Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-04

ly enough, the very COnultlOnS WHICH
added one class of women to the
ranks of wage.earners. created
class of women who do practica ~
nothing at all that could be called
labor.
During 1909 railway building In
Japan on one extension Of eleven
miles called for the construction OF
two tunnels. G33 feet and 2.235 feet
In length respectively. and one bridge
of 2.OO9 feet. Another extension OF
fourteen miles was built last year.
This line also required several
bridges. otter shorter and tempo.
rary lines were built In 1909. The
Sobunkie Bridge. on one of these
smaller lines. Is 2.3O2 feet long. Evi.
IDENTIFY the Japanese are able to &C.
complish large engineering results.
Baron Kaneko. u member Of tie
Japanese house of peers. made an al.
dress In Washington. ID. G.. In which
he combattcd the idea that the Jdpd.
nese are essentially an Initiative PEG.
pie. When we come in contact with
foreign civilization. we pass through
three stages of t--frst. imitation;
second. adaptation: third. or!gination,"
said he. IL was the ambition Of the
Japanese, he said. TO bring out new
type of civilization in which the two
phases of Occidental and Oriental viii
meet, not in conflict. but In harmony.
Do you feel a cold coming on?''
askes the Boston Herald. Then don't
try to ward It Off, but welcome II
warmly. Treat 1t well: don't let II
alone or attempt to be brave" or fun
ny with II, for then II will turn and
rend you. A cold Is as treacherous as
a--well, as anything. 1t marks It's
victim. and Then goes ahead. Break
ing up" a determined cold delays the
inevitable, and then, when ais done
ten TO one 1t starts of into bronchitis
or pneumonia, while staying indoors
with It and giving 1t full swing would
have disarmed It's fury at each new
stage. The fresh air cure" Is CAPT
tai for every malady save this famil
lar cold.
After the discovery Of a cheap wa,
to make calcium carbide, about q
dozen years ago, a great revolution
| In modes of lighting was anticipated
says the New York Tribune. Acct
| dents which resulted from the care
less handling of acetylene rendered II
unpopular for "a time, and II has come
into favor more slowly than was eX
| pected. Among the hopes that were
cherished for a time was that "A iaml
for household use might be devised II
| which water and calcium carbide
| would take the place Of kerosene
| Hundreds of devices OF that sort have
| been patented, but IL Is hard TO fine
| one mat Is thoroughly ''tOolprOOf.
| Acetylene gives such IA beautiful lgh
| and Is so cheap that the failure to de
velop Il perfectly satisfactory portable
lamp for It's utilization is greatly TO be
lamented.
| One of the most significant move
ments in the Middle West, and espc
| cially in southern Iowa, is the d.
! crease in the number Of acres IN TIT
| farms that are worked. III the earl.
| days, when land was cheap, the far
mer could afford TO attempt to farm
| all he could see. and IL he did not sue
| coed IL did not make much difference
| but since this land has risen in valu
| i.om $40 to 500 per acre 1t has beel
| found necessary to decrease the siz
| of the farm. The farmer himself /
better OFF for this, because he Is no
working so hard to make botn end
meet, nor trying to cover so niue
ground he is making, in fact, abou
as much on 100 acres rightly tonduc
| ed as he did on a section OF land in IN
old days.
| Wherever the Briton goes in vii
] corintries he devastates the land of II
game; but, on the other hand, whel
ever he settles for a permanent abit
| Ing pldCt Hc tdNVo so'" N"'N ~ 80
serve the game and the fish, or
there be no native species worth pre-
serving. he introduces the best OF IN
nome country or of other lands, Fol
est and Stream states. The Antpt
des. bare Of game. have been Stoke
with European deer; and now tn
hunting in parts of New Zealand is a
GOOD as in Scotland; while the brow
trout from Europe and the ralnbo'
from the Pacific waters OF Americ
there thrive and multiply and grow
prodiglOus weights.
Our great Northwest ana Canada
contain many regions as yet who'll
unexplored by naturalisrs and sclel
lfic sportsmen, says Victor Smith !
the New York Press. In norther
British Columbia, Alaska and the Y,
kon country geological exploration
have only fairly begun. There al
vast territories containing we kno
not what new animal life which hay
remained practically untouched by III
BIOLOGIST. Wouldn't you think this
grand opportunity for young me
whose inherited fortunes make thel
muti.millionaires? But our glide
youth seem to care for nothing b,
| sport and a tile more money. AS
class they are utterly worthless. The
| a., nntbinp for tho hefferment of IN