Chicago eagle., 1908-02-01

$25,O00 to rear boy in New York
city. Some of the young men on
Broadway, snarls the Washington
Star, do not appear to be worth It.
1t Is sad for the New York Ameri.
can to read that burglars cultured
enough to raid an art store should fall
before the commercial spirit sufficient
ly to include in their booty the cash
register.
ANY woman can marry any man
she wants" asserts Gertrude Ather.
ton. Every day seems to bring some
thing new for the men to worry
about, whines the Washington Post.
Prof. Koch claims that the mosquito
In South Africa Is responsible for the
sleeping sickness" Around here, in.
sists the Washington Post. in the
summer 1t is to blame for keeping US
| awake.
A G.months.old st. Louis baby Is
suing his grandfather for SANDER.
There's precocity for you, exclaims
the New York Herald. Knows not
only his pa, but his grandpa.
| Scientific tests to determine wheth-
er or not q witness Is telling the
truth may be all right. thinks the
Washington Star, but there are fears
that they will merely open the way
1 H.
mony.
Long investigation has established
beyond doubt that the presence or
absence of forests has an influence on
rainfall. II Is equally certain, OBJ
serves the New York American. that
some of our most disastrous floods
have been due to the Widespread and
reckless destruction of the trees.
There are no hogs kept as free from
conditions that cause disease as are
those in the great corn raising States
Of the Union. They are not fed on
slops and garbage. declares the New
Orleans Picayeune. as are those In
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the time Is not far away when all
the meat product of the United
States will be needed by our owr
people, and there will be none to eX
port, so that the poor Of European
countries will have to become vege.
tarians in spite OF themselves.
Professor +. r. Jaffa, after putting
some students OF Berkeley on q diet
Of peanuts. reports that ten cents
worth Of the goobers contain more
than twice the protein and six times
the amount Of energy embraced In q
p0rterh0use steak. The essential
question arises. to the New York
Sun. whether the peanut bulk Is to
be masticated a Ia Fletcher or to be
sulped according to Wiley.
Says the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
II people must wear coverings for
their heads--and there Is such a ne
cessity under certain conditions-the
straw hat as sunshade and the car
rs a scalp warmer would seem to be
appropriate. For all round utility the
cap Is probably the best headgeaI
ever invented. It might not be a
bad idea to have an international com
mission appointed to solve the prob
lem.
It is said that three.fourths of the
white people OF Georgia are rejoicing
over the passage Of the prohibition
law and are determined to uphold Il
It seems to be purely an economical
measure to the Minneapolis Tribune
: One OF the prohibition leaders In the
Legislature declared that II was
equivalent to the immediate introduc
ton into Georgia OF 100000 desirable
iaborers.
A former general of the National
Guard recently criticised the admin
istratiOn of the United States Army
because It neglected to seize upon the
military possibilities Of automobiles
Major Hersey, chief inspector of the
Weather Bureau. complains that the
army Is deficient In balloons by con
trast to the European cOntingents
But the country, suggests the Provi
dcnce Journal, will not quite despair
80 long rs the army can march and
shoot.
The new proposition In Prussia u
reserve cars on Saturday night rail
way trains for the intoxicated is novel
and startling. but II will have the
sympathetic approval OF decent folks
all over the world, asserts the New
York Times. The drunken man in q
public conveyance is IN intolerable
nuisance the world over,
Cured BY Nineteen Days Fast.
After fasting for nineteen days,