Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-04

length Of 465 miles.
Roumania IL said to hold the prise
for illiteracy. Two-thirds Of the pop-
ulation can neither read nor write.
The Church Of England Waits and
strays Society has taken care Of 18,470
children In the twenty.six years that
It has been In operation. Q
Yuan Shi Kal IL urging the Chinese
throne to establish a government de-
partment to deal with missionary af.
fairs, something that all mission work.
err will welcome.
The Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
denominations Of Oakland. Cal, have
organized under one constitution q %.
ciety Of the pastors to help along the
church work Of the city.
About forty different kinds Of whales
and dolphlns are known. and although
they live In the open sea and look like
ash they are not fish at all, but are true
mammals. breathing air and feeding
their young on milk, like cows and
horses.
The Bclgians are the greatest drink.
ers Of French champagne. II. hecto-
liters being exported there last year.
The British showed a fondnees for Dor.
deaux wine. importing $1,000 hectoii.
tiers. against $4,000 sent to the United
States and 10000 to Germany.
France was In 1907 the worlds chief
wine producer as well as consumer.
The total crop for the year was 49,.
OOO.0OO hectoliters. or this French
growers produced Gi.OOOOOO hectoliters.
italy was represented by 100000.
Spain by 11.OOO.OOO. Portugal by 4.OOO.-
OOO, Austria by 3,UOO.OUO and Ger.
many by 100000.
Changes on the moons surface. espe.
cially near the crater Llnnneus, are
now recognized by Pickering. Barnard
and others. 1t is concluded that the
dimlnution Of n white patch must be
melting Of hoar frost ut sunrise and
that the deposition aud melting Of frost
must he taking place In other parts Of
the moon.
One one occasion when In Congress
Gen. Benjamin Butler arose In his place
and intimated that the member who oc-
cupied the floor was trnnsgressing the
limits Of debate. "why. general" said
the member reproachfully. "you divided
your time with me-" IL know I did,"
rcjolned Butler. grinly, but didn't
divide eternity with yOu."
TO the long lis. Of London clubs there
must now be added the Poets Club,
which has been formed for the purpose
Of revivifying the neglected art %. verso
making. Henry Simpson In the first
president and the members already
elected include Mr. md Mrs. Walter
Crane. Horace wyndhani. Mr.. After
bury. Miss Helen Taylor and Frederick
Moore.
At an election meeting DIR. Mncna.
mara. Of the British Parliament, was
tackled by n woman. who inquired:
"Arc YOU In favor of repeating the bins.
phcmy laws?" "Mndam." replied the
doctor. ~ nm n golfers "wouid you
give every woman voter" asked an.
other. every woman should have
either n vote or voter" said DR.. Mac
namara. (which do yom prererf"
French people have decided views re-
garding the responsibility Of men In
power. A butcher Inns been sent to
jail for year for Supplying the army
with had meat. The damages assessed
by a Paris court following a recent au.
tomobile accident cost the owners $685..
600. When the Opera Comiquc burned
In 1887 the managing director was
fined $4,000 and sent to prison for
three months.
The sum OF SAT- m hour and no In.
reference by trades unions. seems
fairish wage. even for those In the
first rank Of the bullflghtlng profcs.
sion. Whether the remuneration Ia nd.
eQuate In view Of the risks incurred
may be open to discussion: certain It
10, nm expert In the Madrid EpOca tells
us, that bullAghting In such IN eminent.
" healthful occupation that Its follow.
ers. II they retire unhurt. invariably
reach green old age.
The question as to whether turned
up trousers had gone out Of style was
referred to the editor OF the SartOrlal
Art journal. who said that men who
have to walk In wet weather will turn
up their trousers as they always have
done and the fools who turn up their
trousers here In fair weather because
Its raining In London" will continue
to do SO until their mental condition
changes. "But." he said. ''the turned
up trousers for dress never were In
STYLE"
A story Of plot to kldnap Queen
Victoria aud turn England into re.
public IL told In Peter LatOuche's book.
Anarchy Its Methods nnd Expo.
nents," Just published. This coup
d'etat was planned to take place IL
1888. the year Of the great dock strike
In London, but was frustrated by the
success Of the strikers mud the unex.
pected sympathy and help shown them
by the mOneyed classes. This did much
to concilate the masses. on whose help
the revOlutionists relied.
A new race peril Is brought to no.
tice by Prof. Karl Pearson from his
investigations IN England on the inner.