Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-10

ubly has nuU NJ SOME time tuc sccrct
longing to some time visit the island
made real to him by Defoe's great tale.
1t Is the Mecca of boyish fancy. All
lovers of Robinson CrusOe will hope the
island still stands with Its magic ut
mospllerc of romantic interest.
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\ Georgia judge has decided that It
IL every mans duty TO kiss his wife ut
least once day, the best time being
when he gets home ut night. There
are some mean men. though. who will
prefer to do II the first thing In the
morning. so rs to have II over with.
While there can he no doubling the
intention of the British government to
hcnceforth dominate openly the DO.
lltical control of Egypt rs u part of
the British Empire. the propO sails of
Lord Cromer clearly indicate that there
Is TO be equal opportunity for all M.
tionalitics and full respect for acquired
and vested rights. In other words. mod.
crn Egypt is 10 bc governed on the open
door principle 50 strongly advocated by
the United States In China and the far
East generally. While England will
rule. she does not propose to insist
upon any monopoly OF trade or fran
chises. but. on the contrary. extends
equal opportunity to all comers.
Ii II high time our legal friends
were paying more attention TO the shy.
stcrs that bring the noble profession
into disrepute. In every city are No.
called lawyers whose regular conduct
Is one long disgrace not only to the
community, but especially to the name
they bear. Respectable lawyers know
these men. reprObatc their conduct and
dcplore the fact that they nre cOunte.
nanced. But neither individually nor
through their bar associations do they
often seek to drive them from the prac.
tlcc. We are glad 10 note that the
American Bar Association Is paying
some attention 10 this most IMPORTANT
subject. 1t can do much to Increase n
larger esprit do corps.
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1t Is reported from Shanghai that
for the first time In Its history China
VIII abandon Its traditional policy and
emit coins bearing the efiigy of the ON.
peror. In fact, 1t Is said silver rupees
and half-rupees have already been
struck bearing the likeness Of Kunny.
81. The reason given Is TINT the cir.
culation OF money adorned with the
head Of Edward VII. has materially
increased British prestige In Tibet, ana
the Chinese government wishes to OF.
set this.
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The director Of the SOAR observat tory
at Kens!ngton In England announces
that at the time Of the San Francisco
and Valparaiso earthquakes aud those
which occurred In 1904 the spots on
the sun were ut the NAV imum Of their
size. 1t Ia not known that the sun
spots and the earthquakes have any
relation. but their simultaneous ap-
pearance has been observed often.
There Is another theory Of the west.
ern earthquakes. however, which Is
more simple and probable. 1t Ia that
the mountains on the western shore Of
the continent are slowly but constantly
being forced upward. Occasionally the
upturnlng strata Of rock slip and the
result Is destruction to the cities with
in the area Of disturbance. This theory
fits well with the recent successive
earthquakes on the Pacific coast.
Estimates of the unmincd supplies of
iron ore was extremely uncertain and
Enthusiastically. Some of them are based
on surveys made mt Il period when low
grade ores that are now being profit
ably worked We're regarded as worth
less; Others took into consideration fac
tors of fuel and transported ion which
lao longer apply, and none OF them at
tempted an accurate view OF the posi-
bic sources of supply In the undevel
oped countries of'the earth. There are
also involved in the vital question of
'it iutui' Sull's ullcI-
ences among the biologists AM cosmol-
oglsts themselves. One school holds to
the theory of Sir Robert Ball tlat the
metal came originally from OUTSIDE the
globe and that we can hope to find little
more on its surface Another takes the
more optimistic view that the dense
center of the earth Is largely iron. II
the latter be the case then the problem
of our utilizing 1t resolves itself into
the Improvement of mining methods
ana the development of the science and
practice OF metallurgy.
American uniforms may be adopted
for use by the Russian army. 1t IL dif.
ficult. however, to imagine natty.look.
Ing Russian army unless rasoss b.