Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-08-27

ter n year. Beyond 30 pounds the tax
is nearly two dollars year for each
extra pound. Many stout man will
maintain, with good sense on his side.
that the basis of taxation Is wrong
side up. His bulk Is a burden and the
tax II another. 1t is the lean man
who should pay for the privilege of
being lean.
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A Harvard professor says the moon
IL full of flowers. Tho unscicntiilc
reader will understand now that those
objects on the surface of the moon
that look like craters OF extinct vol.
canoes. when viewed through u telc.
scope, are I'm reality full blown roses
of an unusually large size.
Probably II will De good while be-.
fore automatic vehicles will be EN-.
ployed for farm use, yet the trip Of
the 200 motor car enthusiasts from
New York to st. Louis over all sorts
of roads indicated that the automobil.
Is approaching a state of development
In which 1t may be used for almost
any vehicular purpose. The break.
downs between New York and Chi.
cago were hardly more numerous than
could have been looked for among an
equal number of carriages drawn by
horses. There Is no reason. conse.
quently, why automatic propulsion
should not be employed on farm
wagons. Such n change would have
In its favor the additional considera.
ton that 1t would involve the imme.
date Improvement Of country roads
1854
Although some scientists say the
oceans are slowly shrinking. the ships
| which man makes to float on them arc
steadily increasing In size. Measure
ment OF every new marine monster j.
made by comparison with the ole
Great Eastern. so long the wonder OF
the world. The new ship. Baltic
which lately entered New York harbol
on her maiden voyage, presents some
interesting figures when so measured
| The Great Eastern was built to carry
twenty thousand tons of freight ant
nearly three thousand passengers. III,
Baltic can carry twenty-elght thou
sand tons of freight ana nearly tire,
thousand passengers. She IL not q,
ocean greyhound" If one wanted {
canine metaphor she would be al
ocean daschund;" but "Ocean draf II
horse" hits the mark nearer the center
The Baltic is one Of that practical an,
useful class Of steamers, which be
cause of their great size and compare
lively low horsepower are not fast
but have great stability. Their In,
mense carrying capacity makes then
profitable boats to run.
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One of the distinct features of tn
age Is the tendency to return to ayr
culture. Where a few years ago til
farmer boys were rushing to the elite
to crowd the professions. there Is no,
q decided move In the other direction
The natural reaction that must Away
follow a movement so radical in som
measure accounts for the dispOsltio
to return to the soil for a livelihoO,
but there Is more. The agriculture,
has become a professional man. I'll
college and the university have adde
special course for his benefit. IN
gives him degree. He Is botanI
and n chemist. and science has taugl
him to take in the jaded and worn-o'
farm, and with intelligence cause II
blossom like the rose. The displrltll
labor which bent the forms of Il
elders and sent the lads scurryifg cit
ward has been lightened by dey!c
that better accomplish the card sougi
The long hours are shortened, ana Il
farmer finds time to indulge In the @
jOyments of life. This new cOnditio
added to the fascination of indepC
dence, has turned many men fro
other professions toward the countl
carrying with them the mannerisms
, their classes until the eXterminati,
of the chin whisker is threatened
the Prince Albert coat.
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Practically all the rubber in d
world is obtained from the trees tn
grow wild in the forests of Africa III
of South America. The 1rees are us
. ally widely scattered, ana transport
ton Of the gum to market is dliicu
A capitalist of Para, Brazil, at 4
mouth Of the Amazon, has been eXpe
menting with the cultivation of rubb
trees. A few years ago he planted
lot Of seeds. They came up, and 4
trees grew so well that in 1890 he W
J convinced that it was possible to ma
a rubber plantation, and has devot
five acres to that use. This spring
, tapped forty Of the older trees, al
! secured lot of first-class rubber GU
, He is now satisfied that 1t is possil
%a do 10 In rxrhnt hn n