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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17
THE MAyOR IS RIGHT.

"lf you take the back files of the daily
newspapers for each year since before
the hig fire. or even us far back as the
first incorporation of the city of Chi.
cago." said Mayor Harrison. "you will
find that at this time of the year there
is always an increase in the number of
burglaries and other criminal acts Of
like character. The cold weather l.
coming on and the average crook is ON
the lookout for Il chance to steal. The
report that crime is more prevalent
than usual is all bosh. The fact that an
attempted burglary occurred in fine
residence on the lake shore is not an
burglaries than usual. The Potter res.
idcncc is close to mine. Perhaps they
employ the same Waterman do. At
any rate. there Is n Waterman especial
~ employed in that block. The police
protection Is as good as could bc
wished. This talk about insufficient pc.
lice protection is without foundation. g
In speaking of u remedy for the an.
nual fall onslaught of the criminals. the
Mayor said:
The best way to rid the public of
this yearly raid is to reinforce the old
'vag law and arrest every vagrant
found wandering about the streets
without visible means of support"
What would you do with the vag.
rants when you get theml" he was
asked.
Lock them UP and keep them where
they cannot do any damage"
Chief of Police Ripley says there is
no epidemic of crime in Chicago at the
present time and that the number of ar.
rests and crimes committed Is no great.
or than II usually is in the fall months.
when the tramps and lower class of
strangers come into the larger cities
from the country districts. Chief Kip.
ley attributes the seemingly large In.
crease in the number of robberies.
porch-clmbiug burglarles. highway
robberies and the like to the increased
attention given the cases by the news.
papers. He states that the election he.
ing over. the papers have more room for
local news items and are printing more
stories of burglaries and robberies than
before the campaign opened.
Robbery Is always at its maximum
during the cold weather. just as murder
Is more frequent In hot weather." said
States Attorney Dencen. when asked
about the reign of robbery In the city
during the last few days. 1T Is a well.
known fact to students of criminology
that murder IL more often committed
during hot and depressing weather.
Whether robbery is the antithcsis of
murder In its inspiration I cannot say.
but 1t would seem that rcjuvenatIon
precedes robbery as depression does
murder.
"All can say about the prosecution
of the robbers that the police may ar
rest Is that l will follow out my pre-.
vious methods ana dispose of all the
cases rs soon as possible. We seldom
have u robbery ease on our hands iif.
teen days after the prisoner Is indicted
by the Grand Judy. We treat all per.
sons alike. The farmer who Is held w
ana robbed of his pocket money re-
ceives our attention as soon rs the resi-.
dent of the lake shore whose house has
been entered and looted of diamonds.
We follow the docket of the Grand
Judy"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17
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RAMCiO BUTTER.

Why don't the authorities get after
the rancid butter dealers! The Eagle
has been looking into the methods of
some of these process people and finds
them damnable. These fellows go
around to commission houses. buy all
the rotten. maggoty and rancid butter,
ana then. by u process" fix II up for
the market. These packages of mi
crobes are on sale all over the city
The Eagle proposes to go into this mat.
ter thoroughly and to show up the deal.
crs who abuse public confidence IN this
way.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17
PAY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WEEKLY.

The Council Is to he commended for
ordering fortnlghtly in place of month.
ly payment Of public employees. This
Is going only half way to the right nd.
ministrrtlon Of city wages. Every
public employee should he paid weekly.
as Is the rule In all properly conducted
and solvent private business.
Men and women who work for the
people are entitled to prompt ana regu.
lar compensation. The money Is In the
treasury. Nothing stands In the way
Of weekly payment of public employees
but an alteration In the municipal book.
keeping and the vicious tradition Of
paying private interest on public funds.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

the door Of their own board rooms. 1t
Is In order for the Grand Jury to take
up the investigation of the Civil Service
Commission affairs with a view to de-
tectng and indlcting any who may
have engaged in unlawful acts.
John w. Ludwig was selected to rep
resent the Republican party on the Civil
Service Board. The Republican party
is rlghtfully entitled TO he represented
by man of the highest class in the
position which Ludwig holds. Mayor
Harrison should hasten to bring about
Il decided reformation in Civil Service
Commission methods. --Chicag Record.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17
EA0LETS.

