Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-15

they will do the better the more right.
eOus and sober their lives. As they
watch the game they become so intent
that they forget their ordinary cares
and are refreshed by the Joys Of sport.
I've youth. And again. the crowd 10
composed Of rich and poor. proud ana
humble. interested for once In the same
thing. desiring the same thing, admir-.
Ing the same thing; differences Of rank
are for once forgotten. and men are
brothers rs they ought to be. And the
tale OF benefits does not end here. The
majority Of those who are watching the
game have themselves had some trim.
Ing In II. They themselves have strug-
gled on the same field and have gone
through useful discipline. Here they
have acquired the skill Of strength,
patience. pluck and good temper. Here
they have learned how to accept defeat
and victory, how to bow before the de.
clsion Of an umpire, how to get through
IN ordeal or stand up against a din.
Guilty, to endure responsibility. to carry
the hopes Of thousands. When we stop
and consider the Importance Of all these
things and their direct relationship to
the tasks Of real life. we ought to be
careful In our criticism and not too
quick to do away with such sports until
we are ready to suggest something In
their places that will be Just as useful,
II IL true that there Is no excuse for the
brutality too frequently seen on the
field OF sport. but this Objectionable
feature may be eliminated without to.
tally doing away with the exercise.
The eminent scientist, Prof. Koch, Of
Berlin. who has achieved much fame
md brought great blessings to human.
ity BY running down microbes to their
native lair. has departed for the Orient
and the tropics on still hunt for the
origin Of malaria. Naturally It occurred
to SO clever man as the professor to
look for the origin Of malaria among
the Mnlays, from whom It unquestion-
ably derives Its name, and we have no
doubt that In few weeks or months
we shall hear that the bacllli are In full
retreat. seeking refuge In the dense Jun.
giles or In the caves Of ocean. When
the professor succeeded In capturing
the cholera bacillus fifteen years ago he
discovered that II was comma. and he
Is inclined to believe that the same
description will be applicable to the
malaria bacillus. This, however. is Wig
orously disputed by scientists living In
the low and marshy districts of the
Middle West, who maintain that mala.
rla IL not comma. but period, and
who steadily contend that the only way
of destroying the bacilli Ia to drown
them out with whisky and quinine at
the ratio Of 10 to !. On account Of the
popularity OF this ife-renewing remedy
the efforts of the professor to stamp out
malaria are surveyed with hostility In
malarial selections. Many excellent
verses have been written In delineati0n
OF that phase Of human suffering com.
monty termed "fever and ager," ana
we remember reading last fall very
beautiful contribution from poet. be-
ginning "The chill Of yester cen IL with
me STILL" thereby dlsprovlng the popu-
lar theory that chill returns every
other or third day. Lord ByrOn's ia
nous poem, "rhe Prisoner with Chill
On" Is much inquired for In literary
circles In the swamp lands. and fairly
divides patronage with CHILLED Har-
old's Pilgrimage" Naturally Prof.
Koch's investigations will excite de-
gree Of curiosity, but we advise him In
advance that he cannot sell any ma
laria lymph In the part OF the world Of
which we write. Its people are conserv-
alive and never desert tried and
faithful household remedy for any new.
tangled medicines.