Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-11-08


where the bouquets are coming to Mr..
lin as the only Democratic Prcsidcn-
tial pebble on the beach.
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II Is n good thing for the American
who IL inclined to listen to the dOlcful
lamentations of the pessimist to turn
away from the army In the Philippines
for Il moment ana look ut the greater
army ana mighticr army described In
the annual report of the United States
Commissioner of Education. just sub.
mittcd To the Secretary Of the Interior.
The report of Commissioner Harris
shows that the total of pupils In the
schools. elementary. secondary and
higher. both public and private, In the
United States for the year ending June
30. 1901. was 1I.2N'. $50. an Increase Os
2IS,520 pupils over the previous year,
or this number 15.I1O.30i were enrolled
In schools supported by local and gcner.
nj taxation. II we add to this enrolment
those who attended certain special insti.
tutions like evening schools, CONNER
| clal schools and schools Of cookery and
of special trades and vOcations, we have
grand total of over seventeen and
thrce.Iuarter millions OF the population
that received education for longer or
shorter period during the year. An In.
tcrcsting feature of the report Is the
increased per capita expenditure for
education. In 1870 the expenditure for
schools per capita OF the population was
Sl.Gi; the last year II was S2.03 per cap.
ita. the highest in the history Of the
country. This army of seventeen million
youngsters j. the hope OF the republic.
IL j. the inylncible defense Of our insti.
tutions and Of our democracy. No other
army on the globe j. comparable 10 II
as force for civilization and a. q bul.
wark for free and popular government.
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The coal strike. with all the expense.
Inconvenience and suffering which IL
has caused. has afforded another Illus.
tration of the general gOJd.natWe of
the American people, and their willing.
ness To lind S0methlE. amusing even IN
their own inconvenience. II one could
gather all the humorous para graph,
which the newspapers have printed IN
regard 10 the price 81 cUal Gs would
have material enough for o bnJs. and 4
clever ahd amusing t-JD: il would b..
one who has had his l.l-le JOKE. The
Jeweler displays on a plec. u cotton
batting In his window a piece u coal
the size of his thumb.uall, with The
legend. Genuine. old.mlne anthracite
coal from Pennsylvania. Not for sale %
The grocer packs an cgg.crate with
pieces of coal and puts 1t on view with
the innocent sign, Forty cents dDz
en-" The safe dealer labels his goods
"Burglar-prOof cOal.bins," This habit oi
laughing at dlscOmforts and making q
joke of adversely Il no new trait n
American character. II appeared during
the Spanish.Amcrlcan war, when mel
charged joyonsly to the air Of "Thcrc'l
BE Hot Time In the Old Town To
night" II showed itself In humorOu,
songs sung In Libby prison nnd prac,i
cal jokes pcrpetrated In Andersonvillc
II cropped out In that southern cavalry
man who was offered five thousand dol
lars In Confederate currency for hi
horse, ana replied with grin that H.
had Just paid ten thousand To have hin
shod. Ability to brush aside care, an,
even danger, with a laugh, so far from
being an Indication of weakness or ir
responsibility, Is rather II sign o
strength, ana decidedly q source ~
strength, Lincoln, most typical ot
Americans was typical in this, Iii,
jokes are history as well us literature
yet many of them We're born of circum
stances which, to man who lacked I'll,
saving salt Of humOr, would have beer
tragic.
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4 report Of the Commissioners o
Prisons IN England which was ISSUED
recently pays particular attention Il
the case Of young offenders bctweeI
the ages Of III and Il. It Is said tina
under the existing law there Is ade
llulte provision for those OF mor'
tender age, excellent results hnyinl
been attained through the present in
1 L.. a Il a