Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05

Is lost to the holder or the book be-
cause of his Neutrality-suspicious. usu-
ally, subcOnscious sometimes, present
always-at being compelled to make II
physical effort ut the same time as his
mental effort When an old man Is
reading n statistical magazine article
and Is obliged to jam his mentor VIC.
lently apart to fnd out whether the
first word on the next line Is 23O or
100000, his mental embrace Of the
fact Is loosened. When a girl. reading
II love tale. has to pull ut the two GOV.
ers of the book, with her knee stuck
between til IN, TO lind out whether tho
father cursed or consented on hearing
Ilarold's proposition. she Is less en-
cited when she finds II out. Ii IL be-
cause her train of thought. which has
been highly emotional. Is suddenly In.
terrupted by u material annoyance. In
encll case the magazine Is less sutisfac-
tory to the reader than 1t might have
been. The reason that the magazines
are so hard to keep open Is because
they are bound with wire binding.
Wire binding Is cheaper ana quicker
than thread binding. II Is also n good
deal less satisfactory to the rcadc..
Many OF The foreign magazines are
bound with thread. When opened they
stay open, ana. after the American
monthlies, they seem delight to hold.
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Since March the torch In the hand
of the Statue Of Liberty Enlightenlns
the World, In New York harbOr, has
not been lighted. This does not mean
that the statue has lost its Significance
as the symbol and personiflcation OF
the broad political aud Industrial free.
dom which Is enjoyed In the United
States. 1t simply means that no salts
factory method of lighting the torch
has been devised, and that the Light
house Board does not think II worth
while to continue an inadequate cleo
tric lamp. The other harbOr lights
serve all the needs of the mariners. and
the statue itself. without Its own light
will show more plainly in the darkness.
than before.
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The authorities of a Pennsylvania
town, afflicted with scOurge of small
poX, acted In the light of experience
when they ordered that all dogs ant
cats found running loose In the streets
should be shot. 1t Is well known tina
these animals carry cOntagiOn, as the!
hair offers cOngenial lodging-plac'
for disease germs. Parents cannot b,
too careful In keeping pet cats and dog
out of the slck-rOOm of a scarlet feve
or diphtheria patient, and In seeln,
. that their children do not play witt
. pets which belong to families wher
, there Is or has recently been conta glou
{ disease.
A nation Is much like Christian Il
, his journey to the wicket gate: 1t
bOrpe down by II heavy burden, unde
which It stumbles forward toward tn
, light Some day war will cease, an
? as the nations pass through the gat
! of peaceful arbitration the bundle wi
roll from their shoulders and they wi
stand erect For four years the peopl
of the United States have been payin
taxes to meet the expenses of the wa
with Spain. Some of the taxes wer
removed. Nevertheless tine abolition O
! all the war taxes will not remove tn
burden of the war. for 1t was nece'
{ sary to borrow $20O,000,0O0 or more !
: addition to what was raised under tn
. revenue laws to meet the expenses IL