Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-01-19

caused by the salt SOlutlOn IUrnlSn tle
.prolonging principle which works
upon the auricular and ventrlcular
muscles and keep the heart In motion.
1t is easy to see that such discovery.
If based upon scientific eXactitude,
must reveal the secret of the prOlonga-
ton of life. Indeed It is claimed by
Profs. Loeb and Lingle that the salt
solution. injected into blood, will re-
new suspended heart action. What |
causes the heart to pulsate has been |
the subject of investigation and spec
ulation on the part of scientists for
centuries. We know that the life prin-
ciplc Is ccntered in the rhythmic ac-
tion" of the heart. 1t follows that IL
the causes of this rhythmic action can
he discovered. man will get very near
to the secret that has puzzled the phil
osophers of the ages. 1t satisfies the
average mind to say that the blood
causes the heart to cheat" but the
scientist goes further than this. He
desires to know what is in the blood
that causes the heart rhythm. In his
experiments Prof. Loeb found that
at will in the stripped muscle of the
frog by the action of u single salt sOlu.
ton. The scientific something that
causes the heart to pulsate Is believed
to be sort of electrical current which
Is set up between two elements In salt
sodium and chlorine. One carries
positive charge Of electricity. while the
other carrie, n negative charge With
salt ut a dollar barrel delivered
(. o. b. no man ought to sit up nights
worrying about his heart action. 1t IL
well known that chloride of sodium.
or common salt, Is the greatest of all
prcscrvatlves given by nature to man.
1t Is absolutely essential to human en-
istencc. 1t would not be mt all strange.
therefore. IL II should he found to bear
some vital relation to the pulsations of
the human heart.
Each generation which has witness.
cd the end of century may have felt
as we feel. that its own period was
the grandest in the history Of the
world. Succeeding ages. with tie ad-
vantage Of a longer perspective. have
sometimes modified the verdict. as time
may alter our own estimate OF the
century Just closed. In the light of
the present. however. no period of the
worthy even TO be compared with the
last hundred years In the richness Of
its fruitlon and the extent of its influ.
ence on human life. The material pro-
grcss of the century has been amply
set forth. There Is not room even to
summarize 1t here. All the modern
wonders Of electricity, the railroad.
the steamship, the daily paper as we
know 1t, most Of the machinery which
lightens labor. the discovery Of anaes.
thesia, with the miracles Of surgery
these and host Of other things occur
to every reader. But It Is in another
direction that we must look for the real
significance Of the age. 1t lies In things
moral ana spiritual and intellectual,
rather than In things material. 1t Is In
the feeling Of pity for the suffering OF
: animals. the growing opposition to war
the better care of the sick and the In
sane. the changed attitude Of the State
toward criminals. and the more general
feeling of fellowship and .rOtherhOOd
between man and man. The nineteenth
century might well be called the age
Of compassion. Therein lies It's true
glory. This Is the thing to keep IN
mind as we step forward into the new
year: To remember the Howards and
Judsons and Peabodys. the Florence
Nightlngales and Father Damien'
whose work Is the noblcst legacy OF
the age, and to strive to carry into tho
new century. and to intensity. tho
spirit with which they blessed the old
The chemist seeks always for fresi
tests by which he may recognize mos
easily the elements with which h'
deals, says the Chicago American. W.
humans, dealing with each other, ar'
forever striving for sure means o.
' knowing each other with the least ef
fort and greatest certainty. Here, fO
y your consideration 1--WE say nothin:
positively, Is test Of human polite
ness. Two men are tulhluS c"ihcst.
+ about nothing In particular ana arr
= of course deeply interested In the so'ln'
= of their own voices. Both begin to tall
e at the same second. Both stop sud
T. denly and each says, with that amusln;
J. alIcctation of courtesy that marks u
Y all: II beg your PARDON When thi
e happens you will lind that one of th
J. II beg your pardon" gentlemen usual.
e means It.. lie really does stop to lie
il the other go on. The other one doe
:. go on, ana talks ahead happily. Ill
h did not in the least mean 1t when III
: said II beg your pardon" He did no
/. mean to give way to the other. Ill
u merely meant to prove that he was a
5 polite as any one could he. or the two
= of course, the more polite Is the maj
q who means 1t when he says II beg you
Y pardon" The less polite Is the man VIII,
talks ahead. But here Is this to thnl
about: True, the one who speaks afte
the other Is more polite. But the on
:, who speaks first Is more apt to succee'
y in the world, for 1t Is his tendency Il
impress himself upon Others and T.
v assert his will. OF the two who said Z"
beg your pardon" each does good ON
does good through individual achieve
ment. The other does good through
y setting an example of polltencss. ON
!. represents the driving wheel, the othe