Chicago eagle., 1902-07-12

where n woman has learned self-com.
mand and acquired the ability to see
things not isolated, but In connection
with other matters Of equal Import
ance. The real test Of the value Of
higher education to women comes In
Its influence on the home II Il tends
to make family life more secure its
worth is inestlinable. II, for any rea-
son, it ignores the worth Of the home
ana family life higher education for
women would be an evil to the state
! and nation as II would be to the indi.
vidual.
The affection Of women for cats has
long been the stock In trade Of the
humorist IL the woman was "an old
maid" and the cat q r0isterlng fellow
given to late hours and daytime
snoozcs. SO much the better for the
Joker. It Is time for defense Of pussy.
and incidentally, for n defense or my
lndys discrimination In her choice OF
a pet. The popular estimate OF the cnt
has always been based on comparison
with the dog. But cats are not dogs.
and whoever regards them as nm lnfe.
rlor species Of dog does both animals
. wrong The chief characteristic Of the
cat Is her intense originality. That Of
the dog Is his teachableness and llnita.
tivencss. Whoever will know Mistress
|. Cat must study hcr-not try to teach
her. She does not catch human ways.
As she Is domesticated. protected. wcll
fed. she becomes not the more like her
mistress. but the more herself. Her
personal preference Is law. At given
minute she does not wish to be f0n.
. died, and repays n cnress with q
scratch. She chooses her own time to
, be nffectlOnate. Her habits aud choices
, are persistent. Let her be punished
forty times for sharpening her claws
, on the carpet, ana she will continue to
do SO. This Is not because she docs
not know what the punishment means.
, but because she does not care. Like
Falstaff. she has "the disease Of not
listening. the malady Of not marking"
Such stolcal persistence. such uutouch-
cd originality Of impulse. such splen.
did characteristics OF the prlmevnl jun
gle. unmarried by centuries Of sO-called
''petting," are surely impressive. 10
the woman who has patience, and who
Is not so anxious as man might be to
. mold qualities to her own image. the
cat will prove more aud more fasci.
mating companion.
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Norway has produced IN inventor
] who says that he has made gun which
! can shoot a twO-t0n projectlle ninety
Q three miles. He might just as well
: have made 1t IN even hundred; hut not
h to cavll OH that point. what an admirss-
! BILE instrument for express business
J. that gun would be II the inventor
y would only make car to put in It
Q that would hold two tons Of coal or 81.
!. gar or meat, and then could devise q
I way for landing that cur safely In y
0 soft spot nlnety-three miles away! With
! thirty or forty such guns stationed ut
: proper Intervals he could span the con-
tinent, aud we should behold q Mcw
way Of beating swords into plowshares
and spears Into pruning hooks.
= Marceilus Hartley Dodge, whOis heir
: to fortune OF $6O,OOOOOO walks two
: or three miles to save car fare. If
Marcellus adheres to these admirable
principles Of economy we presume lie
:, VIII not only preserve considerable
q portion OF his estate. but will succeed
. Russell Sage In the esteem and affec-
a ton OF his cOuntrymen. Five cents a
a day will amount In a year to SITES,
o and a simple calculation will show TINT
a II Marcellus does not get tired or reck-
!. less-he Is now 20 years of age-by the
|, time he Is G2 he will have saved enough
/. to buy an aeolian or an automobile.
A Marcellus is pretty youth ana there
!. are certain things about him, chiefly In
a the way Of securities, which may make
him popular with the ladies'; but we
h cannot commend him as matrimonial
4 proposition. A man with an income Of
v So,OOOOOO year, who walks to save
/. car fare, would be inclined to go to bed
II ut O'clock to save fuel ana light.
& There appears to be n general dispO-
l. sitiOn on the part of the public to for
4 get that 1t Is Samuel l.. Clemens and
k not Mark Twain who has been made
D an Ill. ID.
al %6
Q Order Is heavens first law. but many
Q man never thinks Of obeying 1t until
n he Ii called upon to enact the star role
u In deathbed scene.
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Q Experience that 10 given away 10 set
1 dom appreciated.