Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-13

cars and lights, dnd the excellent wny
in which new Madrid Is being built
and shall put them and the many
workers In field and city alongside of
the indolent loafers around the Puerta
del Sol and say. Yes. the one exists. but
so does the other. Forces are making
for decay, but more potent ones are
making for new life.'"
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| One of the natural beauties of tbe
town of Eustis, In Franklin County
Maine, Is noble grove of pines border.
Ing the highway. a lumberman want.
ed the trees. and offered $1,000 for then,
enough to pay the debt of Eustis-.
but ut a special town meeting IL wos
voted. AZ 20 1. not to accept the offer.
| Thus the little town set an example In
larger places. Evidently the people
realize that even If community could
AFFORD to sacrifice It's beauties, II would
have no moral right to do so; for a nat.
'iral adornment like the Eustis grove
belongs not only to the persons now
living In the town, but TO future genero.
lions OF residents, and in a deeper spir.
itual sense 10 every human being who
shall draw rest and refreshment from
the trees.
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The street urchins of Washington 10.
day would hardly know BY the names
assigned them on the original maps the
two chief buildings planned for the Na.
tional Capital. The Capitol was then
the Congress House," and the White
House the Presidents House." The
exposure intended for the front I'm each
building has since become, for practical
purposes. the back. The Capitol was
made to face east. but landowners
pushed mp their prices 10 that the city
grew on the west, and Is there today.
The White House was made to face TIN.
Potomac river on the south, after the
fashion Of the Virginia mansions of n.
day, but is thought Of by American peo.
pie as facing Pennsylvania avenue. or
toward the north.
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The moral influence Of sotln water IL
sud to be very apparent In the Philip.
pines. where a man can raise
thirst" and where. II unable to get
temperance drinks, he too often turns
to something less wholesome. Not
only are substantial profits made on
the soda fountain and Ice cream parlor
In the Manila building Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. but these
accessories do an amount Of good that
money could hardly measure. Is there
any mOralist 80 severe that he would
criticize this method Of checking a bad
habit by the substitution of a harmless
one? If so. he ought to be reminded
that no crime was ever committed un.
der the influence Of orange phosphate.
ana that Over-indulgence In Ice cream
never deprived family Of bread.
The advance In surgery during thirty
years Is shown by the remarkable fact
that surgeons IRE now asserting the
possibility Of opening the heart and
dividing certain valvular distractions
which threaten life. In an address de.
livered ut the opening Of the winter
session mt Yorkshire College. Leeds,
Professor Mayo Robson said that when
he was student It was thought that
the slightest wound Of the heart must
inevitably be fatal. Cardiac surgery.
however. las progressed In the past
few years to an extent which Ii indi.
Gated by cases described by the pro.
lessor. In no less than thirty.eight
instances have bullet wounds and stab
wounds Of the heart been stitched up.
There was recovery from the operation
In half OF the cases. and complete cure
In thirteen instances.
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The Commissioner Of Pensions re.
Gently posted a notice, giving the record
OF certain clerk who had been singled
out for promotion. The man had taken
little vacation, and had not been away
u day In eight years on account Of III.
ness; he had done his work we'll, and
had never sent Congressman to belabor
the Commissioner to give him promo.
tion. 1t may be assumed that this case
was somewhat unusual In the Commits.
sl0ner's experience. Mr.. Ware, OF
course, cannot expect everybody to be
free from illness, but It IL proper for
him to ask that Congressman should not
try 10 adjust the salaries OF men Of
whose work they can have no direct
knowledge.
IIeedlessness may not be one Of the
seven deadly sins; but could the per.
petratOr Oftener witness the result Of
his act.a whole list Of casualties would
become obsolete. A little Italian boy,
lightly clad. was recently helping to
sort out bottles from city dump heap.
In trying to remove stopper from
condensed milk jar. hs accidentally
broke the glass, and powerful acid
poured down his side. The child fell
screaming to the ground. terribly burn.
ed. He will be crippled for life. The