Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-05-07


Ing them every quarter OF a minute"
All that was pure Invention, Of course:
but 1t was not more Incredible thnn
would have been truthful description
Of the devices for killing with which
modern war.ships are equipped.
In Brooklyn n fOurtcen.year-Old boy
rode 100 miles over bad roads and with
high wind impeding his progress on
the return trip. Immediately after
reaching his home he collapsed, and In
spite Of the best medical attention sank
rapidly and died within few hours us
the direct result Of Over.excrtiOn. Near
Toledo young man attempted to ride
hundred miles over muddy roads. At
the cighty-seventh mile he collapsed.
his body from the waist downward DO.
Ing completely pnrnlyxed. Physicians
say he never will be able to walk a
step. These two instances should serve
as warning to all who IRE tempted
to Ovcr.excrtiOn on the wheel. The
value Of the bicycle as hcalth.giving
agent Is too well established to require
discussion. But even 10 helpful an
agent must be used with wise discre.
ton. Tho fact that thousands Of In.
valids have found health and strength
by using the wheel should not conceal
the fact that Over.eXertiOn In any form
IL highly dangerous. Use the bicycle
nationally aud 1t will prove good
friend, but leave feats Of endurance for
others who are fitted by training to ut.
tempt them.
Statistics seem to disprove the pOpu-
lar Idea that the average life Of active
railway men Is only seven years, but
they confirm the statement that the
brakemnn's lot IL the hardest. a Louis
vile road reports that In the last three
years It has had only two men killed
ana 15S injured, ana every one Of the
accidents In question occurred to per.
sons acting rs brakemen. In this con.
nectiOn IN interesting set Of statistics
recently compiled shows that the mum.
her OF trainmen injured during their
first year Of service IL ~ per cent. dur.
Ing their fifth year nearly % per cent.
during their eighth year ?la per cent. In
other words, the largest number Of nc
cIdents occurs after the employees have
become sufficiently familiar with dan
ger to become careless. Apparently
those In whom familiarity has bred CON
tempt are killed or In Ave or six years
and the accidents among the remaining
ones are extremely few.
On the walls OF Paris today are Of
acial placards announcing that an In
quiry Is to be held concerning the pro
posed new reservoir ut CharOnne, ''iil
accordance with royal decree dated
Aug. %, 1885," The deere was made
by Louis Philippe In the early part OF
his reign, and after lying In allegiance
for more than threescOre years, Is now
about to be executed. Since 1t was made
France has been u kingdom, an empire
and twice republic, ana has passed
through two revolutions ana u cOul
d'etat. Yet the old decree Is hOnOred
and held to be In force by the very gov
eminent that has eXiled the family OF
the king who made 1t. There could
scarcely be more striking example nj
once OF the permanence and the muta
billty of government.
Dismemberment of China stares the
powers In the face. They have theil
hands full, to use familiar expression
Because matters have been going along
without a hostile collision does not nee
essarily imply that an outbreak will be
avoided before the end OF the game OF
grab. The vastness of the territory In
vOlved of itself invests the situation
with the element of Indebtedness, bOtl
as to what will be satisfactory to each
nation concerned, and as to what viii
satisfy all after the partition or Occupa
ton schemes are measurably outlined.
Joseph II. Irwin, of Allegheny City
Pa, comes to the front with the some
what unique suggestion that the present
cities of New York. Philadelphia and
Chicago be converted into separate mu
nicipal commemorative. In support OF
this suggestion, Mr.. Irwin observes
that when our simple forefathers fran
ed the Constitution Of the United