Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-24
The Founder Of Edgewater

Of Edgewater.
taxation by means of u subterfuge. All
honor to the veteran city father. You
cant keep n good man down.
In the death Of Hugh Curran. better
known as "Chick." the Democratic par
~ has lost u good and faithful worker.
Poor Curran was IN failing health for
u long time. and had been wasted to Il
mere skeleton before death came to his
relief.
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=. McHugh. Donald l.. Morrill, and
Daniel ]. McAiahon are mentioned for
judicial hOnOrs.
There Is good deal of sadness In the
life story Of Joseph Ladue-also u
moral. He tore one, three. iive-no-
body can yet tell how many millions
out of the frozen earth. and died Just as
he was about to invest 1t In happiness.
You've seen Ladue's picture. 1t has
been published time and again In the
newspapers. lie was the Klondlke
king. Years ago. ut Schuyler Falls,
Pa, he fell In love with Katherine Ma.
son. 1t was good. honest love. But
the girls parents wouldn't listen to the
poor boy. Had he possessed the make.
up of some men he would have taken
the girl ana deiied the parents. Some
times that IL good method. But he
was as proud as he was poor. He said
gOOd.by to Katherine and swore that
he would return to her rich, so rich
that her relatives would be glad to wei.
come him. In the West he hunted gold
for fifteen years. He found some, but
not wealth. In 1893 he went to the
IilOndike. and, after three years wan
dering. discovered gold enough to make
all his dreams possible. He discovered
something else-that he was an old
man--Old before his time. He had pa
tiently endured the hardships that kill.
ed thousands In the Icy North. He had
starved. frozen, OverwOrked, and Ma
ture was preparing to make mighty
protest. Only his heart was young.
The same old love was there. He was
hungry for a sight of his sweetheart.
His soul was starving for tenderness,
that sweet sympathy that only comes
through n wOman's affection. And SO
he came back. His pockets were full
of nuggets. ana he found the welcome
he had sworn to earn. The people We're
glad to meet Mr.. Ladue. They had for
gotten the penniless boy of twenty
years ago. They grasped his hand ana
invited him to their homes. There was
nothing too good for the rich man. And
he married Katherine Mason and told
himself that she was a wife worth
waiting and working for. Now for hap
piness! Now for future as bright rs
the nuggets he possessed! Surely he
had earned 1t. No pair Of lovers could
have been better fitted for Il joyous ex-
istence. They had waited so long for
their sunshine. Joseph Ladue was
worn out. In twenty years he had
lived half Il century. Not all the doc.
tors In the world could give him the
youth he exchanged for wealth. He
went to the mountains Of the West In
search of health, then gave up the I'M
equal struggle ana returned to his old
home to die. He was Al years old when
he passed away. The fortune that costs
years that might be filed with happi-
ness and then life isn't worth the price.
Girls who object to earning their liv.
Ing by doing ordinary homework may
look differently upon position In
Uncle Sans domestic service. II SO,
they will be Interested to know that
good cooks have recently been and per.
haps are now In great demand by the
Civil Service Commission, and that In
these positions the government offers
excellent compensation, and at the same
time places those who hold them under
civil service rules. The wages range
from $35 month and board to $3.50 a
year. The positions are mostly in the
government Indian schools. No educa-
tlOnal tests are required, but successful
applicants must have had practical ex-
perlence In the management of a house.
hold, and above all, must know how to
do what they are hired to do that Is,
cook.
How matters sanitary have changed
about since we occupied Havana. Here
are all the Havana health authorities
saying that the United States ought to
enforce vaccination more strenuously
or the disease will be carried into Ha-
vana, where there has not been case
for a year. Under the Spanish rule
smallpox was 80 common In Havana