Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-09-12

I.Otu NHuTIeS DcTeSlOIu, III
some of the improvements In the treat
ment of the men In the British and
the United States navies. said that |
formerly they had the cat and no dis |
cipline: now they have discipline and
10 cat.
Women truant officers are an limo. |
walton IN Baltimore. II not In America.
The consideration which led to their
Is the belief that femi-
nine sympathy and tact can be turned
to good account In leading refractory
boys and girls back to duty. The men
who have been filling the positions. 1t
Is said. too often allenated the par.
ents by harsh methods.
While the weather is dry and warm
make II his or her business to keep
In the open air as much as possible.
so as to derive every benefit from the
ozone ana sunshine. Fresh air Is a
prOplylactic. II wards or disease and
kills bacteria. No person who leads
an outdoor life will ever die from con.
sumption. ON the other hand. hun.
drcds of cOnsumptlves have lived for
years by keeping continually In the
open. even sleeping on cots placed In
tents or on piazzas.
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With the progress Of civilization not
only Is insanity on the increase. but
the occurring varieties are less durable.
the physique of the tOwn-dwelling sec.
ton of the population has deteriorated
both In height and weight. and the
statistics of recovery are less favorable
than they were twenty-five years
while such II state exists one can mel
Their hope for nor expect relief from
the great financial and economic bur.
den of providing accommodation for
the insane of the future. II relief Is
to come. 1t will be In some great
change affecting the physical as well
ms the mental health OF the masses
OF the people.
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by order of General Chaffee who
commando the Department of the East.
comprehensive system of army ath-
letics Is about to be introduced. The
department will be divided into ten
| districts, In each of which meets will
DO held. The winners In each event
will then constitute u district team.
and between the teams there will be
an annual contest ut West Point. The
exercises will consist Of bayOnet races,
equipment races, jumping, tent.peg'
ging, skirmishing, hurdling and gen
ernl gymnastics. General Chaffee hopes
by this plan not only to improve thu
physique Of his troops, and to give
them some Of the special training
which West Pointers receive. but also
to raise the moral standard by pro
viding wholesome diversion.
The meanest man mas been found
His wife. abused and neglected by
him, was dying. He asked his en-
plOyer to let him of on this account
But instead Of going To his wife's bed
side he boarded Il car for the ball
game where he occupied u seat In the
grandstand and yelled as loudly as
any of the rOOters. When told that
his wife was dead he expressed nc
concern. Although free In eXpendi
ture, he said he had no money fol
funeral expenses ana that the county
could bury the remains. The poor
wifc's body found resting place ~
u pauper's grave. The brute did not
even 20 to the cemetery. And you
say there Is no helly You say the
scOurge of remOrse will make this
man suffer? 1t wouldn't make den,
in his conscience In hundred years
Society can punish by scorn and ostra
cism? What does such an animal car,
what decent persons do or think: III,
only thing that would raise a well
of regret In his soul would be a raw
hide applied to his back by band
of whitccappers. Whew! 1t makes
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WELD II switch.
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At last the twO-mnute trOtting hors
has arrived. When Cresceus cam
within two and a quarter seconds o
this much-dreamcd-of mark two year
ago, even the experts said that hors,
flesh could not be trained to do an
better. But Lou Dillon easily capture
the laurel from Cresceus, making tn
mile In 100 seconds fiat, and the la,
quarter in the still more remarkabl
/ time of 90 seconds. Yet this wonder
ful feat creates none Of the popular II
, tercst and excitement that marke
? DeXtcr's 2,17h in 1867, the 2:OSRi G
e Maud S. in 1885, or even the ?;Oi @