Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-11-15

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Done" or Depart" The boy
or girl who believes that education Is
complete when commencement day has
arrived makes big mistake. That
day is mere passage way from school
life to life's school. No man or woman
ever gets too old to learn something In
the school of life. The first lesson thu:
must be learned II obedience. Duty Is
the school master. lie who fails TO
learn the first lesson will fail ut all thp
others. Why! Because character Is
the A. II. c of successful life. Bril-.
liancy. ambition, energy-all these are
worthless IL the inner voice of duty Is
disregarded. And this Is In the very
nature of things. lie who cannot con.
quer himself cannot conquer Obstacl
outside of himself. TO successfully or.
ganize material things man must first
organize himself. lie must he IN har.
mony with himself. with the laws of his
being. To become anything he must
be that thing. II he achieves good.
ness he must be good. II he achieves
greatness he must be great. The first
lesson being learned. the others are
easy. Character, character. chnrac.
ter-you can build any sort Of success
Oh that firm foundation. If you build
on anything less your success In ignoble
success, ana therefore. only successful
failure. Why do men stumble. morally.
all through life? Because they stumble
ut the first lesson. II you learn to obey
the call OF duty, although the other les.
sons may seem hard betlmes and the
tears may fall on the page Of the book.
you have only to say, II tried to learn
II. Teacher" And the greatest OF oil
Teachers will show you the solution.
The editor Of the London Tailor. de.
livering a lecture ut st. james Hall.
London. the other night, said: I'VE
have reached the fnality, as fur as the
dress Of the English gentleman IL con.
cerncd. The trousers OF to-day will not
only be the trousers Of the next fifty
or sixty years, but Of the next million. -
This news appeals to every creature
to whom u Once.famOus advertiser nd.
dressed the inquiry, "Do you wear
pantsY" 1t may he regarded as the
apotheOsisO or the birurcated garment pc.
culinrly adapted to the male persuasion.
I'VE IRE living, We are dwelling In Il
grand and awful time" We are wear.
Ing the breeches of the future. Present
pantalOOns are perfection. Further, ev.
OlutiOn cannot go. When that New
Zealander OF whom Macauley tells sits
Oh the ruins OF London bridge and
views the wrecks Of the British en-.
pire he will wear our kind Of pants.
The future citizen OF the UNITED States
OF the World" will curry his improved
time piece where we carry ours In sum.
mer and retain the vestlge Of the hip
pocket wherein the Kentuckian carries
Ills gun. There will be great develop
ments In the days to come. People will
sail the air rs they now sail the seas.
knowledge will spread from pole to
pole and the multltudes will converse
by means Of telepathy. But no desecra.
ting hand shall be laid upon the trOus.
ers of our time. So long as men shall
walk the earth with forked end down
trousers Of our shape shall be!
~SA
The White Star Line steamer, Ced.
ric. which was launched last August.
Will not long hold the record as the Iarr.
est ship In the world, for her owners
have Just ordered another ship thut
Will be twenty feet longer and few
feet broader. The Cedric has seventy.
ave feet beam, and IL seven hundred
'eet long. The Great Eastern, which
vas built before the modern fuel.say.
ne steam.englne was invented, and so
'ouid not be operated profttabiy, was
'ix hundred and ninety-twO feet long.
md Its beam was eighty.three feet. |
That which limits the size of vessels
low, us well as when the Great East.
IN was built, Is chiefly the capabilities
II the steam-engine with coal for fuel
I oil proves to be a satisfactory sub.
titute for coal, there ought to be a
Dwering Of freight and passenger rates
whether there is an increase In the size
( the ships or not.
Those who have chung to the Malthu.
Inn theory and have been apprehensive |
hat population would increase faster
han food supply have occasion to ban.
III fear for millions of years to come.
'acteria, with which name SO much
an offending nature IL connected,
ave their virtues, or rather we should
~ there are bacteria and bacteria. 1t
as been found that some Of the genus
70 important agents In the growing
crops. The prospect Ia that farmers
Ill 90 the nearest drug store. purchase
le special bacteria required. inoculate :