According ~ an exchange the vcner.
able Mr.. Cullom declares that his ~.
election is assured, but 1t Is noticeable
that he Is up bright and early every
morning watching the movements of
the Hon. John Il. Tanner. lie Is wise
To do so. too.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17
<ae0o

About half Of all the cotton goods we
sell abroad goes to China. which pur.
chased last year over $1O,OOO.OOO worth
OF our sheetings, drills, Jeans and other
grades. They are landed In Shanghai,
anu No per cent Of the goods Is forward.
ell at once to ChefoO, Tien.tsin and
Newchwang for the North China mar.
kets. a little over o per cent Is sold
III cities up thu Yangse River and the
remainder is consumed In Shanghai and
Its ncighborhOod.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

\ novel advertisement for American
manufacturers Is given In the state
ment that the Witwatersrand mines
have. through motives Of patriotism,
placed large order for coal cars In
England, though American firms Of
fered to supply the cars for less money
and In shorter time.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

Many Republicans ana solid business
men, want Hon. Florus -. Mechani. OF
the Board Of Review, to run for Mayor
OF Chicago next April as the Rcpubll.
can candidate.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

In an address on Fright Living" be-
fore the Chicago Ethical Society, Will
lam NJ. Salter said: "ro simply eat
and sleep, that Is not life. TO be the
slave of wOrk-of work that takes the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

generate. but society must protect itself
against degenerntes when their degen-
eracy takes homicldal turn. 1t Is not
the fault. but the misfortune, of rabid
dog that he goes mad, yet no one stops
to sentlmentalize before killing a mad
dog.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

Alvord. who might have home and
friends and a place of trust and good
pay. Is now In New York, practically
pennlless and In Jail, a ruined man. He
takes this outcome philOsophicnlly and
says he has enjoyed his fling, but the
cost Of the fling was enormous. The
way Of the transgressor is hard.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

and women Of faith to do what they
can to discourage the spread of despair
by intoxicating the gospel of good cheer.
1t Is n matter Of health and philosophy
of attitude towards life. The worth
of life depends upon both the liver and
the living. Life Is always worth liv.
Ing TO men. who live right ana see that
the Joy Of life depends upon the man
himself and not upon his outward cir.
cumstnnces.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17
/AaSI0

Optlmlsts firmly maintain that the
human race Is growing In mental vigOr
and intelligence, but we cannot forget
that about one.half the female pOpula.
tion Of this town Is practicing the
kangaroo walk" This causes us to
hesitate at an acceptance Of the optimis-
tic dictum,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17
(6

Bishop FallOws seems to be busy ad-
vising the rich men and women of the
country by letter what to do with their
money for the worlds good, but the
rich men ana women of the country do
not seem TO be taking his advice to any
great extent.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

The fact that the population Of Ari.
IONA has increased 1O4.0 per cent In ten
years In significant. 1t points to n
great future. under the growing system
of irrigation. which Is turning much of
the territory into a garden Of Eden.
Arizona produces oranges, figs, al.
mOnds. pomegranates and other semi.
tropical fruits. 1t has the largest fig
orchard in the United States. and In
every portion of the territory where
irrigation has been introduced the des.
ert has been made TO blossom and bear
abundantly. This part of the great
Southwest, says the author Of '"The
Conquest OF Arid America" bears n
striking resemblance to the land of
Egypt. except that the irrigation Is not
natural. but must he forced. With the
methods now known ana which are con.
stantly being improved. Arizona will
doubtless become one Of the most IN.
vored spots In the United States, in.
stead of being. as she once was. the
most dangerous part Of the great
American desert"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

