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


great tabernacles with which his name
was associated gave him but small
fraction of his following. His sermons
published In the newspaper press had
a circulation and q list Of readers which
shamcd the success Of the largest sell
ing novel. The readers could be found
all over the country. In city and village
and upon the most remote farms. They
were of the constant kind, too. never
missing the new chapter. while many
of them boarded the old ones. No
preacher of his time. II we except
Beecher In his palmiest years, had such
a hold upon the public, and 1t follows
as matter Of course that he must have
had exceptional powers to attain to
such influence. To his fame as a writer
of sermons he added that Of u popular
Lecturer. but with all his success on
the platform and In the pulpit there
were not few auditors whom he dis
tinctly repealed by his cxtravagances OF
manner. And though his Brooklyn
church In particular gave slgnnl proofs
of Its devotion to him. the finest tribute
he ever received was In the loyalty Of
his larger reading public.
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Some day In this country we shall
have old age pensions. Call 1t u pater
nal view II you will. but It IL true that
the nation owes something TO Its aged
poor. They have served 1t, many Of
them, nv well us have Its soldiers and
sailors. The American spirit revOlts mt
the almshouse. The fear Of such u fate
makes life miserable to many an unfOr.
tunatc. 1t Is the height OF impcrtlnencc
for lusty young person to claim that
the world owes him living, but the
world certainly owes living to the
worthy, industrious but unfortunate
old man or woman who has failed In
the attempt to save competence for
decent living. More and more does the
terrible law Of the survival Of the fit.
test crush under II those who have
made a faithful fight. They have done
the worlds work, but have been bereft,
no matter how, Of the adequate re.
ward. Society owes II to them to care
for them In a respectable way when
they can no longer care for them
selves. England IL ut this time attempt
ing to provide for her worthy aged
through pension system. There are
many more unfOrtunates Of this kind
there than here. They are said to mum
Der nearly half million. The aged pen
siOners' bill. now before parliament
provides pensions Of 1925 to $1.75 pei
week for worthy persons OF u years OF
age ana over who have not an income
OF more than $3.50 per week.
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After several years Of study doctor,
are agreed that the vcrmifOrm appen
dix, which Is located ut the end OF on,
Of the human canals. has no object I,
serve In IL mans body. 1t Is a useless
growth, they declare, and all bodies
would be better or without its presence
At one time 1t might have served pur
pose, but whatever function 1t perform
cd IL not now In evidence. While thu
discOursing, does not the. thought com
to mind that some men, yes, and som
women, In this world are apparently a
useless to the body polite rs the verml
form appendix Is to the human system
You meet them now and then, perhap
every day. There are Of this numbe
some who have much money, some VIII
are In quite moderate circumstances
, and others who are poor. The sOciet
, woman who thinks OF naught else, til
, man content to lead humdrum LII
! without making any effort to imprOv
, his condition or to better the cOnditio
J Of those who are dependent upon hin
I and the lOafcr who will not wOrk--a
> these are In the same class; they nd
r nothing to this life's brightness or to II
}. prOgressiveness. They are dead timbe
y Take step forward every day; even
) you lose ground mt times, forge ahea
/ again and make yourself of some use |
/ the world. Don't be u vermifOrm al
Q pendix.
Q %6A
q The most dramatic incident in recen
International politics Is the conclusiO
. ana publication Of treaty of Offer
i sive and defensive alliance betwee
j. Great Britain and Japan. 1t remove
y Great Britain from the position &
). splendid isolation" which she has q
. long occupied, and makes her the all!
not of any European power. but of a
= Aslatic government which only recen
!, !, ~ has been accorded place anon
civilized nations. The treaty serve
- formal motive upon the rest of til
- world that the two powers concerne
- have no designs upon the indepen'
ence or the territory of China or X
rea, and that they will oppose aggre
70 sion by other powers. In particula
It the treaty is warning to Russia
d keep Its promises as to Manchuria on