Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

| trOlmen lie VIII follow this up with
other acquisitions from time to time
until he has enlarged the force by t2i
men. which. he says, is the limit under
the order.
Under the rules of the Civil Service
Commission the Chief has power to
discharge any of the men thus ap-
pointed at any time within six months
of the time of appointing. II is prob
able that Chief O'Ncill will avail him
self of this power to get the best men
after thorough probation.
Mr.. John Maynard Harlan is still
walking. He resembles the historic
Scully in that respect. But where will
| he wind up?
Only scvcnty-twO days more of JInr.
rison as Mayor.
AeSA
Hon. \. !. 1Iopkinsc has been select
ed for Cnitcd States Senator to sue
coed Hon. William Il. Mason. Nobody
IN surprised
Mayor Harrison last week had the
gall to ask Mr.. Hearst. of New York.
for II contribution To the coal famine
fund. Mr.. llcarst's answer was ST.
600. BY the way. how much did Har-
rison givey Perhaps he has not vet
got over his III of generosity in regard
to the Galveston disaster fund. He
contributed so to that.
Hon. Thomas a. Smyih. the able
President of the Drainage Board. con.
tributes a notable and splendidly writ
ten article to Sundays Tribune on the
present and the future of the drainage
channel.
why multiply Judges when II Is so
easy to lessen, their work." says the
Tribune. One would think the good
Oh Trib. had suddenly become con-
verted to the methods In vogue on ccr.
tain occasions down South.
~
The people of Illinois, through, their
representatives In the Legislature. have
already gone on record In regard to
this matter. and they won't 90 behind
1t on account of any editorial by the
laity."
q q Nssss. al,
rlson rs Mayor.
Sum up all there IL In the world, and
among II all can be found nothing that
bespeaks better for boy than the kiss
he gives his mother. A Chicago judge
IL somewhat Of this same opinion. lie
judged two boys less from the EVIL
dence given by witnesses than from
the evidence presented by themselves
In their treatment Of their mothers In
court. One boy whom the judge decii.
cd must go to the refOrmatOry, ten
derby kissed his mother gOodby, sink.
Ing his own misfortune In sympathy
with the sorrow of his mother. The
Judge looked on and Instantly decided
that there was enough good In that
boy to enable him and his mother to
work out his salvation. At the same
moment. another boy. whom the same
Judge had announced would probably
go free, glanced neanly ut his mother,
who sat weeping. and started to walk
out. That boy will 20 to the reform
"A.
ing virtue Of boys love for his moth.
or. No one doubt It. 1t Is recognized
everywhere In principle, but seldom
needed In practice. This judge has
only applied common sense In intcrpre-
tation of the law. Perhaps few judges
take the trouble to do 1t. But 1t Is
worth while. The hoy against whom
the evidence seemed conclusive but In
his extremity thought first of his moth.
er's sorrow, has good stuff In him. In
sending him back home with that
mother the Judge sent him to the best
reformatOry In the world. 1t was no
chance kiss. People do not do things
then that all the elements In ones char
acter become stimulated to the high
est tension and the resultant act In.
dicates the real character. The kiss of
his mother had become one of the most
important things In that boys life.
When the crisis came he turned to It
lnstlnctively. The mother love. perhaps
never fully realized before. opened to
him as his first refuge. Memories OF
lullabies, of midnight vlgils, of toll and
worry ana sacrifice ana unwavering de-
voti0n came upon that boys mind ana
heart and soul In food. lie could
no more resist that inclination to kiss
his mother than he could ut that mo-
ment remould his character. Such n
boy may yield to temptations. Bad
companiOnship may lead him into trOu-
BILE. He may commit crimes ana the
| evidence against him he conclusive.
But so long rs the love of mother re-
mains his strongest emotional force
there can bc little pollution In his heart
and must he much hope for his com
plete redemption.
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The American farmer IL known the
world over. Our farm lands are the
best and SO are our farmers. For
about decade before the civil war,
about three-quarters Of the American
people supported themselves directly