Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-06-08

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American Republican Central Club.
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Police Magistrate.
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| How much suffering Is caused by fear
IN this world-and how much useless
suffering. All the terrors of supersti.
ton are utterly useless-yet they have
inflicted suffering beyond calculation.
The dreadful fear of ghosts that never
existed has probably caused more act.
ual suffering especially among chill.
dren-than any dozen Illnesses. The
great mission Of civilization and of re.
ligion Is to do away with the reign Of
fear In the heart and the imagination.
II II comforting to know that each cen.
tury sees some step taken toward free.
ing men from fear ana It's accompany
ing torture. We believe that the keen.
est suffering through fear comes from
dread of being found out" What man
or child has not during life suffered
kecnly the dread of exposure? Who
has not In dreams suffered from fear
so kcenly as to make the dream seem
real for hours after waking and leave
q genuine sensation Of agony In the
mind? The mother suffers the agony Of
fear when her child Is III. Medical
science Is constantly and successfully
struggling to eliminate that source Of
suffering through fear. The working
man with wife ana children depending
on him lives In constant dread of the
notice In his pay envelope: "Hereaf.
ter your services will not be required"
This fear causes him intense and use.
less suffering. which weakcns his mind
ana prevents his best effort. That form
OF fear Is gradually fading out. thanks
to improved Industrial conditions. and
especially to the growing power of
trades uniOnism. which compels the
employer to share the risk ana the
worry. The animals. living In u con-
slant struggle for life, know fear. but
only when danger Is actually present.
There Is no reason to think that they
suffer the agony of anticipation. which
so often torturcs men. They are mer.
cifully spared. There Is much encour-
agemcnt for all In the gradual eytinc.
ton of fear rs Il factor In our daily
lives. Every one who helps along this
extinction helps to free mankind from
slavery most painful. Every person
can do something toward minimizing
the suffering caused by fear. Free chill.
dren from their dread of darkness and
of ghosts-never lni!lct fear upon them
by forcing them TO do that which
frightens them. Cheer up the dcspond.
ent man or woman whose fear for the
future makes the present dark. Danish
fear from your own life. ana decide
with the old Greek that by living just.
ly you will put yourself beyond the
power of any man. and. therefore. be-.
yond the reach of fear.
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The Sultan excludes typewri,ers, ma.
chine ana female, from the Turkish do
ni!nions because. he says. he cannot
detect sedltlous writing II 1t II In the
form presented by calligraphic uniform
characters. He will have no form of
written communications within his sui.
TAME Jurisdiction except such as his
detectives and experts can trace to its
authorship by pecullarities of chirog-
raphy. This opens up Il new inquiry
as to how many suspects may have per-
ished by the bowslr!ng In Turkey on
the testimony OF handwriting experts.
Where suspicion and prejudice lead ey.
perts along the crooked paths of n
criminal trial injustice Is not among
the least OF the events to bc expected.
In Turkey, where human life Is cheap,
II Is the opinion of the Chicago Chron-
icle that the mistake OF an expert may
be of little account. But in this cOun-
try to hang Il man on the testimony of
Il handwriting expert Is to hang him on
the most uncertain kind Of guesswork.
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The learned men of to-day are taking
such high matrimonial grounds ana are
placing the ban of their disupproval
upon SO many feminine types that 1t
would seem as II u social panic of some
kind could hardly be averted. In GER
| 1859" '"''s N''aVS ~ ~ u'SiScu 'Aut Nu
artist must not limit his freedom by
any kind OF Il marriage, ana again 1t Is
declared that man had better so to
the dogs than to go to the butterflies.
The sciety girl Is placed In this latter
category and Is the latest to be counted
among the matrlmonially condemned.
Just what Is meant by n society girl"
1t Is difficult to explain, but the tradi-
tiOnal ideal Is one who paints a little.
plays. "pOurs." and shops IN the same
useless fashion aud owes her glitter en-
tirely to the gold that father or a
brother has won for her. But this ira
ditional type Is fast disappearing and
IL to be, put on the stOrerOOm shelf