern Ponce
DE Leon. The era of strictly scicn-
tihc living for the most of us has not
dawned, and Ia afur of. but may we
not hope that the time Is coming when
the most casual caller ut the lunch
| counter will order rs many grams of
protein, fat, carbohydrates ana tie rest
rs his physical or intellectual necessi-
ties seem to require? The man who
IL about to produce an epic will see to
1t that his bill of fare contains the
requisite amount of nitrogen ana plos.
phorus and that he secures sufficient
number Of calorics of heat value daily.
49,
There can he no doubt but that Rus
sin has been holding the whip hand"
over China, and, in general, the whole
of Central Asia as far south as the
Indian bOrder--rulcrs in substance. IL
not In name-quietly pushing forward
to cOnsummation her gigantic schemes
for political ana commercial dominance
In Asia. Already her traders. her spies,
her military officials and diplomatists
have threaded the wilds of Turkcstan,
and even Tibet, ana, hitherto. other in
accessible regions of Central Asia
sowing seditlOn in one spOr, concliat-
Ing the native tribes in another, blind
ing the Chinese government and the
world ut large as to her real intent
each ana every step Il part of II care
fully thOught-Out and prcarranged
plan. formulated years ago in Russian
clancelleries, to undermine British in
llucncc, which Is the only barrier liz.
BILE to obstruct Russian policy.
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