Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-04

longer, or that the citizen were able to
perform all his civic duties by a single
act once In four years, and then not
be troubled by the matter till another
Presidential election. The duty is con.
tinuous. Not only does the Presidential
campaign never end, but the Congress.
sional campaign as well Is I'm progress
all the time. The same rule prevails
in State, county, city, town and village
government. 1t is much like house
keeping. When the breakfast dishes
are washed preparations for dinner
begin, and when dinner Is over the
table Is laid for supper. Now and then
woman, grown weary with the cares
of her home. goes into hotel or a
clearinghouse where some one else or.
ders the meals; but in government the
tendency is away from the boarding.
house plan, because men prefer to de-
eide for themselves what cut Of politi-
cal roast beef they shall have, and
when their desserts shall be cabinet
pudding and when Washington pie 1t
Is this ability to choose for ones self
that constitutes political as well as SO.
cial Independence.
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1t is problem, says the Baltimore
News, that means much to the indus.
trial and physical wcll-being Of large
portion of our pOpulation--the problem
of mastering and using the rainfall in
the Mississippi watershed, instead of
permitting II to go on an annual ram.
page. a menace to the numerous popu.
lation skirting the banks of the river
There are arid lands along the course
OF the Missouri which need badly each
season the flood water sent down to
swell the lower Mississippi torrents in
the early spring. In all the territory
drained by the upper Mississippi
scarcely a season passes when there is
not lack Of rainfall Mt critical time.
Forests throughout that region have
been swept away. Swamp land has
been drained. Every channel Is open
and free. and as soon as the winter
SHOWS melt the waters hurry over the
frozen ground into the rivers, and
there Is a flood. Scientists of today
have found that not only are the for.
ests important In the preservation Of
lifegiving moisture. but they also tend
to prevent floods. Even the dust Of
the desert plays It's part, for meterolO.
gists tell us that without II rain clouds
would probably not form. Men, In
their rush for wealth. seem to have de-
nuded the country of forests and de.
velOped drainage system which
means alternate flood ana drought. 1t
might be well II they would now try
to learn something Of the conditions
under which nature will supply mois.
ture without deluge. Bringing about
these conditions would seem more adj.
vantageous to symmetrical develop.
ment and much safer for jewellers up.
on great rivers. Levce building must
be supplemented by more extensive at
tempts to hold food water where II
falls.
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4 recent story Is the study Of the
character of q man who from youth
has u conviction that he Is born to
some extraordinary experience. As
he grows older the idea becomes more
sharply defined. The experience Is to
be painful. and tragic, and Is to re.
move him from the plane Of ordinary
life. The idea takes possession of
him and dominates his career. lie
undertakes nothing Of Importance
since 1t may be interrupted by catas
trOphe. He does not permit himself
to lOve-he scarcely ventures OH
friendship-because he believes him
self marked for disaster. One WON.
nm. to whom he cOnfdes his secret
shares his apprehension. At last, not
long before her death, she perceives
that the tragedy lurking for him IL
merely hesitancy, inaction, incapacity
brought about by the dclusion and tn,
fear which have been nurtured In hi,
own Imagination. TO the victim him
self the truth Is revealed when 1t II
too late for him to acquire any habit
OF life other than the tremulOus ant
unachicving one. He discovers hi
own hideous lack of feeling and Of vii
by the sight Of the sorrow marked
face Of a man who has sounded til,
: depths of human pain, and found ever
those to be better than the shadows
of apathy. The story has Its lessor
even for an age as active as ours. W.
are not free from the bane Of reluct
ant fear lest feeling shall OutruI
mere pleasure. The girl who will not
love pet lest she should lose II, til,
; man who will not permit himself any
share In religious enthusiasm lest Il,
should "lOse his head the woman
who will undertake 10 social reform
for fear she become too much involved
: In It for her own cOmfOrt-these ar,
' some OF the towards Of our day
Along with their lack OF courag,
= there often goes subtle egotism
: which they fancy sets them apar
: from 'the common herd" hut whicl
: Is almost sure to meet Its final defea
: In the discovery that those power,
which We're believed to he above tn
average were really below 1t. ant
that Obscurity is the only catastrOph,
: likely to fall upon so ignoble nature
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Q Everybody likes to read about tn
i. boy who tries. George NJ. POsey, o
y Indianapolis, Is that kind Of boy
: Three years ago George was lad o
$ III years. He was almost without edu