Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-20

and unrestrained state. When the hen
wished to lay, she retired from the
rest of the flock and performed the
task far from the usual haunts of her
sister hens. BY the time she was
ready to rejoin the commonwealth of
her feathery companions, the Others
had wandered some distance. and she
did not know where they were. She
waited till she had gone far enough
from the egg to prevent any chance Of
discovery, and she then raised her
voice to the sky In cackles full and
free, to which the cook. bending a
listening ear. would answer by a man.
~ crow, thus informing the hen of
the whereabouts of the tribe. Domes.
tication has obviated the necessity of
this time-honored observance, but hens,
like humans, are ever wont to cling to
traditions. 1t would seem. so the cackle
and the crow 60 on.
King David said in his haste, AN
men are liars" and we often hcur 1t
said nowadays that "all men are scoun.
drels." 1t Is good to be able to refute
such pessimistic utterarces and to
Know that there are some honest PEG.
pie In the, world. The papers have
chronicled far and wide the splendid
action of the New Yorker that. after
being declared bankrupt buckled him.
self down to business, and after seven
years Of hard work paid every cent of
the 100000 that he owed, 80 that lie
is able to stand up to-day and say to
all the world: II am freew It took
n man to do TINT. II the New Yorker
had not been man lie would have said
to himself: well, owe $7Od,OOO, but
the courts have declared me bank.
rupt and I will let the fellows that
owe whistle for their money" But this
particular man was not made that
way. He had conscience, he had
sense Of duty, he believed in principle;
and Notwithstanding the fact that he
was not legally bound, he knew that he
was morally bound, and, like the hon.
est. manly man that lie was. rested not
until he had discharged his obligations
and stood square before the world!
This is true manhood! This is the sort
Of character that commands the rever.
entail admiration of men and women
the world over-for even those who are
not Of the heroic mold to be able to do
such things rs the one In question can.
not help taking of their hats to those
who are thus able. But we must not
forget one other feature Of the story.
The man we are talking Of, when he
found out that he was bankrupt, went
to Chicago. told the exact situation to
friend In that city, and that friend
said to him: go back to New York
and start right In. You can draw OH
me for $4,000" He did. with the hap.
py results just indicated. But what
IL that friend had given him the cold
shoulder? The result, then, might have
been altogether different. The New
Yorker was honest and he wanted one
more chance; the Chicagoan was a
brother to him and helped him to that
chance-and all cnme out well. We
have here the whole gospel In Il nut.
These are the things that mako tho
world go round.
Frugality and industry make q fine
team, and we all Of US experience an
approving thrill when we read Of the
great man who consecrated his youth
to an unmixed diet Of oatmeal porridge
for the sake Of material economy
that should result later In wealth, ma.
terial and mental. Science approves
also and Is shocked by the extravagant
self.indulgence Of the poor, who could
secure competence so easily IL they
would take to porridge, or. better still,
to raw turnips, like Colonel Sellers.
Playing with human beings as an alb.
straction represented by marks upon
his writing tablets. the professor Of
science feeds them, clothes them,
lodges them, pays the doctors bills and
the undertakers' bills with a growing
enthusiasm us he keeps reducing the
figures, except those Of mortality, and
presents his final calculations as tri.
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has reached the conclusion that the
''unskilled American workman" can
keep family In comfort and save mon.
ey on $500 year. Moreover, at forty.
five he should have laid by an independ.
ent fortune, and meanwhile he will have
rloted In those greatest Of blessings, Ia.
Dor and abstinence. As the professor
cOntemplates the irrefutable demon.
stratiOn and hearkens for the dinner
bell which shall summon him to roast
beef at twenty-five cents a pound, he
becomes sterner In his demand for
self-denial In those unskilled work.
men. "The man or woman" he says,
"who becomes dependent through neg.
lect or lack Of foresight 10 morally as
guilty as the thief who breaks In and
steals" And It Is not improbable that
he will come to regard $500 as a de.
moralizing superabundance and cut the
figures down One-half. But what kind
of apartments could he furnish a man