Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-11-21

the white people of the temperate zone
are better able to adapt themselves to
climatic changes than any other race.
Eskimos cannot live In warm climate
and negroes from the tropics cannot
stand exposure in extremely cold coun.
tries. Individuals of the white race
might not he able to endure great
changes. but as race 1t has proved its
ability to live In any country where hu.
man habtation Is possible.
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Veterans of the Civil War recognize
the pathetic fact that their ranks arc
thinning. The few survivors cOmpos.
Ing Grand Army post lately decided
that the time was not far distant when
the decorations aud furnishings In
their hall. and the collection of relics.
would have no use or Significance for
them. Accordingly they handed down
to the Sons Of Veterans all these arti.
cles save few chairs and one flag.
The legacy Of patriotic example be.
longs to the Sons of Veterans. and to
every other citizen, without the need
of II formal presentation.
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Much of the cruelty and wrong In
the world to-day goes unpublished or
unrcprimnnded because those not d..
rectly concerned do not like to inter-
ferc. They get behind that noble and
self-s,ifficient excuse that Is summed
up In the very convenient phrase. 1T
Is not my business" 1t IL only another
way of expressing an excuse that was
offered by man of the dim and dis.
tant past who was asked the where.
abouts Of his brother. 4 cruelty, a
wrong In any form, Is cverybody's
| business.
The sorrow manifested over the
tragic and deplorable death of Mrs,
Booth Tucker shows how extensive
are public sympathy and admiration
with and for one whose life Is really
unselfsh. Although young In years at
the time Of her death, she had had a
long career Of work and service, OK.
tending practically without interr,,p.
ton from childhood to middle age
The enthusiasm, the devotion, the
sympathy and the forgctfulness of self
which characterized this life can hard.
~ be appreciated by one who merely
reads the simple record thereof. 1t
was life gloriOusly filed with love
Of humanity and zeal for souls--a
twOfOld devotion which comprehendetl
pity for the wretchedncss of this world
and strong determination to amelio.
rate 1t 80 far as the spiritual welfare
Of multitudes besides. The loss Of
such n worker Is n calamity not only
to her family and the great Organk:a.
ton which they have built up but to
the world ut large. which, In pausing
rcvercntly to note her passing. proves
that such an example az hers will not
end ut the grave.
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Wisc-acres for fifty years have pre-.
dictcd the doom Of the horse. But the
horse Ii here to stay. When the swift
locomotive succeeded the slow stage
coach the finish OF the horse was
apparent, to some. but It failed to ma.
terlalize. When the bicycle. to some
extent. displaced the splendid rig" Il
great many then thought the horse
was sure TO go. But he II here still.
When the electric car superseded the
"dinky bob-tail' the same prediction
was made, and even more forcibly was
1t nOiscd about when the erratic auto
mobile invaded our midst For ages,
and history runneth not to the con-
trary, the horse has been mans closest
friend of all the animals In times of
peace, war, commercial prosperity and
In the pursuit OF pleasure the noble
horse has proved his worth. In the
face Of scientific progress the horse
has advanced In an astounding degree.
Never before In the history OF the
world has the noble steed reached such
II high development. More attention
Is paid to-day to fine points In breed
ing than ever before. Not alone Is this
true Of racing and fancy breeds. but
also Of draught animals. 1t Is natural
for man to love the horse and 1t Is
natural for the horse to love man.
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Like pretty much everything else
the matter Of having children has two
sides to II, says the Saturday Evening
Post. As Il great many children are
failures, and us children are the joint
product Of here,lity and environment,
both elements prepOnderantly under
parental control, It would seem more
sensible to say that there Were too
many people undertaking parental re.
spOnsibility instead Of too few. And
further, parentnlhOOd has many cares
and sorrows and eXasperatiOns. Still,
when I'LL Is said, how many persons
who found themselves childless ut "a
have been able honestly to congratu
late themselves? Children have use
as an assurance against dcstitution
and loneliness In old age They are
satisfactory to the vanity for family
Immortality. But more than these and
all other advantages Is the advantage
Of prOlOnging ones life. Growing chill
dren will keep any proper man OF
woman young In spirit ana In mind
will retard the development of thai
sour yet complacent cynicism which
curses old age both for ones self and
for those about one. The man OF
wOman-again, the right sort of maj
or wOman--whO has children drinks
| every day n deem draught mt the fOuu