a capacity for taking pains In bust.
ness plans ana products Is more ana
more u condition Of success. Australian
butter.packlng may serve rs an exam
pie. Shipments are secured against de-
terloration by placing the butter In
boxes made Of plates of window glass,
the edges being closed by applying
gummcd paper, The boxes are covered
with layers OF plaster of paris, ana then
wrapped In specially prepared water.
proof packing paper. Such methods
help to raise the average of attention to
details. The reluctance OF human be-.
in9s to eat unappetizlng things In
creases. 1t pays to make food offered
for sale attractive In form as well us
substance. The high standard Is mon.
ey In the pocket of the dealer and
health for the consumer. The converse
Is true. This county has lost a once.
promising trade In exporting cheese.
Those who ruined the trade know how
they did 1t. but they should be too
much ashamed Of themselves to tell the
world how II was done.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

Twenty million dollars In gold has
been received at Seattle within twelve
months from Alaska. Report on the
gold.brlck trade farther East have not
been made public.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

JOY and serenity out of llfe--that Is not
truly to live. To have no time to think,
to have no days to ourselves, to never
let our minds expand under the infiu.
ence of great thoughts, that Is not to
live. Nor is II living never to enter the
atmosphere of principles and feel their
compelling and TRANSPORTING power"
There Is cant of commerce as there
Is u cant of religion. The man who
works day and night, denies himself all
the joys of life getting and keeping
money. who builds up great fortune
and whose soul contracts as his wealth
expands-that man does not know how
to live. and when he breaches the gos-
pei of what he calls work he Is guilty
of cant. Agassiz once remarked that
he hadn't time to make money. lie
was too busy working. Money getting
Is only one kind of work. The work of
life Is serving one another. When the
statesman, merchant, lawyer. shop.
keeper and mental realize that truth
we shall have right living. No work
that Is vital and really worth doing Is
for self alone.
The romance of travel and the no.
nance of industry. SO to speak. are Gu.
riOusly blended by the statement that
the Sultan of Johore Has contracted for
an electrical plant to cost nearly a
million dollars. The name of Johore,
little state at the tip of the Malay
Peninsula. has the very flavor of 'the
storied East" But is there anything
In the arabian Nights" more truly
wonderful than the fact that such a
plant will transmit the power of five
thousand horses ninety.eight miles over
three copper wires the size of lead.
pencil! 1t Is said that the first expert
ment In thus transmitting power was
made at mill in Rhode Island which
was about to be abandoned as inncces-
sible, when some one suggested stretch.
Ing a wire from dam five miles away.
The plan succeeded. Other millmen,
miners, lighting companies and munich
palities adopted II. A single corpora.
ton engaged In the manufacture of
power-transmitting machinery will
build more than six million dollars
WORTH this year. This shows record
breaking" development, for the first
years business Of the same corporation
In 1893 was only One-hftieth rs large.
The Sultan's great plant, which will
carry the force Of cascade to the gov.
eminent gold-mlnes, ninety.eight miles
away, marks development In still an.
other direction. The greatest distance
over which power Is now regularly
transmitted Is about eighty.thrce miles
from Redlands to Los Angeles. Cal,
where 1t runs street railway. lights
the streets and performs other service.
II Is true that power can be thus trans.
mitted to almost any distance. As the
distance Increases. however. SO does the
expense. until In the emu II becomes
cheaper to produce the same power
from coal. Here Is an economic prob.
lem which the progress of electrical de.
velopment will probably solve. Few
things are really impossible In an age
that has hnrnessed Niagara.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

