Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05


troller of the city of Chicago, and for
many years has been connected In one
way or another with large financial in
terests. The advice he gives to young
men and boys Is by no means new. 1t
has been repeated time and again by
men of experience and authority, but
for all that there are many persons
young and old. who seem to think that
the methods by which the large for.
tunes of some years ago were built up
have become antiquated and are no
longer applicable. This certainly is q
mistake.
~SA
Microbes I'm whiskers. microbes in
kisses. microbes on the communion
cup. microbes In the bandshake. mi.
crobes cverywhcre-tha Is the burden
of the twentieth century song of SAM.
tatioi. We have been boiling the baby's
| toys. sprinkling our kisses with car
bolized rose water. bathing our wills
kcrs i'm connections of eucalyptus. and
adopting every precautionary measure
suggested by the bacteriologists. but
the mcrobc flourishes and wakes fat.
Bait him to death with the latest anti
septic shower bath nj one point and he
reappcars somewhere else In increas.
Ing numbers and vigOr. Feed him
knockout drops to-day ana he bobs up
| tomorrow ready to renew the attack
upon our frail anatomy. And now
comes the stern, unsentimental SAM
tartan with his ax and chops all the
poetry out of the dear old song of our
childhood. "The Old Oakcn Bucket"
In u recent number of The Engineer.
ing News he shows that the moscow.
cred bucket was 'slimy with organic
natter and filed to the brlm with
microbes of every form and color. The
writer recalls 1.-THE malarious farm. the
wet. fungus-grown wildwood" the
"scumcovered duck pond. the pigsty
close by IT," and other pcstilential spots
In the vicinity of that well. Instead Of
being fount Of sparkling health and
refreshment the bucket, according to
this sanitary authority. was "reeklng
with nitrates ana nitrltes." with rOtting
wood fiber ana oxld of iron. And thus
Is rudely smashed by the cold DEGREES
of science one of the prettiest Illusions
of our boyhoOd days. We find that In.
stead of being n thing of beauty the
! mOss.cOvered bucket was rs full of i'm.
purity as n problem play. Instead Of
raising It to our lips and drinking In
Its pestilcnt drafts the water should
have been treated with potassic per.
, manganate, afterward boiled. filtered
|. through charcoal and gravel, then dis
titled and strained. And yet the big
, sturdy, robust young country boys who
drank from the moss-covered bucket
5 several times day were strangers tC
the stcalthy microbe that Is burrowing
. IN our anatomies to-day. They may
/ hive had an occasional chill. but they
8 went right on raising corn ana pota
, toes ana laying foundations for the
f. physical vigOr that was finally TO bt
0 consumed In the building of the mod
|, ern micrObe. infested cities.
"Pluk adorned with ambition. bake,
by onor brite will always cOmand suce
even without the almity dollar" Thl
y Is part Of IN inscription Oh u large car
= which hung In a conspicuous place d
u the largest Wholesale notion house Il
: the United States. 1t was written b.
J. Charles Broadway ROuss, the fOunde
u Of the business, who was known to til
T. world as the "blind millionaire" An
y In the above quotation Is the secret o
l. his success. When he went to Ne,
York City In 1865 his entire capital wa
. only $i.SO. When he died ut the az
e of GG he was worth millions. "Pluk
$ and "onor brlte" did it. lie worked Il
J. least twelve hours every day, six day
l. In the week. He was always the frs
d ut his desk, and the last to leave. I
IL him every minute counted, and he eve
j spelled Theoretically In order to saw
/. time. Each of his employees was e!
20 pected to work eleven hours day, an
II each received his pay ut the close {
@. each days work. When Rouss close
" his store ut night 1t was his boast thu
+. he owed no man a dollar. But ROus
If paid dearly for his millions. He game
n. wealth and place among the me
II chant princes of America, but In dOin
n. so he lost his eyesight. OverwOrk mao
9 him blind. He offered $l,OOO,OOO
n any one who could restore his sigh
r Many alleged remedies We're brOugl
,y forth. and he hired blind man ut
~ large SALARY OH whom these remedl'
.o We're tried, but none was effectiv
=, "Pluk" ana "OnOr brte" will win su
-, cess, but II in the pursuit Of the q
- mighty dollar all rules of health a
~ thrown aside the millions OF a Rock
W Teller would not be worth fighting IL
=, The man without great wealth, and y
- healthy and with his eyeslght. is (,
~ more fortunate than the blind milliO
- aire.
W %e>
III Professor GOodspeed, of Chicago Vi
e. versity, writes to the Independent of
IS small, clearly legible slip among son
AT Greek papyri which have lately con
o. into his hands. 1t Is a boat ticket fro
o. ancient Egypt, emitting the holder to
ride upon the canal that passed throui
KnrniS the molern EnOm I1shfm