Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19

their business. were to prescribe
course of Ccrvantcs or MOliere or Bal.
zac or Sternc or Dickens or Shak-
spcarc. and rs strictly enjoin thorough
ness In this course as they would II
the treatment were u matter of diet or
medicine, many of them would begin
To mend from the first moment that
these magicluns had given them for n
forgetffulness of self Half of the sick
ness In this world Is but Il form of ego.
tism-thc too persistent broodlng over
ones own troubles. \ dose of reading
will often prove the best remedy.
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A Jewish rabbi speaking at the Con.
grcss of Arts and Sciences ut st. Louis,
said, "When God added man to His
other creations, lie made only one. 80
that men of future generations might
not say one to another, My ancestors
were better than yours" The rabbi
also said that his religion does not
teach that In the beginning God made
u jew, nor does Christianity teach that
God created II Christian first; he de.
clared that 10 religion recognizes the
distinctions developed by prOfane his.
tory. He holds that the doctrine Of
human brotherhood Is religious, and
that Its realization In life Is impossl.
BILE without the religious motive. the
motive of obligation to higher power
than that Of physical force.
Crop statistics for 1904 show that
since 1901 the aggregate value Of farm
products OF the United States has been
steadily on the increase. The present
year it reaches the enormous total Of
$4,000. OO0,OOO,a gain over 1908 of $751;
100000, over 1902 Of $213,OOO,OOO and
over 1901 Of $3.50, 100000. This would
seem to prove beyond any doubt two
important pOlnts--first, that the Uni
ted States Is the most productive ma
ton In the world; and, second, that the
migration cityward has been stopped.
Chicago laymen and physicians have
organized Il society to teach wOrkmen
how to render first aid to the injured.
Many books ana articles have been
written on the subject, but never be-
fore has free class, conducted by
regular physicians, been opened for
the instruction Of factory employees
ana other In the simple and necessary
things to do for an injured person be.
fore physician arrives.
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One way to deal with railroad
wrecks Is to make 1t SO expensive for
n railroad to main and kill its patrons
that 1t can not afford not to provide
for their safety. AS long rs human
lives are cheaper than sOundly con-
structcd passenger coaches there will
be wrecks and the smoking cars and
second-class coaches will always he the
first to be ground into kindling wood.
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Whatever hopes Inc japanese orig
inally had of short war, they are
now preparing for long and exhaust
ing struggle. Count Okuma Is free to
tell his countrymen that they must cX-
pect to spend ut least $l,00O,OOO,OO
The taxes will be piled on the people,
internal improvements will be stopped,
even popular education Is TO be cur
tailed. In Russia the same procedure
will take place, causing even greater
distress to the nation. And this is glo-
Hams
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According to reports we are soon to
have Il self-operated typewriter What
the most of us really need is n ma
chine that will get busy and do its
own thinking.
Indications OF the spread of civiliza-
ton in distant parts of the world come
In many guises. One of the most cheer
ing is in an advertisement in an Alas
kan paper: Poplar Street Bath House;
hot ana cold baths, Friday and Satur-
day. % cents; extra baths through the
week, 80 cents" Evidently enough
Alaskans have passed the "once a
\. m Il.