Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-08-23
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Since the birth of 1902 Earth has
been convulsed. Guatemala. gripped
by seismic shocks. has mourned thou.
sands Of dead; Martinique and st. Win.
cent, scourged by sheets of flame, boil.
ing mud and lava, have become funeral
pyres for Inhabitants Of an entire city
and many villages; the mountains In
Chile and Argentine have shaken and
lives have been extinguished by fall.
Ing boulders; Southern California has
been twisted. the ground moving even
rs air currents during a tornado; the
ocean In places has been dotted with
mysterious lights; abnormal rainfall
Is recorded In the United States ana
llfe.glving showers have been denied
India. What Is happening? Some.
thing weird and uncanny? No. Elec.
tricity Is responsible for It all. This
statement made. explanation Is In or.
der. In the days of George Washing.
ton disturbances as remarkable rs
these were occurring. but Peter Van
Sturtevant, seated under his honey.
suckle vine. did not hear OF them. or II
he did. 1t was only OF the events OF
magnitude and then In vague way.
months after the happening. To-day
Ralph Van Sturtevant. his descendant.
surrounded by telephone. telegraph ana
GO.mlle an hour express trains. learns
OF everything within a few minutes
after 1t occurs. Chimboraxo In Chile
spodts fire; he reads the news the next
morning. A son Of the Mikado falls
downstairs; he Is told of II by the types
at evening.tide. Floods sweep the
Balkan region; he sees the facts stated
on Il bulletin board rs he goes to the
club Therefore electricity Is responsi.
bic. for great grandson Ralph Il trans.
ported here and there over the EARTH
whereas Peter rested content. not both.
cred with all the happenings Of the
world, news OF which came not at all
or slowly by post clnIse. Does electric.
ity work for the veal or woe OF hu.
manity? Are men and women better
for this rush and hurry. which has he.
come part Of their lives since Jove's
bolts were harnessed. or does the speed
ut which they live do injury2 Mems
nerves are Mt sharp tension these
days. Events are crowded Into twenty.
four hours which would not be In the
lIfe's history Of their ancestors. Is Il
any wonder that nervous diseases are
on the Increase?
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Study the life OF any successful man
and you will see that bravery Is one
of his strongest points. The most of
us are arrant towards. We are afraid
to live and afraid to die. We are afraid
OF the light and afraid OF the dark.
We are cautious. We are "conserva.
tive" While we linger shivering on
the brink ana fear to launch away
some brave soul steps into his boat.
takes up the oars and pulls to his Des.
tiny. Many men stick to a salary be.
cause they haven't nerve enough to go
into business for themselves. They
have all the qualities for success save
courage. Caesar hesitated to cross the
RubicOn. But not long. Shouting "rhe
die Is cast" he plunged In. The ele.
ment Of risk enters into every success.
full enterprise. The general risks his
reputation In giving battle, the author
In writing his book. the business man
In making his ventures. Thousands
who have the necessary courage fall.
Hundreds succeed. But OF those who
succeed none are towards. Every one
of them had the courage to try. There
was time when man was afraid of
Nature. but that day IL past. Most
men nowadays are afraid of them.
selves. God Almighty made men brave.
1t IL the devil who makes them cow
ards. Courage IL strength. Coward.
Ice Is weakness. To make up your
mind to fight Is half the battle of life,
Hold up your chin.
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The recently issued census report on
agriculture shows II state of change In
the average size of farms that will sur
prise the average citizen. lie has been
reading of the breaking up of bonanza
farms and the tearing down of fences
ON the great cattle ranges of the West,
ana, having In mind the great increase
In population. has assumed that the
average size Of farms has been getting
smaller. on the contrary, II Is increas-
Ing. From 1880 to 1850 the size of farms
gradually decreased, with marked
change in the decade between 1860 and
1870. In 1850 the average farm con-
tanned trlfle over POO acres; In 1860 n
trltie less; In 1870 little over 40, and
In 1850 considerably less than 100. In
1880 1t was a little larger, ana In 1900
1t reached almost to 100 acres again.
But at the same time the number of
farms was vastly increasing. having
reached total of 5,730,G57 In 1900
There are actually more farms In the
United States to-day In proportion to
population than there We're In 1885,
when we We're dlstinctively rural ma
ton. Notwithstanding the unprecedent-
ed growth In urban population between
1850 and 1900, the number of farms
grew faster. In 1850 there was one
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