Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

and year out with the persistence Of
fate. 1t cannot he cured like the cpl.
denies. and though new and promls.
Ing remedies are announced every little
while the one thing Of remedial nature
upon which the best medical minds
ngree and insist is that the greatest
care should be taken to prevent Its In.
ceptiOn and spread. There Is no doubt
that It IL communicable; that the agent
for Its dissemination Is the sputum of
patients: TINT without strict regula-
tlOns this agent IL apt to be found ev-
crywhere. The seed Of the disease is In
the street Of every town and city, In
the workshop and on the farm. Hence
the recommendation for the segrega.
ton Of consumptives nnd the erection
Of public hospitals for their special
care. When the dread of the disease Is
SO great and such extraordinary pre-
cautions nre urged against 1t within
that official precautions should be
taken to prevent Its importation. They
are fully as justifable as the measures
which are taken to keep the sufferers
from contagious diseases In quaran-
tine.
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Because there Is lesson In the story,
take your boy on your knee and tell
him about Ernest Armine0. who killed
q schOOlmate, Joe Creelmnn by name.
1t happened In Newport, Ky, and has
snddened the lives Of two families and
fastened to the future Of lad some.
thing that he can never forget. Tell the
boy that the foundation Of the crime
was found In a taunt, In q species OF
bullying that makes rare sport Of
weakness. Edward failed In school,
and little Joe threw the failure at him.
1t hurt cruelty. The boy was ashamed
because Of his lack Of success. He was
huniliated because Of his temporary
downfall, and the cruel words aroused
all his passion. Talk to your boy about
anger. Tell him that the lad who does
not learn to master himself Gun never
master others. The greater the provoca-
ton the more need for self.controi. Tell
him that the successful employers of
Otheks are nearly always men who have
learned the philos0py Of self.restraint.
Tell him that force IL the weakest Of all
weapons, for It seldom convinces. In
the old days great battles were started
by the same means that led to the New.
port tragedy. A knight In armOr would
ride out In front Of his troops and hurl
an insult at the enemy. II would call
them dogs. thieves. towards. infidels.
From the opposing force another
knight would ride out. and they would
fight till one or both were dead. Then
there would be more taunts. more
fights, and tho soil would bc drenched
with human blood. It was all very fool.
ish. 1t made war matter Of personal
bravadO. 1t sacrificed lives and proved
nothing. and after centuries OF this
kind of slaughter the system was aban.
dOned. 1t Is easy to fight when the
blood Is boiling and hatred spreads u
mist before the eyes. 1t Is a thousand
times more manly to avoid contest II
by any possibility 1t can be avoided
The other day two young men. once
friends In the German army. fought
over small difference of opinion
They We're angry, and each feared the
word coward" more than he did bul
let's. So Lieut.. Hildebrand shot Lieut.
BlaskOwltz to death. and Is now In q
cell, where he will stay for two years
Ia, nNhnpn tc n a tu,f, pas ~ y,
that Is eating at his heart. He'd give
his life to put the soul back into tho
body of his dead friend. Tell your boy
that. Tell him to think twice befOr,
he strikes blow; to guard his tongue
always. Tell him that 1t often 70
qulres courage Of the highest type t.
keep out of Il fight, ana only the brute
courage, common to animals, to go int,
one. The boy or man who is big enough
and brave enough to hold himself II
check when his whole being cries on
for n battle will never be deemed !
coward by those whose opinions ar'
worth having.
German doctors may get excited be
cause of the enormous increase O.
! quacks, but they do not seem to ris'
10 the pr6fundity of truth that adver
tising pays. According to the regula
school "quayS" is II doctor who i
short on professional ethics and lonl
on practice.
When three women sit down 10 thil
about new dress pattern small DO
with toy drum Is inaudible.
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The Russian nihilists arc continuing
their policy of mastery Inactivity. IN
Czar uses cigarettes to excess.
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! The yellow Kid was nOt'misnamed.