This Is an age Of freedom In dress
ana appearance. The story books Of
our grandparents spoke OF the eccen-
trlcity Of man who allowed Il beard
to grow on his face. or twenty-five
contributors to new encyclopedia,
whose portraits have been recently pub
lished, all but five are strangers to the
razor The familiar group OF portraits
OF our Presidents shows no well-beard'
ed man until Abraham LlncOln's time.
The three military Presidents, Grant,
Hayes and Garfield, each wore full
beard. Both of the leading presidential
candidates to-day are closely shaver.
Although the present fashion chiefly OF
young men Is that Of smooth face, the
fashion Is not imperative. Every man
may follow 1t or defy II without being
queer.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17
IA1ell

The kindergarten II a debat table cues.
tlon. Originating In a cool climate,
among Il calm people. the idea OF a
"chlld garden" was healtbful, happy
and wise. After prolonged but not con.
elusive experiment American educators
are Of divided judgment about Its uni.
vcrsal adaptabllity to the temper and
physical environment Of American
childhood. Its advantages, generally
stated. are numerous ana unuuestion.
able. For the child of the squalld home
II Is blessing not in disguise. For do.
nestle hardship. blows, curses, kicks,
for the poverty of heart that too often
accompanies lean larder ana brutal
habits Of degraded parents, nothing bet.
ter can he imagined. For child soil.
fairness OF mind or body 1t gives sweet
companiOnship. For the darkness 1,
substitutes light. The hunger of the
little soul II nourishes with hope. The
thirst for play II Stakes. 1t Is warmth
In winter. coolness in midsummer heat,
rs compared with sun.bcaten streets of
the one season or hreless rooms In the
other For the typical American child,
on the other hand, II Is liable TO lntensi.
fy natural or acquired eXcitability. A
too Jealous teacher may make merry.
Gus babe In kindergarten still more
nervous. 1t may he tension where there
ought to be relaxation. Its excitement,
fraught with charm for the child ut the
moment, Is too often surcharged with
Indictment to worry or sleeplcssncss.
There Is II reaction against the kinder.
garten on the score OF Its premature
concentration of immature intelligence
ana Its aggravation OF a naturally ag.
gravated nervous organization.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17
/R6

Terrell, the murderer OF Express
Messenger Lane, has justly been, sen
fenced to death. 1t may be true, az
claimed by his counsel. that he Is a de
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

So accustomed have Americans be.
come to think Of the United States as a
new country that the statement Of Al.
bion W. Tourgee that 1--WE are one Of
the Oldest Of existing civilized nations"
seems to require an explanation. Since
the foundation Of the government. al.
most one hundred and twelve years
ago, there has been no break In our
Presidential succession. During that
period, according TO Judge Tourgee, the
form Of government In France has
changed ten times. Germany" he
adds, us but thirty years old. Aus.
tria, as a nation, is the outcome of the
Hungarian rebellion. Italy Is a still
later product of popular evolution"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17
>lael

Twin sisters married twin brothers
In West Virginia with trlplets as results
In both families. This, says the Kan
sas City Times, is the first recorded In
stance where the double rule of three
was brought into requlsition in accumu-
lating population.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

According to the report OF the COM
missioner of education 17,OOO,OOO Amer
leans are In school. One-fOurth our
people are preparing by school life for
life's school.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

\ st. Louis man, who was young, had
work and a future thai might have been
successful, bought a bunch of roses, ar
ranged them on his breast and drank a
fatal dose of morphine. He had re-
peatedly told his friends that life was
not worth living. This Is but one case
showing the prevalence of the pessi.
mistlc spirit. Every day or so the news
papers record the deaths of persons, fire..
quently young girls and even children,
who had become imbued with that dis
gust of life which destroys hope and
faith and courage, Roughly speaking,
the world Is divided between the pessi-
mists and the Optlmists. And the
strange fact Is that many persons who
are healthy and In comfortable clrcum-
stances are among the pessimists. This
being so, it becomes the duty Of all men
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

