Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18

president: I am down town as late
as this every day, and very often
remain until seven o'clock. have tried
a good many ways to find contentment
In my life. and have decided that the
only thing that brings 1t Is good. hard,
steady work. day in and day out
These words have stayed with me
ever since. There are many people
IN this country whose aim I'm life
seems TO be to get money by hook
or crook without working for 1t, and
there are many others who inherit
large fortunes. These persons spend
their lives In dawdling In this corner
and that corner of the world trying
to spend their time without doing any.
thing In particular. and they fail ut
terly to find the peace and happiness
of which they are In search.
young men. ana old men, too.
should learn the truth that the only
real, lasting pleasure In life comes
from being actually busy Mt some work
every day; doing something worth
while. and doing 1t as well as you
know how. The more we appreciate
this fact the more will we be able to
make the most Of our llvcs."--Suc.
cess.
1t Is planned to build rice elevators
throughout the rice belt, says the New
Orleans Times-Democrat. A company
will be organized under the laws of
New Jersey with $1OOOO,OOO capital, 10
per cent of which Is to be paid In on
organization. Rice Is to be handled as
are the popular cereals.
Eight elevators are to be erected
within the next year ut the principal
rice centers, the largest ut Crowley,
Houston and New Orleans. The main
offices are to be located In New Or.
leans.
The men behind the movement count
that they can by means of the cle-
vators gain control over the rice
business that will insure them the pow.
or Of distributing according to the
price. They viii advance certain
amount of money to those who wish
to put rice in the elevators and there
hold the grain So that too much will
not he dumped on the market ut one
time. 1t Is expected that Il represent.
ative of the new company, the name
of which will probably be the Louisi.
ana-TeXas Rice Company, will be sent
to Porto Rico to establish connections
Another phase of the business con
tcnlplated Is to handle rice as the
wheat. corn and oats are now handled
In an advertising way. That Is, rico
will be prepared In pOpular-priced
packages, so that 1t can be put on the
table.
81 don't wish to take up your time,
the caller said unless you think it II
; likely | might interest you In the sub
} ject of life insurance"
"Well," replied the man at the desk
"I'll not deny that have been think
ing some about 1t lately. Go ahead
; I'll listen to yOu."
Whcreupon the caller talked to hin
~ minutes without a break.
"And now," he said at last. "ar,
you satisfied that our company is on,
J of the best and that our plan of doin,
business Is thoroughly safe and con
servative"
: Yes"
Have convinced you that we fur
nlsh as good insurance as any Othe
!: company and at rates as cheap as yOv
; can get anywhere!'
; "Yes, ! am satisfied with the show
ing you make. Perfectly satisfied"
well, don't you want to take Ou
policy with us?"
"Me? Oh, no. I'm life insuranc
agent myself. though | might
able to get some pointers from you.
! ~6~
For preserving the peace In partl
, civilized country a railway. accOrdin
) to famous statesman, Is worth NOR
than an army corps. Although tn
0 railways which are building frOl
=. Haifa to Damascus in Palestine, an
from Damascus southwark tOwar
{ Mecca, are primarily for military pul
, poses, they will open up eountr
/ which was prosperous and fertile tw
) thousand years ago, but has since b'
!. come one of the waste places of til
( earth. They are already using Amer