Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-25
Mules AND COMMENTS.

At the annual banquet of the Fitch
burg, Mass Merchants Association,
William II. Montague, a member Of
the Canadian Privy Council, spoke on
the trade relations between Canada
and the United States. He expressed
his conviction that Canada no longer
desired reciprocity with the United
States, and added: "There was time
when you could have had the markets
OF Canada. You were then a giant
slumbering in the mountains OF your
own prosper ty and Indifference. You
slumbered too long,"
An endemic of matrimeny with
chorus.girls has broken out again ID
the British peerage, states the Argo'
nant. Three young lords and a mar
Quis are depicting the stage OF the
same theatre. Contrary to the recent
announcement by the solicitor OF an
other peer that as soon as he married
an American heiress his debts would
be paid, these theatrical alliances can
have no financial motive. Yet the
chorus.girl marriages seem to turn
ont as we'll as those arranged on pure
H. business principles. And marriages
OF of their own circle keep the Brit
ish peerage more virile than the Con
tinental nobility with their intermn
able quarterings.
California miners have discovered
that considerable amounts Of gold can
be washed out of the moss that grows
on the rocks along the banks OF auri
ferrous streams. incidentally their
discovery confirms the popular i'm
preston that q rolling stone which
gathers no moss isn't worth much.
In a recent issue We smoke Of the
female sex being nearly 2.0OO,oOo In
the majority in this country, remarks
the Little Chronicle. II was n mis-
take: we should have said minorit,
instead Of majority. Continenta,
United States. with Alaska and
Hawaii included. has 1.Si5,0a7 more
males than females. according to the
census of 1900. Women are 60 ''"cr
in evidence nowadays that We rot 40
impression they outnurbered tN'
men. they do outnumber them in The
District of Columbia. and wherever
they are they DOMINATE the situation
vote or no vote,
Three classes Of limos are recog
nized by Mr.. Martin. editor Of The
Electrical World OF the 5.00O,oOC
miles of wire required for the t"lo
phones of this country, 9TR per cont
are operated by companies doing bus
mess for revenue only. Somethina
like IL per cent. of tho mileage Il
under the control of mutual" organi
cations. which find exchanges dcsir
able, but employ their wires for the
convenience of the members and not
| to earn money. A third class of lines
nearly 5000 In number and having an
average length of ten miles. Is owned
by farmers. who dispense altogether
with switchboard facilities.
None Of those who advocate the
military salutatiOn seems to realize
how little that form is used by civil
| ians, observes the Pittsburg Gazette
| The average man would be more like
| ~ to remove his hat and possibly ado
q bow to his greeting to the flag thar
| to attempt any military manoeuvr'
that might make him appear rldicu
lous. The flag is the symbol of ma
tonal honor. but man need not i'm
itate military form to pay it respect
for 1t does not directly represent war
The simplest ceremony, therefore
would seem the most appropriate tt
express the sentiment of loyalty
| which ought to be invoked when the
flag Is displayed In a ceremonial way
The most natural act for the man tc
remove his hat and for the woman Ia
bow, courtesy. or wave her handker
chief, according to her choice, the
main thing being the tribute of re
SpcCt anu HOt tn' lplln VI tuc sdlUtN
The Rev. w. Garlic, head of the
Church Army. and who had n special
audience of King Edward. the Other
day, relates the Argonant In an inter
view recalling remarks by the BishoT
of London and Ripon to the effect that
fashionable marriages where duties
Of life are shirked and where mar
riage was made mockery, were even
more terrible than those irregular
marriages which the church had not
sanctioned, said: "The love OF ease
and luxury among the upper classes
Is mainly responsible for the nations
decay. The refusal Of mothers to &C
cept the responsibilities of mother
hood Is. in my opinion. nothing less
than child murder. weep to think OF
It; London becoming another Horcul
aneum. another Pompeii. II we don't
mend our WAYS our fate will be none
the less terrible"
Two distinguished members OF a
fashionable Paris club, NM. Malroy
and Bourg. had mortal falling out