Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-22

large number ut one time, and these
are taught by twenty.seven convict
teachers. 1t Is significant to observe
from the report that there has never
beena pupil or n teacher reported for an
infraction Of prison rule, the depOrt.
ment being perfect. Under these cir.
cumstances II would seem that each
State should officially take some notice
Of these schools and pass regulations
under which they may be encouraged
ana their usefulness increased. Since
ignorance Is the chief promoter Of
crime, nothing better can be done for
these unfortunate criminals than to
give them the rudlments Of an ,,..,;c;,.
ton while they are under the control Of
the State.
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We sometimes speak Of this as n
skeptical age. and laugh hugely over
the stories Of medieval charlatnns who
bambOozed the public, but II Is doubt.
full whether the era Of Jernegan. Of
Hooley and the Keely motor has any
reason TO boast Of Its sagacity. 1t 10
safe to say that II there were any
money In squaring the circle the proc.
ess would be the basis of n stock com.
pany to-day. 1t IL rather curious In.
deed to see low the world has moved
from Its incredulous position OF fifty
years ago. Science Is sometimes spoken
OF rs unsettlIng belief; 1t Is just to say
that II has shaken the foundation of
unbellef. Twenty-Five years ago the
Idea Of flying machine was Invariably
rldiculed; Its eternal impOssibility was
regarded rs demonstrated. To-day vast
fortunes are being spent In the effort
to make a practicable alrship. Then
the medieval notion of the transmission
Of metals would have been scoffed at
by the most ignorant. Now Professor
Emmens has merely to cite few mys.
terious chemical "analogies" and put
his claims In the Sunday papers to ind
thousands Of fairly well-educate ted read.
ers ready to believe that silver has been
made into gold. A process for extract.
Ing gold from sea water was no less en-.
tlcing, and. on tho whole. the time
seems ripe for carrying out DR.. Swift's
project for extracting sunshine from
cucumbers. In the popular mind there
IL a sort Of awe Of the astonishing
achievements Of recent science and a
difficulty In drawing the line between
the possible and the impossible. II we
can see through opaque bodies. hear
music across the continent, bottle up
the voices Of our dear friends. tele.
graph without wires ana light rooms
without visible connections why not
make things so Of themselves?
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Lovers of dogs win be Interested In
a short article by Mrs. Sarah X. Bolton
In the Philadelphia Journal of ZOOphily
on How License and Dog Killing
Were Stopped In Cleveland, Ohio" The
dog license In Cleveland led to the usu.
al aggresslOns Of the dog catcher. Dogs
We're shot In the streets and drowned
at the pound, and one day pet dog
was cOaXed out OF the arms of poorly
dressed little girl and shot at her feet.
This sort OF thing aroused certain
Cleveland business man, c. NJ. Nun.
hall, to employ lawyer and to insti-
tute test suit on the ground that
dog was property, the same as horse
or COW, and could not be legally killed
license or no license. The result was
that Mr.. Munhall obtained a perpetual
injunction to restrain the city from
killing dogs, and the license law was
of no effect after that decision. This
was eight or ten years ago, and Cleve-
land has since been q paradise for
dogs. Mrs. Bolton claims that the city
Is not troubled with surplus dogs, and
that 1t has no more mad dog scares
than any city of Its size In which the
dog license Is rlgldly enforced. 1t is to
be doubted, however, whether many
sufferers from bowling and providing
dogs In cities would regard the proven.
tion Of 1.-THE yearly slaughter Of thou.