Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-10

gious only to a limited degree. as. for
Instance. contact of an abrasion Of the.
kin with leprOus person. Neither IL.
I necessarily n fatal disease. as many
epers live to an advanced age. anu
most of them die Of other causes. The
progress OF infection Is also slow. DR..
Foster says there "are thousands who
ire infected but In whom the disease
nas not yet developed symptoms which
enable It to be recognized As the
United States Is now responsible for
Hawaii. one of the first acts Of the Gov
prnment should be the appointment Of
4 medical commission to make an en-
|,austlve study Of this age.long curse
Of the human race. and discover II pos.
slble Its cause ana cure.
From n recent article In the Engineer
Ing News 1t seems that the Panama.
canal Is again on good basis. with fair
prospects Of the ultimate success Of the
gigantic enterprise. After the bursting
Of the Panama bubble and the conse-
qient scandal In 1901 the cOmpany'S
affairs were put In the hands OF u liQul-
datOr and remained In his charge until
four years ngO. when the concession
aud assets were transferred to a new
company Of French Anancicrs. with u
working capital Of $13. OOO.OOO. No cash
was paid for the assets Of the old com.
pany. hut stipulation was made In the
conveyance providing that u certain
part OF the reslduary profit Of the canal
should 20 to the holders Of stock In the
Old company after charges Oh securities
OF the present company IRE provided
for. The new company seems to hav0
set about Its work In q thoroughly prac-
teal manner, Its engineers ascertain
Ing the lift Of the locks, the height OF
location, the control OF the Chagres
River aud details Of the great Culebra
slide and how II best can be controlled.
All Of these engineering problems have
been successfully met. and 1t IL now
definitely stated the work can he COM
plcted In ten years ut nm expenditure OF
500, 100000. rs against $l25.OO0.OOO
on that part Of the canal already cut.
So far no effort has been made to inter-
est any government or country In tho
work, hut after tho report Of the en-
cheering commission Ia submitted,
with statistics by NJ. Leroy BeaulIeu
and other eminent statisticlans as to-
the probable traffic and earning power
OF this interoceanic waterway. u move
ment will then probably be made to get
some government to take over the en-.
terprlse. II tho estimates presented
can be relied upon tho remaining part
Of the canal will only cost about tho
sum said to be necessary for the con.
structlon Of the Nicaragua route.
Having secured more space ut the
Paris exposition Of 1900 than has been
or can be accorded to any other nation.
the question naturally arises. What IRE
we going to do with It? 1t Is a matter
OF great moment that we not only meet
but surpass expectations. II every
American city will put into this work
something Of the vim and brains that
Chicago expended on the Incompatible
achievement OF 1903 our great area ut
the coming show In Paris will be filleG
as It ought to be.
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The Arst external revelation OF the
dry rot" In men IL a tendency to lurk
aud lounge, to be at street.cOrners with
out ineligible reason. to DO going any
where when met. to be about many
places rather than any. to do nothing
tangible, but to have an intention OF
performing number OF tangible duties
tomorrow or the day after.
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Masonic Temple Winter Theater pa
irons are largely made M OF ladies'.
The reason for this lies In the higas
class Of vaudeville entertainment Offer
cd each week ana the clearly character
of the beautiful resort. As pace iIi
which a lady may spend an afternoon
or evening, with or without IN escOrff'
It has no equal In the United States
ana for that matter Is the only winter
roof theater In existence In this couii-
try Maalnees are given every after
noon of THE week and daily evening
performances. The admission is 0O
cents ut night and % cents In THE af-
ternOon. No reserved seats IRE to ie
lad. One may lunch there ana enjoy
the entertainment mt the same time.
The view of the city is uhequaled ana
the performances Outrank any C'her
vaudeville entertainment given III the
city. The aim Of the management IL tn
make the winter theater ladies' resort
In every sense OF the woS0