Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-11-11

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In answering. But their interest. though
more immediate, Is not more vital than
that Of the country. This enormous fire
loss Is precisely ~ much deducted from
the nations earnings. 1t Is q mulct
upon prosperity. sheer waste of
wealth. To stop 1t Is the common in
tcrcst.
Older people vividly remember the.
continual calls of our soldiers In the
civil war for something to read. ana the
generous response from many quarters
with eases of good books and pcriodi-
Gals. These relieved the dullness of
camp life. ana kept many young man
sound and sweet whom idleness would
have driven to diversions worse than
foolish. Rev. stephen Il. Wood. chap
lain of the Twenty.thlrd United States
Infantry, writes from Sulu. testlfylng
to the eagerness Of our brave men In
the Philippines for something to supply
their mental wants. Wherever. he has
been. he has heard the expressed de-
sire for good. and even religious lltcra-
ture. MY small box Of reading mat
ter" he says. has been read and re-
read until nearly worn out: and we are-
looking nnxiously for the next steamer
with papers" A demand like this ought
not to be hard to satisfy, II sympathIx-
ing friends Mt home would remember
the want and add their contribution to
the soldiers outfit rs often as u war
transport sails away.
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The manager or preteEtlously
named publishing company-whose
publication. so far as known. was u
single catchpcnny cOmpilntion-has re-
| Gently been arrested ana convicted on
complaint of II victim who had been
induced to become his "agent." The
false statements made as 10 the profits
| that could bc earned by the agency
were so glowing that the unwary vie
| tim was led to pay handsomely In ad-
vance for the opportunity for employ
ment offered by the Olly.tOngued man
ager. II may bc accepted as safe rule
for guidance that men who promise
/ GuIVtOy uCut uuu IVIutS uCDOStS IN u
guarantee of good faith" are men whose.
reputation should be Investigated.
Reputable business men rarely adopt
such methods.
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Tho New England Educational
League IL urging the electric railways
to follow the example Of Springfield
ana Toronto by providing half-fares to
school pupils. 1t In claimed that more
children than adults can be carried In
a car. that they would ride ut hours
when other travel Is light. ana that the
companies would find their advantage
In the numbers aud regularity OF this
class Of passengers. President Eliot Of
Harvard thinks the location Of second
airy schools should DO determined by
accessibility rather than by local
boundaries; and he adds that fifteen
miles by rall II easier than two miles
afoOt on a country road.
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1t is given out that as consequence
Of his fathers dIspleasure young Cor
nelius Vanderbilt IL to get "Only $780,
100000" by the will. This. II true. is
sad, OF course. ana should teach other
young men the necessity Of filial piety
and obedience. Still, II young Mr.. Van
derbilt Is prudent he can pretty certain
ly manage to rub along on his pOr-
tion. With $lO.OOO.OOO SO invested as
, to pay I or per cent he will have
|, ou0 0S0A Nl,ttI, xx1NIo1N
, to keep the butcher and grocer quiet
ana pay modest tailor and milliner
bills.
; Steam launches supplanting the gOn-
dOlas OF Venice will cause many per-
sous to cry, Farewell. romance" Yet
we are learning In these days to see as
, much poetry In the measured move
| ments OF an engineered rs In the
. rhythmic swinging Of IN oar; and to
3 discern In the triumphs OF the inven-
: tive mind over reluctant, irrespOnsive
Q matter rOmances more brilliant ana
: thrilling than any pictured In dreams
: OF idleness.
. 1t Is a matter of record that out Of
s 1000 men who had seen long and 50
I we're service In central Africa only one
= man was found unit for duty when the
troops We're examined previous TO a
I new expedition. SOldierding in warm
8 countries ls really safer than anywhere
? else. 1t 10 campaigning In cold cI-
: mates that kills. A northern winter
Q harder on troops than the rainy seaso,