Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-12-12
THE CHICAGO EAG1E.

Bunker Hill occupied on the north, ant
next to that more famous spot, was til
stronghold of Washington's troops
How many Americans could have toll,
where the flag of the United States
was first raised?
Life will be much easier FOR til,
porch climbers when the flying ma
chine gcts'hcre.
The most important lesson of all for
Il young man to learn. regardless of
his future calling. Is thoroughly to APP
precate the worth of accuracy. With
out accuracy i'm his work he Is II fail
urc without accuracy in his thought.
his life will be comparative failure.
| No man. young or old. will for min
ute claim the contrary. In spite. how
ever. of the universal acquiesccnce in
the statement that accuracy is essen
till to success. It Is not easy of at.
tainment. LET well enough alone"
| Is, unfortunately, a saying that Is uni.
versally known and, regret to say.
very extensively put into practice. 1t
| Is certainly dangerous thing for
parent to say to n child and never Is
said by an instructor to a pupil.
The established fact that consump.
ton Is a preventable disease. whei
treated in time. cannot be too strongly
impressed upon the public. a Boston
physician writing to Il medical jour.
nal observes that the press reaches
thousands where bulletins issued by
boards of health only reach hundreds.
and its services should be enlisted In
urging upon all the Importance of seek.
ing medical advice In case of con.
tinued cough. The best time to regu.
late the disease Is before the system
is much disturbed by 1t. quick cure
being often accomplished ut such
times.
There IRE sixteen states in the
Union no one Of which contains as
many people us migrated to this coun.
try last year. The population Of Mon.
tnna Is only little larger than the
total increase In Italian pOpulnti ton !;
that Of Arizona Is less than the Rus.
sim immigration. II all the AustrO.
Hungarian immigrants had settled In
Idaho they would have more than
doubled the population of the State
Nevada would Ike more than twice Us
thickly inhabited rs at present II 1t
had received all the Germans. The
total population of Montana. Dela.
ware, Idaho. Wyoming. and Nevada
does not equal the number OF aliens
who landed In the United states In the
year ended June Both.
Trainmen pass a rigid examination
to ascertain whether or not they IRE
color-blind. 1t Is fortunate that I'D
mission to no profession or occupa-
ton Is conditioned on our being free
from beauty blindness. Years ago
Lowell wrote two lines In the big.
low Papers" which, made n certain
young disciple Of the poet blush ut her
own ignorance.
Red cedars blossom, tn, though few folks
| know II.
An look all dipt In sunshine like n poet.
Sure enough, red cednrs do blossom
every spring! In the inimitable Gran.
ford" Mr.. HOlbrOOk bursts forth to his
guests: "NOw what color IRE ash
buds In March? What color IRE they.
l shy" I'm sure I don't know. sir"
said the visitor. II knew you didn't.
No more did IAN old fool that am!
till this young Mr.. Tennyson comes
and tells me. Black rs ash-buds In
March. And I've lived all my life In
the country. More shame for me not
to know! Black; they IRE Jet.black.
madam 1t would be easy to add
other instances to prove that half the
world Is benuty-blind. How many
of us know that shadows on the snow
are blue. Or that the sunset has
sometimes the green light that Cole.
ridge saw? Or
That moon. shadows from the swayinp
limb
Here IRE sharp and there are dim?
or course a sense for beauty IL Otter
dependent upon u sense for color. and
for these lighter touches OF Dame M.
ture keen observation IL needed that
we may really taste the pleasure they
wait to give. To live among tn,
beauties of the world ana to he blind
to them IL as pathetic rs to perish OF
thirst In sight Of n clear, cool spring
That we do not know we are thirsty
only deepens the tragedy.
4 learned prOfessOr-Professo
Haeckel-has written book entitled
riddle Of the Universe" which IL cal.
, culated to take several different kinds
Of kinks out Of bOastful humanity.