Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01

force the revision of old opinions. the
adoption of new methods. DR.. Holmes
RIP Van Wrinkle. NJ. d. has no place
In modern medicine. The physician
who Is up with the times must know
bacieriology as well as anatomy. He
may he partial to Quinine. hut he must
have learned to administer the anti.
toxins also. Constant study and ex.
pertinent are the price Of his success.
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Robbing express cars and shooting
express messengers has become popu.
lar. lucrative and up TO this time a.
reasonably safe feature Of the thieving
calling. Originating with the James
and Younger gangs of Western out.
laws. who attacked and looted railway
trains in unfreGuented places with per.
feet impunity. traln.robbing has be.
come a favorite form of stealing with
q large and rowing class Of lawless
characters who have learned by expert.
ence that IL Is just as safe to rob rail.
way train in a thickly settled commun.
i,y, and even In close proximity TO a
large city. as anywhere else. The
growing prevalence Of train robberies
Is simply due to new conditions for
which adequate provision has yet TO be
furnished. The carrying Of large
amounts of money and other valuables
on express trains II one Of the features
Of the country's wonderful railway de.
velopment. This transfer Of money by
express has been developed chiefly
along the lines of rapIdlty and cheap.
ness Of service. In Its early develop.
ment treasure safes in express cars
were relied upon TO insure protection.
But train robbers have learned that
the express ears carry rich booty. and
they have also learned that II they can
overcome the resistance of the express
messenger 10y killing or disabling him.
that dynamite and set Of burglars
tools can be depended on to do the rest,
ana so II has come 10 pass that those
In charge Of an express car constitute
Its only real protection after all. EX.
perience has demonstrated this TO he
the case so often that II Is the height
Of folly for express companies longer TO
Ignore the necessity OF placing express
cars under stronger guard than that
OF single messenger who. no matter
how courageous he may be, can be
quickly overmatched by u gang OF de.
termined outlaws. The lone express
messenger in charge OF untold treasure
not only furnishes an invitation TO at.
tack on the part OF organized bands Of
train robbers, but his own life Is placed
In a jeopardy out OF all proportion 10
the compensation paid him for his haz.
ardous service. As a necessary pro-
lection TO both life and property more
adequate force should be provided for
the express cars which carry so much
money than has been furnished here.
tofore. The demand for this additional
protection 10 express trains seems 10
be imperative and one that cannot he
ignored longer. Train robberies grow
more rather than less frequent. and
they occur quite as often In thlckly rs
in thinly populated sections. As a mat
ter Of fact, a gang Of train robbers are
in less danger OF detection and capture
in the vicinity Of u large city than in
sparsely settled section of the fan
West, and the only sure way TO put
an end to train robbcries Is 10 furnish
express trains with protective force
large enough 10 beat the train robbers
AT the shooting game. This will sup
press train robbing effectually, and no
other method gives even the faintest
promise of doing so,
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The gentleman in the shirt waist
should not despair. He should remem
Der that only a few years ago the man
In knickerbockers was banished even
from second.rate restaurants, SO index
ible apparently is the law Of custom
Recalling our frequently expressed po
sitiOn concerning the attire Of the sum
mer girl, we think that the nearest up
prOach TO such a vision Of loneliness
would be nice little man with rosy
cheeks and attractive locks in q pink
shirt waist and duck trousers. OF
course. for the present. We mus,
expect that prejudiced and uncul
tivated restaurant.keepers and hOte
proprietors will make the usua
remonstrance, but We cannot ad
wise our shirt-waist friends to cover
mp their loneliness with heavy. cumber
some and unsightly coats. Let them
provide themselves for such emergen
cies with dainty taffeta Elton jackets
such as the ladies affect, or, better
still, let them throw around theil
shoulders the enticing fluffy fascinator
with that degree Of coquettishness that
would Immediately disarm all hostile