Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-01-15

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quickly apply such stringent measures
a. would stamp out the revolution for.
ever. This kind Of talk agreeably
tickles the extreme reactionaries at
the court, who know very well that
In case Of the death OF Nicholas II
the heir presumptive being still an In.
FAINT, Michael would become the regent.
During his regency. who knows but
what the infant heir presumptive
might fall III and die. from diphtheria
or some other childish ailmentf
80 there is q party at the court
that would be highly contented to see
Michael in the place Of his brother
Nicholas. The reigning empress knows
this very we'll. and constantly trem.
bles for, the life Of her little son. Az
a result Of this has developed veri.
table mania Of persecution. Her fears
were aroused first over three years
ago, by q sudden seizure Of her son.
which really seemed to be Of q sus-
picious nature. During the Hast eight.
cen months she has suffered from sew.
eral nervous breakdowns due to this
constantly Increasing fear.
"Such IL the position Of affairs at
the court. Who can tell what might
have been had Axeff continued in his
dual role Of terrorist and agent provo
cateurf'
The wood mines Of upper Tonkin,
China, are not any more curious than
a wood mine that has been In opera.
tion In New Jersey for more than 100
years. This mine IL at Dennisville. in
the swampy region Of south New Jer.
sey, and yields cedar such a. grows
nowhere on this continent to-day. The
fallen and submerged forest II be.
lieved to be prehistoric. Logs have
been mined from It more than six feet
In diameter.
These ancient cedars have delicate
flesh.colored wood, and II It IL q tree
that was alive when It fell, the same
pungent flavor when cut a. pervades
our common red cedar. The dead
trunks are odorless. The ligs lie In
heaps or layers. and It has not been
determined yet how many layers there
are below the top stratum the miners
uncover.
When these prehistoric cedars were
first discovered and for so years after.
ward they afforded remunerative and
constant employment to many per.
sons who mined the logs, and to-day
they are q source Of considerable In.
come to those who continue to raise
the logs. The cedars are cut up into
shingles and slaves and made into
pals and tubs and other wooden YES.
sells. The great endurance Of the wood
ID noted In shingles made from II Q
century ago and which are 40 sound
to-day 40 when they were nrst put In
use.
Near the Delaware river, eight
miles west Of Dennisville. cedars Of
the same variety have been found at
depth Of ~ feet. At Cape May. ON
the Atlantic coast. 20 miles east. In
drilling an artesian well an alluvial
deposit similar to the Dennisville
swamp was found at the depth Of 90
feet and the drill entered cedar
log and bored into It more than six
feet before its diameter was entirely
pierced. This tree was alive when II
fell. no telling how many thousands
Of years ago. 4
J. B. Street. statistican for the Brit
ish department Of commerce and L.
Dor. who has been investigating com
parative conditions Of working people
throughout Germany, the United
States and England. says that the
American workingman lives higher
works lesser hours and has . better
time all around than either his Ger.
man or English brethren.
II find that the skilled man In the
United States has Q better and more
varied diet than In any other country
! have investigated" he said. 'The
English workman has 40 much meat
but he hasn't the variety Of vegetables
and sweets. His meals lack imagina'
tion."
The. German mechanic Mr.. Street
finds to be In the worst condition Of
all. His trades unions are the most
complete and best organised Of the
three countries considered. and yet he
works more hours. gets less pay. eats
less. and is worse housed than any OF
them. They get % per cent less pay
than Englishmen," said Mr.. Street.
'"They work 10 hours day as against
nine In England and eight in the
United States. and their cost of living
is 18 per cent higher"
| The poor districts Of American
cities failed to horrify Mr.. Street. He
said they had worse at home.
1--WE been through your poorest Sec
tion." said he. 1T Is much the same
as one finds In all the large cities OF
the world. The difference here 10 that
there is an appearance of energy and
hopefulness In most of your poor peo.
pie. The reason Is. take It. that they
had enough enterprise and thrift to
start with to get themselves over here
with the intention Of bettering their
condition"
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The great honor OF securing the
Nobel prize In the domain of literature
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