Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-26

esident Of the County soard.
would have to travel GO.OOO.OOO miles
before he would be killed and 5.OOO.OOO
miles to be injured. That II the aver
age. or course. now and then a man
has to be the exception. that Is the
fellow killed.
Blaz Patric Is a strengthening name
to American eyes. but heroism like his
Is understood In any tongue. This poor
Slav. u recent immigrant from Hun.
gary. doing section work on Cleve.
land railway. saw n woman. a few
weeks ago. endangered by I'M approach
ing train. Springing to save her. he
gave his life In the vain endcavor. The
evils Of immigration are evident
enough. and our country wisely rejects
many applicants to our shore: but In
accepting this necessary dnty let US
pause, now and then, to take or our
hats to such brave ana worthy immi.
grants rs poor Blnx Patric.
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The New York court of appeals has
recently decided case In favor Of the
parents OF some children who had been
taken In charge by the Gerry Society
and placed In homes. The parents be.
came prosperous and wanted their
children again and the society objected.
The court has decided that parents
qualified to care for their children have
inalienable rights. The case Is one
that probably will not have many rep.
itiOus. but II illustrates the fact that
no society. however humane Its pur.
pose ana Wise its management gener.
ally. Gun he allowed to usurp the pre-
negatives Of nature.
The "honor" Of the French army has
received another vindicatiOn by the sui
eide Of Capt. Cassngnade. ut Toulouse.
He had submitted to the local academy
poem Of unusual merit. ana crown
Of amnranth was decrccd to the sup
posed author. who had plngiarized all
but the opening nnd closing stanzns.
Being detected and exposed. he con.
clu,led that life was no longer worth
living. II all who strain after praise or
credit that does not belong to them
should take themselves out OF the world
who could estimate the possible reduc.
ton of the population!
The city Of New York, now second
only to London In Its volume Of trade,
had but u slow growth for more than
a century and half after II was set.
tied by the Dutch. President Low. Of
Columbia University. cites predic.
ton. uttered more than hundred and
nifty years ago. and then regarded as
rash. to the effect that the port ut the
mouth of the Hudson might In time
become the commercial rival OF New.
port. II. l., which had grown rich by
the African slave trade.
% cheap are the materials now
used In the manufacture Of gas
that the commodity can 30 sold 1t
| . profit Tor % cents per 900 feet
Tor Illuminating purposes and Tor
40 cents per 900 feet Tor fuel.
| Does any one on this side Of the At
lantic understand how II was that Du
Patty de Clam, who confessed his guilt,
got out Of jail before Dreyfus, who
| nrntacte that IN 10 lnnnoant9
At Its present stage OF development
the way to make the automobile effect
I've In war is to present 1t to the enemy.
Why Old Flats and Houses Don't Rent.
Real estate men and owners should
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