Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18

Some of the Russians who were
trained to think of the Car as their
little father hardly think of him as
a Dutch uncle now, declares the Chi
cago News.
Fish caught in pound net should
be sold by the pound, for scales are
always convenient, observes the
Easton (Md) Gazette.
In one little day Nicholas II Of Rus.
STA made place for himself in his.
tory in the class with Charles TX Of
France, who permitted the massacre
OF st. Bartholomew. the st. Paul
Globe states.
1t may be stated as general pro.
position tina. the size of families is
inversely in proportion to the age at
which the children become self-sus.
tanning, states the New York World
wash stock" Is the latest addition
to our language. It means a snide
transaction in stock calculated to de.
ceive innocent investors as to the
real value of the stock in question.
An English physician declares that
the eating Of flesh meat makes man
immoral. There is no question but
the paying for 1t makes him profane,
declares the Washington Post.
A bill has ben introduced in the
Tennessee Legislature to TAX bache
lors. It would be more sensible and
fully as constitutional 10 tax those
mountain feuds, thinks the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
In our conviction. twice Japanese
means in this case always Japanese.
Port Arthur becomes the Gibraltar OF
Japan by one OF the creates. military
achievements in the annals of any
people, concludes the London Out
look.
People who had dreams a few
years ago of becoming millionaires
by extracting gold from sea water
may now dream again in view Of the
report from London as to the success
Of the new process, says the New
York Tribune. Still. 1t Is doubtful
whether l.. will be possible to extract
as much gold from sea water as has
already been extracted from the wa
ter used in stock operations.
4 world Of misery has been caused
by the belief that consumption was
always hereditary and SO contagious
that constant daily association would
be sure to cause infection, says the
New York World. The mere eXpecta.
ton of dying Of consumption kills
many sufferers who might recover.
tuberculosis Is. not only not heredi'
tary, not necessarily fatal. but 1t can
usually be cured If treatment Is be.
gun before permanent structural
damage has resulted.
Farming as II IL carried on now.
adays is as much Of a science as most
Of what are termed the learned pro.
fessions. for the crops do not depend
so much upon the kind of soil on the
farm as they do upon the kind OF man
that Is running the farm. opines the
New York Weekly Witness. The far
mer must have brains. and plenty OF
them, for IL Is just as necessary to
use brain power in working the soil
as II is TO use a fertilizer Of some
sort In the soil
The marriage of Miss Daisy Letter
to the Earl Of Suffolk has started the
jest in England about Americana
ing the British peerage" and the
same jest has found more or less
circulation In this country. The fact
however, Is that only twenty.three
American women have married peers
OF the realm since 1860, a period OF
forty.four years. states the Boston
Globe. Ten Of these women have nc
children and six have no sons. The
Americanizing of the British peerage
is in no danger of incre asing very
rapidly.
A paragrapher Of the Chicago Trl
bune says he doesn't know what Q
snitch is. For his benefit the follow
ing definition IL given by the Kansas
City Times: A snitch Is a combina
ton Of gall, dishonesty and prevari
cation, with perhaps smattering OF
legal knowledge thrown In. 1t walks
and looks like a man and Is found Il
all large cities. where II lives mainl,
"Off" public service corporations. II
is an unprofessional lawyer, its exist
ence depending almost wholly on fha'
violation of ethics described as so
licity business.
Electricity has displaced steam or
| three English railways to a limited
extent, and its adoption on a small
scale has now been decreed for
fourth, says the London Outlook. The
Northeastern Company has introduced
it for suburban service In the vicin
ity of Newcastle.on-Tyne, a road eX
tending srom Liverpool northward tt
Southport Is also being operated cleo
trically, and since the opening Of the
new year a partial substitution has
| been effected on the old underground
METROPOLITAN" line In London. The
| next venture Is to be made on sur
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