Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-09-05

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men failed to do their duty.
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The college students who went into
the Western harvest fields to spend
their vacation were not afraid of
work. 1t is safe to conclude that
when they are graduated they will
continue in the same courageous
course in which they have begun, and
will receive the reward of courage.
namely that approval of their fellows
which brings success.
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Schwab is reported to be forming u
tailors' trust, which IL to be modelled
after tho cigar dealers trust. Is the
glad time coming when we shall with
every suit receive u coupon and have
Il chance after saving up $4,000 of
them to get graphophoneY
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A Chicago university professor Is
credited with the statement that can.
nibalism, in Its place. Is all right.
Bronson Alcott, the Concord philosO.
pher. used to say. III you are going to
cut meat at all, why not eat the best!
The school board Of New York has
refused, after deliberation, to grant
the request that tablets bearing the
names of the three assassinated Pres.
idents be placed In the schoolhouses.
Such a tablet, they felt. would seem
to elevate these three men above 9th.
ers who have filed the Office. and Gle.
vate them--here Is the point to note
not because Of deeds or qualities, hut
because Of the method Of their death.
The committee wisely decided that
anything which kept assassination in
mind was out Of place In schOolrOom.
The partition Of China, tho Eastern
question, the development Of South
Africa are mere child's play by the
side Of the mysterious question. "Will
America ever be AmerlcanizedY" In all
seriousness, It Is time that an "Ameri.
can INVASION" like charity, should BE-.
gin ut home. 1t IL no blind worship
Of the pnst, least Of all, pessimisin, to
sigh over the American spirit of n for.
mer day, rs Wordsworth did over Mil.
ton, and say. "ThOu shOultlst he living
ut this hour" With contempt Of Or
derby legal process rampant In various
parts Of the land; with the equality
Of men before the law sharply chai.
lenged. and with the career open to
talent denied, thoughtful Americans
may well cry out for u renssertiOn of
American liberty under II government
Of law.
The friendly act Of u Scotsman I'm
the Spanish.American war was lately
described by our consul ut SOuthamp.
ton, who was formerly consul ut Mon.
tevldeO. The Oregon was expected,
anu 1t was also anticipated that she
would be short Of coal. The consul
could not buy so much us a pound of
fuel. One evening n Scotsman came
to his door, and said, "You want
coal;" The man had no power to SELL
but he pointed out that he had eight
hundred tons on board his vessel, and
said he pitied the American captain
who could not put his ship alongside,
take out the bags Of coal, and then
''cut the painter" The Oregon did not
call, but, said the consul, such an act
Of friendship touched his heart, nj.
though 1t defied law and order. There
were cheers from the assembled Amer.
lean and British sailors and marines
and their officers when the story was
told.
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1t Is the little things that count In
this world. The trifies that no one
hears very much abOut--perhaps they
are never known to the world ut large
but only some one somewhere knows
that good deed has been done. Big
things speak for themselves. Grand
stand players are pretty sure that
their light will not be hidden under a
bushel measure, and that an Observ.
Ing pOpulace will pay just and de-.
served tribute to their charity, no mat.
ter what particular shape 1t has taken.
Every one talks about their love for
their fellow men, and what they do
to further their interests, and they
are 40 constantly In the glare of the
lime light that they In time really con.
slider themselves public benefac tors.
And SO they are, because they un.
doubleday have been of material as
sistance to others. But what of the
man who gives his charity quietly?
Who never let's his right hand know
what the left has done. The man who
gives ana gives day after day, and
fOrgets 1t as soon as his hands leave
his pocket. The man who cannot see
a friend going down the hill without
stopping to give him a boost up again.
The man who can give CHEEKY word
II he has nothing more to give, and
who moreover loves to give it. How
many of these men do you know? You
could count them on one hand couldn't
you! And yet they are many.
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Autumn has lost some of the gloom
attributed to 1t by the poets of the
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