Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-09-08

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The foreman of n ranch in Califor.
MIA declares that rural free delivery Is
worth thousand dollars year to him
personally. because it keeps the hands
ut home. This suggests one reason why
the service should be extended. Rest
less boys will be less anxious to go to
the city. when every day the postman
brings the best of the city to them.
Or. Pye.Smith. in ali address before
the British Medical Association. pre-
scribcd hard work as remedy for
many ills. He declared that regular
and steady work is the best cure TOR
a thousand nervous ailments, and that
this is true is shown 10y the fact that
the hard working people are not those
who are affected by these ills. He de.
clarcd that nervous prostration. wor.
ry. and brain tension are too often
synonyms for the effect of gambling
and drink. There can be no question
that hard work is healthy. for 1t Is
those who work hardest that live long.
est. and the lazy die young. One ad.
vantage of DR.. Pye.Smith's prescrip-
ton is that it Is easily followed and
that the remedy is cheap.
VIII contests are so common and so
destructive that one feels like applaud.
ing the wisdom of men who incorpor.
n 81, 20
say, "The John Jones Company" and
regularly transfer stock in the com.
pany just as they wish their property
should be distributed. 1t costs some.
thing TO incorporate. but 1t does not
exhaust an estate, as the contest over
will might. and the chief corporator
Is able to guard himself against the
fate of King Lear by retaining a sub.
stantial interest. Tne wonder Is that
moneyed men have not devised even
better methods of protecting their es.
tates against impudent claimants and
greedy lawyers. The readiness with
which wills are contested and the ap.
parent ease with which they are fire..
quently broken must have troubled the
mind of every man who has property
to leave.
Chicago Is congratulating itself-and
with good reason-on the steady i'm.
provement In the health of its inhabit.
ants. Records Kept by the Board Of
Health show constant decrease In the
death rate during the last twenty
years. particularly among children. out
of every thousand deaths during the
first quarter of this twenty-year pc.
Rod. FIVE hundred and twenty-five were
those of children under 3 years Of age
During the last quarter the number
has been only three hundred and thir.
ty-eight. The gain Is attributed to the
diligence Of the Board of Health in
spreading a knowledge among the poor.
or people of the best way of feeding
infants during hot weather, and to the
establishment Of day nurseries. stcril.
lied milk depots, floating hospitals and
other admirable charities.
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In his address at Cambridge Mr. Hal.
and somewhat erudite British states.
men. protested Il fondness for the
| eighteenth century. In those days men
occupied themselves much with the fu.
ture. Now people go ahead regardless
Of II. Instances are found In the thrift.
lessness and wastefulness Of industrial
wealth and the dependence upon meth.
DDS which differ little from those used
| In the time OF Watt. EVERY new In.
ventiOn throws q new strain on the lin
| tied sources Of power and sooner or
later those sources OF nature will give
out" 1t Is proof Of the existence Of
the conditions Of which Mr. Balfour
complains that his words will not lead
| to any economy In the use Of coal nor
will they increase the slender precau-
tons that are taken for the preserva-
ton of the forests nor lead to move.
mcnt for less wasteful methods Of az.
r!culture.
The big family Is not obsolete in
America. For the comfort Of younger
members OF such families. the story Of
the late Coils +. Huntington Is worth
reading. Mr.. Huntington was the fifth
son IN big family. Where are the
rest Of the children with whom he had
10 compete for an education and a
chance Of advancement In life! Mar.
tin Luther Is another example of one
member OF numerous family OF chill.
| lreu achieving success in spite of the
obstacles that stand In the way of "A
child born under such conditions. And
there have been many others. We
| have no law or custom that favors first
born or elder sons and daughters, yet il
Is well known that these have many
advantages over ,he younger members
of a family. But the capacity for tire
less effort Is a habit that can be ac.
| quired by individuals who are handi-
capped by conditions. Huntington ac.
CURED 1t. And It was a potent factor
in his wonderful success.
| Men used 10 look about in deserts and
wildernesscs for the fountain of youth.
Latterly they are more sensible, and
look each man inside of himself. From
teaching how to be young at 90, they
Went on 10 teach how to be young
though a nonogcnarian, and then how
TO retain youths vigOr for hundred
years. And now man has written Il
book-and mighty plausible book 1t
is-on "The Possibility Of Not Dying