Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-19


the position Of commander in.chlef of
the army, but this IL not 40. 1t Il only
since the civil war began that West
Pointers reached the command of the
army. Before that Gens. Scott. Ma.
comb. Brown and Dearborn entered the
army from civil l.fe and won their pro.
motion on the battlefield. Gen. Miles
therefore belongs among the greatest
Of our American heroes. who, without
particular military schooling. achieved
the highest renOwn. lie succeeds to
the chief command Of the army with
the warmest good wishes Of all his
countrymen.
Harvard has discovered that the
English language Is seriously neglected
In that Institution. The Board of Wis.
itors at West Point for 1894 calls at
tcntion to the lack Of facility Of expires.
sion on the part Of the cadets and
recommends that more than the estab.
iishcd 2IO hours In four years at the
academy he given to the English Ian.
guage and literature. Prof. Goodwin.
of Harvard. writes on the subject OF
students extremely defective In their
knowledge Of English: "'rherc IL no con.
ccivablc justification for using the rev.
cn,ics OF Harvard College or the time
and strength Of her instructors I'm the
vain attempt to cnllghtcn the Egyptian
darkness In which no small portion OF
our undergraduates are living" The
remedy proposed Is not to admit stu.
dents whose knowledge of their own
language II unsatisfactory.
Lieut.. Peary's two voyages to Green.
land have served to strengthen the the.
DRY that the only way to advance In
the far Arctic region is by siege mp.
prOachcs. and even these would have to
he scientifically conducted. for Penry's
party on the last journey nearly starved
through the failure to find the spot
where n lnrge quantity OF provisions
were stored. The explorer hus learned
that the snow and Ice OF Greenland ARE
even more terrible than he supposed
the game scarce. aud the average
weather the cause Of constant suffering.
The wild dashes made to reach the pole
hive been more or less disastrous ana
hive become tircsOmc A slow march
upon II, keeping the ''crncker line open,
with depOts OF abundant supplies ut
frequent intervals. In the rational plan.
and tho cost Of this would be many
millions.
The announcement In made by lead.
Ing medical society IN Philadelphia that
Ii decidedly on the wane
IN TINT city. From 1881 to 1887 the
average number Of deaths per year
from the disease was $500. ana for the
last seven years the average was ?,C43.
Taking Into account the Increase IN
population. the decline IN the mortality
from consumption Inns been over 10 per
rent. IN fourteen years. Physicians IN
the city attribute the marked change
to the improved paving. draining. clean. |
Ing and sewcrlng Of streets and alleys. |
md to the greater caution exercised IN
dealing with the disease az probably |
The figures IRE II striking |
example Of the vital importance OF |
ana personal cleanliness.
Tho members Of the Florists Club. In
propose to give the PEG. |
pie u lesson In city tree planting ana |
have selected the streets around the |
University Of Pennsylvania ns tho point
Df beginning. They will choose dcsir. |
able trees, see That they nrc carefully
planted In good soil. protected from,
damage. and pruned ana watched year
litter year. II u tree dies or IL blown |
Town IN Ofllcin, forester will replncc II |
It tho proper season. Insect depreda.
Ions will bc prevented. These nre the |
on which street trees can |
'c grown. and when they are rpcOg.
nIHed II city begins to grow In beauty
.ud henlthfuluess.
Bishop Potter declares that the pres.
mt age Is one Of new men and new
rises, and that the Church should rec.
'gnixe their existence aud frankly ana
'Oura geOusly meet their demands. One |
II the principal necessities. In his opin.
on. II the Obliteratl0n or material mod.
ticatlOn Of sectarIan lines. He pro.
'0scs u union Of faiths In an American |
church that shall be "thc refuge OF all
ana stOrm.tOssed souls. the
rue mother Of the rich aud poor. OF the
ecker after truth ana the finder Of II.
he saintly soul anu the returning prod.
gal alike, all walking In Its light, and
ed with Its immortal bread"
The Methodist minister's of Chicago
got no more than they deserved after
Keir Harlie to address
hem. 1t Ii u matter Of nOtOriety that
Ills Views on religion do not wear the
brand Of orthodoxy. ana even II this
lid not tax their tolerance beyond en-.
lurance they should have remembered
liz sOcinlistic Views. ana the fact that
70 trains under the red tag. II they
inew all about the man who was their
yuest they should have heard him to
he end. ana u they did not they should
AVE never consented to his presence.
"Ouida" does not see what Italy
wants with African possessions, when
I has 100, 600 persons dying OF pellaRra,
Loon, 900 living on malariOus land. loo
'Ommunes In which grain In rare. 1,4OO
'Ommunes with scanty and foul water
600 cOmmul,rs without doc.
0rs within reach, and over 300 CON-
nunes which have no burial place.
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