Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-10-15
EA0LETS.

As To- cheese. now Is not that the
elixir of life in n condensed formI
\ Partisan scientist IL touting sour
milk ns Il sure cure for disease germs.
This will not prevent the average per.
son from prcfrrrnv germs.
" lnIinrSs Il u uiSpnsc. ~ some con-
| tend. there should he no trouble about
| dealing with IL. rs long rs II has such
| an excellent antiioxin Ia kill its germs
, ns work.
The people Of The United states. ne.
| "ordng 10 statistics. eat SS.UOO.NW
worth of lmnaniS In one year. They
pay considerably more than that for
them. however. The unObtr,isivc per.
son with the p,islicnrt has got to live.
| Irving Bachelor says that after u
man has learned the 'mcrc craft" Of
| writing the secret of success In letters
lies entirely IN systematic and hard
work. Sure. We've noticed the same
thing when man has learned the
mere craft of swinging II pick.
~SSA
| II make rather II l'ractir" Of writing
to tell people that | appreciate fine
things they have done" the late Rev.
Dr. JbOnuld. successor To Phillips
Brooks In Trinity Church. Boston. once
said. IN confidence. tO u friend. One
can hardly conceive Of n habit ca1cu.
lated IN add more To the happiness of
humanity.
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American sailor apprentices have re-.
ccivcd high compliment from the
British consul ut Tanglrr. The captain
of an American training ship ut that
port had promised his crew two days
liberty Oh shore. The British cOnsul
protested that II would he madness to
let them land. as the kidnapping of Mon.
sicur rcrdicarls had aroused u strong
lanti.forcign feeling In the city: hut
the captain kept his promise. When
the time was mp every man reported on
board, sober and pnnctual. The Brit.
ish consul nftcrwnrl said to the cap.
tain. "YOur men are wonders. They
went everywhere. saw all the sights,
and behaved themselves rs well rs any
party of tourists ! ever saw" This
comes of the efforts to get sailors who
are sound and clean. morally and ply.
slcally.
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\ few years ago the scientific sensa-
ton was liquid air. Ms recently 1t has
been radium. Liquid uir was to turn
all our wheels. heat our houses In win.
ter, ana cool them In summer-liquid
mir was to destroy our garbage, anes.
thctiZe all our pain and usher In new
era. 1t was sOberly argued by men
who made claim to scientific knOwl-
edge that liquid air could be used tn
run cOmpressors To make more liquid
air and thus. with u thlmbleful ut the
start, u force could be created strong
enough to pry the earth from Its orbit.
\ sad commentary on these high hopes
Is an item TO the effect that judgment
of $513 against the company owning
the patent has been returned unsatis-
fed. Liquid air is rs wonderful rs II
ever was, but wondcrfulncss Is not
usefulness. Science also has its toys.
| General COrbin Is 80 much pleased
with the reorganization of the army
upon the German model, which has
| brought him from the office desk to II
higher command, that he would like
| To extend the German military meth,
obs still farther ana give the war dc.
partmcnt pntcrnal charge over the per.
| sOnal affairs of army men. Particu,
larry he advocates the German rule
that an officer may not marry without
| official consent which Is always condi
toned upon u satisfactory financial
provision. The army does not, il l.
true. offer the greatest advantages fol
matrlmOny. But when II young officer
who wants TO marry Is obliged To con
slider the dot which his wife will bring
him ana to submit his prospects to the
consideration of the SECRETARY of War
the United States army will not he al
tered for the better. They are getting
very tired of this kind of patcrnalisn
in Germany.
Is it lawful for a public official. II
case the heat is excessive, to TRANSFER
business when he Is almost wholly
under water? French authorities
have passed upon the question, and
decided in the neagtive. 1t seems tina,
man was sent to one of the hottest
departments of France to be regis
iInr mud hn sIlfnnnl nrAaflu until la