Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-02-15

measurably succeeded. The Oregonian
says: "There were only four hObos
working on the rock pile yesterday, and
indeed the knockers gang has been
slim one all week. Since the advent of
the rock pile hobos are not placing
Portland ON their visiting list to any
extent. Even business at the police
station and municipal court Is decreas-
ing, because there are fewer arrests.
A new era of peace has been ushered
| In. Policemen are beginning to look
fat. happy and cOntented. Trainmen re-
port that cars bound for Portland are
no longer grooming under the weight of
Weary Willies." 1t Is very plain from
this woolly phrascology that Portland
votes the rock pile success. 1t Is dras
tic, but goes to the spot The medicine
easily nauseates the hObo's stomach
and he breads repetition of the dose.
Did you ever have what the physi.
clans call nostalgia? In plain language
nostalgia Is hOmesickness. Doctors
say the collapse of Americans in the
Philippines Is due to nostalgia. A pin
ing for home aud friends becomes a
vcrltablc disease. 1t causes ACCESSION
and benumbs every faculty of the
mind. The victim dreams of home day
and night and is unfit for any sort Of
activity. However the mental kaleldO-
scope may rotate. 1t always shows n
picture of "the old folks ut home" So,
many n soldier boy In the far away
islands who Is isolated for weeks and
months. to whom letters and home
newspapers are a rarity. broods and
dreams away the weary hours. lie
loses his ambition. his vitality Is sapped
and he Is bcreft of the power to over
come his melancholy. lie pines and
droops into an actual sickness. Some
day there will be daily news service
to the Philippines and American news.
papers will be printed in Manila and
elsewhere containing the news of the
world and especially the news from
the United States. That will take
away some of the isolation. n daily
touch with Gods country" will dc
much to relieve the forlorn American
with close communication will also
come the feeling that the islands arc
really II part of Uncle Sans domains
"Be 1t ever so humble. there's no place
like home" sang the homeless Johr
Howard Payne. And none have st
keen an appreciation of home as the
exile
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Professor Edward North, of IIamil
ton College, resigned recently from tn,
chair of Greek, which he had held con
tlnuously for almost sixty years. lli'
retirement prompted one of the mos
charming Christmas gifts of the sea
, son. Nearly seven hundred letter,
bearing appropriate greetings and low
Ing messages were sent by old alumn
from all parts of the country. III,
into bushel basket. covered with will
Il huge armful of roses and carrie,
them to "Old Greeks" door. Tho mer
curry was below zero that Christina
morning, but the atmosphere int,
which the beloved old professor plung
cd was warm.
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The huge Celtic, one Of the biggcs
lcviathans ever launched. Is to be sur
passed by a still bigger vessel, the Ccd
: rlc. At least current report says 80
Are steamships II furlOng In length {,
be CXcclled by Titanic bulks more thai
an eighth of mile from stem to stcrI
and prOpOrtlOnatcly wide aud deep
} Whit is to be the limit OF ambitious
shipbullding! FlOating cities we lav,
already. and superb they are. Are ",
to see hereafter floating republics an,
! kingdoms?
Although the neck of land which con
meets North and South America IL II,
from being II desirable place OF res
dencc, politically II IL one OF the mos
important mOrsels of territory ON til
globe. Next to being the first to elm
the North Pole, Uncle Samuel Graves u
, greater boon than to build and mailag
: an isthmlan canal. be 1t called Panama
, Ol Nicaragua.
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Some women are so addicted to Tin
habit OF not feeling well that the,
wouldn't feel well IL they felt other
wise.
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Secretary Shaw once sawed wood 70
n living. Saving wood and sayin,
nothing Is IN excellent formula To-
health.
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JOsua Wire, OF Oklahoma, has name,
his infant daughter Barbara. II won
be long I'LL the people are calling he
Barb"
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Many n Young man imlgines that
girl takes IN interest In his welfare
when In reality she IL Interested onl.
IN his farewell.
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The Standard OIL office boy of few
years back Is now several times mil
liOunlre He didn't snenl NIL his on