Chicago eagle., 1903-09-19

ty cannot he forwarded before, Sept.
I'D.
The County Clerk must list all the
properties. distribute the railroad as
sessmcnts. establish the tax rate. and
do other work besides issuing the reg
ular books. The clerks will he ut
work night and day until the task is
finished.
The Democrats will nominate able
Thomas NJ. IIoync.
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The Philips Coal Company is doing
well.
That Weber railroad ordinance is Il
| good thing.
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| France Is not the Oniy natiOn that Is
becoming Il physically dccadcnt ma
ton. The once sturdy English race is
weakening. This information comes
directly from the man who knows
most about 1.-THE director general of
the British Army Medical Service. Out
of five men enlisted In the English,
army two are found to he inefficient
ut the end of two years. Scores of ap-
picants for enlistment are rejected
where one is accepted Eurly John
l,ull Is no longer fitting type of the
English people. The cause of IT. Sin.
When we say sin we do not mean sin
in II theological sense alone. Most of
body is immortality. We act as If we
could violate the laws of nature with
impunity. We forget that the laws of
the body are as plain as the laws grav.
cii on the stones. And that the penal
ty IL attached And no there is sin
against natures laws. Violation of
the rules of health. Violation of mar.
riage laws. Alcoholism. Dissi patton.
High nervous tension. \ mad chase
after dollars. No relaxation. The
pace that kills. Tyranny Of unjust
laws? That may operate somewhat IN
England. And caste. These produce
poverty and crime But what is injus.
|
slnneth It shall die" In rs true Of the
soul Of Il nation as Of an Individual.
The people of the United States have
not yet reached the stage Of percepti
bic physical decay. The iron of virile
races IL intcrinlngled In their blood
Tut. the wages OF sin Is DEATH" and
we are SHINING. Put It Oh the very
lowest plane. Morality pays. 1t pays
an individual. II pays II people.
Ii does not seem impossible for mod
crn civilized powers to come to som,
, agreement by which the further ser
Vices of the Sultan Of Turkey nigh
hr dispensed with. lie has been tn,
cycsOrc and the bone In the gorge q
humanity for genera tlOns and u tim,
has surely come when duty to God an,
mankind deina nds his dethrOnen,en
and the cessation of his succession. II
II be objected that the maintenance O
the Porte Is the core OF u truce thu
supports the peace Of Europe. that oh
(, lection can be disposed OF by another
Berlin congress. such u congress o
. the powers could demand the abdica
tiOn Of Abdul llamid, decree that TN
!, Turkish dynasty Is at nm end and sui
stitutc for the government an admins
: irative commission 80 adjusted as t
!. maintain the equities between the pow
cr>, guarantee peace and prosperity 4
the Turks themselves and so remOv,
;. from the circle of Christian civillN,
= tion u monster OF intOlerable charac
= ter The riot act Is due to be read be
fore the Yildiz palace and II trniispOr
/, shOud he easily provided to take tn
= old rascal to some twentieth ccntur
:. st. Helena.
When police ma aglstratc passes sci
tcncc upon man guilty Of beating hi
wife he Is often hard put to 1t to I'M
II a penalty that will not bear more ~
vcrely upon the injured wife than upO
the brutal husband. II he sends I'll
|. wife beater to jail, In nine cases ont {
ten the burden will be upon the wifi
who IL deprived for II time Of the SUI
port her husband might otherwise gi,
| ucT. .Nuu u uc iupOScS ~ INV tuc y
feet Is similar. 1t Is not surprlsin
therefore that magistrates In their d
70 spair often express the wish that Il
IL law would permit them to send Il
brute TO the Hogglng post. where Il
pain OF the lash would teach him som
thing OF the suffering he lntilcts upG
his wife. while the punishment wOu
not detain him for any length of tin
from his duties as bread winner. Cit
r. Judge Feldman OF South Bend, lnt
Of faced the dilemma the other day aI
e- solved 1t by releasing the wife beatt
til much against his will. But II ! In
'ol the power" he said to the prisoner,
On would instruct an officer to tie YOU
II. a post and severely lash you with
10. cal. o. .nine.tails." There IL a grown
feeling that the police justices y
clearly and Judge truly when they G
press themselves In this way. Not
:. ing will cure brute OF his love to
w lict pain so thoroughly as being Civ
=" a dose Of his own treatment. As I
w the degrading effect of Il whipping pc
- upon II community 1t surely cannot
~. worse than the presence OF an unpu
''' ished wife heater, or than the inh
ti0n of Il punishment which only ad
TO the sufferlngs Of the real vlctl
his without assuring Il reform Of the cl
prlt.