The double life' Is a co,,spIcro,,s
feature In the news of the day. First
Mr.. Schneider, OF Elizabethport, modest
ana respected young bank clerk, was
suddenly found to be twins. the other
one being known as Mr.. Hart, suDDort.
Ing n scarlet and costly MENACE In New
York on funds filched from the bank
Second, Mr.. James Roosevelt, Jr.. scion
of two distinguished families, million.
aire and collegian. suddenly Introduces
as his alternate delegate" a curIous
character known rs Jimmy" youth
Of miscellaneous habits In the Tender.
loin. Third, Messrs. Kerr, McAlIster.
Death and Campbell, some OF them
"leading" and all Of them outwardlv
respectable citizens OF Paterson. N. IT,
abruptly disclose their other selves ma
four monsters Of lust and cruelty
Fourth. Mr.. Alvord. rotund OF figure.
frank Of face ana plausible all over.
the implicitly trusted teller Of great
bank, Unexpectedly introduces as his
double, who undid him, familiar figure
among sports and gamblers who has
taken 100000 of the banks money.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17


OF our sheetings, drills, Jeans and other
grades. They are landed In Shanghai,
anu 10 per cent of the goods Is forward
ell ut once to ChefOO, Tien.tsin and
Newchwang for the North China mar.
kets. a little over o per cent Is sold
IN cities up thu Yangse River and the
remainder Is consumed In Shanghai and
Its neighborhood.
Alvord. who might have home and
friends and a place of trust and good
pay. Is now In New York, practically
penniless and In Jail, a ruined man. He
takes this outcome philOsOphicnlly and
says he has enjoyed his fling, but the
cost OF the fling was enormous. The
way of the transgrcssor is hard.
Optlmlsts firmly maintain that the
human race Il growing In mental vigor
and intelligence, but we cannot forget
that about one.half the female popula-
tiOn Of this town Is practlcing the
kangaroo walk" This causes us to
hesitate at IN acceptance Of the optlmis-
tic dictum.
~S\
\ novel advertisement for American
manufacturers Is given In the state
ment that the Witwatersrand mines
have. through motives Of patriotism.
placed large order for coal cars In
England, though American firms Of
fered to supply the cars for less money
and In u shorter time.
%eA
Bishop FallOws seems to be busy ad-
vising the rich men and women of the
country by letter what to do with their
money for the worlds good, but the
rich men ana women of the country do
not seem TO be taking his advice to any
great extent.
Twenty million dollars In gold has
been received at Seattle within twelve
months from Alaska. Report on the
gold-brlck trade farther East have not
been made public.
~6
According to the report OF the COM
missioner OF education 100000 Amer
leans are In school. One-fOurth our
people are preparing by school life for
life's school.
Let's see! Ten years imprisonment
for 100000. That would be $4,000 u
year. Even at the extreme penalty
bank lOoting on a large scale pays
The latest Armenian atrocity report
ed Is the vandalism Of the lecturer from
Armenia who has been caught In the
act Of tearing valuable engravingf from
books In the New York libraries.
~
DR.. KOch's latest Investigations all 60
to show that mosquitoes are the prin.
clpal prOgatOrs of malaria. What are
mosquitoes good for anyway
~6
The girl and medical student who has
discovered the cause of pips In chickens
should now devote her best energies to
securing a sure cure therefor.
~eoA
The New York Journal uses the word
censusitis to describe the disorder of
those cities dissatisfied with the official
count Of their population.
~dA
Two street cars cOllided and Kazy-
mierz Jasynski and Maryanna Iwasz-
kiewlcz We're married in ChicagO-all
In the same day.
%e
Does 1t soothe your agony at all to
know that coal costs $14 ton In
France!
%e&
Why are some of the daily papers so
anxious to discredt the investigation
into alleged packlng-house water steals?
~
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

Let's see! Ten years imprisonment
for 100000. That would be $4,000 u
year. Even at the extreme penalty
bank looting on a large scale pays
pretty well.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-17

Why are some of the daily papers so
anxious to discredit the investigation
into alleged packlng-house water steals?