Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29

cases they are trivial, considered from
the standpoint Of any person who has
sane comprehension Of the perplexi.
ties Involved In the problem Of life.
Physical and mental disease play an
important part In driving people Of SEN
sitive temperament to self.destructiOn.
Failure In business, domestic trouble. |,
lack Of employment, disappointment,
the heat, etc., etc., are assigned as
causes for recent suicides. The impulse
that lmpels man to desert his wife
and children In the midst OF the battle
OF life cannot be worthy one. The
husband who seeks relief In suicide
from real or fancled grievances and
leaves his wife and children to con.
tinue the contest, handicapped by the
sorrow and disgrace his act places upon
their shoulders, Is coward. The man
or woman who shrinks from the per-
Torrance Of duty, who flies before
the first appearance of disease or mis-
fortune, who cannot bear his or her al.
lotted share Of adversely, is a coward.
COwardice and nothing else Is behind
nlne.tenths Of all the suicides commit.
ted-generally the most selfish, craven,
contemplate cowardice. Many suicides
are traceable, doubtless, to causes over
which the victims had no control, but
these are easily distinguishable from
the others, and there Is little danger
that the purely unfortunate victims Of
circumstances may be COMPOUNDED with
the persons who are prompted by pure
selfishness and pure cowardice to end
their existence.
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The Italian Prince, the Duke d'Abruz.
ri, has returned to civilization after an
absence OF fifteen months In the north
polar seas. and announces that he sue.
ceeded In reaching a latitude Of SO de.
grees 33 minute north. Nansen's
"farthest north" was SO degrees II
minutes. This gives the young Italian
the honor of having come nineteen
miles nearer the pole than the noted
Norwegian, leaving only 241 miles Of
arctic mystery still TO be penetrated
before some daring explorer can claim
the frlgid honor Of having reached the
long sought for spot. The Duke
TAbruzzi has maintained his reputa.
ton for daring and executive ability.
His vessel, the Stella POlare, suffered
more than did Nansen's ice-resisting
Fran, and the expedition lost three
members by death, but the enterprise
seems to have been conducted ON the
whole with remarkable ability. For the
present, rugged Norway has been out.
done by sunny Italy In the long arctic
quest. In due time some other nation
ality-perhaps the United States In the
person Of Peary-will press on still
closer to the pole, only to be surpassed
by some other. until the pole Is reach.
ed. Then, perhaps, there will be an
end OF the long line Of more or less
disastrous expeditions that have fol.
lowed each other SO persistently for
over three centuries. 1t Is the mystery
Of the unknown, combined with the de.
sire for adventure. that now makes the
north pole such magnetic pole. When
the mystery Is cleared away and when
everybody knows whether there Is
land, or open sea, or rugged Ice at lati.
tude 90 degrees north the Pearys and
Nansens and D'Abruzzis will seek ex.
element and glory In other quarters. At
the present rate 1t is not likely to be
many years before this comes to pass.
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Bresci, who murdered the italian
King, is sentenced to solitary confne-
ment for life. While you read this he
sits on narrow plank In a cell not
much bigger than sleeping car section.
II you talk to any friend about Bresci
and especially II you mention the
subject to any young man inclined to be
idle-call attention to this point. You,
OF course, can amplify what must be
presented briefly here. Bresci's impris.
Onment is tOrture--why? Because 1t
sentences him to do nothing. Every
man put on this earth Is put here for q
purpose. He Is put here to work, to
struggle, to interest himself In his fel.
lows, to share the pleasures and disap-
pointments Of others. The wise laws
ruling the universe I'LL us with desire
to do that which we were meant to do.
1t Is intended that We should be active
here, and therefore, although we often
fail to realize 1t, our happiness lies In
activity. Bresci Is to be tortured be.
yond the power of Imagination because
he will be forbidden to follow natures
law. He will be forbidden to fulfll
mans destiny here. His brain, bis
muscles, his sentiments must lie idle
until death or insanity shall come to re.
| lieye him. Bresci will live on bread and