Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-18

Wendell Holmes pointed out that long
after every other trace of house had
disappeared. 1t was possible TO trace
an old home by the cellar and the
well.
1t does not take much to transform
Uncle Sam into Santa Claus. A little
heavier growth of whiskers and
change Of outer garments, and he will
do very well for the part which he
plays every Christmas. For he is. in.
deed. the Santa Claus Of the whole
world. Money goes In large sums
every winter from adopted Americans
to other countries. This last Christ.
mas the amount was greater than ever
before. From New York alone money
orders aggregating more than four and
a half million dollars were sent abroad.
ders received and in the total amount
sent to It, but Italy was far ahead In
the average amount Of each order.
ih' sViv" perm CTy ~ T;tlSpu from
time to time to excite the sympat hetic
fears of the West. but a moments re-.
Election shows how absurd It IL. The
yellow peril Is supposed to exist In the
fact that after success In this war
japan may form combination with
China against the West The Japs, Il
Is said. rc-enforced by the 100000 900
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elgn trade and invade the West with
irresistible hOrles. But what. il may
be asked. would the great powers. IN.
Guiding the United states. be doing all
the while? The United States. Eng
land, France. Germany. Austria. Italy
ana Russia would he united against n
hostile ChincseJapancse combine. and
their navles could speedily smash the
Japanese navy. With the Jap fleets
destroyed ana the Jap ports assailcd,
the combine would speedily collapse.
The Japanese would soon be made Ia
beg for peace, while China would still
be helpless against allied armies.
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\ report made recently by the Brit
ish Board of Trade on the naval OK.
pcndltures of the leading powers Tor
the latest available year presents in
teresting figures. The report deals
with the year ending March 81 1903.
From the exhibit it appears that the
United Kingdom spends more on it,
navy than Russia, Germany and
France spend on their combined fleets.
The British naval expenditure Is more
than double that Of the United States.
Hussla's naval expenditure for the
year named was five times us large
rs that of Japan. Russia spent less
than per cent OF her revenues on her
navy. Japan spent D per cent of her
revenues in this way. The country
which now spends most on its navy
next to Great Britain Is the United
states. The British mercantile marine
exceeds In tonnage that of Russia
Germany, France, Italy, the United
States and Japan put together. The
mercantile marine tonnage of Great
Britain reaches 1O.2GS.GOi tons.
The British law, similar to that OF
the United States, which requires that
imported goods shall bear the name OF
the country of their origin, accomplish
ed its purpose of creating a preference
for home productions so long as Ger
man products were inferior: but now
it Is affirmed, the labelling system
works harm to British manufacturers
German wares have improved in quail
ity. The assurance that goods ar,
genuine German" Is rather advan
tageous than otherwise, and the state
ment Is true of the French products
against which it was meant to set III
Il barrier of sentiment. A newspaper
which supports Mr.. BalfOur's govern
mcnt characteriZes the law as n blum
der. injurious in its effect upon tn,
British manufacturer and merchant
But if it has operated to raise qualit!
and lower prices, there Is evidentl!
something to be said on the other sid
: of the question, from the consumer
point of view.
In a divorce case tried In Western
,, city the other day sad-eyed woman
said of her husband, and cried as sh
said it: In all our married life h
never gave me n pleasant word" Cal
You think of a ,meaner Offense agalns
= a woman than that? There are 10
3 of men in this world who are humal
grouches. They seem to miss the en-
+ tire idea of home life and develop int
, tyrants. No. this Is not wife-beatinI
{ matter. 1t is far more cruel thai
. blows. If you ever ran across one o
, these fellows you will not forget II
' His children are afraid Of him. The,
t keep out of his sight as much as pos
3 sible. When he speaks they know b
t will sharply criticise. He Is livinl
: don't" He snarls at the very persol