Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

report. no fear of race suicide need he
entertained
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1t is now said that the Car desired
to have the questions ut issue between
Russia and japan submitted to The
Hague tribunal, but was dissuaded
from that course by the ministers
which Is not unlikely. The bureaucra-
cy IL willing tile Gar should amusc
himself with such notions as The
Hague court. but when it comes to
practical mattcrs-oh. no!
Among nations there Is but one way
In which the possession of the prizes
of nature can he determined. and that
is by force. Arbitration can only
serve where strength Is equally bal.
anccd and the matter in dispute is not
worth the price of the conflict. SO far
as we now know the district In which
iron can DO produced cheapest and in
unlimited Volume il northern China.
The Legitimate alarm lately express
ed rs to the character of some of the
immigration now reaching our shores
the refuse of southern Europe.
brought here by steamship companies,
which disloyally induce unwclcOmc i'm.
migrants to come here by holding out
false and unwarrantcd hopcs-should
never for moment blind our eyes to
the dcsirnbility of getting good immi-
grants. of whom there cannot he too
many. What has made this country
the great nation 1t is is the blending Of
many races. the pcrpctuatiOn of the
best In them all.
II IL Of vast importance to the future
manhood of this country that scorn Of
unfairncss should bc universal. Above
all. let 1t be applied strcnuOusly to un.
| fairness In business. We are COM
mcrcial people. Our boys must 90 into
commerce. Our professions are SO min.
glcd with commerce that II Is often
hard to distinguish If they he profess
| sions. IT we are to wink at unscrupu.
lOusncss in commerce then we are
doomed to become Il race OF tricksters
and manhood is dead within us.
| 1t does no more good TO give advice
to people about to 20 into the woods
on hunting expeditions as to what they
should or should not shoot ut than II
does to give laborcd directions as to
how one can save himself from drown
ing when he suddenly meets the ne
ccssity for such effort. The man with
the gun will continue to blaze away u,
lanything he thinks Is u deer, ana til,
struggling man In the water will lose
every vestige of presence of mind ant
do the very things that will soonest
send him to the bottom.
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Before one buys his lying machine
inventors are promising to put them on
the market sOOn--onc should arrange
first for II place In which to fly. "FreG
as air" IL u common saying. but when
one desires to use another mans nil
he finds that. like many other com
mon sayings. this one IL only part!
true. 1t IL principle of law that h,
who owns the land owns II up to til,
skies. ana may forbid trcspass In til,
mir above rs well as in the earth be
meath. So. before u man may follow
the pnth of the birds. there must be !,
change In the law or he must purchas,
an easement In the heavens.
II was the wish OF the late Lore
Salisbury that the expenses of hi,
funeral should not exceed II hundre,
dollars. They did not exceed scvcnt,
dollars. The Duke of Westminster
who also held Il strong opinion on tn
wickedncss of Ostcntatious eXtrava
gancc ut funerals. was buried ut COS
of only thrty.iive dollars. Many
poor family In America has gone dccl
~ into debt to bury Its members be
cause OF fear of what the ncighbor
might say. The fashion Of simplicity
, set by the English great. might we
he adopted by rich and poor alike.
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Q Wild horses, according to an ager
3 Of an animal insurance company. liy
!. siXty-twO years. whereas the life {
] horses In captivity Is only twenty G
twenty-five years. The horse Is CO
ta!nly the friend of man; but ma
a does not seem to be the friend Of til
y horse. even il he does make laws IL
!. its protection. Not long ago some won
:. en- In New York compelled n street ca
!. driver to stop because one Of I'll
horses drawing it was 30 sick that
could scarcely walk. The animal wa
unhitched and Il fresh horse put In Il
y place: but II 1t had been living its M
p ural life II would not have been sic
y and kind-heartcd women would u,
l. have been moved to appeal to men
y enforce the legal rules for the prote
ton of dumb beasts.
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- When the conservative and patriot
'e American appreciates the important
n Of creating and maintaining an ct
y Gent navy he is not unmindful of Il
q enormous cost of meeting this nation
necessity. An illustration of this COM
in II letter from an intelligent farm
in Maine. He says he has been rea
:, ing about the cost of battlc.ships; tn
- one of those peace preservers, reat
~ for service, has involved an eypent