Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-07-11

circuit. IL - prOUlDIc that Tesla ana
Edison have happened ON practically
the same discovery, differing only In
detail. and the public will watch with
Interest AMI profit the rivalry In per.
fecting II tlnlt.wlll follow. The scicn.
titic explanation has lN.en given *.
to the Electrical Review. The
Review says clltorlally with all the
facts before Il: I'VE cannot hesitate
to express our positive conviction that
the Introduction Of more perfect 4.
luminant II near mt hand" This posi-.
tive statement Ivy ~ high an authority
In tho electrical world commands re-.
spcct. There seems little room Cor
doubt that the problem Ut a ''morc per.
feet illumlnant" las indeed been solved.
The present system Of electric lighting.
still 80 new to the world and q revolt
tion itself, appar ently will not Ike given
time to come Into universal use I've.
fOrc the rush Of science shall Ina vc di,-
placed It. Tho century Ii close to the
end. but the rival wizards In the work
Of bringing into subjcCtion the giant
force Of nature ppea destined to cradle
the birth Of the new century In maze
Of new wonders.
Not much cncOuragcm to mum.
cipal supply Of gus In offered by tie cx-
periencc o" Philadelphia In this line.
The waste Of gus reported is enormous.
the leakage for ono year reaching 1902
1AO31S cubic feet. or One.fourth OF the
entire production. The Offices and sta.
lions OF the Gas Bureau used 1880, 900
feet. or more than the fOrty.two police
stations, which are open all night. One.
seventh Of the whole supply was used
by tho city Offices. whose Increased con-
sumption over the previous year was
l5.00O.0OO feet. Tho report In an exhibit
Of prOflgacy In the city Officers. and Il In
strange that a city like Philadelphia
allows its substance to bc wasted In
this wanton manner.
4 person who has no object N life
II apt to run q vagrant and useless
career. A man who aims at nothing
cannot reasonably expect to hit at any.
thing. In military operations there n
always what In called ''the objective
point" The objective point Ia tho point
10 bc made. the thing u no -tISne.! All
the forces Of the army arc concentrated
ON the making Of that point; and. when
that point In made. success follows. IN
ono sense life Ii warfare: It Il SUE.
cessiOn OF campaigns. And every ON.
should have his objective points,
clearly defined puri,0se-and work NJ
to It with undertaking pcrslstcncy.
This Ia the only way be can sucoccd.
The city Of JOhnstown. Pa. which
was overwhelmed by the waters Of
broken dam May II. 1850. cngulang
several thousand people. II now hand.
some and thriving place Of 10000 n.
habltants, having added 10000 10 its
population since that calamity. Johns.
town lost per cent. Of its citizens In
the raging torrent. aud yet II II now Oue
OF the most prosperous cities Of ,ts size
In the State. American pluck has al
ways been found equal to every en,cr-
gcncy.
The calamity ut 1t. Louis was audey.
stood by the English newspa pers, II az
pears, as q disaster at sou. and they
Issued bulletins, saying: '"rhe steamer
IT, Louis has been wrecked aud 1000
lives lost" II seems hardly crc<lihl..
that they should have come 10 dose 10
the truth. TO get tho name correctly
was y marked journalistic achieve
ment for London. but In addition tn
have an approximation Of the real
number dead seems almost like stroke
Of genius.
Happiness IL not u privilege. but a
duty-nOt more outward good that
may perhaps come to us, hut an IN.
ward possession which we are bound TO
attain. When We remember tlle con-
taSiOus character OF happiness, the
strength. courage, aud hope II excltes
by Its very presence. and the power for
good 1t exerts In every direction, we
cannot Doubt our obligation to attsis
as much Of It rs possible.
Sne UNJUST Wenltn or the United
states gives yearly product of over u
billion dollars, or moro than twice tho
value OF the entire output Of all the
mines. Yet nowhere on earth Ii the
wealth OF the forests wasted more wan
tOnly than IN this country. Trees and
forests are slashed down not only with
out consideration, but with something
akin to contempt.
Buy II worth Dobblns Floating. Bor.
AK Soap OF your grocer, send wrap
pers to DObbins Soap Mfg. Co., Phila-
delphla, Pa. They will send You FREQ
OF charge. postage paid, a Worcester
Pocket Dictionary, ?1S pages. bound In
cloth. prOfusely illustrated. O6vr
good until August only.
Many people who have patr0nixed
the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navi-
CATION t'Ompany's steamers between
Detroit, Cleveland and the 500. say
that IL tho poorest managed line In
the world, The meals are bad; the Of